Fix Your Own PC 8th Edition

Description

* Packed with crisp black-and-white photographs and illustrations, this bestselling guide walks people step by step through all aspects of troubleshooting, upgrading, and repairing a PC
* Includes an all-new chapter on "Working Outside the Box," which focuses on external communication devices and controllers
* Covers hardware upgrades and repair-memory, hard drives, CD and DVD drives, video cards, monitors, USB connections, modems, routers, and more-as well as tools for diagnosing and fixing software problems, including antivirus software, diagnostic programs, and system restore and driver update utilities
* The CD-ROM includes essential video clips of the most common Fix-Your-Own techniques and hard-to-find information on older machines as well as a searchable PDF version of the book, making the book valuable to owners of both old and new machines

CONTENTS:

Author’s Acknowledgments.

  
Preface.

  
Publisher’s Acknowledgments.

  
Chapter 1: Looking Under the Hood.

  
Chapter 2: The Microprocessor.

  
Chapter 3: BIOS.

  
Chapter 4: The Computer Bus.

  
Chapter 5: Basic Hardware Skills.

  
Chapter 6: Step-by-Step through a Modern PC.

  
Chapter 7: Shopping for PC Parts.

  
Chapter 8: Memory.

  
Chapter 9: Floppy Drives .

  
Chapter 10: Media Hard Drives.

  
Chapter 11: Removable Media Hard Drives.

  
Chapter 12: CD and DVD Drives.

  
Chapter 13: Video Display Adapters and Standards.

  
Chapter 14: Monitors and LCD Displays.

  
Chapter 15: Working Outside the Box: External Serial, USB, eSATA, and FireWire Connections.

  
Chapter 16: Modem Telecommunications.

  
Chapter 17: The Parallel Interface.

  
Chapter 18: Hard Copy.

  
Chapter 19: Your Computer’s Hands, Eyes, and Ears.

  
Chapter 20: Networks, Gateways, Routers, and WiFi Wireless .

  
Chapter 21: Backup Strategies.

  
Chapter 22: Antivirus, Utility, and Diagnostic Programs.

  
Chapter 23: Windows Troubleshooting and Repairs.

  
Chapter 24: Common-Sense Solutions to Hardware Headaches.

  
Glossary.

  
Index.

  
End-User License Agreement.

  
What’s on the CD.