Microcomputer Systems (Autumn 2001)

Homepage

Newest news related to the course can always be found from address: <URL: http://appro.mit.jyu.fi/laitteistot/>

Content

• During the course you get familiar with the structure of PC and you learn to know essential things about computers functionality.
• You will learn to install hardware and software.
• You will learn to install extensions.

Prerequisites

Required: Utilizing Information Networks
Recommended: Introduction to Programming or corresponding knowledge.

Requirements

Exercise work and final examination. The dates are informed later. Exam results will be informed on the course homepage. Lectures and exercises are optional.

Registration to the course and exercise groups

Registration should be done with Korppi.

Material:

Petri Heinonen & Tommi Lahtonen: Mikrotietokonelaitteistot 2001 (Course handout)
The handout is written in Finnish. Shop Kampus-kirja sells handouts. If you are a student at open University, pick up the handout from office AgC431.2 or from some lecture.

Lectures

20 hours, lectured in Finnish. Substitutive material in english is also available

Exercises

12 hours are kept in computer class-rooms in Agora.

• Demo 1
  • Demo 1
  • Adding memory
• Demo 2
  • Demo 2
  • Hard Disk Drive Physical Installation Procedure
  • Hard Disk Drive Connection Procedure
• Demo 3
  • How to make a bootdisk for your pc
  • Partitioning
• Demo 4
  • Searching drivers
  • Installing windows 98
  • Installing Red Hat Linux
• Demo 5
  • Solving hardware problems
  • Installing a network card and a sound card,Windows Update,Installing software
• Demo 6
  • Performance and settings of a computer
  • Assembling a computer
  • Measuring the performance of the demonstration computer

Assignment

The course includes one exercise work. More specified description about the execise work can be found from the course homepage. English instructions are now available.

Exams

You must register with kurki to every exam at least one weeb before the exam. If you want your questions in english then remember to point that out in you registration!

University students

• Friday 07.12.2001 12.00-16.00

Open university students

• Friday 07.12.2001 16.30-20.30
• Friday 25.01.2002 16.30-20.30

Mailing list

You can order the course mailing list from: http://majordomo.cc.jyu.fi/mailman/listinfo/laitteistot/

Realtime discussion

You can discuss about the course or from anything you like in our own IRC-channel called #appro.

Lectures