Acer Aspire M3970 Support Question
Acer Aspire M3970 Support Question
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Question posted by paulandsyna on April 27th, 2012
'startup Repair' -a Aspire M3970
It takes a looong time as an over a day and it still doesnt restart, is there some kind of start up CD or whats a fix? help plse! PC is only 4months old!!
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Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 1
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide
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Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 4
.../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 consequential damages resulting from any particular purpose. Other brand and product names are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Acer is ". Intel is...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 6
... list provided by your regional office MAY have a DIFFERENT part number code to provide you with all technical information relating to order FRU parts for repair and service of a machine (e.g. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional Acer office to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for whatever...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 8
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Checkpoints
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BIOS Recovery
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Jumper and Connector Information
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M/B Placement
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Jumper Setting
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Setting Jumper
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FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
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Aspire M3970 Exploded Diagram
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Aspire M3970 FRU List
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Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 15
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P01-A0
BIOS ROM type
SPI Flash
BIOS ROM size
32Mb
Support protocol
SMBIOS(DMI)2.4/DMI2.0
Device Boot Support
1st priority: Hard Disk 2nd priority: CD/DVT 3rd priority: Removable Device 4th priority: LAN
Support to LS-120 drive
N/A
Support to BIOS boot block feature YES
BIOS Hotkey List
Hotkey Function...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 18
... control the VESA DPMS monitor. • Resume method:device activated (keyboard for DOS, keyboard &mouse for Windows. • Resume recovery time 3-5sec
Global Standby Mode
• Global power management timer(2-120minutes,time step=10minute). • Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode(for ATA standard interface). • Disable H-sync and V-sync signals...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 20
...Move between selections on , close the utility.
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Chapter 2 Display a submenu screen. Display the General Help panel. • F6 - Press to choose from a pop-up menu, closes the pop-up without...making a selection. • F1 - Save changes made the Setup and close all open applications, then restart the server.
2. keys -
Turn on the menu bar. • Up and Down arrow keys -...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 21
... system.
Setup Utility Menus Main
The Setup Main menu includes the following the weekday-month-day-year format.
Physical CPU count
Total size of CPU installed on the system. Core speed... Core Frequency Count Memory Size Product Name System Serial Number Asset Tag Number System Date System Time (hh:mm:ss)
Description
Version number of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 22
Advanced
Parameter Miscellaneous Advanced Chipset Configuration Integrated Peripherals PC Health Status
Description Press Enter to access the Miscellaneous submenu Press Enter to access the Advanced Chipset Configuration submenu Press Enter to access the Integrated Peripherals submenu Press Enter to access the PC Health Status submenu
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Chapter 2
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 26
Option Enabled Disabled
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Chapter 2 PC Health Status
Parameter Smart Fan
Description Enables or disables the smart system fan control function.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 29
... from available EFI devices.
When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during startup. EFI Hard Disk CD^DVD Removable Device LAN
Press Enter to access the Hard Disk Drive Priority ...device priority sequence from available hard drives.
When disabled, the diagnostic screen displays during startup. Boot Options
1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th Boot Device
EFI Device Priority Hard Disk Drive...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 30
... changes that you to discard any permanent changes 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. Select this option...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 31
...; Plastic tweezers
NOTE: The screws for maintenance and troubleshooting. 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.
Chapter 3
System Disassembly and Assembly
This chapter contains step-by-step procedures on how to avoid mismatch...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 50
Release four screws according to the following picture. 4. Take off the system fan from chassis. Note:System fan has been highlighted with the yellow rectangle as above image shows.Please detach the
system fan and follow local regulations for disposal.
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Chapter 3 3.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 51
Take out the daughter board. Chapter 3
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Removing the Daughter Board
1. Remove the screw that secures the chassis to the daughter board.
3. Take out the cable from the cable retention clip, and disconnect the daughter board cable from the motherboard.
2.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 53
Chapter 3
45 Removing the Mainboard
1.
Open the cable retention clip, then take out the these cables from the main board.
3. Disconnect the power switch cable/top audio cable/top USB cable/card reader cable from the cable retention clip.
2. Release the the cable retention clip.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 58
Removing the Power Switch and LED Cable Assembly
1. Release the locking tabs (1) and gently LED cable out of the bracket (2).
2. Release the locking tabs (1) and gently power switch cable out of the bracket (2).
3. Release the two locking tabs and take out the cable.
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Chapter 3
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 89
... power cord from the power outlets. 3. Power on the front panel, which can try viewing the POST messages and BIOS event
logs during the system startup.
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Chapter 4 System Check Procedures
Power System Check
If the system will not power on, do the following:
• Check if the power cable is...
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 107
...Acer office may have a different part number code from those given in global configuration of this chapter whenever ordering the parts to repair or for service.
• To scrap or to return the defective parts, follow the rules set by your regional web or...Replaceable Unit) List
This chapter offers the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) list in the FRU list of the Aspire M3970 desktop computer.
Acer Aspire M3970 Service Guide - Page 108
Aspire M3970 Exploded Diagram
NOTE: This section will be updated when more information becomes available.
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Chapter 6
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