PC Technician's Troubleshooting Pocket Reference
Author: Stephen J. Bigelow, Steven Bigelow
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ISBN: 007212945X
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (13 October, 2000)
Sales Rank: 38,827
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Get the book, you will NOT regret it!
This book is amazing. I repair and troubleshoot PC's professionally, this book is one of my most valuable tools. I always take it with when I am out in the field. I cannot even begin to guess how many times this book has help me find a solution to a problem quicker than I would have found it on my own. I own many pc repair and troubleshooting books. If I were made to give them all up but one; I would not even have to consider which one I would keep. I would keep Bigelow's PC Technician's Troubleshooting Pocket Reference without hesitation. Get the book, you will not regret it. It is a must have tool for your repair kit, absolutely incredible!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Concise, useful, and it fits in a toolbox
Stephen Bigelow's book on Troubleshooting PCs is a personal favorite, containing (literally) pounds of practical advice and information. Alas, that great work is far too bulky to fit inside my toolkit... which is why I own this book.There are no frivilous details here, only the "meat and potatoes" a technician needs to do his or her job correctly. It is loaded with lists of facts (POST codes, AT and DOS commands, connector pinouts, and so forth), as well as instructions on diagnosing and resolving many hardware problems. My only complaint is that not all the page numbers in the index are correct, but the book is so well-organized that I seldom need the index.
When troubleshooting a PC, I use this book almost as often as my screwdriver. It is a tool that few technicians should be without.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Very wordy, outdated information.
I found that this book needed to just get to the point, instead of giving you a large amount of info that you did not need. Also the information in the book is very much out of date at this point. I would recommend a book such as A+ Certification for Dummies. It really concentrates on the things that you need to know to repair a PC and best of all, the information is not 3-5 years out-of-date. Similar Products
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