Talk:A+ Certification

Wanna form a team?
List your name:
 * --Cyberman 08:49, 1 July 2005 (UTC)
 * --Thief12 16:17, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * --Gadwil 22:32, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * --Cte-it (discuss • contribs) 18:33, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * --SweBers (discuss • contribs) 13:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Picking back up
It looks like this has been mostly abandoned. Right now, I have a couple of hours a day to dedicate. I'm including this in my continued education of A+ Certification training, and hope to be able to pass this information to others in the future. If anyone else wants to help, I'll greatly appreciate it. I separated the book into parts, so if you just want to pick up a part and edit it or dump info, that would be awesome.

Although the knowledge is encyclopedic in nature, let's try to keep a narrative throughout the book. Also, my ideas may not be the best, so please  BE BOLD ! SweBers (discuss • contribs) 13:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

I would, but...
I would help, but I found this because I need to learn all of it. I will definitely contribute some basics once I learn (and pass) the A+ test. Until then, I'll see if I can recruit others to contribute. In september, I go back to school, and I'm pretty sure I could get a teacher to help out (the one who teaches A+ certification, of course)

=I'll help= I'm just about to pass the A+ soon, and time allowing I'll try to make a few additions to the hardware section.


 * --asm2750

Well I'm now certified, I guess I'll put some of my knowledge into this book, hopefully we can get the hardware portion done by December since its a lot of info to go over.

Perhaps I could help.
I've practically completed quite a few certifications and is currently writing a formal book on hardware. drop me an e-mail if you are interested. I'm also looking for some geeks out there that can truly contribute to some real techno discussions and ideas.

email: dccc@tiscali.co.za

nytcrawler

Multi-Page Format
This monolithic page structure isn't working for this book anymore, so I propose that we start a project to break up this book into several pages, with a centralized table of contents, and maybe even a title page. Here are my ideas for the different pages that we can break this book into. In general it is a good idea to have enough material on a page to make it substantial, but not too much that the page becomes gigantic.


 * 1) What is A+?/Introduction
 * 2) Computer Hardware Basics (CPU, RAM, Sockets, Chipsets, Peripherals, etc)
 * 3) Computer Resources (IRQ, I/O Ports, Reserved Memory Ranges, etc)
 * 4) Busses (ISA, PCI, AGP, USB, ect)
 * 5) Drives: Maintenance (fdisk, checkdisk, defrag, etc)
 * 6) Drives: Hardware (IDE, SCSI, RAID)
 * 7) Printers (installation, Terminology)
 * 8) Hardware Installation/upgrading
 * 9) Troubleshooting/Preventative Maintenance
 * 10) Microsoft Windows
 * 11) OS Utilities
 * 12) Boot Process
 * 13) Basic Networking

This is just a basic outline so far, and other people should feel free to comment on it, or to edit it. Also, if the major contributors here are against such an action, say so here, and I will abandon the idea. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 15:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

14. Review Questions


 * I second the multipage translation, it would make additions and navigation much easier Califman831 20:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I like this layout. It reminds me of the Network+ Wikibook layout and I think ti would be much easier to follow.  I will try to contribute some time into improving this. -- Gadwil 10:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC -5)


 * I also agree we should have multiple pages. A+ certification is much too broad to keep on one page.  The problem is, the exam seems to be changing faster than the page can keep up.  My vote is to rename the book to the current exam, A+ Certification 220-801/802, and then copy over whatever is relevant to the next exam so that we do not mix irrelevant information with the core material we are attempting to provide.


 * A second question is whether we can provide the exam objectives, or whether we should just link to where they can be found and structure the book around these objectives. I like the idea of WhiteKnight's structure, but the structure is already outdated.  Each chapter could get its own page, but we could be looking at 80 chapters between both exams.   --SweBers (discuss • contribs) 16:22, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

I addded the split tag to the page. Waiting for someone to approve the edit. --SweBers (discuss • contribs) 20:34, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

In adding new content, I've determined that this should be split into numerous pages, with a hierarchical structure, and a link from one page to the next.
 * Page 1 should be an overview, page 2 should outline the Objectives, and double as a TOC for the entire book.
 * Since there are two tests, the book should be split between the two.
 * The tone should be informative and friendly.
 * Many times, the material becomes so dry that it is hard to concentrate.
 * We should describe the hardware and what is pertinent to the exam, then link to the Wikipedia page for further detail.
 * I've seen sidebars on Wikipedia stating that there is a book about a subject, so I wonder if we can't get a similar sidebar from one page to the next.SweBers (discuss • contribs) 17:28, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

I took the test
I just took the hardware test and the questions focus mainly on network connections, I/O ports, and printers.

Rearranged page
This could be a very useful book, but it is just a mess of impertinent, sloppily organized information. I made a start to the organization, but it needs lots of help. J. Finkelstein 01:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I would like to help
I'm taking the exam next week, so I would like to help on this. Tell you all what, if its alright with everybody, I'll work on the boot process. If I don't get a reply from anybody, then I will go ahead and get started. Start with baby steps, work my way up.

Reply:

Right now this wiki states that the power supply is one of the components tested during the POST test.

I believe this is inaccurate. Im pretty sure this is one of the questions on the A+ test.

There is no need to test the power supply because the post will not start until the correct voltage is registed by the power good wire.

Anyway, good work this is a useful wiki.

I Going To Take the Test
I am planning to learn and take the test before the end of the year. This is because certification process is changing in 2011 to where have to renew every three years. I already have a Degree in Information Technology. I realize page is not updated to new standards and objectives of the test.

* --kimiko127

Error on my part, wrong discussion.

Cyberman Gave Up
I gave up on this wikibook. Blah. I would need the work of probably 20+ people to actually build this. --Cyberman 08:48, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * @Cyberman no disrespect intended moving your comment. I moved this to the bottom of the page because it is a negative statement that might put somebody off helping.  I am currently working on the project, and any help is greatly appreciated. SweBers (discuss • contribs) 13:06, 22 April 2015 (UTC)