Product Description: “…a comprehensive resource for PC enthusiasts and professionals alike. Packed with the latest speeds and feeds, you’ll want to keep this book on-hand as an authoritative technology reference.” –Chris Angelini, Managing Editor, Tom’s Hardware   For 20 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the world’s #1 guide to PC hardware: the single source for reliable information on troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs...read more

Product Description: More than 60 million books sold in the Teach Yourself series!Learn how to be your own PC technician without feeling overwhelmed or out of your league Written by an expert PC technician, Easy PC Care takes you through the basics--the jobs you can do yourself with a bit of know how and a screwdriver...read more

Product Description: Speed It Up! A Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers   Does your PC perform like grandma on a cold winter morning? Does it limp along slowly through everyday tasks, such as starting up, shutting down or just opening an email? Are you wondering if your PC’s get up and go has got up and left? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the book for you...read more

Upgrading and Repairing PCs, A+ Certification Study Guide is a hands-on learning book. Author Scott Mueller takes you through test objectives one by one, pointing out the most frequently missed questions and explaining them with a greater detail than easier questions need. Spend your time learning--not deciphering bad writing! Just the essentials! Scott covers the essentials that you'll need to pass the test and point you where to go for more information. Frequent study reminders throughout help you focus and remember the core concepts for the exam--and not the not-so-necessary details. Practice Exams cover the topics that you'll be tested on and asks them in the manner they'll be asked on the test.

Explains how to maintain and repair personal computers, covering topics including memory, multimedia equipment, networking, installing Windows Vista, and troubleshooting.

A guide to optimizing personal computers using PC Pitstop Optimize covers the causes of poor performance, upgrading software, solving common problems with Windows products, and troubleshooting Internet connectivity issues.

Presents step-by-step instructions on how to modify a PC, covering such topics as installing lights, applying decals, adding LEDs to drivers, painting designs, and enhancing CPU performance.

Product Description: UNIQUE YOUR PC WITH SUPER TWEAKS! If you yearn for the coolest, most crazed 'puter around, PC Mods for the Evil Genius is the key to the kingdom! This book shows you how to supercharge your PC-and create a jaw-dropping system that cannot be purchased off any shelf, anywhere! You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, clear diagrams and schematics, and lists of parts and tools, so you know what's needed before you begin...read more

Provides an overview of the basics of electrical engineering, computer programming, and operating systems to do a variety of hacking projects.

Using a concise, visual format, this helpful handbook is designed to assist readers on how to upgrade their home personal computers, examining the vast array of new technologies available and explaining how to select, upgrade, and implement such essential PC components as memory, wireless networks, and CD-R/W drives. Original. (Beginner)

Provides information on building a PC that is customized for Windows XP Media Center Edition, covering such topics as choosing a motherboard, assembling and installing components, and installing drivers.

Provides information on building a PC that is customized for computer games, covering such topics as choosing a motherboard, assembling and installing components, and installing drivers.

Provides instructions on designing, building, and assembling a PC dedicated to computer gaming.

Product Description: Clear, Expert Advice for PC Users of Every StripeNo matter how you use your PC--as a business tool, an entertainment center, or an Internet on-ramp--this latest edition of The Complete PC Upgrade & Maintenance Guide has you covered...read more

Product Description: Are you looking to purchase a new computer or upgrade your current system? James T. Schneider offers Tips to Consider before Building or Purchasing a Computer System to help consumers determine their needs and how to meet them in an efficient system, without being taken by computer retailers and so-called experts...read more

Provides information on upgrading and maintenance of a PC, covering such topics as backup, removing hardware and software, adding a hard drive, and setting up a computer network.

Product Description: Todo lo que siempre quiso saber acerca de su PC, en un solo libro: la historia y el funcionamiento de todos los componentes, las tecnologías del pasado, las actuales y las del futuro: desde la PC 286 hasta los procesadores de 64 bits; desde la impresora a chorro a tinta hasta las multifunción; desde las memorias SIMM hasta las DDR...read more

Presents step-by-step instructions on how to modify a PC, covering such topics as installing lights, adding a graphics card, setting up a network, maintaining the BIOS, overclocking, and painting the case.

Presents information on getting the most out of a PC's hardware and software, covering such topics as upgrading the BIOS, configuring the hard drive, installing more RAM, improving CPU performance, and adding COM ports.

Product Description: Get cracking! Here's the hardware hacker's guide to banishing boring beige boxesExtremeTech readers aren't timid about cracking the case and voiding the warranty, and they'll love these detailed instructions for PC extreme makeovers that add lights, shapes, windows on the works, and more individuality to standard PC casesModding is hot; a multimillion dollar industry has grown up around the hobbyists who modify their computer cases with way-out windows, neon and lighting displays, custom cooling systems, and moreModding is also mainstream-major computer retailers now stock light kits and fan kits, while some PC vendors offer out-of-the-box cases with personalityWritten by a serious modder who took a Dremel to a computer case long before it was fashionable, the book provides materials lists, identifies necessary tools, and supplies all the directions for over a dozen cool case mod...read more

Presents step-by-step instructions on how to modify a PC, covering such topics as installing lights, adding a graphics card, setting up a network, maintaining the BIOS, overclocking, and painting the case.

Product Description: What is a BIOS? BIOS, pronounced "bye-ose," is an acronym that standsfor Basic Input Output System. The BIOS is built-in software that determineswhat a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, theBIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen,disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions...read more

Provides information on PC maintenance and repair, covering such topics as maintaining a file system, adding memory, networking, expansion cards, backup, and data storage. (view table of contents)

A self-paced, step-by-step training course for Apple's desktop and portable computers; for people who support Apple computers as part of their jobs as well as for Mac enthusiasts. Keyed to the learning objectives of the Apple Desktop Service and Apple Portable Service certification exams; a supplement to the AppleCare Technician Training and primer for computer support personnel who upgrade and service Macs--P. [4] of cover.Provides a self-paced training course on servicing, upgrading, and troubleshooting Apple's desktop and portable computers.

Photographs, examples, and reference materials explain how to build a computer from scratch, evaluate systems in preparation for upgrade, fine tune for optimal performance, and diagnose system components.