Acer VERITON 7600G, VERITON 7600 User Manual

Veriton 7600 series

User’s guide

Veriton 7600!series User’s guide

Original Issue April 2003

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1 First things first 1

System specifications 5 Package contents 6 Accessing the user’s guide 7

2 System tour 9

Features 12

Performance 12 Multimedia 12

Connectivity 12 Front panel 14 Rear panel 16 Keyboard 18

Programmable keys 19

Internet/Suspend keys 20

Multimedia keys 21

Volume control/Mute knob 22

Lock keys 23

Cursor keys 24

Windows keys 25

Function keys 26

Palm rest 26 Optical drive 27 Hard disk 29

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3 Setting up your computer 31

Arranging a comfortable work area 34

Adjusting your chair 34

Positioning your PC 34

Positioning your monitor 35

Positioning your keyboard 35

Positioning your mouse 36 Connecting peripherals 37

Connecting your mouse 37

Connecting your keyboard 39

Connecting a monitor 41

Connecting the power cable 42 Turning on your computer 43 Turning off your computer 44 Connecting options 45

Connecting your printer 45 Connecting the modem (optional) 46 Connecting to the network 47 Connecting multimedia devices 48 Connecting USB devices 51

4 Upgrading your computer 53

Installation precautions 56

ESD precautions 56 Preinstallation instructions 56 Post-installation instructions 57

Opening your computer 58

To remove the side panel 58

To replace the side panel 59 Internal components 61 System boards 62

Mainboard layout 62

Audio board 66 Upgrading your computer 67

Installing additional memory 67

Replacing the hard disk 69

Installing an expansion card 71

5 System utilities 75

Acrobat Reader 79 Acer LANScope (optional) 80 Norton AntiVirus 81 NTI CD-Maker (for models with CD-RW) 83 PowerDVD (for models with DVD) 85 BIOS utility 86 Reinstalling programs 87 Recovering your system 88 Using Backup (Windows XP only) 92 Disk Defragmenter (Windows XP only) 93

6 Frequently asked questions 95

Frequently asked questions 98

Appendix A: Notices 101

Appendix B: Taking care of your computer 107

Important tips 108 Cleaning and servicing 108 Asking for technical assistance 109

Index 111

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

System specifications

Component Specification

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Processor

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

Chipset • Intel MCH 865G

Graphics Intel MCH 865G on-die VGA card supporting:

Audio AC97 Codec

LAN Broadcom 5705 supporting 10/100/1000 MB

IDE 40 pin parallel ATA IDE slot

FDD 1.44 MB 3.5 inch floppy drive

PS2 • PS2 keyboard port

• Intel Pentium

• Intel Celeron

channel DDR memory

• Intel MCH 865PE

• DVMT technology

•Dual View

• 1 optional VGA port on rear

Intel MCH 865PE supporting:

• Add-on VGA card

connectivity

• PS2 mouse port

4 1.8 - 3.6 GHz

2.0 - 2.6 GHz

USB Six external USB 2.0 ports

Serial port One serial port

Printer port One parallel printer port

Debug One 4 LED port

Thermal Dynamic fan speed control

Component Specification

Security • Chassis lock (Kensington compatible)

• Chassis intrusion alarm

Chassis Three models: H80, H40, H34A

Wake system Wake on LAN

Wake on modem Mouse/keyboard

HDD • 5400 RPM: 40 - 100 GB

• 7200 RPM: 40 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB

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

Operating system • Windows 2000

• Windows XP Home

• Windows XP Professional

•Novell

•SCO Unix

• Red Hat Linux

Dimensions • Mini-Tower 424(H) /200(W) /414(D)

• Desktop 135(H) /380(W) /420(D)

• Small Form Factor 95(H) /324(W) /399(D)

Weight • Mini-Tower 8.5 kg

• Desktop 6.5 kg

• Small Form Factor 5.3 kg

Thermal overrides

• System temp >90 system temp is below 90

•CPU temp >110

temp is below 110

• CPU temp >120

C - functions suspended until

C - functions suspended until CPU

C - system auto-shutdown

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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:

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• 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

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 XP)

1 On the Windows XP taskbar, click on the Start button then select

Help and Support Center.

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

Veriton 7600 series Online icon.

To access the user’s guide (for Windows 2000)

1 Double-click on the Veriton 7600 series Online icon on your

Windows desktop.

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2 System tour

This chapter discusses the features and components of your computer.

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Features

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

Performance

• Intel Pentium® 4 supporting FSB up to 800 MHz

• Intel Celeron CPU supporting FSB up to 400 MHz

• Intel Hyperthreading Technology supported on 3.06 GHz and higher Pentium

• Intel 865G/865PE ICH5 chipset

• DDR-SDRAM 400/333/266, 4 DIMM slots, Expandable to 4GB dualchannel memory

• Power management function

• 3.5-inch floppy drive

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

• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

• Supports USB 2.0 high-performance peripherals

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Multimedia

• 3-D quality audio system via onboard audio controller

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

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, your system enables the microphone-in jack in front and disables the one at the back.

Connectivity

• Two PS/2 interfaces for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port

• One parallel port

• One VGA port

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

• High-speed V92, 56K Fax/modem (optional)

• Broadcom 5705 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit LAN support with remote wake-up function

Front panel

Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:

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Label Icon Component

1 Optical drive tray

2 Stop/Eject button

3 Optical drive emergency eject slot

4 Optical drive activity light-emitting diode (LED)

5 Hard disk activity LED

6 LAN activity LED

7Power LED

8 Power button

9 One touch recovery button (Optional)

10 Volume control

11 Optical drive Headphone/Earphone port

12 5.25-inch drive bays

13 3.5-inch floppy drive

14 Floppy drive LED

15 Floppy drive eject button

16 Speaker-out/Line-out port

Microphone-in jack (front)

18 USB ports

see note

Rear panel

Your computer’s rear panel consists of the following:

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Label Icon Color Component

1 Voltage selector switch

2 Power cord socket

3 Burgundy Parallel/Printer port

4 White Network port

6 Power supply

7 Green PS/2 mouse port

8 Purple PS/2 keyboard port

9 Black USB ports

10 Teal or

Turquoise

11 Blue CRT/LCD monitor port

12 Pink Microphone-in jack (rear)

13 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack

14 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack

15 Handset line port

16 Telephone line port

17 Expansion slots

Serial port

For information on how to connect the peripherals, see page 37 and “Connecting options” on page 45.

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Keyboard

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

For information on how to connect your keyboard, see “Connecting your keyboard” on page 39.

No. Description

1 Programmable keys

2 Internet/Suspend keys

3 Multimedia keys

4 Volume control/Mute knob

5 Scroll lock key

6Num lock key

7 Cursor keys

8 Application key

9 Windows logo key

No. Description

10 Caps lock key

11 Function keys

Programmable keys

The programmable keys help you directly access a URL (Web site) or launch any program, files, or application in your system. The fifth key is set to launch the Windows Media Player. If you want to configure the settings of each key, right click on the Magic Keyboard icon located on the desktop.

Internet/Suspend keys

The Internet/Suspend keys consist of three buttons:

Icon Key Description

Email Launches your email application.

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Web browser

Suspend Press this button to put system to sleep.

Launches your current default browser.

Multimedia keys

Allow you to conveniently play, pause, stop, step forward, or step back a song or movie using your keyboard.

Icon Key Description

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

Forward Press to skip forward to the next track or

Backward Press to skip backward to the previous

video file.

video file and start playing.

track or video file and start playing.

Volume control/Mute knob

The volume control/mute knob controls the speaker volume. Turn it clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the volume. Press it to toggle between mute and sound.

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Lock keys

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

Lock key Description

Caps Lock When activated, all alphabetic characters typed

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

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

Num Lock When activated, the keypad is set to numeric

down when you press the up arrow or down arrow respectively. Take note that Scroll Lock may not work with some applications.

mode; i.e., the keys function as a calculator (complete with arithmetic operators such as +, -, * and /).

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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.

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