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Advent 3415 PC
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (Northwood) |
| BIOS | Phoenix-Award BIOS. Press the Delete key to enter |
| Motherboard | MSI MS-6703 (Trigem OEM) |
| Memory | 512MB DDR PC2100 RAM (2 memory slots. Max 2GB) |
| Hard Drive | 80GB Samsung SP8004H |
| CD Drive | Lite-On DVD-ROM LTD-165H GCE 8481B CDRW 48 x 24 x 48 |
| Floppy Drive | Floppy disk drive fitted |
| Video Card | nVidia GeForce 4 MX440 8X 128MB DDR (TV-out) |
| Sound Card | Realtek ALC201 AC'97 audio system |
| Speakers | Advent stereo powered speakers |
| Modem | Generic Soft 56K modem |
| Network Card | SiS 900 integrated fast ethernet |
| Ports - Front | 1x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) 2x USB 1x Headphone 1x Microphone |
| Ports - Back | 1x PS/2 mouse 1x PS/2 keyboard 1x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) 4x USB 1x Parallel 2x Serial 1x LAN 1x Audio Line in 1x Audio Line out 1x Microphone 1x VGA 1x S-Video (TV-out) 1x Telephone 1x Modem |
| Case | Fiat 2 |
| Keyboard | Advent multimedia keyboard |
| Mouse | Advent optical mouse |
Case Disassembly
To open your computer you must first remove the 3 thumbscrews from the back, the CPU vent can be removed by releasing the 4 plastic retaining clips. Next, slide the case backwards then lift away from the main unit.
The front bezel has 6 retaining clips, 3 located on each side of the case. Release these clips then pull the bezel away with the hand grip underneath. Note: the bezel is connected to a very short power cable. Exercise caution when removing.
Drivers
Your PC should have a backup copy of all the drivers, you can find it by browsing to the c:\applications\drivers folder.
Motherboard Information
You can download a copy of the motherboard manual in Adobe Acrobat format here - ms-6703.pdf (size 5mb).
In the Box
Disks Supplied
- System recovery CD ROM CD 100793
- Microsoft Works 7.0
Items Supplied
- Advent base unit
- Base unit stand
- Advent USB keyboard
- Advent optical USB mouse
- Advent branded stereo speakers
- UK mains power cable
- UK modem cable
Documentation Supplied
- Quick installation guide
- Advent user's guide
- Microsoft Windows XP start here guide
Recovery Disc
To recover your Advent PC you will need your Advent System Recovery CD.
- Place the CD into the DVD drive and restart your computer.
- Press R on the keyboard when prompted.
- The recovery will load and display a menu of options:
- Non-destructive recovery: this option will restore Windows, supplied applications, and drivers. This option will not destroy your documents or programs. These will be backed up along with the registry. These are restored at the end of the recovery process.
- System Recovery - No format: this will reinstall Windows, supplied applications and drivers. It will move your files to a folder called "My old disk structure". Any applications (except those supplied) will need to be reinstalled.
- System Recovery - Quick format: this option will erase your hard drive including your personal files. Windows, supplied applications and drivers will be reinstalled.
- Select the Non-destructive recovery option and press Next.
- You will be informed about System Restore in Windows, click Yes.
- The recovery will begin. Once this is complete you should eject the CD and click Restart.
Due to the nature of the recovery process you should not use FDISK or any other partition management software to delete the partition on your Advent computer. Doing so will prevent the recovery from functioning correctly. If the recovery asks for a second CD you will need to obtain an Update CD from Advent.
Additional information.
Press the ALT and D keys at the recovery menu to access a command prompt. This will allow access to C: drive. The command prompt will default to E:\i386\system32 where you can run a variety of tools including CHKDSK.EXE.
Pressing CTRL + BACKSPACE at the ‘Press R to display system recovery options’ will display the manufacturers hidden menu. This menu contains a number of tools to delete or recreate the partitions on the hard disk drive.
Reinstalling applications
From version 2.x of the recovery system onwards you can install applications from the c:\applications folder. Drivers can be installed from the c:\applications\drivers folder and utilities from the c:\applications\tools folder. You will still need to install Microsoft Works from the supplied CD.