User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-USING YOUR CHAPTER
- Turning On the Computer
- Turning Off the Computer
- Using Disks and Disk Drives
- Special Keys on the Keyboard
- Stopping a Command or Program
- Resetting the Computer
- Using a Password
- Using Your Computer a Network Server
- Changing the Processor Speed
- Preparing the Hard Disk for Moving
- Using AUTOEXEC. BAT and Other Batch Files
- CHAP 2-INSTALLING AND REMOVING OPTIONS
- How to Use This Chapter
- Removing the Cover
- Changing the Jumper Settings
- Memory Modules (SIMMs)
- Installing an Option
- Removing an Option Card
- Removing the Option Card Connector Board
- Replacing the Option Card Connector Board
- Installing a New Processor Chip
- Using the Alternate VGA
- Replacing the Cover
- Post-installation Procedures
- CHAP 3-INSTALLING AND REMOVING DRIVES
- CHAP 4-RUNNING SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
- CHAP 5-FORMATTING A HARD DISK
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- APPENDIX A-SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
RS-232C
A widely used, standard type of serial communication. You can
connect an RS-232C device to either of the computer’s built-in
RS-232C serial ports.
Sector
A small section of a disk track (typically 512 bytes long) that
provides an address at which the computer can store and
retrieve data. See also Truck.
Self test
See Power-on diagnostics.
Serial
The type of communication that transmits data from a serial
interface to a serial device, one bit at a time, over a single wire.
See
also
Interface
and
Parallel
Shadow RAM
The feature in your computer that automatically copies the
contents of the system, video, and any external BIOS ROMs
into the RAM area of memory to speed up processing.
SIMM
See Memory module.
Software
The collection of instructions (or programs) that tell your
computer hardware to perform the tasks and functions you
specify. See also
Hardware
and
Program.
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