...
latched in place with clips; slots 1 and 3 show
memory modules partially inserted.
Installed memory modules.
Partly installed memory modules.
Figure 2-5
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Assemble Your Toolkit
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Screwdrivers: Most jobs require a single small
Phillips-head (X-shaped) screwdriver; others call for
a small and a medium-size flat-blade screwdriver.
...
Given a choice, I’d get an LED display. LED displays
are more expensive than LCD models, but they last
longer, use less energy, and run a lot cooler.
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... cell-
phones or media players, or to a custom business or per-
sonal application.
4.
Click Turn Windows Firewall On or Off if you want to
disable the firewall completely for testing or to allow ... logos and legal-sounding
language to reassure you of its legitimacy. Don’t be
fooled. Logos and legalese can be copied from real
communications or simply fabricated. Also don’t be
fooled by statements ... though your wallet
had just been stolen. Immediately notify all your
credit card issuers and financial institutions, placing
calls to numbers that you have on file from their offi-
cial documents....
... has high voltage, and
your problem probably is in the cable or the computer.
• Monitor failure (LCD): An LCD display requires
lower voltage than a CRT does and usually has a
longer life. The ... expand it. A yellow question mark next to any-
thing indicates possible trouble; a red exclamation mark
tells you that you definitely have a problem.
4.
Double-click an adapter to display its Properties ... install, which requires electrically wiping the
disk clean, reformatting it, and installing Windows all
over again. For details, see Chapter 14.
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Carefully remove the newly installed modules and re-install them.
Figure 10-4
5.
If you tried all these troubleshooting steps and still
can’t bring your computer to life ... that you correctly reinstall
the power connectors to the motherboard and all other
internal parts.
Replace the Cooling Fan
1.
Prepare a well-lit, stable working space. For details on
setting ... vacant
slot. Installing the drive only partway holds it in place
but gives you flexibility while you hook up the data and
power cables (see Steps 7–8). You’ll seat the drive in the
slot later.
...
... include
a small brush and sometimes a cleaning solution for
the fusing roller. Consult the printer’s instruction
manual for advice.
A laser cartridge like this replaces all the
critical printer ... cables (Steps
7–8) before you slide the drive into place.
7.
Find an available data cable and connector near the loca-
tion where you’ll be installing the new drive, and plug
this cable into ...
Drive C usually is the boot drive, followed by drives
D through Z. (Special utilities are available for rare
and unusual configurations with dozens of drives, but
that topic is well beyond the...
... Hardware
Twist this ring to free the roller ball.
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• Trackball: A trackball is essentially an upside-
down mechanical mouse with its roller ball built
into a mouse body or even into ... clean a trackball the same way that you clean
a mechanical mouse. (See the manual for direc-
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and miles, sliding back and forth on your desktop.
Along the way, it picks up dust, pollen, oils,...
... Choose Start➪Control Panel to
open the Control Panel window, and double-click
the Display icon to open the Display Properties
dialog box.
Alternatively, you can right-click the desktop and ... Start➪Control Panel.
• Windows 7: Choose Start➪Control Panel➪
Appearance and Personalization and then click
Display to open the Display dialog box.
2.
Again, follow the appropriate step for your ... stay away from all the .INI tabs. You
can’t change much on those tabs to help solve
problems, and changing some settings could really
mess things up.
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... of like a lawn-
mower, a food processor, or a record player
(remember those?). Like all mechanical
devices, it has a limited life expectancy.
If you’re unlucky, your drive will die suddenly. ... with low-resolution, minimal settings.
This option allows you to reset the display settings
if they were intentionally or accidentally set out-
side the acceptable range for your hardware.
• Last ...
mostly hidden vestige of the PC’s ancestral operating
system — via a utility called Chkdsk. This text-based
utility will be familiar to old-time computer users.
Welcome to the past.
1.
Follow...
... number of horizontal pixels multi-
plied by a number of vertical pixels.
ribbon cable: A flat multiconductor cable used primarily under the
covers of the computer to connect peripheral devices, such ... unin-
stalling and reinstalling the driver, and check for a
new version that may be more compatible with your
system. For details on checking for device conflicts,
see Chapter 18.
For full coverage ... refreshed.
Therefore, it doesn’t require much power. CMOS RAM is a form of
nonvolatile memory.
null modem cable: A specialized serial cable used to connect two
serial devices directly, without...
...
Display option, Power Options
dialog box, 99
clamshell case, 32
Classic View option, Control Panel,
49–50
clean install, 145
Clean Up System Files button, Disk
Cleanup dialog box, 90
cleaning
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the key to juggling multiple activities successfully.
Explore ... vertical list of related
items drops down. Then click the item you want
to use.
• Toolbar: Below the menu bar, some programs dis-
play a toolbar of icons that you can click to per-
form various ... corner of the window. Click the Close
button when you are done with the window. Close
is also called Quit and Exit.
• Menu bar: Below the title bar, starting at the left
edge of the window,...
... <li>alpha</li>
<li>beta</li>
<li>charlie</li>
</ol>
<h3>Unordered List</h3>
<ul>
<li>alpha</li>
<li>beta</li> ...
<html>
<ol>
<li></li>
</ol>
Ordered list Must contain list items
(<li></li>).
Used for numbered list.
Add as many list items as
you wish.
<a ... the list set (specified by an
<li></li>
pair) is automatically numbered. The
<ul></ul>
tags are used to produce
unnumbered lists. Each
<li></li>
element...