To learn the Hardware

[sonal_salkade]

Hi ,
I don't know where is the proper place for this post.
I want to learn the PC hardware thoroughly.
Which book is the best to refer and what are the prerequisites to start learning PC hardware?

Thanks

[rubberman]

This is NOT a shallow subject. What are you MOST interested in learning about? For general knowledge, you can find out a lot on Wikipedia, but for more in-depth knowledge, that requires extensive study. I've been working professionally with this stuff for 30+ years, and am still clueless about a lot of it! Consider that I have been factory trained by IBM, Compaq, AT&T, Sun, Apple, and others, and have been a systems-level software engineer for most of those 30 years, and am currently Senior Systems Engineer for a tier-one mobile phone manufacturer!

[sonal_salkade]

Thank you very much.I do understand that it is a very deep subject to study but what I meant was, I want to study the "Computer Organization".
May be I have used the wrong word for it .

Anyways thanks a lot once again.:)

[caperjack]

a good illustrated guide to hardware .
http://www.karbosguide.com/

[jbennet]

The book I used many many years ago:

http://www.quepublishing.com/imprint/series_detail.aspx?st=87406

[caperjack]

"Computer Organization".
May be I have used the wrong word for it .

im thinking maybe you meant "Computer Architecture"
if so have a look here .
http://williamstallings.com/COA5e.html

just one of many links from within above link
http://computerscience.jbpub.com/ecoa/3e/

[jbennet]

Oh god, I had to read stallings book for my course... its intense.