Acer AP-FV User Manual
AcerPower FV
User's Guide
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AcerPower FV
User's Guide
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System tour 1
Front panel 1
Rear panel 2
System features 3
Performance 3
Multimedia 3
Connectivity 3
System peripherals 4
Mouse (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) 4
Keyboard (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) 4
Speakers 5
System upgrade 6
Open the computer 6
Set up new components 6
Setting up your computer 7
Necessary to know before setup 7
Select location 7
Open package 7
Connecting peripherals 8
Starting your computer 8
Shutting down your computer 8
Troubleshooting 9
Taking care of your computer 11
Important tips 11
Cleaning and servicing 11
To clean your computer and keyboard 11
To clean your pointing device 12
To clean your optical mouse 12
To clean your monitor 12
When to contact a service technician 12
Asking for technical assistance 12
Energy Star guidelines compliance 13
Declaration of conformity for EU countries 13
Modem notices 13
TBR 21 13
Important safety instructions 13
Lithium battery statement 15
Laser compliance statement 16
Declaration of conformity for CE marking 17
Contents
Remark: All images are for reference purposes only.
Actual configuration may vary.
1
System tour
Your computer consists of the following:
Front panel
English
No. Description No. Description
1 Optical drive 2 Floppy drive
Multimedia card reader
3
(optional)
5 Microphone jack 6 Speaker or headphone jack
7 USB 2.0 ports 8 Indicator
4 Power button
English
System tour2
Rear panel
No. Description No. Description
1 Fan aperture 2 Printer connector
3 RJ-45 Ethernet connector 4 Center-surround/Subwoofer jack
5 Line-in jack 6 Modem card (optional)
7 Power cord socket 8 Voltage selector switch
9 PS/2 mouse connector 10 PS/2 Keyboard connector
11 VGA port 12 Serial port
13 USB 2.0 ports 14 Side-surround jack
15 Rear-surround jack 16 Microphone-in jack
17 Line-out / Front-surround
jack
3
System features
Your computer features:
Performance
• Intel® Pentium® 4 Socket LGA775, FSB 533/800 MHz CPU
• System Memory DDR333/400, 4 DIMM slots, expandable
to 4 GB
• Power management functionality
• 3.5" inch floppy drive
• Multimedia card reader (optional)
• CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or
DVD writer
• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE drive/SATA
• Supports 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
English
Connectivity
• Two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse
• One parallel port
• One VGA port
• Serial port
• Six USB 2.0 ports (two front, four rear)
• High-speed V.92, 56K fax/data modem (optional)
• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network
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