Fix Your Own PC (3rd Edition) - Softcover
A detailed do-it-yourself guide to troubleshooting and repairing personal computers, monitors, and peripherals includes tips on upgrades, dealing with technical support people, identifying problems, and more. Original. (All Users).
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Do you have the urge to take the casing off your Windows-based PC and tinker around, but you're a little intimidated? If so, get this book first. The text is clear and well-indexed, and this book will give you the information, and then, confidence, that you need. (It would also be a great book for anyone who wants to help recycle old computers for schools or non-profits). Two Torx blades up!
From the Back Cover:
* Replace, repair, and upgrade memory, drives, and much more
* Troubleshoot using flowcharts and step-by-step instructions
* Fix the latest Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon machines - or your old 486
Do It Yourself!
Why rush to the repair shop or hire expensive consultants to install a next-generation video card, troubleshoot a CD-RW drive, or deal with a Windows XP meltdown? With a good set of screwdrivers, an antistatic strap, and Fix Your Own PC, you'll be ready to tackle any job-big or small. Packed with detailed charts and photos, this indispensable guide will help you keep your PC up and running and up to date.
Covers everything in and around your personal computer, including:
* Processors: Pentium IV and AMD Athlon XP, plus their ancestors
* Memory: SIMMS, DIMMs, SDRAM, and more
* Connections: Universal Serial Bus and Firewire, among others
* Drives: Hard, floppy, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, Zip, Jaz, tape
* Multimedia: From sound cards to 3D video adapter cards
* Peripherals: Flat-screen monitors, cable modems, and much more
* New! Networks: NICs, hubs, switches, routers, and wireless networking devices
* Troubleshoot using flowcharts and step-by-step instructions
* Fix the latest Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon machines - or your old 486
Do It Yourself!
Why rush to the repair shop or hire expensive consultants to install a next-generation video card, troubleshoot a CD-RW drive, or deal with a Windows XP meltdown? With a good set of screwdrivers, an antistatic strap, and Fix Your Own PC, you'll be ready to tackle any job-big or small. Packed with detailed charts and photos, this indispensable guide will help you keep your PC up and running and up to date.
Covers everything in and around your personal computer, including:
* Processors: Pentium IV and AMD Athlon XP, plus their ancestors
* Memory: SIMMS, DIMMs, SDRAM, and more
* Connections: Universal Serial Bus and Firewire, among others
* Drives: Hard, floppy, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, Zip, Jaz, tape
* Multimedia: From sound cards to 3D video adapter cards
* Peripherals: Flat-screen monitors, cable modems, and much more
* New! Networks: NICs, hubs, switches, routers, and wireless networking devices
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- PublisherMis Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1558284222
- ISBN 13 9781558284227
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
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