User’s Manual

ASUS Essentio Desktop PC 3

Contents

Notices ....................................................................................................4

Safety information ..............................................................................7

Notes for this manual ........................................................................8

Welcome ................................................................. 9

Package contents ................................................................................9

Knowing your Desktop PC .................................. 10

Front / Rear panel features ...........................................................10

Setting up your Desktop PC ................................ 13

Connecting devices .........................................................................13

Connecting the power ................................................................... 14

Pressing the power button to turn on the system ...............14

Using your system ............................................... 15

Using the optical drive ................................................................... 15

Inserting a disc ............................................................................15

Ejecting a disc .............................................................................15

Using the card reader .....................................................................15

Connecting to speakers ...........................................................16

Conﬁguring audio output settings ............................................ 16

Introducing the utilities ...................................... 18

ASUS AI Manager ............................................................................. 18

Installing AI Manager................................................................18

Launching AI Manager .............................................................18

AI Manager quick bar ............................................................... 19

Recovering your system ...................................... 22

Using the recovery DVD ................................................................22

Quickly recover your system ........................................................23

Troubleshooting .................................................. 24