Acer ACERPOWER F3 User Manual

AcerPower F3

User’s Guide

AcerPower F3 User’s Guide

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System Tour 1

Front panel 1 Rear Panel 3 System Features 4

Performance 4 Multimedia 4 Connectivity 4

System peripherals 5

Mouse (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) 5 Keyboard (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) 5 Speakers 6

System upgrade 6

Opening the computer 6 Setting up new components 7

Acer eRecovery 8

Create backup 8 Restore from backup 9 Create factory default image CD 9 Re-install bundled software without CD 9 Change password 10

Acer disc-to-disc recovery 11

Restore without a Recovery CD 11 Multilingual operating system installation 11

Contents

Setting up your computer 13

Before commencing setup 13

Selecting location 13

Opening the package 13 Connecting the peripherals 14 Starting your computer 14 Shutting down your computer 14

Troubleshooting 15

Taking Care of your computer 17

Important tips 17 Cleaning and servicing 17

To clean your computer and keyboard 17

To clean your pointing device 18

To clean your optical mouse 18

To clean your monitor 18

When to contact a service technician 18

Asking for technical assistance 18 Energy Star Guidelines Compliance 19 Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 19 Modem notices 19

TBR 21 19 Important safety instructions 19 Lithium battery statement 21 Laser compliance statement 22 Declaration of conformity for CE marking 23 Federal Communications Comission Declaration of Conformity 25

Remark: All the drawings in the Guide are diagrams. About components’s quantity and style, substances shall take precedence.

System Tour

Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:

Front panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 Optical drive (optional) 2 Floppy drive (optional)

3 Card reader (optional) 4 Power button

5 Microphone jack 6 Speaker or headphone jack

7 USB ports 8 Indicator

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No. Description No. Description

1 Optical drive (optional) 2 Floppy drive (optional)

3 Indicator 4 Power button

5 Speaker or headphone jack 6 Microphone jack

7USB ports

Note: The specifications above are for reference only. The exact

configuration of your PC depends on the model purchased.

Rear Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 Power cord socket 2 Voltage selector switch

3 Fan aperture 4 PS/2 keyboard connector

5 PS/2 mouse connector 6 Serial port

7 Printer connector 8 Monitor connector

9 USB 2.0 ports 10 RJ-45 Ethernet connector

11 Microphone jack 12 Line-out jack

13 Line-in jack 14 Extension card slots

System Features

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Your computer features:

Performance

• Intel® Pentium® 4 Socket LGA775 CPU

• System Memory DDRII 400/533 DIMM, 4 DDR DIMM Slots, expandable to 4GB

• Power management functions

• 3.5 inch floppy drive / card reader (optional)

• CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or DVD writer (optional)

• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE drive / SATA

• Support for USB 2.0 high performance peripherals

Multimedia

• 3D quality audio system via onboard audio controller

• Audio-in/line-in, audio-out/line-out, headphone out and external microphone in jacks

Note: the system has two microphone-in Jacks (front and rear)

Connectivity

• Two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse

• One parallel port

• One serial port

• One VGA port

• 6 USB 2.0 ports (two on the front, four on the rear panel and two reserved )

• 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet network

• Speaker out (front, rear)

System peripherals

The AcerPower F3 computer consists of the system itself, and system peripherals, like a mouse, a keyboard and a set of speakers (optional). This section provides a brief description of the basic system peripherals.

Mouse (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)

The included mouse is a standard two-button wheel mouse. Connect the mouse to the PS/2 mouse port or USB port on the back panel of the system.

Keyboard (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)

Connect the keyboard to the PS/2 keyboard port or USB port on the back panel of the system.

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