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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