Acer Aspire T620 User manual
Aspire T620
User’s Guide
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Aspire T620
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 Power Button
3 USB 2.0 Ports 4 Status Indicator
5 Volume Control 6 Card Reader
7 Speaker or Headphone Jack 8 Microphone Jack
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Rear panel
No. Description No. Description
1 Fan Aperture 2 Printer Connector
3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector 4 Line-In Jack
5 Rear Speaker Out 6 S-Video Out
7 Power cord socket 8 Voltage selector switch
9 PS/2 Mouse Connector 10 PS/2 Keyboard Connector
11 S/PDIF Out 12 S/PDIF In
13 Serial Port 14 USB 2.0 Ports
15 Microphone-In Jack 16 Front Speaker Out
17 Side Speaker Out 18 Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
19 Digital Visual Interface
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System Features
Your computer features:
Performance
• Intel® Pentium® 4 Socket LGA775 CPU
• System Memory DDR 400/333 DIMM, 4 DDR DIMM Slots,
expandable to 4GB
• Power management function
• 3.5 inch floppy drive / card reader (optional)
• CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or
DVD writer
• High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE drive / SATA
• 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 use both of them at the same time.
Connectivity
• Two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse
• One Parallel port
• One DVI port
• Six USB 2.0 ports (two on the front, four on the rear panel)
• High speed V.92, 56K fax/Data modem (optional)
• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Network
• S/PDIF In/Out Ports
• Speaker Out (Front, Rear, Side and Center/Subwoofer)
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System peripherals
The Aspire T620 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 T620 system quickly and easily by adding
components. You can also upgrade the components of your Aspire T620
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 T620 computers.
Before you choose new components, please ask your authorized Acer
dealer whether the part will operate within your Aspire T620 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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