Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Linux Edition

by Linux General Store; Mueller, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780789720757
• ISBN10: 0789720752
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Provides Linux users access to the world's best- selling hardware upgrade and repair tome ever written, in-depth coverage of Intel's new Socket 370 design, INtel Pentium III processor, RDRAM, Intel's 810 chipset, and the new FlexATX and WTX motherboard form factors. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(10)
Personal Computer Background	11	(12)
PC Components, Features, and System Design	23	(12)
Microprocessor Types and Specifications	35	(164)
Motherboards and Buses	199	(146)
BIOS	345	(62)
Memory	407	(86)
The IDE Interface	493	(28)
The SCSI Interface	521	(38)
Magnetic Storage Principles	559	(16)
Hard Disk Storage	575	(60)
Floppy Disk Storage	635	(30)
High-Capacity Removable Disk Storage	665	(32)
Optical Storage	697	(42)
Physical Drive Installation and Configuration	739	(26)
Video Hardware	765	(64)
Serial, Parallel, and Other I/O Interfaces	829	(28)
Input Devices	857	(46)
Internet Connectivity	903	(46)
Local Area Networking	949	(48)
Audio Hardware	997	(40)
Power Supply and Case	1037	(60)
Printers and Scanners	1097	(56)
Building or Upgrading Systems	1153	(38)
PC Diagnostics, Testing, and Maintenance	1191	(44)
File Systems: The Second Extended File System and FAT	1235	(36)
Making the Most of PartitionMagic and Boot Magic	1271	(12)
The General Public License	1275	(8)
Index	1283