Day 25

I have not posted lately as I had the flu, But let me get started.        Feb/27/2013

Today was actually a great day, We started out by working in the "box". We had previously wiped and installed a windows O/S on a pc that needed repair in class, I had to learn how to mount a ISO image(the o/s) and then put the image onto a flash drive, as a NTFS file, But the NTFS file did not computer. So I used fat32, Anyways I  partitioned a pc, and then loaded a O/S onto the computer. Only to find out when I came back to class, Some peer fiddled with my computer, But it is my fault because I left the dang thing open.

Anyways so to continue, This morning we took some more pcs that needed wiping and installments, and did what we do best, or worst depending on whom you are speaking of (I may be the worst ;)  I had a fairly rudimentary job as my PC was wiped , So I had to swap some files from my teachers laptop, and put them on my flash drive, Then moving them onto My own laptop and installing a windows file to put the windows 7 starter edition onto my flash drive, the said operation probably took about half an hour, After all this was said and done it worked like it was no ones business and installed no problem. So Lunch was aten, snacks were had. 

We moved onto some IC3 "stuff" lol I will refer to ic3 subject as stuff. So we learnt what the ribbons and tabs did in certain micro soft office programs.

We also learn't the proper steps to installing and updating a O/S even though we did this already, The review was good just to keep the said process fresh and embedded in our brain.

We then did a IC3 quiz online I scored 80% Only to do utterly terrible on the A+ test of the day.

Anyways Ladies and Gent's I will be logging off. 

oh yeah, I have a server I will be setting up this saturday, I will keep you all posted!

-Mark Bartlett

Day 20

Today we went over IC3, We went over comparisons on buying laptops and giving a presentation.
We also did some computer hardware system, But I left after lunch because I had oral surgery recently and my gum line was really giving me trouble I had to run to the dentist(Not literally).
I will give a more in depth blog about day 21.
-Mark Bartlett

Day 19

So ladies and gentlemen                                                                                    Feb/19th/2013                                                                                
Welcome to another blog entry from my most excellent ITTechnician class!

So today we went over some more IC3 how exciting.

This included not limited to identifying  file types and matching them with the proper application.
We went into a bit more detail about creating sub folders and organizing the said folders.

We then jumped into identifying SATA or PATA hard drives before implementing the hard drive.
Note: Read the hard drive manual before setting up the jumpers.
After the hard drive is hard wired in, You now deal with bios and CMOS; From here you go on to setting up  dual partitions if you like, and formatting the hard drive.

We move onto the FAT system(fat 16 2 gb fat 32 4kb cluster) there is also fat 64 which is amazing.

Anyways we go over some more minor sections and error messages, But I'm going to cut this blog entry short, I have to make some flash cards. Ciao everyone

-Mark Bartlett

IC3 day

Feb/18/2013

So our class finally got into our IC3 books, and did a few rudimentary exercises.

We have gone over Operating systems quite extensively.  

Alot of the review was of the 3 different flavors, and the sub categories that were in said flavors.

We also went over the difference between the hardware and the O/S(operating system)

The O/S "performs the following actions- serves as a logical interface for the user and the hardware, Manages co-ordinates and services"

Here is a quote in regards to hardware "Hardware asks something to happen O/S makes it happen

provides logical environment in which application software can execute on the pc"

The O/S consists of 3 different "part's"

The" Kernel is loaded into the memory-contains the basic functions of the os which are memory management input output, file management, communications

The kernel provides services for communications software and the user interface.

Services that are not included in the kerner\l are called into memory temporarily and are executed as there needed."

The" User interface

Excerpts commands from the user and interprets them, this facilitates communication between the os and the user

Command interpreter

This is the gooey in the graphical environment and the command line interfaces, so non graphical"

And the "File System

Provides the methods used to organize files on the storage media

Storage-Access

To store files on the media and to provide access control and other types of file protection."

We also went quite a bit more in-depth, But those quotes are a good just of the situation.

We also went into task bar options and a few more small procedures, Moving on we were asked to choose a pc to log and document for the class Data base of computers that we will be working on and repairing throughout the remainder of the course.

-Mark Bartlett

Day 17

Welcome gentlemen.

So we started our day out right with some prevention by user steps and protocols, Then we moved onto computer process' a bit. We also covered trouble shooting between hardware and software, And I personally always say this, But NEVER ASSUME anything.

And once again we dabbled in powerpoint I will post the slide on this blog, It is on a need to know basis until then.

We then touched base on theories of trouble shooting,t he most common problems and then what to carry on you while doing repairs, I could go on but in other words we are trouble shoot pros now.

Moving on we went into Databases, This is a neat one! I cannot explain too much as its pretty basic You go into a program and create a few databses to fetch information from, and the info correlates with each other.

Now the real sweet part of today and maybe for awhile was actually getting a shipment of pcs to replace in the school it self, My team(I gave Colton leadership for this) did phenomenal IMO. We went further then we had too, And we left the place looking better then it was. Apparently the other groups disbanded and were all over the place.

Well on that note, I'm going to make my "brunch" and go enjoy the afk weather!

-Mark Bartlett

Day 16

Hey guys, I'm really cutting back on my blogs until I do more hardware as I really enjoy that part, And I also have two other classes to catch up on after classes.

But lets get started on day 16, We had to split up and group up and then review all of our pop quizs lately and decided who would write up the answers for each quiz; Then when all the writing is said and done, We exchange information for study purposes.
We also went over video Codecs today; video wrappers, dvd region codes and Blu ray region codes. and messed around a bit with mixing songs on acid 7.0, On this note we also did some video editing a few crops here and few crops there.

Near the end we went over operationl procedurs, Safety for on the job site and the Traits of a tech.

 Ah almost forgot, We also took apart some pcs with a group of 3' one of our partners left, We then sped up the process though even with a man down! Our pc was the first taken apart and cataloged, and then the first up and running as well, With extra parts in it to boot!
Ah ok ladies and gents sorry for the late posts. But enjoy!

-Mark Bartlett

Day 15

Another Excel day!

So today our class used Excel all day, I really did not enjoy it that  much.
We made fantasy hockey pools with long grueling data imports. But hey I learnt something new!
We imported data from a website, then we also made a selection of 12 players and made our own chart.
We also learned how to use a formula so our 12 player pool, can correlate with the NHL'S 686 player data base.

We had a CPU pop quiz, I did average in the class, But at least I have a reference point now on what I need to study up on. Well I had to draw this one out a bit as we learnt about Excel all morning, We only have half days on Tuesday btw.
As for my night, I studied a bit about some caches, CMOS and flasing the BIOS.

Anyways cya world, and sorry for the boring blog, I'm beat and I feel its unsafe to ingest any more caffeine.
-Mark Bartlett