A couple of questions I got on the *hardware* test:
1) A typical IDE-based PC has how many IDE interfaces?
2) COM1 and COM3 are typically associated with which IRQ?
3) Which three files are necessary for a Windows 9x recovery disk?
4) A user complains that she cannot access the network. Others claim
they cannot reach the user by the network. What should be your first
step?
For number 1 I said four. That was wrong, and they didn't tell me
what the right answer was. If not 4, then the answer is probably 2.
Every personal computer I've ever seen the innards to had an IDE1 and
IDE2, each handling a master and a slave drive.
I would have said 4 as well, depending on the ACTUAL wording of the
question.
1 controller chip, 2 cable interfaces, 4 drives
For number 2 I had no f-ing clue, and should I on a hardware exam?
IRQ=4, COM 2&4 use IRQ3
I never understood the history of 1&3=4, and 2&4=3 ?
Surely when they first added COM ports they would have taken the first
available IRQ, and that would have been 3 ?
Number 3 I have a pretty good idea, but I guessed wrong. COMMAND.COM,
IO.SYS and... ?
NFI
FDISK /MBR is prolly required to boot in the first place
Number 4, I chose "replace the card". In my former life as an
electronics tech, we'd *never* start with swapping, but the other
three choices made less sense. I was wrong. If that was wrong, then
"ping the computer" would be the next step. I guess that makes sense.
You want to collect data and verify your symptoms yourself, right?
I'd check the cable first !
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