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1.2 PC Components and Technologies
3.1 Motherboard Characteristics
4.5 Forthcoming AMD and Intel Processors
5.5 How Much Memory Is Enough?
5.6 Memory Selection Guidelines
5.8 Troubleshooting Memory Installation and Operation
6.1 Diskette Types and Formats
6.6 Working with Obsolete Diskette Formats
Chapter 7. High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drives
7.2 Choosing a High-Capacity FDD
7.3 Using an ATAPI Zip or SuperDisk Drive as the Boot Device
7.4 Drive Letter Assignment Problems
Chapter 8. Removable Hard Disk Drives
8.1 Uses for Removable and External Hard Disk Drives
8.2 Cartridge-Based Removable Hard Disk Drives
8.3 Frame/Carrier-Based Removable Hard Disk Drives
9.3 Installing and Configuring a Tape Drive
9.4 Care and Feeding of a Tape Drive
9.5 Troubleshooting Tape Drive Problems
9.6 The Dirty Little Secret of Long Filenames
9.7 Developing a Backup Strategy
10.1 Compact Disc Fundamentals
10.4 Installing and Configuring a CD-ROM Drive
11.4 Buffer Underrun Protection
11.7 Installing and Configuring a CD Writer
11.8 Updating CD Writer Firmware
11.11 Special Problems and Applications
11.12 Writable CD Troubleshooting
11.13 Additional CD-R(W) Source Material
12.2 DVD Writable and Rewritable
12.3 Installing and Configuring a DVD Drive
12.4 Troubleshooting DVD Problems
Chapter 13. Hard Disk Interfaces
14.3 Installing a PATA (Standard ATA) Hard Disk
14.4 Installing an SATA Hard Disk
14.5 Installing a SCSI Hard Disk
14.6 Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
15.1 Video Adapter Characteristics
15.3 Installing a Video Adapter
15.4 Configuring Video Under Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
15.5 Configuring Video under Linux
15.6 Troubleshooting Video Adapter Problems
16.3 Installing and Configuring a Display
16.4 Troubleshooting Display Problems
17.5 Sound Card Characteristics
17.8 Configuring a Sound Card Under Windows 95/98/2000/XP
17.9 Configuring a Sound Card Under Linux
17.10 Troubleshooting Sound Card Problems
Chapter 18. Speakers and Headphones
18.1 Speaker and Headphone Characteristics
18.2 Choosing Speakers and Headphones
19.7 Troubleshooting and Repairing Keyboards
Chapter 20. Mice and Trackballs
20.4 Configuring a Mouse or Trackball
21.1 Game Controller Characteristics
21.3 Choosing a Game Controller
21.4 Installing a Game Controller
21.5 Troubleshooting Game Controllers
Chapter 22. Serial Communications
22.1 Serial Communications Overview
22.4 Installing and Configuring Serial Port Hardware
22.5 Troubleshooting Serial Port Problems
Chapter 23. Parallel Communications
23.1 Mapping Parallel Ports to LPTs
Chapter 24. USB Communications
24.2 USB Host Controller Interfaces
26.1 Power Supply Characteristics
26.2 Volts, Amps, Watts, and Regulation
26.5 Installing a Power Supply
26.6 Troubleshooting Power Supplies
Chapter 27. Backup Power Supplies