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Acer Aspire M3985 Motherboard
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Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 1
Acer Aspire M3985 Service Guide
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Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 8
...Check Procedures
77
Power System Check
77
System External Inspection
77
System Internal Inspection
77
Beep Codes
78
Checkpoints
79
BIOS Recovery
82
Jumper and Connector Information
85
M/B Placement
85
Jumper Setting
87
Internal header pin definition
90
Connector pin definition
93
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
98
Aspire M3985 Exploded Diagram
99
Aspire M3985 FRU List...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 10
... ports should meet USB IF spec and support 1A current over drive.
2
Chapter 1 Optical disk drive
• Support one SATA 5.25" standard ODD. • Support DVD-ROM, DVD-SuperMulti, ... conflict with PCIe card. Especially VGA card, we may have double width card support.
LAN
•
Giga Lan, Intel 82579V co-lay with bezel. • Models are listed on AVLC.
Graphics card
• No ...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 12
System BIOS
• Type: Use SPI Flash • System BIOS: 8MB • Kernel: AMI Kernel with Acer skin
Power supply
• Non PFC 300W / PFC 300W /FR 300W. • Support models are listed on AVLC.
4
Chapter 1
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 16
... Setup is set to Enabled.)
BIOS
Item
Specification
BIOS code programer
AMI Kernel with Acer skin
BIOS version
P01-A0
BIOS ROM type
SPI Flash
BIOS ROM size
8Mb
Support protocol
SMBIOS(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0
Device Boot Support
1st priority: SATA HDD 2nd priority: CD-ROM 3rd priority: Removable Device 4th priority: LAN 5th priority: USB device
Support to LS-120 drive
YES
Support to BIOS...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 18
... control Mono or stereo Compatibility
Music synthesizer Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone/Headphone jack
Specification
Intel PCH Panther Point B75
REALTEK/ALC662-VD0-GR
codec 5.1
Enable/disable by BIOS Setup
Stereo
ALC662-VD meets audio performance and function requirements for multimedia PCs and ultra mobile devices. It feature three stereo DACs, two stereo...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 84
...give false errors and invalid systemresponses.
1. Chapter 4
76 Obtain the failing symptoms in this chapter are only intended to test Acer products. Verify the symptoms by attempting to troubleshoot system hardware problems.
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure
IMPORTANT:The diagnostic tests described in as much detail as possible. 2.
Refer to "Power System check" on page 77 and "Beep Codes" on...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 85
... BIOS event
logs during the system startup.
77
Chapter 4 If the problem is making contact that could short out power. 4. Replace the system covers. 11. Place the system unit on the system. 12. Verify that all the peripherals connected to the correct voltage setting. If the problem with System Internal Inspection. Remove the system covers.For instructions...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 86
... using AMIBIOS enable this feature. BIOS damaged.
Beep Codes
Beep codes are used by the system board speaker, commonly referred to the end user.
BIOS is damaged, BIOS POST jumps to Boot Block to execute the default procedures. Chapter 4
78 Graphics card error/not installed, graphics card memory error or graphics card BIOS checksum error.
Memory not installed or memory...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 87
... into memory. Both key sequence and OEM specific method is forced. Restore CPUID value back into register. Checkpoints may appear on CPUID value in PMM. Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints
The Bootblock initialization code sets up the chipset,memory, and other CPU critical initialization. Save power-on the bottom right corner of RAM.
The Bootblock-Runtime interface...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 89
... occur because the user has forced the update or the BIOS checksum is corrupt. Make flash write enabled through chipset and OEM specific method. Restore CPUID value back into register. Start reading the recovery file cluster by the recovery file. Disable L1 cache. Verify that the found flash part size equals the recovery file size. Set up floppy controller...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 90
... form "Enabled" to recover BIOS.
3. Automatic mode: • When BIOS flash crashed, using recovery CDROM/USB Thumb drive to "Disabled". Chapter 4
82
Recovery Menu and Step: a. BIOS Recovery
1. The usage of recovery boot block: • Please re-name BIOS ROM (xxxx.ROM or 2MB size ROM) file to "AMIBOOT.ROM" and burn in BIOS ROM file to CDROM or...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 106
...
This chapter offers the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) list in the FRU list of the Aspire M3985 desktop computer. For Acer authorized service providers, your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization). You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your Acer office may have a different part number code from those given in global configuration...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 107
Aspire M3985 Exploded Diagram
NOTE: This section will be updated when more information becomes available. ITEM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
NAME PCI Door Rear Chassis IO Shielding Power Supply MB Chassis Support Chassis Support MB Support Sub Chassis
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Q'TY 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ITEM 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
NAME ODD Button Dn Pole ODD Door Up ODD Door Dn ...
Acer Aspire M3985 Desktop Service Guide - Page 109
...
CI)
Hon Hai Aspire Bezel AM361 USB 4 port bezel w/ 1 ext. HDD carrier for HM090M chassis (2011 New CI)
PZ.11900.310
"CPU Intel Core i7 2600 3.4G 8M 1333 95W D-2
KC.26001.CI7
N/A
LGA-1155, Sandy Bridge"
"Core i3-2120 (3.30G 3M DDR3 1333) , Q0 , 65W , Intel HD Graphics 2000"
KC.21201.CI3
Core i5-2500 (3.3G 6M...
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