Visual Upgrade -- Five Easy Pieces: PC Hardware in a Nutshell -- Disassembling the PC -- Inside the PC: Pieces of the Picture -- Avoiding Service: Preventive Maintenance -- Troubleshooting PC Problems -- Installing New Circuit Boards (Without Creating New Problems) -- Repairs with Circuit Boards and Chips -- Semiconductor Memory -- Power Supplies and Power Protection -- Hard Disk Drive Overview and Terminology -- Installing an IDE Hard Drive -- Understanding and Installing SCSI Devices -- Partitioning and Formatting IDE and SCSI Drives -- How Hard Drives Organize Data -- Overview of Viruses -- Care and Feeding of Hard Drives -- Understanding, Installing, and Repairing Floppy Drives -- Troubleshooting Printers -- Troubleshooting Inkjet Printers -- Troubleshooting Laser Printers -- Troubleshooting Scanners -- Modems and Other Communications Devices -- Keyboard and Mice -- Video Adapters and Displays -- Play It Loud: Sound Cards -- You Oughta Be in Pictures: Video Capture -- Overview of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives -- Flash Memory -- Networking Concepts and Hardware -- Buyer's Guide to PCs -- Notebook/Laptop Computers -- Using the Internet for Hardware Support -- This Old Computer -- Building the Ultimate Computer -- Hardware Management via Software Solutions -- Short Overview on Reading Hexadecimal -- Sample A+ Core Module Exam Questions.