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Question posted by maxtor5171 on April 10th, 2012

Open Case?

Can someone tell me how to open the front panel on this case - with the power putton & drive button on the side.

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Answer #1: Posted by unclejackdc on January 4th, 2014 6:17 PM
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Remove the side panel.

Release the front bezel from the chassis interior (3 slots).

Pull the bezel away from the chassis.

Full description on Page 27 of the service guide, available widely online.

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Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 1

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Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 6

In such cases, please contact your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will NOT be noted in this printed Service ...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 7

... Install the Processor 54 Install the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 55 Install the Memory 57 Romoving the Side Panel 58 Removing the Cage of Hard Disk Drive 59 Removing the PCI Cover 60 Install the Power Supply 61 Install the I/O Shielding 62 Install the Main Board 63 Install the System Fan 65 Install...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 8

... 76 System Check Procedures 77 Power System Check 77 System External Inspection 77 System Internal Inspection 77 Beep Codes 78 Checkpoints 79 BIOS Recovery 82 Jumper and Connector Information 83 M/B Placement 83 Jumper Setting 85 Setting Jumper 85 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 92 Aspire M3470 Exploded Diagram 93 Aspire M3470 FRU List 95 viii
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...Internal Header: * 6 ports (3 * USB2.0 H5X2 Header) 2 Chapter 1 Native IDE mode in slot. Hard disk drive • Support up to three SATA ports • 3.5",25.4mm • Capacity and models are listed on AVLC Optical disk... drive • Support one SATA 5.25" standard ODD • Support DVD-ROM, DVD-...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 11

...H5X2 Header • 1 * USB3.0 2*10 Header • 1 * Front Audio Pannel H5X2 header • 1 * Front Panel IO H7X2 Header • 1 * H1X4 CPU with SAMRT FAN • 1 * H1X4 System with SAMRT FAN • 1...IR receiver header to super I/O System BIOS • 2Mb • AMI Kernel with Acer skin/copyright Power supply • Non PFC 250W / PFC 250W /FR 300W. • Support models are listed on...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 13

System Components This section is a virtual tour of the system's interior and exterior components. Front Panel No. Removable HDD door button Press button to open drive bay door and access the optical drive. Power button MS/MS PRO slot SD/MMC(Secure Digital/MultiMedia Card)slot Headphone/Speaker-out/line-out jack Microphone-in jack Chapter 1 5 Component 1 USB 2.0 ports...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 14

Rear Panel No. Component 1 Power connector 2 PS2 keyboard port 3 HDMI port 4 VGA port 5 USB 2.0 ports 6 USB 3.0 ports 7 Microphone-in jack 8 Line-out jack 9 Expansion slot (TV-Tuner card and Graphics card) 10 line-in jack 11 LAN connector 12 System FAN 13 PS2 mouse port 6 Chapter 1
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 20

...may not be bad. In this guide display default system values. The screenshots used in this case, the system cannot retain configuration values in this utility under the following conditions. • ... run this utility. The system reboots immediately after you have saved all open files. Chapter 2 12 You will be retained when power is no need to as "BIOS", "Setup", or "Setup utility"...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 21

...F7 - keys - Move between selections on , close the utility. 13 Chapter 2 Display the General Help panel. • F6 - Entering CMOS setup 1. During POST, press Delete. Display a submenu screen. Press to...is already turned on the menu bar. Save changes made the Setup and close all open applications, then restart the server. 2. Move the cursor to load fail-safe default ...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 32

... how to avoid mismatch when putting back the components. During the disassembly process, group the screws with the corresponding components to disassemble and assembly the desktop computer for the different components vary in size.
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 38

Release the load lever. 2. Chapter 3 30 Removing the Processor IMPORTANT:Before removing a processor from the mainboard, make sure to cool off first before handling. 1. Allow it to create a backup file of all important data. WARNING:The processor becomes very hot when the system is on. Lift the load lever to the fully open, upright position.
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 40

Removing the TV-Tuner Card 1. Remove the screw that secures the card to the chassis. 2. Chapter 3 32 Open PCI Latch.
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 51

Release the cable retention clip from the cable retention clip. Open the cable retention clip, and take out the these cables from the chassis. 43 Chapter 3 then disconnect the front panel switch/LED cable, front USB cable, card reader and front audio cable. 2. Removing the Mainboard 1.
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 62

Release the load lever and lift the load lever to make sure the processor is properly oriented over the socket. Chapter 3 54 Install the Processor 1. NOTE: When you install the processor, note the arrow on the corner to the fully open. 2. Put the CPU in the seat and close the load plate and load lever.
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 65

A A A A B A A A A A B B B A A A B B Remark:A and B show different size of the DIMM slot outward. 2. Install the Memory 1. IMPORTANT:pls refer to below installing memory rule. Press down the memory. Open the holding clips on both sides of memory, size:A>B 57 Chapter 3
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 86

... card BIOS checksum error. BIOS damaged. CMOS damaged. Beep codes are used when an error occurs before the system video has been initialized. In most cases, a checkpoint card is OK. System is the best tool for viewing AMIBIOS checkpoints. CMOS checksum error or CMOS battery loss occurs. BIOS is damaged, BIOS...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 100

Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List This chapter offers the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) list in the FRU list of the Aspire M3470 desktop computer. For whatever reasons a part number is changed, it will be noted on how to dispose it . • This document will NOT be updated as ...
Acer Aspire M3470 Service Guide - Page 101

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