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AcerPower F2
User’s Guide
Copyright © 2004 Acer Incorporated
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AcerPower F2
User’s Guide
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System Tour
Front panel Rear panel System Features
Performance
Multimedia
Connectivity System peripherals
Mouse(PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) Keyboard(PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) Speakers
System upgrade
Open the computer
Set up new components
Setting up your computer
Necessary to know before Setup
Select location
Open package
Connecting the peripherals
Starting your computer
Shutting down your computer
Troubleshooting
Taking Care of your computer
Important tips Cleaning and servicing
To clean your computer and keyboard To clean your pointing device
To clean your optical mouse To clean your monitor
When to contact a service technician Asking for technical assistance
Energy Star Guidelines Compliance FCC notice
Notice: Canadian users
Declaration of Conformity for EU countries Modem notices
Notice for USA
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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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Line-in Jack |
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System Features
Your computer features:
Performance
•Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron® CPU
•System Memory DDR 266/333/400, 2 DIMM Slots, expandable to 2GB
•Power management function
•3.5 inch floppy drive
•CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or DVD writer
•High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE drive
•Support 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) However, you can not use both of them at the same time. By default, you system enables your microphone-in jack in front and disables the one at the back.
Connectivity
•Two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse
•One serial port
•One Parallel port
•One VGA port
•Six USB 2.0 ports (two on the front, four on the rear panel)
•High speed V.92, 56K fax/Data modem (optional)
•10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet Network
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System peripherals
The AcerPower F2 computer consists the system itself, and system peripherals, like a mouse, a keyboard and a set of speakers (optional). This section provides a brief description of 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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Speakers
For systems bundled with speakers, before powering on the system, connect the speaker cable to the audio out (external speaker) port on the back panel of the system.
For more detailed information about the speakers, please refer to the included operating instructions.
Note: speakers are optional and the appearance might be different depending on the actual product.
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System upgrade
You can expand your AcerPower F2 system quickly and easily by adding components. You can also upgrade the components of your AcerPower F2 system.
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