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... 45 System Check Procedures 45 Checkpoints 46 POST Error Indicators 50 Configuring the ME Firmware 61 Clearing CMOS 62 BIOS Recovery 63 BIOS Update 64 Updating the BIOS in DOS Mode 64 Updating the BIOS in Windows Mode 65 System Architecture 69 Block Diagram 69 Mainboard Layout 70 Jumper Setting 71 Field Replaceable Unit...
... 45 System Check Procedures 45 Checkpoints 46 POST Error Indicators 50 Configuring the ME Firmware 61 Clearing CMOS 62 BIOS Recovery 63 BIOS Update 64 Updating the BIOS in DOS Mode 64 Updating the BIOS in Windows Mode 65 System Architecture 69 Block Diagram 69 Mainboard Layout 70 Jumper Setting 71 Field Replaceable Unit...
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... MultiMediaCard (MMC) - USB ports (two) - Microphone jack - USB 2.0 ports (four) - Secure Digital (SD) - Headphone jack - Component Card reader Power supply Antivirus software System BIOS Power management Audio Item Audio codec Audio jacks Description • Multi-in -1 card reader slots • Rear panel - CompactFlash (CF) Types I /O ports LED display and... Front panel: Headphone and microphone jacks • Rear panel: Microphone, line-out, and line-in jacks • Power LED • Power button 2 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide HDMI port - Ethernet jack (RJ45) -
... MultiMediaCard (MMC) - USB ports (two) - Microphone jack - USB 2.0 ports (four) - Secure Digital (SD) - Headphone jack - Component Card reader Power supply Antivirus software System BIOS Power management Audio Item Audio codec Audio jacks Description • Multi-in -1 card reader slots • Rear panel - CompactFlash (CF) Types I /O ports LED display and... Front panel: Headphone and microphone jacks • Rear panel: Microphone, line-out, and line-in jacks • Power LED • Power button 2 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide HDMI port - Ethernet jack (RJ45) -
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...display default system values. CMOS setup loads the configuration values in CMOS. Ask a qualified technician for assistance. In this guide. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Before you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages, the battery may not be simply referred to make sure that you close...to the security setup • When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are prompted ("Run Setup" message) to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility" in this case, the system cannot retain configuration values in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called the complementary ...
...display default system values. CMOS setup loads the configuration values in CMOS. Ask a qualified technician for assistance. In this guide. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Before you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages, the battery may not be simply referred to make sure that you close...to the security setup • When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are prompted ("Run Setup" message) to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility" in this case, the system cannot retain configuration values in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called the complementary ...
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... following the weekday-month-day-year format. Asset tag number of the CPU installed on the system. Date when the BIOS setup utility was built. Core speed of this system. Serial number of the BIOS setup utility. Set the date following the hour-minute-second format. 10 AX1930 Service Guide Parameter System... BIOS Version Build Date Processor Core Frequency Count Memory Size Product Name System Serial Number Asset Tag Number System Date System Time (hh:mm:ss) Description ...
... following the weekday-month-day-year format. Asset tag number of the CPU installed on the system. Date when the BIOS setup utility was built. Core speed of this system. Serial number of the BIOS setup utility. Set the date following the hour-minute-second format. 10 AX1930 Service Guide Parameter System... BIOS Version Build Date Processor Core Frequency Count Memory Size Product Name System Serial Number Asset Tag Number System Date System Time (hh:mm:ss) Description ...
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... enumeration. Option Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled On Off Enabled Disabled 12 AX1930 Service Guide Note: Remember to lock up. USB Beep Message Enables or disables BIOS to display error beeps or messages during bootup. Miscellaneous Parameter AHCI Port1/2/3/4/5/6 Clock to All DIMM/PCI/PCIE Description Displays the status of auto detection...
... enumeration. Option Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled On Off Enabled Disabled 12 AX1930 Service Guide Note: Remember to lock up. USB Beep Message Enables or disables BIOS to display error beeps or messages during bootup. Miscellaneous Parameter AHCI Port1/2/3/4/5/6 Clock to All DIMM/PCI/PCIE Description Displays the status of auto detection...
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... press Enter again. 5. Press F10. 6. Retype the password to save the new password and close the Setup Utility. Removing a system password 1. Select Yes to the BIOS Setup Utility. The password may consist up /down arrow keys to select a password parameter (Change Supervisor Password or Change User Password) menu then press Enter...
... press Enter again. 5. Press F10. 6. Retype the password to save the new password and close the Setup Utility. Removing a system password 1. Select Yes to the BIOS Setup Utility. The password may consist up /down arrow keys to select a password parameter (Change Supervisor Password or Change User Password) menu then press Enter...
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...access the Hard Disk Drive Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from available EFI devices. Disabled When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during startup. Press Enter to access the Removable Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from... available CD/DVD drives. All, but keyboard No Errors All Errors Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 19 Enabled Disabled Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. Boot Options Parameter 1st...
...access the Hard Disk Drive Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from available EFI devices. Disabled When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during startup. Press Enter to access the Removable Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from... available CD/DVD drives. All, but keyboard No Errors All Errors Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 19 Enabled Disabled Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. Boot Options Parameter 1st...
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.... Select Discard Changes and Exit Setup from the Exit menu and press Enter. Then, select OK to allow the BIOS to automatically load optimal defaults to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer, so the new system configuration parameters can take effect. Exit Parameter Save & Exit... Enter. Select this option and press Enter to save all computer applications. Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup Utility without making any permanent changes to the BIOS Setup Utility. The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance, but may not work best for all ...
.... Select Discard Changes and Exit Setup from the Exit menu and press Enter. Then, select OK to allow the BIOS to automatically load optimal defaults to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer, so the new system configuration parameters can take effect. Exit Parameter Save & Exit... Enter. Select this option and press Enter to save all computer applications. Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup Utility without making any permanent changes to the BIOS Setup Utility. The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance, but may not work best for all ...
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...on the front panel. Inspect the power and LED indicators on the next page. Troubleshooting Chapter 4 This chapter lists the POST error indicators and BIOS beep codes, as possible about the symptoms of the system failure. 2. Refer to the AC power jack and a functional AC power source....location and description of the failure is still can give false errors and invalid system responses. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 45 Obtain as much detail as well general troubleshooting instructions. Non-Acer products, prototype cards, or modified options can not be powered on the rear panel are ...
...on the front panel. Inspect the power and LED indicators on the next page. Troubleshooting Chapter 4 This chapter lists the POST error indicators and BIOS beep codes, as possible about the symptoms of the system failure. 2. Refer to the AC power jack and a functional AC power source....location and description of the failure is still can give false errors and invalid system responses. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 45 Obtain as much detail as well general troubleshooting instructions. Non-Acer products, prototype cards, or modified options can not be powered on the rear panel are ...
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... POST. Verify that the processor, memory module(s), and expansion board(s) are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. Do additional chipset initialization. Adjust policies and cache first 8 MB. Set stack. 46 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Verify that all power and data cables are very useful ...the video card has been activated. Power on system configuration. If the cause of I/O port 80h on a flat, steady surface. 5. Viewing BIOS Checkpoints Viewing all connected peripheral devices from add-in bootblock code. Early super I /O port 80h. Check if waking up the chipset, memory...
... POST. Verify that the processor, memory module(s), and expansion board(s) are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. Do additional chipset initialization. Adjust policies and cache first 8 MB. Set stack. 46 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Verify that all power and data cables are very useful ...the video card has been activated. Power on system configuration. If the cause of I/O port 80h on a flat, steady surface. 5. Viewing BIOS Checkpoints Viewing all connected peripheral devices from add-in bootblock code. Early super I /O port 80h. Check if waking up the chipset, memory...
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... Give control to execute serial flash. Refer to find the clusters occupied by cluster. Attempt to determine if BIOS recovery is tested. Determine information about root directory of RAM. Start reading the recovery file cluster by the... . Read error occurred on page 63 for more information. Jump back to the current configuration of the BIOS. Recovery file not found flash part size. Check the validity of the recovery file configuration to checkpoint EB...write disabled. Disable ATAPI hardware. Restore CPUID value back into register. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 47
... Give control to execute serial flash. Refer to find the clusters occupied by cluster. Attempt to determine if BIOS recovery is tested. Determine information about root directory of RAM. Start reading the recovery file cluster by the... . Read error occurred on page 63 for more information. Jump back to the current configuration of the BIOS. Recovery file not found flash part size. Check the validity of the recovery file configuration to checkpoint EB...write disabled. Disable ATAPI hardware. Restore CPUID value back into register. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 47
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... initialize BIOS modules on KBC. Initialize status register A. The BAT test is bad, update CMOS with power-on default values and clear passwords. Uncompress all the output devices. Activate ADM module. Initializes both the 8259 compatible PICs in the system. 48 Aspire AX1930...for total memory installed in the system that are based on message, CPU information, setup key message, and any platform specific BIOS modules. Initializes different devices. Initialize language and font modules for ADM module and uncompress it. Display total memory in the ...
... initialize BIOS modules on KBC. Initialize status register A. The BAT test is bad, update CMOS with power-on default values and clear passwords. Uncompress all the output devices. Activate ADM module. Initializes both the 8259 compatible PICs in the system. 48 Aspire AX1930...for total memory installed in the system that are based on message, CPU information, setup key message, and any platform specific BIOS modules. Initializes different devices. Initialize language and font modules for ADM module and uncompress it. Display total memory in the ...
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.... Initializes the Microsoft IRQ Routing Table. Disables the system configuration display if needed . Wait for Extended BIOS Data Area from memory found in memory test. Save system context for OS boot including final MTRR values. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 49 Programming the memory hole or any kind of chipset registers. Check boot...
.... Initializes the Microsoft IRQ Routing Table. Disables the system configuration display if needed . Wait for Extended BIOS Data Area from memory found in memory test. Save system context for OS boot including final MTRR values. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 49 Programming the memory hole or any kind of chipset registers. Check boot...
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...a device configuration. Initialize different buses and perform the following functions: Reset, Detect, and Disable (function 0); It is detected during BIOS POST to initialize different system busses. Function 4 searches for troubleshooting or require that include manual configured onboard peripherals, memory and I/O ... windows in the Setup menus, reboot the computer, enter Setup again and load Setup defaults to correct the error. 50 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Function 0 disables all PnP and PCI boot devices. The following table describes the main checkpoints where the ...
...a device configuration. Initialize different buses and perform the following functions: Reset, Detect, and Disable (function 0); It is detected during BIOS POST to initialize different system busses. Function 4 searches for troubleshooting or require that include manual configured onboard peripherals, memory and I/O ... windows in the Setup menus, reboot the computer, enter Setup again and load Setup defaults to correct the error. 50 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Function 0 disables all PnP and PCI boot devices. The following table describes the main checkpoints where the ...
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... This is often reported by drives when no bootable device can be detected. This may indicate a defective memory module. BIOS could not boot from a particular device. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 51 This may occur from the A: drive, but was not ready for data transfer. Invalid Boot Diskette... a bootable diskette. Memory Message Gate20 Error Multi-Bit ECC Error Parity Error RAM R/W test failed CMOS Memory Size Wrong Description The BIOS is unable to properly control the mainboard's Gate A20 function, which controls access of memory has occurred, and the ECC memory algorithm ...
... This is often reported by drives when no bootable device can be detected. This may indicate a defective memory module. BIOS could not boot from a particular device. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 51 This may occur from the A: drive, but was not ready for data transfer. Invalid Boot Diskette... a bootable diskette. Memory Message Gate20 Error Multi-Bit ECC Error Parity Error RAM R/W test failed CMOS Memory Size Wrong Description The BIOS is unable to properly control the mainboard's Gate A20 function, which controls access of memory has occurred, and the ECC memory algorithm ...
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... initialized by the BIOS. The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 6th IDE controller could not be properly initialized by the BIOS. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. 52 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide ...This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI...
... initialized by the BIOS. The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 6th IDE controller could not be properly initialized by the BIOS. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. 52 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide ...This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI...
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...3rd IDE controller failed an ATAPI compatibility test. A S.M.A.R.T. capable hard disk sends this message when it detects an imminent failure. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 53 Capable and Status BAD Description The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 5th IDE controller failed an... ATAPI compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to replace the hard disk. A S.M.A.R.T. error reporting standard. The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in POST. error reporting...
...3rd IDE controller failed an ATAPI compatibility test. A S.M.A.R.T. capable hard disk sends this message when it detects an imminent failure. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 53 Capable and Status BAD Description The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 5th IDE controller failed an... ATAPI compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to replace the hard disk. A S.M.A.R.T. error reporting standard. The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in POST. error reporting...
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... system hardware. This may indicate a problem with system hardware. This is no FLASH part (System uses a PROM or EPROM). BIOS could not initialize the Slave Interrupt Controller. This causes POST to initialize the DMA controller. Two or more Static Devices are trying ...is a fatal error, often indication a problem with system hardware. This is a fatal error, often indication a problem with system hardware. 54 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Indicates an error while programming the count register of channel 2 of the system. This message will prompt the user. POST ...
... system hardware. This may indicate a problem with system hardware. This is no FLASH part (System uses a PROM or EPROM). BIOS could not initialize the Slave Interrupt Controller. This causes POST to initialize the DMA controller. Two or more Static Devices are trying ...is a fatal error, often indication a problem with system hardware. This is a fatal error, often indication a problem with system hardware. 54 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Indicates an error while programming the count register of channel 2 of the system. This message will prompt the user. POST ...
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...Error PS/2 Keyboard not found PS/2 Mouse not found Keyboard/Interface Error Unlock Keyboard System Halted Pressed Password check failed Unknown BIOS error. This may indicate a problem with keyboard controller initialization. This message appears after a fatal error has been detected. This... message is displayed when language module is not detected. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 55 CMOS contents failed the Checksum check. This error can be resolved by readjusting the system time in AMIBIOS...
...Error PS/2 Keyboard not found PS/2 Mouse not found Keyboard/Interface Error Unlock Keyboard System Halted Pressed Password check failed Unknown BIOS error. This may indicate a problem with keyboard controller initialization. This message appears after a fatal error has been detected. This... message is displayed when language module is not detected. Aspire AX1930 Service Guide 55 CMOS contents failed the Checksum check. This error can be resolved by readjusting the system time in AMIBIOS...
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... • Monitor • Video adapter card • Mainboard • Monitor signal connection/cable • Video adapter card • Mainboard 58 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Action/FRU • Speaker power/connection/cable Modem-related Symptoms Symptom/Error Modem ring cannot wake up by PCI card is set...and/or fax. • Ensure the modem card is installed properly. • Ensure the modem voice-in the Standard CMOS Feature of BIOS Setup is set correctly. • RTC battery • Mainboard Audio-related Symptoms Symptom/Error Audio software program invoked but has no sound...
... • Monitor • Video adapter card • Mainboard • Monitor signal connection/cable • Video adapter card • Mainboard 58 Aspire AX1930 Service Guide Action/FRU • Speaker power/connection/cable Modem-related Symptoms Symptom/Error Modem ring cannot wake up by PCI card is set...and/or fax. • Ensure the modem card is installed properly. • Ensure the modem voice-in the Standard CMOS Feature of BIOS Setup is set correctly. • RTC battery • Mainboard Audio-related Symptoms Symptom/Error Audio software program invoked but has no sound...