Upgrading and Repairing PCs
19th Edition
Published on 21. December 2009
Book
Mixed media product
1176 pages
978-0-7897-3954-4 (ISBN)
Description
"...a comprehensive resource for PC enthusiasts and professionals alike. Packed with the latest speeds and feeds, you'll want to keep this book on-hand as an authoritative technology reference."
-Chris Angelini, Managing Editor, Tom's Hardware
For 20 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the industry's #1 guide to PC hardware: the single source for reliable, step-by-step information on identifying and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs from scratch. Now, this 19th Edition has been completely updated to focus on today's technologies and today's maintenance challenges!
From processors and motherboards, memory to storage, video to power, and networking to Internet connectivity, it's all here: technical details, practical insights, and step-by-step solutions to difficult problems. Updates include new CPUs like the Intel Core i Series and AMD's Phenom family...solid state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives...motherboard form factors, chipsets, power supplies, DDR3 memory, Windows 7 readiness, and a whole lot more!
Your guide, Scott Mueller, has taught thousands in his legendary personal seminars and millions more through his books and videos. Nobody knows more about choosing, installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining PC hardware. Whether you're a professional technician, a small business owner who doesn't want to pay for service calls, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the one book you need!
NEW IN THIS EDITION
Intel's and AMD's hottest new processors, including the Intel Core i Series and AMD Phenom family
The latest PC system designs and form factors, including the new mini-ITX and DTX motherboard form factors
State-of-the-art graphics cards, GPUs, and chipsets from NVIDIA and ATI/AMD
Terabyte-class hard disks, solid state drives, and other data storage innovations
Revamped coverage of building PCs from scratch-from selecting and assembling hardware to BIOS Setup and troubleshooting
ON THE DVD
The DVD contains two hours of up-to-the minute, studio-quality how-to videos-all playable on either your DVD player or computer! You'll find detailed presentations covering important PC components like processors, motherboards, chipsets, memory, hard disk drives, chassis, and power supplies, including tips that will help you select the best components when building or purchasing new systems as well as when upgrading or repairing existing ones. There is a complete step-by-step guide to building a new PC from scratch, including tips that will not only make the build process run smoothly, but will also help you build a system that has performance, durability, and will be easy to maintain, upgrade, and repair in the future. That's not all: You'll also find the complete 16th Edition of this book, plus extensive technical reference material, a comprehensive PC glossary, and much more!
-Chris Angelini, Managing Editor, Tom's Hardware
For 20 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the industry's #1 guide to PC hardware: the single source for reliable, step-by-step information on identifying and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs from scratch. Now, this 19th Edition has been completely updated to focus on today's technologies and today's maintenance challenges!
From processors and motherboards, memory to storage, video to power, and networking to Internet connectivity, it's all here: technical details, practical insights, and step-by-step solutions to difficult problems. Updates include new CPUs like the Intel Core i Series and AMD's Phenom family...solid state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives...motherboard form factors, chipsets, power supplies, DDR3 memory, Windows 7 readiness, and a whole lot more!
Your guide, Scott Mueller, has taught thousands in his legendary personal seminars and millions more through his books and videos. Nobody knows more about choosing, installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining PC hardware. Whether you're a professional technician, a small business owner who doesn't want to pay for service calls, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the one book you need!
NEW IN THIS EDITION
Intel's and AMD's hottest new processors, including the Intel Core i Series and AMD Phenom family
The latest PC system designs and form factors, including the new mini-ITX and DTX motherboard form factors
State-of-the-art graphics cards, GPUs, and chipsets from NVIDIA and ATI/AMD
Terabyte-class hard disks, solid state drives, and other data storage innovations
Revamped coverage of building PCs from scratch-from selecting and assembling hardware to BIOS Setup and troubleshooting
ON THE DVD
The DVD contains two hours of up-to-the minute, studio-quality how-to videos-all playable on either your DVD player or computer! You'll find detailed presentations covering important PC components like processors, motherboards, chipsets, memory, hard disk drives, chassis, and power supplies, including tips that will help you select the best components when building or purchasing new systems as well as when upgrading or repairing existing ones. There is a complete step-by-step guide to building a new PC from scratch, including tips that will not only make the build process run smoothly, but will also help you build a system that has performance, durability, and will be easy to maintain, upgrade, and repair in the future. That's not all: You'll also find the complete 16th Edition of this book, plus extensive technical reference material, a comprehensive PC glossary, and much more!
More details
Edition
19th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 61 mm
Weight
1818 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7897-3954-4 (9780789739544)
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Person
Scott Mueller is president of Mueller Technical Research (MTR), an international research and corporate training firm. Since 1982, MTR has produced the industry's most in-depth, accurate, and effective seminars, books, articles, videos, and FAQs covering PC hardware and data recovery. MTR maintains a client list that includes Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. and foreign governments, major software and hardware corporations, as well as PC enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Scott's seminars have been presented to several thousands of PC support professionals throughout the world.
Scott personally teaches seminars nationwide covering all aspects of PC hardware (including troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and upgrade), A+ Certification, and data recovery/forensics. He has a knack for making technical topics not only understandable, but entertaining as well; his classes are never boring! If you have 10 or more people to train, Scott can design and present a custom seminar for your organization.
Although he has taught classes virtually nonstop since 1982, Scott is best known as the author of the longest-running, most popular, and most comprehensive PC hardware book in the world, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, which has become the core of an entire series of books, including Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, and Upgrading and Repairing Windows.
Scott's premiere work, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, has sold well over two million copies, making it by far the most popular and longest-running PC hardware book on the market today. Scott has been featured in Forbes magazine and has written several articles for PC World magazine, Maximum PC magazine, the Scott Mueller Forum, various computer and automotive newsletters, and the Upgrading and Repairing PCs website.
Scott personally teaches seminars nationwide covering all aspects of PC hardware (including troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and upgrade), A+ Certification, and data recovery/forensics. He has a knack for making technical topics not only understandable, but entertaining as well; his classes are never boring! If you have 10 or more people to train, Scott can design and present a custom seminar for your organization.
Although he has taught classes virtually nonstop since 1982, Scott is best known as the author of the longest-running, most popular, and most comprehensive PC hardware book in the world, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, which has become the core of an entire series of books, including Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, and Upgrading and Repairing Windows.
Scott's premiere work, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, has sold well over two million copies, making it by far the most popular and longest-running PC hardware book on the market today. Scott has been featured in Forbes magazine and has written several articles for PC World magazine, Maximum PC magazine, the Scott Mueller Forum, various computer and automotive newsletters, and the Upgrading and Repairing PCs website.
Content
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Development of the PC 5
Chapter 2: PC Components, Features, and System Design 19
Chapter 3: Processor Types and Specifications 31
Chapter 4: Motherboards and Buses 171
Chapter 5: BIOS 313
Chapter 6: Memory 375
Chapter 7: The ATA/IDE Interface 435
Chapter 8: Magnetic Storage Principles 489
Chapter 9: Hard Disk Storage 513
Chapter 10: Removable Storage 557
Chapter 11: Optical Storage 585
Chapter 12: Video Hardware 671
Chapter 13: Audio Hardware 739
Chapter 14: External I/O Interfaces 765
Chapter 15: Input Devices 801
Chapter 16: Internet Connectivity 837
Chapter 17: Local Area Networking 865
Chapter 18: Power Supplies 913
Chapter 19: Building or Upgrading Systems 997
Chapter 20: PC Diagnostics, Testing, and Maintenance 1033
Chapter 1: Development of the PC 5
Chapter 2: PC Components, Features, and System Design 19
Chapter 3: Processor Types and Specifications 31
Chapter 4: Motherboards and Buses 171
Chapter 5: BIOS 313
Chapter 6: Memory 375
Chapter 7: The ATA/IDE Interface 435
Chapter 8: Magnetic Storage Principles 489
Chapter 9: Hard Disk Storage 513
Chapter 10: Removable Storage 557
Chapter 11: Optical Storage 585
Chapter 12: Video Hardware 671
Chapter 13: Audio Hardware 739
Chapter 14: External I/O Interfaces 765
Chapter 15: Input Devices 801
Chapter 16: Internet Connectivity 837
Chapter 17: Local Area Networking 865
Chapter 18: Power Supplies 913
Chapter 19: Building or Upgrading Systems 997
Chapter 20: PC Diagnostics, Testing, and Maintenance 1033