A Future as a Fixer-Upper Jackson MS

Posted by : Christina Jeffries

Most PC users are bold enough to open up their machines for long enough to install a new video card or add some memory. But what about actually fixing your PC when something's wrong with it? Or better yet, charging someone else to fix their computer? That's when most of us lose our nerve. More's the shame, because PC repair and maintenance is a growing segment of the training industry that's getting harder and harder to ignore.

Like my mechanic says, the beautiful thing about cars is that they all break. The same goes for computers. There are more than 100 million personal computers in use at the moment in the United States, with 50,000 new ones being thrown in the mix daily. That means someone has to fix them. "Although the pace of PC sales has slowed somewhat in the last year, they are still selling in the millions of units annually," says Scott Mueller, author of "Upgrading and Repairing PCs". "Some markets are selling more than ever, such as laptops. Every PC out there is an opportunity for service and repair."Most PC breakdowns are the result of an electromechanical failure of some kind. But getting to the root of the problem and fixing it isn't as simple as sticking on a new component or subassembly mounted on a plug-in board. To become proficient at tackling even small hardware problems, you will have to learn at least some strong basics about CPUs, disk drives, power supplies, motherboards, memory, expansion cards, dia...

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