Scott Muellers Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, Second Edition

Index

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Maestro audio processor (ESS Technology)

MAG InnoVision

     contact information

Magellan's

magnetic disks

     defined

     examples

     uses

magnetic media

     AFC media 2nd 3rd

     defined

     oxide media 2nd

     thin-film media 2nd 3rd 4th

magnetic storage devices 2nd

     drive letter assignments 2nd

         DOS 2nd 3rd 4th

         Windows 9x/Me 2nd 3rd 4th

         Windows NT/2000/XP 2nd

     hard-disk based 2nd

     Microdrive technology 2nd

     SuperDisk 2nd 3rd 4th

     Zip drives 2nd

         Zip 100

         Zip 250

magnetic tape backups

magneto-optical (MO) drives

magneto-optical drives

     drive letter assignments 2nd

         DOS 2nd 3rd 4th

         Windows 9x/Me 2nd 3rd 4th

         Windows NT/2000/XP 2nd

mainstream laptops 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

maintenance

     batteries 2nd 3rd

    hard drives

         defragmenting files 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         virus checking 2nd 3rd

     keyboard 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     monitors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

    preventative maintenance

         active 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd

         importance of 2nd

         passive 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th

     tools 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st

Maintenance Wizard

Man & Machine

manufacturer tech support

     Acer 2nd

     Alienware 2nd

     Chem USA 2nd

     Compaq 2nd

     Dell 2nd 3rd

     FOSA 2nd

     Gateway 2nd 3rd

     HP 2nd

     Lenovo 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     MPC

     Prostar

     Sager 2nd

     Sony

     Toshiba 2nd

manufacturer-supplied diagnostic software 2nd

manufacturers

     FCC ID database 2nd 3rd

     mobile processors 2nd 3rd

mapping

     drive letters 2nd

         DOS 2nd 3rd 4th

         Windows 9x/Me 2nd 3rd 4th

         Windows NT/2000/XP 2nd

Margi Systems

Margi's Display-to-Go PC Card

mask (defined)

maskable interrupts

mass production of CD-ROM discs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th

Master Boot Record (MBR) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

matrix math extensions (MMX) 2nd 3rd

Matrox Graphics

     contact information

Maxell Corporation

     contact information

MaxiSwitch/Silitek. [See LMS]

Maxtor Corp.

     contact information

MBR (Master Boot Record) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

McAfee.com

     contact information

MDA (monochrome display adapter)

mebi (defined)

Medion Energy Docking Station

medium (defined)

mega (defined)

megahertz (MHz)

megapixel (defined)

memory

     adding 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     available memory (defined)

     bank (defined)

     base memory (defined)

     battery life 2nd

     bubble memory (defined)

    buffer

         defined

    cache

         defined

     comparison between desktop and laptop standards

     conventional memory (defined)

     defined

     disk cache (defined)

     expanded memory (defined)

     extended memory (defined)

     flash memory 2nd 3rd 4th

         CompactFlash 2nd

         comparison of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

         MMC (MultiMediaCard)

         PC Card

         reading 2nd

         SD (SecureDigital) 2nd

         SmartMedia

         Sony Memory Stick

         USB keychain drives 2nd 3rd 4th

         xD-Picture Card 2nd

     how much to get 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     POST (power on self test) memory count 2nd

    random access memory (RAM)

         defined

     speed 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th

     SRAM (static random access memory)

    stacks

         defined

     troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th

     upgrades 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     upgrading

    video RAM (random access memory)

         DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)

         DDR-II SDRAM

         minimum requirements

         RAM calculations 2nd

         SDRAM (synchronous DRAM)

         SGRAM (synchronous graphics RAM)

     video use

     virtual memory (defined)

     VMM (Virtual Memory Manager)

memory bus 2nd 3rd

memory caching

memory cards

     memory card plus USB adapter

memory modules

     DIMMs (dual inline memory modules)

     disassembly 2nd 3rd

     industry standard 2nd 3rd 4th

     installing 2nd 3rd 4th

     MicroDIMMs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th

     proprietary 2nd

     removing 2nd 3rd

     SIMMs (single inline memory modules)

     SO-DIMMs (small outline DIMMs)

     SODIMMs (small outline DIMMs) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th

Memory Stick 2nd

Memory Test error message

Memory test fail (error message)

memory types

     DDR2 SDRAM 2nd

     Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM 2nd

     Extended Data Out RAM 2nd 3rd 4th

     Fast Page Mode (FPM) DRAM 2nd 3rd

     Rambu DRAM (RDRAM) 2nd

     synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

memory-resident program

menu software

metal detectors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

metric fasteners 2nd

mezzanine buses. [See PCI buses]

MHz (megahertz)

micro (defined)

Micro Firmware, Inc.

     contact information

Micro Notebook

Micro Solutions

micro-BGA2 packaging (microprocessors) 2nd 3rd

Micro-DIMMs

micro-FCBGA packaging (microprocessors) 2nd

micro-FCPGA packaging (microprocessors) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

micro-FCPGA2 packaging (microprocessors) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

micro-PGA2 packaging (microprocessors) 2nd

MicroDIMMs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd

MicroDrive 2nd

Microdrive technology 2nd

Micron PC, LLC

     contact information

Micron Technologies

     contact information

MicronPC

microphones

     troubleshooting 2nd

MicroPOST (Ultra-X) 2nd 3rd

microprocessors

     defined

    Intel

         80286

         80386SX

         80387DX math co-processor

         80387SX math co-processor

         80486DX

         80486DX2

         80486DX4

         80486SX

         80487SX

         8086

         8088

microprocessors. [See mobile processors]

MicroScope software

Microsoft

     DirectShow

     DirectX 2nd 3rd

         3D audio support 2nd

         sound cards

     IntelliMouse Explorer

     Natural Keyboard 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     pointing devices 2nd

Microsoft Corp.

     contact information

Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) 2nd 3rd

Microsoft Notebook optical mouse

Microsoft System Information

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

Microsoft's Streets & Trips 2002

MicroSolutions

milli (defined)

mini-PCI Card

     disassembly 2nd 3rd 4th

miniature mice 2nd 3rd

miniaturization trend

minicartridge packaging (mobile processors) 2nd 3rd

Minimal Power Management power scheme

MIP mapping 2nd

MiTAC

MiTac

Mitsumi Electronics Corp.

     contact information

MMC (MultiMediaCard)

MMX (multimedia extensions) 2nd 3rd

MO (magneto-optical) drives

Mobile Celeron chip (Intel) 2nd 3rd

mobile connections

     cellular modems 2nd 3rd 4th

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

     public WLANs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

     wired modems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th

mobile module (MMO) packaging (mobile processors) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

mobile module connector (MMC) packaging (mobile processors) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Mobile Pentium 4 chip (Intel) 2nd 3rd

Mobile Pentium 4 processor (Intel) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

Mobile Pentium 4-M processor (Intel) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Mobile Pentium processor (Intel) 2nd

Mobile Pentium processor II (Intel) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Mobile Pentium processor III (Intel) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Mobile Pentium/MMX processor (Intel) 2nd

Mobile Planet

mobile processors

     3DNow! technology 2nd 3rd

    AMD

         Athlon 2nd 3rd 4th

         Athlon 64 2nd

         Athlon XP 2nd 3rd 4th

         Athlon XP-M 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         Duron 2nd

         K6-Series 2nd 3rd 4th

         Sempron 2nd

         Turion 64 2nd 3rd

     Dual Independent Bus (DIB) architecture 2nd 3rd

    dynamic execution

         benefits

         branch prediction 2nd

         data flow analysis 2nd 3rd

         speculative execution 2nd 3rd

     heat generation 2nd 3rd

     heat monitors (built-in)

     hyperthreading technology 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

    Intel

         Celeron 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

         Mobile Pentium 2nd

         Mobile Pentium 4 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

         Mobile Pentium 4-M 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

         Mobile Pentium II 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

         Mobile Pentium III 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

         Mobile Pentium/MMX 2nd

         Pentium 4-M 2nd

         Pentium M 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

         SL-Enhanced 486 2nd

         steppings 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th

     LongRun technology

     manufacturers 2nd

     MMX (multimedia extensions) 2nd 3rd

    packaging

         BGA packaging 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

         minicartridge packaging 2nd 3rd

         mobile module (MMO) packaging 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         mobile module connector (MMC) packaging 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         PGA packaging 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

         tape carrier packaging 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     performance-control technologies 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

     power consumption 2nd

     PowerNow! technology

     SMM (System Management Mode) 2nd

     SpeedStep technology

     SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) 2nd

     SSE3 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 3) 2nd

     superscalar execution 2nd 3rd

mobile processsors

     SL technology 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

Mobility Electronics 2nd

Modem-Saver

modems

    56K modems

         defined

     acoustic couplers 2nd

     analog loopback modem self-test

     answer mode (defined)

     asymmetrical modulation (defined)

     AT command set 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th

     auto-answer feature

     auto-dial feature

     auto-disconnect feature

     auto-redial feature

     baud (defined)

    cable modems

         defined

     carrier detect signal

     carrier signal

     cell phone connections 2nd

     cellular modems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

     comparison between desktop and laptop standards

     connections 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th

     defined

     how they work

     K6 modems

     local echo

    null modem

         defined

     originate mode

     PC Card modems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     phone-line connectors 2nd 3rd

     satellite phones 2nd

     speed 2nd

     troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     uses

     V.21 modems

     V.22 modems

     V.22bis modems

     V.23 modems

     V.25 modems

     V.32 modems

     V.32+ modems

     V.32bis modems

     V.32terbo modems

     V.34 modems

     V.42 modems

     V.42bis modems

     V.44 modems

     V.90 modems

     V.92 modems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     Windows HyperTerminal

     Winmodems 2nd

     wireless modems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th

     X2 modem standard

     XModem

modes

     Hibernate mode 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

     Standby mode

     Suspend mode

modular device bay batteries 2nd

modular drive bays

     alternatives 2nd

     benefits of

     weight-saving module

modulation (defined)

module

     defined

monitor

     troubleshooting 2nd

monitors

     CRT (cathode ray tube) 2nd 3rd 4th

     external video activation 2nd 3rd

     flicker

     frequencies 2nd

     image brightnesss and contrast 2nd

     LCD (liquid crystal display) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         active-matrix 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         dead pixels 2nd 3rd

         monochrome

         passive-matrix 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

     multiple monitor support 2nd 3rd 4th

     persistence

     pixel spacing 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th

     plasma 2nd 3rd

     power management

         ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 2nd

         APM (Advanced Power Management)

         DPMS (Display Power-Management Signaling)

     resolution 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

     response time

     testing 2nd

     troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th

     TV/video output and capture 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th

     virtual displays 2nd 3rd 4th

mono-in sound card connectors

monochrome display adapter (MDA)

monochrome LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors

motherboard

     defined

     disassembly 2nd 3rd

     upgrading

motherboards

    buses

         AGP buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

         bandwidth 2nd

         bandwidth and detail comparison 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

         defined

         I/O bus compatibility 2nd

         LPC bus

         memory bus 2nd 3rd

         PCI buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

         PCI Express bus 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

         processor buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

     chipsets

         A-Link architecture

         AMD 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

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

         hub architecture 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

         HyperTransport bus

         Intel 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th

         Intel DMI architecture 2nd

         MuTIOL architecture 2nd

         North/South Bridge architecture 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

         overview 2nd

         Super I/O chip 2nd

         V-Link architecture 2nd

     Direct Memory Access (DMA) channels 2nd 3rd

     I/O port addresses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

     integrated graphics 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

     interrupt request channels 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th

     MDC (mobile daughter card) connector 2nd 3rd 4th

     Plug and Play (PnP) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

     processor sockets/slots 2nd 3rd

     replacing

     video adapters

motion detectors 2nd 3rd

Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

Motion Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) standard

Mount Rainier (or EasyWrite) standard 2nd

Mount Rainier CD-ROM file system 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

mounting hardware for hard drives 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

mouse 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     bus mouse (defined)

     defined

     optical mouse 2nd 3rd

     opto-mechanical mechanism

     standard features 2nd 3rd

     Y adapter

     Y-mouse

mouse. [See also pointing devices]

Mouser Electronics

movies. [See multimedia]

MPC

     tech support

MPC (Multimedia Personal Computer)

MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group)

MPEG (Motion Pictures Experts Group) standard

MPEG-2 decoder 2nd 3rd

MPR

MS-DOS operating systems

     drive letter assignments 2nd 3rd 4th

MSConfig

MSConfig program

MSD (Microsoft Diagnostics) 2nd 3rd

MSI Computer Corp.

     contact information

multiformat DVD rewritable drives 2nd 3rd

multimedia

     3D graphics accelerators 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

         alpha blending

         anisotropic filtering

         bilinear filtering

         flat shading

         fogging

         full-screen antialiasing

         Gourand shading 2nd

         image abstractions

         image rendering 2nd

         integrated transform and lighting

         MIP mapping

         programmable vertex and pixel shading

         stencil buffering

         T-buffers

         texture mapping

         trilinear filtering

         vertex skinning

         Z-buffering

     3DNow! technology 2nd 3rd

    DVD (digital video disc)

         minimum system requirements 2nd

     MMX (multimedia extensions) 2nd 3rd

     SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) 2nd

     SSE3 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 3) 2nd

    voice recognition

         microphones

multimedia (defined)

Multimedia CD

multimedia extensions (MMX) 2nd 3rd

Multimedia Personal Computer (MPC)

MultiMediaCard (MMC)

MultiMediaCard Assocation Web site

multimeters 2nd 3rd

multiple monitor support 2nd 3rd 4th

multisession (defined)

multisession recording (CDs) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

multithread (defined)

multiuser system (defined)

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