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Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 14th Edition

By Scott Mueller
Published Aug 27, 2002 by Que.

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Copyright 2003
Pages: 1632
Edition: 14th

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ISBN-10: 0-7686-6424-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-7686-6424-9

This is the newest comprehensive update to the world's #1 guide to PC repair and maintenance. World-renowned PC hardware expert Scott Mueller has thoroughly updated his legendary Upgrading and Repairing PCs to reflect today's latest PC technologies, and added a new DVD with more than two hours of digital video demonstrating PC maintenance and repair, which can be watched on either their DVD-equipped PCs or any DVD player. Mueller presents updated coverage of every significant PC component: processors, motherboards, memory, the BIOS, IDE and SCSI interfaces, drives, removable and optical storage, video and audio hardware, USB, FireWire, Internet connectivity, LANs, power supplies, even PC cases. This book also contains a detailed troubleshooting index designed to help readers rapidly diagnose more than 250 common PC hardware problems, as well as an extensive vendor contact guide, and a comprehensive PC technical glossary.

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Introduction.

1. Development of the PC.

Computer History—Before Personal Computers. Modern Computers. History of the PC.

2. PC Components, Features, and System Design.

What Is a PC? System Types. System Components.

3. Microprocessor Types and Specifications.

Microprocessors. Pre-PC Microprocessor History. Processor Specifications. Processor Features. Processor Manufacturing. Processor Socket and Slot Types. Processor Slots. CPU Operating Voltages. Heat and Cooling Problems. Math Coprocessors (Floating-Point Units). Processor Bugs. Processor Update Feature. Processor Codenames. Intel-Compatible Processors (AMD and Cyrix). P1 (086) First-Generation Processors. P2 (286) Second-Generation Processors. P3 (386) Third-Generation Processors. P4 (486) Fourth-Generation Processors. P5 (586) Fifth-Generation Processors. Intel P6 (686) Sixth-Generation Processors. Other Sixth-Generation Processors. Intel Pentium 4 (Seventh-Generation) Processors. Eighth-Generation (64-bit Register) Processors. Processor Upgrades. Processor Troubleshooting Techniques.

4. Motherboards and Buses.

Motherboard Form Factors. Motherboard Components. Processor Sockets/Slots. Chipsets. Fifth-Generation (P5 Pentium Class) Chipsets. Sixth-Generation (P6 Pentium Pro/II/III Class) and Seventh-Generation (Pentium 4) Chipsets. Athlon/Duron Chipsets. Super I/O Chips. System Bus Types, Functions, and Features. Types of I/O Buses. System Resources. Resolving Resource Conflicts. Motherboard Selection Criteria (Knowing What to Look For).

5. BIOS.

BIOS Basics. BIOS Hardware/Software. Motherboard BIOS. Upgrading the BIOS. CMOS Setting Specifications. Plug and Play BIOS. BIOS Error Messages.

6. Memory.

Memory Basics. RAM Memory Types. Memory Modules. Installing RAM Upgrades. Troubleshooting Memory. The System Logical Memory Layout.

7. The IDE Interface.

An Overview of the IDE Interface. Precursors to IDE. The IDE Interface. ATA IDE. ATA Standards. ATA Features. ATA Upgrades. Serial ATA. ATA RAID.

8. The SCSI Interface.

Small Computer System Interface. ANSI SCSI Standards. SCSI-1. SCSI-2. SCSI-3. SCSI Cables and Connectors. SCSI Cable and Connector Pinouts. SCSI Drive Configuration. Plug and Play SCSI. SCSI Configuration Troubleshooting. SCSI Versus IDE.

9. Magnetic Storage Principles.

Magnetic Storage. History of Magnetic Storage. How Magnetic Fields Are Used to Store Data. Read/Write Head Designs. Head Sliders. Data Encoding Schemes. Encoding Scheme Comparisons. Partial-Response, Maximum-Likelihood Decoders. Capacity Measurements. Areal Density.

10. Hard Disk Storage.

Definition of a Hard Disk. Hard Drive Advancements. Hard Disk Drive Operation. Basic Hard Disk Drive Components. Hard Disk Features.

11. Floppy Disk Storage.

History of the Floppy. Floppy Drive Interfaces. Drive Components. Disk Physical Specifications and Operation. Types of Floppy Disk Drives. Analyzing Floppy Disk Construction. Drive-Installation Procedures. Troubleshooting Floppy Drives.

12. High-Capacity Removable Storage.

The Role of Removable-Media Drives. Comparing Disk, Tape, and Flash Memory Technologies. Interfaces for Removab

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