Provides you with specific maintenance and repair techniques that will save time. Includes details on how to use test equipment, troubleshooting tips, guidelines, and methods, and a chapter on flat-panel displays.

In this best-selling manual for electronics technicians, students, and advanced hobbyists, you will find complete up-to-date information on diagnosing and repairing today's popular impact, thermal, inkjet, and electrophotographic printers. With the help of new flowcharts and technical illustrations throughout, you will learn to troubleshoot and solve 150 specific printer problems, while gaining the experience to resolve many other malfunctions on your own. Complete coverage of printing under Windows and Windows 95 is included, as well as a coupon for a companion disk filled with essential troubleshooting tools.

This book provides information that will make it possible for technicians and electronics hobbyists to service audio faster, more efficiently, and more economically. This makes it more likely that consumers will choose not to discard their faulty products, but will have them restored by a trained professional.

This bestselling guide provides a comprehensive resource for dot-matrix, inkjet and electrophotographic printers. Topics include print technologies, test instruments, communications standards, and mechanical and electrical components

Provides information on PC maintenance and repair, covering such topics as system restore, using tech support, startup noises, a slow PC, finding lost files, Internet connections, changes in Windows Vista, Windows event logs, and computer shutdown.

Tells how to get your drives and memory systems running quickly and efficiently--and keep them that way.

Troubleshooting, Maintaining, & Repairing PCs will be the most comprehensive maintenance, configuration, & repair guide for IBM PCs, compatibles, & portables (and their peripherals). It will provide all levels of computer service personnel with a complete guide to computer service & repair by explaining the common failures of each major computer subsection & peripheral, then providing practical, realistic solutions to such problems.

System overview. Detailed system operation. Troubleshooting techniques. Preliminary service checks. Detailed circuit troubleshooting/analysis. Appendix: Data sheet. Chip listings. Line definitions. Disassembly procedures. Reassembly procedutes. Replacing surface mounted components. ASCII Code chart. Hexadecimal to decimal conversion chart. Routine preventive maintenance.

When your PC memory or drives suddenly show signs of trouble, general troubleshooting manuals just aren't good enough. Focus on the problem and fix it fast with the best-selling guide that provides solutions for all PC drives and cards, including nonstandard ones like Syquest and Iomega Zip drives, and even writable CDs or CD-ROM burners. Clear, concise instructions make it a snap to diagnose, repair, and keep drives running in top condition. A volume in the Troubleshooting & Repair Series.

The all-time bestselling PC reference, fully updated for the newest technologies! Previous editions of this fun and friendly PC guide have sold more than three million copies, making it the bestselling PC reference in the world. Dan Gookin, the author whose straightforward and entertaining style is the foundation of the For Dummies series, gives you the same easy-to-follow guidance in this edition, fully updated for Windows 8, using the cloud, and all the newest PC bells and whistles. It's perfect for the absolute beginner as well as for anyone switching to the latest hardware and software. Updated with information on all the latest upgrades, this edition of a worldwide bestseller covers all the essentials of using a PC, and presents them in a fun, non-intimidating style Popular technology author Dan Gookin starts at the beginning with all the basics that other books assume everyone knows Covers setting up your PC, exploring the Windows 8 interface, using network hardware and software, getting online and browsing with the newest version of Internet Explorer, setting up an e-mail account, connecting to the cloud, and using cloud-based services Shows you how to install and upgrade programs and manage files and folders Explores working with digital photos, downloading music, watching movies, and participating in social media PCs For Dummies, 12th Edition is the jargon-free, easy-to-use guide to everything you need to know about your PC.