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Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Preinstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selecting a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Unpacking Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the Printer (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting Multimedia Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to the Network (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the Fax/Modem (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting USB Devices (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning On Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Software Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Correcting Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 2 System Board Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Floppy Disk/Hard Disk Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Video Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Audio Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
USB Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hardware Monitoring Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Modem Ring-in Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wake-on LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Summary of Contents for AcerPower 4300
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Page 49: ...39 Wake on LAN 7 1 3 7 1 7 1 3 7 1 C 7 1 3 Ap4300 book Page 39 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
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Page 85: ...75 Load Default Settings 0 K 2 Yes No Ap4300 book Page 75 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
Page 87: ...77 Exiting Setup 2 2 Yes 2 No 2 Yes 2 No 2 Ap4300 book Page 77 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
Page 88: ...Chapter 3 BIOS Information 78 Ap4300 book Page 78 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
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Page 95: ...85 Replacing the Housing Cover F Ap4300 book Page 85 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
Page 99: ...89 Removing a DIMM Reconfiguring the System Ap4300 book Page 89 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
Page 101: ...91 0 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 Ap4300 book Page 91 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
Page 107: ...97 9J 7 Removing a PCI Card Ap4300 book Page 97 Friday May 7 1999 11 42 AM ...
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