[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] CAB files, reading old DMF diskettes  Cable Select  cable-based termination  cables     ATA      caution with  2nd      connecting to motherboards      DMA and      dressing      installing      managing      parallel      pinouts (floppy disks) drives      plugs/jacks      recommendations for      replacing      ribbon      routing      SCSI P, caution with      serial      USB          defective  cache      choosing hard disk drives and      L2  2nd      memory  2nd      primary  cache bus  2nd  Cache on a Stick (COASt)  cacheable memory  canned air, repairing PCs and  capacitive keyboards  Card Edge Low Profile (CELP)  card-edge connectors  cases (outer cover of PCs)  2nd  [See also chassis]3rd  4th      AT-style desktop      choosing/recommended  2nd      drives, installing in  2nd      expansion cards, inserting in      mounting methods for      preparing for PC installation      removing/replacing  Castlewood ORB removable hard disk drive  2nd  3rd  cathode ray tube (CRT)  2nd  [See also CRT monitors] CAVs (Constant Angular Velocities)  CDs      read by DVD drives  CD burners  [See CD-R drives CD-RW drives] CD changers  CD-Extra (CD Plus)  CD interface connectors  CD media media)  [See CD-R(W] CD Plus (CD-Extra)  CD-R discs/CD-RW discs media)  [See CD-R(W] CD-R drives  2nd      choosing/recommended  2nd      differences in blank CDs      firmware for, keeping updated      installing/configuring      making copies from copies      media for media)  [See CD-R(W]     recording methods for      software for      troubleshooting writing problems  CD-R premastering software, caution for backups  CD-R(W) media  2nd      AutoRun disc, creating      bootable discs, creating/using      caution with      copy protection and      labeling      recommendations for      recording methods for      reflective layers      troubleshooting writing problems  CD Recordable  [See CD-R drives] CD Rewritable  [See CD-RW drives] CD-ROM drives  2nd      ATAPI drives and      cable connections for      choosing/recommended  2nd      cleaning      data transfer rates and      drive bay arrangements in      header-pin connectors      installing/configuring          preparing for installation      interfaces      performance      SCSI      troubleshooting      upgrading  CD-ROM XA (Extended Architecture), CD formats  CD-RW drives  2nd      choosing/recommended  2nd  3rd      DVD standards and      firmware for, keeping updated      installing/configuring      laser power settings for      making copies from copies      recording methods for      software for      speed, caution for      troubleshooting writing problems      vs. high-capacity FDDs  CD writers  2nd  [See also CD-R drives; CD-RW drives] CD-RW drives     media for media)[CD RW drives         media for media)  [See CD-R(W] CDR Media Code Identifier utility  Celeron processors  2nd      improvements in      upgrading  CELP (Card Edge Low Profile)  Change Line Support  channels     ATA hard drive interface and      sound cards and  charging circuitries  chassis  2nd  [See also cases]     expansion cards and  2nd      hard disk drives, installing      motherboards, installing      power supplies      removing the cover  CheckIt      CMOS settings      system information and      upgrading BIOS  chipsets  2nd  3rd      bridging circuitry      buffers      choosing      configuring      CPU support      fifth-generation      memory/cache support      processor support      seventh-generation      sixth-generation      upgrading systems  2nd  CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sectors)  CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)      vs. RISC  clamshell cases  Click of Death (COD)  clock cycles (ticks)  2nd  clock rates  clock speed  clocked mode (synchronous)  CLVs (Constant Linear Velocities)     CD-ROM drives      DVD drives      TrueX drives  CMOS     ATA hard disks, installing      backing up data      configuring      memory, installing      save/restore utility for      setup          options      slotted processors, installing      socketed processors, installing      tape drives and  CMOSViewer  CNR slot  COASt (Cache on a Stick)  coasters  COD (Click of Death)  color depths      display settings  color management  COM port settings, configuring  Communications and Networking Riser (CNR)  Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)      vs. RISC  components     caution with to avoid damage      hardware      OEM versions          vs. retail versions      software      swapping  compression, lossless/lossy  conducted interferences  connectors      AT Main Power Connector      ATX      card-edge      daughtercards      floppy disk drives      gameports      NLX      P8/P9, caution with      parallel      power switch          caution with      power-supply-to-device      SCSI DB25      SFX      speakers and headphones      USB  Constant Angular Velocities (CAVs)  Constant Linear Velocities  [See CLVs] Consumer PC 99  Continuity RIMM  controller card, in floppy disk drives  cooked mode  cooling devices, installing  2nd  Coppermine core  2nd  3rd  covers  [See cases] CPU      3D performance      chipset support      clock frequencies/speeds      slots/sockets      speed settings, overclocking      speed support for      support for          caution with      transfers, managing      voltage supplied  CPU multiplier      installing socketed processors and  CRC error detection  Creative Labs     EAX      Sound Blaster  Creative Vision Technologies  CRIMM  cross-game commonality  CRT (cathode ray tube)  CRT monitors  2nd  [See also displays]     caution with      choosing      troubleshooting  CS/CSEL (Cable Select)  cyanine dye, in CD-R blanks  cycle time  cylinder addresses  Cylinder-Head-Sectors (CHS)  cylinders, in hard drives  cylindrical tubes