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... 40 41 42 43 45 System Troubleshooting Hardware Diagnostic Procedure System Check Procedures Power System Check System External Inspection System Internal Inspection Beep Codes Checkpoints BIOS Recovery 46 46 47 47 47 47 48 49 52 Jumper and Connector Information M/B Placement Jumper Setting Setting Jumper 53 53 55 55 vii
... 40 41 42 43 45 System Troubleshooting Hardware Diagnostic Procedure System Check Procedures Power System Check System External Inspection System Internal Inspection Beep Codes Checkpoints BIOS Recovery 46 46 47 47 47 47 48 49 52 Jumper and Connector Information M/B Placement Jumper Setting Setting Jumper 53 53 55 55 vii
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... in front bezel One MIC-IN in front bezel 4 * USB H5X2 Header (support 8 ports) 1 * Front Audio Pannel H5X2 header 1 * Front Panel IO H7X2 Header for Acer pin define 1 * H1X4 CPU with SAMRT FAN controller 1 * H1X3 System with SAMRT FAN controller 1 * H1X4 SPDIFOUT Header for...
... in front bezel One MIC-IN in front bezel 4 * USB H5X2 Header (support 8 ports) 1 * Front Audio Pannel H5X2 header 1 * Front Panel IO H7X2 Header for Acer pin define 1 * H1X4 CPU with SAMRT FAN controller 1 * H1X3 System with SAMRT FAN controller 1 * H1X4 SPDIFOUT Header for...
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... Intel Socket T LGA 1156 pin 0 MHz (If Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item BIOS code programer BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Support protocol Device Boot Support Specification AMI Kernel with Acer skin P01-A0 SPI ROM 2Mb SMBIOS(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0 Support BBS spec 1st priority...
... Intel Socket T LGA 1156 pin 0 MHz (If Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item BIOS code programer BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Support protocol Device Boot Support Specification AMI Kernel with Acer skin P01-A0 SPI ROM 2Mb SMBIOS(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0 Support BBS spec 1st priority...
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... have saved all open files. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to be simply referred to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility" in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called the complementary metaloxide semiconductor (CMOS) Setup Utility. NOTE: CMOS Setup Utility will need to run...
... have saved all open files. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to be simply referred to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility" in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called the complementary metaloxide semiconductor (CMOS) Setup Utility. NOTE: CMOS Setup Utility will need to run...
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...set or disable password. Chapter 2 13 Parameter Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Load Default Setting Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Description This page... shows the relevant information of the main board This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features This setup page includes all advanced chipset features ...
...set or disable password. Chapter 2 13 Parameter Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Load Default Setting Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Description This page... shows the relevant information of the main board This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features This setup page includes all advanced chipset features ...
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... are for your reference only and are not user-configurable. Parameter Processor Type Processor Speed System Memory Product Name System Serial Number System BIOS Version BIOS Release Date Asset Tag Number Description Type of CPU installed on the system. Speed of the system. Total size of this system. 14... Chapter 2 Date when the BIOS setup utility was released Asset tag number of system memory installed on the system. Product name of the CPU installed on the system. Product...
... are for your reference only and are not user-configurable. Parameter Processor Type Processor Speed System Memory Product Name System Serial Number System BIOS Version BIOS Release Date Asset Tag Number Description Type of CPU installed on the system. Speed of the system. Total size of this system. 14... Chapter 2 Date when the BIOS setup utility was released Asset tag number of system memory installed on the system. Product name of the CPU installed on the system. Product...
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...beeps or messages during startup. Specifies the boot order from available CD/DVD drives. Selects power on state for Num Lock. Advanced BIOS Feature Parameter Quick Boot Quiet Boot 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Boot Device Description Allows you to decrease the time it takes to access ... sequence from available removable drives. Press Enter to boot the computer by shortening or skipping certain standard booting process. When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during USB device enumeration. Press Enter to access the Hard Disk Drive Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority ...
...beeps or messages during startup. Specifies the boot order from available CD/DVD drives. Selects power on state for Num Lock. Advanced BIOS Feature Parameter Quick Boot Quiet Boot 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Boot Device Description Allows you to decrease the time it takes to access ... sequence from available removable drives. Press Enter to boot the computer by shortening or skipping certain standard booting process. When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during USB device enumeration. Press Enter to access the Hard Disk Drive Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority ...
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.... 22 Chapter 2 Use the up to select Change Supervisor Password menu then press Enter. Press F10. Select Yes to the BIOS Setup Utility. Type the original password then press Enter. BIOS Security Features Parameter Supervisor Password User Password Change Supervisor Password Description Indicates the status of the user password. Type a password then...
.... 22 Chapter 2 Use the up to select Change Supervisor Password menu then press Enter. Press F10. Select Yes to the BIOS Setup Utility. Type the original password then press Enter. BIOS Security Features Parameter Supervisor Password User Password Change Supervisor Password Description Indicates the status of the user password. Type a password then...
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Chapter 2 23 If you are quite demanding in terms of low-performance components and you to load these settings, the system might not function properly. Setup defaults are using low-speed memory chips or other kinds of resources consumption. Load Default Settings The Load Default Settings menu allows you choose to load the default settings for all BIOS setup parameters.
Chapter 2 23 If you are quite demanding in terms of low-performance components and you to load these settings, the system might not function properly. Setup defaults are using low-speed memory chips or other kinds of resources consumption. Load Default Settings The Load Default Settings menu allows you choose to load the default settings for all BIOS setup parameters.
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...is not blocked. System External Inspection 1. 2. 3. 4. Inspect the LED indicators on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event logs during the system startup. 47 Chapter 4 Make sure that all components are properly seated. Unplug the power cord from the system. Place... from the power outlets. Verify that all cable connectors inside the system are firmly and correctly attached to it. Verify that components are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. If the problem is not evident, continue with the system is making contact that could short out power....
...is not blocked. System External Inspection 1. 2. 3. 4. Inspect the LED indicators on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event logs during the system startup. 47 Chapter 4 Make sure that all components are properly seated. Unplug the power cord from the system. Place... from the power outlets. Verify that all cable connectors inside the system are firmly and correctly attached to it. Verify that components are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. If the problem is not evident, continue with the system is making contact that could short out power....
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...one long beep One long beep and two short beeps then repeat. Graphics card error/not installed, graphics card memory error or graphics card BIOS checksum error. BIOS is OK. One long beep then two short beep Two short beeps Chapter 4 48 VGA not installed or VGA error. Beep Symptom Cause...card has been activated. AMIBIOS displays the checkpoints in the bottom right corner of the screen during POST. Beep codes will be generated by the BIOS to indicate a serious or fatal error to the end user. This display method is ready. CMOS checksum error or CMOS battery loss occurs. ...
...one long beep One long beep and two short beeps then repeat. Graphics card error/not installed, graphics card memory error or graphics card BIOS checksum error. BIOS is OK. One long beep then two short beep Two short beeps Chapter 4 48 VGA not installed or VGA error. Beep Symptom Cause...card has been activated. AMIBIOS displays the checkpoints in the bottom right corner of the screen during POST. Beep codes will be generated by the BIOS to indicate a serious or fatal error to the end user. This display method is ready. CMOS checksum error or CMOS battery loss occurs. ...
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...it only displays checkpoints thatoccur after the video card has been activated. CPUID information is stored in Boot block code. Copying Main BIOS into memory. D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 49 Chapter 4 Early chipset initialization is disabled. Early super I /O port 80h.The... compressed boot block code to determine if BIOSrecovery is forced. Checkpoint sare very useful in aiding software developers or technicians in PMM. Viewing BIOS checkpoints Viewing all RAM below 1MB Read-Write including E000 and F000 shadow areas but closing SMRAM. Verify the boot block checksum. Verify that...
...it only displays checkpoints thatoccur after the video card has been activated. CPUID information is stored in Boot block code. Copying Main BIOS into memory. D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 49 Chapter 4 Early chipset initialization is disabled. Early super I /O port 80h.The... compressed boot block code to determine if BIOSrecovery is forced. Checkpoint sare very useful in aiding software developers or technicians in PMM. Viewing BIOS checkpoints Viewing all RAM below 1MB Read-Write including E000 and F000 shadow areas but closing SMRAM. Verify the boot block checksum. Verify that...
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Give control to the next. OEM memory detection/configuration error. Chapter 4 50 System is reserved for more information. See POST Code Checkpoints section of document for chipset vendors & system manufacturers. This range is waking from one platform to BIOS POST (ExecutePOSTKernel). The error associated with this value may be different from ACPI S3 state. Checkpoint Description DA DC E1-E8 ECEE Restore CPUID value back into register.
Give control to the next. OEM memory detection/configuration error. Chapter 4 50 System is reserved for more information. See POST Code Checkpoints section of document for chipset vendors & system manufacturers. This range is waking from one platform to BIOS POST (ExecutePOSTKernel). The error associated with this value may be different from ACPI S3 state. Checkpoint Description DA DC E1-E8 ECEE Restore CPUID value back into register.
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...enabled through chipset and OEM specific method. Erase the flash part Program the flash part. The following table describes the type of the BIOS. Enable ATAPI hardware. Start reading FAT table and analyze FAT to checkpoint EB. Verify that the found . Jump back to find the... file size does not equal the found flash part size. Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints The Bootblock recovery code gets control when the BIOS determines that a BIOS recovery needs to F000 ROM at F000:FFF0h. 51 Chapter 4 NOTE: Checkpoints may occur during the Bootblock recovery portion of checkpoints...
...enabled through chipset and OEM specific method. Erase the flash part Program the flash part. The following table describes the type of the BIOS. Enable ATAPI hardware. Start reading FAT table and analyze FAT to checkpoint EB. Verify that the found . Jump back to find the... file size does not equal the found flash part size. Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints The Bootblock recovery code gets control when the BIOS determines that a BIOS recovery needs to F000 ROM at F000:FFF0h. 51 Chapter 4 NOTE: Checkpoints may occur during the Bootblock recovery portion of checkpoints...
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...just only observe the recovery media has been loading or not. 4-5. The recovery media to support Boot function is healthy. Rename the BIOS ROM file to system and then power on the system. 4-4. If the recovery function run normally, the recovery function will auto ... the setup menu to execute recovery function media: FDD / USB storage / ODD. This function only effects when the BIOS BootBlock section is unnecessary. Allow to load default after system reboot. BIOS Recovery 1. 2. 3. 4. The system will execute 1~3 minutes. 4-6. Don't do anything during the recovery function to...
...just only observe the recovery media has been loading or not. 4-5. The recovery media to support Boot function is healthy. Rename the BIOS ROM file to system and then power on the system. 4-4. If the recovery function run normally, the recovery function will auto ... the setup menu to execute recovery function media: FDD / USB storage / ODD. This function only effects when the BIOS BootBlock section is unnecessary. Allow to load default after system reboot. BIOS Recovery 1. 2. 3. 4. The system will execute 1~3 minutes. 4-6. Don't do anything during the recovery function to...
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... PD4 2 4 6 8 Pin PD0 PD2 PD4 PD6 Signal Name 58 Chapter 5 This function needs a chassis equipped with intrusion detection switch and needs to be enabled in BIOS.
... PD4 2 4 6 8 Pin PD0 PD2 PD4 PD6 Signal Name 58 Chapter 5 This function needs a chassis equipped with intrusion detection switch and needs to be enabled in BIOS.