DETAILED SYLLABUS

FOR
ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTERHARDWARE AND NETWORKING

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MODULE - 1

1. FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTERS
a. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEM
i. What is a computer
ii. Block diagram of computer
iii. Characteristics of computer
iv. Hardware , Software and Firmware
v. History and Generation of computers.
vi. Classification and types of computers.
vii. OS Organization & Types of OS.
b. INPUT / OUTPUT DEVICES
i. The primary memory – RAM and ROM
ii. Secondary storage devices – Disk and optical disk, magnetic tape , general description
of floppies and hard disk
iii. Input / Output devices – Monochrome and color monitors, keyboard, mouse, printers
and plotters. etc
c. STUDY OF CABINETS
i. Types of Cabinets
a. On the basis of Orientation
b. On the basis of SMPS
ii. Components of a Cabinet
2. SOFTWARE APPLICATION
a. MS DOS
i. INTERNAL COMMANDS
1. MD, CD, RD, COPY CON, TYPE, DEL, REN, DIR, COPY, MOVE,
XCOPY, DELTREE
ii. EXTERNAL COMMANDS
1. ATTRIB, DISKCOPY, SCANREG, DOSKEY, MEMINFO, CHKDSK
iii. Batch Programming.
b. MS WINDOWS 98 SE
c. MS WINDOWS XP
d. MS OFFICE 2000,2003
3. PERSONAL COMPUTER CONFIGURATION
a. SMPS
i. Types of SMPS
1. AT SMPS for PIII or older
2. ATx SMPS PIII or older
3. ATx SMPS for PIV
ii. Testing SMPS without M/B
b. MICROPROCESSORS
i. Introduction to microprocessor
ii. General function of ALU, I/O Unit, Control unit
iii. Internal Architecture, Pin Layout
iv. Interfacing Memory
v. Cache memory
vi. Introduction to Cyrix (VIA) microprocessors
vii. Introduction to Intel Microprocessors
1. 8085 microprocessor
2. 8086 microprocessor
3. 80286 microprocessor
4. 80386 microprocessor
5. 80386SX microprocessor
6. 80386DX microprocessor
7. 80486 microprocessor
 8. 80486DX4 microprocessor
9. 80586 or Pentium I
10. Xeon microprocessor
11. Pentium II
12. Pentium III
13. Celeron (133 MHz to 1.13 GHz)
14. Pentium IV (with or without HT)
15. Pentium M & Celeron M
16. Celeron D
17. Pentium IV Dual Core
18. Pentium Core Duo(1066 MHz)
19. Itanium
viii. Introduction to AMD microprocessors
1. AMD K6
2. Athlon XP
3. Athlon XP 2100
4. Athlon 2300
5. AMD Sempron 2600+
6. AMD Duron
7. AMD Athlon 64 3500+
8. AMD Athlon 3800+
ix. Comparison between Intel Pentium & AMD Processors
c. MOTHERBOARD
i. Basic Terminology
1. FSB
2. Chipset
3. Form factor
ii. Types of Motherboards (Form Factors)
1. XT
2. AT
3. Baby-AT
4. ATX
5. EATX
6. Mini ATX
7. Micro ATX
8. LPX
9. Mini LPX
10. NLX
11. Flex ATX
12. Mini ITX
13. Nano ITX
14. BTX
15. Micro BTX
16. Pico BTX
17. WTX
18. ETX
iii. Ports & Connectors
1. Serial Port
2. Parallel Port
3. PS/2 Port
4. VGA Port
5. Game Port
6. Sound Port
7. USB Port
8. FireWire Port
 iv. IDE Channels
1. Primary Channel
2. Secondary Channel
3. Floppy Drive Channel
v. RAM Slots
1. EDO
2. SIMM
3. DIMM
vi. Expansion Slots
1. ISA
2. EISA
3. PCI
4. PCI-X
5. PCI Express
6. AGP
7. AMR
8. CNR
vii. Microprocessor Sockets & slots
1. Socket Terminology
a. ZIF Socket
b. LGA Socket
c. PGA Socket
2. Sockets Supporting Intel Processors
a. Socket 6
b. Socket 7
c. Socket 8
d. Slot 1
e. Slot 2
f. Socket 370
g. Socket 423
h. Socket 478
i. Socket 479
j. Socket 480
k. Socket 603/604
l. Socket T/LGA 775
3. Sockets Supporting AMD microprocessors
a. Slot A
b. Socket 462
c. Socket 754
d. Socket 939
e. Socket 940
f. Socket AM2
viii. Power In Connectors
ix. CD IN & AUX IN Connectors
x. WOL & WOM Connectors
xi. Front USB Connectors
xii. Jumper Setting
xiii. DIP Switch Setting
xiv. Panel Connectors
xv. Resetting BIOS Settings
xvi. Difference between BIOS & CMOS
d. RAM & ROM
i. Types of RAM
1. EDO RAM
2. SD RAM
 3. RD RAM
4. SG RAM
5. FPM RAM
6. ECC RAM
7. DDR RAM
8. DDR2 RAM
ii. Types of ROM
1. ROM
2. PROM
3. EPROM
e. HARD DISK DRIVE
i. Basic Terminology
1. RPM
2. LBA
3. Access Time
4. Latency Time
ii. Types of HDDs
1. ST HDD
2. ATA HDD
3. SCSI HDD
4. SATA HDD
5. USB HDD
iii. Jumper Settings of HDDs
iv. Types of IDE Cables
1. 40 Conductor Cable
2. 80 Conductor Cable
f. FLOPPY DRIVES
i. Types of Floppy Drives
1. 8.25” Floppy Drive
2. 5.25” Floppy Drive
3. 3.5” Floppy Drive
g. CD ROM DRIVES
i. Types of CD ROMs
ii. Jumper Settings of CD ROMs
iii. CD ROM Speeds
h. MONITORS
i. Pixels and resolution
ii. Types of Monitors
1. MGA
2. HGA
3. CGA
4. VGA
5. SVGA
6. XGA
iii. Pin Out Organization of monitors
iv. Common Shortcut Keys for monitors
i. KEYBOARDS
i. Types of keyboards
1. Normal Keyboard
2. PS/2 Keyboard
3. USB keyboard
4. Multimedia keyboard
5. Wireless keyboard
ii. Pin Out Organization of keyboard
j. MOUSE
 i. Types of Mouse
1. Serial Mouse
2. PS/2 Mouse
3. USB Mouse
4. Ball Mouse
5. Optical Mouse
6. Scroll Mouse
7. Wireless Mouse
4. COMPUTER PERIPHIRALS
a. UPS
b. Printers
c. Scanners
d. Plotters
e. TV Tuner Cards
f. Zip Drive
g. Pen Drive
h. Card Reader
i. Speakers
j. Web Cam
k. Wireless Communication Devices
i. Infrared
ii. Bluetooth
5. ASSEMBLING & DISASSEMBLING OF A PC
a. Deciding Configuration of a PC
b. Installing Microprocessor
c. Installing RAM
d. Preparing Jumper Settings
e. Fixing Motherboard in Cabinet
f. Making IDE & Power Connections
g. Configuring BIOS Settings
h. Booting From Floppy, USB, CDROM
i. Preparing Hard Disk
i. Partitioning
1. FAT 16
2. FAT 32
3. NTFS
4. EXT2
5. EXT3
ii. Formatting
6. UPGRADATION OF COMPUTERS
a. Deciding Hardware Compatibility
b. Deciding Software Compatibility
7. BIOS SETUP STUDY
8. OPERATING SYSTEMS INSTALLATION
a. Installation of DOS
b. Installation of Windows 98 SE
c. Installation of Windows XP
d. Installation of Windows XP Media Centre
e. Installation of Windows 2000 Pro.
f. Installation of Windows 2000 Server
g. Installation of Windows 2003 Server
9. INSTALLING DEVICE DRIVERS
a. Chipset Drivers (INF)
b. Audio Drivers
c. Graphics Drivers
 d. Printer Drivers
e. Scanner Drivers
f. TV Tuner Drivers
g. Modem Drivers
h. NIC Drivers
10. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
a. MS Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
b. PageMaker 5.0, 6.5, 7.0
c. Photoshop 5.0, 7.0
d. PhotoImpact 6.0
e. Turbo C, C++
f. Visual Studio
g. Oracle 9i with Developer 2000
h. MS SQL Server 2000
i. Tally 4.5, 5.4, 6.3, 7.2
j. Installing Java
k. Installing PWS, IIS
11. INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
a. Introduction to Internet.
b. Basic internet services ( email, file transfer ,telnet, chatting)
c. ISP, connectivity (dial up , leased line , ISDN)
d. Internet configuration
e. Peer To Peer Networking
f. Sharing Internet Connection
i. Through Proxy Server
ii. Direct Sharing
iii. Configuring MS Outlook
12. VIRUSES , ANTI VIRUSES AND UTILITIES
a. Introduction to viruses
b. Types of Viruses
c. How viruses spread
d. Virus detection programs
e. Virus prevention & removal
f. Anti virus vaccines
g. Use of disk manager (DM), NDD etc.
13. TROUBLE SHOOTING
a. IRQ & Interrupts
b. Driver Conflicts
c. Memory Address Conflicts
d. Speed Related problems

MODULE - 2

1. BASICS OF ELECTRONICS
a. Current , Voltage , Resistance, Capacitance, Inductance
b. Types of Resistances, Color codes, Connecting Resistors and capacitors etc.
c. Power and power dissipation.
d. Introduction to transformers.
e. Devices used to measure current, voltage, resistance etc.
f. Introduction to semiconductor diodes
2. ANALOG ELECTRONICS
a. Electrical circuit theory
b. Resistor connections
c. DC circuits
 d. Inductor & capacitor
e. Alternating current
f. Circuit applications
g. Oscilloscope
h. Semiconductor physics
i. Semiconductor diode
j. Bipolar junction Transistor
k. Transistor biasing
l. Modulation & demodulation
m. Switching circuits
n. Field effect transistors
o. FET & Bipolar transistor
p. SCR as a Switch
q. UNI Junction Transistor(UJT)
r. Terminal Devices such as LEDs, Transformers.
3. DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
a. Number System
b. Binary Number System
c. Conversions
d. Octal Numbers
e. Hexadecimal Numbers
f. Logic Gates
g. Binary Arithmetic
h. Boolean Algebra
i. Karnaugh Mapping
j. Data Processing Circuits
k. Multiplexers & De-Multiplexers
l. Encoders & Decoders
m. TTL Circuit Theory
n. Flip-Flops
o. Clocks & Timer Circuits
p. Shift Registers
q. Memory Chips

4. SOLDERING & DESOLDERING TECHNIQUES

MODULE – 3

1. REPAIRING OF SMPS
a. Circuit diagram and pin assignments
b. Working of SMPS
c. Input and load requirements
d. Cautions about opening power supply
e. Over voltage and over current protection
f. Upgrading the power supply, various test for fault tolerance.
g. Problem of dissimilar earth and loose connection
h. Protecting the PC from AC
2. REPAIRING OF CD ROM DRIVE, CD R/W, DVD DRIVE
a. Plug in problems
b. Reading /writing problems
 c. Assembly problems
d. Alignments problems
e. Logic card problems
3. REPAING OF HARD DISK DRIVE
a. Internal Architecture
b. Logical Working of HDD
c. Fixing Bad Sectors
d. Zero Filling
e. Recovery of Partition Table
f. Fixing Detection Problems
g. Logic Card Problems
h. Using NDD , DM, Disk Druid
4. REPAIRING OF FLOPPY DRIVE
a. Logic Card Problems
b. Head Alignment Problems
5. REPARING OF MOTHERBOARDS
a. Bus controller problems
b. Clock generator problems(8284)
c. I/o port problems
i. Serial I/O RS 232 (25 PIN)
ii. RS 232 C (9 PIN)
iii. Parallel I/O 8255
d. NUMERIC CO-PROCESSOR PROBLEMS ( 8087)
e. KEYBOARD CONTROLLER PROBLEMS
f. Problems Related To North Bridge IC
g. Problems Related To South Bridge IC
h. Replacing an IC on Motherboard
6. REPAIRNG OF UPS
a. Circuit diagram and pin assignments
b. Working of UPS
c. Input and load requirements
d. Cautions about opening UPS
e. Over voltage and over current protection
f. Upgrading the UPS, various test for fault tolerance.
g. Problem of dissimilar earth and loose connection
7. REPAIRING OF MONITORS
a. Circuit diagram of monochrome monitors.
b. Sync section , video amplifier
c. Display basics , test modes and graphic mode
d. Display adapter cards, HGA , CGA , VGA, EGA, SVGA,XGA
e. How they fail , trouble shooting and elimination , maintenance chart
f. Monitor adjustments, size, brightness, focus etc.
g. Fault in various sections of monochrome monitors
h. Circuit diagram of color monitors,
i. Basic color theory
j. Faults in color section
8. REPAIRING MODEM
a. Circuit Diagram
b. Fault Finding
c. Repairing
9. REPAIRING OF SPEAKERS
a. Fault Finding
b. Repairing
10. REPAIRING OF KEYBOARD
a. Study of keyboards , types
 b. Interface 8048
c. Interconnection to PC
d. Common faults and diagnostics
e. Fault Finding & Repairing
11. REPAIRING OF MOUSE
a. Circuit Diagram
b. Fault Finding
c. Repairing

MODULE-4

1. NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS
a. Networks Basics
b. Network Topology
c. Ethernet Technologies & IEEE Standards
d. Network Cabling
e. Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routers and gateways
f. MAC Address
g. TCP/IP Protocol Suite
h. Netware Protocol Suite
i. IPX/SPX Protocol Suite
j. BOOTP/DHCP/SNMP Protocols
k. IP Addressing And Subnetting
l. WAN Technologies
i. Circuit Switching & Packet Switching
ii. SDN
iii. ATM
iv. Frame Relay
v. SONET
vi. T1/E1 & T3/E3
vii. CSU & DSU
m. Security Protocols i.e. PPTP, IPSec, Kerberos
2. NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION & SUPPORT
a. Proxy Servers & Firewalls
b. Virtual LAN
c. Network Attached Storage
d. Network Address Translation
e. Fault Tolerance
f. Upgrades and modification
g. Network Trouble Shooting
3. NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS
a. Windows 2000
i. Installation of windows 2000 professional
ii. Installation of Windows 2000 Server
iii. Implementing DNS in Windows 2000
iv. Active Directory
v. Managing User Accounts
vi. Managing groups
vii. Managing Data by NTFS
viii. Configuring Disk Quotas
ix. Shared Level Access to File Resources
x. Configuring Printing Services
b. Windows 2003
i. Installation of windows 2003 Enterprise Server
 ii. Implementing DNS in Windows 2003
iii. Active Directory
iv. Managing User Accounts
v. Managing Groups
vi. Managing Data using NTFS
vii. Configuring Disk Quotas
viii. Shared Level Access to File Resources
ix. Configuring Printing Services
x. Connectivity Between OS
xi. Windows 2003 Terminal Services
xii. Trouble Shooting in Windows 2003 Environment
c. Windows XP Professional
i. Installation & Maintenance of Windows XP
4. LINUX
a. Linux System Administration
i. File system
ii. File System Formats
iii. Automating Tasks
iv. Process & Process Administration
v. Installing software in Linux
b. Linux Network Administration
i. Classification of Networks
ii. Overview of TCP/IP
iii. Network Classes
iv. Subnetting
v. Interfaces & Routes
vi. Starting Services
vii. DNS
viii. Network File System
ix. Network Information Services
x. DHCP
xi. Printing
xii. SAMBA Server
xiii. Linux Mail Server
c. Novel Netware
i. Installation of Netware 5
ii. Installation of Client Software
iii. Managing NDS
iv. Novell Distributed Print Service
v. Implementing Security
vi. Trouble Shooting
5. ADVANCED TROUBLE SHOOTING