Advent T9201 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

• CPU:
  • Supports Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 (Socket 478) processor
  • Supports 533MHz or 800MHz FSB
  • Supports 3.4GHz or higher speed P4 processor (Require multi-directional CPU heatsink)
• Chipsets:
  • Intel 865G/865GV/865PE/848P chipset
    • Supports AGP 8x/4x (for 865G/865PE)
    • Integrated graphic controller (865G only)
    • Supports DDR266/333/400 SDRAM.
    • Supports 400/533/800MHz Intel NetBurst micro-architecture bus.
  • Intel ICH5 chipset (421 mBGA)
    • AC’97 2.3 interface
    • 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    • 2 channel Ultra ATA/100 Bus Master IDE controller
    • SMBus 2.0 support
    • 2 serial ATA Host Controllers
    • Integrated LAN controller
• Main Memory:
  • Supports two 64-bit wide DDR data channels (848P supports a 64-bit wide DDR data channel)
  • Supports dual-channel function
  • Supports 128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, or 1Gb DDR technologies
  • Supports DDR 333/400 memory modules
• Slots:
  • One AGP supports 8x/4x
  • Three PCI 2.2 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots.
• On-Board ATA:
  • An IDE controller on the ICH5 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA66/100 operation modes.
  • Can connect up to four IDE devices.
  • Supports Serial ATA Host Controllers*2.
• On-Board Peripherals:
  • 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88 Mbytes.
  • 1 serial port, 1 VGA port (865G)
  • 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
  • 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (Rear * 4 / Front * 4)
  • 1 Line-In/Line-Out/Mic
  • 1 RJ45 connector
  • 2 1394 ports (Rear*1 / Front*1)
  • 1 Game port pin header
  • 1 serial port pin header
• Audio:
  • AC97 link controller integrated in ICH5
  • 6 channels software audio codec Realtek ALC655
  • Compliant with AC97 v2.2 spec.
  • Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement
• On-Board LAN:
  • Realtek 8110S / Realtek 8100 C
  • Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in one chip
  • Supports 10/100Mb/s (for 8100C) and 10/100/1000Mb/s (for 8110S)autonegotiation operation
  • Compliant with PCI v2.2, and LAN on Motherboard (LOM) standard
• On-Board 1394: VIA VT6307
• Dimensions: M-ATX Form Factor: 24.5 cm (L) x 24.5 cm (W)

In the Box

Disks Supplied

• Advent Recovery CD version 3
• Microsoft Works 7 CD

Items Supplied

• Advent PS/2 keyboard and optical mouse
• Advent stereo speakers (SP-120N)
• ATI S-Video TV-out cable
• UK mains power cable
• UK modem cable

Documentation Supplied

• Advent users manual
• 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.