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Advent 8276 Laptop
Specification
| CPU | Mobile Intel Pentium III 750MHz |
| Memory | 128MB PC133 SDRAM SODIMM (1 memory slot. Max 192GB) |
| Hard Drive | 10GB Hitachi |
| CD Drive | Toshiba SD-C2402 DVD-ROM |
| Floppy Drive | USB floppy drive |
| Screen | 12.1" TFT (native resolution 1024x768) |
| Video Card | Silicon Motion Lynx 3DM 4MB |
| Sound Card | ESS Allegro |
| Modem | PCTel HSP56 MP |
| PC Card | Will take either 2x Type I/II or 1x Type III |
| Ports | 1x Headphone 1x Mic in 1x Kensington Lock Port 1x VGA 1x LAN 1x Modem 2x USB 1x IrDA 2x PCMCIA |
Drivers
The laptop should have been supplied with a "Notebook Utility CD" which contains a copy of the drivers.
Memory Upgrades
This laptop has one memory upgrade slot which is accessed by removing the compartment cover underneath the laptop. It also has 64MB built into the motherboard, this cannot be removed or upgraded.
In the Box
Disks Supplied
- Recovery CD
- PowerDVD 3.0 CD (CD Key printed on bottom corner of the screen)
- Notebok Utilities and Drivers CD
Items Supplied
- Advent 8276 notebook
- Mains power adapter
- USB floppy drive
- DVD ROM drive (proprietry connector)
- USB to Parallel Adapter
- Carry case
- UK modem cable
Documentation Supplied
- User manual
- Read This First booklet
- Notebook PC Driver and Utility installation guide
- Warranty booklet
- Quick start guide to Microsoft Windows 2000
- Notebook PC support CD update
- Freeserve document
Recovery
The recovery process will restore your computer to its "out of the box" state. This will delete all your personal files. Make sure that you save these to disk before you begin. Once the computer has been recovered you will not be able to retreive these files.
A Bootable Recovery CD is supplied with these machines (some earlier machines are supplied with a bootable floppy disk). To recover the system:-
- Insert the CD (and floppy disk if required) into the appropriate drive.
- Reboot your PC.
- You will be asked if you wish to proceed. Press Y followed by Enter. Note. This procedure will erase all your files, make sure that you save any important files to disk before you begin this procedure.
- The Ghost program will now be load, this takes a little time so be patient.
- You will be presented with another screen asking if you wish to load partition information, press Y at this point at the recovery will begin.
- The recovery is a simple ghost procedure and upon completion you will be asked to remove the bootable recovery CD and floppy disk and restart the computer.
- The computer should now be recovered back to manufacturers defaults.
Driver CD
The notebook is supplied with a Utility CD. This can be used to restore corrupt drivers.