Upgrading and Repairing PCs

Upgrading and Repairing PCs

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Access to 3 hours of troubleshooting videos as well as PDFs of previous editions are available through product registration—see instructions in back pages of your eBook.</B> </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"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>