Acer Aspire M1610 Support Question
Acer Aspire M1610 Support Question
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Question posted by johnjrutter on July 12th, 2012
Full Hard Drive
My C drive is full how can I add another hard drive
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Answer #1: Posted by baklogic on July 13th, 2012 3:40 AM
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Have a look in your manual.
You have a spare IDE slot , but it seems that the two sata slots are being used, so believe you can only add IDE (pata) hard driives- there seem to be be a few spare spaces to put hard drives. This would mean an IDE cable- you could attach two hard drives on one cable, and set them as slave drives (this is done by moving a clip on the rear of the drives to the correct position-usually a little diagram is on the rear of the hard drive telling you the master and slave position. They seem to come set as master, so you would need to set them as slave.
Whe you start up, you should go to the bios and load failsafe defaults , then you can use this/these as extra storage.
http://www.manualowl.com/m/Acer%20Computers/Aspire-M1610/Manual/114168
Alternatively you can purchase external usb drives in their own caddits, or even usb flash drives as extra storage.Like these
Flash drives
25 years playing with computers/laptops, software, and 10 years a geek/nerd -always learning
Related Acer Aspire M1610 Manual Pages
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 1
Aspire M1610/Veriton M261 Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw
PRINTED IN TAIWAN
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 2
Date
Chapter
Updates
II
Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire M1610/VeritonM261service guide.
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 7
...- Table of Contents
System Specifications
1
Features 1 Mainboard Placement 4 Block Diagram 5 Aspire M1610 Front Panel 6 Aspire M1610 Rear Panel 7 Veriton M261 Front Panel 8 Veriton M261 Rear Panel 9 Hardware Specifications...22 SATA Channel 1/2 Master 23 Advanced BIOS Features 24 CPU Feature 26 Hard Disk Boot Priority 27 Advanced Chipset Features 28 Internal Graphic Control 29 ...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 8
Table of Contents
Machine Disassembly and Replacement
43
General Information 44 Before You Begin 44
Disassembly Procedure 45 Aspire M1610/Veriton M261 Disassembly 45
Reassembly Procedure 52 Aspire M1610/Veriton M261 Reassembly 52
Troubleshooting
59
Jumper and Connector Information
61
Mainboard Jumper Locations 61 Jumper Settings 62
Setting Jumpers 62
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) ...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 14
Aspire M1610 Front Panel
The computer's front panel consists of the following:
Label 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Optical Device 3.5 inch Device Power button HDD LED LAN LED Speaker Out Microphone USB Port
Description
6
Chapter 1
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 15
Aspire M1610 Rear Panel
The computer's rear panel consists of the following:
Label
Description
1 6 audio jacks (7.1 HD audio jack)
3 USB PORTS
5 CRT/LCD port
7 COM port
9 PS/2 mouse
11 SPDIF Bracket
13 Recovery Switch Holder
Label
Description
2 LAN Port
4 1394 Port
6 Parallel port
8 PS/2 keyboard
10 Power cord Port
12 SPDIF Port
14 Lock Handle
Chapter 1
7
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 16
Veriton M261 Front Panel
The computer's front panel consists of the following:
Label 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Description Power-Button Speaker-out/Line-out Port Microphone-in out (Front) USB Ports Optical drive HDD LED Power LED
8
Chapter 1
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 19
...Chips • PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3-compliant with independent operation on the desktop board. SiS 968 MuTIOL 1G Media I/O Design Specification for more information
SiS 968 ...ATA host controller with support for more details
Super I /O APIC 2.0 Refer to four 3.5-inch disk drives • Support two serial ports, one EPP/ECP parallel port • Support two fans (2 fan...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 27
... 31 Year: 1999 to 2098
Hour: 0 to 23 Minute: 0 to 59 Second: 0 to configure some basic parameters in boldface are the default and suggested settings.
Drive A
None
Video Halt On
[EGA/VGA] [All, But Keyboard]
Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory
640K 2096128K 2097152K
KLIJ :Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD :Value...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 28
...BIOS POST will determine the amount of the system. 384KB available to configure your floppy drive A. Please noted that is therefore unavailable to control the system stops in the items ... detection of conventional memory. Parameter IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave
SATA Channel 1/2 Master Drive A Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory
Total Memory
Description
Options
Leave this function...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 30
IDE Channel 0/1 Slave
The following screen shows the IDE Channel Slave menu.
AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Slave [Press Enter]
Item Help
Extended IDE Drive Access Mode
[Auto] [Auto]
Menu Level XX
Capacity
320 MB
Cylinder
0
Head
0
Precomp
0
Landing Zone
0
Sector
0
KLIJ :Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD :Value F10: Save ...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 32
...
[Press Enter]
Virus Warning
[Disabled]
Quick Power On Self Test
[Enabled]
First Boot Device
[Hard Disk]
Second Boot Device
[CDROM]
Third Boot Device
[LAN]
Boot Other Device
[Enabled]
Boot .... Options Press [Enter]
Press [Enter]
Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled
24
Chapter 2
Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority. This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items that are...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 33
Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, LAN, Disabled (Disable this item to define how many ... than 64MB of memory and you to set the sequence of the chipset registers. Enabling APIC mode will make BIOS seek floppy Enabled
drive a: before a held -down key begins generating repeat characters.
Chapter 2
25
Setting to On will allows users to run Setup....
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 35
Press to move it up, or to exit this menu. Bootable Add-in Cards
Item Help Menu Level XX
Use or to select a device, then press to move it...Save and Exit ESC:Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults
Chapter 2
27 Ch2 M. : ST3320820AS 2.
Hard Disk Boot Priority
The following screen shows the Hard Disk Boot Priority menu:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 53
...
2.
Release the Lock-handle then slide the left side door out.
3.
Aspire M1610/Veriton M261 Disassembly
NOTE: The only physical difference between the two models is the front bezel as shown in the procedures. 1. Chapter 3
45 Please also ...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 57
Remove the ODD from the MB by railing the ODD-holder as shown below. Chapter 3
49
Release the CPU cooler from the chassis.
16.
Release the three latches on the front bezel, then remove the front bezel. Disconnect the ODD by removing the four securing screws. 14. Aspire M1610 Front Bezel
Veriton M261 Front Bezel
15.
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 60
... M/B VIA hole fits the oriented STAND OFF on the chassis. Insert the 6 screws to hold the M/B in place as shown in the procedures. 1. Reassembly Procedure
Aspire M1610/Veriton M261 Reassembly
NOTE: The only physical difference between the two models is the front bezel as shown.
3.
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 63
Install the HDD into the chassis and slide the HDD rail to the rear of HDD.
Install the front bezel. 11. Aspire M1610 Front Bezel
Veriton M261 Front Bezel
12. Connect the HDD data cable and power-cable to lock it.
13. Chapter 3
55
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 70
...
Use the motherboard jumpers to set jumpers for the detail)
System Board Header Setting
Front Panel
Illustration
Silk Screen FP1
Pin Signal Name
Description
1 5V_SYS
Hard disk LED pull-up(330 ohm) to 5V_SYS
2 GPIO_GRN_HDR_R Pull-up(330 ohm) to 5V_SB_SYS and connect to SIO GPIO
3 HDD_LED_R...
Aspire M1610-Veriton M261 Service Guide - Page 77
... those given in the printed Service Guide.
For whatever reasons a part number change is made, it will not be noted in the FRU list of Aspire M1610/ Veriton M261. Refer to this printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your regional web or channel (http://aicsl.acer.com.tw/spl/, if...
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