Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies (Upgrading & Fixing Pcs for Dummies) | 
 enlarge | Author: Andy Rathbone
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 41964
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7
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Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 0470121025
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.165
EAN: 9780470121023
ASIN: 0470121025
Publication Date: May 7, 2007
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Loaded with solid advice in the fun style typical of this series, Upgrading & Fixing PCs for Dummies is an excellent introduction to what makes your computer go. If you're sure you can put your new modem or video card in by yourself (and you can), this book will provide you with the help you need. Rathbone starts with an introduction to all the mysterious connections on the back of your computer's case, teaching you how to distinguish a game port from a serial port and an audio jack from a network connection. He then moves inside the case, using drawings and diagrams to illustrate processors, peripheral cards, memory modules, and other internal components. Troubleshooting occupies much of this book, and the author explains the basic "identify and isolate" strategy very well. He also points out what to look and listen for, describing, for example, the meaning of the beeps you hear when you turn your computer on. Some of Rathbone's organizational decisions seem weird. He covers the procedure for replacing an internal modem in a chapter about all kinds of internal expansion cards, rather than in the modem chapter. But the information is there and it is well presented, so Upgrading & Fixing PCs for Dummies makes an excellent resource for hardware novices. --David Wall
Product Description
Covers upgrades for gaming, digital video, and entertainment! Transform your PC into a glitch-free, turbocharged, multimedia machine Want to add punch to your PC? This handy reference helps add power to your old computer. Easy steps show you how to add memory, update your virus protection, get your PC ready for Windows Vista or rev it up as a cool entertainment center capable of recording TV shows or hearing DVDs in surround sound. - Move files from an old PC to a new one
- Upgrade to Windows Vista
- Get rid of computer viruses
- Configure a wireless network
- Add a TV tuner and DVD burner
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 start with a NEW computer March 8, 2008
The first thing I learned from this book was that I should not even bother upgrading my current computer.
 Upgrading, Fixing PCs for Dummies, 6th Edition March 30, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gave lower rating because didn't have detailed info on replacing laptop harddrive. Other info OK. VMV
 I'm paralyzed without my copy. March 15, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just cannot find my copy of this book. With this book, I've been brave enough to pop open my computer and install things like a TV-tuner card, more powerful memory cards, cd-burners. People think I'm a computer whiz.
Without this book, my new hard drive sits on the shelf for six months. I open my cpu and say, "Looks like I need one of them ribbon thingees. What's that called?" I'm on Amazon today to buy another copy because I just cannot function otherwise.
Upgrading and Troubleshooting for Dummies 6th Edition May 19, 2003
9 out of 19 found this review helpful
Really only for someone who knows nothing about computers. Very basic information.
Beautiful introduction- brilliant overview! 6th edition March 3, 2003
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
Kind of a combination introduction/overview to the state of PC technology today, with an emphasis on helping readers new to the subject in maximizing any PCs performance. This is an excellent book! Covers all the latest in Windows XP configuration and upkeep, as well as buzzwords like DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CDRW/DVD, 802.11b, 802.11a, wireless access points, fast Ethernet, FireWire, USB 2.0, MP3s, WMAs, LCDs, DVI-I, DV camcorders, digital cameras, scanners, printers, modems, NTFS, ATX, AGP 3.0 8x, DDR SDRAM,... etc. EVERYTHING current to today's PCs is given a brief mention. I especially like the Appendix, "The Rathbone Reference of Fine Ports", which clearly explains the most common of today's PC connections, as well as the ones that are going out of style. Very helpful! This book strikes a great balance between being too simple and being too advanced. It's the perfect companion to the "Windows for Dummies" series, right along with another recent book, "Troubleshooting Your PC for Dummies", by Dan Gookin. Highly recommended!
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