1. Revision Chapter 6
Two types of technologies used inside the hard drive
Transfer speed for SATA I, SATA II and SATA III
Different standards of SCSI
How many devices are supported by SCSI interface
What is RAID, Different RAID levels
Benefits of RAID
How many HDD are required for each RAID level
What term describes the technology that allows you to replace the hard drive without powering down the system

2. Activity 1 Go to www.ark.intel.com
List 4 third generation Core i7 processors. For each, list Processor number, the max memory it supports and the socket it uses.

3. Activity 2 Use HWiNFO Hardware information utility
Download and install HWiNFO64 from Once installed, explore the tool and answer the following:
Path and the name of the downloaded file?
Motherboard manufacturer and model?
Motherboard Chipset?
BIOS manufacturer?
Number of CPU cores?
Amount of L1, L2 and L3 cache?
Motherboard Serial number?

4. Activity 3
Download and install CPU-Z from
Once installed, explore the tool and find out the following information:
CPU specification?
Motherboard manufacturer and model?
Amount of video RAM?
Slot type of video bus, as reported by the video card?