ISSC221 Final Project At the end of the course (week 8) you will submit a final

ISSC221 Final Project
At the end of the course (week 8) you will submit a final

ISSC221 Final Project
At the end of the course (week 8) you will submit a final project report in appropriate APA formatting.
Exercises Included in Your Final Project (You will cover these in the order presented below).
Chapter 1
Lab 1 Motherboard Components: Using a picture of a modern desktop mother board of your choice identify or label as many components as possible.
Lab 2 Memory Modules: Find and label pictures of as many classes of modules as you can (minimum of 4). Note significant facts about each.
Chapter 2
Lab 2: Optical Disc Capacities
Prepare a list to include as many varieties as possible of recordable or rewritable CDs, DVDs, and BDs, both single-layer and double-layer. What is the maximum capacity of each disc and compare to its stated capacity?
Lab 4: Drive Installation and Preparation
Prepare a drive for use, including partitioning and formatting. Either partition the entire drive as one volume and then perform the primary/extended partitioning
Confirm the partition(s) are available in My Computer (or similar) and that you can write information to each one. (Provide a screen shot showing the partitions in each case).
Chapter 3
Lab 1 Computer Interfaces: Using a picture of I/O interfaces in a computer of your choice identify or label as many components as possible.
Lab 2 Video Interfaces: Using pictures of video interfaces in identify or label as many different types as possible.
Chapter 5
Lab 2 Workstation Specifics: List two features that should be enhanced for each of the following: graphic and CAD/CAM workstations, audio/video editing workstations, virtualization workstations, gaming PCs, home theater PCs, and home server PCs.
Chapter 6
Lab 1 Network Topologies: List advantages and disadvantages of the four primary network typologies (bus, star, ring and mesh).
Lab 2: OSI Model: List the OSI model layers in order from the bottom up. Describe what each one is used for.
Chapter 7
Lab 1 IP Addressing: Connect to the Internet. After your connection is complete, fill out the table below using WINIPCFG or IPCONFIG (depending upon the operating system you have installed).
IP address (What class is it?).
Subnet mask (Is it the default subnet mask?)
Default gateway_____.
DNS server_________.
DHCP server_________.
Do you have an IPv6 address? If so, what is it? _______________
Chapter 8
Lab 2 Wireless Networking: Locate the wireless access points and wireless routers on your network. Do they allow sufficient coverage for everyone who needs access? Do they use the same SSID or different SSIDs? Do they broadcast their SSIDs? Is a password required to get on the wireless network?
Chapter 9
Lab 4 Laptop Video: Determine if your laptop uses shared video memory. If so, how much is being reserved for the video card? Where do you configure it?
Lab 5 Laptop Hardware: Identify the following internal laptop components, and determine what you can upgrade them to (if anything).
• Hard drive
• Memory
• Processor
• Expansion slots
• Wireless network card
• Video card
• CMOS battery
Chapter 12
Lab 1 Beep Code: Identify the BIOS version of your motherboard. Look up the beep codes this motherboard uses on the manufacturer’s website.
Remember, you must submit this final project in proper APA formatting, to include Cover Page, Reference Page(s), properly labeled figures and tables, in-text citations, double spacing throughout the paper, etc. If you want to include a Table of Contents and Abstract, you may but they also need to be in proper APA formatting.
End of Final Project Assignment for ISSC2