CP 212 - Systems Maintenance

Credit Hours: 3.0

Students will study the design and organization of the computer central processing unit with an emphasis on Intel TM microcomputers. Areas of study include a preventive maintenance regimen, the use of diagnostic programs to identify hardware or software malfunctions, CPU timing and memory, and I/O operation.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate the ability to install a Windows operating system;
demonstrate a working knowledge of configuring a system using Windows;
analyze diagnostic software programs in troubleshooting Windows problems;
demonstrate the ability to write text-based set-up/test programs using .bat programs;
install Microsoft products and a DOS operating system;
relate program execution to specific groups of circuits via block diagrams and schematics to trace signal flow through the system to develop sequences of micro-steps in a flow diagram;
understand the architecture and theory of operation of the CPU and its function in a computer system which includes memory and peripheral devices; and
describe and demonstrate “The Little Man theory.”

Prerequisites: CP 130, CP 131
Concurrent Registration: CP 213
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