DVD-ROM Includes 3 hours of new how-to video For more than 25 years, Upgrading a nd Repairing PCs has been the world's #1 guide to PC hardware: The single source for reliable information on how PCs work, troubleshooting and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs. This 22nd edition offers beefed-up coverage of the newest hardware innovations and maintenance te chniques, plus more than two hours of new video. Scott Mueller delivers practica l answers about PC processors, mother-boards, buses, BIOSes, memory, SSD and HDD storage, video, audio, networks, Internet connectivity, power, and much more. Y ou'll find the industry's best coverage of diagnostics, testing, and repair-plus cutting-edge discussions of improving PC performance via overclocking and other techniques. Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person and million s more through his books and videos-nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly. Whether you're a professional technician, a small business owner tryi ng to save money, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the only PC hardware book you need! NEW IN THIS EDITION The newest processors, including Intel's latest Core i Haswell processors and AMD's Kaveri core processors. Everything you need to kn ow about the latest GPU technology from NVIDIA and AMD, including developments i n OpenGL, DirectX, and Mantle. New firmware innovations like the InSyde BIOS, Ba ck to BIOS buttons, and all the updated settings available for the newest proces sors and chipsets. The latest in updated home networking standards, from blazing fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi to HomeGrid and G.hn powerline networking. Ever larger stor age, thanks to new technologies like helium-filled hard disks, shingled magnetic recording, and Cfast and XQD for flash memory. Emerging interfaces such as mSAT A, USB 3.1, and M.2 Updated coverage of building PCs from scratch-from choosing and assembling hardware through BIOS setup and troubleshooting ON THE DVD Get 3 hours of up-to-the minute, studio-quality how-to videos-all playable on your DVD player or computer! In this edition, Scott Mueller delivers a complete seminar on PC troubleshooting, teaching you how to identify and resolve an array of comm on and not-so-common PC problems. From detailed explanations on all the tools th at should be a basic part of any PC toolkit, to all the critical rules you shoul d follow to safely operate on your PC's internal components, in these videos Sco tt Mueller ensures you are equipped with everything you need to know to successf ully resolve your PC's problems. From there, Scott takes you through a complete disassembly of an All-in-One (AiO) system, showing just what you can do to keep these specialized systems running smoothly. Finally, there is a detailed look at today's ultra-fast solid state disk drives (SSD) and the benefits they bring to modern systems. This DVD also contains the complete 19th and 20th editions of t his book in printable form, plus extensive technical reference material, a compr ehensive glossary, and more! ""...continually revised and updated to reflect the ever-changing PC landscape. A resource from my PC repair days, Scott Mueller's t ome is one of the books that has stayed on my bookshelf throughout the years."" - Adam Overa, Managing Editor, Tom's Hardware