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V eriton 7500 series (V eriton 750 0/V eriton 7500 G) User’ s guide VT7500series_EN.book Page i Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
Changes may be mad e perio dically to the in formation in this p ublica tion with out oblig ation to notify any pers on of su ch revisi on or ch anges. Such chan ges will be inc orporat ed in ne w editio ns of this manual or su pplement ary documen ts and pub lications .
iii Notices FCC notice This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
iv Use c onditio ns This part complies with Part 15 of th e FCC Rules. Operation is subject to th e following two conditi ons: (1) this dev ice may not c ause harmful in terference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, i ncluding interference that may cause undesired operatio n.
v result in a fire or electri c shock. Never spill liquid of any ki nd on the produc t. 10 Do not attempt to serv ice this product yourself, as opening o r removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks. Refer all servicing t o qualified servic e personnel.
vi same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer . Discard used batteries accordi ng to the manufacturer’ s instructions. Macrovision ® statement This produ ct incorp orates copyright pr otectio n technolo gy that is pro tected by method claims of certain U.
Contents Notices iii FCC notice iii Important safety in structions iv Las er co mpli an ce st ate men t vi Lithium battery statement vi Macrovision® stateme nt vi Year 200 0 complian ce statem ent vi.
viii Adjusting your cha ir 27 Positioning y our PC 27 Positioning y our monitor 28 Positioning y our keyboard 28 Positioning y our mouse 28 Connectin g peripherals 29 Connectin g your mouse 29 Connect.
ix Reinstalling program s 76 Recovering y our system 76 6 Frequently asked questions 77 Index 83 VT7500series_EN.book Page ix Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
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1 First things first VT7500series_EN.book Page 1 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
This chapter describes the contents of your computer package and also provides important tips on how to take care of your computer . VT7500series_EN.book Page 2 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
3 Package contents Before you unpack your c omputer, make sure that you ha ve enough space to set up y our computer. Carefully unpack the carton and remove the contents.
1 First things first 4 T aking car e of your computer Please read the impo rtant instructions listed in this section. Follo wing these in structions will he lp you max imize the du rability of you r computer. Important ti ps • Do not ex pose the compute r to direct sunligh t.
5 T o clean your pointing device T o clean a regular mouse (with rubber ball) 1 O pen the circul ar cover und erneath the mou se. 2 T ake out the rubber ball and wipe it with a soft, damp cloth.
1 First things first 6 Accessing the user’ s guide This user’ s guide is also a vailable on your compu ter as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. T o access the user’ s guide (for Windows XP) 1 O n the Windows XP task bar , click on the Start button then select Help and S upport Cente r .
2 System tour VT7500series_EN.book Page 7 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
This chapter discusses the features and components of your computer . VT7500series_EN.book Page 8 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
9 Featur es Here ar e just a few of yo ur comput er’s many features : Performance • Intel P entium ® 4 processor • System me mory expa ndable to a m aximum of 2 GB using DDR (Double Data R ate).
2 System tour 10 • One para llel port • One VGA port • Six Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports (two on th e front and four on the rear panel) • High-spee d fax/data PC I modem (optio nal) • 10Ba se-T/100B ase-TX netw ork suppor t with re mote wa ke-up function VT7500series_EN.
11 Front panel Your computer’s front panel consists of the following: Label Icon Component 1 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW tray 2 Stop/Eject button 3 Skip/For ward butt on 4 Hard disk a ctivity light-emittin.
2 System tour 12 Note: The system has two microphone-in jacks (fron t and rear). However, you can not use both of th em at the same time. By default, your system enables the microphone-in jack in front and disables the one at the back. 11 5.25-inch drive b ays 12 3.
13 Rear panel Your computer’s rear pane l consists of the following: Label Icon Color Compon ent 1 V oltage selector switch 2 Power cord socket 3 Burgundy Paral lel/Pri nter port 4 White Network port 5 Power jack (for external speakers) 6 Po wer supply 7 Green PS/2 mouse port 8 Purple PS/2 keyboard po rt 9 Black USB ports VT7500series_EN.
2 System tour 14 For information on how to conn ect the peripherals, se e “Connecti ng peripherals” o n page 29 a nd “Connec ting options” on page 37.
15 Keyboard The keyboard h as full-sized keys that include sep arate cursor keys, two Windows ke ys, and twelve fu nction keys. For information on how to conn ect your key board, see “C onnecting peripherals” o n page 29.
2 System tour 16 Function keys The function keys, F1 - F12, let you perform specific functions, depending on the applic ation that uses them . Lock keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle o n and off to switch betwee n two functions.
17 W indows keys The keyboard has two keys th at perform Windows-sp ecific functions. Cursor keys The cursor keys, also called the arrow keys, let you mo ve the cursor around the screen. Th ey serve the sa me function as the a rrow keys on the numeric keypad whe n the Num Loc k is toggled off.
2 System tour 18 V olume contr ol/Mute knob The volume control/mute knob controls the speaker volume. Turn it c lockwise o r countercl ockwise to adjust t he volume. Press it to toggle be tween mute a nd sound. Multimedia keys Allow you to convenient ly play, pause , stop, step forward, or step b ack a song or mov ie using you r keyboard.
19 Internet/Suspen d keys The Internet/Suspend keys consist of three button s: Programmable keys The program mable keys help you dire ctly access a URL (Web site) or launch any program, files, or a pplication in yo ur system. The fifth k ey is set to launc h the Windows M edia Player.
2 System tour 20 Mouse Your mouse has o ne ratchet wheel a nd two buttons: a le ft button and a right button. Quickly pressing and releasing the buttons is called clicking. Sometimes, y ou will nee d to do a doub le-click (cli cking the same button twice quickly) or a right-click (clicking the right button quickly ).
21 Disk drives Your computer comes with the fo llowing disk drives: Floppy driv e Your compu ter’s 3.5-inch fl oppy drive acce pts 720-KB and 1.44 -MB capacity diskettes.
2 System tour 22 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/ CD-RW drive Your compu ter may come w ith a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or a CD-RW drive. Th is drive is located on the front panel of your comp uter.
23 2. When the disc tray slides open, plac e the CD or DVD gently on the tray . Make sure that the la bel or title side of the disc is facing upward. Wh en holding a disc, hold it b y the edges to a void leaving sm udges or fingerprints. 3. Push the eject button again to close the tray .
2 System tour 24 Har d disk Your compu ter is preinstalled with a high-capacity Enhanced-IDE ( E- IDE) hard disk. For instructions on how to upgrade or replace your ha rd disk, see “Replac ing the hard disk ” on page 6 1.
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This chapter contains step-by-step instructions on how to set up your computer and connect additional peripherals. VT7500series_EN.book Page 26 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
27 Arranging a comfortable work ar ea Working safely begins with the arrangement of your work space and the proper use of equ ipment. For this reason, it is very important to take time a nd think about how you are going to arrange your wo rk area .
3 Setting up your com puter 28 Positioning y our monitor Place you r monitor at a comfo rtable viewing dis tance, usua lly 50 to 60 centimeters away. Adjust the display in such a way that the top of the screen is at o r slightly below ey e level.
29 Connecting perip herals Setting up your c omputer is easy. F or the most part, y ou only have four things to connect: the mouse, the keyboard, the monitor, and the power ca ble. Note: The peripherals sh own in the connections below are for your reference only .
3 Setting up your com puter 30 PS/2 mouse Plug the PS/2 mouse cable into the PS/2 mo use port (green port) located o n the rear panel of your computer . Serial mouse Plug the seria l mouse cable i nto the serial port (teal or turquoise port) located on the rear pan el of you r computer .
31 Connecting your keyboar d USB keyboard Plug your USB keyboard cable into a ny of the USB ports (black p ort) located on the front a nd rear panel of your computer .
3 Setting up your com puter 32 PS/2 keyboard Plug your PS /2 keyboard cable into the PS/2 keybo ard port (purple port) located on the rear pan el of you r computer .
33 Connecting a monitor To connec t a monitor, si mply plug the mon itor cable in to the monitor port (blue port) lo cated on the rear panel of your c omputer. Note: Refer to the monitor manual for additonal instru ctions and information. VT7500series_EN.
3 Setting up your com puter 34 Connecting the power cable Cautio n: Before you proceed, check the voltage range in your area. Make sure that it m atches your computer’ s voltage setting. If they don’t match, change your co mputer’ s v oltage setting according to your area’ s voltage range.
35 T ur ni ng on your c omputer After connecting the necessary peripherals and p lugging in the power cable, you are now ready to turn the co mputer on and g et to work. To turn on your c omputer: 1 T urn on all periphe rals connected to your compu ter such as the monitor , printer , fax, speakers, etc.
3 Setting up your com puter 36 T ur ni ng off your computer To turn off your compute r, follow the steps below. For Windows XP: 1 O n the Windows XP taskbar , click on the S tart button, and clic k T urn Off Computer; then click T urn Off. 2 T urn off al l peripherals conne cted to your com puter .
37 Connecting op tions Connecting your printer Y our computer supports parallel, seria l and USB printers. T o connect a parallel printer , plug the prin ter cable into the parallel port (burgundy p ort) located on the rear pan el of your co mputer . Note: The pr inter shown below is for your reference only .
3 Setting up your com puter 38 Connecting the modem (optional) Set up yo ur modem co nnection by plu gging the telephone line and modem line into their correspond ing ports on the rear panel of your computer.
39 Connecting to the network You can connect your compute r to a Local Area Network (LAN) using a network c able. To do so, simply plug the network cable in to the network port (white port) on the rear panel of y our computer. Note: Consult your operating system manual for information on how to conf igure your network setup.
3 Setting up your com puter 40 Connecting multimedia devi ces You can con nect multime dia devices such a s microphone , earphone or headphone , external speake rs, and audio lin e-in device. These de vices will allo w you to take advantage of your comp uter’s multimedia features.
41 • earpho nes, headphone s: connect to the Headphone-out j ack (lime jac k) located on the front panel of your c omputer Note: T o adjust the v olume of the hea dphones, click the V olume icon located on th e taskbar at the bottom o f your screen.
3 Setting up your com puter 42 • externa l speakers: conne ct to the Audio-o ut/Line-ou t jack (lime jac k) and th e Speaker p ower jack located on the rear panel of y our computer . • audio line-in devi ce: connects to the Audio-in/L ine-in jack (light blue j ack) located o n the rear panel of your computer VT7500series_EN.
43 Connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus design that is capable of cascading peripherals such as a digital camera, keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and m odem. With US B, complex cabl e connections c an be elim inated.
3 Setting up your com puter 44 Note: Some USB dev ices have a built -in USB port whic h allows you to connect o r daisy-chain more U SB devices. VT7500series_EN.
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This chapter contains instructions on how to upgrade your computer and basic information about your system boa rds that you will find helpful when performing the upgrade process .
47 Installation pr ecautions Before you install any comp uter componen t, we recommen d that you read the following sections. These sections contain important ESD precautions alon g with preinstalla tion and post-install ation instructions.
4 Upgrading your computer 48 Post-installation instructions Observe the following after installing a computer component: 1 S ee to it that the c omponents are installed according to the step- by-step instructions in their respective sections. 2 Re place any e xpansion boards or peri pherals that you re moved earlier .
49 Openin g your computer Cautio n! Before you proceed, make sure that you have turned off your computer and all peripherals connected to i t. Read the “Prei nstalla tion instr uctions” on page 47. You need to open your c omputer before y ou can instal l additional components.
4 Upgrading your computer 50 4 H old one side panel with both ha nds. Slide it b ack about an in ch and then ge ntly pull it outward to detach it. Do the sa me to the other side. T o replace the sid e panel 1 A lign the side panel's hinges to the housing frame and then push it in to slide it back into place.
51 2 S ecure the side panels with the four sc rews you rem oved earlier . VT7500series_EN.book Page 51 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
4 Upgrading your computer 52 Inter nal components The figure b elow shows what y our computer look s like once you remove the side panel: Note: The mainboard model shown in the figure above may not be exactly the same with the one found in your co mputer .
53 System boar ds Mainboar d layout The main board becomes ac cessible once you open y our computer. Refer to the sect ion below fo r the correspondin g mainboard la yout of your Veriton 7 500 series compute r model.
4 Upgrading your computer 54 V eriton 7500 mainboard l ayout VT7500series_EN.book Page 54 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
55 V eriton 7500G mainboard layout VT7500series_EN.book Page 55 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
4 Upgrading your computer 56 Label Component BT1 Battery CN2 PS/2 mou se (upper) and keyboard (lower) ports CN3 USB por ts CN4 COM 2 connec tor CN6 Game port CN7 P ow er c onn ec tor CN8 Parallel (upp.
57 Note: For the location of th e AGP slot on the V eriton 7500G mainboard, see page 55. CN24 P ower/Suspend LED connector CN25 S tandard FPIO connector CN2 6 P ow er L ED co nnec tor DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DI.
4 Upgrading your computer 58 Audio boar d The audio board that cam e with your computer should look like the figure that follows. Note: The system has two microphone-in jacks (front and rear). However, you can not use both of th em at the same time. By default, your system enables the microphone-in jack in front and disables the one at the back.
59 Upgradi ng your comp uter Certain compon ents of your compute r are upgrad eable such as the memory, th e hard disk, the CPU and the ex pansion cards. You need to observe the “ Installation prec autions” on pa ge 47 whe n installing or removing a c omputer compone nt.
4 Upgrading your computer 60 2 L ocate th e DDR DIMM s ocket on the mainb oard. 3 P ress the holding clips on bo th sides of the DDR DIMM socket outward to release the DDR DIMM (a). Gently pull the DDR DIMM out of the socket (b). T o install a DDR DIMM 1 L ocate th e DDR DIMM s ocket on the mainb oard.
61 T o reconfigure your computer Your computer automatic ally detects the amoun t of memory installed. Run the BIO S utility to view the new value for total system memory and make a note of it. Replacing the har d disk Follow these steps to replace your computer’s h ard disk: 1 Re move the side panel (see page 49) .
4 Upgrading your computer 62 3 (a ) Detach the power and hard disk cables from the hard disk. (b) Detach the hard disk from the drive frame. 4 (a ) Insert the new hard disk in to the frame. (b) Connec t the power and ha rd disk cable s to the new hard disk.
63 5 S ecure it with the f our scre ws you re moved earli er . Note: Make sure that the o ther ends of the disk cables are securely connected to their corresponding connectors on the mainboard. 6 Re place the side panel (see page 50). Installing an expansio n car d To install an expansion c ard: 1 Re move the side panel (see page 49) .
4 Upgrading your computer 64 4 P ull out the brac ket on the housi ng opposite the sel ected empty slot. 5 Re move the expansion card from its protective packaging. 6 Ali gn the card with the empty br acket and then insert it into the slot. Make sure that th e card is properly seated.
65 When you turn on the com puter, BIOS (Basic Inp ut/Output System) automatically detects and as signs resources to the newly-installed device s. VT7500series_EN.
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5 System utilities VT7500series_EN.book Page 67 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
This chapter describes the applications that came with your computer . VT7500series_EN.book Page 68 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
69 Depending o n the hardware and optional features i nstalled in you r computer, your system came bundled with several pr ogram utilities designed to streamlin e your computer’s operations.
5 System utilities 70 Acrobat Reader Acrobat Rea der is a software tha t lets you view, n avigate, browse a nd print Adobe Po rtable Docume nt Format (PDF) fil es on all majo r computer platform s.
71 LDCM (opti onal) LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM) allows desktop management via the Web, standard n etwork, or dial -up connections. It is compatible with the leading manageme nt specifications, such a s Wired for Manageme nt 2.0, Desktop M anagement Interfac e (DMI) v2.
5 System utilities 72 Norton AntiVirus Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus software which fin ds and repairs infected files, protects against v iruses to keep your c omputer data safe and secure. It also scans incoming email attachments for viruses. It provides useful virus detectio n and repair facili ties.
73 NTI CD-Maker (for mo dels with CD-RW) The NT I CD-Maker is a CD-Recordin g softw are which allow s you to create an d copy au dio, data and videos to CD-RW di scs. To run NTI CD-M aker: 1 O n the Windows taskbar , click on the Start bu tton, highlig ht Programs and select NTI CD-Maker .
5 System utilities 74 PowerDVD (for models with DVD) Power DVD is a high-q uality, p ure softwar e DVD play er which b rings high-quality movies and karaok e to your multimedia PC. You can play back high resolution DVD titles or MPE G-2 files with MPEG-2 video an d Dolby Di gital (AC-3) audi o.
75 BIOS u tility The BIO S utility is a ha rdware configuratio n program built in to your computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). Since most computers are already prop erly configured and optimized, there is no need to run this utility.
5 System utilities 76 Reinstalling p r ograms If you unin stall one of the pre installed programs a nd want to rein stall it, do the follo wing: 1 M ake sure that the system is turned on. 2 In sert the System CD into the CD or DVD drive. 3 S elect the application that you want to reinstall.
6 Fr equently asked questions VT7500series_EN.book Page 77 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:42 AM.
This chapter tells you what to do in ca se your computer is not working properly . However , if a more serious problem arises, contact your dealer or the technical support center (www .
79 The following question s are possible situations that m ay arise during the use of your c omputer an d each is followed by easy an swers and solutions to the situa tion. Q: I pressed the p ower switch but the system did not bo ot up. A: Check the LED loca ted above the power sw itch.
6 Frequently asked questions 80 Q: Nothing appears on th e screen. A: Your computer’s p ower manag ement function auto matically blanks the screen to save power. Just press any key to turn the display back on. If pressing a key does n ot work, you can restart your computer.
81 Q: System cannot read diskette, hard disk, CD or DVD info rmation. A: Check the followi ng: • Make sure that you a re using the correct type of disc or diskettes. See “D isk drive s” on page 21. • Check if the diskette is forma tted correctly .
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83 Index A accessing the user’s guide 6 B BIOS u tility 75 C computer maintenance 4 cleaning 4 servicin g 4 connec ting opt ions multimedi a devices 40 audi o lin e-i n devic e 42 earphones/headphon.
Index 84 S safety instructions iv setting up computer 27, 29 area 27 chair 27 conne ct ing pe ri pher als external monitor 33 power cable 34 USB mouse 29 keyboard 28 monitor 28 mouse 28 system boards .
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