Upgrades & Repair - Computer Hardware, General & Miscellaneous PCs

Upgrading and Repairing PCs

Name: Upgrading and Repairing PCs
Author: Scott Mueller
ISBN: 9780789723031

by Scott Mueller

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Scott Mueller is the bestselling, most trusted PC hardware author of all-time. His book has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and is an industry classic. This newest edition contains more than 100 pages of all-new content, illustrations and photos. The information contained in this book has launched and promoted thousands of careers. If you are at all curious about what goes on inside your computer or want to start a new career in PC building, upgrading, repair and troubleshooting, this book will be an indispensable addition to your desk or workbench. If you are a long-time reader of Scott's book, you'll find the additions in this edition to be a vital addition to your arsenal. The CD includes 90 minutes of all new how-to video.

Thoroughly covers key technologies and adds new coverage of Intel processor families, chipsets, motherboards, printer upgrades, repairs, and maintenance, file systems, and data recovery.

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New edition of a manual on upgrading, repairing and troubleshooting the full range of PC-compatible systems from the oldest 8-bit machines to the latest in high-end 64-bit gigahertz-plus speed workstations. It discusses all areas of system improvement such as motherboards, processors, memory, and case and power supply. It also covers proper system and component care, specifies the most failure-prone items in different PC systems, tells how to locate and identify a failing component, and addresses important differences between old and new major system architectures. The included CD-ROM contains 90 minutes of a video showing step-by-step procedures, content from previous editions, a searchable vendor database, and printable PDF versions of several previous editions. Mueller has taught hardware repair to many government agencies and corporations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)