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...Intel® 915PM/915GM Express chipset 256/512 MB of DDR2 533 MHz memory, upgradeable to 2 GB using two soDIMM modules 17" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite colour TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 pixel resolution or 17" Wide WSXGA+ TFT color LCD or 17" Wide WXGA TFT color LCD ...-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability DVI-D support, S-video/TV-out support (NTSC/PAL) Acer CinemaVision™ video technology (Acer Arcade) Acer ClearVision™ video optimisation technology (Acer Arcade) 60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disk drive Optical drive options: • DVD-Dual double-layer drive (Slot-load type) • DVD/CD-RW combo...
...Intel® 915PM/915GM Express chipset 256/512 MB of DDR2 533 MHz memory, upgradeable to 2 GB using two soDIMM modules 17" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite colour TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 pixel resolution or 17" Wide WSXGA+ TFT color LCD or 17" Wide WXGA TFT color LCD ...-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability DVI-D support, S-video/TV-out support (NTSC/PAL) Acer CinemaVision™ video technology (Acer Arcade) Acer ClearVision™ video optimisation technology (Acer Arcade) 60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disk drive Optical drive options: • DVD-Dual double-layer drive (Slot-load type) • DVD/CD-RW combo...
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..., and four on . (Lights amber when in stand-by or sleep mode) Lights up when the battery is being charged. Media activity Indicates when the hard disk or optical drive is closed. Bluetooth Indicates the status of wireless LAN communication.
..., and four on . (Lights amber when in stand-by or sleep mode) Lights up when the battery is being charged. Media activity Indicates when the hard disk or optical drive is closed. Bluetooth Indicates the status of wireless LAN communication.
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Warning! Do not place the magnet near the hard disk drive of your notebook display using the special clip, as shown below. 4 Extend the antenna to the antenna body. 1 2 3 3 To ensure good reception, the antenna can ... antenna unit also allows you to fix it is positioned at 90 degrees to improve the quality of your computer. Doing so may damage the drive and/or data.
Warning! Do not place the magnet near the hard disk drive of your notebook display using the special clip, as shown below. 4 Extend the antenna to the antenna body. 1 2 3 3 To ensure good reception, the antenna can ... antenna unit also allows you to fix it is positioned at 90 degrees to improve the quality of your computer. Doing so may damage the drive and/or data.
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... a different region into 6 regions. then close the DVD tray. When you launch the DVD player for more information. You can play DVD movies on your hard disk does not reset the number of times the region code has been set. Please refer to enter the region code. English 69 Using software... set to a region code, it will play DVD disks of that region only. Important! DVD disks are divided into the DVD drive. Once your DVD drive is installed in the optical drive bay, you to the online help for the first time, the program asks you can set the region code a maximum of...
... a different region into 6 regions. then close the DVD tray. When you launch the DVD player for more information. You can play DVD movies on your hard disk does not reset the number of times the region code has been set. Please refer to enter the region code. English 69 Using software... set to a region code, it will play DVD disks of that region only. Important! DVD disks are divided into the DVD drive. Once your DVD drive is installed in the optical drive bay, you to the online help for the first time, the program asks you can set the region code a maximum of...
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... "Restore C:" item is enabled only if there is a user backup stored on screen to proceed. Please refer to store the backup image on drive D:. Create factory default image CD When the System CD and Recovery CD are not available, you can restore backups previously created (as stated in ... Management utility. 3 Enter the password to complete the process. Factory default image and click Next. Restore from hard disk, CD or DVD. 1 Boot to Windows XP. 2 Press + to open the Acer eRecovery Management utility. 3 Enter the password to store the backup disk image on CD or DVD. 7 After ...
... "Restore C:" item is enabled only if there is a user backup stored on screen to proceed. Please refer to store the backup image on drive D:. Create factory default image CD When the System CD and Recovery CD are not available, you can restore backups previously created (as stated in ... Management utility. 3 Enter the password to complete the process. Factory default image and click Next. Restore from hard disk, CD or DVD. 1 Boot to Windows XP. 2 Press + to open the Acer eRecovery Management utility. 3 Enter the password to store the backup disk image on CD or DVD. 7 After ...
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...I/O parity error Contact your dealer or an authorized service center. Disk boot failure Insert a system (bootable) disk into the floppy drive (A:), then press to help you receive an error message, note the message and take the corrective action. keyboard connected Keyboard interface ...error Contact your dealer or an authorized service center. Solutions to reboot. Hard disk 0 error Contact your dealer or an authorized service center. Equipment configuration error Press (during POST) to enter the BIOS ...
...I/O parity error Contact your dealer or an authorized service center. Disk boot failure Insert a system (bootable) disk into the floppy drive (A:), then press to help you receive an error message, note the message and take the corrective action. keyboard connected Keyboard interface ...error Contact your dealer or an authorized service center. Solutions to reboot. Hard disk 0 error Contact your dealer or an authorized service center. Equipment configuration error Press (during POST) to enter the BIOS ...
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Storage T T T T T T T T T 60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disk drive 9.5mm height, 2.5" HDD PCI Bus Master Enhanced IDE Support Ultra DMA100, S.M.A.R.T 4200/5400RPM PATA/SATA co-layout (one HDD only) ... T Slot-in type T 12.7mm DVD-Combo, DVD Dual, and DVD Super Multi Mode Read Write Performance DVD-Dual Double Layer Drive 24X CD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 8X DVD-R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R 6X LD DVD+R 8X... DVD+R 8X DVD-R 4X DVD+RW 2.4X DL DVD+R 4X DVD-RW DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Read Write 24X CD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 8X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW Aspire 9500
Storage T T T T T T T T T 60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disk drive 9.5mm height, 2.5" HDD PCI Bus Master Enhanced IDE Support Ultra DMA100, S.M.A.R.T 4200/5400RPM PATA/SATA co-layout (one HDD only) ... T Slot-in type T 12.7mm DVD-Combo, DVD Dual, and DVD Super Multi Mode Read Write Performance DVD-Dual Double Layer Drive 24X CD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 8X DVD-R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R 6X LD DVD+R 8X... DVD+R 8X DVD-R 4X DVD+RW 2.4X DL DVD+R 4X DVD-RW DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Read Write 24X CD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 8X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW Aspire 9500
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... above the keyboard, in stand-by or sleep mode) Battery Lights up when the computer is on page 10 Media activity Lights when the hard disk or optical drive is active. "Launch keys" on . (Lights amber when in addition to four indicators positioned at the front of wireless LAN communication. # Icon Item...
... above the keyboard, in stand-by or sleep mode) Battery Lights up when the computer is on page 10 Media activity Lights when the hard disk or optical drive is active. "Launch keys" on . (Lights amber when in addition to four indicators positioned at the front of wireless LAN communication. # Icon Item...
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...Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Vendor & Model Name Capacity (MB) HITACHI Moraga A IC25N060ATMR04-0 SEAGATE N2 ST960821A Toshiba Pluto MK6025GAS 60000 Specification HITACHI Moraga A IC25N060ATMR04-0 SEAGATE N2 ST9808210A Toshiba Pluto MK8025GAS SEAGATE N2 ST9100822A Toshiba Pluto MK1031GAS 80000 100000 HITACHI Moraga+B HTS541010G9AT00 SEAGATE ST9100823A Toshiba Aries-B MK1032GAX 100000 Aspire 9500... ALC260D Codec Video controller ATI M26P Hard disk drive controller ICH6M Keyboard controller ENE KB910Q RTC ICH6M LAN controller RTL8110SBL IEEE 1394 controller TPA43AB21A .
...Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Vendor & Model Name Capacity (MB) HITACHI Moraga A IC25N060ATMR04-0 SEAGATE N2 ST960821A Toshiba Pluto MK6025GAS 60000 Specification HITACHI Moraga A IC25N060ATMR04-0 SEAGATE N2 ST9808210A Toshiba Pluto MK8025GAS SEAGATE N2 ST9100822A Toshiba Pluto MK1031GAS 80000 100000 HITACHI Moraga+B HTS541010G9AT00 SEAGATE ST9100823A Toshiba Aries-B MK1032GAX 100000 Aspire 9500... ALC260D Codec Video controller ATI M26P Hard disk drive controller ICH6M Keyboard controller ENE KB910Q RTC ICH6M LAN controller RTL8110SBL IEEE 1394 controller TPA43AB21A .
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Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Bytes per 512 sector Data heads 3/3/4 Drive Format Disks 2/2/2 Spindle speed (RPM) 4200 RPM Performance Specifications Buffer size 8192KB Interface ATA-6 Max. Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(...(host~buffer , Mbytes/s) 100 MB/Sec. Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(DC) +/- 5% Optical Drive Interface Item Vendor & model name Performance Specification Soft Read Error Hard Read Error Data Buffer Capacity Interface Speed Specification Panasonic Combo SLOT-IN CW 8124 CD-R/RW DVD-... CD-R 24x speed CD-RW writing Reading : 8x speed DVD-ROM DVD MULTI Read Support Aspire 9500
Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Bytes per 512 sector Data heads 3/3/4 Drive Format Disks 2/2/2 Spindle speed (RPM) 4200 RPM Performance Specifications Buffer size 8192KB Interface ATA-6 Max. Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(...(host~buffer , Mbytes/s) 100 MB/Sec. Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(DC) +/- 5% Optical Drive Interface Item Vendor & model name Performance Specification Soft Read Error Hard Read Error Data Buffer Capacity Interface Speed Specification Panasonic Combo SLOT-IN CW 8124 CD-R/RW DVD-... CD-R 24x speed CD-RW writing Reading : 8x speed DVD-ROM DVD MULTI Read Support Aspire 9500
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...Supervisor password already and then you reboot and into BIOS setup manual by User password, the set Supervisor password, Boot device and Lock Hard Drive will NOT be displayed If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled. The shift ...Enter new Supervisor Password Verify new Supervisor Password Boot System OK Cancel Enter new password. Parameter Set User Password Set Supervisor Password Lock Hard Disk Drive Description Defines whether a password is required to specify whether or not a password is required or not while the events defined in...
...Supervisor password already and then you reboot and into BIOS setup manual by User password, the set Supervisor password, Boot device and Lock Hard Drive will NOT be displayed If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled. The shift ...Enter new Supervisor Password Verify new Supervisor Password Boot System OK Cancel Enter new password. Parameter Set User Password Set Supervisor Password Lock Hard Disk Drive Description Defines whether a password is required to specify whether or not a password is required or not while the events defined in...
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Hard Drive CD-ROM/DVD Drive Floppy Device Network Boot Press key to load the operating system. Floppy Drive 4. Boot This menu allows the user to decide the order of boot devices to select a control. Network Boot (since only 3 items are availble...09 Boot Exit ` Boot Device ---- Default boot sequence should be the following: 1. Hard Drive 2. Boot Sequence ---- button or key accept entries. CD-ROM/DVD Drive 3. Bootable devices includes the distette drive in module bay, the onboard hard disk drive and the CD-ROM in module bay and onboard LAN device. Use spacebar and ...
Hard Drive CD-ROM/DVD Drive Floppy Device Network Boot Press key to load the operating system. Floppy Drive 4. Boot This menu allows the user to decide the order of boot devices to select a control. Network Boot (since only 3 items are availble...09 Boot Exit ` Boot Device ---- Default boot sequence should be the following: 1. Hard Drive 2. Boot Sequence ---- button or key accept entries. CD-ROM/DVD Drive 3. Bootable devices includes the distette drive in module bay, the onboard hard disk drive and the CD-ROM in module bay and onboard LAN device. Use spacebar and ...
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...TV Tuner cable. Loosen the one screw to the disassembly video, if availabled. Turn the system over, and remove the hard drive screws. 3. Slide the hard drive out of the system, and then remove the battery from the Wireless door 2. Place your finger under the cover at the... card by spreading the metal securing tabs until the card pops up slightly. 4. Disassemble the TV Tuner and Wireless 1. Chapter 3 Aspire 9500 Aspire 9500 Disassembly Procedure This section will guide you how to disassemble the system when you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected. ...
...TV Tuner cable. Loosen the one screw to the disassembly video, if availabled. Turn the system over, and remove the hard drive screws. 3. Slide the hard drive out of the system, and then remove the battery from the Wireless door 2. Place your finger under the cover at the... card by spreading the metal securing tabs until the card pops up slightly. 4. Disassemble the TV Tuner and Wireless 1. Chapter 3 Aspire 9500 Aspire 9500 Disassembly Procedure This section will guide you how to disassemble the system when you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected. ...
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...(NMIs) Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS/2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives (optional) Initialize hard-disk controllers Initialize local-bus hard-disk controllers Jump to boot with INT 19 Initialize POST Error Manager (PEM) Initialize error logging Initialize error display... Multi Processor table Search for option ROMs. One long, two short beeps on checksum failure Check for SMART Drive (optional) Shadow option ROMs Set up Power Management Initialize security engine (optional) Enable hardware interrupts Determine number of ATA and SCSI...
...(NMIs) Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS/2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives (optional) Initialize hard-disk controllers Initialize local-bus hard-disk controllers Jump to boot with INT 19 Initialize POST Error Manager (PEM) Initialize error logging Initialize error display... Multi Processor table Search for option ROMs. One long, two short beeps on checksum failure Check for SMART Drive (optional) Shadow option ROMs Set up Power Management Initialize security engine (optional) Enable hardware interrupts Determine number of ATA and SCSI...