Passed my CompTIA Hardware exam

RHochstenbach · 04-10-2007, 02:01 PM

I passed my CompTIA Hardware exam totday! Got 87% correct

ferg · 04-10-2007, 02:52 PM

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S buddy

RHochstenbach · 04-10-2007, 03:05 PM

Thanks

megamaced · 12-10-2007, 03:09 PM

Congratulations RHochstenbach on passing the hardware exam of the A+! You should find the Operating System exam much easier.

I passed CompTIA A+ and N+ last year and they are valuable qualifications to hold. I think you may find it difficult to get an IT job on those qualifications alone, but they are a great stepping stone to a more prestigious exam such as MCSA/MSCE. Your A+ and N+ qualifications can even count as an elective towards your MCSA!

Good luck with the next exam!

donkey42 · 12-10-2007, 07:25 PM

congrats RH, real life experience means more than exam results to me, although, i know i'm wrong :meh:

RHochstenbach · 12-10-2007, 07:46 PM

Thanks guys

Tech · 13-10-2007, 10:02 AM

Hey RHochstenbach, congrats on the pass.

I'm probably in the same boat you were a month or so ago as I'm working up to doing the essentials exam but there are some aspects of the exam that just dont seem worth learning for a real world IT techinician. I dont really care how CD-Rs and CD-RWs actually work and I doubt a clinet will every need me to explain it to them either! Similarly I dont understand why we would need to know the stats for a early Pentium or even the Pentium II etc.

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real life experience means more than exam results to me, although, i know i'm wrong

I don't think you are donkey!!! If you learn it from a book it just means you know where everything is and what it does but if you have the real world experience you're far more likely to understand it. WHen I started studying I couldn't understand why the A+ wasn't so recognized in the IT market place but now I do

megamaced · 15-10-2007, 09:47 AM

I think CompTIA recently upgraded the A+ to cover newer hardware like DDR2 and PCI-E. But when I took the exam last year most of hardware covered was Pentium 3 era. That's not too helpful in an Intel Core era!

Despite the out of date hardware covered, I still took a lot away from the exam and have become a better technician because of it.

RHochstenbach · 15-10-2007, 10:10 AM

The version that I had, covered DDR2, PCI express, SLI technology and CPUs till the Pentium D.

la1 · 21-12-2007, 08:30 PM

CONGRALULATIONS ON PASSING. I passed my A+ back when hardware and OS where all in one. Most of the OS questions were about DOS a few were about win 95, the rest were hardware.

Onur · 14-03-2008, 06:16 PM

Congratulations Roy, 87%. It is cool.

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megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,466 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	Congratulations RHochstenbach on passing the hardware exam of the A+! You should find the Operating System exam much easier. I passed CompTIA A+ and N+ last year and they are valuable qualifications to hold. I think you may find it difficult to get an IT job on those qualifications alone, but they are a great stepping stone to a more prestigious exam such as MCSA/MSCE. Your A+ and N+ qualifications can even count as an elective towards your MCSA! Good luck with the next exam! __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

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megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,466 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	I think CompTIA recently upgraded the A+ to cover newer hardware like DDR2 and PCI-E. But when I took the exam last year most of hardware covered was Pentium 3 era. That's not too helpful in an Intel Core era! Despite the out of date hardware covered, I still took a lot away from the exam and have become a better technician because of it. __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

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