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PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, Professional Edition

by Barry Press
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Overview

Have you had it with technical support representatives putting you on hold indefinitely? Then it’s time to take technical matters into your own hands with PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, Professional Edition, the life-saving resource for people with PC problems, upgrade questions, and even those who want to build a desktop-and-server computer from scratch. The PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, Professional Edition explains how to configure your system for optimum performance, using detailed illustrations and over 700 tables and figures.

Inside PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, Professional Edition you’ll find information on
  • Optimizing your network for Internet access and accelerated disk performance
  • Recordable CD-ROMs, CD-ROM changers, CD-Rs, and DVD-ROMs.
  • Integrating the latest remote access tools into LANs/WANs.
  • Musical instrument digital interface
  • Video compression and acceleration, and choosing the appropriate video adapter
  • Digital still cameras, video capture, and video conferencing
  • System-wide benchmarking and diagnostics, from motherboard to memory
  • Building an IBM-compatible PC clone
Plus, PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, Professional Edition includes an exhaustive vendor list and two bonus CD-ROMs that feature A+ certification self-study demos, Microsoft certification assessment exams, and high-performance shareware and freeware programs such as enhanced CU-SeeMe and Intraspection.

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Professional edition of a guide to configuring a system for optimum performance. Topics include optimizing a network for Internet access; upgrading for fast disk performance; digital darkrooms; building desktop and server computers from the ground up; integrating the latest tools into LANs/WANs for remote access; exploiting USB and IEEE 1394; benchmark and diagnostic information from motherboard to memory, disks to serial ports; and internal/external bus performance. The two accompanying CD-ROMs contain 30-plus benchmarking, diagnostic, and power tools. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
January 1, 1998
Publisher
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pages
1355
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780764531484

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