TY - BOOK AU - Minasi,Mark TI - The complete PC upgrade and maintenance guide SN - 0782116604 AV - TK7887 .M56 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - San Francisco PB - Sybex KW - Microcomputers KW - Upgrading KW - Maintenance and repair N1 - Includes index; PC models:How they're different,how they're similar -- Disassembling the PC -- Inside the PC:pieces of the picture -- Avoiding service:preventive maintenance -- Troubleshooting PC problems -- Installing new circuit boards ( without creating new problems to troubleshoot) -- Repairs with circuit boards and chips -- semiconductor memory -- Power supplies and power protection -- Hard disk drive overview and terminology -- Installing a hard disk -- How DOS organizes your disk -- Preventive maintenance for your hard disks -- Recovering data and fixing hard disks -- understanding, installing, and repairing your floppy disk drives -- Understanding ad installing SCSI devices -- Troubleshooting printers -- Troubleshooting laser printers -- Modems and serial interfaces -- Keyboards and mice -- Video adapters and displays -- lay it loud:sound boards -- You ought be in pictures:video capture -- An overview of CD-ROM --A buyer's guide to PCs ER -