All of you people are very intelligent. I want to be smarter with computers. How did you guys learn? All this PCU CPU Motherboard powersupply 12890657842362347896sdfsenjsefnuslesnfunl megaoverloader something? That last one wasn't really anything I have heard of, but I am sure you have. Can someone like you know, point me in the right direction? Thank you. Also, since I know you are going to rape me with boxes because I am not as good as you, please try to retain yourselves, I just want to learn. Thank you.
Nothing wrong with learning. Only claiming to know everything about it when you really do not (see: [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=956696"]Computer illiterate people who think they know things[/URL])
Basically how I learned what I know is from on-hand experience, and lots of time looking around on the internet. And you can learn a thing or two by looking around here. If I want to know something, I google it, and research the answer. Wikipedia is a great way to get lost in things.
Eat one to gain it's knowledge
Build a computer
Just read forums and stuff. Take apart computers, put them back together again. Learn how different components affect other ones and the signs of a faulty one.
It's not rocket science, most of it is just common sense.
Read threads. Lots of threads. I learned everything I know from Facepunch and Google.
I'd like to take this opportunity to give out a big "fuck you" to my school system for not incorporating computers into the curriculum.
I just read about components and how to install them.
Then, little by little, I started buying upgrades for my computer, and I installed them. That made me comfortable with working on them.
Then one day I had the money to buy parts for an all new computer, so I did. Then I built it.
[QUOTE=CjienX;23631761]Eat one to gain it's knowledge[/QUOTE]
Definitely this, i once ate a Core i7 and now I am at the top of my class. I also ate a GTX 480 and now I don't need glasses!
Youtube videos could help you start. Try looking up videos of people building PCs and all of that
[QUOTE=MTMod;23631932]Read threads. Lots of threads. I learned everything I know from Facepunch and Google.
I'd like to take this opportunity to give out a big "fuck you" to my school system for not incorporating computers into the curriculum.[/QUOTE]
I'm glad that it wasn't offered. Then I couldn't charge what I do for building\tech support.
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Take classes in school if possible. That would be a good base of learning, and then as you discuss about what you do know, you'll most likely learn more. I started learning long before computer classes, just get an old junker computer that's going to be thrown out and take it apart and learn what everything does. That's what I did.
The first computer I pulled apart was an old 486, it wouldn't be hard to get your hands on one. Just look around for computers from around 1995 (heck I have a stack of them), they're more similar to today's systems than something from 1991. Hardware has changed a lot since then, but the basics of what everything does is still the same, and I think you'd learn a lot.
I personally don't really recommend learning off threads and such - it's far too easy to get sucked into stupid bandwagons/start repeating incorrect statements or misconceptions.
If you really want to learn, the best places to start are by getting the information straight from the primary sources - keep up with tech articles and do your best to learn about inner workings of computers from PC hardware review sites.
[url]http://www.anandtech.com/[/url] is my personal favorite.
[url]http://www.tomshardware.com/us/#redir[/url] is pretty huge and well known.
[url]http://www.guru3d.com/[/url] is good too, but aimed at a more high-end overclocking reader base.
For basic information Wikipedia can also be quite helpful, as is Google. It's just a matter of time, this stuff is mostly pretty easy.
Life experience goes a long way. I've been a computer guy since I was around 4, digging deep on both the software and hardware ends. With that much computer use, you come across problems. This forces you to adapt problem-solving skills, if you stick to figuring things out yourself. Like it's been said, most of it is common sense, or at least logical.
In the short term, subscribe to a hardware magazine or something (Maximum PC, etc.). If you read hardware reviews and absorb their finer points, look at component statistics blocks, learn what they all mean, and start taking apart computers once you have a grasp of the functions of each part, the rest comes easy.
From there it amounts to matching 8-pin connectors to 8-pin slots, or lining up screws, or checking driver versions. That comes naturally. If it doesn't, don't quit your day job.
I know this may be going overboard, but buying a manual to study for the CompTIA A+ Exam(s) really improved my knowledge of computers. The A+ exam is the universal certification for computer technicians (although, it isn't required, but it looks good!) to get a job in the IT field. I found much wisdom from the text, mostly because of its extreme details about even the most simplest of parts.
I bought a How to build a PC book, which explained each of the parts and showed how to build various types of PC's and set them up/troubleshoot, I then bought PC magazines every month such as Computer Shopper, PCPro etc. I also have been reading this section only on facepunch since I joined, so I just have picked up information on various subjects of PC stuff.
I also aqquired many PC's over the years and used them to practise building/swapping parts etc to gain practical knowledge
Take some Cisco courses their awesome.
Experience is the only true way to learn about technology.
Best way to learn. Do lots of crazy shit to your computer. So that way, you learn to fix it. Try messing with the Windows Partition Manager, that'll help.
My hat's off to the OP. He admits he lacks PC knowledge instead of going around and telling people made-up bullshit he got from thin air.
It took me about 15 years to learn what I know now. That involved me messing up millions of others' PC's. Got me in big trouble. :frown:
[QUOTE=mwg;23636322]Take some Cisco courses their awesome.[/QUOTE]
Yeah man, do it
I'm going to take CCNP exam tomorrow by the way
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[QUOTE=plazzydan;23632048][url]http://www.pcityourself.com/choosing/introduction.php[/url]
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He didn't ask how to build computers, and knowing how to build computers doesn't mean you are any good at computers
[QUOTE=Ericsson;23637227]He didn't ask how to build computers, and knowing how to build computers doesn't mean you are any good at computers[/QUOTE]
Uhhhhh.
Experience
Lurk.
:ninja:
I've pretty much done a lot of what the other people from here have done. Lurk. I have gained a better knowledge although I would like learn more and get into programming.
I learned most of my tech knowledge from my Dad, he got me using computers when I was 3 so I've been raised with them and my Dad always kept me up to date with the latest parts and such.
Basically just reading a lot and keeping tabs on whats new in the market and comparing it to whats currently around I learned whats what. As for programming and software management, that's fixing shit myself when a virus gets the best of my computer or a program dies when I don't want it to.
[QUOTE=Ericsson;23637227]Yeah man, do it
I'm going to take CCNP exam tomorrow by the way[/QUOTE]
Im getting my CCNA while doing cert iv/diploma of IT. by the middle of next year i wont just know stuff about things, ill have a bunch of papers saying i know stuff about things!
Read the I FLICK UR PSU SWITCH thread.
Look parts up, test your own hardware, look at what other hardware gains in the tests. Benchmarks.
Some starter stuff could be that laptop harddrives are usually 5400RPM, yet you can still get 7200RPM drives for laptops, while the standard for desktops is 7200RPM. Higher end can do 10k or 15k RPM, but are usually smaller in amount of capacity. There's some stuff you can look up and confirm.
[QUOTE=Bladerunner1;23637997]Im getting my CCNA while doing cert iv/diploma of IT. by the middle of next year i wont just know stuff about things, ill have a bunch of papers saying i know stuff about things![/QUOTE]
CCNA was nightmare for me, it may seem easy, but exam itself is really hard. I meant question types like multiple choice, passing score and timer
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