Computer Hardware - General, Microprocessors, General & Miscellaneous PCs
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Overview
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | The powerful Pentium Pro | 1 |
| 2 | Components needed for a computer | 19 |
| 3 | The motherboard | 33 |
| 4 | Memory | 55 |
| 5 | Floppy drives and disks | 67 |
| 6 | Choosing and installing a hard disk | 81 |
| 7 | Backup: Disaster prevention | 101 |
| 8 | Monitors | 113 |
| 9 | Input devices | 129 |
| 10 | System assembly | 149 |
| 11 | Communications | 173 |
| 12 | Printers | 195 |
| 13 | CD-ROM | 213 |
| 14 | Computer sound and music | 229 |
| 15 | Some applications | 243 |
| 16 | Essential software | 257 |
| 17 | Component sources | 273 |
| 18 | Troubleshooting and repairing your PC | 287 |
| Glossary | 307 | |
| Index | 323 | |
| About the Author | 335 |
Build-it-yourself guru Aubrey Pilgrim delivers a top-to-bottom update of his bestselling guide to building a complete, custom-made Pentium-chip system--including peripherals--at a fraction of dealer prices. Pilgrim provides new, updated or expanded coverage of all the latest Pentium chips, multispeed CD-ROMs and other new multimedia components, Windows 95 and OS/2 Warp, and hard-drive specs.
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Published
November 1, 1996
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
Pages
400
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780070501867