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Replacingtheharddrive .............................................38
Adding an additional hard drive . . . . . . . . . . ..............................41
5 System Components ............................................45
Addingorreplacingmemory ..........................................45
Adding an expansion card . ...........................................48
ReplacingtheAGPcard ..............................................51
Replacingthebattery ................................................52
Replacingthepowersupply ...........................................54
Replacingthesystemboard ...........................................56
Replacingtheprocessor ..............................................61
6 Using the BIOS Setup Utility ....................................65
AbouttheBIOSSetuputility...........................................65
UpdatingtheBIOS ..................................................67
Settingthesystemboardjumpers ......................................69
Recoverymode .................................................69
7 Managing Your System .........................................71
Protectingagainstpowersourceproblems ...............................71
Surgesuppressors ...............................................71
Lineconditioners ................................................72
Uninterruptiblepowersupplies ......................................72
Maintainingandmanagingyourharddrive ...............................73
Harddrivemaintenanceutilities.....................................73
Harddrivemanagementpractices ...................................75
Systemintegrity ....................................................78
Protectingagainstviruses .........................................78
CheckingsystemhealthwithLANDesk ...............................79
Systemrecovery ....................................................80
Creatingastartupdiskette .........................................80
Keepingarecordofsystemconfiguration .............................80
UsingyourSystemRestorationCD ..................................81
System power management ...........................................82
Aboutsoft-off ...................................................82
UsingSuspendinWindows95 .....................................82
UsingStandbyinWindows98 ......................................84
8 Cleaning Your System ..........................................87
Cleaningthemouse .................................................87
Cleaningthekeyboard ...............................................88
Cleaningthemonitorscreen ..........................................88
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