Help and Advice

[johnson]

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Hi everybody iam new to this computer field i want to become a PC Technician or a PC Repair man what are the basic things i should know or learn before i start a career in this field and what are the basic tools i should have any advice or help will be highly appreciated and most welcome

[Variable]

I would buy a NEW book on the A+ exam from comptia and read it. You will find out which tools you need from the book. For most issues that you will come across you will need a philips head screw driver and that is it. Installing/removing PC hardware is not rocket science and is very straight forward. The other useful tool is a voltage meter to test voltage on different connectors. I would not buy a A+ tool kit unless it was very cheap. I have a flashlight on a head band and that has come in handy several times. I also like a long pair of needle nose pliers for inserting the small connectors. But the most commonly used tool is a screw driver by far. We have a nice A+ toolkit here at work, it has many things in it that have never been used and we work on computers quite often.

[johnson]

Thankyou Variable if you dont mind can you suggest some of the good books it would be very helpful thanks again

[pentachris]

This (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072229918/qid=1122489307/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3551952-6358403?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) is probably the best A+ book available.

[Steve]

I can recommend Exam Cram 2 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078973043X/qid=1122502302/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-6983077-0752125) .

Good info and a good website.

[johnson]

Thankyou Pentachris for the information about the book.I saw a lot of system diagnostic software tools,post probes to check the hardware can somebody kindly recommend a good company also the type of diagnostic software and probes or something else which was very useful to you and helped you in the field and and in your workstations.i would be grateful to you thanks

[johnson]

Hi everybody please feel free to drop some opinions or suggestions as iam starting a new carrer thankyou all. Its a big step i will be grateful to all your advice and help