Acer Aspire T600 Service Guide

Aspire T600/AcerPower FV

Service Guide

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Screen messages

NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional

WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might

CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to

IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions

Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.

information related to the current topic.

result from doing or not doing specific actions.

avoid possible hardware or software problems.

relevant to the accomplishment of procedures.

Preface

Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.

1. This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for Acer's "global" product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.

2. Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information available on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will not be noted in the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 System Specifications 1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Aspire T600 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Aspire T600 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Acer Power FV Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

AcerPower FV Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

System Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

MainBoard Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Power Management Function (ACPI support function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 2 System Utilities 21

Entering Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Standard CMOS Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Advanced BIOS Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Advanced Chipset Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Integrated Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Power Mangement Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

PnP/PCI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

PC Health Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Frequency Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Set Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Save and Exit Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Exit Without Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 40

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Disassembling the Aspire T600. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Opening the Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Removing the CD-ROM/FDD/HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Removing the System Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Removing the Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Removing the TV Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Removing the Modem Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Removing the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Removing the Heatsink and CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Removing the MainBoard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Removing the Daughter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Disassembling the AcerPower FV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Opening the Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Removing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Removing the CD-ROM, FDD and HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Removing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing the TV Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Removing the Modem Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

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Removing the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Removing the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Removing the Heatsink and CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Removing the Mainboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Removing the Daughter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 52

Power-On Self-Test (POST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

POST Error Messages List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Error Symptoms List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Information 67

Checking Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Setting Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Checking Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Connecting Case Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connecting Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 75

Aspire T600 Exploded Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

AcerPower FV Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration 78

Appendix B Test Compatible Components 79

Microsoft WinXP Home Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Appendix C Online Support Information 85

VIII

System Specifications

Overview

All the new Socket-T motherboards come with a socket protector that has to be removed before you fit the

CPU. This is to prevent damage to the pins inside the CPU socket before the chip is inserted.

The new CPU socket is known as Socket-T and the new processors will be of LGA775 type. LGA stands

forLand Grid Array and means that there are no pins on the bottom of the CPU, although there are still

contact surfaces - no less 775 of them. The CPU interface has been moved to the motherboard socket and

this is a way for Intel to get fewer returns in terms of damaged CPUs due to bent or broken pins.

Aspire T600/AcerPower FV are versatile, high-power system, supporting Intel LGA775 CPUs. The computer

uses Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) and Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) design. This improves

system efficiency and helps the system support varied multimedia and software applications.

Below will introduce K5 (Aspire T600/AcerPower FV) outline :

T Use Intel on die VGA chipset to lower the overall platform cost

T Provide the most time-to-market spec.

T Support Intel 775 pin mainstream CPU up to P4 3.4GHz/FSB 800

T On Board Intel VGA performace great graphic power than previous AGP 8X

T Aspire T600 will be the product name for consumer market

T AcerPower FV will be the product name for commercial market

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 1

Features

Form Factor

T Expected PCB size: ATX (244*244mm)

T PCB Layer : 4 Layers

CPU

T Supports Inte Pentium 4 Prescott 775/FSB 533/800 NMHz

T Supports Intel Celeron Prescott 775/FSB 533 MHz

T CPU Socket Type with LGA 775 pins socket

Chipset

T Northbridge: Intel 915GV

T Southbridge: Intel ICH6

Memory

T 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory)

T Supports 256Mb/512Mb/1Gb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non-ECC DDR devices

T Supports dual channel DDR 400/333 DIMM

T Registered DIMM not supported

T Supports 2.6V DDR DIMM

Slots

T 1 PCI Express x1 slot

T LAN on Board Realtek RTL8100C

IDE Connections

T Slot Type : 40 pin PATA IDE Slot

T Slot Quantity : 1

T Transfer Rate support :

-- PIO Mode : 0/1/2/3/4

-- ATA Mode : 33/66/100

T Device Type Support are HDD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/Combo/DVD burner

T Connector Type : SATA IDE Connector

T Connector Quantity : 2

T Storage Type Support is HDD

FDD Connections

T Slot Quantity : 1

T Support 1.44MB 3.5” Devices

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Onboard LAN

T Controller : Intel ICH6

T LAN Chip : Realtek 8100C (10/100M LAN)

T One RJ 45

Audio

T Controller : ICH6

T Realtek ALC880 CODEC

T UAJ(Universal Audio Jack) support (rear only) (with this feature users won’t have the worries

about how to install speakers correctly).

T Connectors Support:

T Lin-In/Lin-Out (rear)

T Microphone In (rear) / Microphone In (front -- default)

T Headphone Out (front --default) / Headphone In (rear)

All On-board Connectors

T Rear I/O Connectors

T 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 PS/2 Mouse Port

T 1 Parallel Port, 1 Serial Port

T 1 VGA Port

T 1 LAN Port

T 4 USB Ports

T 6 Ports Jack Support HD audio output

T On-board Connectors

T 1 CPU Socket

T 4 Memory DIMM

T 1 PCI Express x1 Slot

T 1 FDD Slot

T 1 PATA IDE Slot

T 2 SATA IDE Slots

T 1 2*5 pin Intel FPIO Specification USB pin Connectors

T 2 1*5 pin USB pin Connector

T 1 Serial Port pin Connector

T 1 Aux in 4 pin Connector (CD-ROM Audio Input)

T 1 3pin or 4 pin CPU Fan Connector

T 1 24pin and 4 pin ATX Interface PS3/PS2 SPS Connector

T 1 2*4pin Intel FPIO Specification Power Switch/Power State

T LED/HDD Active LED

T 1 2pin LAN Activity Monitor Connector

T 2 Reserved 2pin GPIO Connector

T Color Management for On Board Connector

Chapter 1 3

Aspire T600 Front Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 Optical Device 2 Floppy Drive

3 Multimedia Card Reader 4 Power Button

5 Microphone Jack 6 Speaker or Headphone Jack

7 USB 2.0 Ports

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Aspire T600 Rear Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 Fan Aperture 2 Printer Connector

3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector 4 Center-Surround/Subwoofer Jack

5 Line-in Jack 6 Modem Card (Optional)

7 Power Cord Socket 8 Voltage Selector Switch

9 Ps/2 Mouse Connector 10 PS/2 Keyboard Connector

11 Serial Port 12 VGA Port

13 USB 2.0 Ports 14 Side-surround Jack

15 Rear-surround Jack 16 Microphone-in Jack

17 Line-out / Front-surround Jack

Chapter 1 5

AcerPower FV Front Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 Optical Drive 2 Floppy Drive

3 Multimedia Card Reader (Optical) 4 Power Button

5 Microphone Jack 6 Speaker or Headphone Jack

7 USB 2.0 Ports 8 Indicator

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AcerPower FV Rear Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 Fan Aperture 2 Printer Connector

3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector 4 Center-Surround/Subwoofer Jack

5 Line-in Jack 6 Modem Card (optional)

7 Power Cord Socket 8 Voltage Selector Switch

9 PS/2 Mouse Connector 10 PS/2 Keyboard Connector

11 Serial Port 12 VGA Port

13 USB 2.0 Ports 14 Side-Surround Jack

15 Rear-Surround Jack 16 Microphone-In Jack

17 Line-out / Front-Surround Jack

Chapter 1 7

System Peripherals

The Aspire T600 and AcerPower FV computers consist of the system itself, and system peripherals, like a

mouse, a keyboard and a set of speakers (optional). This section provides a brief description of basic

system peripherals.

Mouse (PS/2 or USB, Manufacturing Option)

The included mouse is a standard two-button wheel mouse. Connect the mouse to the PS/2 mouse port

or USB port on the back panel of the system.

Keyboard (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)

Connect the keyboard to the PS/2 keyboard port or USB port on the back panel of the system.

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Speakers

Note:

For systems bundled with speakers, before powering on the system, connect the speaker cable to the

audio-out (external speaker) port on the back panel of the system.

NOTE: Speakers are optional and the appearance might be different, depending on the actual product.

Chapter 1 9

MainBoard Layout

Item Description

ATX1 Standard 24-pin ATX power connector

ATX12V ATX12V power connector

AUDIO1 Front panel audio header

BIOS_TBL BIOS TBL jumper

BIOS_WP BIOS flash protect jumper

CDIN1 Primary CD-in connector/ Auxiliary Audio input

connector

CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper

COM2 Onboard serial port header

CPU SOCKET LGA775 socket for Pentium 4 CPUs

CPUFAN1 CPU cooling fan connector

DIMM1~ DIMM4 Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM slots

FDD Floppy disk drive connector

F_PANEL Front Panel switch/LED header

F_USB1 ~ F_USB2 Front panel USB headers

IDE 1 Primary IDE connector

PCI1 ~ PCI3 Three 32-bit add-on card slots

PCIE PCI Express x1 slot

SATA1 ~ SATA2 Two Serial ATA connectors

SPK1 Speaker Header

SYS_FAN System Fan Controller

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Block Diagram

INTEL

P4 Processor

PSC, Tejas -

LGA 775 pin

Analong Display RAMDAC: 400MHz Resolutions Up To 2048x1536@75Hz

USB1

2 ports

Line in

Line out

Mic in

Center/Bass out

Surround

Side-Surround

USB2

2 ports

USB3

2 ports

Audio Codec

ALC880

SATA1 7Pin

SATA2 7pin

SATA3 7Pin

SATA4 7pin

BW : 4.1GB/s @ FSB : 533MHz & Freq : 133MHz BW : 6.4GB/s @ FSB : 800MHz & Freq : 200MHz

i915GV

VGA (G only)

USB4

2 ports

IDE1 40pin

AC' 97 & Lan I/F

BW : 150MB/s

USBLAN

8 ports

Up to Ultra ATA/100

Two IDE Channel

intel FWH

32pin PLCC

1210pin FC-BGA

USB V2.0

INTEL

ICH6

609pin EBGA

LPC bus

TPM 1.1

INTEL

BW : 2GB/s (Support Lsoch)

Super I/O

W83627THF

128pin PQFP

SIZE : Min 128MB (ONE 256Mb X 16 Single-Sided DEVICES) SIZE : Max 4GB (Four 512Mb X 8 Double-Sided DEVICES) BW : 8.5GB/s @ DDR2 :400/533MHz BW : 6.4GB/s @ DDR : 333/400MHz

DDIMM1: DDR Socket 184P

DDIMM3: DDR Socket 184P

PCIEx1

BW : 133MB/s @Freq : 33MHz

VIA 1394

(OPTION)

CONN/ HEADER

DDIMM2 : DDR Socket 184P

DDIMM4 : DDR Socket 184P

PCI1 Slot 120pin @ AD17

PCI2 Slot 120pin @ AD18

PCI3 Slot 120pin @ AD19

10/100 Lan

USBLAN

RJ45

Chapter 1 11

Hardware Specifications and Configurations

System Board Major Chip

Item Specification

System Core Logic Intel 915GV

ICH6

Super I/O Controller W83627THF

LAN Controller ICH6

Memory Controller Build in Intel 82915GV(Champ North Bridge)

E-IDE Controller Build in ICH6 (champion South Bridge)

Audio Codec Azalia (ALC880)

LPC Controller WINBOND (W83627THF-AW)

LAN Realtek 8100C (10/100M LAN)

Keyboard Controller WINBOND (W83627THF-AW)

Processor

Item Specification

Vendor/Type Intel/Prescott and Tejas Processor

CPU Socket Type Socket-T (LGA 775)

Speed Depends on CPU, which is local configured

Bus Frequency 533/800 MHz

Voltage Processor voltage can be detected by any system without

setting any jumper

BIOS

Item Specification

BIOS code programmer AMI

BIOS ROM type Q Flash ROM

BIOS ROM size 4MB

BIOS ROM package 32-pin PLCC package

Support protocol PCIX 1.0,PCI 2.2,APM 1.2,VESA/DPMS (VBE/PM V1.1),

SMBIOS 2.3, E-IDE 1.1, ACPI 1.0b,ESCD1.03, PnP 1.0a, Bootable CD-ROM 1.0, USB 1.1~ USB 2.0, UHCI 1.0, ANSI ATA 3.0 ATAPI

Boot from CD-ROM feature Yes

Support to LS-120 drive Yes

Support to BIOS boot block feature Yes

BIOS Password Control Yes

NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded by using “AFLASH” utility (AFLASH.EXE).

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BIOS Hotkey List

Hotkey Function Description

c Enter BIOS Setup Utility Press while the system is booting to

enter BIOS Setup Utility.

System Memory

Item Specification

Memory Slot(s) Number 4

Supported Memory Size per Slot 256 MB/ 512 MB / 1GB DDR for x8 and x16 non-ECC

DDR type module support

Supported Maximum Memory Size 4GB

Supported Memory Speed 333/400 MHz

Supported memory voltage 2.6 V

Support memory module package 184-pin DIMM

Support to parity check feature Yes

Support to Error Correction Code (ECC) feature

Support to Registered DIMM No

Support maximum bandwidth 6.4GB/s in dual-channel interleaved mode using DDR

400MHz

Bus Architecture

Item Description

PCI Express 1X 1 PCS

PCI Slot 3 PCS

LAN on Board REALTEK RTL8100C

Cache Memory

Item Specification

First-Level Cache Configurations

Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup

Second-Level Cache Configurations The information below is only applicable to system installed with a Pentium 4 processor

Tag RAM Location On Processor

L2 Cache RAM Location On Processor

L2 Cache RAM type PBSRAM (Pipelined-burst Synchronous RAM)

L2 Cache RAM size Depends on CPU, which is local configured

L2 Cache RAM speed Full of the processor core clock frequency (Advanced Transfer Cache)

L2 Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup

L2 Cache scheme Fixed in write-back

Chapter 1 13

LAN Interface

Item Specification

LAN Controller Intel ICH6

LAN Chip Realteck 8100C

LAN Controller Resident Bus PCI Bus

LAN Port ONE RJ-45 on board

Design Criteria Design be worked under 10/100 Mbs environment

Function Control Reserved disable function on both hardware & BIOS side. Default is

enabled

IDE Interface

Item Specification

IDE Controller Built-in ICH6

IDE Controller Resident Bus PCI bus

Number IDE Channel 2

Supported IDE Interface E-IDE (up to PIO mode-4, DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA-33), ANSIS

ATA rev. 3.0, ATAPI

Supports LS-120 Yes

Supports bootable CD-ROM Yes

Function Control Enable/Disable by BIOS setup

Diskette Drive Interface

Item Specification

Diskette Drive Controller W83627THF

Diskette Drive Controller Resident Bus LPC Bus

Supported Diskette Drive Formats 1.44MB, 2.88MB format and slim type diskette drive

Function Control Supports Automatic Write Protection via Software

Serial Port

Item Specification

Serial port controller W83627THF

Serial port controller resident bus LPC Bus

Number of serial port 2

Serial port location CON1,CN2

16C550 UART support Yes

Connector type 9-pin D-type female connector

Optional serial port I/O address (via BIOS Setup)

Optional serial port IRQ (via BIOS Setup)

3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h

IRQ4

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System LED Definition

LED Definition

Power State LED

S0 Green Steady

S1/S3 Amber Steady

S4/S5 Off

HDD State LED

IDE Active Green Blinking

IDE Idle Off

LAN State LED

LAN Active Green Blinking

LAN Idle Off

USB Port

Item Specification

USB Controller ICH6

Connectors Quantity 8

T Rear Connectors 4

T On-board Header 4

T 2 for front daughter board (Pin: 2x5 Intel FPIO)

T 1 for Media card reader (Pin: 1*5)

Data Transfer Rate Support USB 2.0/1.1

Universal HCI USB 2.0 ports for serial transfers at 480Mbits/Sec. Max. Legacy

Keyboard and Mouse support

Memory Address Map

Address Size Function

0000000 - 009FFFF 640 KB System Memory Onboard DRAM

00A0000-00BFFFF 128 KB Video RAM Reserved for Graphics Display

Buffer Non-Cacheable

00C0000-00CFFFF 32 KB I/O Expansion ROM Reserved for ROM on I/O

Adapters

00D0000-00D3FFF 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM Reserved for ROM on I/O

Adapters

00D4000-00D7FFF 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM Reserved for ROM on I/O

Adapters

00D8000-00DBFFF 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM Reserved for ROM on I/O

Adapters

00DC000-00DFFFF 16 KB I/O Expansion ROM Reserved for ROM on I/O

Adapters

00E0000-00E7FFF 32 KB for SCSI BIOS Reserved for SCSI BIOS

00E8000-00EFFFF 32 KB Reserved Onboard

00F0000-00FFFFF 64 KB BIOS System ROM BIOS (ROM)

System RAM BIOS (DRAM)

Chapter 1 15

Dual Channel

Aspire T600/AcerPower FV support the Dual Channel Technology. After operating the dual channel

technology, the bandwidth of memory bus will add double up to 6.4GB/s.

Aspire T600/AcerPower FV inculde 4 DIMM sockets, and each channel has two DIMM sockets as following:

T Channel A : DDR1, DDR2

T Channel B : DDR3 , DDR4

If you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please note the following explanations due to

the limitation of Intel chipset specifications.

Memory Number Description

1 Only one DDR memory module is

installed ?

2 Two DDR memory modules are

installed ( the same memory size and type) ?

3 Three DDR memory modules are

installed ?

4 Four DDR memory modules are

installed ?

The Dual Channel Technology can’t operate when only one DDR memory module is installed.

The Dual Channel Technology will operate when two memory modules are inserted individually into Channel A and B. If you install two memory modules in the same channel, the Dual Channel Technology will not operate.

Pleae note that the Dual Channel Technology will not operate when three DDR memory modules are installed; part of them will not be detected.

If you install four memory modules at the same time, the Dual Channel Technology will operate only when those modules have the same size and type.

NOTE: We strongly recommend user to slot two DDR memory modules into the DIMMs with the same color in

order for Dual Channel Technology to work.

The following tables include all memory-installed combination types:

Dual Channel Technology (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side)

DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 DDR4

2 memory modules DS/SS X DS/SS X

X DS/SS X DS/SS

4 memory modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

Don’t operate Dual Channel Technology (DS:Double Side, SS: Single Side)

DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 DDR4

DS/SSXXX

X DS/SS X X

1 memory module

2 memory module DS/SS DS/SS X X

3 memory module

XXDS/SSX

XXXDS/SS

XXDS/SSDS/SS

DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X

DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS

DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS

X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

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Memory Address Map

Address Size Function

0100000-0F9FFFF System Memory Onboard DRAM

0FA0000-0FFFFFF 384 KB I/O Card Memory Reserved for Memory Map

I/O Card Non-Cacheable

1000000-FFFFFFF System Memory Onboard DRAM

PCI INTx# and IDSEL Assignment Map

PCI INTx # PCI Devices Device IDSEL: ADxx

INTA# ADIMM-slot N

INTB# PCI-Slot1 AD16

INTC# PCI-Slot2 AD17

PCI Slot IRQ Routing Map

PCI INTX# INTA INTB INTC INTD Bus Mastering

PCI slot 1 INTE INTCD INTC INTA Enabled

PCI slot 2 INTD INTC INTA INTE Enabled

PCI slot 3 INTFJ INTGJ INTHJ INTEJ Enabled

I/O Address Map

Hex Range Devices

000-01F 020-021 040-043 060-060 061-061 070-071 080-08F 0A0-0A1 0C0-0DF 0F0-0FF 170-177 1F0-1F7 278-27F 2F8-2FF 378-37F 3F0-3F5 3F6-3F6 3F7-3F7 3F8-3FF 0CF8 0CFC 778-77A

DMA Controller-1 Interrupt Controller-1 System Timer Keyboard Controller 8742 System Speaker CMOS RAM Address and Real Time Clock DMA Page Register Interrupt Controller-2 DMA Controller-2 Math Co-Processor Secondary IDE Primary IDE Parallel Printer Port 2 Serial Asynchronous Port 2 Parallel Printer Port 1 Floppy Disk Controller Secondary IDE Primary IDE Serial Asynchronous Port 1 Configuration Address Register Configuration Data Register Parallel Printer Port 1

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IRQ Assignment Map

IRQx System Devices Add-On-Card Devices

IRQ0 Timer N

IRQ1 Keyboard N

IRQ2 Reserved N

IRQ3 Serial Port 2 Reserved

IRQ4 Serial Port 1 Reserved

IRQ5 Reserved Reserved

IRQ6 Floppy Disk Reserved

IRQ7 Parallel Port Reserved

IRQ8 Real Time Clock N

IRQ9 N Reserved

IRQ10 N Reserved

IRQ11 N Reserved

IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse Reserved

IRQ13 Numeric Processor N

IRQ14 Embedded Hard Disk Reserved

IRQ15 Reserved Reserved

NOTE: N - Not be used

DRQ Assignment Map

DRQx System Devices Add-On-Card Devices

DRQ0 N Reserved

DRQ1 N Reserved

DRQ2 FDD N

DRQ3 N Reserved

DRQ4 Cascade N

DRQ5 N Reserved

DRQ6 N Reserved

DRQ7 N Reserved

NOTE: N - Not be used

Environmental Requirements

Item Specifications

Temperature

Operating

Non-operating

C to +35oC

-20oC ~ +60°C (Packed) -10oC~+60oC (un-packed)

Humidity

Operating 15% to 80% RH, non-condensing

Non-operating

10% to 90% RH, non-condensing at 40

Vibration

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Environmental Requirements

Item Specifications

Vibration unpacked 5~500 Hz, 2.20g RMS random, 10 minutes per axis in all 3 axes

Vibration packed 5~500 Hz, 1.09g RMS random, 1 hour per axis in all 3 axes

Shock operating Half sine, 2 g 11m seconds

Mechanical Specifications

Item Specification

Dimensions(main footprint) 180(w)x360(H)x420(D)mm

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Power Management Function (ACPI support function)

Device Standby Mode

T Independent power management timer for hard disk drive devices

(0-15 minutes, time step=1 minute).

T Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface).

T Disable V-sync to control the VESA DPMS monitor.

T Resume method: device activated (Keyboard for DOS, keyboard & mouse for Windows).

T Resume recovery time: 3-5 sec.

Global Standby Mode

T Global power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minute).

T Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface).

T Disable H-sync and V-sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor.

T Resume method: Return to original state by pushing external switch button, modem ring in,

keyboard and mouse for APM mode.

T Resume recovery time: 7-10 sec.

Suspend Mode

T Independent power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minutes) or pushing external

switch button.

T CPU goes into SMM.

T CPU asserts STPCLK# and goes into the Stop Grant State.

T LED on the panel turns amber colour.

T Hard disk drive goes into SLEEP mode (for ATA standard interface).

T Disable H-sync and V-sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor.

T Ultra I/O and VGA chip go into power saving mode.

T Resume method: Return to original state by pushing external switch button, modem ring in,

keyboard and mouse for APM mode.

T Return to original state by pushing external switch button, modem ring in and USB keyboard for

ACPI mode.

ACPI

T ACPI specification 1.0b.

T S0, S1, S3 and S5 sleep state support.

T On board device power management support.

T On board device configuration support.

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Chapter 2

System Utilities

BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to

configure required setting or to active certain system features.

The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the mainboard. When the power is turned

off, the battery on the mainboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS SRAM.

When the power is turned on, pushing the <Del> button during the BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test) will take

you to the CMOS SETUP screen. When setting up BIOS for the first time, it is recommended that you save

the current BIOS to a disk in the event that BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings.

Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system.

BIOS is a Window s-based utility that doesn’t required users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but

directly download and update BIOS from the Internet.

Control Keys

Item Description

wxyz Move to selection

e Main Menu: Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup

Menu and Option Page Setup Menu, Exit current page and return to Main Menu.

{ Increase the numeric value or make changes

} Decrease the numeric value or make changes

l Displays a screen that describes all key functions

t Loads an optimized setting for better performance

u Saves the current configuration and exits setup

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