Book details of 'Fix Your Own PC (3rd Edition)'

Title	Fix Your Own PC (3rd Edition)
Author(s)	Corey Sandler, Robert L. McLaughlin
ISBN	1558284222
Language	English
Published	January 1996
Publisher	Hungry Minds, Inc

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Reviewer amazon.com wrote:
Do you have the urge to take the casing off your Windows-based PC and tinker around, but you're a little intimidated? If so, get this book first. The text is clear and well-indexed, and this book will give you the information, and then, confidence, that you need. (It would also be a great book for anyone who wants to help recycle old computers for schools or non-profits). Two Torx blades up!
Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Sandler has written the backyard mechanic's level guide to computer repair. The various subsystems of the computer are described in terms of appearance, function and access. There are a number of very helpful and illustrative diagrams of hardware. (Some are missing. A picture of CPU sockets and the sometimes associated "zero insertion force" (ZIF) mechanism would likely make that section a lot clearer.) Software problems are much less tractable than hardware, but there is some coverage of such issues as IRQ conflicts. Data recovery is discussed, but only marginally. Much of this topic relies on the use of the tools included with the later versions of DOS, or commercial products. Fixing, though, relies on diagnosis. The book is great for upgrades or configuration changes, but rather weaker on troubleshooting. To be sure, there is some guidance in determining the cause of problems (in particular, an excellent set of trouble shooting flowcharts). There is, however, a heavy emphasis on commercial diagnostic software, and holes in the information given. (The very first "trip" I took through the charts missed the problem of adding a newer video card to what Sandler refers to as "dinosaur" machines: older PCs have dip switches that must be set for video card memory configurations.) copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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