Bought a refurb Acer Aspire AM3470G-UW10P. Want to soup it up a little. Need the real manual, not the general piece of junk.

The two 3.0 ports are colored blue the other 8 usb ports are 2.0

remove it from power source,open up the casing and you will see a jumper with CLR CMOS.remove the jumper and replace it on the next terminal.wait a few seconds and return it to the normal position you found the jumper on.
power up your machine,you will have 2 reset the date and time after though.

good luck

For instructions check out this WEB site.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/customize.aspx

You need to get a recovery CD for your model laptop from Acer.
Download the recovery CD and device drivers from the Acer WEB site. Make sure you select the model of your laptop the drivers you that require that matches the Windows version that is installed on your laptop. Use this link to get to the Acer support: -
http://www.acersupport.com/drivers_download.aspx

If your computer is 6 yrs or older it might not support windows 7 also you will need a minimum of 1 GB of RAM for 32 bit or 2GB of RAM for 64 bit to install windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/products/system-requirements

This model shows up as ACER. Try their site. Pretty good site and easy.

Most of the time the fastest way is to log on to the manufacturers website. Most manufacturers have places on their sites to download software and documentation. Next you can query search engines such as ask.com. Also FixYa.com as well as any number of sites with tech chatrooms and forums.

On the bottom of the back are 2 blue USB ports those are the 3.0 ports

Bring it back where you bought it. My first idea is an overheating problem from power supply or CPU.

I also have an Acer Aspire AM-3470G & just swapped DVD drives trying to troubleshoot a problem. Remove the one side panel with the finger tab that gives you access to the system board/HD's, etc. No need to remove the opposite side panel. With the panel off, there are 3 black plastic tabs holding the front cover on. Release them so that the front panel pivots to the opposite side which also has 3 black tabs. Those tabs will release themselves as you pivot the front cover. You may need a bit of force to pivot the cover so be careful not damage the plastic tabs. You'll now have complete access to the DVD tray area. The DVD is held in by 2 exposed screws, there are none on the opposite side of the drive. Unscrew them, disconnect the power & SATA connectors & slide out the drive. If you replace the DVD drive, test the new one before you reassemble all the covers to verify everything works.