Now, this will sound silly - Northbridge/Southbridge

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have you examined the Comptia objectives for the course yet ?

http://www.comptia.org/certification/a/objectives.aspx

AFAIK you'll not be asked about registers, control units or other internals of the CPU. They may ask about cache, speeds etc however

 

Having a basic understanding of whats in the cpu is probably a good thing.

There is the prospect of questions like "what field replacable unit would you take with you to a customer who's machine is reporting FPU errors?"

Now, if you don't know that the FPU is part of the cpu then you don't know the answer.

Personally, I wouldn't get too bogged down in the minutae of this topic.

Have a look at the objectives like Clyde said, that may put your mind at rest (or not )

I sat and passed hardware last week, and i don't recall any north/south bridge or detailed cpu architechture stuff.

Best of luck.

edited to add direct link to hardware objectives (pdf)

http://www.comptia.org/certification/A/2003_aplus_core_hardware_objectives.pdf

 

Meyers gives a fairly good account of northbridge and southbridge.

Note that for many CPU/chipset combos the two bridges are not in the CPU itself, but are part of the chipset.

Meyers makes the comment that these two names are being used less these days and I would agree with that.

While test exams include questions on the two bridges the exam I took last Friday made no mention of them.

Harry.

 

why do you think they've missed out anything ? The objectives don't really cover the internals of a CPU. To be honest, it's impossible to cover every conceivable thing that could come up in the exam. Thats where study of the material comes in. The training provider is there to clarify the exam material for you.

 

I hear what you're saying but there's only so much you can cover in class.

As I see it, they have a responsibility to provide adequate training materials and deliver a professional course that prepares you to pass the exams. Further, if they advertise their courses as suitable for career changers, or guarantee jobs etc, they ought to add value to the course by pointing out what you need to do to succeed in the real world.

You have a responsibility to study the materials properly and learn what you need to learn to pass the exams and prepare for the real world.

I don't know if they have failed in their obligations or not, but I will say, its impossible to cover everything in class and some reading around the topic is generally required. That said, they should point out what you need to cover...

So there ya go.. my 0.02 cents worth!