Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies

Name: Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
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AvMark L. Chambers

2009

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Beskrivning

If you’ve dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true! Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies makes it easy. Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also save you a nice chunk of cash. This step-by-step guide helps you decide what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you: What tools you need (not as many as you might think!)All about operating systemsHow to install CD and DVD drivesThe scoop on sound and video, and how to put a sound system together from start to finishHow to connect a monitor and install a modemAll about setting up and configuring the hard driveSecrets for securing your system, and moreIncluded is a bonus DVD showing you how to install the motherboard, CPU, RAM, ports, hard drive, video and sound cards, a DVD drive, and more. With Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, you can have the computer you want plus the satisfaction of doing it yourself!Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-27
Höjd:204 x 255 x 17 mm
Vikt:620 g
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
EAN:9780470196113

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Mark L. Chambers has been building, customizing, and repairing PCs for over 20 years for himself and clients. As a consultant, he helps everyday folks update, maintain, and troubleshoot PCs.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1Part I: Preparations and Planning 9Chapter 1: A Screwdriver Is All You Need 11Chapter 2: What Type of PC Should I Build? 23Part II: Assembling the Basics 39Chapter 3: Building the Foundation: The Case and Motherboard 41Chapter 4: A Bag of Chips: Adding RAM and a CPU 61Chapter 5: Installing Your Ports, Mouse, and Keyboard 77Chapter 6: Adding Video Hardware 93Chapter 7: Installing Your Hard Drive and Other Storage Devices 115Chapter 8: Choosing and Installing an Operating System 135Part III: Adding the Fun Stuff 151Chapter 9: Installing an Optical Drive 153Chapter 10: Let Your PC Rock! 169Chapter 11: Modems and the Call of Broadband 187Part IV: Advanced PC Options 207Chapter 12: So You Want to Add a LAN? 209Chapter 13: Input and Output: Scanners, Cameras, and Printers 223Chapter 14: Building a Gaming PC 235Part V: The Part of Tens 249Chapter 15: Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power User’s PC 251Chapter 16: Ten Important Assembly Tips 257Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Maintain Your PC 263Chapter 18: Ten PC Pitfalls to Avoid Like the Plague 269Part VI: Appendixes 275Appendix A: About the DVD 277Appendix B: The PC Builder’s Glossary 279Index 289