
Newnes PC Troubleshooting Pocket Book
Newnes (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 17. October 2003
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7506-5988-8 (ISBN)
Description
Newnes PC Troubleshooting Pocket Book provides a concise and compact reference that describes, in a clear and straightforward manner, the principles and practice of faultfinding and upgrading PCs and peripherals. The strong practical emphasis is backed up with many illustrations and examples of real-lie problems. The book is aimed at anyone who is involved with the installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrading, repair or support of PC systems. It also provides non-technical users with sufficient background information, charts and checklists to enable the diagnosis of faults and help to carry out simple modifications and repairs. The new edition of PC Troubleshooting will continue to include a number of short cuts that are instrumental in avoiding hours of potential frustration and costly effort.
In order to reflect rapid changes in computer technology (both hardware and software) this new edition has been completely revised and rewritten. New and expanded sections on: modern machines (Pentium II, III, IV, AMD); modern buses (FSB, AGP, Cyrix, Chip sets); different RAM chip types and connectors; Win 2000, ME, XP; latest SCSI standards, Ultra DMA, "live" re-partitioning of the disc, FAT16, FAT36, NTFS, performance and compatibility differences; 'famous' viruses and personal firewalls.
In order to reflect rapid changes in computer technology (both hardware and software) this new edition has been completely revised and rewritten. New and expanded sections on: modern machines (Pentium II, III, IV, AMD); modern buses (FSB, AGP, Cyrix, Chip sets); different RAM chip types and connectors; Win 2000, ME, XP; latest SCSI standards, Ultra DMA, "live" re-partitioning of the disc, FAT16, FAT36, NTFS, performance and compatibility differences; 'famous' viruses and personal firewalls.
Reviews / Votes
"The strength is that it has a 'fundamentals' feel to it... to include modern processors and RAM types is essential, as is keeping abreast of modern viruses. The revisions are all appropriate and welcomed... will be eagerly recommended" --Head of Electronics and Computing, West Kent College"an excellent book" --Customer, Wales
More details
Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Technicians, technical support staff, PC operators, engineers, further education students, home PC users and small businesses that have to provide their own front-line technical support.
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 110 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-5988-8 (9780750659888)
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Additional editions

Howard Anderson | Advanced Technological and Higher National Certificates Tooley BA
Newnes PC Troubleshooting Pocket Book
E-Book
10/2003
3rd Edition
Elsevier
€35.95
Available for download
Persons
Mike Tooley is a technical author and consultant. He was formerly Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England, where he was responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of several popular engineering and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC, GCE A-level and GCSE qualifications in Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, aviation, computing and electronic circuit design and construction.
Author
IT Consultant; formerly of Waltham Forest College, U.K.; previously a member of the Edexcel HN syllabus drafting team
Formerly Vice Principal, Dean of Faculty and Head of Engineering at Brooklands College, Surrey, UK
Content
Preface; Introduction; The internet; Microcomputer fundamentals; System architecture and construction; The PC expansion buses; Semiconductor memory; Printers and the printer interface; The serial communication ports; Replaceable disk drives; Hard disk drives; Displays; Viruses; Troubleshooting Windows error messages; Troubleshooting Windows registry; Appendices; Index