Upgrading and Repairing Your PC Answers!: Certified Tech Support - Softcover

Johnson, Dave; Stauffer, Todd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007882463X ISBN 13: 9780078824630

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 1998

Answers ``What do I do now?'' when things go wrong--only Q&A format troubleshooting book. Authors are professional PC troubleshooters and together have years of hands-on enduser experience. Includes hard disk and memory upgrades, solving DMA and IRQ conflicts, software utilities and more.

From the Back Cover:

A Whole Book of answers for Less Than the Price of One Support Call! Q: My local PC shop charges a bundle just to look at my computer. Isn't there a more cost-effective way to maintain my PC? A: Routine maintenance, hardware upgrades, and performance tuning is easier than you think. In your hands is the logical solution. For less than the price of one technical support call, you get hundreds of answers to today's top PC upgrade and repair questions straight from the cohosts of the popular syndicated radio talk show, "The Computer Guys." You'll also find dozens of tips and tricks derived from the authors' combined 15-plus years of hands-on experience! From hard disk and memory upgrades through solving DMA and IRQ conflicts-and everything in between-Upgrading & Repairing Your Pc Answers! Certified Tech Support has all the real-world shortcuts, workarounds, and solutions you need. Learn to: Solve problems in seconds! At your fingertips are over 400 answers based on actual tech support calls arranged topically for fast, easy access. Find answers to questions on motherboards, processor swaps, memory upgrades, software utilities, and plenty more! Accomplish critical tasks using dozens of timesaving sidebars, figures, tables, tips, margin notes, and cautions. Preview chapters at-a-glance- find what you need in a hurry. Go straight to the anser you need.An exceptionally comprehensive, cross-referenced index points your way. Whether you're upgrading and repairing by choice or by necessity, you'll want to keep this unique guide by your side througout the job!

About the Author:

Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, CO) has written many books since 1990 including Digital Photography Answers, and is a frequent contributor for PC Computing, Home Office computing, and Family PC. He is currently a mobile computing editor at Planet IT, an online magazine published by CMP Media.

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 007882463X
• ISBN 13: 9780078824630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448