342 Fast Page-Mode RAM (FPM DRAM) Fast Page-Mode RAM (FPM DRAM), 247 FAT (file allocation table), 6 FAT-16, 6, 128 FAT-16 cluster sizes, 127-129 FAT-32, 6, 128 FAT-32 cluster sizes, 127 FAT-32 file system, 125 fatal errors, 83 FCC ID (Federal Communications Commission identification number), 6 FDISK, 125 determining hard drive capacity, 101-102 drive letters, allocating, 130-131 file allocation table (FAT) 6 file systems (FAT-32), 125 files (documents) AUTOEXEC.BAT, 138 CONFIG.SYS, 138 hidden, 134 files (tools), 310 finding BIOS upgrades, 71-72 FireWire, 7, 210. See also IEEE-1394 Firmware, 6, 46-48, 208 flash, compact, 5 Flash BIOS, 6 flash memory, 6, 69 flash memory devices, 155 Flash Recovery jumper, 73 flash upgrades, 71 flash <strong>upgrading</strong> to V.90 modems, 178 flashlights, 310 flat-blade screwdrivers, 309 flicker-free refresh rate, 252 floppy drive cables, 310 floppy drive cleaning kit, 314 floppy drives, 143 data cables, 146 drive cover, 144 error messages, 150 hardware conflicts, 146 hardware resources, 145 interface circuit board, 145 logical formatted parameters, 148 power connectors, 146 read/write heads, 145 ribbon cables, comparing to hard drive ribbon cables, 147 stepper motor, 144-145 troubleshooting, 144 foam element keyswitches, 219-221 folders (Windows), 218 Forced Perfect terminators (FPT), 120 form factors (motherboards), 29-30, 33 formatting hard drives, 124 high-level formatting, 124, 132-133 LLF (low-level formatting), 124 partitioning, 124 FPM DRAM (Fast Page- Mode RAM), 247
FPT (Forced Perfect terminators), 120 freeing IRQ5, 267 FSB speed, configuring, 78 G-H Gateway computers, configuring ICS, 185-186 geometry (hard drives), 94 Gigabit Ethernet, 281 gigabytes, 3 graphics cards, 256 Guest button, 292 /H switch, 135 hard drive capacity detection, troubleshooting, 102-103 hard drives, 93 BIOS incompatibility, 102-103 capacity, determining, 101-102 capacity issues, 104-105 cylinders, 93-94 formatting, 124 high-level formatting, 124, 132-133 LLF (low-level formatting), 124 partitioning, 124 geometry, 94 heads, 93 IDE, 94-96 large (support), 106, 125-126 partitioning, 126-127 platters, 93 replacing, 133 ribbon cables, comparing to floppy drive ribbon cables, 147 host adapter cards (USB) 343 sectors per track, 93 speed, improving, 107-108 troubleshooting, 135-136 unformatting, 133 hard problems (hard drives), troubleshooting, 135-136 hardware conflicts floppy drives, 146 sound cards, 266-267 memory addresses, 46-48 Hardware Diagnostics (HWDIAG.EXE), 305 hardware problems (printers), troubleshooting, 196-199 hardware resources (floppy drives), 145 header cables (USB), 206 heads (hard drives), 93 Help.exe, 306 hertz (Hz), 252 Hewlett-Packard printer control language (HP PCL). See PCL hex-head drivers, 309 hexadecimal/ASCII conversions, 10-17 hidden files, 134 high-level formatting, 124, 132-133 Home Networking Wizard, 185 HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance), 7, 281-282 HomeRF, 283 host adapter cards (USB), 206
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