Xi Computer Corporation MTower Manuel utilisateur

@Xi®Computer Corporation

User’s Guide

October 2010

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Chapter 1, Welcome

Contents of the User’s Guide ..............................................................................................1

Navigating Through the User’s Guide ................................................................................2

Documentation Conventions in the User’s Guide...............................................................3

Chapter 2, Getting Started

Unpacking the Boxes ..........................................................................................................5

Reviewing the Contents of the Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Checking the Condition of the Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Unpacking the Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting the Proper Environment.......................................................................................8

Location Considerations for the System Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Workspace Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Power Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Checking Out Your Computer Connections .....................................................................10

Connecting the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting Devices to a Sound Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting a Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting to a Network Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting a Printer or Other Parallel Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Checking Out Your Computer ..........................................................................................16

POWER and RESET Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning Your Computer On and Off.................................................................................18

Powering-on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Shutting Down Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 3, Maintaining Your Computer

Protecting Your Computer from Electrical Anomalies.....................................................21

Protecting Your Computer During Electrical Storms........................................................23

Taking Precautions Against Computer Viruses.................................................................23

Backing Up Your Data......................................................................................................24

Using ScanDisk .................................................................................................................24

Using the Disk Defragmenter Utility.................................................................................26

Cleaning Your Computer System......................................................................................27

Cleaning the System Unit Case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Cleaning the Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Cleaning the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Cleaning the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Transporting Your Computer ............................................................................................30

Chapter 4, Getting Online

Overview of the Internet....................................................................................................32

Internet History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Accessing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How Popular is the Internet?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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What Information is on the Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Internet Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Browsing the World Wide Web.............................................................................34

Electronic Mail.......................................................................................................35

Electronic Newsgroups..........................................................................................35

Information Searches .............................................................................................36

Gopher....................................................................................................................36

FTP.........................................................................................................................36

Telnet .....................................................................................................................36

Internet Access.................................................................................................................. 37

Selecting an Internet Service Provider..............................................................................37

Local or Toll-Free Access Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Pricing and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Service Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Endorsements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Free Trial Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Refund of Prepayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting up an Account with an ISP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Changing ISPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 5, Upgrading Your Computer

Precautions to Follow Before Upgrading.......................................................................... 42

Avoiding Electronic Injuries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Antistatic Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Removing Loose Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Accessing the Interior of Your Computer .........................................................................43

AMD Computers (white and blue case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Intel Computers (beige and green case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

NTower™ (beige case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

MTower™ (all-beige case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

NetRAIDer™ Case (all-beige case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Looking at the Inside of Your Computer...........................................................................46

Installing and Removing RAM..........................................................................................48

Installing a Hard Drive......................................................................................................49

Replacing the Microprocessor...........................................................................................50

Installing Expansion Cards................................................................................................51

Installing a PnP Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Installing a Legacy Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chapter 6, Troubleshooting

Computer Fails to Start the First Time..............................................................................56

Computer Fails to Restart in Normal Mode ......................................................................58

Monitor Fails to Work.......................................................................................................58

Monitor Flickers................................................................................................................59

Keyboard Fails to Work ....................................................................................................59

Mouse Fails to Work .........................................................................................................60

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Fails to Work............................................................................60

Cannot Play DVD Movies under Microsoft Windows 98.................................................61

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Audio CDs Do Not Work..................................................................................................61

Disk, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM Does Not Eject ..............................................................62

The Sound Card Does Not Work ......................................................................................62

Modem Does Not Work....................................................................................................63

Chapter 7, Computing Comfort and Safety

Examining Your Work Environment................................................................................66

Seating Arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Work Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Safety Guidelines ..............................................................................................................71

Handling Your Computer Equipment ...............................................................................72

Power Supply ....................................................................................................................72

Chapter 8, Frequently Asked Questions

Preinstalled Software......................................................................................................... 74

Monitor has Pink or Green Tint ........................................................................................74

Hard Disk Drive Smaller Than What was Ordered........................................................... 74

56 Kbps Modem Speeds....................................................................................................75

Disabling Call Waiting for Data Calls ..............................................................................75

Playing Games...................................................................................................................76

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Fending off Computer Viruses from the Internet..............................................................76

Checking Available Memory.............................................................................................77

Checking Available Disk Space........................................................................................77

Connecting Two Parallel Devices .....................................................................................78

CMOS Messages ...............................................................................................................78

Connecting PCs .................................................................................................................79

What is a Cookie?..............................................................................................................79

Switching to and from Daylight Savings Time.................................................................79

Chapter 9, Contact Information

Sales Department...............................................................................................................81

Technical Support..............................................................................................................81

24-hour Fax Number .........................................................................................................82

24-hour e-mail ...................................................................................................................82

24-hour Web Site...............................................................................................................82

Technical Support Issues...................................................................................................83

@Xi Technical Support Information.................................................................................83

Chapter 10, Warranty & FCC Information

Chapter 11, Glossary

Chapter 12, Index

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Chapter 1

1Welcome

Congratulations on purchasing the finest, most reliable personal computer

available. Your new computer from @Xi Computer Corporation contains the

latest state-of-the-art components that will provide you with many years of

computing satisfaction. Whether you intend to use your new personal computer for

corporate, consumer, or entertainment purposes, you will find your new computer

from @Xi Computer Corporation more than up to the task.

To ensure you get the most out of your new personal computer, we assembled it

with meticulous attention to detail. Instead of mass-producing computers like the

big-name vendors, we custom configure and inspect every system before it is

shipped to make sure that it is equipped as ordered and operating at optimum

performance. This attention to detail guarantees your complete satisfaction.

Like your new computer, this User’s Guide has been designed with you in mind.

The information in the guide is organized so you can get your new computer up

and running in the shortest possible time. The User’s Guide is written in easy-to-

understand language. However, if you come across a term you do not understand,

check the Glossary at the end of the User’s Guide for a user-friendly definition.

Contents of the User’s Guide

This @Xi Computer Corporation User’s Guide contains all the information you

need to install, use, and troubleshoot your new computer. The following list

summarizes the chapters and appendixes that comprise the rest of the manual:

•Chapter 2, “Getting Started” — describes how to unpack your new computer.

•Chapter 3, “Maintaining Your Computer” — provides tips for prolonging the

life of your computer.

•Chapter 4, “Getting Online” — provides an overview of the Internet and World

Wide Web. This chapter also provides helpful suggestions for locating an

Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Chapter 1, Welcome

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•Chapter 5, “Upgrading Your Computer” — provides instructions for upgrading

your computer.

•Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting” — provides tips for identifying and resolving

hardware problems.

•Chapter 7, “Computing Comfort and Safety” — provides information and tips

for avoiding and reducing physical strains associated with computer usage.

•Appendix A, “Frequently Asked Questions” — contains answers to frequently

asked questions.

•Appendix B, “Contact Information” — lists the various ways to contact us.

•Appendix C, “Warranty & FCC Information” — contains warranty and FCC

information for your @Xi computer.

•Appendix D, “Glossary” — defines the technical terms in this User’s Guide.

For your convenience, an Index appears at the end of the User’s Guide.

Navigating Through the User’s Guide

To assist you in navigating through this manual, we have added blue-colored hot

links for the Table of Contents, Index, and cross-references. When you read this

User’s Guide on line, you can click a hot link to move directly to that location in

this User’s Guide. For example, when you click one of the blue-colored chapter or

appendix titles in the list above, you automatically move to the first page in that

portion of the User’s Guide.

Each URL in the User’s Guide is also a link. When you are reading the manual on

line and your computer is connected to the Internet, clicking a URL in the text

transports you to the appropriate Internet site automatically.

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