Acer Aspire M3970 Support Question
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How To Replace Acer Aspire M3970 Hard Drive
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Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 1
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide
PRINTED IN TAIWAN
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 3
... of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by Acer Incorporated. Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 4
... a registered trademark of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any particular purpose.
Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to change without notice.
Pentium Dual-Core, Celeron Dual-Core, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 ...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 6
...customer machines.
To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of a machine (e.g. FRU .... vi Service Guide Coverage
This Service Guide provides you with further technical details. If, for Acer's "global" product offering. You MUST use the list provided by your regional office MAY have...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 7
... Card
34
Removing the Memory Modules
35
Removing the Hard Disk Drive
36
Removing the Bracket of Removable HDD
38
Removing the Optical Drive
39
Removing the System Fan
41
Removing the Daughter Board...58
Romoving the Side Panel
59
Removing the Daughter Board
60
Removing the Cage of Hard Disk Drive
61
Removing the PCI Cover
62
Install the Power Supply
63
Install the I/O Shielding
...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 8
... Inspection
81
Beep Codes
82
Checkpoints
83
BIOS Recovery
86
Jumper and Connector Information
89
M/B Placement
89
Jumper Setting
91
Setting Jumper
91
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
99
Aspire M3970 Exploded Diagram
100
Aspire M3970 FRU List
102
viii
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 9
... (via HDMI1.4a port).
The exact configuration of 16 GB supported (using 4Gb tech). • Support DDR3 1.5V 1066/1333 (1GB / 2GB / 4GB). • Follow Acer DT EE Request. Chipset
• Intel H67
PCB
•
4 Layer uATX form factor 9.6in X 9.6in (24.38cm X 24.38cm)
Memory subsystem
• Socket Type: DDR...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 10
... 5.0 technology support. • Enhanced 3D and Clear Video technology support. • Need to measure VGA follow Acer VGA SOP. • PCEx16 socket must with bezel • Models are listed on Chassis TOP side.
2
Chapter 1
Hard disk drive
• Support up to four SATA ports • 3.5",25.4mm • Capacity and models are listed...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 15
...BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.)
BIOS
Item
Specification
BIOS code programer
AMI Kernel with Acer skin
BIOS version
P01-A0
BIOS ROM type
SPI Flash
BIOS ROM size
32Mb
Support protocol
...(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0
Device Boot Support
1st priority: Hard Disk 2nd priority: CD/DVT 3rd priority: Removable Device 4th priority: LAN
Support to LS-120 drive
N/A
Support to BIOS boot block feature YES
...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 18
... Standby Mode
• Independent power management timer for hard disk drive devices(0-15 minutes,time step=1minute). • Hard Disk drive goes into Standby mode(for ATA standard interface). •...Global Standby Mode
• Global power management timer(2-120minutes,time step=10minute). • Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode(for ATA standard interface). • Disable H-sync and V-...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 25
... Auto, USB device equal or less than 2GB will be used to force a HDD formatted drive to boot as harddrive. Enables or disables the load of embedded option ROM for the onboard SATA...Floppy and remaining as FDD (Ex.ZIP drive). Option
Enabled Disabled
Native IDE RAID AHCI
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Auto Floppy Hard Disk
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Chapter 2
17...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 29
... Network Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from available hard drives. All,but keyboard No Errors All Errors
Chapter 2
21
Boot Options
1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th Boot Device
EFI Device Priority Hard Disk Drive Priority Optical Disk Drive Priority Removable Device Priority Network Device Priority Quiet Boot Halt On
Specifies...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 44
Disconnect the data and power cables from the main board.
3. Removing the Hard Disk Drive
1. Remove the screw that secures the HDD cage to the chassis.
36
Chapter 3 Disconnect the other end of the data cable from the rear of the optical drive.
2.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 69
Chapter 3
61 Lift the HDD cage up and turn it over. Remove the screw that secures the HDD cage to the chassis.
2. Removing the Cage of Hard Disk Drive
1.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 77
Fix four screws for the slave HDD. c. b. a.
Chapter 3
69
Install the slave HDD into the cage. Install the HDD. Install the Hard Disk Drive
1. Install the master HDD into the cage.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 79
4. Chapter 3
71 Connect the data cable and power cable to the rear of the data cable to the main board. Connect the other end of the hard disk drive. 5.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 89
... the system covers.For instructions on page 23. 7. Verify that air flow is not blocked. 3. Replace the system covers. 11.
System Internal Inspection
1. Verify that could short out power. 4. Make sure.... System External Inspection
1. Make sure that all cable connectors inside the system are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. If the system will power on the front panel, which...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 107
... Guide. chapter 6
99
Chapter 6
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
This chapter offers the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) list in the FRU list of the Aspire M3970 desktop computer. For whatever reasons a part number is changed...properly, or follow the rules set by your regional Acer office on how to return it will be noted on your Acer office may have a different part number code from...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 108
Aspire M3970 Exploded Diagram
NOTE: This section will be updated when more information becomes available.
100
Chapter 6
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 112
Category
ODD VGA
Part Number
Acer P/N
"HDD SEAGATE 3.5"" 7200rpm 1000GB ST31000524AS(Pharaoh 6G) SATA III 32MB LF F/ W:JC45 "
"HDD SEAGATE 3.5"" 7200rpm 1500GB ST31500341AS(Brinks) SATA II 32MB LF F/ W:... PLDS DVD-ROM HH DL 16X DH-16D5SH LF+HF Black Bezel SATA w/Win7
KV.0160F.002
ODD HLDS Super-Multi DRIVE HH DL 16X GH60N LF+HF Black Bezel UG01 SATA (Win7+HF)
KU.0160D.054
ODD PLDS Super-Multi...
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