Troubleshooting and Repairing Personal Computers

Diagnosing symptoms of computer trouble; the latest test equipment arsenal; taking computers apart; the common troubles and repairs; all about chip location guides; testing large chips with lots of pins; checking the low pin-count chips; memory contained in chips; manual fault dictionary techniques; using diagnostic programs; the latest chip changing techniques and desoldering equipment; block diagram of the typical personal computers; the slow and fast clocks; those older 8-bit processors; 16-bit processors; 32-bit and higher; repairing all those slots and bus lines; testing memory map residents; the digital-to-digital I/O circuits; digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital circuits; the multitude of video and audio interfaces; video display repair techniques; disk drive maintenance and adjustments; computer power supplies; safety first.