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... software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of Acer Incorporated. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks 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 the prior written permission of merchantability...
... software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of Acer Incorporated. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks 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 the prior written permission of merchantability...
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CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. IMPORTANT Remind you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. WARNING Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. IV MESSAGES NOTE Gives bits and pieces of procedures.
CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. IMPORTANT Remind you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. WARNING Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. IV MESSAGES NOTE Gives bits and pieces of procedures.
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......1 Main board Placement 6 Block Diagram...8 Aspire M3710 Front Panel 9 Aspire M3710 Rear Panel 10 Aspire M5711 Front Panel 11 Aspire M5711 Rear Panel 12 Aspire M7711 Front Panel 13 Aspire M7711 Rear Panel 14 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 15 Power Management Function (ACPI support function 20 Chapter 2 System Utilities 21 Entering Setup 22 Product Information 24 Standard CMOS Setup...
......1 Main board Placement 6 Block Diagram...8 Aspire M3710 Front Panel 9 Aspire M3710 Rear Panel 10 Aspire M5711 Front Panel 11 Aspire M5711 Rear Panel 12 Aspire M7711 Front Panel 13 Aspire M7711 Rear Panel 14 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 15 Power Management Function (ACPI support function 20 Chapter 2 System Utilities 21 Entering Setup 22 Product Information 24 Standard CMOS Setup...
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Chapter 1 System Specifications Features Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business) Processor Socket Type: Intel® Socket T LGA 775 pin Processor Type: Intel Pentium Dual Core / Core 2 Duo / Core2 Quad (up to 95W CPUs FSB 1066/1333 MHz CPUs Chipset NV MCP7A-O (Aspire M3710) / MCP7A-D (Aspire M7711...
Chapter 1 System Specifications Features Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business) Processor Socket Type: Intel® Socket T LGA 775 pin Processor Type: Intel Pentium Dual Core / Core 2 Duo / Core2 Quad (up to 95W CPUs FSB 1066/1333 MHz CPUs Chipset NV MCP7A-O (Aspire M3710) / MCP7A-D (Aspire M7711...
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...Keyboard port, 1 PS/2 Mouse port, 1 COM port 1 HDMI port (Aspire M3710 series only), 1 D-Sub port, (Aspire M3710 series only) 1 RJ45 LAN port, 1 IEEE 1394 port (6 pin) (Aspire sku only) 4 USB ports 7.1 channel phone jack (6 audio jacks) On-board connectors ...x 1 slot 2 PCI slots 1 FDD slot 6 SATA connectors 3 2*5 pin Intel FPIO specification USB pin connectors (follow Intel FPIO standard Specification) 1 2*5 pin IEEE1394 jumper (reserve header on all SKU) 1 2*5 pin Intel FPIO spec. Microphone In/ Headphone...
...Keyboard port, 1 PS/2 Mouse port, 1 COM port 1 HDMI port (Aspire M3710 series only), 1 D-Sub port, (Aspire M3710 series only) 1 RJ45 LAN port, 1 IEEE 1394 port (6 pin) (Aspire sku only) 4 USB ports 7.1 channel phone jack (6 audio jacks) On-board connectors ...x 1 slot 2 PCI slots 1 FDD slot 6 SATA connectors 3 2*5 pin Intel FPIO specification USB pin connectors (follow Intel FPIO standard Specification) 1 2*5 pin IEEE1394 jumper (reserve header on all SKU) 1 2*5 pin Intel FPIO spec. Microphone In/ Headphone...
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... Configurations Processor Type Item Socket FSB Minimum operating speed Specification Intel Pentium Dual Core / Core 2 Duo / Core2 Quad (up to 95W CPUs FSB 1066/1333 MHz CPUs) LGA 775 pin 1066/1333 MHz CPUs 0 MHz (... BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Support protocol Device Boot Support Support to LS-120 drive Support to BIOS boot block feature Specification Phoenix Award or AMI Kernel with Acer skin V6.0 SPI Flash 4Mb SMBIOS (DMI) 2.4/DMI 2.0 (log file) - 1st priority: SATA HDD - 2nd priority: CD-ROM - 3rd priority: FDD - 4th...
... Configurations Processor Type Item Socket FSB Minimum operating speed Specification Intel Pentium Dual Core / Core 2 Duo / Core2 Quad (up to 95W CPUs FSB 1066/1333 MHz CPUs) LGA 775 pin 1066/1333 MHz CPUs 0 MHz (... BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Support protocol Device Boot Support Support to LS-120 drive Support to BIOS boot block feature Specification Phoenix Award or AMI Kernel with Acer skin V6.0 SPI Flash 4Mb SMBIOS (DMI) 2.4/DMI 2.0 (log file) - 1st priority: SATA HDD - 2nd priority: CD-ROM - 3rd priority: FDD - 4th...
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... Support memory voltage Support memory module package Support to parity check feature Support to error correction code (ECC) feature Memory module combinations Specification 4 slot 512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2 DDR2 800MHz 1.8V 240-pin DDR2 Yes No You can install memory modules in any combination as... Main Board Major Chips Item North Bridge South Bridge APG controller Super I/O controller Audio controller LAN controller HDD controller Keyboard controller Specification NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE ITE 8718FX Realtek HD audio codec ALC888S HD codec ...
... Support memory voltage Support memory module package Support to parity check feature Support to error correction code (ECC) feature Memory module combinations Specification 4 slot 512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2 DDR2 800MHz 1.8V 240-pin DDR2 Yes No You can install memory modules in any combination as... Main Board Major Chips Item North Bridge South Bridge APG controller Super I/O controller Audio controller LAN controller HDD controller Keyboard controller Specification NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE ITE 8718FX Realtek HD audio codec ALC888S HD codec ...
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... MPU-401 UART support Microphone jack Headphone jack SATA Interface Item SATA controller SATA controller resident bus Number of SATA channel Support bootable CD-ROM Specification NV MCP7A-O/ MCP7A-D ALC888S codec 7.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo... through real-time FM-to-Wavetable conversionMPU-401 (UART mode) interface for Wavetable synthesizers and MIDI devices Integrated dual game port Meets AC'97and WHQL specifications Yes, internal FM synthesizer 48 KHz (max.) Yes Supported Supported...
... MPU-401 UART support Microphone jack Headphone jack SATA Interface Item SATA controller SATA controller resident bus Number of SATA channel Support bootable CD-ROM Specification NV MCP7A-O/ MCP7A-D ALC888S codec 7.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo... through real-time FM-to-Wavetable conversionMPU-401 (UART mode) interface for Wavetable synthesizers and MIDI devices Integrated dual game port Meets AC'97and WHQL specifications Yes, internal FM synthesizer 48 KHz (max.) Yes Supported Supported...
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...port function control Optional EV+CP DMA channel (in BIOS setup) Optional parallel port I/O address (via BIOS setup) Optional parallel port IRQ (via BIOS setup) Specification ITE 8718F/JX ISA bus 1 SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP 25-pin D-type female connector Enable/disable by BIOS Setup DMA channel 1 DMA... channel 3 378h 278h IRQ5 IRQ7 USB Port Universal HCI USB Class Item USB Connectors Quantity Specification USB 2.0/1.1 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode 4 ports for front daughter board 4 ports for rear I/O 2 ports for internal card reader. 18
...port function control Optional EV+CP DMA channel (in BIOS setup) Optional parallel port I/O address (via BIOS setup) Optional parallel port IRQ (via BIOS setup) Specification ITE 8718F/JX ISA bus 1 SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP 25-pin D-type female connector Enable/disable by BIOS Setup DMA channel 1 DMA... channel 3 378h 278h IRQ5 IRQ7 USB Port Universal HCI USB Class Item USB Connectors Quantity Specification USB 2.0/1.1 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode 4 ports for front daughter board 4 ports for rear I/O 2 ports for internal card reader. 18