Repairing and Upgrading Your PC

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Parallel ATA

parameters

passive power protection

passwords for flash drives

PATA (Parallel ATA)

     DMA mode transfer 2nd 3rd 4th

PATA connectors

PC133 SDRAM

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slots

     express

PCI Express graphics power connector 2nd

PCI interface

PCI slots

    motherboard

         express

PCIe (PCI Express)

     PCI-X comparison

     retention mechanisms

pen drives

Pentium 4 processor

performance

     memory 2nd 3rd

     optical drives 2nd 3rd

    processor

         benchmarks

     processors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

physical restrictions of expansion cards

PIO mode x

Plextor DVD writers

plugs

plus formats

pocket drives

pocket external hard drives

portable external hard drives

ports on motherboard

POST (Power On Self-Test)

power

     checking before starting

     smoke test

power cable 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

power on

     expansion cards and

     power supply swap

     troubleshooting

power reduction technology

power strips 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

power supply

     12V modifier

     active power protection

     ATX12V

     BPS

     cleaning

     connectors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     efficiency

     form factor

     high-performance system 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

     mainstream system 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

     output waveform

     passive power protection

     rated wattage

     regulation

     SPS line-boost

     surge protectors

     temperature

     TFX12V

     troubleshooting 2nd

     UPS

power switch cable

Prescott 2M core

Prescott core

pressed discs

Prestonia core

preventative maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th

     backups 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

price/performance ratio optimization

primary cache memory

process size

processor

     64-bit support

     AMD

     budget processors

     cache size

     clock speed

     CPU coolers

     dual-core

     fab size

     female

     host-bus speed

     hyper-threading

    motherboard

         support

         upgrade

         upgrades and

     motherboard support

     performance 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     power reduction technology

     process size

     protected execution

     replacing 2nd

     socket type 2nd

     special features 2nd

     SSE3

     troubleshooting

     types

     upgrades 2nd

         BIOS

         CPU cooler

         motherboard and

         power supply

         socket types 2nd

processor core

     core names

processors

    clock speed

         model numbers and

    performance

         benchmarks

         price and

         speed and

         upgrades

programmability

protected execution

purchase considerations

     components 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     motherboards 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

     warranty information