Explains how to upgrade, repair, maintain, and troubleshoot the hardware of personal computers, outlining the differences among them as well as their various configuration options. The 14th edition covers Intel's Northwood Pentium 4, NVIDIA's GeForce4 video card, and Creative Lab's Audigy sound card. The DVD contains two hours of instructional video. Annotation
1 Development of the PC
2 PC Components, Features, and System Design
3 Microprocessor Types and Specifications
4 Motherboards and Buses
5 BIOS
6 Memory
7 The IDE Interface
8 The SCSI Interface
9 Magnetic Storage Principles
10 Hard Disk Storage
11 Floppy Disk Storage
12 High-Capacity Removable Storage
13 Optical Storage
14 Physical Drive Installation and Configuration
15 Video Hardware
16 Audio Hardware
17 I/O Interfaces from Serial and Parallel to IEEE-1394 and USB
18 Input Devices
19 Internet Connectivity
20 Local Area Networking
21 Power Supply and Chassis/Case
22 Building or Upgrading Systems
23 PC Diagnostics, Testing, and Maintenance
24 File Systems and Data Recovery
App. A Glossary
App. B Key Vendor Contact Information
App. C Troubleshooting Index List of Acronyms
Index