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...is sold or licensed "as is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of Intel Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. Acer is a registered trademark of all necessary servicing, repair, and any ...Copyright Copyright © 2006 by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without notice. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language...
...is sold or licensed "as is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of Intel Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. Acer is a registered trademark of all necessary servicing, repair, and any ...Copyright Copyright © 2006 by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without notice. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language...
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Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. 6
Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. 6
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... 1 Mainboard Placement 4 Block Diagram 6 Aspire M3600/M5600 Front Panel 7 Aspire M3600/M5600 Rear Panel 9 AcerPower M461 Front Panel 10 AcerPower M461 Rear Panel 11 System Peripherals 12 Acer eRecovery 14 Acer disc-to-disc recovery 16 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 17 Power Management Function (ACPI support function) 22 Chapter 2System Utilities 23 About the Setup Utility 23...
... 1 Mainboard Placement 4 Block Diagram 6 Aspire M3600/M5600 Front Panel 7 Aspire M3600/M5600 Rear Panel 9 AcerPower M461 Front Panel 10 AcerPower M461 Rear Panel 11 System Peripherals 12 Acer eRecovery 14 Acer disc-to-disc recovery 16 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 17 Power Management Function (ACPI support function) 22 Chapter 2System Utilities 23 About the Setup Utility 23...
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Chapter 1 System Specifications Features Processor T Socket Type : Intel Socket T LGA 775 pin T Processor Type : Intel Conroe FSB 800/1066 MHz Chipset T Intel 946GZ+ICH7DH PCB T T Form Factor : Mirco ...
Chapter 1 System Specifications Features Processor T Socket Type : Intel Socket T LGA 775 pin T Processor Type : Intel Conroe FSB 800/1066 MHz Chipset T Intel 946GZ+ICH7DH PCB T T Form Factor : Mirco ...
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... Controller Chapter 1 17 BIOS Hotkey List Delete Hotkey Function Enter BIOS Setup Utility Description Press while the system is booting to BIOS boot block feature Specification Award v6.0 Flash ROM 4MB 32-pin DIP package ACPI 2.0, APM 1.2, SMBIOS 2.3, WFM support, ASD 1.03, PXE boot ROM, PCI 2.3 ...Yes Yes Yes NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using the flash utility. Hardware Specifications and Configurations Processor Type Socket Speed FSB Item Specification Intel Prescott 775/Conroe Socket T LGA 775 pin System bus total up to 20.8GB/s 800/1600 MHz BIOS ...
... Controller Chapter 1 17 BIOS Hotkey List Delete Hotkey Function Enter BIOS Setup Utility Description Press while the system is booting to BIOS boot block feature Specification Award v6.0 Flash ROM 4MB 32-pin DIP package ACPI 2.0, APM 1.2, SMBIOS 2.3, WFM support, ASD 1.03, PXE boot ROM, PCI 2.3 ...Yes Yes Yes NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using the flash utility. Hardware Specifications and Configurations Processor Type Socket Speed FSB Item Specification Intel Prescott 775/Conroe Socket T LGA 775 pin System bus total up to 20.8GB/s 800/1600 MHz BIOS ...
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...Video Interface AGP Slot Audio Interface Item Audio controller Audio controller Type Audio Channel Audio function control 18 Intel ICH7DH PCIE x16 1 Specification Specification ICH7DH AC'97, ALC888 7.1ch Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Chapter 1 NOTE: Dual channel should be enabled always when plug...-in any combination as long as they match the specifications. Cache Memory Item Specification First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup Second-Level Cache Configurations L2 Cache RAM type...
...Video Interface AGP Slot Audio Interface Item Audio controller Audio controller Type Audio Channel Audio function control 18 Intel ICH7DH PCIE x16 1 Specification Specification ICH7DH AC'97, ALC888 7.1ch Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Chapter 1 NOTE: Dual channel should be enabled always when plug...-in any combination as long as they match the specifications. Cache Memory Item Specification First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup Second-Level Cache Configurations L2 Cache RAM type...
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... Microphone jack Headphone jack IDE Interface Item IDE controller IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Support IDE interface Support bootable CD-ROM Specification Stereo support up to 24 bit Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High ...real-time FM-toWavetable conversion MPU-401(UART mode) interface for wavetable synthesizers and MIDI devices Integrated dual game port Meets AC'97and WHQL specifications Yes, internal FM synthesizer DACs: 44.1k/48k/96k/192k Hz ADCs: 44.1k/48k/96k Hz Yes Supported Supported...
... Microphone jack Headphone jack IDE Interface Item IDE controller IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Support IDE interface Support bootable CD-ROM Specification Stereo support up to 24 bit Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High ...real-time FM-toWavetable conversion MPU-401(UART mode) interface for wavetable synthesizers and MIDI devices Integrated dual game port Meets AC'97and WHQL specifications Yes, internal FM synthesizer DACs: 44.1k/48k/96k/192k Hz ADCs: 44.1k/48k/96k Hz Yes Supported Supported...
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... Serial Port Item Serial port controller Serial port controller resident bus Number of serial port 16550 UART support Connector type Features Specification ITE8718 ISA bus 2 Yes 9-pin D-type female connector Support IrDA1.0/ASKIR protocols, smart card reader protocols USB Port Universal...2.0 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode support up to 8 ports Environmental Requirements Item Temperature Operating Non-operating Humidity Operating Non-operating Vibration Operating (unpacked) Specifications +5°C ~ +35°C -20 ~ +60°C (Storage package) 15% to 80% RH 10% to 90% RH 5 ~ ...
... Serial Port Item Serial port controller Serial port controller resident bus Number of serial port 16550 UART support Connector type Features Specification ITE8718 ISA bus 2 Yes 9-pin D-type female connector Support IrDA1.0/ASKIR protocols, smart card reader protocols USB Port Universal...2.0 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode support up to 8 ports Environmental Requirements Item Temperature Operating Non-operating Humidity Operating Non-operating Vibration Operating (unpacked) Specifications +5°C ~ +35°C -20 ~ +60°C (Storage package) 15% to 80% RH 10% to 90% RH 5 ~ ...
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... H-sync and V-sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor. T Resume recovery time: 7-10 sec. T CPU goes into Standby mode (for ACPI mode. ACPI T ACPI specification 1.0b. T S0, S1, S3 and S5 sleep state support.
... H-sync and V-sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor. T Resume recovery time: 7-10 sec. T CPU goes into Standby mode (for ACPI mode. ACPI T ACPI specification 1.0b. T S0, S1, S3 and S5 sleep state support.
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... video BIOS by caching it using the processor's Level 2 cache. Chapter 2 31 If you change the values incorrectly, you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system. Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Feature System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M-16M f PCI Express Root...
... video BIOS by caching it using the processor's Level 2 cache. Chapter 2 31 If you change the values incorrectly, you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system. Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Feature System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M-16M f PCI Express Root...
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...not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled. The new password will be prompted for the password only when you install optimized defaults for a specific option, select and display that lets you enter BIOS Setup. You will clear any changes that option, and then press . The Fail-Safe ... for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to install the Fail-Safe Defaults as a first step for a specific option, select and display that you will be asked to install Fail-Safe Defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility and exit the...
...not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled. The new password will be prompted for the password only when you install optimized defaults for a specific option, select and display that lets you enter BIOS Setup. You will clear any changes that option, and then press . The Fail-Safe ... for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to install the Fail-Safe Defaults as a first step for a specific option, select and display that you will be asked to install Fail-Safe Defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility and exit the...