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" Upgrading and repairing PCs / "
Scott Mueller
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702804
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b524993
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Mueller, Scott
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Upgrading and repairing PCs /\ Scott Mueller
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20th ed
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| Publication Statement
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Indianapolis, Ind. :: Que,, c2012
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x, 1081 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm ++ 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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0789747103
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: 9780789747105
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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14: -- External I/O Interfaces: -- Introduction to input/output ports -- Serial versus parallel -- Universal serial bus (USB) -- IEEE 1394 (FireWire or i-LINK) -- Comparing USB and IEE 1394 (FireWire)-- Hot-plugging (and unplugging) -- Thunderbolt technology -- Low-speed external connections -- Serial ports -- Parallel ports -- 15: -- Input Devices: -- Keyboards -- Enhanced 101-key keyboard -- 104-key (Windows) keyboard -- Keyboard technology -- Keyswitch design -- Keyboard interface -- Typematic functions -- Keyboard key numbers and scan codes -- International keyboard layouts -- Keyboard/mouse interface connectors -- USB keyboards -- Keyboards with special features -- Keyboard troubleshooting and repair -- Keyboard disassembly -- Cleaning a keyboard -- Keyboard recommendations -- Pointing devices -- Ball-type mice -- Optical mice -- Pointing device interface types -- Mouse troubleshooting -- Scroll wheels -- TrackPoint II/III/IV -- Alternative pointing devices -- Wireless input devices -- Power management features of wireless input devices -- Troubleshooting wireless input devices -- 16: -- Internet Connectivity: -- Internet connectivity trends -- Broadband internet access types -- Cable TV -- Digital subscriber line -- Wireless broadband -- Cellular broadband 3G and 4G services -- Satellite broadband -- ISDN -- Leased lines -- Comparing high-speed internet access -- Dial-up modems -- 56Kbps modems -- Internet connection security -- Having a backup plan in case of service interruptions -- Sharing your internet connection -- Routers for internet sharing -- Modem/router status LEDs -- 17: -- Local Area Networking: -- Defining a network -- Types of networks -- Requirements for a network -- Client/server versus peer networks -- Peer-to-peer networks -- Comparing client/server and peer-to-peer networks -- Network architecture overview -- Wired Ethernet -- Wireless Ethernet -- Bluetooth -- Hardware elements of your network -- NICs for wired Ethernet networks -- Network cables for wired Ethernet -- Wired network topologies -- Switches for Ethernet networks -- Wireless Ethernet hardware -- Network protocols -- IP and TCP/IP -- IPX -- NetBEUI -- Other home networking solutions -- HomePNA -- Power line networking -- Putting your network together -- Network adapters -- Cables and connections between computers -- Switch/access point -- 18: -- Power Supplies: -- Power supply -- Primary function and operation -- Voltage tails -- Power good signal -- Power supply form factors -- Modern form factors -- Power switches -- ATX and newer -- PC/XT/AT and LPX power switches -- Motherboard power connectors -- AT/LPX power supply connectors -- ATX and ATX12V motherboard power connectors -- Backward and forward compatibility -- Dell proprietary (nonstandard) ATX design -- Additional power connectors -- Peripheral power connectors -- Floppy power connectors -- Serial ATA power connectors -- PCI express auxiliary graphics power connectors -- Power supply specifications -- Power supply loading -- Power supply ratings -- Other power supply specifications -- Power factor correction -- SLI-ready and crossfireX -- Certifications -- Safety certifications -- Power-use calculations -- Power savings -- P80 plus -- ENERGY STAR -- Advanced power management -- Advanced configuration and power interface -- Power cycling -- Power supply troubleshooting -- Overloaded power supplies -- Inadequate cooling -- Using digital multimeters -- Specialized test equipment -- Power supply recommendations -- Modular cables -- Sources for replacement power supplies -- Power-protection systems -- Surge suppressors (protectors) -- Network and phone line surge protectors -- Line conditioners -- Backup power -- Real-time clock/nonvolatile RAM (CMOS RAM) batteries -- Modern CMOS batteries -- Obsolete or unique CMOS batteries -- CMOS battery troubleshooting -- 19: -- Building Or Upgrading Systems: -- System components -- Case and power supply -- Processor -- Motherboard -- Memory -- Hard disk/solid-state drives -- Removable storage -- Input devices -- Video card and display -- Audio hardware -- Accessories -- Hardware and software resources -- System assembly and disassembly -- Assembly preparation -- Installing the CPU and heatsink -- Installing memory modules -- Mounting the new motherboard in the case -- Preparing a modular power supply -- Connecting the power supply -- Connecting I/O and other cables to the motherboard -- Installing the drives -- Installing a video card -- Installing additional expansion cards -- Replacing the cover and connecting -- External cables -- System startup -- Installing the OS -- Troubleshooting new installations -- 20: -- PC Diagnostics, Testing, And Maintenance: -- PC diagnostics -- Diagnostics software -- POST -- Peripheral diagnostics -- Operating system diagnostics -- Commercial diagnostics software -- Free/user supported diagnostics -- Boot process -- Hardware boot process: operating system independent -- DOS boot process -- Window 9x/Me boot process -- Windows 2000/XP startup -- Windows vista/7 startup -- PC maintenance tools -- Hand tools -- Safety -- Test equipment -- Special tools for the enthusiast -- Preventive maintenance -- Active preventive maintenance -- Procedures -- Passive preventive maintenance procedures -- Troubleshooting tips and techniques -- Repair or replace? -- Troubleshooting by replacing parts -- Troubleshooting by the bootstrap approach -- Problems during the POST -- Problems running software -- Problems with adapter cards -- Top troubleshooting problems -- Index
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7: -- ATA/IDE Interface: -- Overview of the IDE interface -- Precursors to IDE -- IDE origins -- Origins of ATA -- ATA standards -- ATA-1 (ATA interface for disk drives) -- ATA-2 (ATA interface with extensions-2) -- ATA-3 (ATA interface-3) -- ATA/ATAPI-4 (ATA with packet interface extension-4) -- ATA/ATAPI-5 (ATA with packet interface-5) -- ATA/ATAPI-6 (ATA with packet interface-6) -- ATA/ATAPI-7 (ATA with packet interface-7) -- ATA/ATAPI-8 -- PATA -- PATA I/O connector -- PATA I/O cable -- Longer or rounded cables -- PATA signals -- PATA dual-drive configurations -- PATA PIO transfer modes -- PATA DMA transfer modes -- SATA -- SATA cables and connectors -- SATA configuration -- Advanced host controller interface (AHCI) -- SATA transfer modes -- ATA features -- ATA commands -- ATA security mode -- Host protected area -- ATAPI -- ATA drive capacity limitations -- Prefixes for decimal and binary multiples -- BIOS limitations -- CHS versus LBA -- CHS/LBA and LBA/CHS conversions -- BIOS commands versus ATA commands -- CHS limitations (the 528MB barrier) -- CHS translation (breaking the 528MB barriers) -- 2-1 IGB and 4-2GB barriers -- LBA-assist translation -- 8-4GB barrier -- 137GB barrier and beyond -- Operating system and other software limitations -- GPT and the 2-2TB barrier -- PATA/SATA RAID -- 8: -- Magnetic Storage Principles: -- Magnetic storage -- History of magnetic storage -- How magnetic fields are used to store data -- Read/write head designs -- Ferrite -- Metal-in-gap -- Thin-film -- Magneto-resistive heads -- Giant magneto-resistive heads -- Head sliders -- Data-encoding schemes -- Frequency modulation encoding -- Modified FM encoding -- Run length limited encoding -- Encoding scheme comparisons -- Partial-response, maximum-likelihood decoders -- Capacity measurements -- Areal density -- PMR -- 9: -- Hard Disk Storage: -- Definition of a hard disk -- Hard drive advancements -- Form factors -- 5 1/4 -inch drive -- 3 1/2-inch drive -- 2 1/2-inch drive -- 1-8-inch drive -- 1-inch drives -- HDD operation -- Ultimate HDD analogy -- Tracks and sectors -- ECC -- Disk formatting -- Basic HDD components -- Hard disk platter (disks) -- Recording media -- Read/write heads -- Head actuator mechanisms -- Air filters -- Hard disk temperature acclimation -- Spindle motors -- Logic boards -- Cables and connectors -- Configuration items -- Hard disk features -- Capacity -- Performance -- Reliability -- 10: -- Flash And Removable Storage: -- Alternative storage devices -- Flash memory devices -- CompactFlash -- SmartMedia -- MultiMediaCard -- SecureDigital -- Sony memory stick -- ATA flash PC card -- xD-picture card -- SSD (solid-state drive) -- Virtual SSD (RAMdisk) -- Flash-based SSDs -- USB flash drives -- Comparing flash memory devices -- Flash card readers -- Card readers -- Type II PC card adapters -- High-capacity removable magnetic storage devices -- Devices -- Floppy disk drives -- 1-44MB 3 1/2-inch drives -- Floppy drive interfaces -- Drive components -- Read/write heads -- Floppy controller -- Power and data connectors -- Floppy disk controller cable -- How the OS uses a floppy disk -- Disk change -- Floppy disk media types and specifications -- Density -- Media coercivity and thickness -- Floppy disk media -- Tape drives -- 11: -- Optical Storage: -- Optical technology -- CD-based optical technology -- CDs: a brief history -- CD construction and technology -- Mass-producing CDs -- Writable CDs -- MultiRead specifications -- DVD -- DVD history -- DVD construction and technology -- DVD tracks and sectors -- Handling DVD errors -- DVD capacity (sides and layers) -- Data encoding on the DVD disc -- Recordable DVD standards -- Multiformat rewritable DVD drives -- BD -- HD-DVD -- Optical disc formats -- CD formats -- DVD formats and standards -- Optical disc file systems -- Ripping/copying discs -- For music use only CD-R/RW -- Discs -- CD copy protection -- CD digital rights management -- DVD copy protection -- Optical drive performance specifications -- CD data transfer rate -- CD drive speed -- DVD drive speed -- Access time -- Buffer/cache -- Direct memory access and ultra-DMA -- Interface -- Loading mechanism -- Other drive features -- How to reliably record optical discs -- Booting from a floppy disk with optical drive support -- Bootable optical discs-El Torito -- LightScribe and LabelFlash -- Troubleshooting optical drives -- Caring for optical media -- Updating the firmware in an optical drive -- 12: -- Video Hardware: -- Display adapters and monitors -- Video display adapters -- Video adapter types -- Integrated video/motherboard chipsets -- CPUs with integrated video -- Video adapter components -- Identifying the video and system chipsets -- Video RAM -- DAC -- Video display interfaces -- System interface -- Display interface -- TV display interfaces -- 3D graphics accelerators -- How 3D graphics accelerators -- APIs -- Dual-GPU scene rendering -- Monitors -- Display specifications -- LCD technology -- LED backlit technology -- CRT display technology -- Plasma display technology -- LCD and DLP projectors -- Using multiple monitors -- Dualview -- Homogeneous adapters -- Heterogeneous adapters -- Video troubleshooting and maintenance -- Troubleshooting video cards and drivers -- Video drivers -- Maintaining monitors -- Testing monitors -- Adjusting monitors -- Bad pixels -- Troubleshooting monitors -- Repairing monitors -- 13: -- Audio Hardware: -- Audio hardware concepts and terms -- Nature of sound -- Evaluating the quality of your audio hardware -- Sampling -- Early PC sound cards -- Limitations of sound blaster pro compatibility -- Microsoft windows and audio support -- DirectX and audio support -- Hardware -- Core audio APIs for windows vista and windows -- 3D gaming audio standards -- Legacy audio support through virtualization -- Audio hardware features -- Basic connectors -- Advanced audio features -- Volume control -- MIDI support features -- Data compression -- Sound drivers -- Sound cards for sound producers -- Motherboard chipsets with integrated audio -- AC'97 integrated audio -- Intel"Azalia" HD audio -- Troubleshooting PC audio problems -- Sound card and onboard audio problems -- Speakers -- Speaker selection criteria -- Theater and surround sound considerations -- Microphones --
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Introduction -- Book objectives -- 20th edition DVD-Rom -- My website: informit_com/upgrading -- Personal note -- 1: -- Development Of The PC: -- Computer history: before personal computers -- Timeline -- Electronic computers -- Modern computers -- From tubes to transistors -- Integrated circuits -- History of the PC -- Birth of the personal computer -- IBM personal computer -- PC industry 30 years later -- 2: -- PC Components, Features, And System Design: -- What is a PC? -- Who controls PC software? -- Who controls PC hardware? -- White-box systems -- PC design guides -- System types -- System components -- 3: -- Processor Types And Specifications: -- Microprocessor history -- First microprocessor -- PC processor evolution -- 16-bit to 64 bit architecture evolution -- Processor specifications -- Data I/O bits -- Address bus -- Internal registers (internal data bus) -- Processor modes -- Processor benchmarks -- Comparing processor performance -- Cache memory -- Processor features -- System management mode (SMM) -- Superscalar execution -- MMX technology -- Dynamic execution -- Dual independent bus architecture -- HT technology -- Multicore technology -- Processor manufacturing -- Processor re-marking -- PGA chip packaging -- Single edge contact and single edge processor packaging -- Processor socket and slot types -- Socket -- Socket LGA 775-- Socket LGA1156 -- Socket LGA1366 -- Socket LGA1155 -- Socket 939 and 940 -- Socket AN2/AM2+/AM3/AM3/AM3+ -- Socket F (1207FX) -- CPU operating voltages -- Math coprocessors (floating-point units) -- Processor bugs and steppings -- Processor code names -- P1 (086) processors -- P2 (286) processors -- P3 (386) processors -- P4 (486) processors -- P5 (586) processors -- AMD-K5 -- Intel P6 (686) processors -- Pentium pro processors -- Pentium II processors -- Pentium III -- Celeron -- Intel Pentium 4 processors -- Pentium 4 extreme edition -- Intel Pentium D and Pentium extreme edition -- Intel core processors -- Intel core 2 family -- Intel (Nehalem) core i processors -- AMD K6 processors -- NexGen Nx 586 -- AMD-K6 series -- AMD K7 processors -- AMD Athlon -- AMD Duron -- AMD Athleon XP -- Athlon MP -- AMD K8 processors -- AMD Athlon 64 and 64 FX -- AMD Sempron -- AMD Athlon X2, 64 X2, and 64 FX -- AMD K10 processors (Phenom, Phenom II, Athlon II, Athlon X2, Sempron) -- AMD fusion processors -- Processor upgrades -- Overclocking -- Quartz crystals -- Modern PC clocks -- Overclocking tips -- Unlocking cores -- Bus speeds and multipliers -- Processor cooling -- Heatsinks -- Liquid cooling -- Thermally advantaged chassis -- Processor troubleshooting techniques -- 4: -- Motherboards And Buses: -- Motherboard form factors -- Obsolete form factors -- ATX and other modern form factors -- Processor sockets/slots -- Chipsets -- Chipset evolution -- Intel chipsets -- Intel chipset model numbers -- Intel integrated graphics -- Architecture -- AMD integrated graphics -- Architecture -- Traditional north/south bridge -- Architecture -- Hub architecture -- Third-party north-south bridge -- Connections -- HyperTransport -- Intel's early 386/486 chipsets -- Fifth-generation (P5 Pentium class) -- Chipsets -- Sixth-generation (P6 Pentium Pro/II/III class) chipsets -- Seventh/eighth-generation (Pentium 4/D, Core 2, and Core i) chipsets -- Intel 915 family -- Intel 925X family -- Intel 945 express family -- Intel 955X and 975X family -- Intel 96x series -- Intel 3x and 4x series chipsets -- Intel 5x series chipsets -- Intel 6x series chipsets -- Third-party chipsets for Intel processors -- SiS chipsets -- ULi electronics chipsets -- ATI chipsets -- VIA chipsets -- NVIDIA chipsets for Intel processors -- Chipsets for AMD processors -- AMD Athlon chipsets -- AMD Athlon 64 chipsets -- AMD 8000 (8151) chipset -- AMD (formerly ATI) chipsets for Athlon 64, Sempron, Phenom -- Third-party chipsets for AMD -- Processors -- VIA chipsets -- SiS chipsets -- NVIDIA chipsets -- Super I/O chips -- Motherboard connectors -- System bus types, functions, and features -- Processor Bus (FSB) -- Types of I/O buses -- ISA Bus -- Micro channel Bus -- EISA Bus -- Local Buses (VESA, PCI, PCI Express, AGP) -- System resources -- Interrupts -- DMA channels -- I/O port addresses -- Resolving resource conflicts -- Pnp -- Motherboard selection criteria (knowing what to look for) -- Chipset documentation -- 5: -- BIOS: -- BIOS basics -- Motherboard ROM BIOS -- ROM hardware -- ROM shadowing -- ROM chip types -- ROM BIOS manufacturers -- BIOS hardware/software -- Upgrading the BIOS -- Where to get your BIOS update -- Determining your BIOS version -- Checking the BIOS date -- Backing up your BIOS -- Backing up your BIOS setup (CMOS RAM) setting -- Upgrading a flash BIOS -- Motherboard CMOS Ram addresses -- Year 2000 BIOS issues -- Preboot environment -- Unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) -- UEFI and BIOS limitations -- UEFI support -- CMOS setup -- Running or accessing the CMOS setup program -- BIOS setup menus -- Maintenance menu -- Main menu -- Advanced menus -- Security menu -- Power menu -- Boot menu (boot sequence, order) -- Exit menu -- Additional BIOS setup features -- PnP BIOS -- PnP device IDs -- ACPI -- BIOS/MBR error messages -- BIOS boot error messages -- MBR boot error messages -- 6: -- Memory: -- Memory basics -- ROM -- DRAM -- Cache memory: SRAM -- Memory standards -- Speed and performance -- Fast page mode DRAM -- Extended data our RAM -- SDRAM -- DDR SDRAM -- DDR2 SDRAM -- DDR3 SDRAM -- RDRAM -- Memory modules -- Registered modules -- SIMM details -- SDR DIMM details -- DDR DIMM details -- DDR2 DIMM details -- DDR3 DIMM details -- Determining a memory module's size and features -- Memory banks -- Memory module speed -- Parity and ECC -- Parity checking -- How parity checking works -- ECC -- RAM upgrades -- Upgrade options and strategies -- Purchasing memory -- Replacing modules with higher-capacity versions -- Installing memory modules -- Troubleshooting memory -- Memory defect isolation procedures -- System logical memory layout --
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For 20 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the world's #1 guide to PC hardware: the single source for reliable information on troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs. Now, better than ever, this 20th Edition offers beefed-up coverage of the newest hardware innovations and maintenance techniques, plus more than 90 minutes of new DVD video. Scott Mueller delivers practical answers about PC processors, motherboards, buses, BIOSes, memory, storage, video, audio, I/O, input devices, networks, Internet connectivity, power, and much more. You'll find the industry's best coverage of diagnostics, testing, and repair, plus cutting-edge discussions of improving performance via overclocking and other techniques. Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person and millions more through his books and videos. Nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly. Whether you're a professional technician, a small business owner trying to save money, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the only PC hardware book you need! - Publisher
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Microcomputers-- Equipment and supplies
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Microcomputers-- Maintenance and repair
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Microcomputers-- Upgrading
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TK7887.M84 2012
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Upgrading and repairing personal computers
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