Upgrading ang repairing PCs /
Scott Mueller
- Seventeenth Edition.
- xiii, 1582 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. Development of the PC -- 2. PC components, features, and system design -- 3. Microprocessor types and specifications -- 4. Motherboards and buses -- 5. BIOS -- 6. Memory -- 7. The ATA/IDE interface -- 8. Magnetic storage principles -- 9. Hard disk storage -- 10. Removable storage -- 11. Optical storage -- 12. Physical drive installation and configuration -- 13. Video hardware -- 14. Audio hardware -- 15. I/O interfaces from serial and parallel to IEEE 1394 and USB -- 16. Input devices -- 17. Internet connectivity -- 18. Local area networking -- 19. Power supplies -- 20. Building or upgrading systems -- 21. PC mods : overclocking and cooling -- 22. PC diagnostics, testing, and maintenance.
Provides information on how to upgrade, maintain, and troubleshoot the hardware of personal computers, discussing the differences among them was well as their various configuration options.
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