Acer Aspire T120E User manual

Aspire T120E
User’s Guide

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User’s Guide
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Contents
System Tour 1
Front panel 1
Rear panel 2
System Features 3
Performance 3
Multimedia 3
Connectivity 3
System peripherals 4
Mouse(PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) 4
Keyboard(PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option) 4
Speakers 5
System upgrade 6
Open the computer 6
Set up new components 6
Setting up your computer 7
Necessary to know before Setup 7
Select location 7
Open package 7
Connecting the peripherals 8
Starting your computer 9
Shutting down your computer 9
Troubleshooting 11
Taking Care of your computer 13
Important tips 13
Cleaning and servicing 13
To clean your computer and keyboard 13
To clean your pointing device 14
To clean your optical mouse 14
To clean your monitor 14
When to contact a service technician 14
Asking for technical assistance 14
Energy Star Guidelines Compliance 17
FCC notice 17
Notice: Canadian users 18
Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 18
Modem notices 18
Notice for USA 18
TBR 21 19
Notice for Australia 19

Important safety instructions 19
Macrovision copyright protection notice 20
Lithium battery statement 21
Laser compliance statement 21
Declaration of Conformity for CE marking 23
Federal Communications Comission
Declaration of Conformity 24
Remark: All the drawings in the Guide are diagrams. About
components’s quantity and style, substances shall take precedence.

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System Tour
Your computer’s front panel consists of the following:
Front panel
No. Description No. Description
1 Optical Drive 2 Floppy Drive
3 7-in-1 Card Reader
(Manufacturing Option)
4 Power button
5 Speaker or Headphone Jack 6 Microphone Jack
7 USB Ports

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Rear panel
No. Description No. Description
1 Power cord socket 2 Voltage selector switch
3 Fan Aperture 4 PS/2 Keyboard Port
5 PS/2 Mouse Connector 6 Serial Connector
7 Printer Connector 8 Monitor Connector
9 USB Connectors 10 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector
11 Microphone Jack 12 Line-out Jack
13 Line-in Jack 14 IEEE 1394 Port
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System Features
Your computer features:
Performance
• AMD Athlon™ XP CPU
• System Memory DDR 266/333, 2 DIMM Slots, expandable to 2GB
• Power management function
• 3.5 inch floppy drive
• CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or
DVD writer
• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE drive
• Support USB 2.0 high performance peripherals
Multimedia
• 3D quality audio system via onboard audio controller
• Audio-in/Line-in, Audio-out/Line-out, Headphone out and external
Microphone in jacks
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, you system enables your microphone-in jack in front and
disables the one at the back.
Connectivity
• Two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse
• One serial port
• One Parallel port
• One VGA port
• Six USB 2.0 ports (two on the front, four on the rear panel)
• High speed V.92, 56K fax/Data modem (optional)
• 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX Ethernet Network

System Tour4
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System peripherals
The Aspire T120E computer consists the system itself, and system
peripherals, like a mouse, a keyboard and a set of speakers (optional).
This section provides a brief description of basic system peripherals.
Mouse(PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)
The included mouse is a standard two-button wheel mouse. Connect
the mouse to the PS/2 mouse port or USB port on the back panel of the
system.
Keyboard(PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)
Connect the keyboard to the PS/2 keyboard port or USB port on the
back panel of the system.

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Speakers
For systems bundled with speakers, before powering on the system,
connect the speaker cable to the audio out (external speaker) port on
the back panel of the system.
For more detailed information about the speakers, please refer to the
included operating instructions.
Note: speakers are optional and the appearance might be
different depending on the actual product.

System Tour6
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System upgrade
You can expand your Aspire T120E system quickly and easily by adding
components. You can also upgrade the components of your Aspire T120E
system.
Open the computer
Before removing any panels or covers, please make sure to shut off the
computer and unplug the power cord from the outlet.
• Remove the two screws on the side panel.
• Slide the panel back and off.
Set up new components
You can only use components compatible with Aspire T120E computers.
Before you choose new components, please ask your authorized Acer
dealer whether the part will operate within your Aspire T120E system.
In order to ensure proper setup and installation, please consult the
instructions provided with your new components.
Probable upgrades are:
- Upgrade to High Capacity HDD
- Expand high-level memory
- Upgrade from a CD-ROM drive to CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-
RW combo, or DVD writer
- Install additional interface cards in empty PCI slots e.g., PCI
fax/modem card