Computer Specs & Boot Menus of an Acer desktop computer (with the Ubuntu-MATE Linux operating system installed) (Also some info on a 27-inch Samsung monitor used with the Acer desktop computer.)

Acer Aspire desktop computer, model axc603g --- full model name: AXC-603G-UW13

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INTRODUCTION : In 2018 April, I installed Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 (a 2016 April release) on an Acer desktop computer --- and then, in 2019 October, I upgraded to Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 (a 2018 April release). In 2019 October, I migrated my data (Thunderbird email files, SeaMonkey web browser bookmarks, shell-and-Tcl/Tk scripts, photos, and various other files) from an old 'home-built' Linux computer to this Acer computer running Ubuntu-MATE 18.04. Thus, this Acer desktop computer became my 'main' home desktop computer --- for handling email ('local', home storage) web page development Linux utility shell script development Tcl-Tk script development photo storage and editing audio & video storage and editing document scanning and various other tasks This page is meant to provide some fairly detailed information on the specifications of this Acer desktop computer --- along with info on its boot-menus. Also this page is meant to provide access to some information on a 27-inch Samsung monitor that is used with the Acer desktop computer. Previous to the installation of Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 (and upgrade to 18.04) on this Acer computer, I was using Ubuntu 9.10 (a 2009 October release) on the 'home-built' computer. On this page, I will use the nickname 'AcerDesktop1' for this Acer desktop computer, model AXC-603G-UW13 --- and I will refer to my previous main-Linux-desktop-computer by the nickname 'home-built'. To augment the data presented on this page, some WEB SEARCHES are provided to allow for looking for additional (or corroborating) data on these devices. This page is meant to be used as a link from pages describing the Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 install on the 'AcerDesktop1' computer upgrade to Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 on the 'AcerDesktop1' computer --- along with data-migration from the old 'home-built' Linux computer to the 'AcerDesktop1' computer

DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS:

'AcerDesktop1' COMPUTER-SPECS: The computer 'specs' of the desktop computer that I identify as 'AcerDesktop01' were as follows. (Some of the links below provide a WEB SEARCH for information on the keywords named in each link.) Most of these specifications came from the box that contained the computer. Model: Acer Aspire AXC-603G-UW13 desktop computer CPU Processor: Intel Celeron J1900 (4 cores, 4 threads, a maximum frequency of 2.4GHz) In 2021 Sep, the Single-Thread benchmark ratings at 'cpubenchmark.net' showed a rating of 649 for the Intel Celeron J1900 @ 1.99 GHz. This is/was roughly 18 percent of the max rating of about 3,700 for Desktop CPU's. A little more detail on the CPU benchmark rating of the Celeron J1900 CPU is in a CPU-BENCHMARK section below. Other specifications of 'AcerDesktop1': GPU Processor: Intel ???? Memory: 4 GB DDR3 Hard Disk Drive: 500GB Optical Drive (CD/DVD): one DVD+/-RW SuperMulti drive USB Type-A ports: 1 USB 3.0 ; 4 USB 2.0 Video ports: 1 HDMI and 1 VGA Ethernet port: 1 RJ-45, Gigabit Wi-Fi card: no Bluetooth: no BIOS: P11-B1 Operating system: Windows 8.1 Other software: McAfee Internet Security Suite, Nero Back-It-Up Weight: ? lbs (? kg) Other features: 1 SD card reader on the front headphone & microphone 3.5mm connectors on the front speaker & microphone 3.5mm connectors on the back keyboard & mouse USB connectors on the back Manufacture year: 2014 (made in China) NOTE: 1 Ethernet port, but no WiFi or Bluetooth cards According to the 'kern.log' files (as displayed by MATE 'Applications > System Tools > Log File Viewer'), the 'AcerDesktop1' 'eth0' network interface was handled by 'RTL8168g/8111g' --- probably an 802.11 adapter card manufactured by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Acer desktop computer, model AXC-603G-UW13

(NOTE: There are 3 USB ports on the back ---
2 USB 2.0 and 1 USB 3.0 --- in addition to
2 USB 2.0 ports on the front --- TOTAL of 5 USB ports.

If/when I get a desktop computer to replace this one,
I will look for at least 7 or 8 USB ports.)

'AcerDesktop1' CPU-BENCHMARK results: A nice set of benchmark results for many CPU's working in a 'single-thread' mode can be seen at cpubenchmark.net. You can compare the performance of the Intel Celeron J1900 to various low-end to mid-power Intel processors, such as various models of 'Atom', 'Celeron', 'Pentium', and 'i3' processors (surprisingly many!). The Intel Celeron J1900 CPU had a PassMark rating of about 645. This was rather low in the 'PassMark' performance ratings for desktop-CPU's --- which ranged from about 3,750 down to about 150 in mid-2021. But a rating of 645 was several times higher than the ratings of about 200 for the Intel Atom processors that were used in many 'netbook' computers around 2010 to 2015. This Intel Celeron J1900 performance level would be adequate for my needs: web browsing (with Seamonkey) email processing (with Thunderbird) programming of shell scripts & Tcl-Tk scripts (with 'scite') image processing (with 'mtpaint' & ImageMagick) web-page development & maintenance, like this page (with 'scite' text editor) file uploading to a web server (with Filezilla) some audio and video playing & editing (with 'audacity', 'totem', 'ffmpeg', etc.)

'AcerDesktop1' BOOT-MENUS: (tailored for a Linux install with a 'USB stick') NOTE: These boot-menu notes are preliminary. I intend to bring up the Boot menu on this 'AcerDesktop01' computer to more carefully document the menu options and their current settings. Since I had no essential files in the Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 system on this 'AcerDesktop01' computer, I was planning to upgrade from Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 to 18.04 by simply overlaying the 16.04 system of files --- by doing an install-from-USB-stick like I usually do to overlay (with a Linux 'distro') the Microsoft Windows operating system on a computer. I had downloaded a copy of the Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 '.iso' file from the Ubuntu-MATE download page. I had put the '.iso' file on a USB stick using a 'dd' command --- as was described in a section in the Introduction above. Before trying the install-from-USB-stick, I wanted to check the Acer Boot Menus, as I usually do in such an USB-stick-install, to make sure that the USB stick will be checked first, before simply loading the current operating system from the internal disk of the computer. Also, because of the complications that arose when Microsoft implemented a 'Secure Boot' mode via UEFI that made it more complicated to install Linux on personal computers with a Microsoft OS installed, I wanted to make note of 'Secure Boot' and/or 'Legacy Boot' and/or 'CSM Boot' options that would appear in the newer boot menus (since about 2012) --- where CSM = Compatibility Support Module. For this Acer desktop computer, one uses the 'Del' key to bring up the BIOS menus. (This is mentioned briefly in some text messages that show on screen when this 'AcerDesktop01' computer is powered up.) This is different from Acer netbook computers, on which I always had to use the 'F2' key to access the computer's boot menu. On 2019oct18, I HELD DOWN the 'Del' key before pressing the power-on button of this 'AcerDesktop01' desktop computer. The 'BIOS Setup Utility' menu (version 2.16.1242, Copyright 2002-2014, Acer Inc.) showed up. That Utility provided the following menu 'panel' names: Main Advanced Power Authentication Security Boot-Options Exit (This is several more panel-menus than I was used to seeing in the 'InsydeH2O' boot menus on Acer netbook computers --- simply 'Main', 'Boot', and 'Exit'.) The panel that I really needed to check was the 'Boot-Options' panel. But I made notes on most of the other panels that I present below (roughly, because my notes were incomplete and, in some areas, hard to interpret). In particular, see the 'Boot-Options' menu/panel/screen, below. 'Main' menu: System Information Version: P11-B1 Build date: 06/16/2014 Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99 GHz Core frequency: 2.00 GHz Count: 4 Memory Size: 4096 MB Product name: Aspire XC-603G System Serial Number: DTSUVAA00344104BBA3000 Base Board Series Number: DBSUL11001440805D330A1 Asset Tag Number: [blank] System Date: [Fri 10/18/2019] System Time: [14:52:13] 'Advanced' menu: Four sub-menus were shown: Miscellaneous Advanced Chipset Configuration Integrated Peripherals PC Health Status It might be a good idea to use that 'PC Health Status' option periodically --- if I can remember to do it. I did not take notes on these sub-menus. 'Power' menu: I did not take notes on this menu. 'Authentication' menu: System Boot State: User Secure Boot Mode State: Enabled Secure Boot: [Enabled] Secure Boot Mode: [Standard] Default Key Positioning: [Enabled] On the right of these options, the following help information was provided: Secure Boot flow control. Secure Boot can be enabled only when 1. Platform Key (PK) is enrolled and Platform is operating in User mode and 2. CSM function is disabled in setup. 'Security' menu: Suprevisor Password: Not Installed User Password: Not Installed Change Supervisor Password: [Press Enter] 'Boot-Options' menu: Boot Priority Order 1st Boot Drive: [CD&DVD] 2nd Boot Drive: [Removable Device] 3rd Boot Drive: [ubuntu] 4th Boot Drive: [LAN] NOTE1: When I installed Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 on this desktop computer, it looks like the 3rd drive (which was probably a Microsoft boot name) was changed to 'ubuntu'. NOTE2: I used keys like the '-' key to switch 'Removable Device' to 1st and 'CD&DVD' to 2nd --- to make sure my USB stick would be used first and not the CD/DVD drive. (See the keys-guide at the 'Exit' menu below.) Other sub-menus and options were: > Hard Disk Drive Priority: [Press Enter] > Optical Disk Drive Priority: [Press Enter] > Removable Device Priority: [Press Enter] > Network Device Priority: [Press Enter] Boot Menu: [Enabled]   [Hotkey F12 support during POST] Quiet Boot: [Disabled] D2D Recovery: [Disabled]   [POST Recovery hot-key ALT-F10 support] Halt On: [All, but Keyboard] 'Exit' menu: Save & Exit Setup Discard Changes and Exit Setup Save Changes Discard Changes Load Default Settings Save as User Default Settings Load User Default Settings Options at the lower right of each boot menu: right-arrow, left-arrow : Select Screen up-arrow, down-arrow : Select Item Enter: Select +/-/space: Change option F7: Restore User Defaults F8: Save as User Default Settings F9: Load Default Settings F10: Save & Exit Setup ESC: Exit NOTE1: ESC can be used to exit each submenu. NOTE2: The main keys I used were right-arrow left-arrow down-arrow up-arrow Enter - (minus sign) ESC

SAMSUNG MONITOR-SPECS: The Samsung 27-inch monitor that I connected to this 'AcerDesktop1' computer was model number SC27C230B. I bought the montior on sale at Office Depot. It was manufactured circa 2014. I used the monitor at a 1920x1080 resolution. The model-link above provides a WEB SEARCH for information on that Samsung monitor.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: To find more information on computer (and monitor) specifications, you can try WEB SEARCHES on keywords such as the following. 'acer desktop computer specifications AXC-603G-UW13' 'acer desktop computer models' 'samsung monitor specifications' You can also try Wikipedia pages like the following, and following links on those pages for even more information. Wikipedia page - 'Acer Aspire' Wikipedia page - 'Acer Aspire desktops' Wikipedia page - 'Acer Aspire lapops' Wikipedia page - 'Acer Aspire One' (netbooks, to 2013) Wikipedia page - 'Computer hardware' Wikipedia page - 'Central processing unit' Wikipedia page - 'Benchmark (computing)' Wikipedia page - 'Computer data storage' Wikipedia page - 'Graphics card' Wikipedia page - 'Realtek' (See the info on Ethernet controllers.) Wikipedia page - 'Computer monitor' Wikipedia page - 'Comparison of CRT, LCD, Plasma, and OLED displays' Wikipedia page - 'List of flat panel display manufacturers'

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