Download or read book The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide written by Mark Minasi and published by Sybex. This book was released on 2005-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear, Expert Advice for PC Users of Every Stripe No matter how you use your PC--as a business tool, an entertainment center, or an Internet on-ramp--this latest edition of The Complete PC Upgrade & Maintenance Guide has you covered. Inside, you'll find the clear, expert advice on maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting for which this book is famous. It's all updated to cover the latest technologies and guaranteed to help you extend the life and power of your PC. You also get targeted instruction on a wide range of entertainment upgrades--ways to enhance your enjoyment of music, photo, movies, and more. Coverage includes: * Preventing hardware disasters * Upgrading memory * Replacing power supplies * Partitioning drives using NTFS and FAT32 * Solving data backup challenges * Protecting your PC from viruses, worms, and spyware * Adding SCSI cards and drives * Installing DVDs, CD-ROMs, and EIDE and Serial ATA hard drives * Troubleshooting printers and scanners * Installing communications devices * Resolving mouse and keyboard problems * Installing video and sound cards * Tackling networking issues, both wired and wireless * Troubleshooting Internet connectivity * Solving laptop problems * Capturing and editing video * Managing music and image files * Watching movies on DVD * Getting the most out of new storage and networking technologies

Download or read book The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide written by Mark Minasi and published by Sybex. This book was released on 2004-03-09 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World's Leading PC Guide--Updated, Expanded, Reorganized The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide continues its reign as the PC world's great problem-solving wonder. In simple, easy-to-follow language, it shows you how to prevent disasters, fix the ones that occur, and maximize your PC's power and longevity. Based on author Mark Minasi's popular seminars, this book is an unbeatable value. It teaches you everything you need to know to meet all your PC challenges, present and future. Coverage includes: * Preventing hardware disasters * Upgrading memory * Replacing power supplies * Installing EIDE and Serial ATA hard drives * Adding SCSI ports * Partitioning drives using NTFS and FAT32 * Protecting your PC from viruses, worms, and spyware * Solving data backup challenges * Adding and repairing DVDs and CD-ROMs * Installing and troubleshooting scanners * Troubleshooting printers * Installing communications devices * Resolving mouse and keyboard problems * Installing video and sound cards * Tackling networking issues * Installing a wireless network * Troubleshooting Internet connectivity * Solving laptop problems

Download or read book Repairing and Upgrading Your PC written by Robert Bruce Thompson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most computer users think that fiddling with the insides of their PC is taboo. They fear that by removing the screws that hold the case on, they're crossing into forbidden territory. And even for those who know they can open the box and fix or upgrade their PC, analysis paralysis often stops them in their tracks: Which upgrades offer the best bang for the buck? How do you pinpoint the faulty component that's making your system freeze? What about compatibility issues? Get ready to get unstuck and get your PC running fast and running right. Repairing and Upgrading Your PC delivers start-to-finish instructions, simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC owner, for troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading your computer. Written by hardware experts Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, this book covers it all: how to troubleshoot a troublesome PC, how to identify which components make sense for an upgrade, and how to tear it all down and put it back together. This book shows how to repair and upgrade all of your PC's essential components: Motherboard, CPU, and Memory. Choose the optimal match of these core components to keep your PC running at top speed Hard Drive, Optical Drive, and Removable Storage Give your computer what it needs for long-term and short-term storage Audio and Video. Enhance your computing experience with the right sound and graphics devices for your needs Input Devices. Pick the best keyboard and mouse to keep your hands happy and healthy Networking. Set up secure wireless networking to keep the bits flowing between your computers and the outside world Cases and Power Supplies. Keep everything running cool and reliably With its straightforward language, clear instructions, and extensive illustrations, this book makes it a breeze for PC owners of any skill level to work on their computer.

Download or read book The Complete PC Upgrade Maintenance Lab Manual written by Richard Mansfield and published by Sybex. This book was released on 2000 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Lab Manual" is a workbook for students taking college and training school classes in computer upgrade, maintenance and repair. It reinforces lessons with practical, hands-on tasks. Each exercise provides students with recommended readings, objectives, lists of hardware and software to perform tasks, step-by-step procedures for completing lab work, and student lab report.

Download or read book PC Upgrading Maintenance written by Vivian Perry and published by Network Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PC Upgrading & Maintenance: No experience required uses step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and jargon-free discussions to show every computer user exactly how to perform the most common and most valuable upgrades. Save time and money. Inside, you'll find expert advice on the most valuable do-it-yourself upgrades and PC enhancements.

Download or read book PC Upgrading and Maintenance written by Davina Baum and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step instructions and hundreds of illustrations walk readers through the toughest upgrades and repairs, with 650 pages of user-friendly information. A troubleshooting section features questions most computer tech support people encounter.

Download or read book The Complete PC Upgrade Maintenance Guide written by Mark Minasi and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In simple, easy-to-follow language, this problem-solving wonder shows how to prevent disasters and fix them when they occur. Based on Minasi's extremely popular world-wide PC upgrade and repair seminars, this book gives PC owners or support persons all they need to know to handle 99 percent of their PC problems. The CD-ROMs include diagnostic and utility programs and a multimedia product called PC Tune.

Download or read book PC Upgrading Maintenance written by Vivian Perry and published by Network Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PC Upgrading & Maintenance: No experience required uses step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and jargon-free discussions to show every computer user exactly how to perform the most common and most valuable upgrades. Save time and money. Inside, you'll find expert advice on the most valuable do-it-yourself upgrades and PC enhancements.

Download or read book PC Upgrade and Repair Bible written by Marcia Press and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-05-10 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and revised with eighty percent new material, this book is 100 percent of what readers need to upgrade, fix, or troubleshoot PCs Sixty-five percent of U.S. households own a PC; this book caters to the do-it-yourselfers in these households, both novices and tech hobbyists alike, who are looking for an approachable reference A one-stop reference for topics such as video, CD, and DVD; multimedia; storage; communications (network and Internet); peripherals; and integrating with laptops and handhelds Concludes with a step-by-step tutorial on building an "extreme" machine that can handle the most demanding multimedia or gaming applications Written by Marcia and Barry Press, authors of PC Toys (076454229X)

Download or read book Upgrading and Repairing PCs written by Scott Mueller and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 1855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book PC Maintenance written by Colin Grimston and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal computer is now an essential part of modern life. However, the internal workings of this modern miracle remain an enigma to most of us. 'PC Maintenance, An Introduction to Upgrade and Repair' seeks to demystify the subject. It is ideal for students of Information Technology, Electronic Servicing and Microcomputer Technology, but the PC enthusiast will also find it fascinating. The text can be used as a series of tutorials or can be delved into as a reference. The first section covers the introductory principles and basic jargon, whilst the second section concentrates on valuable fault-finding techniques. The practical details are discussed in the third section, from removing the cover, through simple component identification, to more detailed dismantling and upgrading. Finally, the appendices contain useful reference data and useful proforma sheets for recording system details.

Download or read book Complete Pc Upgrade and Maintenance Guide written by Minasi and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book PCs For Dummies written by Dan Gookin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all-time bestselling PC reference, fully updated for the newest technologies! Previous editions of this fun and friendly PC guide have sold more than three million copies, making it the bestselling PC reference in the world. Dan Gookin, the author whose straightforward and entertaining style is the foundation of the For Dummies series, gives you the same easy-to-follow guidance in this edition, fully updated for Windows 8, using the cloud, and all the newest PC bells and whistles. It's perfect for the absolute beginner as well as for anyone switching to the latest hardware and software. Updated with information on all the latest upgrades, this edition of a worldwide bestseller covers all the essentials of using a PC, and presents them in a fun, non-intimidating style Popular technology author Dan Gookin starts at the beginning with all the basics that other books assume everyone knows Covers setting up your PC, exploring the Windows 8 interface, using network hardware and software, getting online and browsing with the newest version of Internet Explorer, setting up an e-mail account, connecting to the cloud, and using cloud-based services Shows you how to install and upgrade programs and manage files and folders Explores working with digital photos, downloading music, watching movies, and participating in social media PCs For Dummies, 12th Edition is the jargon-free, easy-to-use guide to everything you need to know about your PC.

Download or read book Upgrading and Repairing Laptops written by Scott Mueller and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond cutting edge, Mueller goes where no computer book author has gone before to produce a real owner's manual that every laptop owner should have. This book shows the upgrades users can perform, the ones that are better left to the manufacturer, and more.

Download or read book PC Upgrade Repair Simplified written by Ruth Maran and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With "PC Upgrade and Repair Simplified", Ruth Maran and her 3-D Visual cohorts have delivered the penultimate PC upkeep manual. Each chapter is clearly presented with helpful illustrations, common considerations, FAQs, troubleshooting tips, and software benefits

Download or read book Pc Upgrade and Maintenance Guide Multimedia Edn written by Mark Minasi and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Easy PC Maintenance and Repair written by Phillip Laplante and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who owns a computer, this guide puts at their fingertips simple strategies for the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and upgrading of their IBM PCs, XTs, ATs, and clones. Readers will be able to prolong the life of their computer as well as save money on repairs, lost data, and down time with the help of the book's foolproof, step-by-step instructions.