Acer Aspire T330 User manual
Aspire T330
User’s Guide
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Aspire T330
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 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
Declaration of Conformity for EU countries 13
Modem notices 13
TBR 21 13
Important safety instructions 13
Lithium battery statement 15
Laser compliance statement 15
Declaration of Conformity for CE marking 17
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 Media 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 S-video out port
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
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System Features
Your computer features:
Performance
• Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron® CPU
• System Memory DDR 266/333/400, 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 S-video out 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 T330 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 T330 system quickly and easily by adding
components. You can also upgrade the components of your Aspire T330
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 T330 computers.
Before you choose new components, please ask your authorized Acer
dealer whether the part will operate within your Aspire T330 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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