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... Power system check 74 System external inspection 74 System internal inspection 74 System Diagnosis 75 Hardware diagnostic program 75 System Status Error Codes 77 BIOS Recovery 77 Clearing CMOS 78 Undetermined Problems 78 BIOS Setup 79 Entering the BIOS Setup Utility 80 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 80 Setup Utility Menus...
... Power system check 74 System external inspection 74 System internal inspection 74 System Diagnosis 75 Hardware diagnostic program 75 System Status Error Codes 77 BIOS Recovery 77 Clearing CMOS 78 Undetermined Problems 78 BIOS Setup 79 Entering the BIOS Setup Utility 80 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 80 Setup Utility Menus...
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... heatsink Specifications • Microsoft Windows Home Server • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server • Acer ITSmart Add-in v1.0 • Power Scheduler • vPro Client Management • Fax Notification • Printer Management • Server Health Management •...
... heatsink Specifications • Microsoft Windows Home Server • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server • Acer ITSmart Add-in v1.0 • Power Scheduler • vPro Client Management • Fax Notification • Printer Management • Server Health Management •...
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System recovery or reset is in progress Chapter 3 11 May indicate the following states: • System failure • HDD failure • SATA controller failure • USB controller ... • Boot device not found Refer to "System Status Error Codes" on page 92 for BIOS update while boot block has been active) • System recovery or reset is in progress. No. System LED Indicators Front panel This section describes the different system LED indicators. LED indicator Color 1 Network White None...
System recovery or reset is in progress Chapter 3 11 May indicate the following states: • System failure • HDD failure • SATA controller failure • USB controller ... • Boot device not found Refer to "System Status Error Codes" on page 92 for BIOS update while boot block has been active) • System recovery or reset is in progress. No. System LED Indicators Front panel This section describes the different system LED indicators. LED indicator Color 1 Network White None...
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... diagnostic test and blinks red when an error condition occurs. Turn off the system. 2. Power on the HDD status indicators. Immediately press and release the Recovery/reset button with the system. 3. The system status indicator blinks red and immediately starts the diagnostic process: a. Fan speed check e. End test During the diagnostic...
... diagnostic test and blinks red when an error condition occurs. Turn off the system. 2. Power on the HDD status indicators. Immediately press and release the Recovery/reset button with the system. 3. The system status indicator blinks red and immediately starts the diagnostic process: a. Fan speed check e. End test During the diagnostic...
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...4 Description SATA controller failed USB controller failed LAN controller failed Fan failed Memory failed Boot device not found Disk failure BIOS Recovery Perform the BIOS recovery if the BIOS flash ROM has become corrupted. The error messages in the following : • If the system has...Power on the front panel and the error symptoms. Operating condition System is completed. Prepare a USB storage device. 2. To perform a BIOS recovery: 1. The following sections provide instructions on your computer. 3. Unplug the device. Do not replace a non-defective FRU. Connect the USB...
...4 Description SATA controller failed USB controller failed LAN controller failed Fan failed Memory failed Boot device not found Disk failure BIOS Recovery Perform the BIOS recovery if the BIOS flash ROM has become corrupted. The error messages in the following : • If the system has...Power on the front panel and the error symptoms. Operating condition System is completed. Prepare a USB storage device. 2. To perform a BIOS recovery: 1. The following sections provide instructions on your computer. 3. Unplug the device. Do not replace a non-defective FRU. Connect the USB...
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Remove the BIOS Recovery disk. Clearing CMOS To clear the BIOS configuration you need to the system and reboot automatically after the flash update is inoperative. Remove the system ... default position. 5. Turn off the computer. 2. Access the BIOS Setup Utility by the computer. Perform steps 3 and 7 through 10 of the following devices: • Non-Acer devices • Printer, mouse, and other external devices • Hard disk drive • DIMM • CD/DVD-ROM drive • Adapter cards 4. Press to previous...
Remove the BIOS Recovery disk. Clearing CMOS To clear the BIOS configuration you need to the system and reboot automatically after the flash update is inoperative. Remove the system ... default position. 5. Turn off the computer. 2. Access the BIOS Setup Utility by the computer. Perform steps 3 and 7 through 10 of the following devices: • Non-Acer devices • Printer, mouse, and other external devices • Hard disk drive • DIMM • CD/DVD-ROM drive • Adapter cards 4. Press to previous...
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...execute serial flash. Disable CACHE before memory detection. Verify that flat mode is necessary, control flows to checkpoint E0. See Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints section of document for more information. 96 Chapter 8 The Runtime module is stored in scratch CMOS. CPUID information ... and control is done. Main BIOS checksum is forced. The Bootblock-Runtime interface module is moved to determine if BIOS recovery is tested. Store the Uncompressed pointer for more information. POST code checkpoints list Bootblock initialization code checkpoint The following table...
...execute serial flash. Disable CACHE before memory detection. Verify that flat mode is necessary, control flows to checkpoint E0. See Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints section of document for more information. 96 Chapter 8 The Runtime module is stored in scratch CMOS. CPUID information ... and control is done. Main BIOS checksum is forced. The Bootblock-Runtime interface module is moved to determine if BIOS recovery is tested. Store the Uncompressed pointer for more information. POST code checkpoints list Bootblock initialization code checkpoint The following table...
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...corrupt. Attempt to checkpoint EB. Jump back to read from floppy. Start reading FAT table and analyze FAT to checkpoint E9. The recovery file size does not equal the found . POST code checkpoints The POST code checkpoints are initialized. Chapter 8 97 DMA controller is ...default values and clear passwords. The flash has been updated successfully. Make flash write disabled. Give control to the current configuration of recovery media. Initialize BIOS, POST, Runtime data area. Verify CMOS checksum manually by cluster. If the CMOS checksum is bad, update ...
...corrupt. Attempt to checkpoint EB. Jump back to read from floppy. Start reading FAT table and analyze FAT to checkpoint E9. The recovery file size does not equal the found . POST code checkpoints The POST code checkpoints are initialized. Chapter 8 97 DMA controller is ...default values and clear passwords. The flash has been updated successfully. Make flash write disabled. Give control to the current configuration of recovery media. Initialize BIOS, POST, Runtime data area. Verify CMOS checksum manually by cluster. If the CMOS checksum is bad, update ...
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... Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable...
... Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable...