Newnes Pc Troubleshooting Pocket Book

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.

This revised edition explains how to diagnose basic faults and carry out simple PC repairs. It is aimed at those who are involved with installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrading, repair or support of PC systems and provides non-technical users with background information.

Preface; Introduction; The internet; Microcomputer fundamentals; System architecture and construction; The PC expansion buses; Semiconductor memory; Printers and the printer interface; The serial communication ports; Replaceable disk drives; Hard disk drives; Displays; Viruses; Troubleshooting Windows error messages; Troubleshooting Windows registry; Appendices; IndexIntroduction -- The Internet -- Microcomputer fundamentals -- System architecture and construction -- The PC expansion buses -- Semiconductor memory -- Printers and the printer interface -- The serial communication ports -- Replaceable disk drives -- Hard disk drives -- Displays -- Viruses -- Troubleshooting Windows error messages -- Troubleshooting Windows registry.

Previously published as: Electronics made simple / Ian Sinclair. 2002. 2nd ed.

The book describes the various parts of a PC system and explains the technology and software used and other essential information - cabling, connectors, configurations - that is needed to either upgrade or improve performance. Also included are many examples of common upgrades and most importantly, the potential problems and their solutions.

Explains, using real, working, proven circuit examples, how to select and configure a control system based on readily available software and hardware. Representative software routines in a variety of languages (including 8086 assembler, BASIC and C) are in

Written by one of the foremost experts, Steve Heath, the processor technology specialist at Motorola (UK). * 200 pages packed with information for programmers * will complement the author's other Butterworth-Heinemann book ... The Power PC: a practical companion (which is aimed at users). * in the pocket book ... a simple overview of the processor and programming models * straightforward definitions (eg what bit 14 of the MSR does and not why it has to do it) * simple definitions of each instruction with two instructions per page