Acer VERITON 7600, VERITON 7600D, VERITON 7600GTR User Manual

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Veriton 7600GT/GTR/V User’s guide

Copyright © 2003 Acer Incorporated

All Rights Reserved.

Veriton 7600GT/7600GTR/7600V

User’s guide

First Issue November 2003

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1 First things first

1

System specifications

3

Package contents

5

Accessing the user’s guide

5

2 System tour

7

Features

9

Performance

9

Multimedia

9

Connectivity

9

Front panel

10

Rear panel

12

Keyboard

14

Internet/E-mail/Search keys

15

Multimedia keys

16

Volume control/Mute keys

17

Lock keys

18

Cursor keys

19

Windows keys

19

Function keys

20

Palm rest

20

Optical drive

21

To take care of your CDs and DVDs

22

Hard disk

23

3 Setting up your computer

25

Arranging a comfortable work area

27

Adjusting your chair

27

Positioning your PC

27

Positioning your monitor

28

Positioning your keyboard

28

Positioning your mouse

29

Connecting peripherals

30

Connecting your mouse

30

USB mouse

30

PS/2 mouse

31

Connecting your keyboard

32

USB keyboard

32

PS/2 keyboard

33

Connecting a monitor

34

Connecting the power cable

35

Turning on your computer

36

Turning off your computer

37

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Contents

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Contents

Connecting options

38

Connecting your printer

38

Connecting the modem (optional)

39

Connecting to the network

40

Connecting multimedia devices

41

Connecting USB devices

45

4 Upgrading your computer

47

Installation precautions

49

ESD precautions

49

Preinstallation instructions

49

Installation precautions

49

ESD precautions

49

Preinstallation instructions

49

Post-installation instructions

50

Opening your computer

51

To remove the side panel

51

To replace the side panel

52

Internal components

54

System boards

55

Mainboard layout

55

Audio board

58

Upgrading your computer

59

Installing additional memory

59

To remove a DDR DIMM

59

To install a DDR DIMM

60

To reconfigure your computer

61

Replacing the hard disk

61

Installing an expansion card

62

5 System utilities

65

Acrobat Reader

68

Acer LANScope (optional)

69

Norton AntiVirus

70

How do I check for viruses?

70

NTI CD-Maker (for models with CD or DVD Burner)

72

PowerDVD (for models with DVD)

74

How do I open and watch a DVD?

74

BIOS utility

75

Reinstalling programs

76

Recovering your system

77

Using Backup (Windows® XP only)

83

How do I back up files from my hard drive?

83

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Disk Defragmenter (Windows® XP only)

84

How do I defragment my hard drive?

84

6 Frequently asked questions

85

Frequently asked questions

87

Appendix A: Notices

91

Energy Star Guidelines Compliance

92

FCC notice

92

Notice: Canadian users

93

Declaration of Conformity for EU countries

93

Modem notices

93

Notice for USA

93

TBR 21

94

Notice for Australia

94

Important safety instructions

94

Macrovision copyright protection notice

95

Lithium battery statement

96

Laser compliance statement

96

Declaration of Conformity for CE marking

98

Federal Communications Comission

 

Declaration of Conformity

99

Appendix B: Taking care of your computer

101

Important tips

102

Cleaning and servicing

102

To clean your computer and keyboard

102

To clean your pointing device

103

To clean your monitor

103

When to contact a service technician

103

Asking for technical assistance

104

Appendix C: RAID introduction

 

(for R series model only)

105

Intel® ICH5R Serial ATA RAID Introduction

106

Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations

106

ATA Operate Mode

106

BIOS Configuration

107

Using the Intel RAID Option ROM

107

Option 1: Create RAID Volume

108

Option 2: Delete RAID Volume

111

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Contents

Option 3: Reset Disks to Non-RAID

113

Installation of IAA RAID Utility

114

RAID Migration Instructions

118

Index

123

1First things first

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

3

System specifications

Component

Specification

 

 

Processor

• Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0~3.6 GHz

 

Intel®Celeron® 2.0 - 2.8 GHz

 

 

System memory

Four SDRAM slots support a maximum of 4 GB dual-

 

channel DDR memory

 

 

 

Chipset

Intel® 865G+ICH5(7600GT)

 

Intel® 865G+ICH5 R(7600GTR)

 

Intel® 865GV+ICH5(7600V)

 

 

Graphics

Intel® 865G/865GV supporting:

 

 

DVMT technology

 

 

Dual Display

 

 

Audio

AC ’97 Codec

 

 

LAN

10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet connectivity

 

 

IDE

Two 40 pin parallel ATA IDE slots

 

Two 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 connecting via “COM2” on

 

page 56 )

 

 

 

Printer port

One parallel printer port

 

 

Thermal

Dynamic fan speed control

 

 

 

Security

Chassis lock pad

 

Chassis intrusion alarm

 

 

 

 

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Component

Specification

 

 

 

 

Wake system

Wake on LAN

 

Wake on modem

 

Mouse/keyboard

 

 

 

HDD

• Paralle ATA (5400, 7200 RPM)

 

• Serial ATA (7200 RPM)

 

 

 

Optical Drive

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

 

DVD burner/Supermulti plus

Operating system

Windows® 2000

Windows® XP Home

Windows® XP Professional

Novell®/SCO® Unix/Red Hat® Linux(driver support)

Dimensions

Mini-Tower 438.5mm(H) /186mm(W) /475mm(D)

 

 

 

Gross weight

Mini-Tower 8.5 kg/18.7lb

Thermal overrides

System temp >90oC - functions suspended until system temp is below 90oC

CPU temp >110oC - functions suspended until CPU temp is below 110oC

CPU temp >120oC - 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:

Veriton 7600 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

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)

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

Help and Support.

2On the Help and Support Center home page, double-click the Veriton 7600 series Online icon.

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

Double-click on the Veriton 7600 series Online icon on your Windows desktop.

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1 First things first

2 System tour

This chapter discusses the features and components of your computer.

9

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 /400MHz and HyperThreading Technology™

Intel® 865G+ICH5 (for 7600GT) , 865G+ICH5 R(for 7600 GTR) or 865GV+ICH5(for 7600V) chipset

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

Power management function

CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-RW combo, DVD+/-RW, or DVD-RAM(Supermulti plus) drive

High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

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.

Connectivity

Two PS/2 interfaces for mouse and keyboard

One serial port(Option 2nd serial port via “COM2” on page 56)

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 (optional)

Gigabit Ethernet LAN support with remote wake-up function

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Front panel

Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:

9

10

11

12

 

1

 

2

13

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

7

6

6~8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Label

Icon

Component

1

 

Eject button for Optical Drive

2

 

5.25-inch drive bays

3

 

One button recovery slot

4

 

Floppy drive eject button

5

 

Power button

6

 

Hard disk activity LED

7

 

LAN activity LED

8

 

Power LED

9

 

Speaker-out/Line-out port

10

 

Microphone-in jack (front) see note

11

 

USB ports

12

 

Optical Drive

13

 

3.5-inch floppy drive

14

 

Floppy drive LED

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.

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Rear panel

Your computer’s rear panel consists of the following:

2

 

3

1

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

15

13

Label

Icon

Color

Component

1

 

 

Power supply

2

 

 

Power cord socket

3

 

 

Voltage selector switch

4

 

Green

PS/2 mouse port

5

 

Purple

PS/2 keyboard port

6/11

 

Black

USB ports

7

 

Teal or

Serial port

 

 

Turquoise

 

8

 

Burgundy

Parallel/Printer port

9

 

Blue

CRT/LCD monitor port

10

 

White

Network port

12

 

Pink

Microphone-in jack (rear)

13

 

Lime

Audio-out/Line-out jack

14

 

Light blue

Audio-in/Line-in jack

15

 

 

Expansion slots

16

 

 

Chassis lock pad

For information on how to connect the peripherals, see page 30 and “Connecting options” on page 38.

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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 keyboard” on page 32.

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

Launches your current default browser.

 

browser

 

 

 

 

 

Email

Launches your email application.

 

 

 

 

Search

Opens a search window.

 

 

 

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Multimedia keys

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

Icon

Key

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backward

Press to skip backward to the previous

 

 

 

 

track or video file and start playing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward

Press to skip forward to the next track or

 

 

 

 

video file and start playing.

 

 

 

 

 

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Volume control/Mute keys

Icon

 

Key

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume up

Press to increase audio volume.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume

Press to decrease audio volume.

 

 

down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mute

Toggle sound on/off.

 

 

 

 

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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

 

 

Scroll Lock

When activated, the screen moves one line up or

 

down when you press the up arrow or down

 

arrow respectively. Take note that Scroll Lock

 

may not work with some applications.

 

 

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>).

 

 

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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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 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 or a combo DVD/ CD-RW, DVD+/-RW, or DVD-RAM(Supermulti plus) drive. This drive is located on the front panel of your computer. The CD-ROM drive allows you to play different types of compact discs (CDs). The DVD-ROM drive allows you to play not only old CD-ROMs, CD-I discs, and video CDs, but digital video discs (DVDs) as well. DVD or DVD-ROM is a type of disc media that holds a minimum of 4.7-GB (gigabytes), enough for a fulllength movie. The CD-RW drive allows you to record or burn CD-RW (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-ROM or DVD drive:

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

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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.

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

To take 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.

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Hard disk

Your computer is preinstalled 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” on page 61.

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