Sept 30, 2013

Today we started off the day with some notes about video cards and the different types and sizes of them and mostly how they work. We then continued on with notes with sound and how to capture the right way with sound techniques. We then had to do an assignment on; you were just given $500 and you had to go and buy a video card and a display product within that price range. And then after that we had to do the same thing again but with $700.

At lunch we ordered pizza and did our hockey pool draft picks during all of lunch and then just for a bit after lunch. "I'm pretty sure I got the best picks".

After that we had many tasks to do; we had to construct a sale flyer on plasma monitors and touch screen monitors. After that we had to draw out a 7.1 surround sound speaker set-up using paint. Right after that we had to pick a product and discuss why we wanted that specific product and why we wanted it. And then to end the day we had to create our own song using Sony Acid, and the duration of the song had to be 1min long.



Speaker:

I would like to buy this product:

Sound Blaster EVO ZxR:

SB-Axx1™-powered wireless Bluetooth headset with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)

How do you enhance audio fidelity from a pair of headphones?
Harness the power of audio processing right on your headset! Thanks to the built-in SB-Axx1™ audio processor of the Sound Blaster EVO ZxR headset, you get vastly improved audio delivered to your ears in real-time. Be amazed by what you hear, even if it's from the most compressed sources.

Cost: $299.99

Gift Card:

	Column1	Column2
	Product	Price
	EVGA GeForce GTX 660  Video Card	$234.97
	Samsung Series 3 23.6" 1080p LED Monitor	$219.99
	Column1	Column2
	Product	Price
	EVGA GeForce GTX 670  Video Card	$465.99
	Samsung Series 3 23.6" 1080p LED Monitor	$219.99

My surround sound set-up:

My Sale Flyer: 

Sept 26, 2013

Today in class we spent most of our time working on our draft proposals for our IDS group project. Within that time I was also able to catch up on a few other assignments and get them finished as well.
For the notes we didn't have something new, just some basic tips on how to be a good technician and how to act in the appropriate manner.

After class was over myself and my group for the IDS project worked on putting together our Draft Proposal we were able to get most of it done on the group task side of things. I will be adding my individual group goals later.

Thanks for taking the time to read this,


Sincerely,


Brandon.F

Sept 25, 2013

We first started the day with a typical exercise using excel, which took us a little while on how to figure out the formula and how to use it in an appropriate manner. The task was to create a yearly calender and do it in the correct way. After that we got to fiddle around with removing the power supply unit from a tower, which I was able to do quite smoothly except for a bit of a confusing way on how to put it back in the right place but I was able to figure it out. I then obtained the quiz and finished it.

Later near the end of class and after we did our daily notes we got to fiddle around with some standard USB devices. Which for the most part was quite fun to figure out some of the confusing ones.

We also got our A+ text book today and I am glad to have gotten it to be able to study for the exam using both books.

Sept 24, 2013

Today was just a typical half day involving lots of notes. We focused mainly on CPU's and PSU's.

PSU:

-150mm by 140mm by 86mm.
-Connectors.
-Requires motors.
-Motherboard 24pin or 20pin and 4 or 6 or 9pins.
-Mini connector 5V and 12V only.

 CPU:

-Is a multiplatform which is essentially used for a computer.
-Translates an application.
-CPU is always thinking.
-The intergrated special components control units.
-It tell the other CPU parts on how to operate. And where to store the results.

Also did some notes on ATX which has to do with motherboards.

-1 20pin and a 2+ mini.
-Got to unplug the cable.
-When you press the soft power button the BIOS tells your comp to power down.
-The CMOS menu has your power set up.
-12V 1.3.
-4pin motherboard P4 more 12V connectors and 6pin AUX.
-EPS12V and ATX12V but the EPS has more current.
-24pin P1 AUX P4 and a unique 8pin.
-ATX12V2.0 has a 24pin and is backwards compatible but however more pins will not work for the P4.
-8pin CPU 4pinXP4.
-Two RAILS no AUX.
-SATA PCIe 6 or 8pin.
-Has 4 pins that are compatible with the P4.
-Some motherboards use a molex instead.
-Some devices detach the pins.

Flowchart

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8gRLUJpXAQFX3FVQWRSSU1iYlU/edit

Sept 23, 2013

I first started off my dad today with getting my Student ID taken. And was then able to get it soon after.

We did lots of different stuff today in Excel. We got to design/create a hockey pool/hockey stats and I was pretty excited about that assuming I do love hockey and that is something I should for the most part pull off. We also had to create our own budget plan which I had to research about to find some of the main headings in a budget plan.

We then finished off the day with some notes about CPU's.

CPU:

-Is a multiplatform which is essentially used for a computer.
-Translates an application.
-CPU is always thinking.
-The intergrated special components control units.
-It tell the other CPU parts on how to operate. And where to store the results.
PTU:

-Protection Test Unit; works with the CPU.
-Generates an air move.
ALU:

-Arithmitic Logic Unit; Functions for the CPU.
-BEDMAS
-A floating point unit.
-Also called the math pro processor.
-Numerical processing.
FPU:

-Memory Unit.
-Manages memory segmentation.
-Aging allocations.
-Translates the logical addressing into physical addressing.
MMU:

-The bus interface unit.
-Between other components of the CPU and the external bus.
-Handles all data coming from the unit.
-The pre fect unti preloads the memory.
-Only when it is idol.
-Allows the CPU to look ahead to future instructions.


-There i8s a decode unit that decodes certain instructions.
-Registryies which are holding areas and buffers for the CPU. Which hold instructions and data for the CPU.
-There are genral purpose registers.
-The clock wire on a CPU when it is charged there is another CPU for process.
-There is a clock cycle.
-Sometimes it take about 2 clock cycles.
-Could take about 100 clock cycles for one command.
-The number of clock cycles over time.
-The CPU's clock speed is its clock speed but not the speed that it runds.
-The CPU can run any speed.
-The line of CPU's are released in different versions.
-The system crystal determines the speed and how the rest of the CPU operates.
-The crystal sends out an electric charge at a certain speed.
-This allows different CPU's to be allowed with different clcok speeds.
-The pulse can be slower than the CPU can handle.
-Can go faster.
-Overclocking.


CPU & PRODUCT LINES:

-8088 is 4.0MegaHz.
-AMD stands for Advanced Micro DEvices.
-They share a cross agreement to exchange technologies.
-The sockets in motherboards are now usually unique.
-The Intel flagship pentium.
-CPU and Product line aims for a different markett.
-Budget CPU's are low end versions of the current line.
-Intel and aMD now try to minimize the amount of CPU's they use.
-They have code names; i7, i5, i3.

We then got a lecture on how to properly apply thermal paste to a CPU:

 

September 18, 2013

Today we learned lots about different types of RAM.

-RAM---> MCC---> CPU.
-MCC (Memory Controlling Chip)
-The occurances of the MCC occurs on the address bus.
-Different CPU's have a differnet number of wires.
-20 wire= 1MB.
-Originally the CPU had a 1bit wide but DRAM 8bit wide.
-Multiples of DRAM chips =stick module DRAM X4, X8, X16.

As well as DDR2 and DDR3



-Fast.
-Less Power.
-Clock Doubling.
-Cache.
-Desktop 240 pins, Laptop 200 pins SO-DDR2.
-Not elecetronically compatible.

-Higher speed.
-More Eff.
-30% less power.
-Desktop 240 pins, Laptop 204 pins.
-Doubled the buffer to 408bits.
-XMP (Extended memory profile)
-Quad-druples the clock speed.
-PC3     6400, 8500, 10667, 12800, 14900, 17000
-CS(MHz) 1333,
-TR(MB/s)

We then got some hands on, on taking out the RAM and putting it back in and making sure the Comp works. Then seeing how much RAM is there.

September 13, 2013

Today I learned how to open up a hard drive and put it back together even tho it didn't work but it was really cool learning the insides of the tower. We did plenty of notes for most of the day on hardware and many things that I did not know about before.

Hard Drive:

The hard drive is what stores all your data. It houses the hard disk, where all your files and folders are physically located. A typical hard drive is only slightly larger than your hand, yet can hold over 100 GB of data. The data is stored on a stack of disks that are mounted inside a solid encasement. These disks spin extremely fast (typically at either 5400 or 7200 RPM) so that data can be accessed immediately from anywhere on the drive. The data is stored on the hard drive magnetically, so it stays on the drive even after the power supply is turned off.

Terms To Know:

TERMS TO KNOW:


-Zone Bit Recording is used by disk drives to store more sectors per track on outer tracks than on inner tracks.
 The inner tracks are packed as densely as the particular drive's technology allows, but with a CAV drive the data on the outer tracks are less densely packed.

-Pixel Dust hard drive used to refer to a technology that seemingly does the impossible. Was announced in 2001.
 "pixie dust" is often used to refer to a technology that seemingly does the impossible.

-Platter based HDD is the circular disk on which magnetic data is stored in a hard disk drive. Boot up time is slow.

-SSD A solid-state drive SSD technology uses electronic interfaces compatible with traditional block input/output (I/O) hard disk drives.
 a high-performance plug-and-play storage device that contains no moving parts. Can wear out over time. Can boot up faster.

What I learned Today 09/12/13

Make sure you use the right email for when you log into a program.

Data is stored in a flux. Is a tiny magnetic field; the writing is done by a flux reversal.

September 12, 2013

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