[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] CAB files, reading old DMF diskettes Cable Select cable-based termination cables ATA caution with 2nd connecting to motherboards DMA and dressing installing managing parallel pinouts (floppy disks) drives plugs/jacks recommendations for replacing ribbon routing SCSI P, caution with serial USB defective cache choosing hard disk drives and L2 2nd memory 2nd primary cache bus 2nd Cache on a Stick (COASt) cacheable memory canned air, repairing PCs and capacitive keyboards Card Edge Low Profile (CELP) card-edge connectors cases (outer cover of PCs) 2nd [See also chassis]3rd 4th AT-style desktop choosing/recommended 2nd drives, installing in 2nd expansion cards, inserting in mounting methods for preparing for PC installation removing/replacing Castlewood ORB removable hard disk drive 2nd 3rd cathode ray tube (CRT) 2nd [See also CRT monitors] CAVs (Constant Angular Velocities) CDs read by DVD drives CD burners [See CD-R drives CD-RW drives] CD changers CD-Extra (CD Plus) CD interface connectors CD media media) [See CD-R(W] CD Plus (CD-Extra) CD-R discs/CD-RW discs media) [See CD-R(W] CD-R drives 2nd choosing/recommended 2nd differences in blank CDs firmware for, keeping updated installing/configuring making copies from copies media for media) [See CD-R(W] recording methods for software for troubleshooting writing problems CD-R premastering software, caution for backups CD-R(W) media 2nd AutoRun disc, creating bootable discs, creating/using caution with copy protection and labeling recommendations for recording methods for reflective layers troubleshooting writing problems CD Recordable [See CD-R drives] CD Rewritable [See CD-RW drives] CD-ROM drives 2nd ATAPI drives and cable connections for choosing/recommended 2nd cleaning data transfer rates and drive bay arrangements in header-pin connectors installing/configuring preparing for installation interfaces performance SCSI troubleshooting upgrading CD-ROM XA (Extended Architecture), CD formats CD-RW drives 2nd choosing/recommended 2nd 3rd DVD standards and firmware for, keeping updated installing/configuring laser power settings for making copies from copies recording methods for software for speed, caution for troubleshooting writing problems vs. high-capacity FDDs CD writers 2nd [See also CD-R drives; CD-RW drives] CD-RW drives media for media)[CD RW drives media for media) [See CD-R(W] CDR Media Code Identifier utility Celeron processors 2nd improvements in upgrading CELP (Card Edge Low Profile) Change Line Support channels ATA hard drive interface and sound cards and charging circuitries chassis 2nd [See also cases] expansion cards and 2nd hard disk drives, installing motherboards, installing power supplies removing the cover CheckIt CMOS settings system information and upgrading BIOS chipsets 2nd 3rd bridging circuitry buffers choosing configuring CPU support fifth-generation memory/cache support processor support seventh-generation sixth-generation upgrading systems 2nd CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sectors) CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) vs. RISC clamshell cases Click of Death (COD) clock cycles (ticks) 2nd clock rates clock speed clocked mode (synchronous) CLVs (Constant Linear Velocities) CD-ROM drives DVD drives TrueX drives CMOS ATA hard disks, installing backing up data configuring memory, installing save/restore utility for setup options slotted processors, installing socketed processors, installing tape drives and CMOSViewer CNR slot COASt (Cache on a Stick) coasters COD (Click of Death) color depths display settings color management COM port settings, configuring Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) vs. RISC components caution with to avoid damage hardware OEM versions vs. retail versions software swapping compression, lossless/lossy conducted interferences connectors AT Main Power Connector ATX card-edge daughtercards floppy disk drives gameports NLX P8/P9, caution with parallel power switch caution with power-supply-to-device SCSI DB25 SFX speakers and headphones USB Constant Angular Velocities (CAVs) Constant Linear Velocities [See CLVs] Consumer PC 99 Continuity RIMM controller card, in floppy disk drives cooked mode cooling devices, installing 2nd Coppermine core 2nd 3rd covers [See cases] CPU 3D performance chipset support clock frequencies/speeds slots/sockets speed settings, overclocking speed support for support for caution with transfers, managing voltage supplied CPU multiplier installing socketed processors and CRC error detection Creative Labs EAX Sound Blaster Creative Vision Technologies CRIMM cross-game commonality CRT (cathode ray tube) CRT monitors 2nd [See also displays] caution with choosing troubleshooting CS/CSEL (Cable Select) cyanine dye, in CD-R blanks cycle time cylinder addresses Cylinder-Head-Sectors (CHS) cylinders, in hard drives cylindrical tubes |