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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
Connecting System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Printer (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting Multimedia Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting to the Network (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the Fax/Modem (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting USB Devices (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning On Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Software Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Correcting Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2 System Board Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Floppy Disk / Hard Disk Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Video Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Audio Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
USB Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hardware Monitoring Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Modem Ring-in Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Wake-on LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Summary of Contents for AcerPower SE
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Page 2: ... 0 V76MSE book Page 2 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 10: ...Notices x V76MSE book Page x Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 11: ... Chapter 1 V76MSE book Page 1 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
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Page 13: ...3 Overview 0 0 1 2 3 4 1 4 5 67 5 1 V76MSE book Page 3 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 23: ...13 Turning On Your Computer 8 0 5 V76MSE book Page 13 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 31: ... Chapter 2 V76MSE book Page 21 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
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Page 45: ...35 Hardware Monitoring Function F F F V76MSE book Page 35 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 47: ...37 Wake on LAN 5 1 5 5 1 5 A 7 5 1 V76MSE book Page 37 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 48: ...Chapter 2 System Board Information 38 V76MSE book Page 38 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
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Page 97: ...87 Removing a DIMM Reconfiguring the System V76MSE book Page 87 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
Page 99: ...89 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 V76MSE book Page 89 Wednesday May 19 1999 1 25 PM ...
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