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Pre-Install AMD® AHCI Driver for Windows XP® Operating System - Page 1
...AMD® AHCI Driver for Windows XP® Operating System
Pre-Installation Using the F6 Method
Notes: Before you start to install Microsoft® Windows XP® operating system, you will need an optical drive, a USB floppy disk drive, a blank 1.44MB floppy diskette, and Microsoft® Windows XP® Professional/Home Edition Setup Disc (bootable). 1. Extract AHCI F6 driver files to a blank...
Pre-Install AMD® AHCI Driver for Windows XP® Operating System - Page 2
3. At the beginning of the operating system installation, press [F6] to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
4. When prompted, select 'S' to Specify Additional Device.
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Pre-Install AMD® AHCI Driver for Windows XP® Operating System - Page 3
...diskette you created in step 1.
6. At this point you should be presented with a selection for one of the following controllers listed depending on your hardware version and configuration for AHCI Controllers: - Select [AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform] for Windows XP 32-bit Edition - Select [AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform] for Windows XP 64-bit Edition
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Pre-Install AMD® AHCI Driver for Windows XP® Operating System - Page 4
... appropriate for the hardware in your system and press Enter. 8. Press Enter again to continue.
- Load [AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform] driver
- Load [AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform] driver
Leave the floppy diskette in the system until the next reboot as the software will need to be copied from the floppy diskette again when setup is copying files.
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Service Guide - Page 1
TravelMate 5330 Extensa 5230/5630Z Series
Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER/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 TravelMate 5330/Extensa 5230/5630Z Series service guide.
Date
Chapter
Updates
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Service Guide - Page 3
... 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...
Service Guide - Page 4
... 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...
Service Guide - Page 7
... eRecovery Management 21 Acer eSettings Management 23 Windows Mobility Center 24 Using the System Utilities 25 Acer GridVista (dual-display compatible 26 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 28
Chapter 2 System Utilities
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BIOS Setup Utility 35 Navigating the BIOS Utility 36 Information 37 Main 38 Security 40 Boot 44 Exit 45
BIOS Flash Utility 46 Remove HDD/BIOS Utility 47...
Service Guide - Page 34
... brightness, volume, power plan, wireless networking on/off, external display settings, synchronization status and presentation settings.
Windows Mobility Center also includes Acer-specific settings like sharing folders overview/sharing service on or off, Bluetooth Add Device (if applicable), and a shortcut to the Acer user guide, drivers and utilities.
To launch Windows Mobility Center:
q Use...
Service Guide - Page 35
...-purpose fingerprint software package integrated with the Microsoft Windows operating system. Utilizing the uniqueness of one's fingerprint features, Acer BioProtection Fingerprint Solution has incorporated protection against unauthorized access to your computer with centralized password management with Password Bank, easy music player launching with Acer MusicLaunch, secure Internet favorites via...
Service Guide - Page 47
.... This field shows the speed of the CPU. This field shows the model name of HDD installed on primary IDE master. This field displays the serial number of HDD installed on primary IDE master. This field shows the model name of the Optical device installed in the system. Displays system BIOS version. This field displays the VGA firmware version of the system. This field shows...
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The BIOS flash memory update is required for the following conditions: q New versions of system programs q New features or options q Restore a BIOS when it becomes corrupted.
Use the Flash utility to update the system BIOS flash ROM. NOTE: If you do not have a crisis recovery diskette at hand, then you should create a Crisis Recovery
Diskette before you use the Flash utility. NOTE: Do not install...
Service Guide - Page 112
... instructions in the message window. If an error occurs with the internal diskette drive, reconnect the diskette connector on the system board. If the error still remains: 1. Reconnect the external diskette drive/DVD-ROM module. 2. Replace the external diskette drive/CD-ROM module. 3. Replace the main board.
External CD-ROM Drive Check
Do the following to isolate the problem to a controller, drive...
Service Guide - Page 113
... to main board. 2. Go to the diagnostic memory in the test items. 3. Press F2 in the test items. 4. Follow the instructions in the message window. NOTE: Make sure that the DIMM is fully installed into the connector. A loose connection can cause an error.
Power System Check
To verify the symptom of the problem, power on the computer using each...
Service Guide - Page 115
... Software: 1. Check out the Power Management in control Panel 2. In Power Meter, confirm that if the parameters shown in the screen for Current Power Source and Total
Battery Power Remaining are correct. 3. Repeat the steps 1 and 2, for both battery and adapter. 4. This helps you identify first the problem is on recharging or discharging. From Hardware: 1. Power off the computer...
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Memory count (size) appears different from actual size.
Enter BIOS Setup Utility to execute "Load Default Settings, then reboot system. DIMM System board
Speaker-Related Symptoms Symptom / Error
In Windows, multimedia programs, no sound comes from the computer.
Internal speakers make noise or emit no sound.
Audio driver Speaker System board
Speaker System board
Action in Sequence
Power...
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Reconnect hard disk/CD-ROM drives. Hard disk connection board System board
Peripheral-Related Symptoms Symptom / Error
System configuration does not match the installed devices. External display does not work correctly. USB does not work correctly Print problems.
Serial or parallel port device problems.
Action in Sequence
Enter BIOS Setup Utility to execute "Load Default Settings", then reboot...
Service Guide - Page 134
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powered on with Crisis BIOS Recovery process. 4. BIOS Boot Block starts to restore the BIOS code from the Crisis floppy disk to BIOS ROM on the failed
machine. 5. If the Crisis flashing process is finished, the system will restart. If the Crisis Recovery process is finished, the system should be powered on with successful and workable BIOS. Then a person can update the latest version BIOS...
Service Guide - Page 149
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