Advent 3303 PC

Motherboard Information

• Form Factor: Micro Form Factor
• CPU Support:
  • Support Socket 370 for Intel Pentium III (FC-PGA)/Celeron processor
  • Celeron up to 900MHz
  • PIII (FC-PGA) up to 1.13GHz
• System Memory:
  • Two 168-pin DIMM sockets
  • Supports 32 to 512MB P100/PC133 SDRAM using 16/64/128/256Mbit technology
• Chipset: Intel 815E
  • AGP 4x/2x slot
  • Supports 66/100/133MHz FSB
  • Integrated Intel GMCH that utilizes system memory for video
  • AC97 controller integrated
  • 2 full IDE channels, up to ATA100
  • 4 USB ports
• Internal Connectors:
  • One CNR (Communication Network Riser)
  • One AGP v2.0, 4x slot
  • Three PCI 2.2 32-bit Master PCI bus slots
  • Supports 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface

In the Box

Disks Supplied

• Advent recovery CD
• WinDVD 2000
• Microsoft Works 2000
• McAfee VirusScan
• Utilities CD
• SuperVoice CD
• EasyCD Creator
• Compton's interactive encyclopedia
• Worms armageddon
• Rollercoaster tycoon
• Spirit of speed
• MechWarriror 3
• Risk II
• GP500
• Super Karting
• Civilisation II: Test of time
• Compton's 3D world atlas
• Mosby's medical encyclopedia

Items Supplied

• Advent base untit
• UK mains power cable
• UK modem cable
• Creative SBS15 stereo speakers
• Mouse mat
• Internet keyboard (PS/2)
• 2 button scroll mouse (PS/2)

Documentation Supplied

• Advent set up top sheet
• Advent user manual
• "Getting started with Microsoft Windows Me"
• MSI motherboard manual
• CD recovery procedure leaflet
• Partition definition leaflet
• Freeserve leaflet

Recovery Disc

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. How to restore Windows Me on your Advent pc using the recovery disc -

• Insert the Advent recovery CD and restart your computer (if you have 2 drives the disc needs to go into the DVD drive).
• The computer will boot from the CD and the recovery program will load.
• You will be presented with several blue warning screens - read these carefully.
• Press Y to proceed past each screen. The recovery will now begin.
• Once complete remove the disc and press the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys to restart.
• You must now install the individual software titles from the discs supplied with your computer.
• The recovery process takes approximately 90 minutes.

Hard Drive Recovery

• Insert the Windows Millennium boot floppy disk and restart your computer.
• Wait for the disk to load, your will see a warning screen about data loss. Press Y.
• The license agreement will then be displayed. Press 1 to agree.
• Recovery will now begin. The process takes around 20 minutes.