Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 486 Acer
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& K DSWHU System Board System Board 1-1 This high- perform ance, 32- bit personal com puter s y stem is bas ed on the 486 series micr oprocess or. It features the single-chip upgrade technology which allows maxim um ease and flex ibility for upgr ading the system.
1-2 User’s Guide 1.1 Sy stem Board Lay out The system board has the following m ajor c omponents : • 486SX, SX2, DX 2, or DX4 series CPU • 4-MB onboard RAM expandable to 36 MB • Two 72-pin SIM.
System Board 1-3 1. Keyboard contr oller 17. Power daughter board 2. M5105 super I/O controlle r 18. M1429G system chip 3. System and VGA BIO S 19. Onboard memory (4 MB) 4. RTC Battery 20. SIMM sockets 5. Power connector 21. VGA feature connec tor 6. IDE fixed disk c onnector #2* 22.
1-4 User’s Guide 1.2 ESD Precautions Electrostatic discharge ( ESD) can dam age your processor, disk drives , expansion boards, and other com ponents. Always observe the following precautions bef ore you install a sy stem com ponent. 1. Do not remove a com ponent f rom its protective pac kaging until y ou are ready to install it.
System Board 1-5 Do not attempt the procedures described in the following sections unles s y ou are a qualified servic e technician. 1.4 Jumper Settings Figure 1-2 shows the j umper locations.
1-6 User’s Guide The f ollowing tables list the jum per settings and their c orreponding functions . Table 1-1 System Board J umpers Jumper Setting Function JP2 1-2 2-3 Enable password check Bypass .
System Board 1-7 Table 1-3 CPU Type Selection 486 1 486 WB 2 Pentiu m OverDrive AMD 486/DX2 AM D 486/DX4 Cyrix IBM TI JP11 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3 JP12 1-2 2-3 2-3 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 JP13 1-2 1-2 1-2.
1-8 User’s Guide 1.5 Installing Memory The system board has two 72-pin SIMM sock ets that accept 1-MB, 2- MB, 4-MB, 8-MB, or 16-MB mem ory modules with 80 ns (or less) DRAM speed. The m axim um system m em ory size is 36 MB. W hen installing additional m emor y , choose one of the SIMM configur ations listed in T able 1-5.
System Board 1-9 1.5.1 Installing a SIMM Observ e ESD precautions when installing SIMMs. See section 1.2. Follow these steps to install a SIMM: 1. Insert the SIMM into the soc k et at a slight angle, m ak ing sur e that the cut edge of the SIMM touc hes the base of the circle m ark on the SIMM sock et.
1-10 User’s Guide 1.5.2 Removing a SIM M Observ e ESD precautions when removing SIMMs. See section 1.2. 1. Press the holding clips on both s ides of the SIMM outward to release it. 2. Push the SIMM upward. 3. Gently pull the SIMM out of the sock et.
System Board 1-11 1.6 Upgradi ng the CPU Conventional technology places the CPU on the sam e board as the ISA bus logic, sy s tem mem ory and I/O interfac e.
1-12 User’s Guide 4. Insert the upgrade CPU (with the heatsink ) into the upgrade sock et. Mak e sur e that pin 1 of the CPU c orr esponds to hole 1 of the upgrade socket (see Figure 1-6). T he flat corner on the CPU indicates pin 1. Inser t the CPU pins into the s ock et pinholes gently but firm ly.
System Board 1-13 1.7 Pow er Daughter Boar d The power daughter board enables the system to suppor t a 3.3V mic roprocess or. W ithout this board, your sy stem can only support a 5V CPU. Follow these steps to install the power daughter board: Before installing, you mus t chec k firs t the voltage requirement of y our upgrade CPU.
1-14 User’s Guide 1.8 Upgradi ng VGA Memory Observ e ESD precautions when installing components. See sec tion 1.2. The VGA m em ory is upgradable to 1 or 2 MB depending on your onboard VGA chip. T he system board m ay come with either a GD- 5424 or a GD-5429 VG A chip.
System Board 1-15 U12 U13 U15 U16 U9 U10 514260 DRAM 44256 DRAM Figure 1-7 Installing VGA RAM You do not need to change any jumper settings when upgrading the VGA memory .
1-16 User’s Guide 1.9 Upgradi ng Cache M emory To ins tall cache c hips, do the following: 1. Locate the cache s ock ets on the system board. See Figur e 1-1. 2. Align the cut edge of the chip with the cut edge of the cache sock ets. See Figure 1-8.
System Board 1-17 The SRAM must have an acces s speed of 15 nanoseconds. Make sure that you set the jumpers proper ly. See section 1.4. 1.10 Post-installation Instructions Alway s observe the f ollowing: 1. See to it that the components are installed according to the step- by -step instructions in their respec tive sections .
1-18 User’s Guide 1.11 Pow er-M anagement Feature The m ainboard incor porates the lates t power-c ons ervation tec hnology. However, to take advantage of its energy-saving capabilities , the mainboar d mus t have an Intel SL-Enhanced or a power-s aving CPU.
System Board 1-19 Set the independent power-m anagement tim ers for the VESA DPMS monitor . Valid values are from 1 to 15 m inutes. Any video or I/O action returns the system to full power. IDE F I XED DI SK STANDBY MODE The IDE Fixed Disk Standby Mode offers a quic k-r esum e power- saving mode for ATA-c om pliant IDE fixed disk s.
1-20 User’s Guide Set the Suspend Mode timer to a value f rom 2 to 120 minutes , or activate the Suspend/Resum e button. In Suspend m ode, the turbo LED light on the front panel blinks at a rate slower than when the system is in the Standby m ode. Activating the Sus pend/Resum e button produces two beeps as the system enter s the suspend mode.
System Board 1-21 1.12 Ad vanced Power M anagement (A PM) This system f eatures the APM s tandard designed to f urther reduce system power consum ption.
1-22 User’s Guide 1.14 VESA DPMS The Video Electronics Standard Association (VESA) proposed the Display Power-Management Signaling (DPMS) standard com binations of horizontal and vertical s ynchronization signals for the PC-VGA monitor . Its purpose is to com ply wi th the U.
System Board 1-23 1.15 Error M essages In the event that y ou receive an err or message, do not continue using the com puter. Note the m essage and tak e cor rective action at once. This s ection desc ribes the diff erent types of err or m essages and suggests c orrective m easur es.
1-24 User’s Guide Table 1-9 System Err or Messages Error Message Corrective A ction Bad CMO S Battery Replace battery . Contact your dealer. CM OS Checksum Error Run Setup. Diskette Dri ve Controller Error Check and connect the cable to the diskette drive or controller.
System Board 1-25 Table 1-9 System Err or Messages (c ontinued) Error Message Corrective Action Memory Error Check SIMM s on the system board. Contact your dealer. Memory Siz e Mismatch Run Setup. Serial 1 Conflict Run Setup. Disable onboard serial 1.
1-26 User’s Guide 1.15.3 Correcting Error Conditions As a general rule, the "Press F1 to continue" er ror m essage is c aused by a configur ation problem which can be eas ily corrected. An equipment m alf unction is m ore lik ely to cause a f atal err or, i.
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