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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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... to any physical risk or system damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems.
Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures.
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... Power Supply Unit 36 Removing the Front I/O and Optional Card Reader Assemblies 39 Removing the Mainboard 42 Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 45 System Check Procedures 45 Checkpoints 46 POST Error Indicators 50 BIOS Recovery 62 BIOS Update 63 Clearning CMOS 67
System Architecture 69
Block Diagram 69 Mainboard Layout 70 Jumper Setting 71
Setting Jumper 72 Connecting Optional Devices...
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... Gigabit Ethernet Controller • WLAN option: 802.11 b/g/n wireless network adapter (USB or PCI Express
x1 Low profile) • One HDD bay suppporting 3.5-inch 25.4 mm SATA HDDs • Support SATA HDD in 160 - 1500 GB capacities • One ODD bay supporting 5.25-inch standard SATA ODD • Supports DVD-R/RW drive or DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
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Component I/O ports
LED display and buttons
Description
• Front panel - USB ports (two) - Headphone jack - Microphone jack - Multi-in-1 card reader slots
• Rear panel - PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports - External display (VGA) port - USB ports (two) - Ethernet jack (RJ45) - Microphone, line-out, and line-in jacks
• Power LED
• Power button
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Microphone jack
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USB 2.0 ports
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External monitor port
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PS/2 mouse connector
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PS/2 keyboard connector
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Fan aperture
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Voltage selector switch
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Power connector
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Kensington lock
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Key lock
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LAN connector
NOTE The I/O ports on the upper chassis area are additional items made possible with the installation of an expansion card option.
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... & Exit Setup
• Power Management Setup
• Exit Without Saving
NOTES • The screenshots used in this section are for illustration only. The values displayed may not be the same as those in your computer.
• In the descriptive tables following each of the menu screen illustrations, settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings.
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... useful for systems running on 64-bit OS and those 32-bit systems that support the Physical Address Extension method.
Select the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device.
This setting is only available for WinXp.
Value Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled
32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 128MB Maximum
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... memory test. Display total memory in the system.
Mid POST initialization of chipset registers.
Detect different devices (Parallel ports, serial ports, and coprocessor in CPU, ... etc.) successfully installed in the system and update the BDA, EBDA...etc.
Programming the memory hole or any kind of implementation that needs an adjustment in system RAM size if needed.
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... IPL devices controlled by BIOS and option ROMs. Initializes remaining option ROMs. Generate and write contents of ESCD in NVRam. Log errors encountered during POST. Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error. Execute BIOS setup if needed / requested. Check boot password if installed. Late POST initialization of chipset registers. Build ACPI tables (if ACPI is supported...
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...the BIOS detects possible virus activity, it will prompt the user. This message will only be displayed if Virus Detection is enabled in AMIBIOS setup.
System Configuration
Message DMA-1 Error
DMA-2 Error
DMA Controller Error
Checking NVRAM... Update Failed
Microcode Error
NVRAM Checksum Bad, NVRAM Cleared Resource Conflict
NVRAM Ignored
NVRAM Bad
Static Resource Conflict PCI I/O conflict PCI ROM...
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...set to Enabled.
the Control Panel.
• Reload software from Recovery CD.
Blinking cursor only; system does not work. • IDE drive connection/cables
• IDE disk drives
• See "Undetermined Problems".
• Mainboard
NOTE Ensure the memory modules are installed properly and the contact leads are clean before diagnosing any system problems.
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... disk drive is configured correctly in CMOS Setup and that cable/jumper are set correctly before diagnosing any hard disk drive problems. (If only one drive is installed, please make sure the drive is connected to master connector or the drive is set to master.)
Optical Disc Drive-related Symptoms
Symptom/Error CD/DVD-ROM drive LED doesn't come on but works normally.
CD/DVD-ROM drive LED flashes...
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...BIOS Setup is set correctly.
• RTC battery • Mainboard
Audio-related Symptoms
Symptom/Error Audio software program invoked but no sound comes from speakers.
Action/FRU • Speaker power/connection/cable
Modem-related Symptoms
Symptom/Error Modem ring cannot wake up system from suspend mode.
Data/fax modem software program invoked but cannot receive/send data/fax Fax/voice modem...
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... Instant-off. • Power switch cable assembly
• Ensure the power override switch (located at the back of the computer, just above the connector for the power cable) is not set to OFF.
• Power switch cable assembly. • Enter CMOS Setup and load the default settings. • Reload software from Recovery CD.
• Power supply • Mainboard
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... for a computer running a 32- or 64-bit Windows OS. 1. Press the power button to turn on the computer. 2. Click Start | Command Prompt | Run as administrator.
3. Perform the steps below if your computer is running 32-bit Windows. a. Key in 'cd wintool\32'. (Go to BIOS path like "D:\WinTool\32")
b. Key in 'flash1M.bat' or 'flash1M'. 64
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... the main board's optional devices:
SATA1~2: Serial ATA connectors
These connectors are used to support the new Serial ATA devices for the highest datatransfer rates (3.0 Gb/s), simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly. It elimi-nates limitations of the current Parallel
ATA interface. But maintains register com-patibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA.
Pin...
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... procedures
card reader assembly 39 expansion board 34 front bezel 33 front I/O assembly 39 hard disk drive 29 HDD-ODD bracket 28 mainboard 42 memory 36 optical disc drive 29 power supply unit 36 side panel 24 Disassembly Requirements 23
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environmental requirements 3 Ethernet port
specifications 95 expansion slots
expansion board, remove 34 specifications 1 exploded view 78
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Features BIOS...
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Load Default 20 side panel
remove 24 slots
expansion 5 software specifications
antivirus 2 operating system 1 specifications audio 95 card reader 94 Ethernet 95 hard disk drive 94 memory 93 optical disc drive 94 power management 95 power supply unit 95 processor 92 system BIOS 93 system chipsets 93 speed processor 10 supervisor password 18 setting 18 system architecture 69 system chipsets 93 ...