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* Packed with crisp black-and-white photographs and illustrations, this bestselling guide walks people step by step through all aspects of troubleshooting, upgrading, and repairing a PC * Includes an all-new chapter on "Working Outside the Box," which focuses on external communication devices and controllers * Covers hardware upgrades and repair-memory, hard drives, CD and DVD drives, video cards, monitors, USB connections, modems, routers, and more-as well as tools for diagnosing and fixing software problems, including antivirus software, diagnostic programs, and system restore and driver update utilities * The CD-ROM includes essential video clips of the most common Fix-Your-Own techniques and hard-to-find information on older machines as well as a searchable PDF version of the book, making the book valuable to owners of both old and new machines
Contents
Author's Acknowledgments. Preface. Publisher's Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Looking Under the Hood. Chapter 2: The Microprocessor. Chapter 3: BIOS. Chapter 4: The Computer Bus. Chapter 5: Basic Hardware Skills. Chapter 6: Step-by-Step through a Modern PC. Chapter 7: Shopping for PC Parts. Chapter 8: Memory. Chapter 9: Floppy Drives . Chapter 10: Media Hard Drives. Chapter 11: Removable Media Hard Drives. Chapter 12: CD and DVD Drives. Chapter 13: Video Display Adapters and Standards. Chapter 14: Monitors and LCD Displays. Chapter 15: Working Outside the Box: External Serial, USB, eSATA, and FireWire Connections. Chapter 16: Modem Telecommunications. Chapter 17: The Parallel Interface. Chapter 18: Hard Copy. Chapter 19: Your Computer's Hands, Eyes, and Ears. Chapter 20: Networks, Gateways, Routers, and WiFi Wireless . Chapter 21: Backup Strategies. Chapter 22: Antivirus, Utility, and Diagnostic Programs. Chapter 23: Windows Troubleshooting and Repairs. Chapter 24: Common-Sense Solutions to Hardware Headaches. Glossary. Index. End-User License Agreement. What's on the CD.