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... System Check 85 System External Inspection 85 System Internal Inspection 85 Beep Codes 86 Checkpoints 87 BIOS Recovery 90 Jumper and Connector Information 93 M/B Placement 93 Jumper Setting 95 Internal header pin definition 98 Connector pin definition 101 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 106 Predator G3620 Exploded Diagram 107 Predator G3620 FRU List 109 xciv
... System Check 85 System External Inspection 85 System Internal Inspection 85 Beep Codes 86 Checkpoints 87 BIOS Recovery 90 Jumper and Connector Information 93 M/B Placement 93 Jumper Setting 95 Internal header pin definition 98 Connector pin definition 101 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 106 Predator G3620 Exploded Diagram 107 Predator G3620 FRU List 109 xciv
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System BIOS • Type: Use SPI Flash • System BIOS: 8MB • Kernel: AMI Kernel with Acer skin Power supply • Non PFC 300W / PFC 300W /FR 300W. • Support models are listed on AVLC. 4 Chapter 1
System BIOS • Type: Use SPI Flash • System BIOS: 8MB • Kernel: AMI Kernel with Acer skin Power supply • Non PFC 300W / PFC 300W /FR 300W. • Support models are listed on AVLC. 4 Chapter 1
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... Socket Type LGA1155 Minimum operating speed 0 MHz (If Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programer AMI Kernel with Acer skin BIOS version P01-A0 BIOS ROM type SPI Flash BIOS ROM size 8Mb Support protocol SMBIOS(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0 Device Boot Support 1st priority: SATA HDD...
... Socket Type LGA1155 Minimum operating speed 0 MHz (If Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programer AMI Kernel with Acer skin BIOS version P01-A0 BIOS ROM type SPI Flash BIOS ROM size 8Mb Support protocol SMBIOS(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0 Device Boot Support 1st priority: SATA HDD...
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... Music synthesizer Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone/Headphone jack Specification Intel PCH Panther Point B75 REALTEK/ALC662-VD0-GR codec 5.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo ALC662-VD meets audio performance and function requirements for multimedia PCs and ultra mobile devices.
... Music synthesizer Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone/Headphone jack Specification Intel PCH Panther Point B75 REALTEK/ALC662-VD0-GR codec 5.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo ALC662-VD meets audio performance and function requirements for multimedia PCs and ultra mobile devices.
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... ROM, called CMOS RAM. Ask a qualified technician for assistance. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility" in this guide display default system values. NOTE: CMOS Setup Utility will need to run the CMOS Setup Utility, make changes...
... ROM, called CMOS RAM. Ask a qualified technician for assistance. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility" in this guide display default system values. NOTE: CMOS Setup Utility will need to run the CMOS Setup Utility, make changes...
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... CPU count Total size of the CPU installed on the system. Serial number of this system. Date when the BIOS setup utility was built Type of the BIOS setup utility. Parameter System BIOS Version Build Date Processor Core Frequency Count Memory Size Product Name System Serial Number Asset Tag Number System Date System...
... CPU count Total size of the CPU installed on the system. Serial number of this system. Date when the BIOS setup utility was built Type of the BIOS setup utility. Parameter System BIOS Version Build Date Processor Core Frequency Count Memory Size Product Name System Serial Number Asset Tag Number System Date System...
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Option On Off Enabled Disabled Chapter 2 17 USB Beep Message Enables or disables BIOS to display error beeps or messages during USB device enumeration. Selects power on state for Num Lock. Miscellaneous Parameter AHCI Port0/1/2/3/4/5 Bootup Num-lock Description Displays the status of auto detection of the AHCI device.
Option On Off Enabled Disabled Chapter 2 17 USB Beep Message Enables or disables BIOS to display error beeps or messages during USB device enumeration. Selects power on state for Num Lock. Miscellaneous Parameter AHCI Port0/1/2/3/4/5 Bootup Num-lock Description Displays the status of auto detection of the AHCI device.
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... hard drives. Press Enter to access the Network Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during startup.
... hard drives. Press Enter to access the Network Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during startup.
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.... The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance, but may not work best for all the changes and return to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer, so the new system configuration parameters can take effect. Exit Parameter Save & Exit Setup Discard Changes... and Exit Setup Save Changes Discard Changes Load Default Settings Save as user defaults. To set this option to quit the BIOS Setup Utility without making any changes that you have completed the system configuration changes, select this option and press Enter to restore user ...
.... The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance, but may not work best for all the changes and return to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer, so the new system configuration parameters can take effect. Exit Parameter Save & Exit Setup Discard Changes... and Exit Setup Save Changes Discard Changes Load Default Settings Save as user defaults. To set this option to quit the BIOS Setup Utility without making any changes that you have completed the system configuration changes, select this option and press Enter to restore user ...
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...System Internal Inspection. Refer to the correct voltage setting. Inspect the LED indicators on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event logs during the system startup. 85 Chapter 4 Make sure that air flow is making contact that all components are firmly and correctly attached to...set to System External Inspection. System Internal Inspection 1. Replace the system covers. 11. System External Inspection 1. Verify that all cable connectors inside the system are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. Power on removing system covers, refer to it. 2.
...System Internal Inspection. Refer to the correct voltage setting. Inspect the LED indicators on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event logs during the system startup. 85 Chapter 4 Make sure that air flow is making contact that all components are firmly and correctly attached to...set to System External Inspection. System Internal Inspection 1. Replace the system covers. 11. System External Inspection 1. Verify that all cable connectors inside the system are Acer-qualified and supported. 10. Power on removing system covers, refer to it. 2.
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... two short beep Two short beeps Cause and Description System is the best tool for viewing AMIBIOS checkpoints. VGA not installed or VGA error. BIOS is damaged, BIOS POST jumps to Boot Block to as the PC speaker. CMOS checksum error or CMOS battery loss occurs. Beep codes will be generated by.... This display method is OK. CMOS damaged. Graphics card error/not installed, graphics card memory error or graphics card BIOS checksum error. Beep Symptom One short beep Continuous one long beep One long beep and two short beeps then repeat. Beep Codes Beep codes are ...
... two short beep Two short beeps Cause and Description System is the best tool for viewing AMIBIOS checkpoints. VGA not installed or VGA error. BIOS is damaged, BIOS POST jumps to Boot Block to as the PC speaker. CMOS checksum error or CMOS battery loss occurs. Beep codes will be generated by.... This display method is OK. CMOS damaged. Graphics card error/not installed, graphics card memory error or graphics card BIOS checksum error. Beep Symptom One short beep Continuous one long beep One long beep and two short beeps then repeat. Beep Codes Beep codes are ...
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... checkpoint E0. The Runtime module is stored in PCI devices. CPUID information is uncompressed into memory. Re-enable CACHE. Copies BIOS from add-in memory. Store the Uncompressed pointer for faster access. Checkpoints may differ between different platforms based on CPUID value ...in debugging problems that flat mode is tested. Test base 512KB memory. If BIOS recovery is enabled at this point. Save power-on system configuration.Checkpoints may occur during the preboot process. Early chipset initialization ...
... checkpoint E0. The Runtime module is stored in PCI devices. CPUID information is uncompressed into memory. Re-enable CACHE. Copies BIOS from add-in memory. Store the Uncompressed pointer for faster access. Checkpoints may differ between different platforms based on CPUID value ...in debugging problems that flat mode is tested. Test base 512KB memory. If BIOS recovery is enabled at this point. Save power-on system configuration.Checkpoints may occur during the preboot process. Early chipset initialization ...
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System is reserved for more information. See POST Code Checkpoints section of document for chipset vendors & system manufacturers. OEM memory detection/configuration error. Checkpoint DA DC E1-E8 ECEE Description Restore CPUID value back into register. Give control to the next. The error associated with this value may be different from ACPI S3 state. This range is waking from one platform to BIOS POST (ExecutePOSTKernel). Chapter 4 88
System is reserved for more information. See POST Code Checkpoints section of document for chipset vendors & system manufacturers. OEM memory detection/configuration error. Checkpoint DA DC E1-E8 ECEE Description Restore CPUID value back into register. Give control to the next. The error associated with this value may be different from ACPI S3 state. This range is waking from one platform to BIOS POST (ExecutePOSTKernel). Chapter 4 88
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...size. DMA controller is initialized. 8259 interrupt controller is enabled. Jump back to occur because the user has forced the update or the BIOS checksum is corrupt. Disable L1 cache. The flash has been updated successfully. Disable ATAPI hardware. Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints The Bootblock recovery... code gets control when the BIOS determines that a BIOS recovery needs to checkpoint EB. Checkpoint E0 E9 EA EB EF F0 F1 F2 F3 F5 FA FB F4 FC FD FF ...
...size. DMA controller is initialized. 8259 interrupt controller is enabled. Jump back to occur because the user has forced the update or the BIOS checksum is corrupt. Disable L1 cache. The flash has been updated successfully. Disable ATAPI hardware. Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints The Bootblock recovery... code gets control when the BIOS determines that a BIOS recovery needs to checkpoint EB. Checkpoint E0 E9 EA EB EF F0 F1 F2 F3 F5 FA FB F4 FC FD FF ...
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Automatic mode: • When BIOS flash crashed, using recovery CDROM/USB Thumb drive to "Disabled". BIOS Recovery 1. Before recovering BIOS, please change "Reset NVRAM" item form "Enabled" to recover BIOS. 3. Chapter 4 90 Recovery Menu and Step: a. The usage of recovery boot block: • Please re-name BIOS ROM (xxxx.ROM or 2MB size ROM) file to "AMIBOOT.ROM" and burn in BIOS ROM file to CDROM or copy BIOS ROM file to USB Thumb drive. 2.
Automatic mode: • When BIOS flash crashed, using recovery CDROM/USB Thumb drive to "Disabled". BIOS Recovery 1. Before recovering BIOS, please change "Reset NVRAM" item form "Enabled" to recover BIOS. 3. Chapter 4 90 Recovery Menu and Step: a. The usage of recovery boot block: • Please re-name BIOS ROM (xxxx.ROM or 2MB size ROM) file to "AMIBOOT.ROM" and burn in BIOS ROM file to CDROM or copy BIOS ROM file to USB Thumb drive. 2.
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No Label 7 SATA1~5 9 BIOS_WP 11 F_SSUSB1 13 PCIE_X16 Description No Serial ATA Gen2 8 connectors BIOS write protect 10 header Front panel USB3 12 header PCI Express x16 slot 14 Label SATA0 F_USB1~2 PCIE_X1_1~3 F_AUDIO 15 SYS_FAN1 System fan connector 17 FLASH_OVE Flash override RRIDE header 19 J129 Board ID header 16 ATX_CPU 18 TPM 20 J128 Description Serial ATA Gen3 connector Front panel USB2 headers PCI Express x1 slot Front panel audio header Auxiliary 4-pin power connector TPM header Board ID header 94 Chapter 5
No Label 7 SATA1~5 9 BIOS_WP 11 F_SSUSB1 13 PCIE_X16 Description No Serial ATA Gen2 8 connectors BIOS write protect 10 header Front panel USB3 12 header PCI Express x16 slot 14 Label SATA0 F_USB1~2 PCIE_X1_1~3 F_AUDIO 15 SYS_FAN1 System fan connector 17 FLASH_OVE Flash override RRIDE header 19 J129 Board ID header 16 ATX_CPU 18 TPM 20 J128 Description Serial ATA Gen3 connector Front panel USB2 headers PCI Express x1 slot Front panel audio header Auxiliary 4-pin power connector TPM header Board ID header 94 Chapter 5
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The following table shows the settings of the 3-pin E51 jumper. Jumper E51 Type 3-pin Description BIOS write Protection Setting (default) 1-2: Enable 2-3: Disable(default) Chapter 5 97 Place the jumper cap on pins 2 and 3 to Enable Protection. Place the jumper cap on pins 1 and 2 to Disable Protection.
The following table shows the settings of the 3-pin E51 jumper. Jumper E51 Type 3-pin Description BIOS write Protection Setting (default) 1-2: Enable 2-3: Disable(default) Chapter 5 97 Place the jumper cap on pins 2 and 3 to Enable Protection. Place the jumper cap on pins 1 and 2 to Disable Protection.