maintenance and setup

Your organization has also asked you to research best practices in hardware maintenance and setup.

Based on your Learning Team collaboration, create a Microsoft® Word document that would be used as a quick reference guide in setting up, maintaining, and supporting your organization’s hardware resources.

Research online for an instructional resource addressing each bullet point below. These can include articles, whitepapers, how-to guides, tutorial videos, etc.

Summarize and describe the key points for each link, in roughly 50 to 100 words each. Include both the link and the summary for each of the 9 topics below:

• Use built-in diagnostics and monitoring
• Differentiate between motherboard components
• Compare and contrast RAM types and features
• Install and configure expansion cards, storage devices and appropriate media
• Differentiate among various CPU types and features
• Compare and contrast various connection interfaces and explain their purpose
• Set up and deploy a computer/laptop/mobile device using a known imaging process or software
• Install various computer peripherals
• Explain the importance of hardware maintenance

Include references, and citations if necessary, for all online resources used.

Follow APA formatting guidelines for any works cited.