Linkedin Learning – IT Hardware Essentials: Desktop Support and Troubleshooting by Pearson 2026
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Looking to launch a career in IT support? This course helps you gain essential IT hardware maintenance skills to excel at troubleshooting and desktop support by exploring ports, cables, hardware, peripherals, and more. Begin by reviewing how to work with common ports and cable types, including video ports, USB, Thunderbolt, Ethernet, and power cables. Discover how cable converters and adapters are used to connect different hardware components. Check out the inside of a desktop computer to understand RAM, hard drives, graphics cards, and wireless adapters. Find out how to use built-in tools such as device managers to manage and update drivers. Review key components of internal and external storage devices.
Learn how to diagnose and fix common issues related to power, connectivity, usability, and hardware compatibility with CPUs, memory, graphics, and storage. Equip yourself to be able to read device status indicators, identify problems, and update firmware. Review how to troubleshoot a wide range of peripherals including printers, speakers, microphones, keyboards, scanners, webcams, and conferencing tools. By the end of this course, you will be prepared to support computer systems, solve hardware and device problems, and apply critical thinking techniques, whether you’re starting or continuing as a help desk technician, IT support specialist, or the office’s go-to troubleshooter.
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