CompTIA · A+ 220-1201
Motherboards, CPUs, and add-on cards
A+ 220-1201 · Lesson 14 of 22 · 1:34:35
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In this lesson
Prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) exam. In this lesson: ATX, microATX, and ITX, PCIe and PCI slots, power connectors, SATA, eSATA, M.2, and headers, Intel and AMD sockets, multisocket boards, x86, x64, and ARM processors, cores and threads, BIOS and UEFI settings (boot options, USB permissions, Secure Boot, TPM, passwords, fans, temperatures, virtualization), TPM and HSM, and sound, video, capture, and network cards. Includes three original practice questions.
Preview the topics
- The reception desk needs a compact computer, in a very small case. Which motherboard form factor fits?
- A clinic laptop’s encryption keys must be stored in a chip on the motherboard, so that its drive cannot be read in another computer. Which feature provides this?
- A technician installs a hypervisor on a new workstation, but it reports that hardware virtualization is not available. What should be checked first?