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Passed Hardware (and OS) today
bighusker
The test was much easier than I thought it would be. I got a 629 on hardware, and a 608 on the OS part. I used the Mike Meyers' All-in-one to study, and I think the key fact is that I read through it *twice*...once taking very thorough notes, and the second time I just "skimmed" over it.
Without being too specific, here's some of the areas I was tested/not tested on:
A bunch of questions on startup/POST errors. I had several questions that involved a non-bootable CD/Floppy drive, etc.
A bunch of networking(mostly cabling)
I had absolutely no questions on specific IRQ/I/O addresses. However, there were some resource-related troubleshooting questions.
I had only *one* question that asked to match a socket with a CPU, and it was incredibly easy.
Several hard drive questions (jumper settings, BIOS limitations, limitations of each file system, etc)
This sites' practice tests helped a lot with my study. I think some of the questions are very unlikely to be on the test (especially the DOS memory stuff - protected, extended, expanded, etc.), but their format was pretty much identical to what I saw on the hardware test. The OS was very much the same way....Just wanted to say thanks to wheover put them together.
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janmike
Congratulations on the new cert, bighusker!
lseals
Congrats
Ricka182
congrats!!
2lazybutsmart
Congratulations on the pass!
bellboy
well done
Goodhope
congrats!
Lexxdymondz
Congrats
Lovely Legs
I am about to start an A+ course. Any advice would be really welcome...What section is most difficult?
halflife78
Congrats
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