Acer 7600 User Manual

Veriton 7600 series

User’s guide

Veriton 7600!series User’s guide

Original Issue April 2003

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1 First things first 1

System specifications 4 Package contents 5 Accessing the user’s guide 6

2 System tour 7

Features 10

Performance 10 Multimedia 10

Connectivity 10 Front panel 12 Rear panel 14 Keyboard 16

Programmable keys 17

Internet/Suspend keys 18

Multimedia keys 19

Volume control/Mute knob 20

Lock keys 21

Cursor keys 22

Windows keys 23

Function keys 24

Palm rest 24 Optical drive 25 Hard disk 28

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3 Setting up your computer 29

Arranging a comfortable work area 32

Adjusting your chair 32

Positioning your PC 32

Positioning your monitor 33

Positioning your keyboard 33

Positioning your mouse 34 Connecting peripherals 35

Connecting your mouse 35

Connecting your keyboard 37

Connecting a monitor 39

Connecting the power cable 40 Turning on your computer 41 Turning off your computer 42 Connecting options 43

Connecting your printer 43 Connecting the modem (optional) 44 Connecting to the network 45 Connecting multimedia devices 46 Connecting USB devices 49

4 Upgrading your computer 51

Installation precautions 54

ESD precautions 54 Preinstallation instructions 54 Post-installation instructions 55

Opening your computer 56

To remove the side panel 56

To replace the side panel 57 Internal components 59 System boards 60

Mainboard layout 60

Audio board 64 Upgrading your computer 65

Installing additional memory 65

Replacing the hard disk 67

Installing an expansion card 69

5 System utilities 73

Acrobat Reader 77 Acer LANScope (optional) 78 Norton AntiVirus 79 NTI CD-Maker (for models with CD-RW) 81 PowerDVD (for models with DVD) 83 BIOS utility 84 Reinstalling programs 85 Recovering your system 86 Using Backup (Windows XP only) 90 Disk Defragmenter (Windows XP only) 91

6 Frequently asked questions 93

Frequently asked questions 96

Appendix A: Notices 99

Appendix B: Taking care of your computer 105

Important tips 106 Cleaning and servicing 106 Asking for technical assistance 107

Index 109

1 First things first

This chapter describes the system specifications and the contents of your computer package .

System specifications

Component Specification

Processor

System memory Four SDRAM slots support a maximum of 4 GB dual-

Chipset • Intel MCH 865G

Graphics Intel MCH 865G on-die VGA card supporting:

Audio AC97 Codec

LAN Broadcom 5705 supporting 10/100/1000 MB

IDE 40 pin parallel ATA IDE slot

FDD 1.44 MB 3.5 inch floppy drive

PS2 • PS2 keyboard port

• Intel Pentium

• Intel Celeron

channel DDR memory

• Intel MCH 865PE

• DVMT technology

•Dual View

• 1 optional VGA port on rear

Intel MCH 865PE supporting:

• Add-on VGA card

connectivity

• PS2 mouse port

4 1.8 - 3.6 GHz

2.0 - 2.6 GHz

USB Six external USB 2.0 ports

Serial port One serial port

Printer port One parallel printer port

Debug One 4 LED port

Thermal Dynamic fan speed control

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Component Specification

Security • Chassis lock (Kensington compatible)

• Chassis intrusion alarm

Chassis Three models: H80, H40, H34A

Wake system Wake on LAN

Wake on modem Mouse/keyboard

HDD • 5400 RPM: 40 - 100 GB

• 7200 RPM: 40 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB

Optical Drive CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, or DVD/CD-RW combo

Operating system • Windows 2000

• Windows XP Home

• Windows XP Professional

•Novell

•SCO Unix

• Red Hat Linux

Dimensions • Mini-Tower 424(H) /200(W) /414(D)

• Desktop 135(H) /380(W) /420(D)

• Small Form Factor 95(H) /324(W) /399(D)

Weight • Mini-Tower 8.5 kg

• Desktop 6.5 kg

• Small Form Factor 5.3 kg

Thermal overrides

• System temp >90 system temp is below 90

• CPU temp >110

temp is below 110

•CPU temp >120

C - functions suspended until

C - functions suspended until CPU

C - system auto-shutdown

Package contents

Before you unpack your computer, make sure that you have enough space to set up your computer.

Carefully unpack the carton and remove the contents. If any of the following items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer immediately:

• Veriton 7600 series

• Items contained in the accessory box

• USB or PS/2 keyboard

• USB or PS/2 mouse

• User’s guide and installation poster

• Other user documentation and third-party software

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Accessing the user’s guide

This user’s guide is also available on your computer as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.

To access the user’s guide (for Windows XP)

1 On the Windows XP taskbar, click on the Start button then select

Help and Support Center.

2 On the Help and Support Center home page, double-click the

Veriton 7600 series Online icon.

To access the user’s guide (for Windows 2000)

1 Double-click on the Veriton 7600 series Online icon on your

Windows desktop.

2 System tour

This chapter discusses the features and components of your computer.

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Features

Here are just a few of your computer’s many features:

Performance

• Intel Pentium® 4 supporting FSB up to 800 MHz

• Intel Celeron CPU supporting FSB up to 400 MHz

• Intel Hyperthreading Technology supported on 3.06 GHz and higher Pentium

• Intel 865G/865PE ICH5 chipset

• DDR-SDRAM 400/333/266, 4 DIMM slots, Expandable to 4GB dualchannel memory

• Power management function

• 3.5-inch floppy drive

• CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, or DVD/CD-RW combo drive

• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

• Supports USB 2.0 high-performance peripherals

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Multimedia

• 3-D quality audio system via onboard audio controller

• Audio-in/Line-in, Audio-out/Line-out, Headphone-out, and Microphone-in interfaces

Note: The system has two microphone-in jacks (front and rear). However, you can not use both of them at the same time. By default, your system enables the microphone-in jack in front and disables the one at the back.

Connectivity

• Two PS/2 interfaces for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port

• One parallel port

• One VGA port

• Eight Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 ports (two internal, two on the front and four on the rear panel)

• High-speed V92, 56K Fax/modem (optional)

• Broadcom 5705 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit LAN support with remote wake-up function

Front panel

Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:

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Label Icon Component

1 Optical drive tray

2 Stop/Eject button

3 Optical drive emergency eject slot

4 Optical drive activity light-emitting diode (LED)

5 Hard disk activity LED

6 LAN activity LED

7Power LED

8 Power button

9 One touch recovery button (Optional)

10 Volume control

11 Optical drive Headphone/Earphone port

12 5.25-inch drive bays

13 3.5-inch floppy drive

14 Floppy drive LED

15 Floppy drive eject button

16 Speaker-out/Line-out port

Microphone-in jack (front)

18 USB ports

see note

Rear panel

Your computer’s rear panel consists of the following:

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Label Icon Color Component

1 Power cord socket

2 Voltage selector switch

3 Power supply

4 Burgundy Parallel/Printer port

5 White Network port

6 Blue CRT/LCD monitor port

7 Green PS/2 mouse port

8 Purple PS/2 keyboard port

9 Black USB ports

10 Teal or

Turquoise

11 Blue CRT/LCD monitor port

12 Pink Microphone-in jack (rear)

13 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack

14 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack

15 S-Video out port

16 Handset line port

17 Telephone line port

18 Expansion slots

Serial port

For information on how to connect the peripherals, see page 35 and “Connecting options” on page 43.

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Keyboard

The keyboard has full-sized keys that include separate cursor keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function keys.

For information on how to connect your keyboard, see “Connecting your keyboard” on page 37.

No. Description

1 Programmable keys

2 Internet/Suspend keys

3 Multimedia keys

4 Volume control/Mute knob

5 Scroll lock key

6Num lock key

7 Cursor keys

No. Description

8 Application key

9 Windows logo key

10 Caps lock key

11 Function keys

Programmable keys

The programmable keys help you directly access a URL (Web site) or launch any program, files, or application in your system. The fifth key is set to launch the Windows Media Player. If you want to configure the settings of each key, right click on the Magic Keyboard icon located on the desktop.

Internet/Suspend keys

The Internet/Suspend keys consist of three buttons:

Icon Key Description

Email Launches your email application.

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Web browser

Suspend Press this button to put system to sleep.

Launches your current default browser.

Multimedia keys

Allow you to conveniently play, pause, stop, step forward, or step back a song or movie using your keyboard.

Icon Key Description

Play/Pause Press to start playing the audio track or

Stop Press to stop playing the audio track or

Forward Press to skip forward to the next track or

Backward Press to skip backward to the previous

video file. Press again to pause.

video file.

video file and start playing.

track or video file and start playing.

Volume control/Mute knob

The volume control/mute knob controls the speaker volume. Turn it clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the volume. Press it to toggle between mute and sound.

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Lock keys

The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off to switch between two functions.

Lock key Description

Caps Lock When activated, all alphabetic characters typed

Scroll Lock When activated, the screen moves one line up or

Num Lock When activated, the keypad is set to numeric

appear in uppercase (same function as pressing Shift + <letter>).

down when you press the up arrow or down arrow respectively. Take note that Scroll Lock may not work with some applications.

mode; i.e., the keys function as a calculator (complete with arithmetic operators such as +, -, * and /).

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Cursor keys

The cursor keys, also called the arrow keys, let you move the cursor around the screen. They serve the same function as the arrow keys on the numeric keypad when the Num Lock is toggled off.

Windows keys

The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions.

Key Description

Windows logo key Start button. Combinations with this key

Application key Opens the applications context menu (same

perform special functions, such as:

• Windows + Tab: Activate the next Taskbar button

• Windows + E: Explore My Computer

• Windows + F: Find Document

• Windows + M: Minimize All

• Shift + Windows + M: Undo Minimize All

• Windows + R: Display the Run dialog box

function as clicking the right button of the mouse).

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Function keys

The function keys, F1 - F12, let you perform specific functions, depending on the application that uses them.

Palm rest

The detachable palm rest provides you a comfortable place to rest your hands while typing.

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