Acer VERITON 7700G User Manual

Veriton 7700G

User’s Guide

Veriton 7700G User’s Guide

First Issue July 2004

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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

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Contents

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

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

Contents

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 Acer Desktop Manager 83 Using Backup (Windows® XP only) 84

How do I back up files from my hard drive? 84

Disk Defragmenter (Windows® XP only) 85

How do I defragment my hard drive? 85

6 Frequently asked questions 87

Frequently asked questions 89

Appendix A: Notices 93

Energy Star Guidelines Compliance 94 FCC notice 94 Notice: Canadian users 95 Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 95 Modem notices 95

Notice for USA 95 TBR 21 96

Notice for Australia 96 Important safety instructions 96 Macrovision copyright protection notice 97 Lithium battery statement 98 Laser compliance statement 98 Declaration of Conformity for CE marking 99 Federal Communications Comission Declaration of Conformity 100

Appendix B: Taking care of your computer 103

Important tips 104 Cleaning and servicing 104

To clean your computer and keyboard 104

To clean your pointing device 105

To clean your monitor 105

When to contact a service technician 105 Asking for technical assistance 106

Index 107

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 4 GHz

• Intel®Celeron® 2.8 - up to 3.4 GHz

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

Chipset • Intel® 915G+ICH6

Graphics Intel® 915G supporting:

Audio High Definition Audio

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

IDE One 40 pin parallel ATA IDE slot

FDD 1.44 MB 3.5 inch floppy drive

PS/2 • PS/2 keyboard port

USB Eight external USB 2.0 ports

Serial port One serial port on I/O bracket

Printer port One parallel printer port

Thermal Dynamic fan speed control

channel DDR memory

• DVMT technology

Four Serial ATA ports

• PS/2 mouse port

(Optional 2nd serial port connection see “11” on page 56 )

Security • Chassis lock pad

• Chassis intrusion alarm

Wake system Wake on LAN

Wake on modem USB Mouse/keyboard

Component Specification

HDD • Paralle ATA (5400, 7200 RPM)

• Serial ATA (7200 RPM)

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

Operating system

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

Gross weight • Mini-Tower 8.5 kg/18.7lb

DVD burner/Supermulti plus

• Windows® XP Home

• Windows® XP Professional

• Red Hat® Linux(driver support)

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 7700G 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)

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 7700G series Online icon.

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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

•Intel

• DDR-SDRAM 400/333, 4 DIMM slots, Expandable to 4GB dual-

• Power management function

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

• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

® 915G+ICH6 chipset

channel memory

DVD-Supermulti drive

Multimedia

• 3-D quality audio system via onboard audio controller

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

® 4 only)

Note: The system has two microphone-in jacks (front and rear). However, you can use both of them at the same time.

Connectivity

• Two PS/2 interfaces for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port (Optional 2nd serial port connection see “11” 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

Front panel

Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:

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8 7 6

6~8

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

8Power LED

9 Speaker-out/Line-out port

10 Microphone-in jack (front)

11 USB ports

12 Optical Drive

13 3.5-inch floppy drive

14 Floppy drive LED

Rear panel

Your computer’s rear panel consists of the following:

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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 Teal or

Tur quoise

7 Burgundy Parallel/Printer port

8 Blue CRT/LCD monitor port

9 Pink Microphone-in jack (rear)

10 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack

11 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack

12/13 Black USB ports

14 White Network port

15 Expansion slots

16 Chassis lock pad

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

Serial port

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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

Internet/E-mail/Search keys

Icon Key Description

Web browser

Email Launches your email application.

Search Opens a search window.

Launches your current default browser.

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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

Play/Pause Press to start playing the audio track or

Stop Press to stop playing the audio track or

Forward Press to skip forward to the next track or

track or video file and start playing.

video file. Press again to pause.

video file.

video file and start playing.

Volume control/Mute keys

Icon Key Description

Volume up Press to increase audio volume.

Volume down

Mute Toggle sound on/off.

Press to decrease audio volume.

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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

Num Lock When activated, the keypad is set to numeric

Caps Lock When activated, all alphabetic characters typed

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 /).

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

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.

Optical drive

Your computer may come with a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or a combo DVD/ CD-RW, DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM or DVD 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 DVDROM 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 full-length 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.

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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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.

Hard disk

Your computer is pre-installed with a high-capacity Enhanced-IDE (EIDE) 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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Acer VERITON 7700G User Manual

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