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  • Page 1 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Everex. Reliance on any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at the sole discretion of the user. Everex reserves the right to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of these materials at any time without notice. The information and materials presented and the references made available, are provided "As Is"...

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    Safety Instructions This computer has been tested for conformance to international safety regulations. Like any electronic device, however, the computer should be used with care. To protect yourself from possible injury and to minimize the risk of damage to the computer, read and follow all the safety instructions mentioned in this manual.

  • Page 4: Power Cord Set Requirements

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power available, consult your dealer or local power company. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this product where persons will tread on the cord.
  • Page 5 The CD-ROM / DVD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-RW drive in this computer is a laser product. The CD-ROM / DVD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-RW drive’s classification label (shown below) is location on the drive. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Caution: Use to any controls or adjustments or procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiate exposure.
  • Page 6 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Hävitä käyteet paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaisesti. FCC Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of FCC Regulations. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 7 Television antenna connectors protection (for system TV tuner card) External television antenna grounding If an outside antenna or cable system is to be connected to the product, make sure that the antenna or cable system is electrically grounded to provide some provide some protection against voltage surges and static charges.
  • Page 8 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL TV Antenna The TV antenna supplied with any TV Tuner module is intended for Indoor use only. Please do not use your TV Tuner module outdoors. Power Lines Do not locate the antenna near overhead light or power circuits, or where it could fall into such power or circuits.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Welcome to IMPACT PC! Placement Tips...2 Chapter 2 Unpacking the Box Selecting a Site ...3 Check List...3 Chapter 3 System Overview Front Panel ...4 Chapter 4 Computer Setup Setting up the AC Input voltage selection ...9 Connect the Power Cord ...10 Connecting your PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard...10 Connecting your monitor ...11 Connecting the modem ...11...
  • Page 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS System Specifications Product Features...62 Technical Support ...64...

  • Page 11: Welcome To Impact Pc

    Chapter 1 Welcome to IMPACT PC! Congratulations on your purchase of IMPACT PC! You will find that the IMPACT PC has the following advantages: • Efficient Cooling: The IMPACT’s efficient cooling system and heat vents provide for better airflow, allowing the system to maintain a low temperature.

  • Page 12: Placement Tips

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Placement Tips Your IMPACT PC should be set up correctly according to this user manual, and your own comfort and ergonomic needs. Please refer to the following tips to create a comfortable and healthy working environment for you: Adjustable Seat: If you plan to use your IMPACT PC for extended periods, select a highly adjustable office chair with a five-pronged base.

  • Page 13: Unpacking The Box

    Chapter 2 Unpacking the Box Selecting a Site Before unpacking the IMPACT PC, prepare a suitable workspace for your computer. Choose a steady, level and clean surface near an electrical outlet. Also ensure that the computer has enough space around it to allow for proper airflow, especially at the rear of the computer near the fan.

  • Page 14: System Overview

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Chapter 3 System Overview Front Panel Features are shown in Figure 3.1, and are described as follows: Figure 3.1 Note: Depending on the model, your computer’s components may vary and look slightly different than those pictured. Optical Disc Drive Eject Button: Press this button to eject a 5.25-inch optical disc.
  • Page 15 Hard Disk Drive LED: This LED lights up to indicate that the hard drive is being accessed. Power Button & Power Indicator: Use this button to turn the IMPACT PC on and off. If the button is held down for one second, the system will enter Suspend mode. If held down for four seconds, system power will switch off.
  • Page 16 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Rear Panel Features are shown in Figure 3.2, and are described as follows: Figure 3.2 Power Socket: This toggle switch allows you to select the system voltage (115 / 230 V) appropriate to your area. Connect the system unit’s power cord to this socket;...
  • Page 17 Power Socket Voltage Toggle Switch: This toggle switch allows you to select the system voltage (115 / 230 V) appropriate to your area. PS/2 Keyboard Connector (purple): Plug your PS/2 keyboard into this connector. VGA Port: Connect your display monitor to this port. USB Port (4): Connect USB peripheral devices to these ports to take advantage of the universal functionality and flexibility of Plug and Play (PnP) technology.
  • Page 18 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL 15. Expansion Slot Covers: These covers can be removed to install add-on cards, as described later. 16. Phone Port Connect to telephone. 17. Line Port Connect to Central office line...

  • Page 19: Computer Setup

    Chapter 4 Computer Setup IMPACT is easy to be set up. After remove the IMPACT from shipping box, please follow the steps below to finish its setup. Setting up the AC Input voltage selection The AC Input Voltage Selection can be found at the back of your computer.

  • Page 20: Connect The Power Cord

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Connect the Power Cord Connect the power cable to the computer and then plug into a power supply. Connecting your PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard PS/2 Mouse and P/S2 keyboard can be found at the back of your computer.

  • Page 21: Connecting Your Monitor

    Connecting your monitor Monitor port can be found at the back of your computer. It can be identified easily by color of navy blue. Connecting the modem Connect your JR11 cable out to the wall jack. IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL...

  • Page 22: Connecting The Ethernet

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Connecting the Ethernet Connect the RJ45 cable (Not Included) to the LAN port to get access to internet. Connecting Your Printer(Not Included) Connect the printer cable to the printer port at the back of your computer. Please make sure that both printer and computer are turned off.

  • Page 23: Windows Vista™ Recovery Procedure

    Chapter 5 Windows Vista™ Recovery Procedure Before we go on, some clarifications are necessary: End user’s hard disk was originally divided into RP & UP. RP - recovery partition, stores system files and is hidden by default UP – user partition, can be again divided into 2 parts(system files area + user data area).

  • Page 24: I.a. Non Destructive Recovery From Hard Disk

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL UP, then 1 formatted! We can draw a table to make it more clear for end user to understand the differences between 2 recoveries: In our example, we assume hard disk is divided into 1 RP & 3 UPs(C:, D: & After Content Content...
  • Page 25 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Click “Repair Your Computer” to go into recovery mode…. The following recovery mode selection menu will show:...
  • Page 26 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user chooses “Standard” then clicks Next to proceed the Non Destructive Recovery!... Then again, program asks end user to make further confirmation for Non Destructive Recovery:...
  • Page 27 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Please click OK button!.. Non Destructive Recovery takes place now!...
  • Page 28 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After recovery is done, a message will appear to tell end user that recovery is a success, end user can click OK button or wait for the timeout:...
  • Page 29 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After either end user clicks OK button or after the timeout, a warning message will show:...
  • Page 30 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user please pay serious attention to this: System will reboot, in next session, system will perform specialization, since specialization takes a considerably long time, some end users don’t have patience then turn off power during specialization pass, this will cause severe impact: OS will not be able to be rebooted any more! So please never turn off power during...

  • Page 31: I.a.1. Specialization Pass And Windows Welcome

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL I.a.1. Specialization Pass and Windows Welcome System reboots, end user sees the following screens:...
  • Page 32 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Since this specialization pass can be very lengthy, so please be very very patient and make sure that it finishes!... Then Windows Welcome starts:...
  • Page 33 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Confirm the country or region, time and currency, and keyboard layout, then click Next!...
  • Page 34 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Mark the “I accept the license terms”, then click Next!...
  • Page 35 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Type user name and password, then click Next!...
  • Page 36 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Type computer name and choose a desktop background, then click Next!...
  • Page 37 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Choose Windows protection setting!...
  • Page 38 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Set right time zone and date, time settings, then click Next!...
  • Page 39 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Click Start button then Windows checks your computer’s performance now!...
  • Page 40 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After performance check is done, Windows will start normally now!...
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  • Page 42: I.b. Destructive Recovery From Hard Disk

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL I.b. Destructive Recovery from Hard Disk When OS starts to boot, press F8, then the following screen will show: Click “Repair Your Computer” to go into recovery mode…. The following recovery mode selection menu will show:...
  • Page 43 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user chooses “Advanced” then clicks Next to proceed the Destructive Recovery!... Then again, program asks end user to make further confirmation for Destructive Recovery:...
  • Page 44 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Please click OK button!.. Destructive Recovery takes place now!...
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  • Page 46 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After recovery is done, a message will appear to tell end user that recovery is a success, end user can click OK button or wait for the timeout:...
  • Page 47 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After either end user clicks OK button or after the timeout, a warning message will show:...
  • Page 48 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user please pay serious attention to this: System will reboot, in next session, system will perform specialization, since specialization takes a considerably long time, some end users don’t have patience then turn off power during specialization pass, this will cause severe impact: OS will not be able to be rebooted any more! So please never turn off power during...

  • Page 49: Make Recoveries From Recovery Dvd

    There is also a copy of RP on the Recovery DVD! 3 methods are available(Non Destructive, Destructive & Full Recoveries) for making Recoveries from Recovery DVD, we will give detailed explanations for these 3 methods in the following: Standard Recoveries include Non Destructive & Destructive recoveries: Non Destructive - System files from RP(in DVD) are copied to system filesarea in UP(If there are more than 1...
  • Page 50 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After Content Unchanged Destructive Recovery After Content Destructive Unchanged Recovery After Content Full Recovery Unchanged Please note here when there is just 1 UP, then Destructive Recovery = Full Recovery! Content Content Content Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Content Content Content...

  • Page 51: Ii.a. Non Destructive Recovery From Recovery Dvd

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL II.a. Non Destructive Recovery from Recovery DVD Insert the recovery DVD into the DVD drive, then choose to boot from CD ROM in BIOS, when DVD boots, the following screen shows, Please choose “Standard”, then click Next button!...Then the following screen shows to ask end user to confirm the Non Destructive Recovery!
  • Page 52 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Just click OK button!...Non Destructive Recovery takes place now!...
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  • Page 55 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After recovery is done, a message will appear to tell end user that recovery is a success, end user can click OK button or wait for the timeout:...
  • Page 56 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After either end user clicks OK button or after the timeout, a warning message will show:...
  • Page 57 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user please pay serious attention to this: System will reboot, in next session, system will perform specialization, since specialization takes a considerably long time, some end users don’t have patience then turn off power during specialization pass, this will cause severe impact: OS will not be able to be rebooted any more! So please never turn off power during...

  • Page 58: Ii.b. Destructive Recovery From Recovery Dvd

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL II.b. Destructive Recovery from Recovery DVD Insert the recovery DVD into the DVD drive, then choose to boot from CD ROM in BIOS, when DVD boots, the following message shows, Please choose “Advanced”, then click Next button!...Then the following screen shows to ask end user to confirm the Destructive Recovery!
  • Page 59 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Just click the OK button, then Destructive Recovery takes place now!...
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  • Page 62 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After recovery is done, a message will appear to tell end user that recovery is a success, end user can click OK button or wait for the timeout:...
  • Page 63 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After either end user clicks OK button or after the timeout, a warning message will show:...
  • Page 64 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user please pay serious attention to this: System will reboot, in next session, system will perform specialization, since specialization takes a considerably long time, some end users don’t have patience then turn off power during specialization pass, this will cause severe impact: OS will not be able to be rebooted any more! So please never turn off power during...

  • Page 65: Ii.c. Full Recovery From Recovery Dvd

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL II.c. Full Recovery from Recovery DVD Insert the recovery DVD into the DVD drive, then choose to boot from CD ROM in BIOS, when DVD boots, the following message shows, Please choose “Full”, then click Next button!...Then the following screen shows to ask end user to confirm the Full Recovery!
  • Page 66 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Just click OK, then Full Recovery takes place now!...
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  • Page 69 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After recovery is done, a message will appear to tell end user that recovery is a success, end user can click OK button or wait for the timeout:...
  • Page 70 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL After either end user clicks OK button or after the timeout, a warning message will show:...
  • Page 71 IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL End user please pay serious attention to this: System will reboot, in next session, system will perform specialization, since specialization takes a considerably long time, some end users don’t have patience then turn off power during specialization pass, this will cause severe impact: OS will not be able to be rebooted any more! So please never turn off power during...

  • Page 72: Appendix

    IMPACT PC USER’S MANUAL Appendix System Specifications Product Features Product Features Processor AMD Sempron™ 3000+ Monitor 19 Inch LCD Monitor System memory DDR2 PC2-5300 512MB x1 Storage 160G HDD 7200 RPM Optical disk Drive DVD Super Multi Video GeForce6100 NVIDIA nForce400 Audio Audio codec: 8 channel –...
  • Page 73 Product Features Rear Side USB2.0 x4 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse VGA Port Parallel Port 10/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet LAN port 56K data/fax Modem port AC power connector (AC-In) x 1 Drive Bays 5.25-inch standard optical drive x 2 Expansion Card 1 x PCI Express *1 Slot 2 x PCI Slot Operating System...

  • Page 74: Technical Support

    Model, Serial Number and a brief Description of the issue at hand to techsupport@everex.com To register your product visit www.everex.com or simply email your User Name (first and last), Model (Everex IMPACT GS3005, etc.) and Serial Number to customerservice@everex.com. Please use “Product Registration – GSXXXX” as your email subject.

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