Upgrading and repairing PCs / Scott Mueller.
Material type: TextPublication details: Indianapolis, Ind. : Que ; London : Pearson Education [distributor], 2007.Edition: 18th edDescription: 1664 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780789736970 (hbk.) :
- 0789736977
- Scott Mueller's upgrading and repairing PCs [Cover title]
- 004.16 MUE
- TK7887 .M84 2007
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Previous ed.: 2006.
Includes index.
Cover title: Scott Mueller's upgrading and repairing PCs.
Includes DVD.
Introduction 1 1 Development of the PC 7 2 PC Components, Features and System Design 25 3 Microprocessor Types and Specifications 39 4 Motherboards and Buses 235 5 BIOS 441 6 Memory 509 7 The ATA/IDE Interface 581 8 Magnetic Storage Principles 637 9 Hard Disk Storage 663 10 Removable Storage 707 11 Optical Storage 747 12 Physical Drive Installation and Configuration 851 13 Video Hardware 885 14 Audio Hardware 987 15 I/O Interfaces from Serial and Parallel to IEEE-1394 and USB 1025 16 Input Devices 1059 17 Internet Connectivity 1103 18 Local Area Networking 1151 19 Power Supplies 1207 20 Building or Upgrading Systems 1295 21 PC Mods: Overclocking and Cooling 1335 22 PC Diagnostics, Testing and Maintenance 1367 ON THE DVD: A Glossary B List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.
Major changes in the PC hardware industry - including coverage of new Core 2 processors from Intel, Socket AM2 processors from AMD, significant advances in motherboard chipsets, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, make this book an indispensable addition to every serious computer user's bookshelf.