All Entries Tagged With: "cpu"
220-702: 1.1 – Installing and Configuring Cooling Systems
Every computer needs enough cooling to keep all components running at optimum efficiency. In this video, you’ll learn how to install a CPU fan, a computer case fan, and learn some best practices for maintaining optimal airflow through your computer.
220-702: 1.1 – Installing and Configuring Processors
The installation of a processor onto a motherboard is a relatively straightforward process, as long as thermal requirements are properly considered. In this video, you’ll learn how to install processors, including the necessary thermal grease and heatsinks required to cool the components.
Pick a peck of perfect processors
What kind of processor interface has two rows of fragile pins that press tightly into sockets on the motherboard?
220-701: 1.4 – CPU Technologies
CPUs are extremely complex components, and their inner-workings can contain a mix of memory caches, multiple processor cores, and advanced queuing mechanisms. In this video, you’ll learn how these technologies work together to create today’s modern central processing units.
Which CPU technology is this?
Which CPU technology virtualizes a single CPU to make it appear as if it was two separate processors? Your operating system must be specifically written to take advantage of this technology.
What fits into Socket 370?
What kind of CPU package fits into a Socket 370?
Why is your CPU so hot?
You’ve been monitoring your computer, and you’ve found that the temperature of your CPU is running very hot even though your computer is showing very low CPU utilization. Which of these options would be the most likely cause of this issue?
How can you troubleshoot this thermal issue?
You’ve been watching your hardware monitoring software, and you’ve noticed that the temperature of your CPU has increased dramatically in the last few weeks. What’s the most likely cause of the issue?
220-701: 1.2 – Processor Sockets
Processors come in many different shapes and sizes. In this video, you’ll learn about DIP sockets, Slot sockets, and PGA sockets.
220-701: 1.0 – Introduction to Personal Computers
A personal computer’s combination of chips, circuits, and other components can be an intimidating device. In this module, we’ll deconstruct every piece of the computer and you’ll learn about interfaces, processors, hard drives, and the BIOS.
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