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Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by Que

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003103671

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: August 2003

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Credits

Publisher

Paul Boger

Associate Publisher

Greg Wiegand

Executive Editor

Rick Kughen

Acquisitions Editor

Rick Kughen

Development Editor

Todd Brakke

Managing Editor

Charlotte Clapp

Project Editor

Tricia Liebig

Production Editor

Megan Wade

Team Coordinator

Sharry Lee Gregory

Indexer

Erika Millen

Proofreaders

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Juli Cook

Contributor

Mark Edward Soper

Technical Editor

Mark Reddin

Software Development Specialist

Dan Scherf

DVD Mastering

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AMC Productions, Inc.

Interior Designer

Anne Jones

Cover Designer

Anne Jones

Page Layout

Stacey Richwine-DeRome

Graphics

Tammy Graham

Cover Photography

Don Distel

Dedication

To Emerson:

"We can never see past the choices we don't understand." —The Oracle

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         Main Menu
    Main Page
    Table of content
    Copyright
    About the Author
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Chapter 1. Development of the PC
    Chapter 2. PC Components, Features, and System Design
    Chapter 3. Microprocessor Types and Specifications
    Chapter 4. Motherboards and Buses
    Chapter 5. BIOS
    Chapter 6. Memory
    Chapter 7. The ATA/IDE Interface
    Chapter 8. The SCSI Interface
    Chapter 9. Magnetic Storage Principles
    Chapter 10. Hard Disk Storage
    Chapter 11. Floppy Disk Storage
    Chapter 12. High-Capacity Removable Storage
    Chapter 13. Optical Storage
    Chapter 14. Physical Drive Installation and Configuration
    Chapter 15. Video Hardware
    Chapter 16. Audio Hardware
    Chapter 17. I/O Interfaces from Serial and Parallel to IEEE-1394 and USB
    Chapter 18. Input Devices
    Chapter 19. Internet Connectivity
    Chapter 20. Local Area Networking
    Chapter 21. Power Supply and Chassis/Case
    Chapter 22. Building or Upgrading Systems
    Chapter 23. PC Diagnostics, Testing, and Maintenance
    Chapter 24. File Systems and Data Recovery
    Appendix A. Glossary
    Appendix B. Key Vendor Contact Information
    Appendix C. Troubleshooting Index
    List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
    Index


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