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... to your PC’s parts and operating system • Ways to keep your computer healthy • Steps for stopping viruses, malware, and spam • When to repair and when to replace your PC • How to change your ... dummies.com/cheatsheet/fixyourowncomputerforseniors Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark Trang 3Fix Your Own Computer For Seniors FOR by Corey Sandler and ... Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com, Making Everything Easier,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 19:20

... touse your system for gaming RAM (Memory) Your RAM aka Memory is what your computer uses to run programs The more RAM you have on your machine the easier you make it for your computer to perform ... has 5 PCI slots, 2 IDE connectors and twoslots for Memory (DRam).This would be a good time to run down what theseactually do The PCI slots are for add on cards.You can have boards with one PCI ... involved ofyour machines creation through every aspect of itslife This is great for paranoid freaks and geeksalike! By building your own machine you know each andevery component of your machine...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 22:05

... Gaming PC! This book was dedicated to all the newbies to computer building and help them build their very own and probably their first Gaming PC! Trang 3Chapter 1: Why Build Your OwnGaming PC? It ... book to your friends and family so it will help them build their PC as well as me in creating more books for you readers. I hope this book aided you in some way or the other to build your own Gaming ... your desk. Now that you know which parts to buy let's start building your PC in the next chapter. Chapter 3: Assembling Your PC Your build may differ slightly, but most of the steps below are...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2019, 08:50

... connectors for external audio equipment (For more information about these connectors, see “Connect the Parts: Ports and Hubs,” later in this chapter.) To get the best sound from your computer, ... that have their own amplifier ➟ Microphone: A computer’s microphone (usually built in) allows you to chime in with your own ration or participate in online conference calls For some users, ... watermark Trang 10Protect Your PC: Surge Protectors and UPS Devices ➟ Surge protector: If a jolt of high voltage gets into your computer’s motherboard (see Chapter 2), your computer is — to use...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 00:15

... the latest updates for your antivirus or security program Some programs check for and download updates automatically based on a schedule that you set You can always check for updates manually ... the program to scan your computer for viruses Run the program any time things suddenly go strange on your computer — if files are missing or renamed, for example, or if your Internet home page ... of any unsolicited request for your login info A common phishing tactic is an e-mail that tells you to click a link to update your financial information; otherwise, your accounts will be can-celed...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 19:15

... another computer in your home or can take your monitor to a friend’s house.) If the monitor delivers the proper image, you know to concentrate your attention on your computer 4 If your monitor uses ... half the cost of a new PC for technical support 3 Consider one very important exception to the 50 percent rule: If your hard disk drive fails, and you don’t have backups of your irreplaceable data, ... before making any cabling changes Beat the Blue Screen of Death 1 Start the computer again If the problem doesn’t recur, consider yourself lucky — for the moment Make backup copies of all your...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 19:15

... modules for modern PCs How about the speed difference between, say, PC2-5200 and PC2-5300? Same thing applies If your system is designed to use DDR PC2-5200 memory, that’s what you should shop for ... already have installed in your PC (and need to purchase), use one of these methods: ➟ Choose Start➪All Programs➪Accessories➪System Tools➪System Information The System Information window opens, ... well-lit, stable working space For details on setting up your working environment and tools, see Chapter 2 2 Choose Start➪Shut Down to close Windows and turn off your computer 3 Unplug the electrical...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 02:15

... partitions to create Most external drives come preformatted and ready to run immediately in Windows For information on reformatting, see the next section, “Format the Drive.” Please purchase PDF Split-Merge ... USB port, so I cover that type in this section For details on installing a different type, consult the instruction manual or my book Fix Your Own PC (Wiley 2 Plug the other end of the USB cable ... utility’s instructions to partition your new drive Figure 11-9 Format the Drive Formatting a drive applies a set of magnetic markers to the disk plat-ters, allowing your computer to set up a file...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 02:15

... tips apply to both mechanical and optical mice ➟ Keep your desktop clean Your mouse travels miles and miles, sliding back and forth on your desktop Along the way, it picks up dust, pollen, oils, ... whatever else is floating around your office Sooner or later, the going is going to get a bit sticky To give your mouse a clear path, wipe off your desktop — and your mouse pad, if you use one ... if you use one — once a month or more often if you notice any kind of buildup on your mouse pad ➟ Give your mouse a bath If your mouse seems to have lost its way, the first thing to do is give...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 01:15

... Immediately press the F2 key on your keyboard After a short pause, a system-setup screen sho uld appear Your PC may display slightly different information from the screen shown in Figure 15-2. Navigation ... late, your PC will proceed to load Windows Don’t turn it off; wait for Windows to load, restart your computer, and try again 3 Select options in the navigation pane by using the arrow keys on your ... instruction manual or online support pages for your computer model to find a list of your computer’s standard (default) settings, and identify the process for restoring all the settings to their...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 01:15

... Mode 1 Start your computer in safe mode, as described earlier in this chapter 2 Uninstall any drivers or other software that you installed for the new hardware (See Chapter 4 for information on ... which is called ntbtlog.txt, may offer clues for if they were intentionally or accidentally set side the acceptable range for your hardware out-• Last Known Good Configuration: This option loads ... have been installed on your hard drive Otherwise, you can find them on your Vista CD Depending on your computer brand, the manufacturer may have substituted another utility for this one • Reboot:...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 01:15

... time the com- puter starts Type Y (for yes) and then press Enter The next time you start your computer, Chkdsk will run its test before Windows loads 3 Wait for Chkdsk to finish doing its thing ... the result of the test If you asked Chkdsk to fix errors, for example, it may play an exit code or ask for verification before it performs dis-a repdis-air or recovery tdis-ask To continue the ... with your work Try removing whatever you just installed and returning the computer to the condition it was in before you touched the hardware (see Chapter 16) 4 Watch for onscreen messages before...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 12:15

... exists Paged memory is one type of vir-tual memory virus: A piece of code that corrupts your PC without your permission or knowledge warm boot: Restarting a computer without turning off the power ... Properties dialog box, 50, 146Double Data Rate (DDR), 179Download Updates for Me, but Let Me Choose When to Install Them option, Automatic Updates, 72downloading e-mail automatically, 114Windows Live ... electronic circuitry to shield a PC or other system from surges, undervoltages, and short power outages upper memory: Memory located between 640K and 1,024K (1MB) URL: Uniform Resource Locator An Internet...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 12:15

... MacBook For Dummies; iMac For Dummies; Mac OS X Leopard All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies; Scanners For Dummies; CD & DVD Recording For Dummies; PCs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies; ... PM Page xiv Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies Chapter 2: What Type of PC Should I Build? 23 Interrogating Yourself on Your Computer Needs .23 Answering Your Computer-Needs ... Configuring Your PC and Hard Drive 132 Formatting Your Hard Drive 134 xv 02_196113-ftoc.qxp xvi 12/12/08 10:51 PM Page xvi Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies Chapter...

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2014, 13:56

... for example, that • seek times are often modeled as a linear function of seek distance, producing poor results for smaller seeks, which are the most common; • uniform distributions are used for ... perfectly reasonable for the disk’s operation, it makes it nearly impossible to model the disk’s rotational position some 100-200 revolutions after the last known operation Fortunately, many I/O ... determine them experimentally The information required to determine how much power to apply to the pivot motor and for how long on a particular seek is encoded in tabular form in the disk controller...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2012, 14:16

... been the standard for over a decade F IRST 5.25 FORM FACTOR DISK DRIVE (1980): Seagate’s ST-506 was the first drive in the 5.25 form factor, used in the earliest PCs F IRST 3.5 FORM FACTOR DISK ... platter surface F IRST 1.8 FORM FACTOR DISK DRIVE (1991): Integral Peripherals’ 1820 was the first hard disk with 1.8 platters, later used for PC- card disk drives F IRST 1.3 FORM FACTOR DISK DRIVE ... identification [57] In order to achieve a certain desirable performance for a given plant, it is necessary to derive a model for the plant that is adequate for controller design The conventional design techniques...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 19:15

... transformations , and to put the subsystem into the structural form of Theorem 3.1 and in a small variation of the compact form of Equations 3.20 to 3.23 It can be shown that the compact form ... the work of Chen [74] for a detailed treatment of this particular issue For simplicity, we assume throughout this section that has been determined and hence it is known For the case when , the ... Disturbance Decoupling 71 and (3.165) for for all system: and Then, it can be shown that there exists an such that the following control law is an -suboptimal for the given (3.166) where (3.167)...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 19:15

... extreme levels for this time period We can precalculate the minimum time for a specified reference set point Let the control be for (4.17) for We now solve Equations 4.14 and 4.15 for the accelerating ... shown that there exists a satisfying we have Q and hence Case Similarly, for the case when such that for any (5.71) such that for any satisfying we can show that there exists a , we have for ... the optimal control is for for sgn (4.10) The calculus of variation (see [124]) yields the following necessary condition for a time-optimal solution: (4.11) which is known as a costate equation...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 19:15

... performances, but more studies need to be done before such dual-stage actuated HDDs can be considered for commercialization We present in this chapter the design of track-following controllers for ... the PTOS control law for our disk drive is as is given by l follows: 7.3 Track-seeking with MSC P where sat 203 (7.6) with being the target reference, and for (7.7) sgn for with (7.8) and (7.9) ... by Equations 5.79 and 5.80 for the commercial hard disk model shown in Figure 6.1 As the CNF control law depends on the size of the step command input, we derive, for our HDD model given in Equation...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 19:15

... actuator the performance of the servo systems This issue becomes more noticeable for small drives and is one of the challenges to design head positioning servo systems for small HDDs Much effort has ... N N sgn (9.1) N where is the friction force, N is the normal force, i.e the force perpendicular to the contacted surfaces of the objects, is the external force applied to the object, is the relative ... [168]) to estimate friction parameters for typical DC motors for which both velocity and displacement are measurable and without constraint Unfortunately, for the VCM actuator studied in this chapter,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 19:15