Upgrading and Repairing PC'S - Softcover

Mueller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078972099X ISBN 13: 9780789720993

Publisher: Que Corporation,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Appropriate for all courses in computer hardware, PC troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.

In Upgrading & Repairing PCS, 14th Academic Edition, leading PC hardware expert Scott Mueller offers a complete and authoritative guide to the core topics at the heart of virtually every course in PC hardware, maintenance, and repair. Condensed and distilled from Mueller's renowned Upgrading & Repairing PCS, 14th Retail Edition, this book contains focused coverage of every significant PC component: processors, motherboards, memory, the BIOS, interfaces, drives, removable and optical storage, video and audio hardware, and much more. Its accompanying CD-ROM contains 90 minutes of Windows Media Player videos featuring Scott Mueller demonstrating PC repair and upgrades, as well as PDFs of the complete student workbook, the entire 14th Retail Edition, vendor contacts, help files, and hundreds of pages of additional technical reference material. The student workbook provided on CD-ROM includes updated chapter summaries, practice exercises, and study questions designed to help students ensure they fully understand the material. Also available: an updated Instructor's Manual CD-ROM with thoroughly revised sample syllabus, improved PowerPoint slides, complete lesson plans, and student workbook answers.

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Review

Upgrading and Repairing PCs is more likely to have the answers to your PC hardware questions than any other book on the market. If you're in the business of assembling, upgrading, or troubleshooting machines based on the IBM/Intel architecture, you must have this book near your workbench. The newest edition of this hardware classic contains information on the latest offerings from the chipmakers (including CPUs and support chipsets).

Scott Mueller also has improved his SCSI coverage by including the most complete documentation of SCSI-1, SCSI-2 and SCSI-3, as well as explanations of the pseudonyms by which those technologies go (Wide SCSI, Ultra Wide SCSI, Fast SCSI and so on)--something that's harder to find than you might think. He also includes tables of SCSI signals for troubleshooting purposes, which is rare to find in print anywhere else.

As he always has, Mueller earns points for his clear statements of what connects with what and how. There are tables that correlate standard processor receptacles with the chips (from Intel, AMD, and Cyrix) that fit into them. There are thorough and well annotated lists of memory addresses, beep codes and hard disk specifications. He's used clear line drawings instead of the murky photos that damage many hardware books. Furthermore, he has an excellent writing style that's a pleasure to read. Mostly, you'll value Upgrading and Repairing PCs as a reference, but it includes tutorials on certain topics, including the assembly of a custom PC. --David Wall, Amazon.com

Topics covered: New RAM technologies, new motherboard standards (including ATX), new ATA bus specifications; peripheral goodies such as SuperDisk, re-writable CD drives, DVD drives, and LCD monitors; and SCSI (SCSI-1, SCSI-2 and SCSI-3).

Review

"For professional technicians and hobbyists, this is the most trusted and popular guide on the market."The Bookseller, Aug 2001

Edition details

• Publisher: Que Corporation,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078972099X
• ISBN 13: 9780789720993
• Binding: Paperback