Acer Veriton 3700GX, Veriton 5700GX, Veriton 6700GX User Guide

Veriton Series

3700GX/5700GX/

6700GX/7700GX

User’s Guide

Veriton series User’s Guide

First Issue 2004

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1 First things first 1

System specifications 3 Package contents 5 Accessing the user’s guide 6

2 System tour 7

Features 9

Performance 9 Multimedia 9

Connectivity 9 Front panel 10 Rear panel 12 Keyboard 15

Internet/E-mail/Search keys 16

Multimedia keys 16

Volume control/Mute keys 17

Lock keys 17

Cursor keys 18

Windows keys 18

Function keys 19

Palm rest 19 Optical drive 20

Taking care of your CDs and DVDs 22

Hard disk 22

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Contents

3 Setting up your computer 23

Arranging a comfortable work area 25

Adjusting your chair 25

Positioning your PC 25

Positioning your monitor 26

Positioning your keyboard 26

Positioning your mouse 26 Connecting peripherals 27

Connecting your mouse and keyboard 27

USB interface 27

PS/2 interface 27 Connecting a monitor 28 Connecting the power cable 29

Turning on your computer 30 Turning off your computer 30 Connecting options 31

Connecting your printer 31 Connecting the modem (optional) 32

Connecting to the network 32 Connecting multimedia devices 33 Connecting USB devices 35

4 Upgrading your computer 37

Installation precautions 39

ESD precautions 39 Preinstallation instructions 39 Post-installation instructions 40

Opening your computer (3700GX) 41

To remove the computer cover 41 To replace the computer cover 42

Opening your computer (5700GX) 43

To remove the computer cover 43 To replace the computer cover 43

Opening your computer (6700GX/7700GX) 44

To remove the side panel 44 To replace the side panel 45

System boards 46

Mainboard layout 46 Audio board 48

Upgrading your computer 49

Installing additional memory 49

To remove a DDR2 DIMM 49 To install a DDR2 DIMM 50

To reconfigure your computer 51 Replacing the hard disk (3700GX) 51 Installing an expansion card 53 Replacing the hard disk (5700GX) 53 Installing an expansion card 54 Replacing the hard disk (6700GX/7700GX) 55 Installing an expansion card 56

Contents

5 System utilities 57

Acrobat Reader 60 Acer LANScope (optional) 61 Norton AntiVirus 62

How do I check for viruses? 62

NTI CD&DVD-Maker (for models with CD or DVD Burner) 63 PowerDVD (for models with DVD) 64

How do I open and watch a DVD? 64

BIOS utility 65

Reinstalling programs 66 Acer eManager 67

Acer eLock 68 Acer eSetting 69 Acer eRecovery 70

Using Backup (Windows® XP only) 71

How do I back up files from my hard drive? 71

Disk Defragmenter (Windows® XP only) 72

How do I defragment my hard drive? 72

6 Frequently asked questions 73

Frequently asked questions 75

Appendix A: Notices 77

Energy Star Guidelines Compliance 78 FCC notice 78 Notice: Canadian users 79 Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 79 Modem notices 79

Notice for USA 79 TBR 21 80

Notice for Australia 80 Important safety instructions 80 Macrovision® copyright protection notice 81 Lithium battery statement 82 Laser compliance statement 82 Federal Communications Comission Declaration of Conformity 83 Declaration of Conformity for CE marking 84

Appendix B: Taking care of your computer 85

Important tips 86 Cleaning and servicing 86

To clean your computer and keyboard 86

To clean your pointing device 87

To clean your monitor 87

When to contact a service technician 87 Asking for technical assistance 87

Index 89

Contents

1 First things

first

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

System specifications

Component Specification

Processor • Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8 - up to 3.8 GHz

• Intel® Celeron® 2.8 - up to 3.4 GHz

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

DDR2 memory

Chipset • Intel® 915G Express + ICH6 chipset

Graphics • With support for both the built-in Intel® Graphics Media

Accelerator (GMA) 900, which supports widescreen LCD displays and accelerated DirectX 9 3D, plus support for PCI Express graphics cards.

• Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) 3.0 supports up to 224MB of video memory; system memory is allocated where it is needed dynamically.

Audio Intel® High Definition Audio, HD Audio hardware is capable

of delivering the support and sound quality for up to eight channels at 192 kHz/32-bit quality.

LAN 10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet connectivity

IDE One 40-pin parallel ATA IDE slot

Four Serial ATA ports

FDD 1.44 MB 3.5 inch floppy drive

PS/2 • PS/2 keyboard port

• PS/2 mouse port

USB Eight external USB 2.0 ports

Serial port One serial port on I/O bracket

(Optional 2nd serial port connection)

Printer port One parallel printer port

Thermal Dynamic fan speed control

Security • Chassis lock pad

• Chassis intrusion alarm

Component Specification

Wake system Wake on LAN

Wake on modem USB mouse/keyboard

HDD • Parallel ATA (5400, 7200 RPM)

• Serial ATA (7200 RPM)

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

or DVD-Super multi

Operating system • Windows® XP Home

• Windows® XP Professional

• Red Hat® Linux(driver support)

Dimensions • 3700GX/Small Form Factor

345.0mm(H) /101.3mm(W) /414.7mm(D)

• 5700GX/Desktop

130.2mm(H) /370mm(W) /435mm(D)

• 6700GX/Mini-Tower 360mm(H) /180mm(W) /440mm(D)

• 7700GX/Mini-Tower

438.5mm(H) /186mm(W) /475mm(D)

1 First things first

Gross weight • 3700GX/Small Form Factor

5.3 kg/11.7lb

• 5700GX/Desktop

6.5 kg/14.3lb

• 6700GX/Mini-Tower

7.2 kg/15.8lb

• 7700GX/Mini-Tower

8.5 kg/18.7lb

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 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

1 First things first

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 1 On the Windows® XP taskbar, click on the start button then select Help

and Support.

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

series Online icon.

® XP)

2 System tour

This chapter discusses the features and components of your computer.

Features

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

Performance

•Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron® supporting FSB (Front Side Bus) up to 800 / 533MHz and HyperThreading™ Technology (Pentium® 4 only)

•Intel

• DDR2-SDRAM 400/533, 4 DIMM slots, Expandable to 4GB dual-channel

• Power management function

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

• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

Multimedia

• Intel® High Definition Audio

• Supporting up to 7.1 surround sound, Audio codec support for 192 kHz

• 3-D quality audio system via onboard audio controller

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

® 915G Express + ICH6 chipset

memory

Super multi drive

quality, multiple streams.

in interfaces

Connectivity

• Two PS/2 interfaces for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port (Optional 2nd serial port connection)

• One parallel port

• One VGA port

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

• High-speed V.92, 56K Fax/modem (manufacturing optional)

• Gigabit Ethernet LAN support with remote wake-up function

Front panel

Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:

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5700GX

7700GX

Icon Component 6700GX 3700GX/5700GX/7700GX

5.25-inch drive bay(s) 1 1

3.5-inch floppy drive 2 2

Microphone-in jack (front) 3 3

Speaker-out/Line-out port 4 4

USB ports 5 5

One button recovery slot 6

Indicators 6 7

Power button 7 8

Rear panel

Your computer’s rear panel consists of the following:

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5700GX

7700GX

Icon Component 3700GX/5700GX/6700GX/7700GX

Power supply 1

Power cord socket 2

Voltage selector switch 3

PS/2 mouse port 4

PS/2 keyboard port 5

Serial port 6

Icon Component 3700GX/5700GX/6700GX/7700GX

Parallel/Printer port 7

CRT/LCD monitor port 8

USB ports 9

Network port 10

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Audio jacks

Expansion slots 12

Chassis lock pad 13

*. For information on audio ports, please reference the function table of the audio ports.

The audio jack function table

Color\Use Headphone 1.1 CH 3.1 CH 5.1 CH 7.1 CH

Blue

Green

Pink

Orange Center &

Black Rear Rear Rear Rear Rear

Grey Side Side Side Side Side

Line-in Line-in Line-in Line-in Line-in

Headphone Line-out Front Front Front

Mic-in Mic-in Mic-in Mic-in Mic-in

Woofer

Center & Woofer

Note : For information on how to connect the peripherals, see page 27 and “Connecting options” on page 31.

Keyboard

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

For information on how to connect your keyboard, see “Connecting your mouse and keyboard” on page 27.

No. Description No. Description

1 Sleep button 2 Internet/E-mail/Search keys

3 Multimedia keys 4 Volume control/Mute keys

5 Scroll lock key 6 Num lock key

7 Cursor keys 8 Application key

9 Windows logo key 10 Caps lock key

11 Function keys

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Internet/E-mail/Search keys

Icon Key Description

Web browser Launches your current default browser.

Email Launches your email application.

Search Opens a search window.

Multimedia keys

Allow you to conveniently play, pause, stop, advance, or rewind a song or movie using your keyboard.

Icon Key Description

Backward Press to skip backward to the previous track or

video file.

Play/Pause Press to start playing the audio track or video

file. Press again to pause.

Stop Press to stop playing the audio track or video

Forward Press to skip forward to the next track or video

file.

Volume control/Mute keys

Icon Key Description

Volume up Press to increase audio volume.

Volume down Press to decrease audio volume.

Mute Toggle sound on/off.

Lock keys

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

Lock key Description

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

when you press the up arrow or down arrow respectively.

Num Lock When activated, the keypad is set to numeric mode; i.e., the

keys function as a calculator (complete with arithmetic operators such as +, -, * and /).

Caps Lock When activated, all alphabetic characters typed appear in

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

*. Scroll Lock may not work with some applications.

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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 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

Application key

Opens the applications context menu (same function as clicking the right button of the mouse).

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 with a comfortable place to rest your hands while typing.

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Optical drive

Your computer may come with a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-RW combo, DVD-Dual or DVD-Super multi drive. This drive is located on the front panel of your computer. The CD drive allows you to play different types of compact discs (CDs). The DVD drive allows you to play not only old CD-ROMs, CD-I discs, and video CDs, but digital video discs (DVDs) as well. DVD-ROM is a type of disc media enough for a full-length movie. The CD-RW, DVD-Dual and DVD-super multi drive allow you to record or burn recordable and rewritable discs.

CDs and DVDs, like diskettes, are also compact, lightweight, and easy to carry around. However, they are more delicate than diskettes and must be handled with extra care.

To insert a CD or DVD into your computer’s CD or DVD drive:

1. Gently push the Eject button located on the front panel.

3700GX

5700GX

6700GX/7700GX

2. When the disc tray slides open, place the CD or DVD gently on the tray. Make sure that the label or title side of the disc is facing upward. When holding a disc, hold it by the edges to avoid leaving smudges or fingerprints.

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5700GX

6700GX/7700GX

3. Push the tray and the tray will close automatically.

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Taking care of your CDs and DVDs

• Keep your disc in its case when not in use to avoid scratches or other damage. Any kind of dirt or damage can affect the data on the disc, impair the disc lens reader on the CD or DVD drive, or stop the computer from successfully reading the disc.

• When handling discs, always hold them by the edges to avoid smudges or fingerprints.

• When cleaning discs, use a clean, dust-free cloth and wipe in a straight line from the center to the edge. Do not wipe in a circular motion.

• Clean your CD or DVD drive periodically. You may refer to the Cleaning kit for instructions. Cleaning kits can be purchased in any computer or electronics shop.

Hard disk

Your computer is pre-installed with a high-capacity Enhanced-IDE (E-IDE) hard disk.

For instructions on how to upgrade or replace your hard disk, see

“Replacing the hard disk (3700GX)” on page 51

“Replacing the hard disk (5700GX)” on page 53

“Replacing the hard disk (6700GX/7700GX)” on page 55.

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computer

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Acer Veriton 3700GX, Veriton 5700GX, Veriton 6700GX User Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

System specifications

Package contents

Accessing the user’s guide

2 System tour

Features

Performance

Multimedia

Connectivity

Front panel

Rear panel

Keyboard

Internet/E-mail/Search keys

Multimedia keys

Volume control/Mute keys

Lock keys

Cursor keys

Windows keys

Function keys

Palm rest

Optical drive

Hard disk