Acer el User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Notices

  3
  • FCC notice

    3
  • Important safety instructions

    4
  • Year 2000 compliance statement

    5
  • Laser compliance statement

    6
  • TCO 95 compliant

    6
• 1 First things first

  9
  • Welcome!

    11
  • Package contents

    12
  • Before you start...

    13
    • Important tips

      13
    • Cleaning and servicing

      13
    • Asking for technical assistance

      14
    • Accessing your online guide

      14
  • The mouse

    25
• 2 Getting to know your Aspire EL

  15
  • Features

    17
  • The front panel

    19
  • The rear panel

    20
  • The keyboard

    22
  • Disk drives

    26
    • Hard disk

      26
    • 3.5-inch floppy drive

      26
    • CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive

      27
    • Acer GoTo drive bay (optional)

      30
• 3 Setting up your Aspire EL

  31
  • Arranging a comfortable work area

    33
    • Adjusting your chair

      33
    • Positioning your Aspire EL

      33
    • Positioning your monitor

      33
    • Positioning your keyboard

      34
    • Positioning your mouse

      34
  • Connecting peripherals

    35
    • USB mouse

      35
    • USB keyboard

      36
    • Monitor

      37
    • Power cable

      38
• 4 Adding options to your Aspire EL

  39
  • Connecting options

    41
    • Printer

      41
    • Network

      42
    • Modem (optional)

      43
    • Multimedia devices

      44
    • USB devices

      46
  • Turning on your computer

    47
  • Turning off your computer

    49
  • Configuring your Acer GoTo drive

    50
  • Upgrading your computer

    53
    • Mainboard

      54
  • System utilities

    57
• 5 Need help?

  59
• Index

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