IBM Aptiva Hardware Handbook

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About this book
The Hardware Handbook contains general information
about using the desktop and minitower models of the
IBM Aptiva Personal Computer. It also provides
hardware specifications and installation instructions for
most options that you can add to your computer.
This book has been written for several model
configurations. If the model you purchased did not
come with some of the hardware mentioned in this
book, you will not be able to use the software functions
associated with that hardware.
For example, this book can help you:
• Select software settings that let you get the best
performance from your monitor
• Install a printer driver
• Control the volume on multimedia systems
• Send commands to your modem
• Determine the cause of many computer problems
and fix them yourself
• Install and remove adapter cards
• Install and remove diskette drives, hard disk drives,
tape drives, and CD-ROM drives
• Add memory
• Change your battery
How this book is organized
This book has two parts and an appendix.
“Part 1. Reference information” contains
information about:
• Using monitors and Input/Output devices
• Using Rapid Resume Manager
• Installing printer drivers
• Controlling the volume on multimedia systems
• Troubleshooting problems
• Using the computer’s Setup Utility.
“Part 2. Installing options” contains instructions for
installing options in both the desktop and minitower
system unit and on the system board.
“Appendix. Reference tables” contains technical
reference information that you may need when
installing options.
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IBM Aptiva Specifications

General

CPU	Intel Pentium
RAM	8 MB to 64 MB
Operating System	Windows 95
Graphics	S3, ATI
Optical Drive	CD-ROM
Ports	Serial, Parallel, PS/2
Expansion Slots	ISA, PCI