Elitegroup EZ-Buddie2 D21 I4-3 Install v.1 - Manual

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Introduction:
Thank you for purchasing this new high-performance EZ-Buddie 2 series product. The EZ-Buddie 2 is, despite its’
compactness, a combination of a computer and personal entertaining unit. Some of the great features are:
EZ-Cinema and remote control
The EZ-Buddie 2 series comes with an operating mode called “EZ-Cinema”. This makes your EZ-Buddie 2 not only a
mini-sized computer but also an entertaining unit. The ready-to-go feature of the EZ-Cinema spares you the long wait
for the Windows booting, and allows you to directly play your favorite music, movies, pictures (optional), and even TV
programs (optional), a pleasure to get a easier digital life. Your EZ-Buddie2 comes with an ultra-thin remote control.
Using this remote control you can remotely choose to play a song or movie. As for the usage of the controls, the
simplified user’s interface delivers the instant familiarization. Furthermore, you can switch between the EZ-Cinema
mode and your Windows desktop any time – work when you need to, ease when you want to. As a special offer, a copy
of WIN-Cinema is also bundled, and you can also control it with the remote control.
FM Radio
This FM Radio feature provided by your EZ-Buddie 2 is a special designed one. It only required you to power on the
system and speaker to play your favorite radio station, and you don’t even need to boot up the system. This feature
facilitates you performing an auto-search, tuning–in to a radio station using the remote control, and setting six memory
channels for your favorite radio stations. This will keep you on the latest news and trends all the time. When the FM
Radio feature is off, the present time will be shown instead of radio frequency. Furthermore, a radio-alarm function is
provided. You can set the EZ-Buddie 2 to start playing a FM radio station at your preset time. Can you imagine wake up
listening to your favorite radio station every morning? Let the EZ-Buddie 2 make your dream come true.
EZ-Watcher providing real-time hardware detecting
Thanks to the unique EZ-Watcher technology the EZ-Buddie 2 series becomes the first computer has the ability to
self-diagnosis. The EZ-Watcher can perform pre-boot hardware testing to make sure the hardware is ready for normal
operation, and provide an easy way for you to debug. After booting into Windows, the EZ-Watcher will monitor the
temperature of the CPU and system. When detecting CPU overheat or system overheats, it will warn you in time for you
to take proper measure to prevent a system crash and data loss.
Magic Tuner
The EZ-Watcher comes with a “Magic Tuner”. Using this tuner, you can adjust the CPU processing rate to suit your
need. One push on the tuner allows you to adjust the processing rate for better performance, and another push to lock
the adjusted rate. Then, the system will apply the locked processing rate after every boot unless another adjustment is
made. The tuner is a very efficient tool for adjusting the system performance. However, the variety of the hardware
specification restricts such adjustment. Theoretically, an Intel CPU system can tolerate ±10% variation in performance,
and an AMD and VIA system ±5%. The hardware requirement of installed software may further restrict, even reject
such adjustment. When this happens, you should restore the default processing-rate to ensure the normal operation.
However, neither increasing the rate nor decreasing is recommended. The performance with the processing rate being
adjusted is not guaranteed, and you shall cautiously test and utilize such adjustment.
Plugs and Card slots
On the sides of the front panel, you can find USB/ IEEE1394/ Earphone/ Microphone plugs, as well as card slots
supporting CFI/CFII, SD, SM, MS, and MMC. These plugs and slots allow you to upload and download files from all
kinds of peripheral devices such as digital cameras, DVs, and MP3 players.
Compact and silent
The dimensions of the EZ-Buddie 2 are space-saving 18x22x31cm (W x L x H). You can easily put your EZ-Budddie 2
on your desk. Such compactness is made possible by an advanced heat sink design consisting of heat-pipe, a
technology originally designed for notebooks, and one smart fan. This design delivers efficient and quiet cooling. The
external power source design of the EZ-Buddie 2 series also help to reducing the operating noise and stabilizing the
system.
Expandability
The advanced design of the EZ-Budddie 2 not only provides best performance and stability but also the expandability,
including one AGP slot and one PCI slot for future upgrading.
Thus, you will find your digital life getting more free and comfortable with the EZ-Buddie 2.
Before operating your EZ-Buddie 2, you should read through this manual and keep this manual in hand for future
reference.