Reddit reviews Upgrading and Repairing PCs (22nd Edition)

Might I recommend the book Upgrading and Repairing Computers?

Don't let the name fool you, this book is thick and goes pretty deep not only in the low-level stuff but into the history of why we do and have certain things in a computer. It is honestly one of the best IT books out there for fundamental IT knowledge.

If you already know much of what this book has, then you'll have more than enough fundamental base to really do anything.

I highly recommend this book. I read it cover to cover and learned a lot. It will at least let you know what you want to go more in depth in study

Firstly I would like to say thank you for your curiosity in computers and thanks for asking colinw45, so my first suggestion would be go to your local library to look at books about basic computer repair and stuff like that or take a class at your high school career program or local junior college aka( 2 year) and yeah jus learn over time. Ive have learned about computers my entire life so like 18 years and I am still not a master. This book at barnes and noble or amazon is great its better if you get it in paper version because it is a good reference tool. https://www.amazon.ca/Upgrading-Repairing-22nd-Scott-Mueller/dp/0789756102

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/upgrading-and-repairing-pcs-scott-mueller/1116693453

Yeah, back when I worked for a local PC Builder/Repair shop, I used to know Mueller's book cover to cover, which covered all hardware types and their histories. Nowadays, I'm more Networking, Security, and Programming-centric, so I'm getting fuzzier on hardware by the day!

>But basically after that I have to decide soon whether or not to focus on a Cisco, or Microsoft track at my college.

Sounds like your "college" is a joke. You should be learning the fundamentals that are responsible for the underpinnings of these technologies, not vendor recommendations that can easily almost be called propaganda. Especially at your beginner level, you wouldn't even touch technologies as part of your responsibility at the level taught by an MCSE or CCNA unless you work for an absolute moron.

The world is larger than Cisco and Microsoft. I suggest you look for actual academic books on Networking and Server Architecture to learn more useful things.

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (6th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0132856204/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_4Ev3wbE0EVGDH

Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services, 2nd Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0672323168/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_KFv3wbW3QNAGF

For future tracks:

Databases:

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321992474/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_SGv3wbGCZ24FA

Fundamentals of Database Systems (7th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0133970779/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_qHv3wb1YC95NS

Security:

Computer Security: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0133773922/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_ZHv3wb7J1YJKC

Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition: A condensed field guide for the Cyber Security Incident Responder. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1500734756/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_uIv3wbK1361D2

Hardware:

Upgrading and Repairing PCs (22nd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789756102/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_gJv3wbCKGA502

Problem Solving:

The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812928083/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_XKv3wbKQFJK6Q

Best of luck. I recommend learning Shell languages and the basics of shell navigation and data manipulation techniques for various operating systems as well.

Great post, wish I I had looked into it myself.
I am again going to use Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller as a reference book.

I quote:
> Peripheral Power Connectors
Perhaps the most common additional power connector seen on virtually all power supplies is the peripheral power connector, also called the disk drive power connector. What we know as the peripheral power connector was originally created by AMP as part of the commercial MATE-N-LOK series, although because it is also manufactured and sold by Molex, it is often incorrectly called a Molex connector.
To determine the location of pin 1, carefully look at the connector. It is usually embossed in the plastic connector body; however, it is often tiny and difficult to read. Fortunately, these connectors are keyed and therefore difficult to insert incorrectly. Figure 17.30 shows the keying with respect to pin numbers on the larger drive power connector.

This is Figure 17.30

> this is the one connector type that has been on all PC power supplies from the original IBM PC to the latest systems built today. It is most commonly known as a disk drive connector, but it is also used in some systems to provide additional power to the motherboard, video card, cooling fans, or just about anything that can use +5V or +12V power.
A peripheral power connector is a 4-pin connector with round terminals spaced 0.200 inches apart, rated to carry up to 11 amps per pin. Because there is one +12V pin and one +5V pin (the other two are grounds), the maximum power-handling capability of the peripheral connector is 187 watts. The plug is 0.830 inches wide, making it suitable for larger drives and devices.

I think that the misconfection about the power handling of a Peripheral Power Connector is due to the 187W figure which is the combined power handling of the +12V11A pin and the +5V11A pin

If we look only on the +12V pin then the top power is only 12V*11A which is 132W considering that a GPU can draw up to 75W from a riser, 2 risers could potentially consume 150W which is more then the Peripheral Power Connector +12V pin able to provide.

Every PC enthusiast should have a copy of Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs.

It's relatively cheap compared to the amount of knowledge it contains within. It is dry in some portions, but explains a lot of history and why PCs work the way they do. Ever wanted to know the difference between L2 and L3 cache? What about memory timings and rankings? It's in there.

I know why I got down voted. It's not advanced enough. Here this should make up for it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0789756102?vs=1

Y porque no un libro de ... 1170 paginas? http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789756102/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_pdDlyb84AS8QM