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...the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Other companies' product names or trademarks are recorded on the label affixed to your computer. Such changes will be printed in an accurate manner, Acer takes no representations or... in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without obligation to any limitation of Acer Inc. No part of this publication without the prior written permission of such revisions or changes. This booklet has been reviewed for this...
...the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Other companies' product names or trademarks are recorded on the label affixed to your computer. Such changes will be printed in an accurate manner, Acer takes no representations or... in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without obligation to any limitation of Acer Inc. No part of this publication without the prior written permission of such revisions or changes. This booklet has been reviewed for this...
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...Industries Alliance at www.eiae.org. For more information on the Waste from Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE) regulations, visit http://global.acer.com/about/sustainability.htm. Environmental Protection Agency. Mercury advisory For projectors or electronic products containing an LCD/CRT monitor or display: Lamp... STAR qualified products save through higher energy efficiency, the more we can save your money by the U.S. Acer is ENERGY STAR? For lamp-specific disposal information, check www.lamprecycle.org. The more energy we reduce greenhouse gases and the risks of What ...
...Industries Alliance at www.eiae.org. For more information on the Waste from Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE) regulations, visit http://global.acer.com/about/sustainability.htm. Environmental Protection Agency. Mercury advisory For projectors or electronic products containing an LCD/CRT monitor or display: Lamp... STAR qualified products save through higher energy efficiency, the more we can save your money by the U.S. Acer is ENERGY STAR? For lamp-specific disposal information, check www.lamprecycle.org. The more energy we reduce greenhouse gases and the risks of What ...
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... -the-art bus architecture, which improves system efficiency and helps the system support varied multimedia and software applications. Setting up your computer English Note: The specifications listed above are for later use. Your system can accommodate extra peripheral equipment through these I /O (input/output) interfaces such as a parallel port, PS/2 keyboard and...
... -the-art bus architecture, which improves system efficiency and helps the system support varied multimedia and software applications. Setting up your computer English Note: The specifications listed above are for later use. Your system can accommodate extra peripheral equipment through these I /O (input/output) interfaces such as a parallel port, PS/2 keyboard and...
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...with this appliance may also cause a false answer condition. The associated equipment shall be set to operate within the following limits for compliance with Telecom's Specifications: a There shall be no endorsement of the product by Telecom, nor does it imply that any single manual call to another . 5 This ...end of one call attempt and the beginning of the next call attempts to the same number within the limits for compliance with Telecom's specifications, the associated equipment shall be set up to make or model, nor does it provide any item of correct operation at the higher...
...with this appliance may also cause a false answer condition. The associated equipment shall be set to operate within the following limits for compliance with Telecom's Specifications: a There shall be no endorsement of the product by Telecom, nor does it imply that any single manual call to another . 5 This ...end of one call attempt and the beginning of the next call attempts to the same number within the limits for compliance with Telecom's specifications, the associated equipment shall be set up to make or model, nor does it provide any item of correct operation at the higher...
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...a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of Acer Corporation. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this guide is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential ...Duo, Core 2 Quad, Celeron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of merchantability or fitness for any defect in the software. iv ...
...a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of Acer Corporation. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this guide is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential ...Duo, Core 2 Quad, Celeron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of merchantability or fitness for any defect in the software. iv ...
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WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures. v 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 Gives additional information related to any physical risk or system damage that appear on screen.
WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures. v 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 Gives additional information related to any physical risk or system damage that appear on screen.
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Table of Contents System Tour 1 Features 1 Block Diagram 4 System Components 5 Front Panel 5 Rear Panel 6 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 7 Power Management Function(ACPI support function) 10 System Utilities 11 CMOS Setup Utility 11 Entering CMOS setup 12 Navigating Through the Setup Utility ... List 48 Error Symptoms List 55 Undetermined Problems 60 Jumper and Connector Information 61 M/B Placement 61 Jumper Setting 63 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 69 Aspire M5811 Exploded Diagram 70 Aspire M5811 FRU List 72 Intel RAID SOP 80 vii
Table of Contents System Tour 1 Features 1 Block Diagram 4 System Components 5 Front Panel 5 Rear Panel 6 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 7 Power Management Function(ACPI support function) 10 System Utilities 11 CMOS Setup Utility 11 Entering CMOS setup 12 Navigating Through the Setup Utility ... List 48 Error Symptoms List 55 Undetermined Problems 60 Jumper and Connector Information 61 M/B Placement 61 Jumper Setting 63 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 69 Aspire M5811 Exploded Diagram 70 Aspire M5811 FRU List 72 Intel RAID SOP 80 vii
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Main Board Major Chips Item Specification North Bridge Intel P55&H57 South Bridge Intel P55&H57 Audio controller Realtek ALC888S LAN controller Intel PCI-E Gbt LAN controller/PHY HDD controller Intel ... Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programer AMI Kernel with 45nm family mainstream processors. 2009B Mainstream (95W) FMB. Hardware Specifications and Configurations Processor Item Specification Processor Type Lynnfield/Clarkdale with Acer skin BIOS version P01-A0 BIOS ROM type SPI ROM BIOS ROM size...
Main Board Major Chips Item Specification North Bridge Intel P55&H57 South Bridge Intel P55&H57 Audio controller Realtek ALC888S LAN controller Intel PCI-E Gbt LAN controller/PHY HDD controller Intel ... Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programer AMI Kernel with 45nm family mainstream processors. 2009B Mainstream (95W) FMB. Hardware Specifications and Configurations Processor Item Specification Processor Type Lynnfield/Clarkdale with Acer skin BIOS version P01-A0 BIOS ROM type SPI ROM BIOS ROM size...
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...controller Audio controller type Audio channel Audio function control Mono or stereo Compatibility Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone/Headphone jack Specification Realtek ALC888S ALC8662-VC codec 7.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo The ALC888S-VC series support host audio controller from the... Intel ICH series chipset, and also from any combination as long as they match the above specifications. With EAX/ Direct Sound 3D/I3DL2/A3D compatibility, and excellent software utilities like environment sound emulation, multiple bands of software ...
...controller Audio controller type Audio channel Audio function control Mono or stereo Compatibility Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone/Headphone jack Specification Realtek ALC888S ALC8662-VC codec 7.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo The ALC888S-VC series support host audio controller from the... Intel ICH series chipset, and also from any combination as long as they match the above specifications. With EAX/ Direct Sound 3D/I3DL2/A3D compatibility, and excellent software utilities like environment sound emulation, multiple bands of software ...
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...Item SATA controller SATA controller resident bus Number of SATA channel Support bootable CD-ROM Specification JMB362-QGEZ0A PCI bus SATA X 6 YES USB Port Item Universal HCI USB Class USB Connectors Quantity Specification USB 2.0/1.1 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode 6 back real ports 4 top bezel... ports 2 ports for media card reader Environmental Requirements Item Specification Temperature Operating +5°C ~ +35°C Non-operating -20 ~ +60°C (Storage package) Humidity Operating 15% to 80...
...Item SATA controller SATA controller resident bus Number of SATA channel Support bootable CD-ROM Specification JMB362-QGEZ0A PCI bus SATA X 6 YES USB Port Item Universal HCI USB Class USB Connectors Quantity Specification USB 2.0/1.1 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode 6 back real ports 4 top bezel... ports 2 ports for media card reader Environmental Requirements Item Specification Temperature Operating +5°C ~ +35°C Non-operating -20 ~ +60°C (Storage package) Humidity Operating 15% to 80...
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... for APM mode • Return to original state by pushing external switch button,modem ring in and USB keyboard for ACPI mode. ACPI • ACPI specification 1.0b • S0,S1,S2 and S5 sleep state support. • On board device power management support. • On board device configuration support. 10 Chapter...
... for APM mode • Return to original state by pushing external switch button,modem ring in and USB keyboard for ACPI mode. ACPI • ACPI specification 1.0b • S0,S1,S2 and S5 sleep state support. • On board device power management support. • On board device configuration support. 10 Chapter...
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... do memory sizing in memory. Do additional chipset initialization. Test base 512KB memory. Bootblock code is stored in Bootblock code. Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to determine if BIOS recovery is necessary, control flows to the user. If BIOS recovery is forced. The Bootblock-Runtime interface module...
... do memory sizing in memory. Do additional chipset initialization. Test base 512KB memory. Bootblock code is stored in Bootblock code. Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to determine if BIOS recovery is necessary, control flows to the user. If BIOS recovery is forced. The Bootblock-Runtime interface module...
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... determine if battery power is OK and CMOS checksum is bad, update CMOS with power-on KBC. Make flash write enabled through chipset and OEM specific method. Erase the flash part Program the flash part. Make flash write disabled. Restore CPUID value back into register. POST Code Checkpoints Checkpoint 03 04...
... determine if battery power is OK and CMOS checksum is bad, update CMOS with power-on KBC. Make flash write enabled through chipset and OEM specific method. Erase the flash part Program the flash part. Make flash write disabled. Restore CPUID value back into register. POST Code Checkpoints Checkpoint 03 04...
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... module for displaying text information. 37 Displaying sign-on message, CPU information, setup key message, and any platform specific BIOS modules. Detects the presence of chipset registers. 24 Uncompress and initialize any OEM specific information. 38 Initializes different devices through DIM. Uncompress all the output devices. 31 Allocate memory for ADM module...
... module for displaying text information. 37 Displaying sign-on message, CPU information, setup key message, and any platform specific BIOS modules. Detects the presence of chipset registers. 24 Uncompress and initialize any OEM specific information. 38 Initializes different devices through DIM. Uncompress all the output devices. 31 Allocate memory for ADM module...