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sampling rates, sound cards
Sandra Professional program
SAO (Session-at-Once)
SAO recording
SATA (Serial ATA)
2nd
connectors/cables
devices, configuring
features
hard drives, installing
SATA drives, preparing when building a PC
screws, varieties used in PCs
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
2nd
ATA versus
cables/connectors
LVD
narrow/single-ended
wide/single-ended
hard drive interface, selecting
vs. ATA
hard drives, installing
IDs and termination
implementations
interoperability
standards
SCSI CD-ROM drives
installing/configuring
preparing when building a PC
SCSI tape drives
installing/configuring
preparing when building a PC
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)
2nd
SE SCSI (single-ended SCSI)
secondary cache memory
security
home system as use for old PCs
using removable hard drive to secure data
seek/access time, considering when selecting hard drives
selecting
BPS
recommendations
cases
recommendations
CD writers
recommendations
CD-ROM drives
recommendations
CRT monitors
recommendations
DVD drives, recommendations
DVD-ROM drives
FPDs
recommendations
game controllers
recommendations
hard disk drives
ATA vs. SCSI
recommendations
hard disk interfaces
headphones
recommendations
high-capacity FDDs
keyboards
recommendations
memory
guidelines for
recommendations
mice
recommendations
motherboards
checking documentation/support/updates
guidelines for
recommendations
parallel ports, recommendations
power supplies
recommendations
processors
considerations
recommendations
SIMMs
sound adapters
recommendations
speakers
recommendations
tape drives
trackballs, recommendations
USB ports, recommendations
video adapters
recommendations
video drivers
writable DVD drive
Serial ATA
[See SATA]
Serial ATA hard drives, power connectors
Serial ATA Working Group
serial communications
asynchronous
frame types
serial framing
flow control
parity
serial data transmission
synchronous
serial data transmission
serial port hardware, installing/configuring
serial ports
add-ons, recommendations
COM ports settings, configuring
disadvantages
ease-of-use issues
resource demands
troubleshooting problems
servers, resource on home network
Session-at-Once (SAO)
setting jumpers/DIP switches
72-pin SIMMs
SFF (Small Form Factor)
2nd
SFX Baseboard Connector
SFX Control Connector
SFX power supply, typical power distribution
SFX/SFX12V
power connectors
power supply specifications
power supply voltage rails/tolerances
SFX12V power supply, typical power distribution
SGRAM (Synchronous Graphics RAM)
shock rating, ignoring when selecting hard drives
shutdown, automatic of BPS
signal-to-noise ratio
SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Modules)
installing/removing
selection guidelines
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Single Inline Memory Module
[See SIMMs]
Single Inline Pin Package (SIPP)
single-conversion on-line UPS
single-ended SCSI (SE SCSI)
single-jumper configuration of motherboards
Single-Sided, Double-Density (SSDD)
SIPP (Single Inline Pin Package)
SiS chipsets, USB HCI chipsets
SiSoft Sandra
16-bit ISA/PCI standard IRQ assignments
slot covers for expansion cards
Small Computer System Interface
[See SCSI]
Small Form Factor (SFF)
2nd
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
SmithMicroSoftware CheckIt
SMP (symmetric multiprocessing)
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol
SNMP manageability of BPS
Socket 370 CPU slots
SODIMM (Small Outline DIMM)
software components
2nd
[See also software tools for working on PCs][See also software tools for working on PCs]
software flow control
software tools for working on PCs
utilities, essential
DOS boot diskette
DOS diagnostics
utilities, supplemental
DisplayMate
DriveCopy
DriveImage
Partition Magic
sound adapters
2nd
characteristics
components
configuring under Linux
configuring under Windows 95/98/2000/XP
downloadable sounds
installing
MIDI synthesis methods
PC audio types
MIDI audio
support for
waveform audio
replacing an existing
selecting
recommendations
troubleshooting
upgrading
Sound Blaster
sound cards
[See sound adapters]
Southbridge
2nd
3rd
speakers
characteristics
selecting
recommendations
upgrading
USB
Specialized Products catalog toolkits
speeds, USB devices
relabeling of
SPP (Standard Parallel Port)
SPS (standby power supply)
[See also BPS][See also BPS]2nd
3rd
ferro-resonant
line-boost
standard
variants
SRAM (Static RAM)
SRP (Suggested Retail Price)
SSDD (Single-Sided, Double-Density)
stacked RAID
Standard cable
Standard DMA
Standard Parallel Port (SPP)
standard SPS
standards compatibility, sound cards
standby power supply
[See SPS]
static electricity
[See ESD]
Static RAM
[See SRAM]
STR (Suspend to RAM)
stripe pitch
CRT monitors
SUA (System Use Area), CD-R disc
Suggested Retail Price (SRP)
SuperDisk drive
as boot device
selecting
superscalar processors
support, building a PC and
Suspend to RAM
[See STR]
Swiss Army knife
Symantec Norton AntiVirus
Symantec Norton Utilities
symmetric multiprocessing
[See SMP]
synchronization range, CRT monitors
Synchronous DRAM
[See SDRAM]
Synchronous Graphics RAM (SGRAM)
synchronous motherboards
synchronous, serial communications
synthesis type, sound cards
System ID Byte
system management, motherboards and
system resources
DMA
I/O ports
Interrupt Request Line
ISA vs. PCI
juggling ISA IRQs
PCI Bus IRQ Steering
memory ranges
reserving with Windows 9X
viewing
under Linux
Windows 9X
with Windows 2000/XP
System Use Area (SUA), CD-R disc
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