Passed the A+

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Nice one QT.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Skywalker93:
<strong>Congrats dude!
Im studying for my A+ right now.
any pointers?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't panic, it's easy <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Yeah, IRQ's, make sure you know all the main ways to make boot disks in all the versions of Windows (inc NT4 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> I remember getting that one wrong).

[AlleyCat]

way to go!

[WebHead]

WTG QT!! Great Job!! Congrats bro!

[confus-ed]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Quiet Thunder:
<strong>Ok, I just passed the A+ tests yesterday, so I'm now officially ertified....</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ertified ? Sounds like me! AT least you know what all the wires are for now

Congrats - BTW A+ never expires as far as I know, I took mine in '99.....

[Quiet Thunder]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Radical Dreamer:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Skywalker93:
<strong>Congrats dude!
Im studying for my A+ right now.
any pointers?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Memorize the IRQ's as they are a large portion of the test</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Odd thing was, I didn't have a single IRQ question. I remember this, because it was the one area I studied my butt off for, and was kinda angry I didn't have it. But, I passed so, I'm not going to complain. Of course, if I hadn't studied it, the test probably would have consisted 50% of IRQ's. They say the test is for people with at least 2 years experience, and that's about right. If you know you're main os' well enough, (Win 98 and Win2k) and remember that there's about a dozen ways to do anything, you should be pretty good on the software portion. The hardware is a bit tricky, as a lot of questions can deal with some VERY extent hardware. Know your history of the processors, and have a good understanding of the major bus types, cards, memory chips, ect...
Also, relax, because I found it was not NEARLY as difficult as I expected. If you have time, memorize the 7 layers of the OSI model, because that might crop up in a place or two.

Wow, several months later and this topic is still on top. Thanks everyone for the words of congrats! Confus-ed, I don't think it expires, but it's always possible. I wouldn't ever put anything beyond them, but I havn't read any expiration dates on any of my documents they gave me once I passed.

[techleet]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Miq:
<strong>Hey congrats man. At least you get a raise out of it. I passed my A+ back in aug and my CCNA last month and I can't get an extra penny </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">heh no doubt. I have ELEVEN (count em: 1,2,3,4...11!!) cerifications, all recieved while at the same job, and didn't get a FRIGGIN CENT extra!! (A+, CCIE, MCP, 8 brainbench retard certs)

HOWEVER...

When I LEFT that job and moved on, I increased my pay by almost 40k/year LOL. THAT was nice