Acer B6 manual

& K DSWHU  System Housing System Housing 1-1 This chapter describes the things to cons ider when setting up and installing additional com ponents to your system. 1.1 Front and Rear Panel Features 1.1.1 Front Panel Features Most of the connectors on the com puter ar e found at the rear of the unit. A few connectors are found on the f ront f o[...]

1-2 User’s Guide Table 1-1 Front Panel Features # Item Description 1 Floppy disk drive activity indicator Lights up when the floppy disk drive is being accessed 2 Floppy disk drive Accepts 3.5-inch, 1.44MB diskette 3 Floppy disk drive eject button Ejects the diskette from the floppy disk drive 4 CD-ROM driv e Acce p ts a CD-ROM d isc 5 CD-RO M dr[...]

System Housing 1-3 1.1.2 Rear Panel Features Figure 1-2 Rear Panel Features Table 1-2 Rear Panel Features # Item Description 1 On/off switch Turns power on and off 2 Power cord socket Connects a power cord 3 External CRT port Connects an external monitor 4 Parallel port Connects a printer or other parallel device 5 Serial port Connect a serial mous[...]

1-4 User’s Guide 1.2 Finding a Suitable A rea to Install the Sy stem This s ystem has the f ollowing dimensions . Figure 1-3 System Dimensions Locate a suitable area to plac e the system. Allow am ple space on all sides of the unit for cords and cable connec tions. T he system should also be placed near the devic es you will connect to it.[...]

System Housing 1-5 1.3 Basic Connections These are the basic connections you need to get y our sy stem up and going. You can also connect options lik e a printer or the phone line, described in the f ollowing sections . 1.3.1 Connecting to a Monit or First you need to connect an output device to the computer such as a monitor . Figure 1-4 Connectin[...]

1-6 User’s Guide 1.3.2 Connecting the Power Cord Connect the power cord to the power cor d sock et at the rear of the unit. Then connec t the other end to a properly ground power outlet. Figure 1-5 Connecting the Power Cord These bas ic c onnections you’ve just m ade ar e all you need to get your system up and running. If you need to make other[...]

System Housing 1-7 1.4 Connecting Opti ons Other connec tions you mak e to y our com puter include the f ollowing: 1.4.1 Network Line You can connect the system to a network with the built-in 10BaseT (Ethernet) jac k f ound at the rear of the unit. Com puters in m ost com panies are c onnected on networks to fac ilitate the tr ansfer of inform atio[...]

1-8 User’s Guide 1.4.2 Printer A printer allows y ou to print out docum ents and other data f rom your com puter to paper. Connect a printer to the parallel port found at the rear of the unit. Figure 1-7 Connecting the Sys tem to a Printer[...]

System Housing 1-9 1.4.3 A udio and Game Dev ices You can connect various audio and gam e devices to your com puter. Some of these ports are duplicated in the f ront of the unit for eas y connection. At the rear of the unit: Figure 1-8 Rear Connector ❍ speak ers connec t to the speak er out jac k ❍ mic rophone connects to the m icrophone jac k[...]

1-10 User’s Guide At the front of the unit: Figure 1-9 Front Connectors ❍ earphones or headphones connect to the earphone/ headphone jack ❍ microphone c onnects to the m icr ophone jack ❍ joystick, gam e or MIDI devic e connects to the gam e/MIDI por t[...]

System Housing 1-11 1.4.4 External Key board There ar e two ty pes of k eyboards that y ou can use with the system: ❍ USB keyboard connects to any of the two USB ports ❍ PS/2 keyboard connects to the PS/2 k eyboard port These por ts are f ound on the rear of the unit. Figure 1-10 Connecting the Keyboard[...]

1-12 User’s Guide 1.4.5 External Mouse There ar e three types of mic e that you can use with the sy stem: ❍ USB mous e connects to any of the two USB ports ❍ PS/2 mous e connects to the PS/2 mous e port ❍ Serial m ouse connects to the serial port These por ts are f ound on the rear of the unit. Figure 1-11 Connecting the Mouse[...]

System Housing 1-13 1.5 Component Install ation Observ e the ESD Prec autions before ins talling a system component. 1.5.1 ESD Precautions Alway s observe the following elec trostatic disc harge (ESD) precautions bef ore installing a s ystem com ponent: 1. Do not rem ove a com ponent fr om its anti-s tatic pac kaging until y ou are ready to install[...]

1-14 User’s Guide 1.5.2 Opening the Housing 1. Use the screw driver to unscrew the cover of the housing, as shown below. Figure 1-12 Removing the Housing Scr ews 2. Push open the cover then gently lift it up until it detaches f rom the body fram e. Figure 1-13 Detaching the Top Cover[...]

System Housing 1-15 1.5.3 Removing t he Disk Driv e Metal Frame The m etal fram e gives additional suppor t to the housing’s str ucture. You can install one 3.5-inch drive, one CD-RO M drive and one hard disk drive in the disk drive m etal f ram e. To re move the dis k drive m etal fr am e: 1. Insert two fingers into the hole. Gently draw it back[...]

1-16 User’s Guide Figure 1-15 Removing the Disk Fr ame 3. Unscrew the hard dis k drive f ram e to detach as shown below. Figure 1-16 Removing the Hard Disk Drive Frame[...]

System Housing 1-17 Installing a Hard Disk Drive 1. Attach the hard disk drive to the hard dis k drive fram e with the necessar y screws as shown below. Figure 1-17 Installing the Hard Disk into the Hard Disk Drive Frame 2. Reattached the hard disk drive f ram e to the disk fr am e. Figure 1-18 Reattaching the Hard Disk Drive Frame to the Dis k Fra[...]

1-18 User’s Guide Installing a 3.5-inch Diskette Driv e 1. Attach the 3.5-inch diskette drive to the 3.5-inch dis k ette drive with the necessar y screws as shown below. Figure 1-19 Installing a 3.5-inch Dis k Driv e into 3.5-inch Driv e Frame[...]

System Housing 1-19 Installing a CD-ROM Driv e 1. Attach the CD-ROM dr ive to the CD-ROM dr ive with the necessar y screws as shown below. Figure 1-20 Installing a CD-ROM Drive[...]

1-20 User’s Guide 1.5.4 Installing a Sy stem Board Installation Procedures 1. Align the board with the pegs on the housing fr ame. Figure 1-21 Installing the System Boar d 2. Gently press the board until it is proper ly seated. 3. Secure the board with the required s crews.[...]

System Housing 1-21 4. Attached the USB connector cable to the system boar d. Using a screw driver, sec ure the connector to the hous ing’s opening at the back . The USB c onnector opening is loc ated on the lower-left side of the housing ( at the back ). Figure 1-22 Attaching the USB Connector Cable to the Sy stem Board For more information abou[...]

1-22 User’s Guide Figure 1-23 Installing the Front I/O Boar d 6. Attach the appropriate c ables as shown below. Figure 1-24 Attaching the Front I/O Boar d Cables[...]

System Housing 1-23 1.5.5 Installing the Pow e r Supply Before you attach the power supply , make sure that you have installed the system board. 1. Connect the power supply cables into the onboard power connector. 2. Install the power supply into the housing fram e. T o install, sim ply insert the f ram e tabs into the appropriate holes on the rear[...]

1-24 User’s Guide 1.6 Reinstalling the Disk Drive Metal Frame 1. Reinstall the drive frames with drive(s) to the housing. Secure the metal f ram e with the required sc rew. Figure 1-26 Reattaching the Disk Dr ive Metal Frame 2. Attach the power supply and drive cables. Mak e sure that the hard disk dr ive cable is connec ted to the IDE1 connector[...]

System Housing 1-25 1.7 Installing Expansion Boards Observ e the ESD Precautions (see sec tion 1.5.1) before installing a system component. 1. Insert the Riser Card into the system boar d as shown below. Figure 1-27 Installing the Riser Car d 2. Study the expansion board installation guide and configur e any jum pers as directed.[...]

1-26 User’s Guide 3. Remove a br ack et from any empty expansion slot. Save the screw to sec ure the new board. Keep the brack et for future us e. Figure 1-28 Removing the Brack et from an Empty Slot 4. Gently insert the board into the expansion slot. Mak e s ur e that the board is proper ly inserted. Figure 1-29 Inserting the Board into an Ex pa[...]

System Housing 1-27 screw for grounding. 1.8 Replacing the Cover After you install the necessar y sy stem com ponents into the hous ing, y ou mus t reins tall the cover. To ins tall the cover: 1. Reinstall the metal fram e by gently sliding it in while pushing it down.. The m etal fr ame s hould rest perf ectly between the housing’s f ram e. Figu[...]

1-28 User’s Guide Figure 1-31 Reinstalling the Cover 3. Secure the cover with the appropriate screws. Figure 1-32 Securing the Screws to the Cover[...]