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Advent 3306 PC


CPUIntel Pentium 4 1.8GHz
MotherboardAsus P4B
Memory512 MB PC133 SDRAM
Hard Drive60 GB UDMA
CD Drive12x Matshita SR8586 DVD ROM
8x 4x 32x Matshita CW 7586 CDRW
Floppy DriveFloppy disk drive fitted
Video CardnVIDIA Geforce2 MX 400 64MB
Sound CardCreative Soundblaster PCI 128 (Onboard)
SpeakersPowered stereo speakers
ModemHSP K56Flex Micromodem (V.90)
CaseATX mini tower
KeyboardBTC internet keyboard (PS/2)
MouseStandard PS/2 Mouse

Motherboard Information

  • Form Factor: ATX
  • CPU Support: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz+ processor. Socket 478. 400MHz Front Side Bus.
  • Memory: 3x DIMM for up to 3GB PC133/PC100 SDRAM
  • Chipset: Intel 845
  • Connectors: 1x AGP 4X (1.5V), 6x PCI, 1x CNR

In the Box

Disks Supplied

  • Advent recovery floppy disk
  • Advent recovery CDs (x2)
  • Adaptec EasyCD Creator 4
  • Microsoft Works 2000
  • InterVideo WinDVD
  • Advent 3000 series bonus pack

Items Supplied

  • Advent base unit
  • UK mains power cable
  • UK modem cable
  • Powered stereo speakers
  • Internet keyboard (PS/2)
  • 2 button mouse (PS/2)
  • Mouse mat

Documentation Supplied

  • Advent setup topsheet
  • Advent user manual
  • Freeserve leaflet
  • Getting started with Microsoft Windows Me
  • Addendum - starting Windows Me
  • Addendum - recovery procedure
  • AOL leaflet
  • Hard drive recovery note
  • Addendum - "No Windows CD supplied"
  • Speaker setup instructions
  • Graphics card user manual

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.