Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 700ed Acer
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System Board System Board 1-1 Thi s high-perf or manc e sys tem board supports both the 486-seri es and the I ntel Pent ium m ic roprocessors. The board does not i ncl ude the CPU and t he second-lev el c ache. I nstead, i t accom m odates a separate board t hat carri es both the CP U and t he second-l ev el c ac he.
1-2 Us er’s Guide 1.1 Maj or Com ponents The system board has the f ol l owing m ajor c om ponent s: • Four 72- pin SI MM socket s labeled B ank 0 and Bank 1 (t wo sockets com pri se one bank) •.
System Board 1-3 1 COM 2 2 COM 1 3 Parall el port interface 4 Di ske tte d ri ve i nterfac e 5 IDE hard di sk dr ive i nt er f ace 6 Power connect or 1 (200/350- watt ) 7 SIMM sockets 8 Power connect .
1-4 Us er’s Guide 1.2 ESD Precautions Al ways obs er v e the f oll owing precauti ons bef ore i nstal li ng any system com ponent: 1. Do not rem ov e a board from its packagi ng unless you are ready to ins ta ll it. 2. W ear a w ri st grounding str ap bef ore handli ng el ectroni c com ponents.
System Board 1-5 Tabl e 1-1 li sts the av ai labl e m emor y conf i gurati ons w hen t he system uses eit her an Int elDX4, P ent ium (5V ) , singl e- P ent ium (3.
1-6 Us er’s Guide Model s us i ng the dual -Pent ium (3.3V ) CPU board, f our addit ional 72-pi n SIM M sockets are av ail able. W ith t he addit ional sockets, you can upgrade the m em ory up t o 256 MB using 32-MB SI MMs. Tabl e 1-2 li sts s om e of t he poss i bl e mem ory conf igur ati ons w hen a dual- P ent ium (3.
System Board 1-7 Models using the Pent ium (3.3V-ECC) CPU board hav e two addit i onal 72- pin S IMM sockets. W it h the addi t ional socket s, you can upgrade the m em ory t o 192 MB using 32-MB SI MMs. Tabl e 1-3 li sts s om e of t he poss i bl e mem ory conf igur ati ons w hen a Penti um (3.
1-8 Us er’s Guide 1.3.2 In stalling SIM Ms Read the ESD precaut ions in sect ion 1.2 before pr oc eeding. Fol low these steps to instal l a S I MM: 1.
System Board 1-9 1.3.3 Remov ing SI MMs Fol low these steps to rem ov e SI MMs: 1. Press t he holdi ng cl ips on both si des of t he SIMM outward to rel ease i t . 2. Push the SI M M downward to a 45 o angle. 3. Pul l the S I MM out of t he socket. 1.
1-1 0 U s er’s Guide 1.4 SCS I Feature The sys tem board f eatures a singl e-chi p SCSI host adapt er that adds SCS I I/O c apab ility to th e s ys te m. Th e c h ips et co n s is ts of a n onboard m icrocont roll er, bus m as ter i nterf ace cont roll er, and SCSI control lers.
System Board 1-11 1.4.1 In stalling a Wide SCSI Daughter Board Fi gure 1-4 shows how to i nstall the W i de S CS I daughter boar d. Figure 1- 4 Inst alling a W ide SCSI Daughter B oar d 1.4.2 Using th e SCS I Featur e Fol low these steps to use the SCSI f eat ure: 1.
1-1 2 U s er’s Guide 1.5 Jumper Settings You hav e t o change the j um per setti ngs on the system board when you upgrade t he CP U or r ec onf i gure t he system . Fol low these steps to change a j um per sett ing: 1. Rem ov e the j um per c ap f r om t he j um per.
System Board 1-13 Tabl e 1-4 l i sts t he system boar d jum pers and thei r corr esponding s etting s. Table 1-4 System Board Jumper Settings Jum per S etting Function JP1 1-2 * 2-3 Acer BI O S OEM BI.
1-1 4 U s er’s Guide 1.6.1 Softwar e Er ror Messages Sof tware error messages are returned by your operat ing system or appli cat ion. These m essages typi cal ly occur af t er you boot t he operati ng s ystem or when you run your appl ic ati on.
System Board 1-15 Table 1-5 System Error Messages (continued) M essage Action Fix ed Disk 0 Erro r Che ck a ll ca ble c o nnectio ns. Repla ce fixe d disk. Fix ed Disk 1 Erro r Che ck a ll ca ble c o nnectio ns. Repla ce fixe d disk. Ke y bo ard Erro r or No Key bo a rd Conne cted C hec k an d c on n ec t t h e keyb oar d t o the syste m unit.
1-1 6 U s er’s Guide 1.6.3 Corr ecting Er ror C ondition s As a general r ule, i f an er ror m es sage s ays " Press F1 to cont inue," i t is caused by a conf igurati on probl em , which can be easil y correct ed. An equi pm ent m al f uncti on i s m ore l i kel y to cause a f atal er r or , i .
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