Acer Aspire 3680 Support Question
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Question posted by skyret on December 24th, 2013
How To Disable Bios Caching Or Shadowing Acer 3680
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Aspire 3680/5570/5570Z/5580 User's Guide EN - Page 2
... herein for a particular purpose. Record the model number, serial number, purchase date and place of Acer Incorporated. Aspire 5580/5570/3680/5570Z Series Notebook PC
Model number Serial number Date of purchase Place of purchase
Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of merchantability or fitness for identification purposes only and belong to the...
Aspire 3680/5570/5570Z/5580 User's Guide EN - Page 40
... 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
• Intel® Celeron® M processor 410/420/430 (1 MB L2
cache, 1.46/1.60/1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB) or higher (for Aspire 3680)
• Mobile Intel® 940GML/943GML Express chipset
(for Aspire 3680)
• Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor...
Aspire 3680/5570/5570Z/5580 User's Guide EN - Page 41
... shared system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, dual independent display (for Aspire 3680)
• Dual independent displays supported
(for selected models)
• 16.7 million ...• MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability • Acer CinemaVision™ video technology (Acer Arcade) • Acer ClearVision™ video optimization (Acer Arcade)
• 40/60/80/100/120...
Aspire 3680/5570/5570Z/5580 User's Guide EN - Page 43
...Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology (for Aspire 3680/5570Z) WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Acer Video Conference featuring Voice and Video over Internet Protocol (VVoIP) support via Acer OrbiCam and optional Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone Acer... • Acer PrimaLite™ technology
PC Card slot (one Type II) 5-in jack for AC adapter
Kensington lock slot BIOS user and ...
Aspire 3680/5570/5570Z/5580 User's Guide EN - Page 120
.../importer is responsible for this declaration:
Product name:
Notebook PC
Model number:
ZR1
Machine type:
Aspire 5580, Aspire 5570, Aspire 5570Z and Aspire 3680
SKU number:
Aspire 558xxx, Aspire 557xxx, Aspire 557xZxxx and Aspire 368xxx ("x" = 0 - 9, a - Z)
Name of responsible party: Acer America Corporation
Address of the FCC Rules. The following two conditions: (1) This device may...
Aspire 5600 - 3680 User's Guide - Page 35
... Centrino® Duo mobile technology
(for Aspire 5600 Series), featuring: • Intel® Core™ Duo processor 1.66/1.83/2/2.16 GHz,
2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB • Mobile Intel&#... (1 MB L2
cache, 1.46/1.6/1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
• Mobile Intel® 940GML Express chipset
• Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g dual-mode network
connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless...
Aspire 5600 - 3680 User's Guide - Page 36
...display
• MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability • Acer CinemaVision™ video technology (Acer Arcade) • Acer ClearVision™ video optimization (Acer Arcade)
• 40/60/80/100/120 GB PATA... kg (6.57 lbs.) for 15.4" WXGA LCD model • 2.94 kg (6.48 lbs.) for Aspire 3680 Series)
• Simultaneous LCD and CRT display, with up to 512 MB of
HyperMemory™ (128...
Aspire 3680, Aspire 5600, TravelMate 4220, and TravelMate 2480 Service Guide - Page 6
...Aspire 5600/3680 Outlook View 9 Indicators 14 Easy-Launch Buttons 15 Touchpad 16 Using the Keyboard 17 Using the System Utilities 22 Acer Empowering Technology 25 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 35
Chapter2 System Utilities 46
BIOS...Self-Test (POST) Error Message 87 Index of Error Messages 88 Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes 90 Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message 94 Intermittent ...
Aspire 3680, Aspire 5600, TravelMate 4220, and TravelMate 2480 Service Guide - Page 43
...
Keyboard Item
Keyboard controller Keyboard vendor & model name
Total number of keypads
Touchpad with 4-way integrated scroll button
Specification NS PC97551/541V TravelMate series: New Acer Ergo Keyboard Aspire series: New Acer flat keyboard
T 88-89 keys Acer Fine TouchTM keyboard
Yes
Chapter 1
37
Aspire 3680, Aspire 5600, TravelMate 4220, and TravelMate 2480 Service Guide - Page 97
...1-3-4-1 1-3-4-3
2-1-2-3
POST Routine Description Verify Real Mode Disable Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) Get CPU type Initialize system hardware Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM. Initialize chipset ...bus Enable cache before system BIOS shadow Test CPU bus-clock frequency Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager Warm start shut down Shadow system BIOS ROM Autosize cache Advanced configuration...
Aspire 3680, Aspire 5600, TravelMate 4220, and TravelMate 2480 Service Guide - Page 98
...optional) Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright ...Disable CPU cache Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to User Patch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 9
...Acer CinemaVisionTM video technology (Acer Arcade) T Acer ClearVisionTM video optimizatin (Acer Arcade)
Storage subsystem T 40/60/80/100/120/160 GB hard disk drive T Optical drive options:
t 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer t DVD/CD-RW combo (for Aspire 3680... processor 410/420/430 (1 MB L2 cache, 1.46/1.60/1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB) or higher (for Aspire 3680)
T Mobile Intel 940GML+ICH7M (for selected...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 44
...cache, 1.66/1.83/2/2.16 GHz, 667 MHz FSB) (for Aspire 5570) Intel® Celeron M processor 410/420/430 (1 MB L2 cache, 1.46/1.60/1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB) or higher (for Aspire 3680)
Intel® 945GM/945PM/940GML(Aspire 3680...dBA) 29 32 35 38 40
. BIOS
Item BIOS vendor BIOS Version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size BIOS package Supported protocols
BIOS password control
Specification
Phneoix
1.00 (MP ...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 50
... on the rear side Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup
TI PCI8412/PCI6412 Type-II One type-II Left panel No ZV support Yes
Specification
Controller Intel® 945GM/945PM/940GML+ICH7M Intel® 945GM (for Aspire 5570/5580 UMA models) and Intel® 940GML (Aspire 3680) Nvidia G7300 (G72M-V) (for Aspire 5570/5580 discrete models) Marvell...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 55
...". In this utility. Please also refer to enter setup. To activate the BIOS Utility, press m during POST to "disabled". The default parameter of screen). TravelMate 2480/3260/3270 16 Byte
Acer Inc. Your computer is a hardware configuration program built into your computer's BIOS (Basic Input/ Output System). PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Information Main
Advanced Security...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 57
...BIOS version. UUID=32bytes
49 This field displays the mofel name of HDD installed on secondary IDE master. This field displays the manufacturer of the system. TravelMate 2480/3260/3270 16 Byte
Acer... BIOS Version: V0.310 VGA BIOS Version: nVIDIA 5.72.22.46.43
Serial Number Asset Tag Number Produce Name Manufacturer Name: UUID:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
22 Byte
N/A
32 Byte
Aspire 3680/...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 93
... keyboard
Monitor type does not match CMOS - System CMOS checksum bad - Shadow RAM Failed at offset: nnnn
BIOS ROM System board
System RAM Failed at offset: nnnn
DIMM System board
Extended... Checksum Error
System disabled. IDE Primary Channel Master Drive Error (THe causes will shut down system, no message will show message. Battery critical LOW In this situation BIOS will be shown before...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 94
... A error
Check the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Sequence
Real time clock error
RTC battery Run BIOS Setup Utility to reconfigure system time, then reboot system. Cache disabled
System board
CPU ID:
System board
DMA Test Failed
DIMM System board
Software NMI Failed
DIMM System board
Fail-Safe Timer...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 96
...3Ch 3Dh 42h 45h
Beeps
1-2-2-3 1-3-1-1 1-3-1-3 1-3-4-1 1-3-4-3 1-4-1-1
88
POST Routine Description Verify Real Mode Disable Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) Get CPU type Initialize system hardware Initialize chipset with initial POST values Set... RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus Enable cache before system BIOS shadow RAM failure on data bits xxxx of high byte of memory bus Test ...
Aspire 3680/5570/5580 Service Guide - Page 97
... video adapters in system QuietBoot start (optional) Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Display CPU type and speed Initialize EISA board Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP" Disable CPU cache Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB...
