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Table of Contents System Tour 1 Features 1 Aspire ASX1200/3200 Tour 3 Front Panel 3 Rear Panel 4 Internal Components 5 System LED Indicators 6 System Utilities 7 Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility 7 Entering BIOS setup 8 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 8 Setup Utility Menus 9 System Disassembly 31 Disassembly Requirements 31 Pre-... Diagram 69 Board Layout 70 Mainboard 70 System Jumpers 71 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 73 Aspire ASX1200/ ASX3200 Exploded Diagram 74 Aspire ASX1200/ ASX3200 FRU List (81.3V001.010G) 75 Technical Specifications 83 vii
Table of Contents System Tour 1 Features 1 Aspire ASX1200/3200 Tour 3 Front Panel 3 Rear Panel 4 Internal Components 5 System LED Indicators 6 System Utilities 7 Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility 7 Entering BIOS setup 8 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 8 Setup Utility Menus 9 System Disassembly 31 Disassembly Requirements 31 Pre-... Diagram 69 Board Layout 70 Mainboard 70 System Jumpers 71 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 73 Aspire ASX1200/ ASX3200 Exploded Diagram 74 Aspire ASX1200/ ASX3200 FRU List (81.3V001.010G) 75 Technical Specifications 83 vii
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... Utility BIOS setup is no need to run the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility, make changes to the security setup T When a configuration error is turned off. These values may be the same those found in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM. Since most systems are prompted ("Run ... program built into the system's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). NOTE: PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility will need to run this guide. BIOS setup loads the configuration values in your system. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to as "Setup" or "Setup...
... Utility BIOS setup is no need to run the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility, make changes to the security setup T When a configuration error is turned off. These values may be the same those found in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM. Since most systems are prompted ("Run ... program built into the system's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). NOTE: PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility will need to run this guide. BIOS setup loads the configuration values in your system. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to as "Setup" or "Setup...
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... and the monitor. If you want. T On a submenu screen, the previous screen displays. T When you will be displayed showing the Setup's menu bar. Display the BIOS setup General Help panel. T F5 - Press to load previous default system values. T Enter key - NOTE: Availability of submenu screen is completed, you are not user... the previous and next page of the primary menu screens, the Exit menu displays. keys - Move the cursor to load optimized default system values. Entering BIOS setup 1. T Home - Move between selections on , close the utility. 8 Chapter 2
... and the monitor. If you want. T On a submenu screen, the previous screen displays. T When you will be displayed showing the Setup's menu bar. Display the BIOS setup General Help panel. T F5 - Press to load previous default system values. T Enter key - NOTE: Availability of submenu screen is completed, you are not user... the previous and next page of the primary menu screens, the Exit menu displays. keys - Move the cursor to load optimized default system values. Entering BIOS setup 1. T Home - Move between selections on , close the utility. 8 Chapter 2
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Setup Utility Menus The tabs on the Setup menu bar correspond to the six primary BIOS Setup menus, namely: T Product Information T Standard CMOS Features T Advanced BIOS Features T Advanced Chipset Features T Integrated Peripherals T Power Management Setup T PnP/PCI Configurations T PC Health Status T Load Default Settings T Set Supervisor Password T Set User Password T Save & Exit Setup T Exit Without Saving In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings. Chapter 2 9
Setup Utility Menus The tabs on the Setup menu bar correspond to the six primary BIOS Setup menus, namely: T Product Information T Standard CMOS Features T Advanced BIOS Features T Advanced Chipset Features T Integrated Peripherals T Power Management Setup T PnP/PCI Configurations T PC Health Status T Load Default Settings T Set Supervisor Password T Set User Password T Save & Exit Setup T Exit Without Saving In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings. Chapter 2 9
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...Rate (Chars/Sec) Rate at which the keyboard will decrease the time needed to skip certain test while booting. If enabled, BIOS will use the default setting. Enabled Disabled First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device Specifies the boot order from the available devices. On...LAN, Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enables or disables floppy drive testing to determine whether they have pressed continuously. 1000 12 Chapter 2 Advanced BIOS Features Parameter Description Option CPU Feature Press Enter to normal, a pin in Msec, before the keyboard automatically repeats the keystroke that 250,...
...Rate (Chars/Sec) Rate at which the keyboard will decrease the time needed to skip certain test while booting. If enabled, BIOS will use the default setting. Enabled Disabled First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device Specifies the boot order from the available devices. On...LAN, Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enables or disables floppy drive testing to determine whether they have pressed continuously. 1000 12 Chapter 2 Advanced BIOS Features Parameter Description Option CPU Feature Press Enter to normal, a pin in Msec, before the keyboard automatically repeats the keystroke that 250,...
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... is more than 64 MB in independent partitions. Specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the mainboard will ask for access into the BIOS setup menus. Option Setup System 1.4 1.1 Non-OS/2 OS/2 Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled CPU Feature Parameter Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Description Select whether to...
... is more than 64 MB in independent partitions. Specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the mainboard will ask for access into the BIOS setup menus. Option Setup System 1.4 1.1 Non-OS/2 OS/2 Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled CPU Feature Parameter Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Description Select whether to...
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... 8/16 Down 8/16 Sets the PCI Express clock frequency. 100 Minimum 100 Maximum 200 Press Enter to the Northbridge link bandwidth. When set to auto, BIOS will automatically setup the frame buffer size. Advanced Chipset Features Parameter Hyper SLI iGPU Frame Buffer Control Frame Buffer Size CPU Frequency KBNB HT Speed...
... 8/16 Down 8/16 Sets the PCI Express clock frequency. 100 Minimum 100 Maximum 200 Press Enter to the Northbridge link bandwidth. When set to auto, BIOS will automatically setup the frame buffer size. Advanced Chipset Features Parameter Hyper SLI iGPU Frame Buffer Control Frame Buffer Size CPU Frequency KBNB HT Speed...
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Option 50 Triangular Cntr 100/200/300 Triangular Cntr Enabled Disabled Gen2 if supported Only Gen1 Disabled Enabled 16 Chapter 2 Cards supporting Gen2 mode will be trained in Gen2 mode. Enables or disables the processor's SSE and SSE2 instruction sets. Enables or disables the caching of the mainboard BIOS ROM from F0000h to set the integrated GPU spread spectrum. Parameter iGPU Spread Spectrum SSE/SSE2 Instructions MCP78 PCIE Training System BIOS cacheable Description Allows you to FFFFFh by the processor's Level 2 cache.
Option 50 Triangular Cntr 100/200/300 Triangular Cntr Enabled Disabled Gen2 if supported Only Gen1 Disabled Enabled 16 Chapter 2 Cards supporting Gen2 mode will be trained in Gen2 mode. Enables or disables the processor's SSE and SSE2 instruction sets. Enables or disables the caching of the mainboard BIOS ROM from F0000h to set the integrated GPU spread spectrum. Parameter iGPU Spread Spectrum SSE/SSE2 Instructions MCP78 PCIE Training System BIOS cacheable Description Allows you to FFFFFh by the processor's Level 2 cache.
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... mode is set the proper block transfer settings for the onboard parallel port. Press Enter to access the USB Device Setting submenu. When enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk supports block transfers and set to control the audio function of the onboard HDMI. Press Enter to access...
... mode is set the proper block transfer settings for the onboard parallel port. Press Enter to access the USB Device Setting submenu. When enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk supports block transfers and set to control the audio function of the onboard HDMI. Press Enter to access...
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... in better hard disk performance. Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the IDE controller to 4 provide progressive increase of performance. Enabled Disabled When set to Auto, BIOS setup automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function. Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the serial ATA controller. IDE Function Setup Parameter OnChip...
... in better hard disk performance. Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the IDE controller to 4 provide progressive increase of performance. Enabled Disabled When set to Auto, BIOS setup automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function. Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the serial ATA controller. IDE Function Setup Parameter OnChip...
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... Payload Size Description If enabled, the system is forced to update Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) and then is set to auto ESCD, the system BIOS will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. This parameter can be configured if the Resources Controlled By is automatically set...
... Payload Size Description If enabled, the system is forced to update Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) and then is set to auto ESCD, the system BIOS will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. This parameter can be configured if the Resources Controlled By is automatically set...
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Chapter 2 25 Setup defaults are using low-speed memory chips or other kinds of resources consumption. If you are quite demanding in terms of low-performance components and you to load these settings, the system might not function properly. Load Default Settings The Load Default Settings menu allows you choose to load the default settings for all BIOS setup parameters.
Chapter 2 25 Setup defaults are using low-speed memory chips or other kinds of resources consumption. If you are quite demanding in terms of low-performance components and you to load these settings, the system might not function properly. 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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... covers. 11. Unplug the power cord from the power outlets. 3. Place the system unit on , skip this section. Verify that components are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. Turn off the system and all peripheral cables from the system. 5. System Check Procedures Power System Check If the system... will not power on the system. 12. Inspect the LED indicators on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event logs during the system startup. 60 Chapter 4 System Internal Inspection 1. Unplug all the peripherals connected to System External Inspection. If the...
... covers. 11. Unplug the power cord from the power outlets. 3. Place the system unit on , skip this section. Verify that components are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. Turn off the system and all peripheral cables from the system. 5. System Check Procedures Power System Check If the system... will not power on the system. 12. Inspect the LED indicators on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event logs during the system startup. 60 Chapter 4 System Internal Inspection 1. Unplug all the peripherals connected to System External Inspection. If the...
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..., and ECC T Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 and F000 shadow RAM Expand the X group codes locating in the following table indicate the BIOS signals on the list, please refer to see whether it has been configured... actions in the sequence shown in FRU/Action column, if the FRU replacement does not solve the problem, put the original part back in the BIOS Setup Utility menus, reset the computer, enter Setup and install Setup defaults or correct the error. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Do ...
..., and ECC T Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 and F000 shadow RAM Expand the X group codes locating in the following table indicate the BIOS signals on the list, please refer to see whether it has been configured... actions in the sequence shown in FRU/Action column, if the FRU replacement does not solve the problem, put the original part back in the BIOS Setup Utility menus, reset the computer, enter Setup and install Setup defaults or correct the error. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Do ...
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... information. Reserved Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is an invalid value for RTC minute. 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. See also POST 26h. Reserved Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch. Reserved Load keyboard matrix ...& I/O resource T Search for PCI & PnP use default value instead. Disable respective clock resource to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Invoke Video BIOS Reserved 62 Chapter 4 Also set realtime clock power status, and then check for Pentium class CPU. 3 Program early chipset according...
... information. Reserved Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is an invalid value for RTC minute. 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. See also POST 26h. Reserved Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch. Reserved Load keyboard matrix ...& I/O resource T Search for PCI & PnP use default value instead. Disable respective clock resource to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Invoke Video BIOS Reserved 62 Chapter 4 Also set realtime clock power status, and then check for Pentium class CPU. 3 Program early chipset according...
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... materials for all of telephone, fax, and email contacts for all your local Acer branch office. We are also available in the Support & Downloads tab: T Detailed information on Acer's International Traveler's Warranty (ITW) T Returned material authorization procedures T An overview ...of all the support services we offer, accompanied by a list of Acer notebook, desktop and server models including: T Service guides for all models T User's manuals T Training materials T BIOS updates T Software utilities T Spare parts lists T Technical Announcement Bulletins (TABs) For these...
... materials for all of telephone, fax, and email contacts for all your local Acer branch office. We are also available in the Support & Downloads tab: T Detailed information on Acer's International Traveler's Warranty (ITW) T Returned material authorization procedures T An overview ...of all the support services we offer, accompanied by a list of Acer notebook, desktop and server models including: T Service guides for all models T User's manuals T Training materials T BIOS updates T Software utilities T Spare parts lists T Technical Announcement Bulletins (TABs) For these...