This technician-level guide to PC repair, with an emphasis on Windows-related PCs, shows how to: reconfigure PCs; install upgrades; expand memory or increase disk capacity; disassemble and reassemble components; recover lost data; and improve PC performance. The author provides step-by-step strategies for keeping IBM PCs and compatible 286, 386, 486 and Pentium systems up and running with a minimum of downtime. Troubleshooting flowcharts are included throughout for quick reference.
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If you want to minimize downtime and maximize PC performance, this book will help you do both--and much more! The author provides simple, step-by-step strategies for keeping IBM PCs and compatible 286, 386, 486, and Pentium systems up and running smoothly. One of the strongest-selling technician's guides to PC repair, it has now been revised with many detailed troubleshooting flowcharts and greater emphasis on Windows-related PCs, which present a unique set of system-specific troubleshooting and repair challenges. You'll learn to: Pinpoint problems; Make repairs; Perform preventive maintenance; Reconfigure PCs; Install upgrades; Expand memory or increase disk capacity; Disassemble and reassemble components; Recover lost data; Improve PC performance. Over 300 illustrations and easy-to-read text make this one of the most accessible, information-packed PC repair guides available for technicians, PC owners, and end users. This book will bring you up to date with today's constantly evolving hardware.
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a no-nonsense book replete with technical diagrams, this book answers most questions a person making hardware repairs would ever ask. i've loaned my copy out several times; each time, the borrower has asked where he could get a copy. amazon.com, of course!
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The PC computer monitor contains a video screen whose diagonal dimension is 30.5 centimeters (12 inches) (Fig. 1-3). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paper thickness lever, sync characteristics, integrated system peripheral, external diskette drive, five expansion slots, drive circuit board, separation belt, cable scanner, current tracer, wire cleaner, mezzanine bus, horizontal scan frequency, diagnostic disk, diskette controller, emulation boards, drive bracket, available expansion slots, data separator, one parallel port, loopback plug, multifunction cards, sync frequency, system chassis, newer drives, monochrome display adapter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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paper thickness lever, sync characteristics, integrated system peripheral, external diskette drive, five expansion slots, drive circuit board, separation belt, cable scanner, current tracer, wire cleaner, mezzanine bus, horizontal scan frequency, diagnostic disk, diskette controller, emulation boards, drive bracket, available expansion slots, data separator, one parallel port, loopback plug, multifunction cards, sync frequency, system chassis, newer drives, monochrome display adapter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Micro Channel, Error Skip, Leading Edge, Sound Blaster, High Sierra, Western Digital, Ground Pin, Packard Bell, Pulsed Pulsed, Thin Net, Above Disk, Company Processor, Microsoft Windows, Monitors Ethernet New!
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- Personal Computer Interfaces: MacS to Pentiums by Michael F. Hordeski in Index
- Troubleshooting and Repairing PC Drives and Memory Systems by Stephen J. Bigelow in Front Matter
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