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...) • CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or DVD writer (optional) • High-capacity, PATA / SATA HDD (optional) • Supports USB 2.0 high-performance peripherals Multimedia • Stereo-surround audio system via onboard audio controller • Audio-in/line-in, audio-out/line-out, headphone-out...
...) • CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW (52X/24X), DVD/CD-RW combo or DVD writer (optional) • High-capacity, PATA / SATA HDD (optional) • Supports USB 2.0 high-performance peripherals Multimedia • Stereo-surround audio system via onboard audio controller • Audio-in/line-in, audio-out/line-out, headphone-out...
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...data modem or an additional LAN (local area network) card. 4 Setting up your computer The AcerPower series is a versatile and powerful system, supporting an AMD CPU. Your system can accommodate extra peripheral equipment through these I /O (input/output) interfaces such as a parallel port, PS/2 ... has standard I /O ports. The computer uses a state-of-the-art bus architecture, which improves system efficiency and helps the system support varied multimedia and software applications. Furthermore, the system is excessively dusty or damp. Setting up your computer: • Do not place ...
...data modem or an additional LAN (local area network) card. 4 Setting up your computer The AcerPower series is a versatile and powerful system, supporting an AMD CPU. Your system can accommodate extra peripheral equipment through these I /O (input/output) interfaces such as a parallel port, PS/2 ... has standard I /O ports. The computer uses a state-of-the-art bus architecture, which improves system efficiency and helps the system support varied multimedia and software applications. Furthermore, the system is excessively dusty or damp. Setting up your computer: • Do not place ...
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... the following: • Make sure the printer is connected to a power outlet and that may arise during the use of your dealer or the technical support center for assistance. A: Check the LED located above the power switch. Q: Nothing appears on the printer. • For additional information concerning the printer, refer to...
... the following: • Make sure the printer is connected to a power outlet and that may arise during the use of your dealer or the technical support center for assistance. A: Check the LED located above the power switch. Q: Nothing appears on the printer. • For additional information concerning the printer, refer to...
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... to the line-out jack of floppy disk. Caution: If you reformat a floppy disk, you are using the correct type of your dealer or technical support center for the Volume icon on it . A: Check the following: • Make sure you will lose all data on the taskbar. Look for assistance. English...
... to the line-out jack of floppy disk. Caution: If you reformat a floppy disk, you are using the correct type of your dealer or technical support center for the Volume icon on it . A: Check the following: • Make sure you will lose all data on the taskbar. Look for assistance. English...
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..., your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for Acer's "global" product offering. In such cases, please contact your regional office MAY have a DIFFERENT part number code to order ...FRU parts for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it supports, please read the following general information. 1. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your regional Acer office to those given in this printed Service Guide. V Preface Before using this information and...
..., your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for Acer's "global" product offering. In such cases, please contact your regional office MAY have a DIFFERENT part number code to order ...FRU parts for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it supports, please read the following general information. 1. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your regional Acer office to those given in this printed Service Guide. V Preface Before using this information and...
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Chapter1 System Specifications 1 Features 2 Mainboard Placement 5 Block Diagram 7 Aspire T180 Front Panel 8 Aspire T180 Rear Panel 9 AcerPower M8 Front Panel 10 AcerPower M8 Rear Panel 12 System Peripherals 13 Acer eRecovery 15 Acer disc-to-disc recovery 17 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 18 Power Management Function (ACPI support function) . . . . 23 Chapter2 System Utilities 24 Entering Setup 25 Product...
Chapter1 System Specifications 1 Features 2 Mainboard Placement 5 Block Diagram 7 Aspire T180 Front Panel 8 Aspire T180 Rear Panel 9 AcerPower M8 Front Panel 10 AcerPower M8 Rear Panel 12 System Peripherals 13 Acer eRecovery 15 Acer disc-to-disc recovery 17 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 18 Power Management Function (ACPI support function) . . . . 23 Chapter2 System Utilities 24 Entering Setup 25 Product...
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We also provide one PCI-Express x16 slot, one PCI-Express x1 and two PCI slots (support PCI 2.3 spec.), four Dual Channel DDRII memory slots (support up to 4GB), two PATA ports, two/four SATA ports (HDDs), on board Gigabit LAN, and on board Audio function. Chapter 1 1 Chapter 1 System Specifications Overview ...
We also provide one PCI-Express x16 slot, one PCI-Express x1 and two PCI slots (support PCI 2.3 spec.), four Dual Channel DDRII memory slots (support up to 4GB), two PATA ports, two/four SATA ports (HDDs), on board Gigabit LAN, and on board Audio function. Chapter 1 1 Chapter 1 System Specifications Overview ...
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...nVidia MCP61S (co-lay with MCP61P) PCB T T Form Factor : Mirco ATX Size (Max.) : 244mm x 244mm Memory T Memory Type : DDRII unbuffered SDRAM module support T No of Channel (Dual/Signal) : Dual channel should be enabled always when plug-in 2 same memory size DDRII memory module T Socket Type : un-buffered ... PCI Express x1 slot Two PCI 2.2 Slots FDD T T Slot Quantity : 1 Support 1.44MB 3.5" Devices IDE T T One 40 pin PATA IDE slot T Transfer rate support: T PIO mode: 0/1/2/3/4 T ATA mode: 33/66/100 port supported T Storage type support : HDD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD Dual/ DVD...
...nVidia MCP61S (co-lay with MCP61P) PCB T T Form Factor : Mirco ATX Size (Max.) : 244mm x 244mm Memory T Memory Type : DDRII unbuffered SDRAM module support T No of Channel (Dual/Signal) : Dual channel should be enabled always when plug-in 2 same memory size DDRII memory module T Socket Type : un-buffered ... PCI Express x1 slot Two PCI 2.2 Slots FDD T T Slot Quantity : 1 Support 1.44MB 3.5" Devices IDE T T One 40 pin PATA IDE slot T Transfer rate support: T PIO mode: 0/1/2/3/4 T ATA mode: 33/66/100 port supported T Storage type support : HDD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD Dual/ DVD...
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...Chapter 1 3 Audio T T T T T Audio Type : HD Codec Audio Channel : 7.1 channel Audio Controller /Codec : Realtek ALC888(co-lay with ALC883) Support SPDIF out/in Audio Connectors/Headers: T Rear 6 jack follow HD audio definition T Microphone In T Headphone Out T CD-In LAN T T Type : Marvell 88E8056... Gigabit Ethernet controller Supports 10/100/1000MB Ethernet environment IEEE 1394 T IEEE 1394 Controller : TI TSB43AB23PDTG4 T IEEE 1394 Port : One rear 6pin IEEE 1394 port USB T...
...Chapter 1 3 Audio T T T T T Audio Type : HD Codec Audio Channel : 7.1 channel Audio Controller /Codec : Realtek ALC888(co-lay with ALC883) Support SPDIF out/in Audio Connectors/Headers: T Rear 6 jack follow HD audio definition T Microphone In T Headphone Out T CD-In LAN T T Type : Marvell 88E8056... Gigabit Ethernet controller Supports 10/100/1000MB Ethernet environment IEEE 1394 T IEEE 1394 Controller : TI TSB43AB23PDTG4 T IEEE 1394 Port : One rear 6pin IEEE 1394 port USB T...
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...the system is booting to BIOS boot block feature Specification Award v6.0 Flash ROM 4MB 32-pin DIP package ACPI 2.0, APM 1.2, SMBIOS 2.3, WFM support, ASD 1.03, PXE boot ROM, PCI 2.3 Yes Yes Yes NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using the flash utility. Hardware Specifications.../s 2000MT/s BIOS Item BIOS code programmer BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size BIOS ROM package Support protocol Boot from CD-ROM feature Support to LS-120 FDD drive Support to enter BIOS Setup Utility. Main Board Major Chips Item NorthBridge SourthBridge AGP controller Super I/O controller Audio...
...the system is booting to BIOS boot block feature Specification Award v6.0 Flash ROM 4MB 32-pin DIP package ACPI 2.0, APM 1.2, SMBIOS 2.3, WFM support, ASD 1.03, PXE boot ROM, PCI 2.3 Yes Yes Yes NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using the flash utility. Hardware Specifications.../s 2000MT/s BIOS Item BIOS code programmer BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size BIOS ROM package Support protocol Boot from CD-ROM feature Support to LS-120 FDD drive Support to enter BIOS Setup Utility. Main Board Major Chips Item NorthBridge SourthBridge AGP controller Super I/O controller Audio...
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... AGP Slot nVidia MCP61 PCIE x16 1 Specification Chapter 1 19 System Memory Item Memory slot number Support memory size per socket Support maximum memory size Support memory type Support memory interface 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 256MB to 1MB per...
... AGP Slot nVidia MCP61 PCIE x16 1 Specification Chapter 1 19 System Memory Item Memory slot number Support memory size per socket Support maximum memory size Support memory type Support memory interface 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 256MB to 1MB per...
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... Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High performance audio accelerator and AC'97 support Full native DOS games compatibility Virtual FM enhances audio experience through real-time FM-toWavetable conversion MPU-401(UART mode) interface for... FM synthesizer DACs: 44.1k/48k/96k/192k Hz ADCs: 44.1k/48k/96k Hz Yes Supported Supported IDE Interface Item IDE controller IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Support IDE interface Support bootable CD-ROM Specification nVidia MCP61 PCI bus 1 x ATA133 E-IDE (up to PIO mode...
... Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High performance audio accelerator and AC'97 support Full native DOS games compatibility Virtual FM enhances audio experience through real-time FM-toWavetable conversion MPU-401(UART mode) interface for... FM synthesizer DACs: 44.1k/48k/96k/192k Hz ADCs: 44.1k/48k/96k Hz Yes Supported Supported IDE Interface Item IDE controller IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Support IDE interface Support bootable CD-ROM Specification nVidia MCP61 PCI bus 1 x ATA133 E-IDE (up to PIO mode...
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...port controller Serial port controller resident bus Number of serial port 16550 UART support Connector type Features Specification ITE8726 ISA bus 2 Yes 9-pin D-type female connector Support IrDA1.0/ASKIR protocols, smart card reader protocols USB Port Universal HCI USB... Class USB Number Item Specification USB 2.0 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode support up to 8 ports Environmental Requirements Item Temperature Operating Non-operating Humidity Operating Non-operating Vibration Operating (unpacked) ...
...port controller Serial port controller resident bus Number of serial port 16550 UART support Connector type Features Specification ITE8726 ISA bus 2 Yes 9-pin D-type female connector Support IrDA1.0/ASKIR protocols, smart card reader protocols USB Port Universal HCI USB... Class USB Number Item Specification USB 2.0 Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode support up to 8 ports Environmental Requirements Item Temperature Operating Non-operating Humidity Operating Non-operating Vibration Operating (unpacked) ...
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...recovery time: 7-10 sec. T CPU goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface). T S0, S1, S3 and S5 sleep state support. Chapter 1 23 Suspend Mode T Independent power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minutes) or pushing external switch button. T Disable .... Global Standby Mode T Global power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minute). T On board device configuration support. Power Management Function (ACPI support function) Device Standby Mode T Independent power management timer for Windows). T Hard disk drive goes into power saving mode....
...recovery time: 7-10 sec. T CPU goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface). T S0, S1, S3 and S5 sleep state support. Chapter 1 23 Suspend Mode T Independent power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minutes) or pushing external switch button. T Disable .... Global Standby Mode T Global power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minute). T On board device configuration support. Power Management Function (ACPI support function) Device Standby Mode T Independent power management timer for Windows). T Hard disk drive goes into power saving mode....
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... S/N System Manufacture Name MB Manufacture Name System BIOS Version SMBIOS Version System BIOS ID BIOS Build Date AST180/ASE380/APM8 EM61SM/EM61PM Acer Acer 6.00 PG 2.3 R01-A0 Jul 19/2006 Item Help Menu Level f mnlk: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:...release date 27 Chapter 2 Displays your system's serial number. Hardware checking is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking for technical support). Displays the main board's identification number. This parameter specifies the version of your system. The System Management Interface (SM) BIOS allows...
... S/N System Manufacture Name MB Manufacture Name System BIOS Version SMBIOS Version System BIOS ID BIOS Build Date AST180/ASE380/APM8 EM61SM/EM61PM Acer Acer 6.00 PG 2.3 R01-A0 Jul 19/2006 Item Help Menu Level f mnlk: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:...release date 27 Chapter 2 Displays your system's serial number. Hardware checking is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking for technical support). Displays the main board's identification number. This parameter specifies the version of your system. The System Management Interface (SM) BIOS allows...
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... before system boot-up to enable this item unless you have installed more than 64 MB of processors. APIC provides symmetric multiprocessing for system, allowing support for your keyboard. --Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec): Use this item to enable or disable the APIC mode. S.M.A.R.T software resides on . Fast Typematic Rate Setting If...
... before system boot-up to enable this item unless you have installed more than 64 MB of processors. APIC provides symmetric multiprocessing for system, allowing support for your keyboard. --Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec): Use this item to enable or disable the APIC mode. S.M.A.R.T software resides on . Fast Typematic Rate Setting If...
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...users to specify the Onboard VGA share memory size. Disabled Options Chapter 2 34 Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Dual Monitor Support Frame Buffer Size HT Spread Spectrum SSE/SSE2 Instructions System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled] [Auto] [Center] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu ... +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults Parameter Dual Monitor Support Frame Buffer Size HT Spread Spectrum SSE/SSE2 Instructions System BIOS Cacheable Description This item enables or disables dual monitor...
...users to specify the Onboard VGA share memory size. Disabled Options Chapter 2 34 Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Dual Monitor Support Frame Buffer Size HT Spread Spectrum SSE/SSE2 Instructions System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled] [Auto] [Center] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu ... +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults Parameter Dual Monitor Support Frame Buffer Size HT Spread Spectrum SSE/SSE2 Instructions System BIOS Cacheable Description This item enables or disables dual monitor...
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... Master/Slave UDMA IDE DMA transfer access Serial-ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Description Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. Enabled Disabled Enables this motherboard in IDE interface, set this list to install ...the UltraDMA driver supplied with this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Enabled Disabled Options RAID Configuration Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Configuration RAID Enable x SATA 1 Primary RAID x ...
... Master/Slave UDMA IDE DMA transfer access Serial-ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Description Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. Enabled Disabled Enables this motherboard in IDE interface, set this list to install ...the UltraDMA driver supplied with this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Enabled Disabled Options RAID Configuration Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Configuration RAID Enable x SATA 1 Primary RAID x ...
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.... Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard Device Setup Options Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Setup Onchip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HD Audio Onboard 1394 Giga Bit LAN LAN Boot ROM [V1.1 + V2.0] [SHADOW] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [... F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults Parameter Onchip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard support USB Mouse Support HD Audio Onboard 1394 Giga Bit LAN LAN Boot ROM Description This item enables users to or disable the onchip V1.1+V2...
.... Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard Device Setup Options Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Setup Onchip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HD Audio Onboard 1394 Giga Bit LAN LAN Boot ROM [V1.1 + V2.0] [SHADOW] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [... F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults Parameter Onchip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard support USB Mouse Support HD Audio Onboard 1394 Giga Bit LAN LAN Boot ROM Description This item enables users to or disable the onchip V1.1+V2...
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... the onboard infrared chip. UART Mode Select enables you to ECP 3 mode, the parallel port can transmit and send information simultaneously. The options are only supported with EPP- This item enables you to any option but only one direction at a time. ECP and EPP modes are Full and Half. SPP When...
... the onboard infrared chip. UART Mode Select enables you to ECP 3 mode, the parallel port can transmit and send information simultaneously. The options are only supported with EPP- This item enables you to any option but only one direction at a time. ECP and EPP modes are Full and Half. SPP When...