Complete idiot's guide to upgrading and repairing PCs [electronic resource] / Jennifer Fulton.
By: Fulton, Jennifer
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Contributor(s): Fulton, Jennifer. Complete idiot's guide to upgrading your PC.
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TextSeries: Complete idiot's guide: Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books, c1998Edition: 3rd ed.General Notes: Rev. ed. of: Complete idiot's guide to upgrading your PC. c1996; Includes index.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 456 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780585129709 (electronic bk.).Other title: Upgrading and repairing PCs.Subject(s): Microcomputers -- Upgrading | Microcomputers -- Maintenance and repairGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 621.39/16 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Rev. ed. of: Complete idiot's guide to upgrading your PC. c1996.
Includes index.
Assessing Whether Upgrading Is Really Necessary -- Making the Call: When, Why, and Whether You Should Upgrade -- Assessing What You Really Want from Your PC -- What Should You Upgrade? -- What Can You Upgrade? -- Repairs That Enable You to Avoid Upgrades -- Is Your Old Computer Worth Fixing or Upgrading? -- Nonobvious Factors That Render Your PC Nonupgradeable -- Why Upgrading a Notebook PC Might Not Be Doable -- Now, Let's Find Out What Kind of Computer You Have -- What You Can Tell by Looking at the Outside -- What Your BIOS Can Tell You Before You Look Inside -- Matching Your Computer to Your Operating System's Requirements -- What It Takes to Upgrade Each Part of Your Computer -- Parts Is Parts -- The Motherboard Makes the Right Connections -- The Brain of Your PC: The CPU -- Basic Functions Are in the System BIOS -- The PC's Think Tank: RAM -- Save It for the Hard Disk -- Your PC's Video System -- What You Need to Know Before You Open Your PC -- Creating an Emergency Diskette -- Now Back Up Your Data -- Putting Your Toolkit Together -- Avoiding Frying Yourself on Your PC -- Preventative Maintenance and Other Ways to Avoid Upgrading -- Fixing the Most Common Problems -- General Hardware Dilemmas -- Keyboard Calamities -- When the Mouse Becomes a Rat -- Infrared Devices: Not Entirely Cordless -- When Your Printer Makes You Feel Powerless -- Monitoring Your Monitor Troubles -- Fixing a Drive That's Floppin' -- Optical Drives and Sonic Discrepancies -- When Your Modem's on the Fritz.
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