10 Contents
10 Replacing the System Board
Removing the System Board: Mini Tower, Desktop, and Small Form
Factor Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Mini Tower System Board Screws
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Desktop System Board Screws
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Small Form Factor System Board Screws
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Replacing the System Board: Mini Tower, Desktop, and Small Form
Factor Computers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
11 Memory
DDR2 Memory Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Addressing Memory With 4-GB Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Removing Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Replacing/Adding Additional Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
12 Replacing the Computer Cover
13 Cleaning Your Computer
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Floppy Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
CDs and DVDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
14 Reinstalling Drivers and the Operating System
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Identifying Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback
. . . . . . . . 278
Using the Optional Drivers and Utilities CD
. . . . . . . . . 278