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EEEI 473computer Hardware Course Outline

The course EEEI 473: Computer Hardware and Maintenance aims to teach students the fundamentals of diagnosing and repairing personal computer systems and power supplies. Students will learn to install, troubleshoot, and replace faulty components, covering topics such as microprocessors, memory, motherboards, and networking. The course includes lectures, tutorials, and lab work, with assessments based on tests and examinations.

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EEEI 473computer Hardware Course Outline

The course EEEI 473: Computer Hardware and Maintenance aims to teach students the fundamentals of diagnosing and repairing personal computer systems and power supplies. Students will learn to install, troubleshoot, and replace faulty components, covering topics such as microprocessors, memory, motherboards, and networking. The course includes lectures, tutorials, and lab work, with assessments based on tests and examinations.

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Computer Hardware and Maintenance

CURRENT
EEEI 473: Computer Hardware and
Maintenance
48 hrs, 1.0 units
Prerequisites : Digital Electronics
Purpose
The aim of this course is to:
1. equip the student with the basic theory of personal Computer Systems fault finding
2. equip the student with knowledge to repair personal computers and power supplies
3. prepare the student for more advanced analytical work in simulation of computer faults at
higher levels in this field
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Install a personal computer system and peripheral devices
2. Trouble shoot the personal computer system and the associated power systems
3. Replace faulty parts on personal computer and power supplies
Course Description
1 The visible PC: PC components, switches and jumpers, documentation.
2 Microprocessors: external data bus, registers, clock, memory, address bus, 8086 CPU family up to Intel
core i9, typical CPU problems.
3 Memories; RAM-DRAM, DIMMS, SDDRAM, DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4 & DDR5, working with RAM and
typical RAM problems.
4 Motherboard and BIOS: BIOS, Power-on Self-Test (POST), CMOS, Motherboard layouts, Form factor,
Motherboard installation and replacement, Typical BIOS problems.
5 Expansion bus: System bus, I/O buses, The big three, I/O addresses, interrupt request numbers, DMA,
AGP, PC cards, plug and play, the process of device installation , problems of expansion buses and device
installation.
6 Power supplies: the power supply, power connections, motherboard power, power switch, connections
to peripherals, power supply fan, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), surge suppressors, uninterruptible power
supplies, power supply problems.
7 Floppy drives: understanding floppy drives, floppy drive installation, care and feeding of floppy drives,
floppy drive problems.
8 Hard drives & SSD: inside the drive, hard drive interface to the PC, partitioning and formatting, hard drive
capacity, hard drive types, hard drive problems.
9 CD Media: CD-ROM, CD-ROM speeds, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, installing CD media devices, troubleshooting
CD drives.
10 Computer software installation and troubleshooting, operating systems, application software, Utility
drives and antivirus
11 Printers: various types of printers, impact printers.
12 Basic computer networking, Cloud computing and network security.
13 Portable PCs and Laptops. I/O controllers: keyboard and display interfaces, hexadecimal encoder, DMA
controller.
14 Printer interface, CRT controller, graphic controller, floppy disk interface, co-processors.
15 Fault finding on microprocessor-based systems: conventional tools/ equipment, specialized
tools/equipment, fault finding on digital ICs, automatic test equipment, signature analyzers, logic
analyzers.
16 Maintenance of microcomputer systems: common faults replacement, motherboard, power supplies,
monitor (screens), memory devices, printers, scanners.
17 Installation: stand alone, intranets, internet.
Teaching Methodology
2 hour lectures, 1 hour tutorial and 2 hour laboratory and workshop per week for the whole semester.

Mode of course assessment


Written class tests, laboratory assignments constitute 40%: written university examinations constitute
60%.

Instructional material/Equipment
Data communication laboratory
Computer and projector

Course Textbook
1. Craig Zacker and John Rourke (2001), PC Hardware: The complete reference, McGraw-Hill

Reference Textbooks
1. Mark Minasi, Hard Disk survival guide, BPB publications
2. A+ complete study guide 5th edition
3. Upgrading and repairing PCs, 22nd edition by Scott Mueller

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