Advent T9002a PC

Case Disassembly

Release the side of the case by removing the 2 screws on the right hand side at the back.

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

• Form Factor: Micro-ATX Size, 244mm*244mm
• CPU Support:
  • Socket 754 for AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor
  • High-performance Hyper Transport CPU interface
  • Support transfer rate of 1600/1200/800/400 mega-transfers per second
• System Memory:
  • 2x 184-pin DDR DIMM socket support up to 2 GB
  • Support DDR400/333/266/200 DDR SDRAM
• Chipset:
  • SiS 760 & 964
  • North Bridge: SiS 760
  • South Bridge: SiS 964
• Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC658 6-channel audio CODEC
• Video: Integrated SiS Ultra256 2D/3D Graphics
• Bios Specifications:
  • Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM
  • Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
  • Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification
• Internal Connectors:
  • 1x 20-pin ATX Power Supply Connector & 4-pin 12V Connector
  • 1x FDD connector supports two 360K~2.88MB FDDs
  • 2x IDE connectors
  • 2x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports
  • 1x SPDIF out header
  • 1x Front panel switch/LED header
  • 1x Front panel audio header
  • CD in/ AUX in headers
  • CPUFAN/CASFAN connectors

Note - You can download the motherboard manual in pdf format from here - 760-m.pdf

In the Box

Disks Supplied

• Advent Recovery CD version 3
• Microsoft Works 7 CD
• Microsoft Windows Service Pack 2 upgrade CD

Items Supplied

• Advent base unit
• Advent PS/2 keyboard and optical mouse
• Advent stereo speakers (SP-120N)
• UK mains power cable
• UK modem cable

Documentation Supplied

• Advent users manual
• Microsoft Windows XP "Start here"

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.