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Repairing and Upgrading Your PC delivers start-to-finish instructions, simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC

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Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
 9780596153373, 0596153376, 9780596552862, 0596552866, 9780596008666

Table of contents :
Content: Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
Preface
Acknowledgments
We & d Like to Hear from You
How to Contact the Authors
1. Getting Started
1.2. Popular Upgrades
1.3. Choosing Components
1.4. Buying Components
1.5. Troubleshooting
1.5.2. Problem: The system seems to start normally, but the display remains black
1.5.3. Problem: When you connect power (or turn on the power switch on the back of the power supply), the power supply starts briefly and then shuts off
1.5.4. Problem: When you apply power, the floppy drive LED lights solidly and the system fails to start. 1.5.5. Problem: The optical drive appears to play audio CDs, but no sound comes from the speakers1.5.6. Problem: SATA drives are not recognized
1.5.7. Problem: The monitor displays BIOS boot text, but the system doesn & t boot and displays no error message
1.5.8. Problem: The monitor displays a Hard Drive Failure or similar error message
1.5.9. Problem: The monitor displays a No Boot Device, Missing Operating System, or similar error mes.

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