May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
13h 41m
English
Content preview from Servicing Personal Computers, 3rd Edition
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
Start your free trial
76 Servicing Personal Computers
Window
Soldering·
station
■ ng^-T 1
Main
work
area
Filing
cabinet
Rear
I access
\
\
\
\
\
'Work-in-progress'
store
^"--».
_Test equipment
shelf
Mains isolator switch
Service reception
-5 m (16 ft) approx-
Figure
2.1.
Typical workshop layout suitable for
a
small business
Choosing test gear
Not only will the range of test equipment available in the workshop dictate the type and
complexity of service work undertaken but it will also determine the ease with which it can be
done.
A good service technician gets to know his test gear extremely
well.
He soon knows
which instrument to use for a particular application,