Bigelow S Pc Technician S Troubleshooting Pocket Reference

This troubleshooting reference guide for the PC repair technician features hundreds of code tables, commands, symptom summaries and charts. It covers drive, input device, modem, motherboard and peripheral troubleshooting, as well as system configuration. The book includes an A+ certification checklist to help pass exams.

*Fully revised updated edition. first edition was strong seller - over 30,000 sold. *Ties into the booming A+ Certification market. A+ technicians specialize in PC hardware troubleshooting. *Follows success of Pocket Reference Series by Bigelow, which has sold over 70,000 copies. *Handy format - designed for technicians, in a convenient, portable, pocket-sized edition. *Leading author - Bigelow's last three books have sold well over 250,000 copies.

The hugely popular, bestselling Pocket Reference series has been extended to cover one of the major problems faced by PC technicians--Drive and Memory. Designed as a technician-level reference, this pocket-sized guide covers all the essential information needed to diagnose and repair common computer storage systems.

Bigelow explains, in great detail, how each subsystem of an IBM-compatible PC works. In the BIOS section, for example, he details the actions, in sequence, taken by various popular BIOS routines at boot up. The CD-ROM section describes exactly how to make a bootable CD-ROM that takes advantage of the El Torito standard. In other chapters, he takes on video monitors, processors from all three major vendors, DVD drives, diagnostic beep and power-on self test (POST) codes, modems, and tons more. Throughout, he combines excellent how it works text with bountiful reference material. Bigelow also has paid considerable attention to troubleshooting, concluding each chapter with statements of common problems and their solutions.A Symptoms at a Glance section lists common problems, along with references to the pages that describe what to do about them. This is a useful feature, but it would be easier to find a particular problem if the list were broken up by subsystem.

The answer book for true technicians ... From desktops and towers, to monitors, busses, hard drives, keyboards and joysticks, chipsets, media drives, sound cards, and video adapters, Bigelow's PC hardware desk reference is the serious troubleshooting reference that covers all the latest technology and hardware.

Designed as a technician-level reference, this pocket-sized book covers all the essential information needed to diagnose and repair computer printer problems. There is a massive installed base of printers and this serves as a handy, portable reference for all types of impact, innk-jet, and laser printers.

The Y2K bug can wreak havoc on the healthiest PC, so be prepared for the millennium glitch, and virtually any other computer foulup ù with Stephen Bigelow's massive Troubleshooting, Maintaining & Repairing PCs, Millennium Edition. Ideal for both technicians and power users, the latest edition of this bestselling guide gives you the tools and know-how to diagnose and fix 2,000 PC problems from Y2K mishaps to crashed hard drives to blank monitor screens and much more quickly, easily, and with total cconfidence. It's jam-packed with 1,600 pages of the most experienced hands-on help you can find for resuscitating most any PC or peripheral: 8-bit to 64-bit CPUs...memory...destops, towers, and notebooks...keyboards...printers...monitors...mice... modems...PC cards...motherboards...video and sound boards...you name it! You also get a "Symptoms-at-a-Glance" section that demystifies hundreds of common PC malfunctions...scores of POST and diagnostic codes to help you idenify the most obscure flaws...helpful Web site listings for instant online assistance...even a challenging Technician's Examination that serves as a perfect tune-up for CompTIA's career-boosting A+ Certification exam. BIG BONUS! Over 150 hand-picked shareware PC diagnostics and utilities on CD-ROM plus PC technician's primer ù to help you set up your workbench.

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