Upgrading and repairing PCs

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.

Contents

• Introduction
• Personal Computer Background
• PC Components, Features and System Design
• Microprocessor Types and Specifications
• Motherboards and Buses
• BIOS
• Memory
• The IDE Interface
• The SCSI Interface
• Magnetic Storage Principles
• Hard Disk Storage
• Floppy Disk Storage
• High Capacity Removable Storage
• Optical Storage
• Physical Drive Installation and Configuration
• Video Hardware
• Audio Hardware
• Serial, Parallel and Other I/O Devices
• Input Devices
• Internet Connectivity
• Local Area Networks
• Power Supply and Chassis/Case
• Building or Upgrading Systems
• PC Diagnostics, Testing and Maintenance
• File Systems and Data Recovery

• Appendices