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Acer Aspire X3400, X3400G Desktop Service Guide - Page 2
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... merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages...
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... this manual:
SCREEN MESSAGES
Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.
NOTE
Gives additional information related to the current topic.
WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT
Alerts you 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...
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... Digital™ (SD) Card, xD-Picture Card™, Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™
Rear PS/2 keyboard port PS/2 mouse port Five audio jacks HDMI port eSATA port Four USB 2.0 ports Gigabit LAN port VGA/monitor port
Operating system and software
Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium x64...
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ESC:Exit
F10:Save
Description Type of processor installed on the system. Speed of the processor installed on the system. Total size of system memory installed on the system. Manufacturer of the system. Product name of the system. Serial number of the system. Version number of the BIOS setup utility. Date when the BIOS setup utility was released Asset tag number of...
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Parameter Supervisor Password User Password Change Supervisor Password
Change User Password
Description Indicates the status of the supervisor password. Indicates the status of the user password. Supervisor password prevents unauthorized access to the BIOS Setup Utility. Press Enter to change the Supervisor password. Press Enter to change the User password.
Setting a system password 1. Use the...
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... Heatsink Fan Assembly" on page 34. 3. Release the load lever, then pull the load lever to the fully open, upright position. 4. Pull out the processor from the socket.
IMPORTANT:If you are going to install a new processor, note the arrow on the corner to make sure the processor is properly oriented over the socket.
Chapter 3
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... additional chipset initialization. Re-enable CACHE. Verify that flat mode is enabled.
Test base 512KB memory. Adjust policies and cache first 8MB. Set stack.
Bootblock code is copied from ROM to lower system memory and control is given to it. BIOS now executes out of RAM.
Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to determine if BIOS recovery is...
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... chipset or option ROMs from add-in PCI devices.
Checkpoint E0
E9 EA EB EF E9 or EA F0 F1 F2
F3 F5 FA
FB
F4 FC FD FF
Description
Initialize the floppy controller in the super I/O. Some interrupt vectors are initialized. DMA controller is initialized. 8259 interrupt controller is initialized. L1 cache is enabled.
Set up floppy controller...
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... video adapter installed in the system that have optional ROMs.
Initializes all the output devices.
Allocate memory for ADM module and uncompress it. Give control to ADM module for initialization. Initialize language and font modules for ADM. Activate ADM module.
Initializes the silent boot module. Set the window for displaying text information.
Displaying sign-on message, CPU information, setup...
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... prepare for IPL detection.
Initializes IPL devices controlled by BIOS and 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.
Program the peripheral parameters. Enable...
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...0 disables all device nodes, PCI devices, and PnP ISA cards. It also assigns PCI bus numbers. Function 1 initializes all static devices that include manual configured onboard peripherals, memory and I/O decode windows in PCI-PCI bridges, and noncompliant PCI devices. Static resources are also reserved. Function 2 searches for and initializes any PnP, PCI, or AGP video devices.
Initialize different...
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... Flash Program error 'AMIBOOT.ROM' file size error BIOS ROM image mismatch (file layout does not match image present in flash device)
POST BIOS Beep Codes
Number of Beeps 1 3 6 7 8
Description Memory refresh timer error. Base memory read/write test error Keyboard controller BAT command field General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) Display memory error (system video adapter...
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... imminent failure.
This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error reporting standard. S.M.A.R.T. failure messages may indicate the need to replace the hard disk.
Virus Related
Message Displayed BootSector Write !!
VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)?
Description
The BIOS has detected software attempting to write to a drive's boot sector. This is flagged as possible virus activity...
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... new CPU is installed in a motherboard with an outdated BIOS. In this case, the BIOS must be updated to include the Microcode Update for the new CPU.
There was an error in while validating the NVRAM data. This causes POST to clear the NVRAM data.
More than one system device is trying to use the same non-shareable resources (Memory or...
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... by this USB Host Controller!
Warning! EHCI controller disabled. It requires 64bit data support in the BIOS.
Description This message is displayed when a non-bootable USB device is enumerated and disabled by the BIOS.
This message is displayed to indicate that port 60h/64h emulation mode cannot be enabled for this USB host controller. This condition occurs if USB KBC emulation option is set for...
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... a USB port on your computer. (2). Copy the target BIOS ROM file to a USB storage device. (3). Rename the target BIOS to "amiboot.rom". (4). Unplug the USB storage device.
2. Connect the USB storage device on the USB port on the system. 3. Power on the system. The system initializes the BIOS recovery process. Wait for about 3 minutes and the
system will reboot automatically after the flash update...
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...damage. If any problems are found, replace the FRU. 3. Remove or disconnect all of the following devices:
Non-Acer devices Printer, mouse, and other external devices Hard disk drive DIMM CD/DVD-ROM drive Adapter cards 4. Power on the computer. 5. Determine if the problem has been resolved. 6. If the problem does not recur, reconnect the removed...
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...of the X3400/X5400 desktop computer. Refer to this ...Service Guide. For Acer authorized service providers, your Acer office may have a ...service.
To scrap or to return the defective parts, follow the local government ordinance or regulations on how to dispose it properly, or follow the rules set by your regional Acer office on how to return it.
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