Upgrading and Repairing PCs

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For more than 25 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the world's #1 guide to PC hardware: The single source for reliable information on how PCs work, troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs. This 22nd edition offers beefed-up coverage of the newest hardware innovations and maintenance techniques, plus more than two hours of new video.

Scott Mueller delivers practical answers about PC processors, mother-boards, buses, BIOSes, memory, SSD and HDD storage, video, audio, networks, Internet connectivity, power, and much more. You'll find the industry's best coverage of diagnostics, testing, and repair-plus cutting-edge discussions of improving PC performance via overclocking and other techniques.

Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person and millions more through his books and videos-nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly. Whether you're a professional technician, a small business owner trying to save money, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the only PC hardware book you need!

NEW IN THIS EDITION

• The newest processors, including Intel's latest Core i Haswell processors and AMD's Kaveri core processors.
• Everything you need to know about the latest GPU technology from NVIDIA and AMD, including developments in OpenGL, DirectX, and Mantle.
• New firmware innovations like the InSyde BIOS, Back to BIOS buttons, and all the updated settings available for the newest processors and chipsets.
• The latest in updated home networking standards, from blazing fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi to HomeGrid and G.hn powerline networking.
• Ever larger storage, thanks to new technologies like helium-filled hard disks, shingled magnetic recording, and Cfast and XQD for flash memory.
• Emerging interfaces such as mSATA, USB 3.1, and M.2

• Updated coverage of building PCs from scratch-from choosing and assembling hardware through BIOS setup and troubleshooting

Auteur

Scott Mueller is the president of Mueller Technical Research (MTR), an international research and corporate training firm. Since 1982, MTR has produced the industry's most in-depth, accurate, and effective seminars, books, articles, videos, and FAQs covering PC hardware and data recovery. MTR maintains a client list that includes Fortune 500 companies, U.S. and foreign governments,

major software and hardware corporations, as well as PC enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Scott's seminars have been presented to several thousands of PC support professionals throughout the world.

Scott personally teaches seminars nationwide covering all aspects of PC hardware (including troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and upgrade), A+ Certification, and data recovery/forensics. He has a knack for making technical topics not only understandable, but entertaining; his classes are never boring! If you have ten or more people to train, Scott can design and present a custom seminar for your organization.

Although he has taught classes virtually nonstop since 1982, Scott is best known as the author of the longest-running, most popular, and most comprehensive PC hardware book in the world, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, which has become the core of an entire series of books, including Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, and Upgrading and Repairing Windows.

Scott's premiere work, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, has sold more than two million copies, making it by far the most popular and longest-running PC hardware book on the market today. Scott has been featured in Forbes magazine and has written several articles for PC World magazine, Maximum PC magazine, the Scott Mueller Forum, various computer and automotive newsletters, and the Upgrading and Repairing PCs website.

Contact MTR directly if you have a unique book, article, or video project in mind or if you want Scott to conduct a custom PC troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, upgrade, or data-recovery seminar tailored for your organization:

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If you have suggestions or comments about the book or new book or article topics you would like to see covered, send them to info@muellertech.com.

Contenu

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Development of the PC 5

Computer History: Before Personal Computers 5

Timeline 5

Electronic Computers 10

Modern Computers 11

From Tubes to Transistors 11

Integrated Circuits 14

History of the PC 15

Birth of the Personal Computer 15

The IBM Personal Computer 16

The PC Industry 34 Years Later 17

Chapter 2 PC Components, Features, and System Design 21

What Is a PC? 21

Who Controls PC Software? 23

Who Controls PC Hardware? 26

White-Box Systems 28

System Types 29

System Components 30

Chapter 3 Processor Types and Specifications 33

Microprocessor History 33

The First Microprocessor 33

PC Processor Evolution 36

16-Bit to 64-Bit Architecture Evolution 39

Processor Specifications 40

Data I/O Bus 48

Address Bus 48

Internal Registers (Internal Data Bus) 49

Processor Modes 49

Processor Benchmarks 54

Comparing Processor Performance 55

Cache Memory 58

Processor Features 65

System Management Mode 65

Superscalar Execution 66

MMX Technology 67

Dynamic Execution 69

Dual Independent Bus Architecture 70

HT Technology (Hyperthreading) 70

Multicore Technology 72

Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Support 73

Processor Manufacturing 74

PGA Chip Packaging 78

Single Edge Contact and Single Edge Processor Packaging 80

Processor Socket and Slot Types 81

Socket LGA775 84

Socket LGA1156 85

Socket LGA1366 86

Socket LGA1155 87

Socket LGA2011 87

Socket LGA1150 89

Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+ 89

Socket F (1207FX) 91

Socket FM1 92

Socket FM2 92

Socket FM2+ 92

Socket AM1 (Socket FS1B) 92

CPU Operating Voltages 93

Math Coprocessors (Floating-Point Units) 94

Processor Bugs and Steppings 94

Processor Code Names 95

P1 (086) Processors 95

P2 (286) Processors 97

P3 (386) Processors 98

P4 (486) Processors 99

P5 (586) Processors 100

AMD-K5 102

Intel P6 (686) Processors 103

Pentium Pro Processors 103

Pentium II Processors 104

Pentium III 106

Celeron 107

Intel Pentium 4 and Extreme Edition Processors 108

Intel Pentium D and Pentium Extreme Edition 110

Intel Core Processors 112

Intel Core 2 Family 112

Intel (Nehalem) Core i Processors 116

AMD K6 Processors 121

AMD K7 Processors 122

AMD Athlon 122

AMD Duron 123

AMD Athlon XP 124

Athlon MP 124

AMD K8 Processors 124

AMD Athlon 64 and 64 FX 124

AMD Sempron 128

AMD Athlon X2, 64 X2, and 64 FX 128

AMD K10 Processors (Phenom, Phenom II, Athlon II, Athlon X2, Sempron) 130

AMD Bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller, and Excavator FX Processors 134

AMD Fusion/HSA APUs 137

Processor Upgrades 139

Overclocking 142

Quartz Crystals 142

Modern PC Clocks 145

Overclocking Tips 147

Unlocking Cores 148

Bus Speeds and Multipliers 149

Processor Cooling 152

Heatsinks 152

Liquid Cooling 158

Thermally Advantaged Chassis 159

Processor Troubleshooting Techniques 161

Chapter 4 Motherboards and Buses 165

Motherboard Form Factors 165

Obsolete Form Factors 166

ATX and Other Modern Form Factors 177

Processor Sockets/Slots 18…