Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts

Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts presents a visual expert system for
diagnosing component failure and identifying conflicts. The seventeen diagnostic
flowcharts at the core of this book are intended for the intermediate to advanced
hobbyist, or the beginning technician. Following a structured approach to troubleshooting
hardware reduces the false diagnoses and parts wastage typical of the "swap 'till you drop"
school of thought.
In revising this book for the third edition, we continued support for legacy hardware to
the extent that space allows. The text is expanded approximately 50 percent over the previous
edition, with many new decision points on the flowcharts and changes in the decision trees.
In some instances, the newer PCs are much simpler from a hardware perspective than the
older PCs, so there was no need to drop troubleshooting steps to make room for newer,
more common hardware issues.
Flowcharts include: Power Supply Failure, Video Failure, Video Performance, Motherboard,
CPU, RAM Failure, Motherboard, CPU, RAM Performance,ATA Drive Failure, Hard Drive Boot and
Performance, CD, DVD or Blu-ray Playback, CD or DVD Recording Problem, Modem Failure,
Modem Performance, Sound Failure, Sound and Game Controller Performance, Network Hardware
Failure, Peripheral Failure, SAS SCSI Failure, and Conflict Resolution.
Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts is used as a classroom text in colleges and
technical schools and by the U.S. government for training forensic technicians. It's also a
favorite reference with consumers and technicians all over the world.

Reader R. McAdams says,"The cover of this book asks the follow question: Do you know a
CPU from a hard drive? Do you? If so, this book is fantastic. In my opinion, the key to diagnosis
of any kind is a quick elimination of possible root causes. This book accomplishes that by
forcing the reader into yes⁄no questions. Drawing on his obvious experience, the author
uses flowcharts to continually narrow the tech's focus until the answer is apparent. The author
takes subconcious deduction and lays it out on the page for anyone to follow. After some time
it should become second nature to you as well. The book covers the gamut of hardware issues
with a straightforward style. In between the various categories is text related to specific points
on the flowcharts. There is some real gems in there. I have no doubt the author earns hourly
income many times the cost of this book.
Buy it."
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