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Oak Technology sound cards,
obsolete video adapters,
odd cycles (RDRAM),
odd parity,
OEMs (original equipment manufacturers),
Oersted, Hans Christian,
Off state (APM),
OLGA (organic land grid array) packaging,
"On Computer Numbers" (paper),
onboard USB ports,
one-sided sound, troubleshooting,
one-time programmable (OTP) chips,
onscreen messages (POST),
     Award BIOS/Phoenix FirstBIOS
     IBM BIOS
OnStream ADR (advanced digital recording),
Ontrack Data International,
Ontrack Disk Manager,
OpenGL,
Operating Frequency setting (BIOS Setup),
operating range (power supply),
operating systems, [See also specific operating systems.]
     defined
     diagnostic software
     drive limitations
     hard disk capacity limitations
     industry control
     installation
operating-system-independent boot process,
     central hardware test
     cold starts
     MBR (master boot record)
     Plug and Play BIOS
     POST (power on self test) 2nd
     ROM BIOS
     sector errors
     VBR (volume boot record)
     video ROM scan
     warm starts
opposite track path (OTP),
Opteron processors, 2nd
optical mouse devices,
optical SPDIF in/out connectors,
Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA),
optical storage,
     Blu-ray discs
     buying tips
     care and maintenance
     CD EXTRA
     CD-DA drives
     CD-R discs
         bulk on spindle
         burning 2nd
         capacity
         compared to CD-RW
         conventional surface media
         copy protection
         jewel cases
         media color
         media layers
         overburning
         pre-grooves
         printable surface media
         recording speeds
         spin-coating process
         unbranded media
     CD-R drives 2nd
         burning CDs
         capacity
         copy protection
         disc grooves
         disc media layers
         mechanical drive operation
         media color
         media options
         multisession recording
         recording speeds
         troubleshooting
     CD-ROM drives
         access times
         bootable CDs 2nd
         booting from floppy disk
         buffers/cache
         CAV (constant angular velocity) technology
         CD EXTRA
         CD-DA
         CD-i
         CLV (constant linear velocity) technology
         CPU utilization
         data transfer rates
         DMA (Direct Memory Access)
         double-density drives
         drive sealing
         drivers 2nd
         file systems
         firmware updates
         history of
         installation 2nd
         interfaces
         internal versus external
         laser operation
         loading mechanisms
         mechanical drive operation
         multisession recording
         Photo CD
         Picture CD
         rescue CDs
         self-cleaning lenses
         speed
         summary of formats
         Super Video CDs
         troubleshooting
         TrueX drives
         vibration control
         video CDs
         Yellow Book standard
     CD-ROM XA drives
     CD-ROMs
         bootable CDs 2nd
         capacity 2nd
         care and handling
         CD EXTRA
         CD-DA
         CD-i
         CD-R
         CD-ROM XA
         CD-RW
         copy protection
         double-density discs
         EFM data encoding
         error handing
         file systems
         form factor
         history of
         hub clamping area
         interleaves
         lands
         lead-in
         lead-out
         mass production
         multisession recording
         PCA (power calibration area)
         Photo CD
         Picture CD
         pits
         PMA (power memory area)
         program area
         reading
         rescue CDs
         sampling rates
         sectors
         subcode bytes
         summary of formats
         Super Video CDs
         technical parameters
         tracks
         video CDs
         Yellow Book standard
     CD-RW discs
         burning
         compared to CD-R
         copy protection
         direct overwrite
         media layers
         Mount Rainier standard
         MultiRead specification
         recording speeds
     CD-RW drives 2nd 3rd
         burning CDs
         copy protection
         direct overwrite
         mechanical drive operation
         media layers
         Mount Rainier standard
         MultiRead specification
         multisession recording
         recording speeds
         troubleshooting
     configuration
     DVD drives 2nd
         access times
         bootable DVDs
         booting from floppy disk
         buffers/cache
         CAV (constant angular velocity) technology
         CLV (constant linear velocity) technology
         compatibility
         CPU utilization
         DIVX (Digital Video Express)
         DMA (Direct Memory Access)
         drive sealing
         drivers
         DVD Forum
         DVD Multi
         DVD+RW
         DVD+RW Alliance
         DVD-R
         DVD-RAM
         DVD-RW
         DVD-Video
         DVD±R/RW
         firmware updates
         formats 2nd
         history of
         installation
         interfaces
         internal versus external
         loading mechanisms
         mechanical drive operation
         media compatibility
         MPEG decoder hardware
         MultiRead2 specification
         pits
         self-cleaning lenses
         speed
         transfer rates
         troubleshooting
     DVDs
         capacity
         copy protection
         data zone
         DVD-10
         DVD-18
         DVD-5
         DVD-9
         EFM+ data encoding
         error handling
         history of
         hub clamping area
         lands
         lead-in
         lead-out zone
         MultiRead2 specification
         OTP (opposite track path) construction
         pits
         PTP (parallel track path) construction
         reading
         sectors
         technical parameters
         tracks
     HD-DVD
     installation
         card edge connectors
         cautions
         controllers
         external drives
         internal drives
         jumper settings
         ribbon cables
         SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) chains
     magneto-optical drives
     Photo CD discs
     troubleshooting
         disc read failures
         disc write failures
         firmware updates
         read/write errors
         slow drive speeds
optimizing performance [See performance optimization.]
opto-mechanical mouse mechanisms,
Orange Book standard,
     CD-R
     CD-RW
     multisession recording
organic land grid array (OLGA) packaging,
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),
OS/2 Warp operating systems,
Osborne I computers,
Osborne, Adam,
OSO (overscan operation),
OSTA (Optical Storage Tecnology Association),
OTP (one-time programmable) chips,
OTP (opposite track path),
outlet/receptacle testers,
output ratings (power supply),
overburning CDs,
overclocking, 2nd 3rd 4th
     bus speeds and multipliers
     defined
     history of
     modern PC clocks
     motherboards
     Pentium III processors
     Pentium processors
     potential problems
     quartz crystals
     Socket A processors
     voltage settings
OverDrive processors, 2nd
     DX2
     DX4
     Pentium 2nd
overheating [See heating/cooling issues.]
overloading power supply, 2nd
Override enabled Defaults loaded (error message),
overscan operation (OSO),
overvoltage protection,
oxide recording media,