Upgrading and repairing PCs / Scott Mueller

Includes index.

Development of the PC -- PC components, features, and system design -- Processor types and specifications -- Motherboards and buses -- BIOS -- Memory -- The ATA/IDE interface -- Magnetic storage -- Flash and removable storage -- Optical storage -- Video hardware -- Audio hardware -- External I/O interfaces -- Input devices -- Internet connectivity -- Local area networking -- Power supplies -- Building or upgrading systems -- PC diagnostics, testing, and maintenance.

For more than 25 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the world’s #1 guide to PC hardware: The single source for reliable information on how PCs work, troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs. This 22nd edition offers beefed-up coverage of the newest hardware innovations and maintenance techniques, plus more than two hours of new video. Scott Mueller delivers practical answers about PC processors, mother-boards, buses, BIOSes, memory, SSD and HDD storage, video, audio, networks, Internet connectivity, power, and much more. You’ll find the industry’s best coverage of diagnostics, testing, and repair―plus cutting-edge discussions of improving PC performance via overclocking and other techniques. Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person and millions more through his books and videos―nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly. Whether you’re a professional technician, a small business owner trying to save money, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the only PC hardware book you need!