The Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible

by Winn L. Rosch

Book Overview

This second edition of this guide demonstrates how to maximize hardware for tailored customer systems. It covers everything from system boards to cables. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789728591
• ISBN13: 9780789728593
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 1152 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

For those looking for the overall Hardware book this is it.

In over 15 years of I work I am always looking for new material and books relating to the latest technology both hardware and software. This is the first time I have looked at the Hardware Bible and as a Computer Technical Instructor this book has already come in handy for a couple of A+ classes I am teaching. While the book is not written to any specific exam, I found that is would definitely help with the A+ and CST exams. The author's extensive hardware knowledge is evident throughout the book. One thing that impressed me throughout the book was the author not only gives detailed information about the most current technology, but also gives you a firm background on older technologies as well. While the book is the "Hardware" bible, there is far more than just hardware information, you'll also find TCP/IP and the internet, as well as memory management included in the overall coverage. I found this to be a fairly complete text to work with. You can also register online and find both the 5th and 6th editions available. About the only thing that wasn't included was a cd with hardware utilities, but looking at what you do get this is a minor drawback. Overall this book is a certainly worth the look.

The Hardware Bible is Hands on all the way!

The Winn Rosch Harware Bible is my pick for a microcomputer hardware handbook. It is more than a handbook. Don't be intimidated by your PC. This is more than a guided tour. This book explains PC design and technology. This book spells out standards for setttings, adjustments and compatabilities.

A reference guide!

It's almost every thing you wanted to know and never found the answer, without lots of research, but here they are! A little lack of some drawing to help...

Perfect professional's reference book

As a computer professional I have found the Hardware Bible an invaluable resource both as a reference work and as an aid to keeping up with the latest technologies in the ever changing computer field. Everything is explained in a straightforward and easy to understand manner, including the latest innovations such as SDRAM and AGP with just enough detail to be useful but not so deep as to be incomprehensible. The book is geared towards people who have some basic knowledge of computers but is not too technical for a casual tinkerer. If you have a curiosity about what everything in a computer is and does then this is the perfect book for you.

Hardware matters

There are two types of drivers: those who look under the hood and those who haven't yet discovered the hood catch. The same goes for computer users. Some folk will use their computer for years in happy ignorance of its inner workings - and failings. Then there are those of us for whom ignorance and bliss never equate. If you belong to the latter group, you'll want Winn L. Rosch's Hardware Bible at your side. For a decade, the Hardware Bible has been the definitive hardware resource for anyone wanting to understand what happens under the hood of their PC and its outlying equipment. Surprisingly, this is not a handbook for techheads, although techheads will love it. Rosch's approachable style makes it perfect for adventurous beginners as well as intermediate and advanced computer users bent on extending their understanding of the PC's inner workings. Rosch covers just about everything you can think of: microprocessors, motherboards, memory, busses, the BIOS, support circuitry, the power supply, input devices, the display system, monitors, audio, ports, printers, hard drives, modems, networking, and on and on. This recently revised edition is right up to date with the latest hardware and includes a CD-ROM with diagnostic and troubleshooting software, plus a couple of megs of additional reference material thrown in for good measure. If you want to know your LIFO from your FIFO or why your hard disk growls when it should be purring, Winn L. Rosch's Hardware Bible is for you.