Acer Aspire T130 User manual

Aspire T130

User’s guide

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Aspire T130

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

36-in-1 Card Reader

(Manufacturing Option)

4 Power button

5 Speaker or Headphone Jack 6 Microphone Jack

7 USB Ports

System Tour2

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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 IEEE 1394 Port

9 USB Connectors 10 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector

11 Microphone Jack 12 Line-out Jack

13 Line-in Jack 14 Monitor connector

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System Features

Your computer features:

Performance

•AMD Athlon™ 64 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 T130 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 T130 system quickly and easily by adding

components. You can also upgrade the components of your Aspire T130

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 T130 computers.

Before you choose new components, please ask your authorized Acer

dealer whether the part will operate within your Aspire T130 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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