Acer Aspire S Series User manual

Aspire S Series

User’s Guide

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Aspire S Series

User’s Guide

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Contents

Macrovision® copyright protection notice iv

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 8

Shutting down your computer 8

Troubleshooting 9

Taking Care of your computer 11

Important tips 11

Cleaning and servicing 11

To clean your computer and keyboard 11

To clean your pointing device 12

To clean your optical mouse 12

To clean your monitor 12

When to contact a service technician 12

Asking for technical assistance 12

Energy Star Guidelines Compliance 13

FCC notice 13

Notice: Canadian users 14

Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 14

Modem notices 14

Notice for USA 14

TBR 21 15

Notice for Australia 15

Important safety instructions 15

Macrovision® copyright protection notice 17

Lithium battery statement 17

Laser compliance statement 18

Declaration of Conformity 19

Federal Communications Comission

Declaration of Conformity 21

Macrovision® copyright protection notice

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is

protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other

intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and

other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology

must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for

home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise

authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or

disassembly is prohibited.

Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216,

4,819,098, and 4,907,093 licensed for limited viewing uses only.

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 USB Ports 4 Microphone Jack

5 Speaker or Headphone Jack 6 Power Button

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Rear panel

Icon Description

Power cord socket

Voltage Selector Switch

PS/2 Mouse Port

PS/2 Keyboard Port

Serial Port

Monitor Connector

Parallel Port

Microphone-in jack

Audio-out Jack

Audio-in Jack

USB Ports

LAN Port

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System Features

Your computer features:

Performance

• Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron® CPU

• DDR System Memory, 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

• USB 2.0 ports

• High speed V.92, 56K fax/Data modem (optional)

• 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet Network

System Tour4

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System peripherals

The Aspire S Series 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.

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System upgrade

You can expand your Aspire S Series system quickly and easily by

adding components. You can also upgrade the components of your

Aspire S Series 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 S Series

computers. Before you choose new components, please ask your

authorized Acer dealer whether the part will operate within your

Aspire S Series 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

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