Upgrading and Repairing PCs

Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller is excellent for the current vintage. While this book was made in 2015, I can still glean useful information from the timely and informative pages. I have laptops and devices for this particular book vintage (2015 Lenovo and 2015 Apple MacBook), among other devices. This revision may be the final version according to Que publishing and/or Scott Mueller’s writing. Check with the publisher for up to date information.

I've been buying these yearly sometimes 1200 or so editions of this single author's Upgrade and Repairing PC's for about 20 years now, skipping a few at a time. And mostly just opted for the digital version updates anyways because it's a pretty massive book, with neverending information you'll find, and the most comprehensive Ins-and-outs both for the beginner but doesn't cease in including the technical facts for professionals. And this being his 22nd edition encompassing a good 40 years of PC history in all areas and subjects. What's best is that with each new edition you get a much more brief rundown of of the earlier technology but look forward to the couple extra years of detailed updates just to further your technical knowledge and be able to utilize as another competent reference source during my own PC builds, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

This is a reference book. Use it that way and you’ll eventually read the entire book.

The book has a lot of great information in it, and is something I would recommend to someone who is getting serious about working with computers but is still new to the field or hobby and needs good reference material to expand their knowledge and fill in some gaps. There is a lot of great in-depth information in here, but there is the occasional thing which is missing (e.g. TLER on hard drives). I don't regret getting this book at all, I just hope that in future editions maybe some of the old CPU chapters are removed for more current hardware information.

Even though the material in this book is a little dated as of December 2020 the material covered is fantastic and is applicable for any novice or professional. As a professional A+ Certified bench technician with over 10 years of knowledge and experience under my belt, it serves as excellent reference material. The information contained herein serves as an excellent refresher of technology past, with hints as to what the future holds. A digital CD is also included in the hardcover version jam packed with resources.

I have been rebuilding old (circa late-1990s) beige server cases to use as Linux workstations. This is the best resource available for finding everything you need to know about ATX systems. I wish it would get updated but can understand what a huge effort that would be. The explanations and descriptions are very clear and easily understandable. The video on DVD is an excellent introduction for those getting started working on personal computers.

This is a gold standard of computer repair and upgrading. It gives the history of each component also which is a great help in understanding how we got to where we are in this science. This book comes out every year or so, be sure to get the newest copy if you want to be absolutely up-to-date. Remember that this is a HARDWARE book, no software instruction is included. Worth every penny.

I had one of the early edditions of this book in 1998. I used it in my repair and updating a PC class in 1999 through a local technical school here. I must have put in 3 to 4 hours reading for each hour of class that was a 3 hour class. I gained a lot of knowledge from Mister Muller's then volume. I will do so again without reading for class this time. I am happy to agian find this very helpful book.

Great book for information on all about fixing PCs- however, I thought the 22nd edition would be later than 2015. The technical information is the best I have seen in 30 years of working with IT/PC systems.

I have followed Scott Mueller's PC "Bibles" since the early 80's. There is so much info on everything to do with a PC including specs for every component, when it came out and what goes together. The included DVD is always educational as well. It may cost a bit more for this book, but you will never go wrong.

Excelente.

I built my rs. 2.30lacs pc after reading this book... And I was very confident as this book has every details with great care!!

Excellent. Got it as a birthday present, to replace an earlier edition (well, several, as I've been using the series for many years), and it gave me the solution immediately to several niggling little issues that I hadn't solved by googling. Though SATA drives are dead easy to use compared with dear old (E)IDE drives with their special master-slave settings, it was comforting to know that what I thought was probably right was indeed OK. Buy this with confidence if you're into upgrading and such - it seems to have the answer to just about anything!