CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconduc-tor), 11-15, 94

CPS (characters per second) 209

 

 

CNRs (Communications

 

Network Risers), 22

 

Coaxial cables, 39, 43

 

color laser printers, 83. See also laser printers

 

Command-line

 

tools, Windows, 111-113

 

utilities, IPCONFIG.EXE, 45

 

Command name /? com-mand-line tool, 113

 

Commands

 

Auto-Rotate Screen, 152

 

Format, 144

 

Communication, 1, 95-96

Communications Network

Risers (CNRs), 22

compact discs. See CDs

Comparing

file signatures, 137

mobile devices, 158

Compatibility

operating systems, 108

Program Compatibility

Wizard, 104

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS), 11

Components

batteries, replacing, 64-65 CPUs, replacing, 71-73 DC jacks, replacing, 73 graphics, 4 handling/protection, 94-95 hard drives, replacing, 66-67

 

keyboards, replacing, 65-66 laptop display, 76-77

 

 

memory, replacing, 68 mini-PCIe cards, replacing, 69-70

 

monitors, replacing, 70-71 motherboards, replacing, 73-74

 

optical drives, replacing, 68-69

 

plastics, replacing, 75 speakers, replacing, 75 SSDs, replacing, 66-67 touch pads, replacing, 74-75 Wi-Fi antennas, 77

 

wireless cards, replacing, 69-70

 

Component Services, 114

 

Computer Management,

 

113-115

 

computers, 49. See also CPUs

 

Configuring

 

Control Panel, 119-120

 

DHCP, 49

 

DNS, 48

 

email, mobile devices, 157-158

 

firewalls, 48

 

IP addresses, 126 laptop hardware

 

expansion options, 61-64 replacing devices, 64-75

networks, Windows, 110 NIC properties, 126 operating systems, Windows, 108-111 overclocking, 2

 

SOHO routers, 51-52

 

 

systems, 36-37

 

TCP/IP, 46-47

 

connecting. See also ports

 

adapter cards/integrated ports, 19-22

 

Bluetooth, 155-156 Internet, 52-57 monitors, 34 motherboards, 15-19 networks, 39, 123-124

coaxial, 43

 

fiber optic, 39-40 mobile devices, 154-157 twisted-pair, 40-42

printers, 87-88 RDC, 124

 

SOHO routers, configuring, 51-52

 

Wi-Fi, 155

 

wireless networks, 46

 

Connections setting (Control Panel), 119

 

Continuity RIMM

 

(CRIMM), 10

 

Control Panel, Windows,

 

118-121

 

Controls, UAC, 103-104, 128, 140-141

Cooling methods, 8, 30

 

COPY command-line tool, 112

 

Cores, CPUs, 2-4

 

Corrupted data, trouble-shooting, 11

 

CPP (cost per page), 81

 

CPS (characters per sec-ond), 81

210 CPUs (central processing units)

 

 

CPUs (central processing units)

 

32-bit versus 64-bit, 1-2 caches, 3

 

clock rates, 2 cooling methods, 8 cores, 2-3 graphics, 4 hyperthreading, 4 replacing, 71-73 sockets, 4-8

 

troubleshooting, 164-170 virtualization, 4

 

CRIMM (Continuity

 

RIMM), 10

 

Crimpers, 59

 

CRTs (cathode ray tubes), 33-34, 93

CS (cable select), 26

Customizing

privileges, 143

system configurations, 36-37

 

D

 

DAC (digital-to-audio con-version), 35

 

Daisy-chains, SCSI, 28

 

Data destruction/disposal, 144-145

 

Data Sources (ODBC), 114

 

Dates, Windows, 110

 

Daughter boards, 22

 

DC jacks, replacing, 73

 

Degaussing, 145

 

Demilitarized zones (DMZs), 52

 

Deploying images, installing Windows, 109

 

 

Desktop Applications set-ting (Control Panel), 120

 

Desktop keyboards, 35

 

Detecting viruses, 137

 

Device Manager, 113

 

devices. See also hardware

 

fiber optic. See fiber optics, cables

 

hardware, replacing, 64-75 I/O, 35-36

 

mobile comparing, 158

downloading applica-tions, 151

 

GPS, 153

 

network connectivity, 154-157

 

operating systems, 149-154 resetting, 153 security, 157

synchronizing, 159-160 monitoring, 49 networks, 58-59

 

printers impact, 86-87 inkjet, 84-85

installing, 87-88 laser, 81-83 maintenance, 89-90 networks, 88 thermal, 86

types of, 81 storage, 23-29 WiMAX, 57

 

Devices and Printers setting (Control Panel), 120

 

 

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 44-51

 

Dialog boxes

 

Advanced Options, 83

 

Screen Saver, 142

 

Dial-up networking (DUN), 55-56, 123-124