Upgrading Your Home PC
Chapter One
Read Me First
If you've ever installed a computer program, you've probably seen one or more little paper
slips saying "Read me first" or "No, read me first," which contain details you should know
before installing the program, such as "If you do not have a Ph.D. in computer science,
please acquire one before proceeding." Many programs also place text files onto your hard drive
with names like README.1ST and NOREADME.1ST to provide similarly vital information that you
are likely to read for the first time two years later.
Well, this is your "Read Me First" chapter, and we even went to the expense of binding it
with the rest of the book. This chapter contains information you're likely to need in several of the
following chapters. Before you launch into this book's detailed procedures, take a look here for a
few tips on tools, PC cover removal, and PC anatomy. Even those of you who've already performed
one or more PC surgeries may enjoy a quick review, and for those of you who wouldn't
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