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Upgrade or Repair Your PC and Save a Bundle (Save a bundle series) - Hardcover

Pilgrim, Aubrey

 
9780079136671: Upgrade or Repair Your PC and Save a Bundle (Save a bundle series)

Synopsis

This guide to PC upgrading and repairing features step-by-step instructions and covers new equipment as well as old 286/386/486 "workhorses". It also looks at chips from Intel (P6 code named Kalmath and MMX coprocessor). The CD contains troubleshooting diagnostic shareware and freeware.

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From the Publisher

More PC for less $$$!
Whether dealing with the latest, state-of-the-art computer equipment, or a 286/386/486 workhorse, here's a book that will teach readers how to improve their machines and save a bundle. UPGRADE AND REPAIR YOUR PC by Aubrey Pilgrim takes a "get under the hood" and maximize-the-machine approach to computer repair. With a complete set of illustrations, it's easy enough for a novice to follow.

This book lays it all out, step by step. In this volume, the best-selling author of McGraw-Hill's Build Your Own series provides an expanded, photo-packed guide to maximizing PC performance, including coverage of the newest hardware and peripherals. Coverage also includes:

· laptops/palmtops
· state-of-the art chips from Intel (Pentium II and MMX coprocessor), Cyrix, and AMD
· the hottest new standard drives, as well as full guidance on doing your repairs

Inside readers will find illustrated instructions for all types of upgrades, repairs, and installations including:

· CPUs and Motherboards
· hard drives, memory, and backup
· floppy drives, zip drives, jazz drives, and CD-ROM drives
· modems and other communication devices

Additionally, there's expanded coverage of the latest operating systems including Windows 95 and Windows NT, instruction on exciting multimedia enhancements such as sound and MIDI, and full explanations of Beep Codes, POST Codes, and text error messages for troubleshooting ease. With UPGRADE AND REPAIR YOUR PC readers get all the details needed to build "The Dream Machine" they have always wanted.

Synopsis

This guide to PC upgrading and repairing features step-by-step instructions and covers new equipment as well as old 286/386/486 "workhorses". It also looks at chips from Intel (P6 code named Kalmath and MMX coprocessor). The CD contains troubleshooting diagnostic shareware and freeware.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.