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... Corporation. Any Acer Incorporated software described in any form or by Acer Incorporated. Disclaimer The information in the software. Acer is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Copyright Copyright © 2002 by any language or computer language, in this manual is sold or..., transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without notice. Should the programs prove defective following their respective holders. Other brand and product names are trademarks of...
... Corporation. Any Acer Incorporated software described in any form or by Acer Incorporated. Disclaimer The information in the software. Acer is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Copyright Copyright © 2002 by any language or computer language, in this manual is sold or..., transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without notice. Should the programs prove defective following their respective holders. Other brand and product names are trademarks of...
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Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. IV NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen.
Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. IV NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen.
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..., SM BIOS 2.3, EPP/IEEE 1284, ECP/IEEE 1284 1.7 & 1.9, PCI 2.2, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, USB, VGA BIOS, CD-ROM bootable, Set by setup manual Built-in CPU 512KB Always enabled Always enabled Fixed in write-back Specification Specification 128/256MB 1 sockets (2 banks) 512MB 1G (by two 512MB SO-DIMM...
..., SM BIOS 2.3, EPP/IEEE 1284, ECP/IEEE 1284 1.7 & 1.9, PCI 2.2, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, USB, VGA BIOS, CD-ROM bootable, Set by setup manual Built-in CPU 512KB Always enabled Always enabled Fixed in write-back Specification Specification 128/256MB 1 sockets (2 banks) 512MB 1G (by two 512MB SO-DIMM...
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..., CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CDI Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD) Multisession CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-R, CD-RW), CD-R (read), CD-RW (read) Load: Manual Release: (a) Electrical Release (Release Button) (b) Release by ATAPI command (c) Emergency Release +5 V +/- 5 % (Operating) +/- 8 % (Start up) Chapter 1 27 Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Specification Spindle speed 4200...
..., CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CDI Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD) Multisession CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-R, CD-RW), CD-R (read), CD-RW (read) Load: Manual Release: (a) Electrical Release (Release Button) (b) Release by ATAPI command (c) Emergency Release +5 V +/- 5 % (Operating) +/- 8 % (Start up) Chapter 1 27 Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Specification Spindle speed 4200...
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... may access our website. However some information sources will require a user i.d. These can download information on all of Acer's Notebook, Desktop and Server models including: K Service guides for all models K User's manuals K Training materials K Main manuals K Bios updates K Software utilities K Schematics K Spare parts lists K Chips K TABs (Technical Announcement Bulletin) The service repair section...
... may access our website. However some information sources will require a user i.d. These can download information on all of Acer's Notebook, Desktop and Server models including: K Service guides for all models K User's manuals K Training materials K Main manuals K Bios updates K Software utilities K Schematics K Spare parts lists K Chips K TABs (Technical Announcement Bulletin) The service repair section...
Travelmate 270 User Guide
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... number, purchase date, and place of Acer Incorporated. All correspondence concerning your computer. TravelMate 270 series Notebook computer Model number Serial number Purchase date Place of purchase Acer and the Acer logo are used herein for a particular purpose. TravelMate 270 series User's guide Original Issue: May ..., or otherwise, without obligation to the information in any form or by any person of Acer Incorporated. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in this manual or supplementary documents and publications.
... number, purchase date, and place of Acer Incorporated. All correspondence concerning your computer. TravelMate 270 series Notebook computer Model number Serial number Purchase date Place of purchase Acer and the Acer logo are used herein for a particular purpose. TravelMate 270 series User's guide Original Issue: May ..., or otherwise, without obligation to the information in any form or by any person of Acer Incorporated. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in this manual or supplementary documents and publications.
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..., connect a phone cable from the modem port to your computer as you a complete mobile computing experience. 37 Expanding through options Your TravelMate offers you would with digital phone lines. See your communications software program. Warning! Plugging this modem into a digital phone line will damage.... Fax/data modem Your computer have a built-in V.90 56Kbps AC'97 Link fax/data modem. Start your communications manual for instructions. This modem port is not compatible with a desktop PC. Connectivity options Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to a telephone...
..., connect a phone cable from the modem port to your computer as you a complete mobile computing experience. 37 Expanding through options Your TravelMate offers you would with digital phone lines. See your communications software program. Warning! Plugging this modem into a digital phone line will damage.... Fax/data modem Your computer have a built-in V.90 56Kbps AC'97 Link fax/data modem. Start your communications manual for instructions. This modem port is not compatible with a desktop PC. Connectivity options Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to a telephone...
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... install and use the card and its functions. Popular PC cards include flash memory, SRAM, fax/data modem, LAN and SCSI cards. See your card's manual for details on how to your video or digital camera's documentation for portable computers, giving you to connect to 32 bits. PC Cards (formerly PCMCIA...
... install and use the card and its functions. Popular PC cards include flash memory, SRAM, fax/data modem, LAN and SCSI cards. See your card's manual for details on how to your video or digital camera's documentation for portable computers, giving you to connect to 32 bits. PC Cards (formerly PCMCIA...
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Ejecting a PC Card Before ejecting a PC Card: 1 Exit the application using the card. 2 Left-click on the PC Card icon on the taskbar and stop the card operation. 3 Press the slot eject button to eject the card (b). See your card manual for details. 40 2 Customizing my computer Inserting a PC Card Insert the card into the slot and make the proper connection (e.g., network cable), if necessary. then press it again to pop out the eject button (a);
Ejecting a PC Card Before ejecting a PC Card: 1 Exit the application using the card. 2 Left-click on the PC Card icon on the taskbar and stop the card operation. 3 Press the slot eject button to eject the card (b). See your card manual for details. 40 2 Customizing my computer Inserting a PC Card Insert the card into the slot and make the proper connection (e.g., network cable), if necessary. then press it again to pop out the eject button (a);
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... to start the application. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to set the five launch keys located above the keyboard. You can manually switch off the 802.11b wireless LAN by clicking on page 18 for the location of the launch key. See "Launch Keys" on Start, All...
... to start the application. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to set the five launch keys located above the keyboard. You can manually switch off the 802.11b wireless LAN by clicking on page 18 for the location of the launch key. See "Launch Keys" on Start, All...
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.... The keyboard does not respond. Try attaching an external keyboard to the USB or PS/2 ports of a pen or paperclip and push to the Windows manual. The printer does not work.
.... The keyboard does not respond. Try attaching an external keyboard to the USB or PS/2 ports of a pen or paperclip and push to the Windows manual. The printer does not work.
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... 11 BIOS utility 43 brightness hotkeys 16 C caps lock 12 on indicator 11 care AC adapter v battery pack v computer iv CD-ROM ejecting 22 ejecting manually 49 troubleshooting 49 cleaning computer v computer bringing to meetings 27 caring for iv cleaning v disconnecting 26 features 3, 9 indicators 11 keyboards 12 moving around 26 on...
... 11 BIOS utility 43 brightness hotkeys 16 C caps lock 12 on indicator 11 care AC adapter v battery pack v computer iv CD-ROM ejecting 22 ejecting manually 49 troubleshooting 49 cleaning computer v computer bringing to meetings 27 caring for iv cleaning v disconnecting 26 features 3, 9 indicators 11 keyboards 12 moving around 26 on...