Acer Travelmate 5000 Maintenance Manual

2.10 Making Backups of System
Software
The Notebook is preloaded with the DOS/Windows operating system
software, Jazz 16 Sound Utilities, PCMCIA drivers, BatteryPro Software, and
other configuration software. 
Supplied with your system is a diskette containing backup and restore
utilities, tools and diagnostics. Prior to extended use of the notebook, create
a backup set of system software using the Backup Utility from the Startup
menu or the Disk Maker Utility in Windows (during the backup process, you...

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Operating Instructions
3.1 Introduction
The first two subsections describe the TM5000 Notebook operating controls
and indicators. The remainder of this section contains a summary of
computer operations related to notebook maintenance including how to
restore system software. 
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Note: For additional operating instructions, see TravelMate 5000 Series
Notebook Computer Users Guide, TI Part No. 9786163-0001 and the Travel-
Mate 5000 Series Online Notebook Computer User’s Reference Manual.
3.2 Notebook...

3.2.1 Notebook Switches and Controls
The Notebook switches and controls are shown in Figure 3-1 and described
in the following paragraphs. All controls (except the Connector Door Release
switch on the rear of the unit) and many of the LED displays are accessible
only when the notebook is in the open position. 
3.2.1.1 LCD Controls
The TFT version of the notebook contains a single brightness control on the
lower right side of the LCD display. The Dual Scan version of the display
contains two controls: a...

3.2.1.2 Power/Suspend Switches
The notebook contains two power/mode switches including:
·Power On/Off Switch- Horizontal slide type switch that controls power
to the unit (left most position is Off).  When initially set to the On (I)
position, power is applied to the Notebook Computer, the PWR LED
glows green and the computer executes power up self test; then loads
Windows. When set to the O or Off position, the Notebook powers down
and all data in RAM memory is lost.
·Suspend Switch- an alternate action...

3.2.2.2 Rear Connector Door Release Button
The Rear Connector Door Release Button, located in the center of the rear
panel of the notebook as shown in Figure 3-1, is used to open the two rear
panel connector doors when attaching external devices or installing the
notebook onto a Docking System option. 
3.2.3 Notebook LED Displays
The notebook is equipped with three groups of LED displays including:
·Keyboard Mode LEDs
·Disk Activity and Turbo Mode LED indicators
·Battery Charge Condition LEDs
These...

·NUM (Num Lock) Indicator- This LED lights when you press the Fn-F7
(NumLk) keys to toggle on the numeric keypad lock function. When the
LED is On, the embedded numeric keyboard keys generate AT-keypad
characters and functions when pressed in conjunction with the Fn key.
When the NUM indicator is Off, pressing the Fn key with the appropriate
keys provides cursor movement, paging and other functions in the normal
mode. 
When the indicator is Blinking, the embedded numeric keypad becomes a
temporary...

The Low Battery indicator glows red (and the alarm sounds if enabled
using the Setup Program) when the battery charge is low to warn of an
impending low battery condition (approx. 1 to 10 minutes of charge
remaining in battery). Both the alarm and indicator remain on until the
computer shuts itself down.
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Caution: Update all work as soon as possible after the Low BAT indica-
tor comes on.
3.2.3.4 Battery Charge Condition LEDs
Each notebook battery pack has a set of four Battery Charge Indicator LEDs...

3.3 Internal Speaker/Microphone
The notebook is equipped with an internal speaker and condenser -type
microphone in the locations shown in Figure 3-4. The internal microphone
and speakers are disabled when using an external microphone and external
headset or speakers.
3.4 Operating Procedures 
Some of the common operating features for the Notebook are provided in the
following paragraphs. For additional operating instructions, refer to the
TM5000 Series Notebook Computer Online User’s Reference Manual....

3.4.2 Using Sound Utilities
Several sound utilities are factory installed on the hard drive including: 
·Pocket Recorder- Windows application for recording waveform data in 8-
or 16-bit format. Started by clicking on Pocket Recorder icon in the
JAZZ group
·Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)- a Window’s based utility that
allows applications to transfer and share data by creating a common
link. 
·Pocket Mixer- A Window’s based utility that provides for adjusting
volumes and line levels from software...

·Press SUSPEND to spin down the Hard Disk Drive
·Save RAM Disk to Disk (if using RAM Disk)
·If using Windows, double-click on the Shutdown icon to exit all active
applications as well as Windows
·Press Suspend switch to put the computer in Suspend mode whenever
you are not actively using the computer
·Power down the system if you do not need the computer
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Note: If the LCD is configured for SimulSCAN or high brightness, the dis-
play may flicker when low battery charge condition is encountered. Reduc-...