tailieunhanh - The PC Doctor's Fix-it-Yourself Guide- P10

The PC Doctor's Fix-it-Yourself Guide- P10: A technical director for a UK-based computer company who teaches such courses as Caring for Your PC has developed prescriptions for treating sick PCs. Arguing the benefits of fixing it yourself rather than relying on experts, his mission is to empower users with trouble- shooting and safe repair skills. | CHAPTERS Improving on Perfection 69 Someone somewhere is likely to have the exact thing you re looking for. There are literally millions of PCs out there either unused or looking for a new home even if it is only to donate parts to another system . And by making use of an old system you are recycling so everyone wins More About Donor Systems If you are buying or acquiring a PC that you plan on using as a donor system for parts check out the following first especially if you are paying for it Does the system still work If not then what is on it that is of any value Is the system a higher specification system than the one you have Is it equal If it s not what parts can you salvage from it Once you get the system make a careful inventory of the parts how much RAM size of the hard drive and so on. You can then either keep the system in one piece or dismantle it and store it as parts. PC DOCTOR S ORDER Don t pay too much for a donor system unless you plan on using it before you take it apart. It is an unknown quantity and there is no guarantee that you ll get much if any use out of it. Upgrading Drivers Upgrading isn t always about changing hardware on a system. It can be about upgrading the software drivers that control the hardware. Benefits of Upgrading Drivers Although you might not give an old system a new lease on life through driver updates and it might not feel like a new computer making sure that software drivers are up-to-date has some significant benefits. Better performance new drivers are usually better at what they do than older versions. Reduced system resource consumption newer drivers usually take up less system resources especially memory . 70 The PC Doctor s Fix-It-Yourself Guide More features newer drivers usually have more features. Perhaps something you thought was missing in the old driver is available in the newer version. Increased stability this is one of the major reasons to upgrade drivers. Newer drivers usually mean better system stability .