Upgrades & Repair - Computer Hardware, General & Miscellaneous PCs

Upgrading and Repairing PCs

Name: Upgrading and Repairing PCs
Author: Scott Mueller
ISBN: 9780789727152

by Scott Mueller

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Push your PC's performance to the limit. Know the differences between: Pentium II, Pentium MMX, Pentium Pro, and earlier CPU chips and choose the best chip for your needs; understand compatibility and feature sets of processor upgrade sockets, motherboards, and chipsets; use Universal Serial Bus ports and devices to simplify peripheral installation, configuration, and improve performance; squeeze the most performance, life, and reliability out of your hard drives; prevent memory headaches: pick the right speed and type of SIMMs and DIMMs, run more programs at once, and work with bigger files; and integrate hot new hardware including 3D graphics accelerators, fast SDRAM memory, Zoomed Video and CardBus PC Cards for your notebook, and NLX motherboards with support for Single Edge Contact processors and Accelerated Graphics Ports.

This authoritative guide gives beginning and intermediate users all the information they'll need to upgrade or repair any type of Intel-based computer. With over one million copies sold, the book has proven its value time and time again. Readers save time, money and frustration by relying on the information and techniques found only in this book. Advanced users will benefit from the detailed reference and expert troubleshooting techniques. CD includes Ziff-Davis' core disk and system performance benchmark programs--WinBench 96, Winstone 96 and ServerBench.

About the Author, Scott Mueller

Scott Mueller is president of Mueller Technical Research, an international personal computer research and corporate training firm. Since 1982, MTR has specialized in the industry's longest running, most in-depth, accurate, and effective corporate technical training seminars, maintaining a client list that includes Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. and foreign governments, major software and hardware corporations, as well as PC enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. His seminars have been presented to thousands of PC professionals throughout the world.

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So you bought a Dell computer in the past few years, and you're thinking about upgrading your motherboard? Betcha didn't know they've started using nonstandard power connectors. Plug one of those babies into your new mobo, and as Scott Mueller asks, "How do you like your fried chips: medium or well-done?" That's just one of the essential tidbits in Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 13th Edition.

More than 2 million PC users of all stripes have relied on this book for well over a decade. Mueller's just thoroughly revamped it for the latest technologies -- lots of them: Itanium, Pentium 4, and RDRAM (including new guidance on matching fast processors with memory)...DVD+RW (part of a thoroughly revamped chapter on optical storage)...serial-ATA drives...ATX12V cases...flat-panel LCDs...

But we're not just talking "cutting edge": Mueller presents systematic coverage of the mainstream technologies you're likely to encounter. There's detailed, up-to-date coverage of broadband Internet connectivity, more troubleshooting techniques, and a CD-ROM full of new PC repair/upgrade videos (plus PDFs of several older editions, in case you're fixing real legacy boxes)!

This book's better than ever -- and that's major praise. (Bill Camarda)

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. He served for nearly ten years as vice president of a New Jerseybased marketing company, where he supervised a wide range of graphics and web design projects. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.

Describes the function of the various components of a personal computer, such as hard drives, central processing units, motherboards, system memory, power supplies, and BIOS. The 13th edition covers the new Pentium 4 and 64-bit Itanium processors. The CD-ROM contains practice exercises and instructional video. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Already in the fourth printing of its updated third edition, clearly a popular reference. For simple users of computers who want to learn to update and repair IBM-type personal computers for themselves or their companies, not only explains the details of specific procedures, but also provides the background information needed to become technically informed enough to perform them. Not advanced enough to prepare readers to become professionals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Includes information from the most basic, such as how to get into a computer, to fairly technical specifications of various components. Generally focuses on determining whether upgrading or repairing is a good idea and if so finding the best way. Includes primary components, input/output hardware, mass storage, system maintenance, troubleshooting, and applications. The accompanying CD-ROM contains searchable versions of six technical books. The explanations and suggestions are applicable to any type and brand of personal computer. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. No bibliography. New editions have come out frequently since the first in 1988. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.