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Upgrading and Fixing Laptops for Dummies (For Dummies S.)
Keep your laptop on top of its game! Find out how to care for your laptop, what can go wrong, and what you can fix. A laptop is much more than a PC that shrank. It has unique needs, and this book shows you how to meet them. You'll discover how to diagnose and fix common problems, replace parts, add external upgrades, and develop workarounds. You'll
even get the lowdown on networks, and find out when to repair and when to replace your laptop. Discover how to: treat your laptop properly; identify common problems; know when repair may not make economic sense; install a new operating system; troubleshoot CD and DVD drives; and, add cool peripherals.
Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Putting a Computer in Your Lap
Chapter 1: A Field Guide to the Common Laptop
Chapter 2: How to Treat a Laptop
Part II: Explaining What Could Possibly Go Wrong
Chapter 3: Things That Go Bump in the Night (or Day)
Chapter 4: When to Repair and When to Recycle
Chapter 5: Surviving Basic Training
Chapter 6: Brain Matters: Memory, Microprocessors, and BIOS
Part III: Laying Hands on the Major Parts
Chapter 7: Easing In to Hard Disks
Chapter 8: Floppy Drives: Relics and Memories
Chapter 9: Going Round and Around: CD and DVD Drives
Chapter 10: Tripping the Keyboard Fantastic
Chapter 11: Putting Your Finger on Pointing Devices
Chapter 12: Seeing the Light: LCDs and Video
Part IV: Failing to Communicate
Chapter 13: Networks, Gateways, and Routers
Chapter 14: Feeling Up in the Air
Chapter 15: Modems: The Essential Translators
Chapter 16: Breaking Out of the Box: PC Cards, USB, and FireWire
Part V: The Software Side of Life
Chapter 17: Installing a New Operating System or Migrating Upwards
Chapter 18: Adding or Removing Software, for Better or for Worse
Chapter 19: Essential Utilities for Laptop Users
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Quick Solutions
Chapter 21: Ten Essential Dos and Don'ts
Chapter 22: Ten of My Favorite Things
Index.
Brief Description:
Shows how to diagnose and fix common problems, replace parts, add external upgrades, and develop workarounds. This book helps readers to find out how to: treat their laptop properly; identify common problems; know when repair may not make economic sense; install a new operating system; troubleshoot CD and DVD drives; and, add peripherals.
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