UMAX Technologies SuperMac C600x, User Manual

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Page 3: ...d 9 Modem Card 9 Connecting Peripherals 10 In Summary 10 Chapter 2 Fundamentals and Getting Help 13 Fundamentals of Operating Your SuperMac C600 Computer 13 Turning Your SuperMac C600 Computer On 13 I...

Page 4: ...pgrading the Processor Card 50 Expanding Memory 50 Installing Internal Drives 51 Chapter 4 Installing and Using Software 53 Installing Application Programs 53 Working with Several Programs at a Time 5...

Page 5: ...evices 78 Display 79 Lighting 79 Safety Guidelines 80 Handling Your Computer Equipment 81 Handling Your Display 81 Handling the Keyboard 82 Ejecting a Disk 82 Power Supply 83 Cleaning Your Equipment 8...

Page 6: ...Table of Contents Index Appendix C Warranty Agreement 102 Limited Warranty 102 Appendix D End User Software License 104 Apple Computer Inc System Software License 104 Index 108...

Page 7: ...ee within North America If you are not connected to a modem you can print and mail the com pleted registration card t o UMAX Computer Corporation If you prefer a pre printed registration card is also...

Page 8: ...ations Chapter 5 Troubleshooting explains how to diagnose and correct prob lems you may encounter when working with your SuperMac C600x computer Don t miss instructions tagged Note Important or Warnin...

Page 9: ...oes not overheat Provides room to adjust the position of your display Is out of direct sunlight Since you have reached this manual you have already opened the outer box and one of its interior cartons...

Page 10: ...it This properly grounds the computer To connect the power cord to your SuperMac C600x 1 Place the computer where you want it If your computer came with a modem card you may want to set your computer...

Page 11: ...d of the power cord into a three hole grounded outlet or power strip WARNING Your SuperMac C600x computer is equipped with a three wire grounding plug This equipment is intended to be electrically gro...

Page 12: ...apter Voltages for Different Locations IMPORTANT In some countries you may have one of two voltages If you re not sure which of the two voltages you have check with your electricity supply company bef...

Page 13: ...t cards designed for Apple s Power Macin tosh 8600 and 9600 series computers will work with the SuperMac C600x computer If you experience problems with a PCI compliant card contact the card s manufact...

Page 14: ...power cord into a live grounded AC power outlet Connecting the Video Cable To connect your display to your SuperMac C600x computer 1 Connect the video cable that is included with your dis play as sho...

Page 15: ...d Mouse The way you connect the mouse to the keyboard depends on whether there are ports on either side of the keyboard or a recessed port on the back of the keyboard The way you connect the keyboard...

Page 16: ...ble into the recessed ADB port on the back of the keyboard 2 Connect the keyboard to the computer If the keyboard has a separate cable first plug one end of the cable into the unused ADB port on the l...

Page 17: ...m together with modem software See your modem documentation for information on how to use the modem and software To connect the internal modem Using any standard phone cord plug one end of the cord in...

Page 18: ...g your computer before you connect other equipment such as a printer scanner or modem To learn basic SuperMac C600x computer skills see Chapter 2 When you are ready to connect other equipment to the e...

Page 19: ...ents Index Add more hardware If you want to connect additional equipment such as a scanner to your computer see Chapter 3 of this manual as well as the instructions that came with those devices If you...

Page 20: ...tion of the power switch 2 If you have peripheral devices co nnected to your com puter system turn on the power for these devices Wait a moment for all the external devices particularly hard disk driv...

Page 21: ...esthat the computer uses to start itself keep track of files and run application programs is pre installed on you SuperMac C600 x computer See Chapter 5 for instructions on reinstalling System softwar...

Page 22: ...ms Do not connect or disconnect cables while the computer is on You could damage your equipment Is your computer turned on The illuminated power on button on the front of your computer should be lit I...

Page 23: ...computer responds instantly to every movement you make with the mouse You use the mouse to start applications open and create documents and put them away To select an icon click it Position the point...

Page 24: ...need them To open a menu just position the pointer on the word or symbol in the menu bar and hold down the mouse button The menu will remain visible until you release the mouse button To choose a comm...

Page 25: ...s a hard disk that may contain the Mac OS This icon represents an application program which you use to This icon represents a file created by an application program This icon represents a folder which...

Page 26: ...nge the shape or position of a window and close the window when you have finished working with it Close box Title bar Zoom box Scroll arrow Size box Click to close a window Click to make the Click a s...

Page 27: ...use keyboard sound and many other components of your system To open a control panel 1 Click the Apple menu at the left side of the menu bar 2 Drag the pointer to the Control Panels command A submenu a...

Page 28: ...ur Super Mac C600x go to sleep or shut down at a pre selected time and thus reduce your energy consumption This control panel enables your SuperMac C600x to comply with the U S Environmental Protectio...

Page 29: ...he Show Details button to set separate times for the display and hard disk to sleep Click here to set the computer to sleep after a period of inactivity Click here to choose days and times for the com...

Page 30: ...l panel you can designate the num ber of colors or shades of gray to be displayed and specify the resolu tion of your monitor Click here to see display options for adjusting the monitor s picture Choo...

Page 31: ...op Using the Memory Control Panels You use the Memory control panel to make changes in the cache size turn the memory manager on and off control virtual memory and to configure the RAM disk To move fr...

Page 32: ...e sharing and AppleTalk To open one of these control panels click the icon you want in the control strip To display or hide the Control Strip choose the Control Strip control panel from the Apple menu...

Page 33: ...off your computer by using the Power key on the keyboard 1 If the computer is in sleep mode the monitor is on but the screen is dark press any key except Caps Lock to wake it 2 Press and hold the Pow...

Page 34: ...ou set up your computer and learn about it or to find solutions to problems The Macintosh Guide found under the icon in the menu bar across the top of your screen for information about the Mac OS Othe...

Page 35: ...active application program 2 Pull down the Guide menu marked with the icon and choose Macintosh Guide The Macintosh Guide window appears Whenever you use Macintosh Guide its window remains in front of...

Page 36: ...ok For lets you search for information related to a specific word or phrase that you type In the following sections you will practice using each method If you have problems while using Macintosh Guide...

Page 37: ...uestion such as How do I review the basics then click OK You can double click the question if you prefer 4 Read and follow the instructions inside the window that appears The Macintosh Guide provides...

Page 38: ...button An alphabetical list of index entries appears on the left side of the window 2 Scroll through the alphabetical list until the entry you want is visible You can drag the slider to the letter you...

Page 39: ...Macintosh Guide provides step by step instructions to answer any questions you selected When you complete each step click the right arrow in the lower right corner to see the next step When you have...

Page 40: ...f the window where you can type text 2 Click the arrow button to activate the text box 3 Type a word such as sound in the text box and click Search When you click Search a list of questions related to...

Page 41: ...indow that appears The Macintosh Guide provides step by step instructions to answer the question you selected When you have completed each step click the right arrow in the lower right corner to displ...

Page 42: ...indow out of the way by clicking the zoom box The zoom box is the small square box at the top right hand corner of the window Click the box once to shrink the window click it a second time to expand t...

Page 43: ...ny object on the screen that you want to iden tify A balloon appears next to the object Point to the Trash for example to display a balloon that explains how to throw items away Although balloons appe...

Page 44: ...en from the File menu you can double click the icon to open it Follow these steps to learn keyboard and mouse shortcuts 1 Pull down the Guide menu marked with the icon and choose Shortcuts The main Ma...

Page 45: ...display the next window if there is one 4 When you finish reading about the shortcuts for your category click the Topics button in the lower left cor ner to return to the main Macintosh Shortcuts wind...

Page 46: ...described how to set up the basic components of your SuperMac C600x system This chapter describes how you can expand your computer system by connecting peripheral devices to the back of your computer...

Page 47: ...your SuperMac C600x computer s stereo sound output by attaching external powered amplified speakers 1 Assemble the speakers and the cable you need You need a cable with stereo miniplugs at each end t...

Page 48: ...am you re using to play CDs If your monitor has built in speakers connect the monitor to the audio out port using stereo miniplugs You may need to click the Monitor Sound icon at the Monitors Sound co...

Page 49: ...f is set to the middle of the volume range For more information about sound see the Sound topic of Macintosh Guide available in the Guide menu 3D Surround Sound The 3D Surround Sound technology broade...

Page 50: ...record sound from audio compact discs CDs Select the CDT Remote pro gram from the Apple menu and click play There is an Audio In port on the rear panel marked with an icon of a microphone which you ca...

Page 51: ...ute r or play that sound through external speakers connect the input on the audio equip ment to the Audio Out port on the computer Connecting and Positioning a Microphone With appropriate software you...

Page 52: ...Sound control panel to close it The control panel does not have to remain open while you re recording You are ready to begin using the microphone Using the Monitor s Built in Microphone If your monit...

Page 53: ...may also want to disable 3D Surround Sound in the Monitors Sound control panel if you are listening through headphones Some times 3D Surround Sound distorts the sound through headphones To disable 3D...

Page 54: ...uipment to your computer yourself if you prefer not to work inside your computer have a UMAX Computer Reseller help you You can add A higher performance processor card with greater speeds Additional d...

Page 55: ...CSI device you are connecting to your SuperMac C600 Before You Connect a Device Before you connect a SCSI device to your SuperMac C600 x complete these tasks Make sure each SCSI device connected to yo...

Page 56: ...ice If your SCSI device has a built in terminator have the extra built in terminator removed If you must terminate another device on the chain de activate the termination on the CD ROM drive If the de...

Page 57: ...de the performance of your SuperMac C600x by install ing a higher performance processor card If you want replace the pro cessor card in your SuperMac C600x computer see Appendix B or your UMAX Compute...

Page 58: ...e on UMAX Computer Corporation s home page on the internet www supermac com Installing Internal Drives Your SuperMac C600x computer contains four available bays two 5 1 4 bays which can be used for re...

Page 59: ...use the CD ROM discs to start up your computer or to reinstall the system software See Starting Up From a CD ROM disc and Installing or Reinstalling System Software in chapter 5 Installing Applicatio...

Page 60: ...consistently try installing a fresh copy If that doesn t help find out from the software manufacturer whether your version of the program is compatible with the system software version you re using I...

Page 61: ...e Desktop You can hide all windows except those of the active program by choos ing Hide Others from the Application menu The other programs remain open even though their windows are hid den When you s...

Page 62: ...ble in the Guide menu You can also add more memory to your computer as described in Expand ing Memory Shared Libraries Programs designed for the PowerPC processor use special files called shared libra...

Page 63: ...The CD ROM drive provides access to large amounts of information The CD ROM drive can read the contents of CD ROM discs standard audio compact discs CDs and single session or multisession Photo CDs H...

Page 64: ...T Do not select the disc icon and then choose Eject Disk from the Special menu If you do this the computer still remembers the CD ROM disc in its memory and keeps asking you to reinsert it Click the d...

Page 65: ...lease see the additional lit erature included in your package for other manufacturers support numbers Take Your Time When you see an error message you don t have to take action immedi ately The messag...

Page 66: ...splay is not getting power Solution Check that the display is plugged in and turned on and that the display cable is firmly connected to both the computer and the display Check that the computer s pow...

Page 67: ...message appears Problem You hear the sound of a Crashing Car and the computer won t start up Cause Your computer cannot start up due to a system software or a hardware problem Solution Eject any flop...

Page 68: ...t key If your icons now appear correctly you need to experiment with turning off individual extensions to identify which one s caused the conflict Problem Your SuperMac C600x computer can t read a flo...

Page 69: ...use you replaced Tip Press Command Option Esc to quit the application program in use when the problem occurred If this works you can save the documents open in other programs then restart Cause 3 You...

Page 70: ...connect or disconnect keyboards If the new keyboard works there is something wrong with the one you replaced Cause 4 Your system has a software problem Solution Restart your computer This alone may s...

Page 71: ...may need to reinstall system software See Installing or Reinstalling System Software later in this chapter for instructions Problem You can t start an application program or it quits unexpectedly Cau...

Page 72: ...Control Panels from the Apple menu and double click the Macintosh Easy Open icon In the Macintosh Easy Open control panel click On For information on using this control panel to open your documents s...

Page 73: ...e Some characters that can be displayed on a DOS computer may not display accurately on Mac OS compatible computers Solution For more information about working with DOS documents on your SuperMac C600...

Page 74: ...start the computer This temporarily turns off certain kinds of software If the computer performs better without this software the software is likely to be the problem See page 72 in this chapter for m...

Page 75: ...computer Do not release the keys until you see a message asking whether you want to rebuild the desktop 2 Click OK Starting Up From a CD ROM Disc To initialize test or repair a hard disk or to install...

Page 76: ...p your computer from the CD ROM disc that con tains system software See Starting up from a CD ROM disc earlier in this chapter 2 Find and open the Disk First Aid icon You may need to look in a folder...

Page 77: ...s the installation process will be complete 12 Quit the installer program and restart the computer by selecting Restart under the Special menu Doing a Clean Installation of System Software If you can...

Page 78: ...ptions button and select the option to Create a new System Folder Creating a new System Folder will result in the previous System Folder being renamed and saved However non system extensions and contr...

Page 79: ...Printer Notes The following suggestions should work for all printer s Also refer to the manual that came with your printer Make sure that the printer driver for your printer is turned on in the Extens...

Page 80: ...printer driver comes on a floppy disk with the printer To see the date insert the floppy disk double click its icon to open it and choose by Name from the View menu Then look for the same printer driv...

Page 81: ...finally environmental conditions such as lighting and noise As you consider your office arrangement remember that making all the components work together is the key to preventing or lessening compute...

Page 82: ...shoulder blades Ultimately the design of your chair and how well you use it can have a significant effect on your comfort and health Taking frequent breaks to stand and move your head neck shoulders...

Page 83: ...ay as you type Can you tell when you ve pressed the keys firmly enough to activate them Is the keyboard s angle adjustable Some believe that the keyboard should lie flat while others advocate a negati...

Page 84: ...ng especially when new will result in an image that will eventually appear less clear It will also reduce the overall life of your display Lighting Generally the light coming from the display itself s...

Page 85: ...s wash basins bathtubs shower stalls and so on Protect your SuperMac C600x computer from dampness or wet weather such as rain snow and so on Read all the installation instructions carefully before you...

Page 86: ...ecting or disconnecting any cables to add or remove any component Fail ure to do so could seriously damage your equipment Never force a connector into a port If the connector and port do not join with...

Page 87: ...side down to let the liquid drain out and let it dry for 24 hours at room temperature If after you take these steps the keyboard doesn t work take it to a qualified service provider for repair If you...

Page 88: ...e aerosol sprays solvents or abrasives Cleaning the Computer Case To clean the case do the following Turn off the computer completely and then disconnect the power plug Pull the plug not the cord Wipe...

Page 89: ...water Rotate the rollers to clean all around them Wipe the mouse ball with a clean soft dry and lint free cloth If necessary wash the mouse ball with warm soapy water use a mild soap such as a dish wa...

Page 90: ...der The instructions in this appendix explain the procedures for installation However attempts to perform such work yourself may void certain warranties otherwise available to you Removing and Replaci...

Page 91: ...cover up and off the computer With the cover removed you can now install expansion cards DIMMs a processor card a cache memory module or drives in the four drive bays If you re installing an additiona...

Page 92: ...To remove the front panel 1 Remove the cover 2 Press down the two tabs on the top corners of the front panel and pull the top of the panel away from the com puter 3 Push in the lever on the right sid...

Page 93: ...sed Press gently until the two top tabs engage 2 Lower the cover all the way down onto the case 3 Push the cover back until it touches the front panel making sure the two tabs at the bottom rear prope...

Page 94: ...t came with the card to see if this is necessary If you are uncomfortable working inside your computer you may prefer to have a service provider install the card even if their assistance is not requir...

Page 95: ...with the PCI slot on the riser card that you want to use 6 Press the card straight into the expansion slot Do not bend or force the card if you meet resistance pull the card out and try again 7 Screw...

Page 96: ...m Slot Card Communication Card You can install an Ethernet or internal modem card in the communica tion slot in your computer You use an Ethernet card to communicate with other computers through a loc...

Page 97: ...or the slot You install a communication card the same way you install an expan sion card Follow the steps in Installing an Expansion Card above If the communication card you installed is an Ethernet c...

Page 98: ...de the performance of your SuperMac C600x by install ing a Processor card with higher speeds To upgrade the processor 1 Remove the cover front panel bottom panel and all of the PCI cards from the comp...

Page 99: ...grade is autoconfiguring during startup Expanding Memory The dynamic random access memory DRAM in your computer can be expanded Installing additional DRAM adds more memory to your computer and expands...

Page 100: ...u can increase your computer s DRAM to a maximum of 1 44 MB 128 MB in addition to the 16 MB on the mother board DIMMs can be installed one at a time in any order in either of the sockets To install ad...

Page 101: ...may contain a removable media drive such as a Zip drive Bay 4 con tains the floppy disk drive bay 5 contains the IDE hard disk and bays 6 and 7 are empty All additional drives must be SCSI drives not...

Page 102: ...e metal shield in two and screw half of the shield over the port opening that you do not plan to use 4 Attach the plastic rails that came with your system to both sides of the drive If you are install...

Page 103: ...high 3 1 2 inch hard drive in bay number 6 or 7 1 Remove the screw from the rear of the cage 2 Swing the cage out until it is vertical 3 Insert the drive component side down connector fac ing the bac...

Page 104: ...ices later in this chapter Attaching Cables to Internal Devices Inside your SuperMac C600x computer there is a SCSI ribbon cable with four connectors between the motherboard and CD ROM player and two...

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Page 110: ...eaning the equipment82 Clock troubleshooting60 Comm slot communication card 91 Connecting speakers40 Control panels 20 Control strip 25 Cover removing85 Customer support27 D Desktop incorrect icon app...

Page 111: ...cable connection3 unpacking 1 Headphones connecting 46 Help 27 Balloon Help 36 I Icons 18 Icons incorrect appearance62 Injury preventing 75 77 K Keyboard adjusting for comfort77 correct hand position...

Page 112: ...ter port 39 Processor card 50 93 Processor upgrading 93 Programs compatible 56 forcing a Quit 68 incompatible 57 installing 53 memory requirements56 troubleshooting 59 unexpected quit 65 working with...

Page 113: ...stem turning extensions off 62 72 System clock troubleshooting60 T Technical support 27 Trademarks ii Turning on the computer 13 Turning the computer off 26 U Unpacking 1 V Video cable connection6 Vol...