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Troubleshooting Your PC (Troubleshooting Your PC Bible)
by Jim Aspinwall, Rory Burke, Mike Todd
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Mis Pr (1994-09)
ISBN: 1558283781
EAN: 9781558283787
Dewy Decimal #: 004.165
Paperback: 550 pages
Edition: Pap/Dsk Su
SKU: 116049
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 1558283781 No Floppy disc. 2nd Ed. free of markings. Cover shows very minimal shelf wear. This book shows no evidence of having been used; very pretty copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A thorough update of the book that PC Magazine called a "well-designed and executed resource for tackling most troubles encountered in computing." The unique Problem Index follows logically from symptoms to possible causes and recommended solutions. A must-have reference for everyone who can switch on a computer.
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Amazon.com Review
An unfortunately large percentage of the population regards repairing a personal computer as comparable in difficulty to fixing a Boeing 747. The truth is, it's not nearly that hard--anyone can debug the components that make up a modern PC. Troubleshooting Your PC makes the task easier by providing readers with information on the systems that make up an IBM-compatible microcomputer. This book excels at providing background information on various kinds of components. It also does a fine job of decrypting acronyms and explaining how different subsystems relate to one another. The authors attack systems--such as the video system, disk drives, and serial devices--individually, listing symptoms, likely causes, and potential fixes for each. Unfortunately, they don't outline solutions in much detail: they advise replacing your hard drive in certain situations, for example, but don't adequately describe how. Some of the information in these pages seems stale--there's no explicit explanation of how to install RAM modules, and there's no mention at all of modern PC-100 RAM. Similarly, the authors neglect not only the Intel Pentium III but also the well-established Celeron and Xeon chips. It's as if they updated an old edition of this book a little too cursorily. A companion CD-ROM includes a collection of software, plus an evaluation version of Symantec Norton Utilities 3.0. --David Wall
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Customer Reviews
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Don�t waste your money
Rating  (1)
Date: 2001-04-21
2 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is a rambling bunch of garbage with no true criteria to help a technician. With jumble facts to find utilization of repair and upgrading computers, it is hard to make sense of it all. I a recommend all of Bigelow's books
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A Book Worth the Money
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-01-08
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
A generally useful text that is like a supplement to this series' Complete Guide to Upgrade and Repair, and though it rates a general five stars, in my opinion, it is more like a slightly outdated manual for the rapidly advancing industry. I don't know how any large books can keep up with this field, because by the time they are written and published most of the equipment they cover will be outdated. This is like a background text and you have to go to the web sites to view the latest information and changes. You have to do your own work, at some point, and can't have it spoon-fed to you. I'd recommend the book for this price and don't agree with the fellow who gave it two stars, which is a very harsh rating and speaks of superiority in a way. All of us regular guys will find the book useful.
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Include a lot of out-of-dated information
Rating  (2)
Date: 1999-10-19
16 out of 18 customers found this reveiw helpful
Even though this is the 4th edition and was just published this January, I still found there are a lot of out-of-dated information in this book. The author has referred a lot on the very old system, such as 8086, 80286... but give very little information about the new systems. For example, the author even didn't mention the use of DIMMS in the memory chapter but solely mentioned EDOs or previously released memory.
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