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Wake-on-LAN
[See WOL]

Wake-on-Ring
[See WOR]

wakeup functions, considerations when selecting motherboards

warranties

BPS

considering length of when selecting hard drives

CRT monitors

on motherboards

verifying

watts

waveform audio

waveguide synthesis

wavetable synthesis

weekly full with daily differential backup

White Book CD standard

Wide SCSI transfer rate

Windows 2000

bus mastering support, enabling

CD writer firmware, determining revision of

CD-ROM drive installation

COM port settings

configuring

COM port settings

displays

parallel ports

sound cards

to support a tape drive

video adapters

DMA mode transfers, enabling

formatting hard drives

system resources, viewing

USB HCI

identifying

verifying USB interrupt sharing

viewing properties

viewing Root Hub Properties

VIA chipsets, lack of support for

Windows diagnostics programs, limitations of

Windows 2000/XP, creating ERD

Windows 95

configuring sound cards

DMA mode transfers

Windows 98

bus mastering support, enabling

COM port settings

configuring

sound cards

video adapters

VIA chipsets, USB bug

Windows 9X

CD writer firmware, determining revision of

configuring

COM port settings

displays

parallel ports

to support a tape drive

DMA mode transfers, enabling

emergency boot/repair diskette

formatting hard drives

SCSI CD-ROM drive installation

system resources

reserving

viewing

USB HCI

identifying

verifying USB interrupt sharing

viewing properties

viewing Root Hub Properties

Windows Me, configuring video adapters

Windows NT

configuring parallel ports

Windows diagnostics programs, limitations of

Windows NT 4

COM port settings, configuring

DMA mode transfers

Windows RAM (WRAM)

Windows systems

BIOS, updating

bus mastering support, enabling

DVD drive, configuring

formatting floppy diskettes

motherboards, replacing
[See also motherboards, installing]2nd

tape backups, long filenames and

USB peripherals, connecting

Windows XP

bundled packet-writing software

bus mastering support, enabling

CD writer firmware, determining revision of

COM port settings

configuring

displays

parallel ports

sound cards

to support a tape drive

video adapters

DMA mode transfers, enabling

formatting hard drives

SCSI CD-ROM drive installation

system resources, viewing

USB HCI

identifying

verifying USB interrupt sharing

viewing properties

viewing Root Hub Properties

VIA chipsets, lack of support for

Windows diagnostics programs, limitations of

Wintel computers

WOL (Wake-on-LAN)
2nd

WOR (Wake-on-Ring)
2nd

working on PCs

installing expansion cards

managing internal cables/connectors

locating Pin 1

ribbon cables

procedures

preliminaries

removing expansion cards

removing/replacing cover

AT-style cases

clamshell cases

side panel cases

tool-free cases

tower/mini-tower cases

setting jumpers/DIP switches

tools
[See tools for working on PCs]

WRAM (Windows RAM)

writable CD formats

logical formats

ISO-9660

Universal Disc Format

physical formats

Write-Many discs

Write-Once discs

WTX form factor, cases