Margolis, Art.

Troubleshooting and repairing personal computers. / Art Margolis ; with contributions by Abraham I. Pallas. - 3rd ed. - New York, N.Y. : Glencoe, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, c1994. - xvii, 604 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Glencoe tech series .

Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: safety first -- Diagnosing symtoms of computer problems -- The Latest-equipment arsenal -- Taking computers apart -- The Common problems and repairs -- All about chip-location guides -- Checking large chips with lots of pins -- Checking the low pin-count chips - Memory contained in chips -- Manual fault dictionary techniques -- Using diagnostic programs -- The Latest chip-changing techniques and desoldering equipment -- Block diagram of a typical personal computer -- Clocks -- Those older 8-bit processors -- The Original 16-bit processors -- The Newer multibit processors -- General description of the 80486 -- Repairing bus lines and slots -- Memory map residents -- The Digital-to-digital 1/0 circuits -- Digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital circuits -- Display monitors interfaces -- Video-display repair techniques -- Disk drive maintanance and adjustments -- Computer power supplies.

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