Acer Aspire T120E User Guide

Aspire T120E

User’s Guide
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Aspire T120E
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 the peripherals 8 Starting your computer 9 Shutting down your computer 9
Troubleshooting 11
Taking Care of your computer 13
Important tips 13 Cleaning and servicing 13
To clean your computer and keyboard 13
To clean your pointing device 14
To clean your optical mouse 14
To clean your monitor 14 When to contact a service technician 14
Asking for technical assistance 14 Energy Star Guidelines Compliance 17 FCC notice 17 Notice: Canadian users 18 Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 18 Modem notices 18
Notice for USA 18
TBR 21 19
Notice for Australia 19
Contents
Important safety instructions 19 Macrovision copyright protection notice 20 Lithium battery statement 21 Laser compliance statement 21 Declaration of Conformity for CE marking 23 Federal Communications Comission Declaration of Conformity 24
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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1 Optical Drive 2 Floppy Drive
3 7-in-1 Card Reader
(Manufacturing Option)
5 Speaker or Headphone Jack 6 Microphone Jack
7 USB Ports
4 Power button
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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 Port
5 PS/2 Mouse Connector 6 Serial Connector
7 Printer Connector 8 Monitor Connector
9 USB Connectors 10 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector
11 Microphone Jack 12 Line-out Jack
13 Line-in Jack 14 IEEE 1394 Port

System Features

Your computer features:
Performance
AMD Athlon™ XP CPU
System Memory DDR 266/333, 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
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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)
10 Base-T/100 Base-TX Ethernet Network

System peripherals

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The Aspire T120E 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.
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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