Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Power 4100 Acer
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Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting S tarte d 1.1 P reinstal lati on • • 1.1.1 Selecting a S ite • • • 1.1.2 Unpacking C omponents.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-2 1.2 F eatures 1.2.1 Fr ont Panel 1. HDD L ED 6. Po w er but t on 2. Tur bo/ LAN activi ty LED 7. CD-ROM dr ive (opti onal ) 3.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1- 3 1.2.2 Rear Panel 1. Vol t age sel ect or 9. Parall el por t 2. Fan 10. M onitor/VG A Port 3. System power socket 11. Add-on car d br acket s 4. Netw ork por t 12. G ame/M IDI port 5. PS/2 keyboar d por t 13. Line-out port 6.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-4 1.3 Connecting Sy stem Components 1.3.1 Connecting the K ey board Figur e 1- 3 Connect ing t he Keyboar d.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-5 1.3.2 Connecting the M onitor Figur e 1- 4 Connect ing t he Monit or.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-6 1.3.3 Connecting the M ouse Figur e 1- 5 Connect ing t he Mouse.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-7 1.3.4 C onnecting the Pr inter (Optional) Figur e 1- 6 Connect ing t he Parallel P r int er If you have a serial pr inter or other s erial peripheral, connect it t o the serial port (COM1).
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1- 8 1.3.5 Com plete Sy stem Connections Figure 1-7 Complete Syst em Connect ions.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-9 1.3.6 C onnecting M ultimedi a Com ponents (Optional) Figur e 1- 8 Connect ing M ult imedia Component s.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-10 1.3.7 Connecting to the N etwork Figur e 1- 9 Connect ing t o the Net w or k.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-11 1.3.8 C onnecting the Fax/M odem (O ptional) Figur e 1- 10 Connect ing t he Telephone Line and Hands et to t he Fax / Modem.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-12 1.3.9 Connecting U SB D ev ices (Optional) Figur e 1- 11 Connect ing US B Dev ic es.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-1 3 1.4 T urning On Your C om puter 1.5 T urning Off Y our Computer • • • Opening and ins talling component s w ithout unplugging the syst em may result in serious damage both t o the syst em and the component.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-14 1.6 T roubleshooting Gener al Failure • • • • • Fron t Pan el Ligh t Doesn 't Wor k • "Gar bage" or N othi ng A ppears on the S cr een • Never open t he monit or c as e. The CRT monit or ret ains very high voltage lev els, ev en aft er the pow er is t urned o ff.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-15 Key boa rd is Dead • Do not plug or unplug the key board w hile t he pow er is on. Pr inter Do esn 't Work • • • • • A d d-on Card Fails I nter m.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-16 1.7 E rror M essages • • 1.7.1 Softwar e Er ror Messages 1.7.2 Sy stem Er ror Messages.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-1 7 Table 1-1 System Error Messages Error M essage Correct i ve Acti on Bad CM OS Batt ery Re pl ace batt ery. Cont act your dealer. CM OS Che cksum Erro r Run Se t up. See Chapter 3. Floppy Dr i v e Co ntrolle r Erro r Che ck and connect the cable to t he floppy dri ve or contr ol ler.
AcerPower 4100 User ’s G uide 1-1 8 Table 1-1 System Error Messages (cont inued) Error M essage Correct i ve Acti on Onboar d Serial 1 Conf l i ct Run Se t up and di sabl e Onboard Se ri al 1. See Chapter 3. Onboar d Serial 2 Conf l i ct Run Se t up and di sabl e Onboard Se ri al 2.
Chapter 1 - G et ting S tar t ed 1-19 1.7.3 C orr ecting Er r or C onditions If you hav e purchased a new hard disk drive and cannot access it, it may be because your dis k is not phy sically f ormat ted. Phys ically format the dis k using t he FDISK and FO RMAT comm ands .
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