Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17th Edition)

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faceplates, 2nd 3rd

failures, memory

     hard fails

     soft errors

         alpha particles

         cosmic rays

         ECC (error correcting code)

         fault tolerance

         heat buildup

         incorrect memory types

         line noise

         parity checking

         power glitches

         radio frequency interference

         static discharge

         timing glitches

failures, power,

     diagnostic procedures

     digital infrared thermometers

     DMMs (digital multimeters)

         audible continuity tests

         automatic display hold

         automatic power on/off

         autoranging

         back probing

         buying tips

         cost

         detachable probe leads

         measuring voltage with

         minimum and maximum trap

         overload protection

         pocket size DMMs

     inadequate cooling

     overloaded power supply

     variable voltage transformers

Fair Access Policy (FAP),

fake parity modules,

fake processors,

Fan Control Configuration menu (BIOS Setup),

fans, 2nd

FAP (Fair Access Policy),

Faraday, Michael,

Fast Ethernet,

Fast Mode parallel ports,

Fast Page Mode DRAM (FPO DRAM),

fast-ATA standard,

Fastchip,

FAT (file allocation table) partitions,

FAT16 partitions,

     creating with aftermarket utilities

     creating with FDISK

FAT32 partitions

     creating with aftermarket utilities

     creating with FDISK

fatal errors, 2nd 3rd

fault tolerance,

     ECC (error correcting code)

     parity checking

         chipset support

         disabling

         fake parity modules

         NMIs (nonmaskable interrupts)

         odd parity

         parity bits

         parity-check messages

fax modems,

FC-PGA (flip chip pin grid array) packaging, 2nd

FCC (Federal Communications Commission),

FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface),

FDISK, 2nd

     assigning drive letters

     limitations

     partitioning hard drives

         advantages of

         drive letter assignments

         FAT32 volumes

         large hard disk support

FDIV (floating-point divide) bug,

Fedco Electronics, Inc.,

Federal Communications Commission (FCC),

Felsenstein, Lee,

Femto air bearing sliders,

ferrite read/write heads,

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI),

fiber-optic cables,

FIC (First International Computer of America),

FIC (flex interconnect cable),

fields

     magnetic

     sectors

FIFO (first in first out) buffers,

fifth-generation processors

     bus widths

     chipsets

     Intel-compatible

     MMX (multimedia extensions)

     Pentium

         address bus width

         addressable memory

         BiCMOS

         BTB (branch target buffer)

         cache

         DIMM width

         FDIV (floating-point divide) bug

         first-generation

         instruction processing

         math coprocessor

         packaging

         power management bugs

         second-generation

         SIMM width

         specifications

         superscalar architecture

         twin data pipelines

         voltage 2nd

     Pentium OverDrive

     Pentium-compatible

         AMD-K6 2nd

         Cyrix 6x86/6x86MX

         NexGen Nx586

     Pentium-MMX 2nd

     SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions)

file systems

     CD-ROM file systems

         HFS (Hierarchical File System)

         High Sierra

         ISO 9660

         Joliet

         Rock Ridge

         UDF (Universal Disk Format)

     FAT (file allocation table)

     FAT16 2nd 3rd

     FAT32 2nd

     NTFS (Windows NT File System)

files,

     audio files

     AUTOEXEC.BAT

         DOS boot process

         mouse drivers

     CONFIG.SYS

         DOS boot process

         mouse drivers

     defragmenting

     IBMBIO.COM

     IO.SYS

         DOS boot process

         Windows 9x/Me boot process

     MSDOS.SYS

     transferring

     WIN.COM

film, digital [See flash memory,.]

Filter Your Internet,

filters

     air filters

     bilinear filtering

     broadband services

     low-pass filters

     polarizing LCD filters

     trilinear filtering

firewalls,

FireWire

     1394a standard

     1394b standard

     advantages of

     cables

     CD/DVD drives

     chipsets

     compared to USB

     connectors

     device connections

     front panel IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) connector pinout

     hot-plugging

     signaling rates

     tailgate devices

     topology

Firmware Hub (FWH), 2nd

firmware, 2nd 3rd 4th

"First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC" (paper),

first in first out (FIFO) buffers,

First International Computer of America (FIC),

first-generation Pentium processors,

first-generation processors

     80186

     80188

     8086

     8088

     bus widths

     maximum installable memory

fixed disk drives [See hard disk drives,.]

fixed-base wireless broadband,

flash memory, 2nd 3rd

     CompactFlash

     comparison of

     MMC (MultiMediaCard)

     PC Card

     physical size

     reading

     SD (SecureDigital)

     SmartMedia

     Sony Memory Stick

     Sony Memory Stick Pro

     USB keychain drives

     xD-Picture Card

flash ROM (read-only memory),

     recovery

     upgrading

     write protection

flashlights,

flat shading,

flat square tube (FST) monitors,

flat-panel LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors,

flex interconnect cable (FIC),

FlexATX motherboards,

flicker (screen), 2nd

flip chip pin grid array (FC-PGA) packaging, 2nd

floating-point divide (FDIV) bug,

floating-point units, 2nd

Floppy Configuration menu (BIOS Setup),

floppy disk drives [See also floppy disks; magnetic storage,.]

     1.2MB 5 1/4" drives

     1.44MB 3 1/2" drives

     2.88MB 3 1/2" drives

     360KB 5 1/4" drives

     720KB 3 1/2" drives

     BIOS Floppy Configuration menu

     buying tips

     clusters

     connectors 2nd

     controllers

     cylinders 2nd

     defined

     disk capacities

     Disk Change signal

     disk formats

     disk formatting

     faceplate/bezel

     head actuator mechanisms

     history of

     installation 2nd

     installing

     interfaces

     logic boards

     physical operation

     power consumption

     read/write heads 2nd

     spindle motors

     stepper motors

     troubleshooting

     tunnel erasure

     upgrade boards

floppy disks [See also floppy disk drives.]

     alternatives to

     capacity

     care and handling

     ED (extra-high density) floppy format

     floppy-based driver installation

     formatted parameters

     formatting

     media specifications

     physical construction

     sectors

     tracks

     write protection

Floppy disks(s) fail (error message),

Flowers, Thomas,

fluid dynamic bearings,

flux, 2nd

FM (Frequency Modulation) encoding,

FM synthesis,

foam element keyswitches,

fogging,

"For Music Use Only" discs,

foreign languages, international keyboard layouts,

Form Factors website,

FORMAT,

     high-level formatting 2nd

     limitations

formatted floppy disk drive parameters,

formatted transfer rates,

formatting [See also partitioning hard disk drives,.]

     floppy disks

     hard disk drives

         high-level formatting 2nd 3rd 4th

         low-level formatting 2nd

four-way set associative cache, 2nd

fourth-generation processors

     486DX

     486SL

     486SX

     487SX

     AMD 486 (5x86)

     burst-mode memory cycles

     bus widths

     Cyrix/TI 486

     DX2/OverDrive

     DX4

     instruction execution times

     Level 1 cache

     math coprocessors 2nd

     Pentium OverDrives

     speeds

     upgrading

FPO DRAM (Fast Page Mode DRAM),

FPUs (floating point units), 2nd

fraudulent processors,

frequencies

     FM (Frequency Modulation) encoding

     frequency hopping spread spectrum

     frequency response 2nd

     FSK (frequency-shift keying)

     horizontal frequencies

     vertical scan frequencies

front panel connectors

     alternative single-row front panel connector pinouts

     front panel audio connector pinouts

     front panel IEEE 1394 connector pinouts

     front panel switch/LED connector pinouts

     infrared data front panel connector pinouts

     power LED indications

front panel motherboard-controlled switches,

front panel power supply AC switches,

front-side bus (FSB), 2nd

frozen systems, troubleshooting, 2nd 3rd 4th

FSB (front-side bus), 2nd

FSK (frequency-shift keying),

FST (flat square tube) monitors,

Fujiwara, Dr. T.,

Full On state,

full-duplex protocols, 2nd

full-size AT,

fully associative mapped cache,

functions (USB),

FWH (Firmware Hub), 2nd