For 25 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the world's #1 guide to PC hardware: The single source for reliable information on troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimising performance, and building new PCs. Scott Mueller delivers practical answers about PC processors, mother-boards, buses, BIOSes, memory, SSD and HDD storage, video, audio, I/O, input devices, networks, Internet connectivity, power, and much more. The book offers the industry's best coverage of diagnostics, testing, and repair–plus cutting-edge discussions of improving performance via overclocking and other techniques.
Scott Mueller is the president of Mueller Technical Research (MTR), an international research and corporate training firm. Since 1982, MTR has produced the industry's most in-depth, accurate, and effective seminars, books, articles, videos, and FAQs covering PC hardware and data recovery. MTR maintains a client list that includes Fortune 500 companies, U.S. and foreign governments, major software and hardware corporations, as well as PC enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Scott's seminars have been presented to several thousands of PC support professionals throughout the world. Scott personally teaches seminars nationwide covering all aspects of PC hardware (including troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and upgrade), A+ Certification, and data recovery/forensics. He has a knack for making technical topics not only understandable, but entertaining; his classes are never boring! If you have ten or more people to train, Scott can design and present a custom seminar for your organization. Although he has taught classes virtually nonstop since 1982, Scott is best known as the author of the longest-running, most popular, and most comprehensive PC hardware book in the world, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, which has become the core of an entire series of books, including Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, and Upgrading and Repairing Windows. Scott's premiere work, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, has sold more than two million copies, making it by far the most popular and longest-running PC hardware book on the market today. Scott has been featured in Forbes magazine and has written several articles for PC World magazine, Maximum PC magazine, the Scott Mueller Forum, various computer and automotive newsletters, and the Upgrading and Repairing PCs website.
DVD-ROM Includes 3 hours of new how-to video For more than 25 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the world's #1 guide to PC hardware: The single source for reliable information on how PCs work, troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs. This 22nd edition offers beefed-up coverage of the newest hardware innovations and maintenance techniques, plus more than two hours of new video. Scott Mueller delivers practical answers about PC processors, mother-boards, buses, BIOSes, memory, SSD and HDD storage, video, audio, networks, Internet connectivity, power, and much more. You'll find the industry's best coverage of diagnostics, testing, and repair--plus cutting-edge discussions of improving PC performance via overclocking and other techniques. Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person and millions more through his books and videos-- nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly . Whether you're a professional technician, a small business owner trying to save money, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the only PC hardware book you need! NEW IN THIS EDITION The newest processors, including Intel's latest Core i Haswell processors and AMD's Kaveri core processors. Everything you need to know about the latest GPU technology from NVIDIA and AMD, including developments in OpenGL, DirectX, and Mantle. New firmware innovations like the InSyde BIOS, Back to BIOS buttons, and all the updated settings available for the newest processors and chipsets. The latest in updated home networking standards, from blazing fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi to HomeGrid and G.hn powerline networking. Ever larger storage, thanks to new technologies like helium-filled hard disks, shingled magnetic recording, and Cfast and XQD for flash memory. Emerging interfaces such as mSATA, USB 3.1, and M.2 Updated coverage of building PCs from scratch--from choosing and assembling hardware through BIOS setup and troubleshooting ON THE DVD Get 3 hours of up-to-the minute, studio-quality how-to videos--all playable on your DVD player or computer! In this edition, Scott Mueller delivers a complete seminar on PC troubleshooting, teaching you how to identify and resolve an array of common and not-so-common PC problems. From detailed explanations on all the tools that should be a basic part of any PC toolkit, to all the critical rules you should follow to safely operate on your PC's internal components, in these videos Scott Mueller ensures you are equipped with everything you need to know to successfully resolve your PC's problems. From there, Scott takes you through a complete disassembly of an All-in-One (AiO) system, showing just what you can do to keep these specialized systems running smoothly. Finally, there is a detailed look at today's ultra-fast solid state disk drives (SSD) and the benefits they bring to modern systems. This DVD also contains the complete 19th and 20th editions of this book in printable form, plus extensive technical reference material, a comprehensive glossary, and more! "...continually revised and updated to reflect the ever-changing PC landscape. A resource from my PC repair days, Scott Mueller's tome is one of the books that has stayed on my bookshelf throughout the years." --Adam Overa, Managing Editor, Tom's Hardware
Beefed-up coverage of the latest hardware, plus ninety minutes of all-new Scott Mueller how-to videos on DVD Cutting-edge coverage of the latest processors, chipsets, motherboards, graphics cards, and more The de facto standard hardware guide for students - now better than ever!
All new section on how to set up an inexpensive yet comprehensive, robust and reliable backup solution for single or multiple systems in a home or small business environment. This is also demonstrated in the all-new video DVD. Detailed information about the Intel Turbo Boost and AMD Turbo Core built-in overclocking technology found in many new processors. Coverage of the new inexpensive "hybrid" hard drives, combining Solid State Drive (SSD) and magnetic storage technology in the same high-performance drive. Coverage of the latest USB 3.0 chipsets, drives, and other peripherals. Coverage of the latest 50Mbps and faster internet connection speeds and the hardware you need to fully take advantage of them. Coverage of the latest high-performance Solid State Drives (SSDs) and SSD technology. Technical details about the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS, which is required for motherboards to be able to boot from drives larger than 2TB. Detailed information about the new 4K physical sectoring advanced format used on the highest capacity hard drives. Technical details and information about the latest 32nm and 45nm multi-core processors from Intel and AMD. Detailed information about the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) available as an optional built-in feature in some new processors. Coverage of the latest motherboard chipsets, including support for SATA 6Gbps. Coverage of the latest SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity) 4.0 and later high capacity and high performance flash drives. Detailed information about the 6/8-pin PCI Express graphics power connectors required to support the latest high-end video cards. Information about the 80 PLUS standards for highly efficient power supplies, and how this combined with proper power-management settings can save a tremendous amount of energy (and money) each year.