Acer AcerPower 4300 User manual

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User’s Guide
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Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Preinstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selecting a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Unpacking Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the Printer (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting Multimedia Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to the Network (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the Fax/Modem (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting USB Devices (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning On Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Software Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Correcting Error Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 2 System Board Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Floppy Disk/Hard Disk Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Video Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Audio Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
USB Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hardware Monitoring Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Modem Ring-in Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wake-on LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Chapter 3 BIOS Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Entering Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Product Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disk Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Onboard Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Onboard Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
System Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Changing or Removing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Bypassing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Advanced Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Memory/Cache Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
PnP/PCI Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Load Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Abort Settings Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exiting Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 4 Upgrading the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Preinstallation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Post-installation Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Opening the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing the Housing Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing the Housing Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing Additional Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing a DIMM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Reconfiguring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Upgrading the CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing the CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing the Upgrade CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing and Removing a PCI Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Installing a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing a PCI Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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 !
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 ,8
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,D2%;0E'041
1&<5"'48)F
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Year 2000 Compliance Statement
G0+++;H D6
G0+++I
- D D-G"C0+++

0+++
/G0+++#22
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Laser Compliance Statement

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Lithium Battery Statement
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::
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Chapter 1
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


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Overview
 !"#$$%&'
(&
()!(!(
 *! *!&+&
'%&'

(,(,
%%!-,./'
%'0-+0-+
%%1%
1%*,(((&
(
'
'' *!
%%22,
,/
'/&
'-&%/
1 3%&%0-+%&%
.
4%''--56%
-,.%-03(6%78973&
'
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Preinstallation
&:
❑-&
❑0/&
Selecting a Site
&&':
❑''
;&&
;'%
%'%&&
;
❑';
❑'2
'
Unpacking Components
0/2'-/&
''

/&
'''&&&
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Features
&'%/'%
%/%2/
Front Panel
&'
No. Component
1 Floppy disk drive eject button
2 Floppy disk drive
3 Floppy disk active indicator
4 Drive bay cover for additional 5.25-inch storage
Device
5 Power button
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Rear Panel
&'
6 Power/Suspend indicator
7 Network active/Turbo indicator
8 Hard disk/Message indicator
No. Component
1 Fan
2 System main power switch
3 Voltage selector
4 PS/2 mouse port
No. Component
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5 Parallel port
6 Game/MIDI port
7 System power socket
8 USB ports
9 PS/2 keyboard port
10 Serial port 2
11 VGA/Monitor port
12 Speaker-out/Line-out port
13 Line-in port
14 Microphone-in port
15 Add-on card brackets
No. Component
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Internal Components
&'
No. Component
1 System Board
2 Metal bracket frame for hard disk installation
3 Power supply
4 Hard disk drive
5 Metal bracket frame for floppy disk drive
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Connecting System Components
Caution: Do not turn on the system main power switch on the rear panel of
the system or plug the system in until you finish connecting all system
components.
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Connecting the Keyboard
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Chapter 1
Getting Started
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Connecting the Monitor
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Connecting the Mouse
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