User manual ACER VERITON 3200

[. . . ] Veriton 3200 User's guide ii Document History EDITION First Edition PART NUMBER 49. 38H01. 081 DATE February 2001 __________________________________________________________________________ Copyright Notice Copyright © 2001 by Acer America Corporation. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Acer America Corporation. Printed in China. __________________________________________________________________________ Trademarks Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of Acer Incorporated. Windows Me and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Adjust the keyboard height by flipping the folding stands located under the keyboard. Keep your lower arms parallel to the floor as you type. Your upper arms and shoulders should be relaxed. If you feel any shoulder or neck strain, stop for a while and check your posture. Position your keyboard in front of your monitor. Putting your keyboard beside your monitor will make you turn your head while you type which could add tension to your neck muscles that may later result in neck strain. · · 30 3 Setting up your computer Positioning your mouse · · · The mouse should be placed on the same surface as your keyboard so that you can reach it with ease. Adjust its position to allow enough space for movement without making you stretch or lean over. Do not rest your wrist on the table when moving the mouse. 31 Connecting peripherals Setting up your computer is easy. For the most part, you only have four things to connect: the USB mouse, the USB keyboard, the monitor, and the power cable. USB devices Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a newer serial bus design that is capable of cascading low-/medium-speed peripherals (less than 12 Mbps) such as a keyboard, mouse, speakers, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, complex cable connections can be eliminated. Your computer comes with four USB ports: two each on both the front and rear panels. These ports allow you to connect additional serial devices to your computer without using up its system resources. Your computer comes with a USB keyboard and a USB mouse. To connect a USB device, simply plug the device cable into any of the USB ports (black ports). Note: Front and back USB ports are functional after the OS is loaded. Only the back USB port are functional during the initial boot screens. 32 3 Setting up your computer Note: Most USB devices have a built-in USB port which allows you to daisy-chain other devices. 33 Monitor To connect a monitor, simply plug the monitor cable into the monitor port (blue port) located on the rear panel of your computer. Note: The CRT monitor port is automatically disabled when an add-on VGA card is installed into the system. Connect the monitor to the VGA port instead. Note: Refer to the monitor manual for additonal instructions and information. 34 3 Setting up your computer Power cable Caution!Before you proceed, check the voltage range in your area. Make sure that it matches your computer's voltage setting (see the voltage selector switch located on the rear panel of your computer). If they don't match, change your computer's voltage setting according to your area's voltage range. Plug the power cable into the power cable socket located on the rear panel of your computer. Then plug the other end of the power cable into a power outlet. 35 Turning on your computer After connecting the necessary peripherals and plugging in the power cable, you are now ready to turn the computer on and get to work. Turn on all peripherals connected to your computer such as the monitor, printer, fax, speakers, etc. On the front panel of your computer, press the power button. Important: Make sure that the power cable is properly plugged into an electrical outlet. [. . . ] Insert the startup disk you created during Windows setup into the floppy disk drive and press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart your computer. This will automatically diagnose your system and make necessary fixes. · Q: Nothing appears on the screen. A: Your computer's power management function automatically blanks the screen to save power. Press any key to turn the display back on. [. . . ]