Newnes PC Troubleshooting Pocket Book

✍ Scribed by Howard Anderson and Mike Tooley (Auth.)

• Publisher: Newnes
• Year: 1999
• Leaves: 232
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Newnes PC Troubleshooting Pocket Book provides a concise and compact reference that describes, in a clear and straightforward manner, the principles and practice of faultfinding and upgrading PCs and peripherals. The strong practical emphasis is backed up with many illustrations and examples of real-lie problems. The book is aimed at anyone who is involved with the installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrading, repair or support of PC systems. It also provides non-technical users with sufficient background information, charts and checklists to enable the diagnosis of faults and help to carry out simple modifications and repairs. The new edition of PC Troubleshooting will continue to include a number of short cuts that are instrumental in avoiding hours of potential frustration and costly effort.

In order to reflect rapid changes in computer technology (both hardware and software) this new edition has been completely revised and rewritten. New and expanded sections on: modern machines (Pentium II, III, IV, AMD); modern buses (FSB, AGP, Cyrix, Chip sets); different RAM chip types and connectors; Win 2000, ME, XP; latest SCSI standards, Ultra DMA, "live" re-partitioning of the disc, FAT16, FAT36, NTFS, performance and compatibility differences; 'famous' viruses and personal firewalls.

All the essential data for PC fault-finding and upgrading
Ideal for systems support staff, businesses, students, teachers, and home PC users
* Strong practical emphasis is backed up with many illustrations and examples of real problems

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface, Page ix
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-10
2 - The internet, Pages 11-17
3 - Microcomputer fundamentals, Pages 18-34
4 - System architecture and construction, Pages 35-44
5 - The PC expansion buses, Pages 45-50
6 - Semiconductor memory, Pages 51-58
7 - Printers and the printer interface, Pages 59-64
8 - The serial communication ports, Pages 65-73
9 - Replaceable disk drives, Pages 74-79
10 - Hard disk drives, Pages 80-101
11 - Displays, Pages 102-115
12 - Viruses, Pages 116-125
13 - Troubleshooting windows error messages, Pages 126-154
14 - Troubleshooting windows registry, Pages 155-158
Appendix A - Common file extensions, Pages 159-160
Appendix B - The command prompt and DOS, Pages 161-184
Appendix C - Using batch files, Pages 185-189
Appendix D - Using DEBUG, Pages 190-191
Appendix E - Hex, binary, decimal and ASCII character set, Pages 192-196
Appendix F - Ibm POST and diagnostic error codes, Pages 197-201
Appendix G - Reference section, Pages 202-214
Appendix H - Useful websites, Pages 215-216
Appendix I - Processor types, sockets and families, Pages 217-225
Index, Pages 227-232