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348
loopback tests, 174
LPT (line printer port),
7. See also parallel
ports
LPX motherboards, 31
LPX power supplies
comparing to ATX
power supplies,
34-35
connectors, 36
LS-120, 7
LVD (low-voltage differential)
SCSI,
114-115
M
loopback tests
MAC numbers, 284
maintaining PCs
(tools/supplies), 314
maintenance software,
305-306
manual drive typing,
111-112
manufacturers of
motherboards, determining
for BIOS
upgrades, 79-82
master drives, 95
MCA (Micro Channel
Architecture), 8
MDRAM (Multibank
DRAM), 247
media (data transfers),
314
megabytes, 3
membrane
keyswitches, 219
memory
AGP, 253
banks, 44-45
DDR DIMMs, 42
DDR SDRAM, 41-42
detecting
Windows
9x/2000/Me, 304
Windows NT, 304
DIMMs, 38-40, 44
expanding, 44
flash, 6, 69
parity-checked, 42-43
RAM, 38
RDRAM, 40-41
RIMMs, 41
SIMMs, 38-39
30-pin, 39, 44
72-pin, 39-40, 44
troubleshooting, 45
usage, determining,
49
usage within system,
46
video adapters, 246
video cards, 249
memory addresses
adapter cards, 48
hardware/firmware,
46-48
memory apertures, 49
network cards, 48
memory apertures, 49
memory bank, 8
memory barriers, 46
memory modules, 44,
312
Memory Stick, 8, 155
memory usage, detecting,
303
Micro Channel
Architecture (MCA), 8
Micro Firmware Web
site, 72
Microsoft Diagnostics
(WIBMSD.EXE), 305
Microsoft IntelliType
Software, 216
MicroSystems
Development, Inc.,
145
MIDI connectors, 261
MIDI in/MIDI out connectors,
262