TY - BOOK AU - Margolis,Art AU - Pallas,Abraham TI - Troubleshooting and repairing personal computers. SN - 0028020030 AV - TK7887.M37 U1 - 621.39/16 20 PY - 1994/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Glencoe, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill KW - Microcomputers KW - Maintenance and repair N1 - 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 ER -