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Building or Upgrading your PC Guide

Manufacture Website and Support phone number

Building or Upgrade your own PC

Topic	Level
What's in That Box?: What's In Your Computer And How it Works	Beginner
HardwareCentral: Building Your Own PC	Beginner
How to Build a PC from Geek.com	All
PC Mechanic: Build Your Own Computer	All
SysOpt.com: How to Build Your Own PC	All
How to build your own computer from cnet.com	All
FPM, EDO, and Synchronous DRAM Technologies	Intermediate
Mastering Memory Upgrades	Intermediate

Topic	Level
HardwareCentral: Installing a Hard Drive	Beginner
Upgrade Your Hard Drive from cnet.com	Beginner
HardwareCentral: Hard Drive Configuration Introduction	Beginner
Hard Drive Installation Guide From tech-review.com	All
Hard Drive Installation Guide From tech-review.com	All
How Hard Disks Work	Intermediate

DVD

Topic	Level
I Want My DVD: How To Add DVD to Your Computer from cnet.com	Beginner
Install a DVD-ROM Drive from cnet.com	All
How a DVD Drive Works	Intermediate

Topic	Level
CD-R: How It Works from Philips	Beginner
Primer on CD-R from mrichter@cpl.net	Beginner
CD-R/CD-RW Beginners Center from help.com	Beginner
Configure a CD-R or CD-RW Drive from help.com	Intermediate
Install a CD-R or CD-RW Drive from help.com	Intermediate
Make a Music CD from help.com	Intermediate
Recording from an Outside Source from Octave Systems	Advanced

Topic	Level
Install a Sound Card from help.com	Beginner
How To Install a Sound Card from gamecenter.com	Beginner
SoundBlaster Live!Drive: Simplifying Connections from Creative	Beginner
Game Hardware: Audio from gamecenter.com	Beginner
Sound Blaster Live How-To from David St. Clair	Intermediate
PC Technology Guide: Sound Cards	All
Sound Blaster Live! Product FAQ from Creative	All
Sound Blaster Live! Owner's FAQ from Creative	All

Topic	Level
How to Upgrade Your Video Card	Beginner
PC Mechanic: Installing Video Cards	All
How Computer Monitors Work from Howstuffworks.com	Intermediate
Updating a Video Card BIOS	Intermediate
Video Card FAQs from Michael Scott	All
Overclock Your Video Card from Cnet Gamecenter	Advanced

Topic	Level
Installing a New Modem from cnet Hardware	Beginner
How to Troubleshoot a Failed Modem Connection from eHow	Beginner
Learnlots.com: Troubleshoot Dial-up Modems	All
How Modems Work From Howstuffworks.com	All
Introduction to Modems from University of Chicago	All

Topic	Level
How to Buy a Laser Printer from ehow.com	Beginner
How to Buy an Ink-Jet Printer from ehow.com	Beginner
Learnlots.com: Computer Basics: Printers	Beginner
Learnlots.com: Using A Printer	Beginner
ZDNet Printer Quick Start Guide	All
ZDNet Help & How-To: Adding A Second Printer	All
A Quick Guide To Printing Technologies: Inkjet Printers from Account Mark	Intermediate

Manufacture Support:

Manufacture Name	Tech. Support Phone Number
3Dfx (STB )	800-234-4334
Abit	510-623-0500
Acer ( AOpen )	800-637-7000
Afreey	510-979-0453
Altec	800-ALTEC88
APEX	626-912-1894
Asus	510-739-3777
ATI	905-882-2600
BTC	510-657-3956
Compaq	800-345-1518
Creative	800-998-1000
Dell	888-560-8324
Delta	510-668-5100
Diamond	800-468-5846
Digiview	888-327-8899
Elsa	800-272ELSA
Enlight	562-781-9898
Epson	800-922-8911
Epson	800-922-8911
F.I.C	510-252-7777
Gigabyte	510-440-8032
Hitachi	800-241-6558
HP	800-728-9665
Intel	801-763-2200
Iomega	888-4IOMEGA
Jaton	408-934-9369
Labtec	360- 896-2000
Lian-Li	886 2 2451-3000
Logitech	510- 713-4570
MAG	949-855-4930
Matrox	800-361-1408
Maxtor	800-262-9867
MSI	510-623-8818
NEC	800-388-8888
NetSurf	888-636-9688
New Media Corp. (LiveWire)	800-CARDS4U
Panasonic	800-726-2797
Phoebe	408-733-9618
Pioneer	800-872-4159
PowerColor	626-336-6845
Quantum	800-826-8022
RICOH	877-RICOH-RW
Samsung	800-525-0688
SMC	800-SMC4YOU
Sony	800-352-7669
Supermicro	408-895-2000
Tekram	510-353-6099
Toshiba	714-455-0407
US Robotics - 3COM	847-982-5151
Western Digital	800-275-4932
Yamaha	800-88YAMAHA