Upgrading and Repairing Laptops Seminars

Who should attend:

Anybody who's responsibilities include installing, configuring, troubleshooting, upgrading, repairing, and maintaining laptops

Description:

This is a 4 day course designed to provide comprehensive, in-depth hands-on training for troubleshooting and repairing laptop hardware problems as well as installing new components and upgrading laptops. In addition, there will also be training in device related software, diagnostic tools, as well as tools and techniques for recovering data. Due to the nature of the industry, the course content dynamically changes to reflect the current state of the art laptop computer technology as it evolves.

In this seminar, you will learn how to:

Install and configure hardware on a laptop
Diagnose problems with laptop hardware
Diagnose problems with drivers and low-level device related software
Understand current laptop hardware and technology in-depth
Differentiate hardware vs. software problems

This is a hands-on course and will include several labs:

BIOS Setup and Configuration
Processor Installation
Memory Installation
Hard Drive Configuration and Installation
Optical Drive Configuration, Installation
System diagnostics and burn-in testing
MiniPCI Installation
Wireless network installation and setup

All students will receive:

Upgrading and Repairing Laptops current edition
900 page book with DVD
11 piece PC Toolkit
6 piece mini screwdriver set
Course workbook/notepad

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Course Overview:

Troubleshooting:
Modern laptops are more complicated than ever, with many more functions and devices integrated. It has become more difficult to determine whether problems are hardware or software related. You'll learn how to distinguish hardware problems from software problems, and how to solve them quickly and efficiently. Understanding device drivers and their relationship to hardware is also a must for advanced troubleshooting. Showing how to access BIOS Setup, knowing what the settings mean, and how to properly configure them are also important.

Upgrading and Repairing:
You will learn how to identify failed components unique to laptops and replace them, including keyboards, displays and pointing devices. You will also learn how to upgrade laptops, including processors, hard drives, memory, optical drives and PCIe Mini/MiniPCI cards.

Turn simple repairs into inexpensive upgrades, with newer high performance parts which are backwards compatible.
Add additional features and functions to a laptop.
Tips and tricks for easily and efficiently disassembling and reassembling laptops.

Laptop storage and security:
Learn how to secure data on laptops in case of loss or theft. Learn simple techniques for recovering data from damaged systems, hard drives and optical discs.

Desktop replacement:
Learn how to use a laptop as a desktop replacement rather than having to maintain a laptop and a desktop system. Learn about docking solutions and ways to expand a laptop to use multiple monitors, desktop style expansion cards and use high performance external esata storage.

Scott Mueller is the most trusted, authoritative PC hardware and technology voice in the industry. Scott personally teaches all of his seminars and has a knack for making technical topics not only understandable, but entertaining as well. Scott is the author of the longest running, most popular, and most comprehensive PC hardware book in the world, Upgrading and Repairing PC’s, which has not only been produced in more than 18 editions, but has also become the core of an entire series of books.

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