Upgrading and Repairing PCs

Upgrading and Repairing PCs

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>DVD-ROM</B> Includes <B>3 hours </B>of new how-to video</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">For more than 25 years, <I>Upgrading and Repairing PCs</I> 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.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">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.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person and millions more through his books and videos€"<I>nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly</I>. 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!</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">NEW IN THIS EDITION</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">The newest processors, including Intel€s latest Core i Haswell processors and AMD€s Kaveri core processors.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Everything you need to know about the latest GPU technology from NVIDIA and AMD, including developments in OpenGL, DirectX, and Mantle.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">New firmware innovations like the InSyde BIOS, Back to BIOS buttons, and all the updated settings available for the newest processors and chipsets. </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">The latest in updated home networking standards, from blazing fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi to HomeGrid and G.hn powerline networking.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Ever larger storage, thanks to new technologies like helium-filled hard disks, shingled magnetic recording, and Cfast and XQD for flash memory. </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Emerging interfaces such as mSATA, USB 3.1, and M.2 </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Updated coverage of building PCs from scratch€"from choosing and assembling hardware through BIOS setup and troubleshooting</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">ON THE DVD</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Get 3 hours of up-to-the minute, studio-quality how-to videos€"all playable on your DVD player or computer! In this edition, Scott Mueller delivers a complete seminar on PC troubleshooting, teaching you how to identify and resolve an array of common and not-so-common PC problems.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">From detailed explanations on all the tools that should be a basic part of any PC toolkit, to all the critical rules you should follow to safely operate on your PC€s internal components, in these videos Scott Mueller ensures you are equipped with everything you need to know to successfully resolve your PC€s problems.<br> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">From there, Scott takes you through a complete disassembly of an All-in-One (AiO) system, showing just what you can do to keep these specialized systems running smoothly. Finally, there is a detailed look at today€s ultra-fast solid state disk drives (SSD) and the benefits they bring to modern systems. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This DVD also contains the complete 19th and 20th editions of this book in printable form, plus extensive technical reference material, a comprehensive glossary, and more!</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">€œ€¦continually revised and updated to reflect the ever-changing PC landscape. A resource from my PC repair days, Scott Mueller€s tome is one of the books that has stayed on my bookshelf <br>throughout the years.€ </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">€"Adam Overa, Managing Editor, <I>Tom€s Hardware</I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>