Overview of IBM PC AND CLONES:Hardware, Troubleshooting and Maintenance Book

For an in-depth understanding of the problems of hardware maintenance of PC's, this book has no rival either in the country or abroad.From the Foreword to the book by Prof J R IsaacProfessor Emeritus, IIT-Bombay & Retired Advisor, NIIT Ltd., New DelhiThis book is a time tested reference covering the architecture, hardware organisation, circuit design and maintenance of the IBM PC series and its clones. The design concepts and techniques discussed facilitate application of chip-level analysis in the troubleshooting of any common PC.This thoroughly revised second edition encapsulates the rapid changes in technology, architecture, engineering and built-in capabilities of the personal computer. Salient Features:Detailed coverage of hardware circuits, software concepts and interfaces, test equipments and diagnostic aids Complete hardware design at the systems and components level of an IBM PC and its clones Common problems with their detailed troubleshooting procedure Practical tips for troubleshooting and quick diagnosis Systematic analysis of the POST sequence.The book is highly recommended for universities, research laboratories, libraries, faculty, students, and educational, training and service centers as well as for the ever-growing electronic hobbyists and entrepreneurs. The author, Mr Govindarajalu is a successful technocrat with over 30 years of experience in the computer industry covering R&D, manufacturing, maintenance, teaching, technical support and training.CD includes: Video on PC Assembling: Step-by-step procedure of assembling a PC (supplement to Chapter 13), followed by a live demonstration; Anti-Virus software: Trial version of Vx2000 plus' - an antivirus package from K7 COMPUTING; About Microcode's certification course of PC Hardware Who was first!Contents include: 1. Microcomputer System explains hardware organisation of the digital computer; overviews advanced techchniques including multiprogramming, virtual memory and cache memory.2. Peripheral Devices gives concepts used in different peripheral devices of the PC.3. PC Hardware Overview presents architecture of the original IBM PC and its followers.4. Hardware Components and ICs presents an introduction to digital electronics and common ICs used in PC Circuits.5. Microprocessors in PC describes microprocessors used in different versions of the PCs starting from the original IBM PC to today's Pentium 4.6. Support Chips in the Motherboard deals with the dumb and intelligent support chips used with the microprocessors. 7. PC Bus and Motherboard explains the different bus types and the different functional sections in the motherboard nucleus. 8. Printer Controller describes the different modes of the parallel ports starting with the traditional centronics interface.9. Floppy Disk Controller describes the floppy disk controllers and the interface of floppy disk drive and hard disk drive.10. Hard Disk Controller Subsystem describes the disk controllers and the interfaces of floppy disk drive/hard disk drive11. Display Adapter deals with the principle of operation and the functional sections of the CRT display controller.12. Serial Interfaces describes the various scribal interfaces in the PC.13. Installation and Preventive Maintenance deals with the essential aspects of system integration, installation and preventive maintenance of the PC.14. Troubleshooting deals exclusively with the troubleshooting problems in PCs along with step-by-step troubleshooting guidelines, based on 8088-PC, the best platform to learn.15. Introduction to Networking presents an overview of networking concepts.16. RISC and Servers covers advanced personal computer topics: RISC and Servers.

• Book Type :

ComputerScience

• Brand McGraw Hill Education

  Reference BKDPSBU_9780070483118

  Availability date: 2017-11-12

  Condition New product