Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies

Name: Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780764504181

ISBN-10: 0764504185

ISBN-13: 9780764504181

Edition: 4th 1998

Authors: Andy Rathbone

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Updated and revised for all the latest hardware developments, this book is packed with concise, easy-to-follow instructions for upgrading computers to run today's powerful software.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/31/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.28" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Introduction


Biting Your Fingernails


Are You Nerdy Enough to Do It Yourself?


The Right Way to Fix Your PC


Where Does This Piece Go? (Basic Computer Anatomy)


Figuring Out What's Broken


The PC Parts You Can See (External Peripherals)


The Sticky Keyboard


Mice in the Pantry


Mucked-Up Modems


Tweaking the Monitor


Printers (Those Paper Wasters)


The Stuff Hiding Inside Your PC


The Motherboard (And Its CPU, BIOS, and Even a Battery)


Memory Stuff You Wish You Could Forget


Floppy Drives


Hard Drives, CD and DVD Drives, Zip Drives, and Other Storage Devices


Power Supplies


Stuff on Cards


Telling Your Computer What You've Done


That Autoexec.Bat and Config.Sys File Stuff


Fixing Squeaky Windows


Fiddling with Settings


The Part of Tens


Ten Cheap Fixes to Try First


The Ten Hardest Upgrades


The Ten Easiest Upgrades


Ten Ways to Empower an Aging Pentium


Ten Baffling Things Your Computer May Say When You Turn It On


Ten Common Warning Beeps and What They Mean


Ten Common Error Messages (And How to Avoid Them)


Ten Years of Computer Antiques ...; and What to Do with Them


Index


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