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Understanding PC Hardware
Dear Friend
The first personal computers were home-built by electronics hobbyists.
When Apple IBM and others began selling ready-made systems to "normal" folk most buyers never considered opening the case even to look much less make changes.
That was roughly 25 years ago - one human generation but more than a dozen generations for computers.
By the second decade of the personal computer age computer stores were selling hard drives memory upgrades sound and video cards and other components to an increasingly large segment of the home computer market who wanted to make their PC "more" than what the manufacturer sold them.
Today such parts can be found in any office supply or general merchandise store - even some supermarkets and drug stores.
But even with this wide and easy availability even with prices that continue to drop as capabilities continue to rise many people are convinced you have to be an electronics wizard to open that case.
"Understanding PC Hardware" will help dispel that myth explaining in simple language just what each part is what it does and how it can be replaced.
Here‘s a summary of everything you will learn in this easy to read information resource...
What‘s Inside Your Computer What is a motherboard? What is a CPU? RAM Power supply Floppy drives - do you really need one? SCSI WiFi All those ports Cables cables and more cables
The Five Most Popular PC Upgrades Memory Video card Sound card DVD player/burner Motherboard
How to Select a Monitor What questions to ask - and what the answers mean Why LCD monitors are better than CRTs
How to Select a Hard Drive For Your PC The different types of drives What memory capacity means How much memory you need for how you use your computer How drive speed affects your use External versus internal drives
Choosing a DVD-ROM Drive Interface - there are at least half a dozen possibilities Speed - how to decipher all those letters and numbers Coding decoding compression Combo drives with CD and DVD read/write capabilities
The Mouse Where once there was no choice today there are hundreds Wired versus wireless Color and design Software Optical ball and roller laser
Selecting a Graphics Card Do you really need more than your computer motherboard‘s built-in graphics capability? Considering card memory frame rate and speed Why bigger is not always better The three main things to look for in a graphics card
Selecting a Sound Card What is bit rate and why it‘s important Just as you would with a new receiver for your audio/video suite look at the card‘s connectors Consider compatibility with the software you use
Selecting a Printer Resolution Speed Economy Maximum paper size and format
Selecting a Scanner What is your need? What is your budget? Resolution Size of documents to be scanned Requirements: This e-book is in the form of a .exe file and can only be read on PCs running Microsoft Windows. The e-book can be printed out from a Windows PC if required.
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