The A+ Certification & PC Repair Handbook (Charles River Media Networking/Security) - page 1
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- The A Certification and PC Repair Handbook
- Preface
- WHAT S ON THE CD-ROM?
- Introduction
- Part I: PC Repair and Maintenance
- Chapter 1: Overview
- COMPUTER REPAIR TOOLS
- GENERAL ADVICE
- IT S NO SHAME TO SEEK ASSISTANCE
- Chapter 2: System Configuration and Computer Hygiene
- WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL
- DEVICE DRIVERS (DRIVERS) OVERVIEW
- WINDOWS PERFORMANCE
- SYSTEM TOOLS
- WINDOWS UPDATE
- MS-DOS (DOS) AND THE 2000XP COMMAND PROMPT
- OVERVIEW OF VIRUSES AND OTHER HAZARDOUS PROGRAMS
- SURGE SUPPRESSORS AND UPSS
- HARDWARE HYGIENE
- Chapter 3: Motherboards and Their Components
- REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF MOTHERBOARDS
- DIAGNOSING MOTHERBOARD PROBLEMS
- BIOS OVERVIEW
- CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS (CPUS, PROCESSORS)
- SOME COOL-LOOKING FANS DON T COOL ANY BETTER
- EXPANSION SLOTS
- PORTS (INPUTOUTPUT, OR IO) OVERVIEW
- Chapter 4: Cases and Power Supplies
- POWER SUPPLIES
- Chapters 1 - 4: A Certification Review Questions
- Chapter 5: Memory (RAM)
- MEMORY INSTALLATION
- TROUBLESHOOTING MEMORY PROBLEMS
- BIOS MEMORY SETTINGS
- Chapter 6: Magnetic Disk Drives
- SELECTING A HARD DRIVE
- HARD DRIVES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS
- HARD DRIVES AND MOTHERBOARDS
- HARD DRIVE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
- TROUBLESHOOTING HARD DRIVES
- SAVING DATA
- RAID
- REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICES
- FLOPPY DISK DRIVES (DISKETTE) OVERVIEW
- ZIP AND JAZ REMOVABLE DISK DRIVES
- Chapter 7: CD and DVD Drives
- SELECTING OPTICAL DRIVES
- REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
- BACKUPS ONTO OPTICAL DISCS
- MAINTENANCE OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVES AND DISCS
- DIAGNOSING OPTICAL DISC PROBLEMS
- Booting from a CD-ROM
- Chapter 8: Video, Sound, Modems, and Network Adapters
- SOUND OVERVIEW
- MODEM OVERVIEW
- NETWORK ADAPTERS (NETWORK CARDS, NETWORK BOARDS, NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS, NICS, ETHERNET ADAPTERS)
- Chapters 5 - 8: A Certification Review Questions
- Chapter 9: Input Devices
- KEYBOARD OVERVIEW
- Chapter 10: Troubleshooting Internet Connections
- DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS
- YOU CAN CONNECT, BUT YOU CAN T OPEN WEB PAGES
- DATA TRANSFER SPEED ISSUES
- FIREWALLS
- TROUBLESHOOTING E-MAIL
- TROUBLESHOOTING AOL CONNECTIONS
- MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
- Chapter 11: Troubleshooting
- OBTAINING ASSISTANCE
- BOOT FLOPPIES
- BASIC REPAIRS THAT MIGHT HELP (AND COULDN T HURT)
- DIAGNOSING SYSTEM CRASHES AND LOCKUPS
- REMOTE TROUBLESHOOTING
- TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTING PROBLEMS
- ACCESS DENIED (2000 AND XP ONLY)
- THE WINDOWS REGISTRY
- WINDOWS REPAIR UTILITIES AND PROCEDURES
