• Author:
  • Sandler, Corey
• Subject:
  Computer Hardware
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  25/05/2007
• Price:
  $59.99
• <  Buy this book  >

• 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

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.