Installation Guide

Unpacking

1. Before you unpack your system, please check the invoice and make sure that all the components you ordered are enclosed.

2. Please save all boxes and packing materials from your system for future use.

3. Please fill out all warranty information and mail them to the company that produces the components if needed, Computer Direct provides you with a three year parts warranty. However, in most cases, components are produced by a third-party vendor and they are covered by a longer manufacturers warranty.

4. A power-surge protector is recommended. This device can protect your computer against damage from electrical surges.

Setting Up

1. Connecting the monitor to your computer.

The monitor has two cables: Monitor Interface Cable and Power Cable. The monitor Interface Cable is a plug with pins in it; the pins correspond to holes in the video port on the computer. The connector will fit into the port only one way, so you do not need to worry about whether you have it aligned correctly. Please secure the connection by tightening the screws on either side of the connector. Please wait until the end of the setup process to plug in your power code to the wall outlet or a surge protector.

2. Connect the keyboard and the mouse.

The keyboard has only one cable, which is permanently attached to the keyboard. Please connect the round male connector to the female counterpart located on the back of your computer. Your mouse is a serial device and it has a 9-pin female connector for attachment to a serial port.

3. Connect the speakers.

Speakers should be connected to the sound card ports located at the back of your computer. The speakers should not be plugged into seperate right and left outlets. Connect the speaker that does not have volume control into the jack of the second speaker. Plug the second speaker to the sound card port which is labeled as Audio Out.

4. Connect the phone line and phone to fax/modem.

Connect the line from the wall phone jack on the modem marked as Line at the back of your computer. Plug your telephone into the other jack marked as telephone. A telephone is optional and it will not affect the performance of your internal fax/modem.

5. Connect the power cords

Power cords are three-prong cords you attach to your computer. Please check the voltage switch on the power supply at the back of the computer and make sure it is set to the appropriate voltage. Attach power cords of the computer and the monitor to the wall outlet or a surge protector.

6. Turn on the computer and the monitor.

There are three switches on your computer: Power, Turbo, and Reset. Turn on the power switches of your computer and monitor and you are ready to start. Turn on your turbo switch if you wish to operate your computer at it's maximum speed. Reset switch is for rebooting your system.

Your computer is pre-installed with either Windows 95 or DOS and Windows as operating systems. Please refer to the manuals of your operating systems for further instructions.

Troubleshooting Guide

Monitor appears to be dead or color display faulty

1. Please make sure the monitor and the system are in the ON position

2. Check the connections to make sure they are connected properly and have not come loose

3. Try adjusting the brightness and contrast of the monitor for better color display

Keyboard won't respond or I receive "KB Error" when booting

1. Please make sure the connection has not come loose.

2. Make sure the connection has not come loose.

Mouse won't respond

1. Check to make sure the mouse is connected to the proper port.

2. Make sure the connection hasn't come loose.

Receive an error message reading floppy drives

1. Make sure the disk is inserted properly with the floppy drive door closed

2. Make sure the disk has been formatted when a new disk is used.

3. Check and see if the disk has been compressed with a compression program.

Printer won't respond or prints improperly

1. Make sure the printer is in the ON position.

2. Check the connections to make sure they are connected properly

3. Make sure you have defined the printer properly in your applications programs

Error Messages: "C: drive error" or "Missing operating system"

1. Check the hard drive setting in the standard CMOS Setup.

2. Use IDE HDD AUTODETECT to set your hard drive.

3. Reboot your computer.

Computer beeps 4 times with a blank screen

1. This problem may be caused by the fact that the video card is loose. Please open the case and re-seat the video card. The video card is the card you connect your monitor to.

Reboot your computer

Computer repeats long beeps with blank screen

1. SIMM Chips are loose. Please open the case and reseat the SIMM chips.

2. Reboot your computer.

Floppy disks fail (40)

1. Please check to make sure both ends of the ribbon cable between the controller and the hard drive have good connections.

2. Reboot your computer.

Hard Disk Fail (80)

1. Please make sure both ends of the ribbon cable between the controller and the hard drive have good connections.

2. Reboot your computer.

Hard Disk Fail (10)

1. Enter the CMOS setup and make sure the CMOS setup is correct. For detailed CMOS setup instructions, refer to your motherboard manual.

2. Reboot your computer.

Hard Disk Fail (20)

1. Enter the CMOS setup.

2. Change the drive D to "None"

3. Save CMOS settings and reboot your computer

Quick Tips

Question: How to enter CMOS setting?

Answer: 1. Reset the computer, 2. Press "Del" or "F1" or "F2" key as soon as the system starts memory testing.

Question: How to enter into Start up menu?

Answer: 1. Reset the computer, 2. Press "F8" key as soon as the message "Starting Windows ... appears.

Question: What is the sound card settings

Answer: 1. I/O address is 220, 2. IRQ (Interrupt channel) is 5, 3. DMA channel is 1, 4. Choose Sound Blaster Pro for application setups.

Question: How is the modem setup?

Answer: Fax/Modem is setup to COM2 and IRQ3