In this part...
O
h the things that can possibly go wrong within the
svelte, sealed box that encases a laptop. Squeezed
into an inch or two of depth and half a pizza box of length
and width of a modern machine are a motherboard, micro-
processor, memory, hard disk drive, CD or DVD drive,
video adapter, wireless adapter, and half a dozen other
high-speed ways to get information into or out of the box.This part begins with a listing of common causes for fail-
ure and some relatively simple cures. And then I take a
step away from technology and talk about economics:
When does it pay to make an expensive repair and when
does it make more sense to give yourself permission to
buy a flashy, high-performance, new machine?After that I focus on the essential Control Panel, Device
Manager, and System Restore utilities of Windows, then
jump over to the hardware side and explore memory,
motherboards, and microprocessors.07_589598 pt02.qxd 9/29/05 2:42 PM Page 26