Acer Altos R510 driver and firmware
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Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 7
... the BIOS Setup Utility 22
Main Menu 23 Advanced Menu 25
Processor Configuration Sub-menu 26 Floppy Configuration Sub-menu 33 Super I/O Configuration Sub-menu 34 USB Configuration Sub-menu 35 PCI Configuration Sub-menu 37 Memory Configuration Sub-menu 38 Boot Menu 41 Boot Settings Configuration Sub-menu 42 Boot Device Priority Sub-menu 43 Hard Disk Drive Sub...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 8
...Hard Disk Drive 66 Installing a SATA or SCSI Hot-swap Hard Disk Drive 71 Installing or Removing a Floppy Drive 73 Installing or Removing a DVD/CD-RW or CD-ROM Drive 81 Installing and Removing a PCI Riser Connector 85 Installing and Removing a PCI Add-in Card 87 Installing and Removing the SATA or SCSI Backplane (Optional) 89 Processor Installation and Upgrade 91 Memory Installations and Upgrade 93...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 10
... support Supports Extended memory 64bit technology (EM64T)
Chipset
T
Intel® E7320 chipset, including: • Intel® E7320 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) • Intel® 6300ESC I/O Controller Hub (ICH)
Memory
T Six (184-pin) DIMM slots supporting DDR-1 333 MHz memory
T 2-way memory interleaving supported
T Maximun upgrade: 12GB
T SDDC (Single Device Data Correction) for memory error...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 11
...) SCSI hard disk drives 146*3= 438 GB or three SATA hard disk drives 200*3 = 600GB
LAN
T Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet connections T Intel® 82541 Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller T Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller
Serial ATA ports T Two SATA ports
Service ID
T T
Front service ID button Front and rear service ID LED
Operating Systems supported T Microsoft Windows Server...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 29
... keys or key sequences or support of pointing devices.
Configuration Reset Setting the Clear CMOS jumper (board location J1H4) produces a "reset system configuration" request. When a request is detected, the BIOS loads the default system configuration values during the next POST. Alternatively, the user can clear CMOS without opening the chassis. Using the control panel, the user can...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 66
... components of the Altos R510 are upgradeable such as the drives, the CPU, the memory, and the expansion cards. However, for safety purposes, we do not recommend that you perform these upgrades yourself. If you want to replace or upgrade any of these components, contact your Acer dealer or a qualified service technician for assistance.
Important: Observe the installation precautions described in...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 98
Processor Installation and Upgrade
Installing or Replacing the Processor
CAUTION CAUTION: Processor must be appropriate: You may damage the server board if you install a processor
that is inappropriate for your server. Contact your local Acer dealer for a list of compatible processor(s). CAUTION: ESD and handling processors: Reduce the risk of electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage to the
processor ...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 100
... same density (e.g. 512MB), bus width (e.g. x8 ,x16) and granule technology (e.g. 256M-bit, 512M-bit)
Memory Sparing
To provide a more fault tolerant system, the Altos R510 includes specialized hardware to support fail-over to a spare DIMM device in the event that a primary DIMM in use exceeds a specified threshold of runtime errors. One of the DIMMs installed per channel will...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 101
... data has been copied, the reserve DIMM(s) will be put into service and the failing DIMM will be removed from service. Only one sparing cycle is supported. If this feature is not enabled, then all DIMMs will be visible in normal address space.
Please refer to the "Memory Configuration" section in "BIOS Setup" to enable the memory sparing feature...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 103
... you are using the latest firmware and files. Firmware upgrades include updates for BIOS, the baseboard management controller (BMC), and the hot-swap controller (HSC). In addition to the server firmware and files, also update any drivers used for components you have installed in your system, such as video drivers, network drivers, and SCSI drivers. Acer provides a package called the "Platform...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 105
... add-in boards sharing the same interrupt. T Are all peripheral devices installed correctly? T If the system has a hard disk drive, is it properly formatted or configured? T Are all device drivers properly installed? T Are the configuration settings made in Setup correct? T Is the operating system properly loaded? Refer to the operating system documentation. T Did you press the system power on/off...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 107
... not light. T Hard disk drive activity light does not light. T CD-ROM drive activity light does not light. T There are problems with application software. T The bootable CD-ROM is not detected.
Try the solutions below in the order given. If you cannot correct the problem, contact your service representative or authorized dealer for help.
Power Light Does Not...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 109
... the onboard diskette controller, use the BIOS setup to make sure that "Onboard Floppy" is set to "Enabled." If you are using an add-in diskette controller, make sure that "Onboard Floppy" is set to "Disabled."
CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not Light
Check the following: T Are the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive's power and signal cables properly installed? T Are all...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 110
... requirements for the software. See the software documentation.
T Make sure the software is properly installed and configured for the system. See the software documentation.
T Use only an authorized copy. Unauthorized copies often do not work. T If you are running the software from a floppy disk, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, try a different disk. T Make sure the correct device drivers installed. If the...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 111
...using ATA drives, verify that the master/slave settings are set correctly. See your drive documentation for details on setting the master/slave settings. T If using a RAID configuration with SCSI or SATA drives, make sure the RAID card is installed correctly.
Bootable CD-ROM Is Not Detected
Check the following: T Make sure the BIOS are configured to allow the CD-ROM to be the first bootable device...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 112
... provided by the BIOS to control the policy applied to FRB2 failures. These options are not supported by the Server Board SE7320VP2, and mBMC does not support the option to disable the BSP.
FRB3 - BSP Reset Failures
The BIOS and firmware provide a feature to guarantee that the system boots, even if one or more processors fail during POST...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 116
...video screen, or if an error has occurred prior to video initialization, errors will be reported through a series of audio beep codes.
Post Error Messages
Table 3. Memory BIOS Messages
Message Displayed Gate20 Error Multi-Bit ECC Error
Parity Error
Description
The BIOS is unable to properly control the server board's Gate A20 function, which controls access of memory over 1 MB. This may indicate...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 120
... a brand 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 nonshareable resources (Memory or...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 128
... 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...
Altos R510 Service Guide - Page 142
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