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This type of cable is commonly used to connect printers, scanners, and external hard drives to a computer.
What is a USB cable?
This type of storage device uses flash memory to store data.
What is a solid-state drive?
This type of CPU feature allows for two threads to be processed simultaneously.
What is hyper-threading?
This technology was developed in the 1970s and is considered outdated compared to UEFI.
What is BIOS?
This methodology involves using a step-by-step process to diagnose and solve problems.
What is troubleshooting?
This legacy connector is commonly used to connect a monitor to a computer.
What is a VGA cable?
This component connects the CPU to the motherboard.
What is a CPU socket?
This type of RAM is commonly used in laptop computers and has 204 pins.
What is SO-DIMM (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module)?
This type of motherboard connector connects the power switch and power LED to the motherboard.
What is the front panel header?
This methodology involves identifying a problem and implementing a temporary solution until a permanent solution can be found.
What is a workaround?
This cable type is used to connect networking devices like routers and switches.
What is an Ethernet cable?
This type of add-on card can be used to connect external storage devices to a motherboard.
What is a RAID card/controller?
This type of add-on card is used to accelerate graphics processing, especially for gaming and video editing.
What is a graphics card / graphics processing unit(GPU)?
This BIOS/UEFI feature allows the system to boot from a USB drive, CD/DVD, or other removable media.
What is Boot Order?
This is the final step in the problem-solving methodology before documentation.
What is verifying the solution?
This type of connector is commonly used to connect headphones or speakers to a computer or mobile device.
What is a 3.5mm audio jack?
This component controls the flow of data between the CPU and other components.
What is a chipset?
This term refers to the process of setting the voltage and frequency of the CPU to optimize its performance.
What is CPU tuning or overclocking?
This feature allows for secure booting by only allowing trusted operating systems and bootloaders to run.
What is UEFI Secure Boot?
This methodology involves identifying a problem and taking corrective action to minimize its impact.
What is contingency planning?
This cable type is used to connect power to internal components of a computer, such as hard drives and optical drives.
What is a Molex connector?
This type of CPU socket is commonly used for Intel processors.
What is an LGA (Land Grid Array) socket?
This RAID level requires at least three drives.
What is RAID 5?
This hardware-based security system is more secure and less vulnerable to attack than software-based security.
What is TPM (Trusted Platform Module)?
This is the second step in the problem-solving methodology.
What is establish a theory of probable cause?