# Passed my CompTIA Hardware exam **URL:** \ **Category:** IT Careers and Certification\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684 "2007-10-04T13:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/rhochstenbach/32/196_2.png) [@RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/RHochstenbach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/1 "2007-10-04T13:01:42Z")
I passed my CompTIA Hardware exam totday! Got 87% correct 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferg](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/ferg/32/27_2.png) [@Ferg](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/Ferg)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/2 "2007-10-04T14:52:04Z")
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S buddy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/rhochstenbach/32/196_2.png) [@RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/RHochstenbach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/3 "2007-10-04T15:05:33Z")
Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![megamaced](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/megamaced/32/137_2.png) [@megamaced](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/megamaced)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/4 "2007-10-12T15:09:05Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![donkey42](https://www.hardwareforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@donkey42](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/donkey42)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/5 "2007-10-12T19:25:15Z")
🍺congrats RH, real life experience means more than exam results to me, although, i know i’m wrong :meh: ---
**Author:** ![RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/rhochstenbach/32/196_2.png) [@RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/RHochstenbach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/6 "2007-10-12T19:46:00Z")
Thanks guys 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tech](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/tech/32/203_2.png) [@Tech](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/Tech)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/7 "2007-10-13T10:02:59Z")
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. > 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 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![megamaced](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/megamaced/32/137_2.png) [@megamaced](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/megamaced)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/8 "2007-10-15T09:47:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/rhochstenbach/32/196_2.png) [@RHochstenbach](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/RHochstenbach)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/9 "2007-10-15T10:10:33Z")
The version that I had, covered DDR2, PCI express, SLI technology and CPUs till the Pentium D. ---
**Author:** ![la1](https://www.hardwareforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@la1](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/la1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/10 "2007-12-21T20:30:33Z")
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. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Onur](https://www.hardwareforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/d26b3c/32.png) [@Onur](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/Onur)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/passed-my-comptia-hardware-exam/17684/11 "2008-03-14T18:16:52Z")
Congratulations Roy, 87%. It is cool.