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Aspire M3600/M5600 AcerPower M461/S461
Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw
PRINTED IN TAIWAN
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire M3600/M5600 and AcerPower M461/S461 service guide.
Date
Chapter
Updates
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... in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.
Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or...
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... this manual:
SCREEN MESSAGES
Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.
NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT
Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic.
Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems...
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...Re-install bundled software without CD 5. Change Acer eRecovery password
Create backup
Users can create and save backup images to hard drive, CD, or DVD. 1. Boot to Windows XP 2. Press + to open the Acer eRecovery utility. 3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros. 4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery settings and click Next 5. In the Recovery settings window...
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Re-install bundled software without CD
Acer eRecovery stores pre-loaded software internally for easy driver and application re-installation. 1. Boot to Windows XP. 2. Press + to open the Acer eRecovery utility. 3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros. 4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery actions and click Next. 5. In the Recovery settings window, select...
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... system has password protection. Please enter 000000:" is displayed. 4. Enter six zeros and continue. 5. The Acer Recovery main page appears. 6. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the items (operating system versions) and press to select.
Multilingual operating system installation
Follow the instructions to choose the operating system and language you prefer when you first power-on the...
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... ROM, PCI 2.3 Yes Yes Yes
NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using the flash utility.
BIOS Hotkey List
Delete
Hotkey
Function Enter BIOS Setup Utility
Description
Press while the system is booting to enter BIOS Setup Utility.
Main Board Major Chips
Item NorthBridge SourthBridge AGP controller Super I/O controller Audio controller LAN controller HDD controller Keyboard controller...
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...)
L2 Cache RAM speed
One-half the processor core clock frequency
L2 Cache function control
Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup
L2 Cache scheme
Fixed in write-back
Video Interface Item
Video controller Video controller resident bus Video Interface AGP Slot
Audio Interface Item
Audio controller Audio controller Type Audio Channel Audio function control
18
Intel ICH7DH PCIE x16 1
Specification...
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... Function (ACPI support function)
Device Standby Mode T Independent power management timer for hard disk drive devices (0-15 minutes, time step=1 minute). T Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface). T Disable V-sync to control the VESA DPMS monitor. T Resume method: device activated (Keyboard for DOS, keyboard & mouse for Windows). T Resume recovery time: 3-5 sec...
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Chapter 2
System Utilities
About the Setup Utility
The computer uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the main board contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the main board BIOS. The BIOS Setup Utility displays the system's configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters. The parameters are stored in battery-...
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... Board S/N: Displays the serial number of the main board.
T System BIOS Version: Specifies the version of the BIOS utility.
T SMBIOS Version: The System Management Interface (SM) BIOS allows you to check your system hardware components without actually opening your system. Hardware checking is done via software during start up. This parameter specifies the version of the SMBIOS utility installed...
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... items are automatically updated whenever you make changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility.
T IDE Devices (none): Your computer has one IDE channel and can be installed with one or two devices (Master and Slave). Use this item to configure each device on the IDE channel. This main board features four SATA connectors supporting four SATA drives. SATA refers to Serial ATA (Advanced...
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...): All processors that can be installed in this main board use internal level 1 (L1) and external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better performance.
T Hyper-Threading Technology (Enabled): This item is only available when the chipset supports Hyper-Threading and you are using a Hyper-Threading CPU.
T Quick Power On...
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.... APIC provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems, allowing support for up to 60 processors.
T MPS Version Control For OS (1.4): This item displays MPS version control for OS.
T OS Select For DRAM > 64MB (Non-OS2): This item is only required if you have installed more than 64MB of memory and you are running the OS/2 operating system. Otherwise, leave...
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...enable or disable the on-chip serial ATA.
T Onboard Device (Press Enter): Scroll to this item and press to view the following screen.
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device
USB Controller USB 2.0 Support USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Onboard Audio Device Onboard IEEE1394 Controller Onboard GLAN Device Onboard Lan Boot ROM
[Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled...
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... your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the main board. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
T Onboard Serial Port 1/2 (3F8/IRQ4/2F8/IRQ3): These options are used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for onboard serial port 1 and port 2.
T Onboard Parallel Port (378/IRQ7): This option...
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This option lets you control system power management. The system has various power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending on RAM, and software power down that allows the system to be automatically resumed by certain events.
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup
f
f PCI Express PM Function ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Run...
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... the power-saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on any of the drives or devices on the primary or secondary IDE channels.
T FDD, COM, LPT Port (Disabled): When this item is enabled, the system will restart the powersaving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the floppy disk drive, serial ports, or the parallel port.
T PCI PIRQ...
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... item enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system.
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio
[17X]
Item Help
Menu Level f
mnlk: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC...