Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17th Edition)

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Oak Technology sound cards,

obsolete video adapters,

odd cycles (RDRAM),

odd parity,

OEMs (original equipment manufacturers),

Oersted, Hans Christian,

Off state (APM),

OLGA (organic land grid array) packaging,

"On Computer Numbers" (paper),

onboard USB ports,

one-sided sound, troubleshooting,

one-time programmable (OTP) chips,

onscreen messages (POST),

     Award BIOS/Phoenix FirstBIOS

     IBM BIOS

OnStream ADR (advanced digital recording),

Ontrack Data International,

Ontrack Disk Manager,

OpenGL,

Operating Frequency setting (BIOS Setup),

operating range (power supply),

operating systems, [See also specific operating systems.]

     defined

     diagnostic software

     drive limitations

     hard disk capacity limitations

     industry control

     installation

operating-system-independent boot process,

     central hardware test

     cold starts

     MBR (master boot record)

     Plug and Play BIOS

     POST (power on self test) 2nd

     ROM BIOS

     sector errors

     VBR (volume boot record)

     video ROM scan

     warm starts

opposite track path (OTP),

Opteron processors, 2nd

optical mouse devices,

optical SPDIF in/out connectors,

Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA),

optical storage,

     Blu-ray discs

     buying tips

     care and maintenance

     CD EXTRA

     CD-DA drives

     CD-R discs

         bulk on spindle

         burning 2nd

         capacity

         compared to CD-RW

         conventional surface media

         copy protection

         jewel cases

         media color

         media layers

         overburning

         pre-grooves

         printable surface media

         recording speeds

         spin-coating process

         unbranded media

     CD-R drives 2nd

         burning CDs

         capacity

         copy protection

         disc grooves

         disc media layers

         mechanical drive operation

         media color

         media options

         multisession recording

         recording speeds

         troubleshooting

     CD-ROM drives

         access times

         bootable CDs 2nd

         booting from floppy disk

         buffers/cache

         CAV (constant angular velocity) technology

         CD EXTRA

         CD-DA

         CD-i

         CLV (constant linear velocity) technology

         CPU utilization

         data transfer rates

         DMA (Direct Memory Access)

         double-density drives

         drive sealing

         drivers 2nd

         file systems

         firmware updates

         history of

         installation 2nd

         interfaces

         internal versus external

         laser operation

         loading mechanisms

         mechanical drive operation

         multisession recording

         Photo CD

         Picture CD

         rescue CDs

         self-cleaning lenses

         speed

         summary of formats

         Super Video CDs

         troubleshooting

         TrueX drives

         vibration control

         video CDs

         Yellow Book standard

     CD-ROM XA drives

     CD-ROMs

         bootable CDs 2nd

         capacity 2nd

         care and handling

         CD EXTRA

         CD-DA

         CD-i

         CD-R

         CD-ROM XA

         CD-RW

         copy protection

         double-density discs

         EFM data encoding

         error handing

         file systems

         form factor

         history of

         hub clamping area

         interleaves

         lands

         lead-in

         lead-out

         mass production

         multisession recording

         PCA (power calibration area)

         Photo CD

         Picture CD

         pits

         PMA (power memory area)

         program area

         reading

         rescue CDs

         sampling rates

         sectors

         subcode bytes

         summary of formats

         Super Video CDs

         technical parameters

         tracks

         video CDs

         Yellow Book standard

     CD-RW discs

         burning

         compared to CD-R

         copy protection

         direct overwrite

         media layers

         Mount Rainier standard

         MultiRead specification

         recording speeds

     CD-RW drives 2nd 3rd

         burning CDs

         copy protection

         direct overwrite

         mechanical drive operation

         media layers

         Mount Rainier standard

         MultiRead specification

         multisession recording

         recording speeds

         troubleshooting

     configuration

     DVD drives 2nd

         access times

         bootable DVDs

         booting from floppy disk

         buffers/cache

         CAV (constant angular velocity) technology

         CLV (constant linear velocity) technology

         compatibility

         CPU utilization

         DIVX (Digital Video Express)

         DMA (Direct Memory Access)

         drive sealing

         drivers

         DVD Forum

         DVD Multi

         DVD+RW

         DVD+RW Alliance

         DVD-R

         DVD-RAM

         DVD-RW

         DVD-Video

         DVD±R/RW

         firmware updates

         formats 2nd

         history of

         installation

         interfaces

         internal versus external

         loading mechanisms

         mechanical drive operation

         media compatibility

         MPEG decoder hardware

         MultiRead2 specification

         pits

         self-cleaning lenses

         speed

         transfer rates

         troubleshooting

     DVDs

         capacity

         copy protection

         data zone

         DVD-10

         DVD-18

         DVD-5

         DVD-9

         EFM+ data encoding

         error handling

         history of

         hub clamping area

         lands

         lead-in

         lead-out zone

         MultiRead2 specification

         OTP (opposite track path) construction

         pits

         PTP (parallel track path) construction

         reading

         sectors

         technical parameters

         tracks

     HD-DVD

     installation

         card edge connectors

         cautions

         controllers

         external drives

         internal drives

         jumper settings

         ribbon cables

         SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) chains

     magneto-optical drives

     Photo CD discs

     troubleshooting

         disc read failures

         disc write failures

         firmware updates

         read/write errors

         slow drive speeds

optimizing performance [See performance optimization.]

opto-mechanical mouse mechanisms,

Orange Book standard,

     CD-R

     CD-RW

     multisession recording

organic land grid array (OLGA) packaging,

original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),

OS/2 Warp operating systems,

Osborne I computers,

Osborne, Adam,

OSO (overscan operation),

OSTA (Optical Storage Tecnology Association),

OTP (one-time programmable) chips,

OTP (opposite track path),

outlet/receptacle testers,

output ratings (power supply),

overburning CDs,

overclocking, 2nd 3rd 4th

     bus speeds and multipliers

     defined

     history of

     modern PC clocks

     motherboards

     Pentium III processors

     Pentium processors

     potential problems

     quartz crystals

     Socket A processors

     voltage settings

OverDrive processors, 2nd

     DX2

     DX4

     Pentium 2nd

overheating [See heating/cooling issues.]

overloading power supply, 2nd

Override enabled Defaults loaded (error message),

overscan operation (OSO),

overvoltage protection,

oxide recording media,

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