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cables/connectors, external

cables, disconnecting

connectors

considering when selecting motherboards

PC 99 recommended color codes

parallel cables

PC-to-PC

PC-to-peripheral

pinouts for printer cables

recommendations

parallel connectors

power connectors

main power switch

power-supply-to-device

power supplies, real-world comparisons

SATA

SCSI

LVD

narrow/single-ended

wide/single-ended

serial cables

recommendations

speakers and

USB

hi-/full-speed captive cable

low-speed captive cable

noncompliant cables

Series mini-B connectors

standard detachable cable

cables/connectors, internal

card-edge connectors

connecting cables to motherboard

pinouts not matching

considerations when installing drives

floppy disk drives

header-pin connectors

keying problems, solutions to

locating Pin 1

long cables for optical drives

managing when working on PCs

ribbon cables

round ribbon cables

cache

hard drives and

primary

cache bus

cache memory

capacities

IDE limits

of tape drives

card-edge connectors

cartridge-based removable hard drives
2nd

CAS latency

cases
2nd

drive bay arrangement

form factors

preparing when building a PC

ensuring airflow

removing/replacing

AT-style cases

clamshell cases

side panel cases

tool-free cases

tower/mini-tower cases

selecting

recommendations

CAV (Constant Angular Velocity)

CD burners
[See CD writers]

CD writers

buffer underrun protection

burning CDs

guidelines

making copies of copies

on-the-fly vs. image files

optimum burn speed

overburning

capacities

CD-(M)RW drives and media

CD-(M)RW technical details

CD-R drives and media

CD-R(W) media archival stability

configuring

copy-protected CDs

firmware

determining revision of

installing update

upgrading

generating coasters

installing

media

issues

recording methods

Mt. Rainier packet writing

selecting

recommendations

software

troubleshooting

upgrading

writable CD formats

logical formats

physical formats

CD-DA format (Compact Disc-Digital Audio format)

CD-Mount Rainier Writable (CD-MRW)

CD-MRW (CD-Mount Rainier Writable)

CD-MRW drives
2nd
[See also CD writers]

media

technical details

CD-R (CD-Recordable)

CD-R discs

archival stability

areas of

AutoRun, creating

bootable, creating/using

labeling

packet-writing compatibility problems

writing to (see CD writers, recording methods

CD-R drives

CD-R media
2nd

capacities

CD-Recordable
[See CD-R]

CD-Rewritable
[See CD-RW]

CD-ROM discs, organizing/protecting

CD-ROM drives
2nd

as backup for upgrades

cleaning

configuring

drive letter assignments, changing

fundamentals

installing

performance

average access

data transfer rates
2nd

selecting

recommendations

TrueX drives

upgrading

CD-ROM XA standard

CD-RW (CD-Rewritable)

CD-RW discs

archival stability

erasing

labeling

packet-writing compatibility problems

preparing

types of

writing to
[See CD writers, recording methods]

CD-RW drives

media

technical details

Change Line Support

channels, sound cards

chassis
[See cases]

CheckIt Diagnostics Suite

CheckIt program

chipsets
2nd
3rd

ALi, USB HCI issues

AMD-750 "Irongate" chipset, USB HCI issues

bridges

considering when selecting motherboards

CPUs and

family support

multiple CPU support

speed support

embedded features

fifth-generation

HCI residing in

I/O bus support

identifying

AMD Athlon characteristics

Intel seventh-generation characteristics

Intel sixth-generation characteristics

Intel with USB HCI issues

memory bus speed/width

motherboard CPU support and

nVIDIA, HCI USB issues

SiS, USB HCI issues

VIA, USB HCI issues

CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)

Clamping Area, CD-R disc

cleaning

CD-ROM drives

FDDs

keyboards

mice

clock cycle

cloning disks

CLV (Constant Linear Velocity)

CMOS

configuring during motherboard installation

memory

save/restore utility

settings, recording before removing case

CMOS Setup

configuring for PATA hard drives

configuring for SATA hard drives

CMOSViewer utility

CNR (Communications and Networking Riser)

CNR slot

communication ports/devices

Communications and Networking Riser (CNR)

Compact Disc-Digital Audio format (CD-DA format)

Compatibility Mode, parallel transmission mode

Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)

components, buying

configuration options of BPS

configuring

ATA devices

Cable Select, using

masters/slaves, assigning

masters/slaves, guidelines

ATAPI CD-ROM drives

bus mastering support, enabling

ATAPI tape drives

CD writers

CD-ROM drives

COM port settings

in Windows 2000/XP

displays

under Linux

under Windows 9X/2000/XP

DVD drives

keyboards

memory

mice

motherboards

jumperless configuration

when building a PC

parallel port hardware

parallel ports

under Linux

under Windows 2000/XP

under Windows 9X

under Windows NT

SATA devices

SCSI CD-ROM drives

SCSI tape drives

serial port hardware

sound adapters under Linux

sound adapters under Windows 95/98/2000/XP

tape drives

trackballs

USB

identifying USB HCI under Windows 2000/XP

identifying USB HCI under Windows 9X

under Linux

verifying USB interrupt sharing under Windows 2000/XP

verifying USB interrupt sharing under Windows 9X

viewing USB HCI Properties under Windows 2000/XP

viewing USB HCI Properties under Windows 9X

viewing USB Root Hub Properties under Windows 2000/XP

viewing USB Root Hub Properties under Windows 9X

USB devices automatically

video adapters under Linux

video adapters under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

Constant Angular Velocity (CAV)

Constant Linear Velocity (CLV)

control transfers

controllers, floppy disk drive

cooked mode

cooling fans

copy-protected CDs

copying

disk contents

partitions

cordless mice

CPUs
[See processors]

creating

AutoRun CD-R disc

bootable CD-R disc

ERD

Creative Labs EAX

CRT

CRT monitors
2nd
3rd
[See also displays]

characteristics

components

optimizing

selecting

recommendations

troubleshooting

upgrading

versus FPDs