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...specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. III No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in this guide is a registered trademark of Acer Incorporated. Acer...Intel Corporation. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or...
...specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. III No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in this guide is a registered trademark of Acer Incorporated. Acer...Intel Corporation. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or...
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Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. IV Gives bits and pieces of procedures. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Screen messages NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. IV Gives bits and pieces of procedures. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Screen messages NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
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... Contents Chapter 1 System Introduction 1 Features 1 Front Bezel 4 Front Panel 5 Rear Panel 6 Internal Components 7 System Block Diagram 8 System Board Layout 9 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 11 Power Management 17 Environmental Requirements 18 Mechanical Specifications 19 ASM 20 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI 21 Chapter 2 System Utilities 22 Introduction 22 Setup Menu 23 Main 24...
... Contents Chapter 1 System Introduction 1 Features 1 Front Bezel 4 Front Panel 5 Rear Panel 6 Internal Components 7 System Block Diagram 8 System Board Layout 9 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 11 Power Management 17 Environmental Requirements 18 Mechanical Specifications 19 ASM 20 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI 21 Chapter 2 System Utilities 22 Introduction 22 Setup Menu 23 Main 24...
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! One Parallel Port Connectivity ! USB Port ! One RJ-45 jacks for USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear) Chapter 1 3 Serial Port ! Two high speed NS PC87373 compatible UART with send/receive 16 byte FIFO serial port ! Six USB ports support Universal HCI specification for LAN connectors ! LAN Connector !
! One Parallel Port Connectivity ! USB Port ! One RJ-45 jacks for USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear) Chapter 1 3 Serial Port ! Two high speed NS PC87373 compatible UART with send/receive 16 byte FIFO serial port ! Six USB ports support Universal HCI specification for LAN connectors ! LAN Connector !
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...875P Build in Intel 875P Built in Intel ICH5R (Canterwood South Bridge) PC87373 CYPRESS CY28405-2 Processor Type Item Slot Speed Bus frequency Voltage Specification Intel Pentium 4 Northwood and Prescott processor in Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (FC-PGA) Package Socket 478 Depends on CPU, which ... BIOS ROM size BIOS ROM package Supported protocol Boot from CD-ROM feature Supports LS-120 drive Supports BIOS boot block feature BIOS password control Specification AMI V 8.0 Bulk mode flash ROM 512KB 32-pin PLCC package PCIX 1.0, PCI 2.2, APM1.2, VESA/DPMS (VBE/PM V1.1), SMBIOS 2.3, E-IDE 1.1, ACPI...
...875P Build in Intel 875P Built in Intel ICH5R (Canterwood South Bridge) PC87373 CYPRESS CY28405-2 Processor Type Item Slot Speed Bus frequency Voltage Specification Intel Pentium 4 Northwood and Prescott processor in Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (FC-PGA) Package Socket 478 Depends on CPU, which ... BIOS ROM size BIOS ROM package Supported protocol Boot from CD-ROM feature Supports LS-120 drive Supports BIOS boot block feature BIOS password control Specification AMI V 8.0 Bulk mode flash ROM 512KB 32-pin PLCC package PCIX 1.0, PCI 2.2, APM1.2, VESA/DPMS (VBE/PM V1.1), SMBIOS 2.3, E-IDE 1.1, ACPI...
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...RAM speed Full of the processor core clock frequency (Advanced Transfer Cache) L2 Cache function control Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Second-Level Cache Configurations The information below is recommended that you AVOID using modules from different manufacturers or that run at different speeds from each other. 12 Altos G310 Cache Memory Item Specification... First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/disable by BIOS Setup L2 Cache scheme Fixed in write-back VRD Function CPU VRD VRM specification Typical...
...RAM speed Full of the processor core clock frequency (Advanced Transfer Cache) L2 Cache function control Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Second-Level Cache Configurations The information below is recommended that you AVOID using modules from different manufacturers or that run at different speeds from each other. 12 Altos G310 Cache Memory Item Specification... First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/disable by BIOS Setup L2 Cache scheme Fixed in write-back VRD Function CPU VRD VRM specification Typical...
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...LAN controller resident bus LAN port Function control Intel 82547GI CSA Bus One RJ-45 on board (J5) Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Specification IDE Interface Item IDE controller IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Supported IDE interface Supports LS-120 Supports bootable CD-ROM ...Function control Specification Built-in Intel ICH5R (Canterwood South Bridge) PCI bus 2 E-IDE (up to PIO mode, Multi-word (8237 style) DMA mode and Ultra DMA ...
...LAN controller resident bus LAN port Function control Intel 82547GI CSA Bus One RJ-45 on board (J5) Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Specification IDE Interface Item IDE controller IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Supported IDE interface Supports LS-120 Supports bootable CD-ROM ...Function control Specification Built-in Intel ICH5R (Canterwood South Bridge) PCI bus 2 E-IDE (up to PIO mode, Multi-word (8237 style) DMA mode and Ultra DMA ...
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...drive controller resident bus Supported diskette drive formats Function control Specification Built-in NS PC87373 super I/O controller LPC bus 1.44MB...serial port I/O address (via BIOS Setup) Optional serial port IRQ (via BIOS Setup) Specification Built-in NS PC87373 super I/O controller LPC bus 2 J4 Yes 9-pin D-type male...00FFFFF 0100000-0F9FFFF 0FA0000-0FFFFFF 1000000-FFFFFFF Size 640 KB System Memory 128 KB Video RAM 32 KB I/O Expansion ROM 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM... (ROM) System RAM BIOS (DRAM) Onboard DRAM Reserved for Memory Map I/O Card Non-Cacheable Onboard DRAM 14...
...drive controller resident bus Supported diskette drive formats Function control Specification Built-in NS PC87373 super I/O controller LPC bus 1.44MB...serial port I/O address (via BIOS Setup) Optional serial port IRQ (via BIOS Setup) Specification Built-in NS PC87373 super I/O controller LPC bus 2 J4 Yes 9-pin D-type male...00FFFFF 0100000-0F9FFFF 0FA0000-0FFFFFF 1000000-FFFFFFF Size 640 KB System Memory 128 KB Video RAM 32 KB I/O Expansion ROM 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM... (ROM) System RAM BIOS (DRAM) Onboard DRAM Reserved for Memory Map I/O Card Non-Cacheable Onboard DRAM 14...
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Environmental Requirements Item Temperature Operating Non-operating Non-operating (Storage package) Humidity Operating Non-operating (unpacked) Non-operating (Storage package) Vibration Operating (unpacked) Non-operating (packed) Specifications +10 to +35°C -10 to +60°C -20 to +60°C 20% - 80% RH, non-condensing 20% - 80% RH, non-condensing 20% - 90% RH, non-condensing 5 - 16.2 Hz: 0.38mm(peak to peak) 16.2 - 250 Hz: 0.2G 5 - 27.1 Hz: 0.60G 27.1 - 50 Hz: 0.4mm (peak to peak) 50 - 500 Hz: 2.0G 18 Altos G310
Environmental Requirements Item Temperature Operating Non-operating Non-operating (Storage package) Humidity Operating Non-operating (unpacked) Non-operating (Storage package) Vibration Operating (unpacked) Non-operating (packed) Specifications +10 to +35°C -10 to +60°C -20 to +60°C 20% - 80% RH, non-condensing 20% - 80% RH, non-condensing 20% - 90% RH, non-condensing 5 - 16.2 Hz: 0.38mm(peak to peak) 16.2 - 250 Hz: 0.2G 5 - 27.1 Hz: 0.60G 27.1 - 50 Hz: 0.4mm (peak to peak) 50 - 500 Hz: 2.0G 18 Altos G310
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... W/O Bezel W/Bezel Color I/O ports Item Slots Main board Drive bays Switching power supply Material Indicators Switch Specification 186(W) X 424(H) X 460(D)mm 186(W) X 424(H) X 477(D)mm Black PS/2 keyboard port, PS/2 mouse port, two USB ports, one LAN ports, two serial port 5 PCI ...
... W/O Bezel W/Bezel Color I/O ports Item Slots Main board Drive bays Switching power supply Material Indicators Switch Specification 186(W) X 424(H) X 460(D)mm 186(W) X 424(H) X 477(D)mm Black PS/2 keyboard port, PS/2 mouse port, two USB ports, one LAN ports, two serial port 5 PCI ...
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... in a consistent way, all communicate with "satellite" management controllers. Intelligent Chassis Management Bus ( ICMB ) ICMB is an open standard hardware manageability interface specification. The CPU only has to the system; The system only needs a single agent, and it asked. Chapter 1 21 With IPMI, use of IPMI... and IPMI elements is copied from five devices to the Event Log, which is the specification for the management controller command sets, including command sets for sensors, event logs, and sensor data record access, as well as the...
... in a consistent way, all communicate with "satellite" management controllers. Intelligent Chassis Management Bus ( ICMB ) ICMB is an open standard hardware manageability interface specification. The CPU only has to the system; The system only needs a single agent, and it asked. Chapter 1 21 With IPMI, use of IPMI... and IPMI elements is copied from five devices to the Event Log, which is the specification for the management controller command sets, including command sets for sensors, event logs, and sensor data record access, as well as the...
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.../2, None None, USB PS/2, USB None, None Parameter DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Description Display "Memory Size/Memory Type" if enabled Display "Display (Bank #)" if the specific bank is disabled by BIOS Disabled by BIOS Display "Not Installed" if not populated Option xxxMB/Memory Disabled (Bank #) Not installed N/A Chapter 2 26
.../2, None None, USB PS/2, USB None, None Parameter DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Description Display "Memory Size/Memory Type" if enabled Display "Display (Bank #)" if the specific bank is disabled by BIOS Disabled by BIOS Display "Not Installed" if not populated Option xxxMB/Memory Disabled (Bank #) Not installed N/A Chapter 2 26
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Enabled Disabled If you enable this item, the system BIOS MP table will Enabled be compatible with MultiProcessor Specification Disabled version 1.4 Allows BIOS to boot up. Enabled Disabled Default is "Enabled" Disabled PS/2 device if disabled. Display below message and stop continuing the POST ...
Enabled Disabled If you enable this item, the system BIOS MP table will Enabled be compatible with MultiProcessor Specification Disabled version 1.4 Allows BIOS to boot up. Enabled Disabled Default is "Enabled" Disabled PS/2 device if disabled. Display below message and stop continuing the POST ...
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... to checkpoint E0. Store the Uncompressed pointer for future use in scratch CMOS. Leaves all RAM below 1MB Read-Write including E000 and F000 shadow areas but closing SMRAM. Perform keyboard controller...Runtime interface module is moved to system memory and control is checked to BIOS POST. 63 Altos G310 The Runtime module is tested. Copying Main BIOS into register. Restore CPUID value back into ... D7 D8 D9 DA Description Early chipset initialization is forced. Both key sequence and OEM specific method is given to flat mode with 4GB limit and GA20 enabled. CPUID information is ...
... to checkpoint E0. Store the Uncompressed pointer for future use in scratch CMOS. Leaves all RAM below 1MB Read-Write including E000 and F000 shadow areas but closing SMRAM. Perform keyboard controller...Runtime interface module is moved to system memory and control is checked to BIOS POST. 63 Altos G310 The Runtime module is tested. Copying Main BIOS into register. Restore CPUID value back into ... D7 D8 D9 DA Description Early chipset initialization is forced. Both key sequence and OEM specific method is given to flat mode with 4GB limit and GA20 enabled. CPUID information is ...
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... to F000 ROM at F000:FFF0h Chapter 4 64 Determine informatoin about root directory of the flash part. Make flash write enable through chipset and OEM specific method. Give control to checkpoint EB. Enable ATAPI hardware. Recovery file not found flash part size. Restore CPUID value back into register. Bootblock Recovery Code...
... to F000 ROM at F000:FFF0h Chapter 4 64 Determine informatoin about root directory of the flash part. Make flash write enable through chipset and OEM specific method. Give control to checkpoint EB. Enable ATAPI hardware. Recovery file not found flash part size. Restore CPUID value back into register. Bootblock Recovery Code...
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... PIC for ADM. Init Loal APIC Set up boot strap processor Information Set up application processors Re-enable cache for displaying text information. 65 Altos G310 Set the window for boot strap processor Early CPU lnit Exit Initializes the 8042 compatible Keyboard Controller Detects the processor of PS/2 mouse Detects the... devices Allocate memory for ADM module and uncompress it. The following table describes the type of chipset registers Uncompress and initialize any platform specific BIOS modules Initialize System Management Interrupt Initializes different devices through DIM.
... PIC for ADM. Init Loal APIC Set up boot strap processor Information Set up application processors Re-enable cache for displaying text information. 65 Altos G310 Set the window for boot strap processor Early CPU lnit Exit Initializes the 8042 compatible Keyboard Controller Detects the processor of PS/2 mouse Detects the... devices Allocate memory for ADM module and uncompress it. The following table describes the type of chipset registers Uncompress and initialize any platform specific BIOS modules Initialize System Management Interrupt Initializes different devices through DIM.
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...configuration screen if enabled. Initializes DMAC-1 & DMAC-2 Initializes RTC date/time Test for Extended BIOS Data Area from memory found in system RAM size if needed before boot, which includes the programming of the MTRR's Prepare CPU for OS boot including final MTRR values Wait for IPL...registers Save system context for DEL or ESC keys to OS Loader (typically INT19h) Chapter 4 66 Programming the memory hole or any OEM specific information. Initializes NUMI-LOCK status and programs that needs an adjustment in memory test. Also, check for ACPI Passes control to limit memory ...
...configuration screen if enabled. Initializes DMAC-1 & DMAC-2 Initializes RTC date/time Test for Extended BIOS Data Area from memory found in system RAM size if needed before boot, which includes the programming of the MTRR's Prepare CPU for OS boot including final MTRR values Wait for IPL...registers Save system context for DEL or ESC keys to OS Loader (typically INT19h) Chapter 4 66 Programming the memory hole or any OEM specific information. Initializes NUMI-LOCK status and programs that needs an adjustment in memory test. Also, check for ACPI Passes control to limit memory ...
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... RPM SCSI Card ASC/3S 1ch U320 SCSI card ASC/1S 1ch U160 SCSI card SCSI RAID card U320 ASRC/3S 1ch Ultra320 RAID card Specifications Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#:857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B8, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857995 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL79L, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857985 Prescott... 20160, U160 53C1000 1ch, 32/33Mhz, Low profile with full height bracket LSI SCSI 320-1, 64bit 66Mhz PCI2.2 , 53C1020, i80302-400, 64MB embeded SDRAM, 88 Altos G310
... RPM SCSI Card ASC/3S 1ch U320 SCSI card ASC/1S 1ch U160 SCSI card SCSI RAID card U320 ASRC/3S 1ch Ultra320 RAID card Specifications Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#:857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B8, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857995 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL79L, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857985 Prescott... 20160, U160 53C1000 1ch, 32/33Mhz, Low profile with full height bracket LSI SCSI 320-1, 64bit 66Mhz PCI2.2 , 53C1020, i80302-400, 64MB embeded SDRAM, 88 Altos G310
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.../72GB, internal DDS4 20/40GB, internal AIT-1 35/91GB, internal AIT-1 data cartridge 35GB ATA Tape drive AIT-1 35/91GB, internal Specifications LSI Express500, 32/33Mhz PCI, i960RM-100, 32MB SDRAM, Acer Altos CD4.0, AG200E4-D32 Xabre 200/ 32MB DDR STD Leadtek Geforce FX5200, LR2967, 64MB, Dual 350MHz, OpenGL 1.4, w/TV-OUT, NTSC, ATX...
.../72GB, internal DDS4 20/40GB, internal AIT-1 35/91GB, internal AIT-1 data cartridge 35GB ATA Tape drive AIT-1 35/91GB, internal Specifications LSI Express500, 32/33Mhz PCI, i960RM-100, 32MB SDRAM, Acer Altos CD4.0, AG200E4-D32 Xabre 200/ 32MB DDR STD Leadtek Geforce FX5200, LR2967, 64MB, Dual 350MHz, OpenGL 1.4, w/TV-OUT, NTSC, ATX...
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... SCSI Card ASC/3S 1ch U320 SCSI card ASC/1S 1ch U160 SCSI card SCSI RAID card U320 ASRC/3S 1ch Ultra320 RAID card U160 Specifications Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#:857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B8, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857995 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL79L, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857985 Prescott... 20160, U160 53C1000 1ch, 32/33Mhz, Low profile with full height bracket LSI SCSI 320-1, 64bit 66Mhz PCI2.2 , 53C1020, i80302-400, 64MB embeded SDRAM, 90 Altos G310
... SCSI Card ASC/3S 1ch U320 SCSI card ASC/1S 1ch U160 SCSI card SCSI RAID card U320 ASRC/3S 1ch Ultra320 RAID card U160 Specifications Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#:857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B8, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857995 Prescott, mPGA478, SL7B9, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857996 Prescott, mPGA478, SL79L, D-1 Stepping, MM#: 857985 Prescott... 20160, U160 53C1000 1ch, 32/33Mhz, Low profile with full height bracket LSI SCSI 320-1, 64bit 66Mhz PCI2.2 , 53C1020, i80302-400, 64MB embeded SDRAM, 90 Altos G310