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Comp TIA INFO NOTE BOOKS & OSaka laptop operating system \a notebook use to be considered a black box to PC support tech \A tablet PC has more features than a notebook \Notebook computer cases are different than one another and the components are not interchangeable among manufacturers \In a notebook, replacing the motherboard means you'll have to fully disassemble the entire notebook except the LCD assembly \sometimes, a notebook LCD panel, including the entire cover and hinges, is considered a single field replaceable unit \Recent statistics show that more than 30% people own a notebook \most notebook manufacturers provide diagnostic software that can help you test components \When you purchase a notebook make sure you have a recovery CD containing the installed Operating system (OS) \A docking station provides the same functions as a port replicator \A PCMCIA cards include one or more variations of PC Card, Card Bus, and Express Card \The latest PCMCIA standard is Express Card, which uses USB 2.0 \A inverter is an electrical device that changes DC to AC \In hybrid sleep, all work is saved to the hard drive,.but the system still maintains a trickle of power \In windows XP, standby mode is the the same as Vista sleep mode and corresponds to ACPI S3 \A mouse, graphic tablet, or other input device is likely to use the a USB port \You can adjust the way the touch pad or work on a laptop using the Mouse properties box \For tablet PCs the stylus can be controlled from the Pen and Input Devices \To substitute an internal device with an external device, first go into BIOS setup and disable the internal device \A MicroDIMM that contains SDRAM has 144 pins \Mini PCI Express slots have 52 pins on the edge connectors \The disadvantage of hibernation is that it takes longer for the computer to go into suspend mode and resume from it \When a component on a notebook needs replacing or upgrading, first you need to consider the warranties \Notebook hard drives use either a SATA connector for a sata drive or a 44 pin IDE connector for an IDE drive \ Before opening a notebook case be sure to wear a ground strap to protect the notebook from ESD (electro static discharge) \Notebooks have many small screws so draw a diagram of the location of the screw

Printers

\If you can afford it its best to buy one machine for one purpose \If loose toner comes out with your printout the fuser is not reaching the proper temperature and professional service is required \Thermal printers use wax-based ink that is heated by heat pins that melt the ink onto paper \A dye-sublimation printer uses solid dyes embedded on different transparent films \Automatically printing on both sides of the page is called duplex printing \a local printer connects directly to a computer by way of a USB port, parallel port, serial port, wire less \when you print to the Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer it creates a .xps file \To know the IP address of a network printer, direct the printer to print a configuration page \PostScript is a language used to communicate how a page is to print and was developed by Adobe System \Several print jobs can accumulate in the queue, which you can view in the vista printer window or XP printer and fax window in a process called spooling \Manufactures of high-end printer provide printer maintenance kits which include pieces to repair the printer and instructions on how to do it \To find out how many pages your printer has printed over time you need to have the printer give you a page count \in a laser printer, the fuser should last for about 45,000 pages \Printer firmware can be updated by the printers DIMM or downloading it from the manufactures web site \Check Event Viewer for recorded events that have to do with the printer or the port it is using \If symbols or other special characters don't print correctly on a laser printer, try using binary printing rather than asking the printer to interpret the characters \Do not use less than 20-LB paper in any type of printer unless specified to do so \inkjet printers use a type of ink-dispersion printing \The default printer is the one windows prints to unless another is selected \A network printer has a network port and connects directly to the network and not to a individual PC \ Extreme humidity can cause the toner to clump in the cartridge and give a low toner message \A ghosted image appears a few inches below the actual darker image on the page

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