Acer Aspire X3990 Support Question
Acer Aspire X3990 Support Question
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Question posted by gdittmer on October 11th, 2012
Hdd Location And Ventilation
I was woondering where the hard drive is located on this model? is it perhaps behind the optical drive? doesn't appear to be any ventilation for it? when using a temperature moninoring program i am sometimes seeing HDD temps around 43 degrees celcius. is this anything to be conerned about. as acer have made thousands of these i can only assume it is not an issue
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Related Acer Aspire X3990 Manual Pages
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 1
Acer Aspire X3990 Service Guide
PRINTED IN TAIWAN
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 7
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Removing the TV-Tuner Card
31
Removing the VGA Card
32
Removing the Front Bezel
33
Removing the Cage of ODD and HDD
34
Removing the Hard Disk Drive
37
Removing the Optical Drive
38
Removing the Memory Modules
39
Removing the Power Supply
40
Removing the Mainboard
42
Removing the Front I/O&USB and Card...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 8
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71
Checkpoints
72
BIOS Recovery
75
Jumper and Connector Information
76
M/B Placement
76
Jumper Setting
78
Setting Jumper
78
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
85
Aspire X3990 Exploded Diagram
86
Aspire X3990 FRU List
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Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 10
Optical disk drive
• Support up to 185mm with SW re-tasking).
Graphics card support requirement
• No mechanical restriction.
Hard disk drive
• Support up to one SATA 5.25" standard ODD. • Support DVD-ROM, DVD-SuperMulti, BD-combo, BD-rewrite. • Maximum ODD depth to 2 SATA ports. 3.5", 25.4mm. • Capacity and models...-ODD, USB-HDD, USB-FDD... models ...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 13
... Components
This section is a virtual tour of the system's interior and exterior components. Component
1
HDD activity indicator
2
USB 2.0 ports
3
Microphone-in jack
4
Headphone/Speaker-out/line-out jack
5
CF I/II (CompactFlash Type I/II) slot
6
XD(XD-Picture)/SD(Secure Digital)/PRO slot
7
Optical drive eject button
8
Optical drive
9
Power button
Chapter 1
5 Front Panel
No.
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 15
...Socket Type Socket quantity
Specification Intel Sandy Bridge processor LGA1155 1
BIOS
Item
Specification
BIOS code programer
AMI Kernel with Acer skin
BIOS version
P01-A0
BIOS ROM type
SPI ROM
BIOS ROM ... Support
Support BBS spec: 1st priority: HDD 2nd priority: CD-ROM 3th priority: Removable Device 4th priority: LAN
Support to LS-120 drive
NO
Support to BIOS boot block feature YES...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 16
...Item SATA controller Number of SATA channel Support mode
Specification
Intel H61
SATA X 2
HDD : Support RAID 0/1/5/10 Blue Ray ODD AHCI/RAID mode supported for internal SATA ... rear side. • At least 6 USB ports located on rear panel and others located on front
bezel and top bezel. • All USB ports must be boot-capable includes USB-ODD, USB-HDD,
USB-FDD, and etc... • All USB ports...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 26
...can be emulated as Floppy and remaining as FDD (Ex.ZIP drive).
Integrated Peripherals
Parameter Onboard SATA Controller Onboard SATA Mode
Onboard USB... Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Auto Floppy Hard Disk
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Chapter 2
18
If Auto, USB device equal or less than 2GB will be used to force a HDD formatted drive to boot as harddrive. Select...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 34
Chapter 3
26 Slide the side panel toward the back of the side panel.
2. Lift the side panel away from the server and put it aside for reinstallation later. Remove the two screws located on the rear edge of the chassis until the tabs on the cover disengage with the slots on the chassis.
3. Removing the Side Panel
1.
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 42
Lift the cage up and turn it over. Removing the Cage of the optical drive.
2. Chapter 3
34 Disconnect the data and power cables from chassis.
3. Remove the two screws from the rear of ODD and HDD
1.
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 43
4. Release the HDD data cables away from the mainboard.
6. Disconnect the other end of the Hard disk drive.
5. Lay down the cage assembly in chassis, as shown below, then disconnect the data and power cables from the rear of the HDD/ODD data cable from Chassis clip.
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Chapter 3
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 45
Removing the Hard Disk Drive
1. Slide the HDD out of the bracket.
37
Chapter 3 Remove the four screws that secure the HDD module to the HDD bracket.
2.
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 61
Remove the two screws located on the chassis.
3. Slide the side panel toward the back of the chassis until the tabs on the cover disengage with the slots on the rear edge of the side panel.
2. Removing the Side Panel
1. Lift the side panel away from the server and put it aside for reinstallation later.
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Chapter 3
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 63
Lift the cage up and turn it .
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Chapter 3 Removing the Cage of ODD and HDD
1. Punching in PCI Shelf slice then you can remove it over.
3. Remove the two screws from chassis. 2.
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 70
Chapter 3
62 Fix the four screws to the bracket.
2. Install the Hard Disk Drive
1. Slide the HDD to bracket.
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 71
Connect the data and power cables to the mainboard.
2. Connect the other end of the HDD and ODD data cable to the rear of ODD and HDD
1. Let HDD SATA data cable pass through the two chassis clips.
3. Install the Cage of the Hard disk drive.
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Chapter 3
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 93
... Unit) List
This chapter offers the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) list in the FRU list of the Aspire X3990 desktop computer. chapter 6
85 For Acer authorized service providers, your regional web or channel. You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for RMA (Return Merchandise...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 94
Aspire X3990 Exploded Diagram
NOTE: This section will be updated when more information becomes available.
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Chapter 6
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 96
Aspire X3990 FRU List
Category MB Kit
Description
Part Number
Exploded Diagram Item
MB Kit AX1930 Intel H61 Intel 82579V GbE Proprietary W/O 1394 LF DDRIII 2 DIMM W/ EUP
MB.SGA07.002 3
Chassis Bezel CPU
88
Hon Hai Chassis xSFF HX097G w/ front
HS.13100.214
N/A
USB4+1port for Aspire AX360 Bezel supports I/O
shielding
Hon Hai Chassis...
Acer Aspire X3990 Desktop Service Guide - Page 98
... II LF F/ W:80.00A80"
"HDD WD 3.5"" 5400rpm 1500GB WD15EARS22MVWB0 (GP667-3D) SATA II 64MB LF F/ W:50.0AB50"
"HDD WD 3.5"" 5400rpm 2000GB WD20EARS22MVWB0(GP667-3D) SATA II LF F/W:50.0AB50"
"HDD WD 3.5"" 5400rpm 1000GB WD10EARS22Y5B1 (GP500M-2D....0160F.002
ODD HLDS Super-Multi DRIVE HH DL 16X GH60N LF+HF Black Bezel SATA HF+Win7
KU.0160D.054
ODD PLDS Super-Multi DRIVE HH DL 16X DH16ABSH LF Black ...
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