No special skills or tools are required for this guide, just a desire to save money and a taste for state-of-the-art technology. It explains how to build a complete Pentium chip-based system out of mail-order parts and peripherals. The text provides a brief overview of the Pentium processor's capabilites and then describes step-by-step, how to purchase and assemble all the necessary components: motherboards, floppy and hard drives, CD-ROM, printers, input devices, memory chips, monitors, graphics cards, fax/modems and backup systems. Readers also learn how to use the computer they build to meet a variety of home, business, multimedia, desktop publishing and networking needs. In addition, the author lists low-cost hardware sources, reviews operating systems and software that take advantage of the Pentium chip's power, and devotes an entire chapter to the art of troubleshooting.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 191 mm
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978-0-07-050163-8 (9780070501638)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Basic components of the generic IBM PC; basic practices of computer repair and maintenance; installation and troubleshooting of the heart of the computer; installation and expansion of system memory or random access memory; maintenance and installation of the keyboard; electronic interface between a storage device and the computer; how the hard disk works; floppy disk drives; monitor or video display and the video card; installation and diagnosis of serial and parallel ports and related devices; diagnosing and replacing a faulty power supply; maintenance of the system clock and recognition and use of cables; discussion of DOS 6.0 and Windows; software tools that are provided with DOS; partial ASCII table.
