Acer Aspire X1301 User Manual

Acer

Aspire X1300/X1301

Service Guide

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

SCREEN MESSAGES

NOTE Gives additional information related to the current topic.

WARNING Alerts you to any physical risk or system damage that might result from doing

CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software

IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of

Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.

or not doing specific actions.

problems.

procedures.

Service Guide Coverage

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FRU Information

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System Tour 1

Features 1 Aspire X1300/X1301 Tour 3

Front Pane 3 Rear Panel 5 Internal Components 6 System LED Indicators 7

System Utilities 9

Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility 9

Entering BIOS setup 10 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10 Setup Utility Menus 11

System Disassembly 33

Disassembly Requirements 33 Pre-disassembly Procedure 34 Main Unit Disassembly 35

External Modules Disassembly Flowchart 35 Removing the Side Panel 36 Removing the Font Bezel 37 Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 38 Removing the Processor 40 Removing the Optical Drive 42 Removing the Hard Disk Drive 44 Removing the Power Supply 48 Removing the Memory Modules 51 Removing the PCI Card 53 Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 55 Removing the Mainboard 59

System Troubleshooting 61

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 61 System Check Procedures 62

Power System Check 62 System External Inspection 62

System Internal Inspection 62 POST Error and Beep Codes 63 Online Support Information 69

System Block Diagram and Board Layout 71

System Block Diagram 71 Board Layout 72

Mainboard 72 System Jumpers 73

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 75

Aspire X1300/X1301 Exploded Diagram 76 Aspire X1300/X1301 FRU List 77

Technical Specifications 87

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Chapter 1

System Tour

Features

Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature:

NOTE: The features listed in this section is for your reference only. The exact configuration of the server

depends on the model purchased.

Processor

• AMD Athlon LE-1600/1620/1640 processor

• AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core BE-2300/2350/2400 or 4200+/4400+/4800+/5000+/5200+/5600+ processor

• AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 8400/8450/8600/8650 processor

• AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9100e/9150e/9500/9550/9600/9650 processor

• AMD Sempron LE-1250/1300 or 2100 processor

Processor (for Eup)

• AMD Athlon LE-1640/1660 processor

• AMD Athlon 2650e AM2+ processor

• AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2240/2245/2250 processor

• AMD Athlon X3 Triple-Core 3400e/3405e

• AMD Athlon X4 Quad-Core 4600e/4605e

• AMD Phenom X2 Dual-Core 545/550 processor

• AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 700e/705e/710/720/740 processor

• AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 805/810/820/900e/905e/910/925/945 processor

• AMD Sempron LE-1250/1300 or Sempron Dual Core 2200/2300 processor

Chipset

• NVIDIA nForce MCP78

Memory subsystem

• Supports up to two DDR2-667 registered ECC modules

Media storage

• DVD-ROM SATA drive

• Super-Multi SATA DVD drive

• 160 GB SATA hard disk drive

Serial ATA controller

• Embedded SATA2 controller

• Two SATA ports

Networking

• One Gigabit Ethernet LAN port (RJ-45)

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PCI I/O

• One PCI Express x16 bus slot

• One PCI Express x1 bus slot

I/O ports

• Front

• Three USB 2.0 ports

• Memory Stick

• Memory Stick PRO

• Secure Digitial (SD) Card

• miniSD Card

• Headphone/speaker-out/line-out jack

• Microphone-in jack

• CFI/II (CompactFlash Type i/II) slot

• IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)

• Rear

• PS/2 keyboard port

• PS/2 mouse port

• Line-out jack

• Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack

• Rear speaker/surround out jack

• Center speaker/subwoofer jack

• Line-in jack

• S/PDIF port

• Four USB 2.0 ports

• eSATA port

• CRT/LCD monitor port

• HDMI port

• Gigabit LAN ports

• VGA/monitor port

• Two USB 2.0 ports

• Two Ethernet LAN ports (RJ-45)

Operating system and software

• Operating system options:

• Genuine Windows Vista

• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32/64-bit)

• Applications

• Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eRecovery Management)

• Acer Arcade Live

• McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008 Trial version

• Adobe Reader

• eSobi

• NTI MediaMaker

Ultimate (32/64-bit)

Power supply

• 220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply/220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply Eup

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Aspire X1300/X1301 Tour

This section is a virtual tour of the ASX1300 system’s interior and exterior components.

Front Pane

Item Icon Component

B Drive bay door

C Drive bay door eject button

Press to open drive bay door and access the optical drive.

D Media card reader

E USB 2.0 ports

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Item Icon Component

F Headphone/Speaker-out/line-out jack

G Microphone-in jack

H CF I/II (CompactFlash Type I/II) slot

I IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)

J Power/sleep button

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Rear Panel

P O

M E

Item Icon Component

A Expansion slot (Photo shows graphics card and network/modem card)

B Line-out jack

C Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack

C D

D SPDIF S/PDIF port

E USB 2.0 ports

F ESATA eSATA port

G CRT/LCD monitor port

H HDMI HDMI port

I PS2 keyboard port

J Power connector

K Voltage selector switch

L PS2 mouse port

M Gigabit LAN port (10/100/1000 Mbps)

N Rear speaker/surround out jack

O Keyhole

P Center speaker/subwoofer jack

Q Line-in jack

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Internal Components

Item Component

A Expansion card

B Mainboard

C Optical drive

D Heat sink fan assembly

E Power supply

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System LED Indicators

This section describes the different system LED indicators.

LED indicator Color LED status Description

Power Green On The system has AC power and is powered on.

Green Blinking The system is in standby mode.

— Off System is not powered on.

HDD activity Green On HDD is installed and functioning correctly.

Green Blinking Ongoing HDD activity.

LAN port network speed LED (left)

LAN port network connection LED (right)

Green/ Amber

Amber On HDD failure

Amber On GbE link network access

Green On 100 Mbps link network access

— Off 10 Mbps link network access

Green On Active network link

Flashing HDD is rebuilding data.

Blinking Ongoing network data activity

Off Off-line network

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Chapter 2

System Utilities

Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility

BIOS setup is a hardware configuration program built into the system's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). Since most systems are already properly configured and optimized, there is no need to run this utility. You will need to run this utility under the following conditions.

• When changing the system configuration settings

• When redefining the communication ports to prevent any conflicts

• When modifying the power management configuration

• When changing the password or making other changes to the security setup

• When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are prompted ("Run Setup"

message) to make changes to the BIOS setup

NOTE: If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages, the battery may be bad. In this case, the system

cannot retain configuration values in CMOS. Ask a qualified technician for assistance.

BIOS setup loads the configuration values in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to be retained when power is turned off.

Before you run the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility, make sure that you have saved all open files. The system reboots immediately after you close the Setup.

NOTE: PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility will be simply referred to as "Setup" or "Setup utility" in this guide.

The screenshots used in this guide display default system values. These values may not be the same those found in your system.

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Entering BIOS setup

1. Turn on the server and the monitor.

If the server is already turned on, close all open applications, then restart the server.

2. During POST, press Delete.

If you fail to press Delete before POST is completed, you will need to restart the server.

The Setup Main menu will be displayed showing the Setup’s menu bar. Use the left and right arrow keys to move between selections on the menu bar.

Navigating Through the Setup Utility

Use the following keys to move around the Setup utility.

• Left and Right arrow keys – Move between selections on the menu bar.

• Up and Down arrow keys – Move the cursor to the field you want.

• PgUp and PgDn keys – Move the cursor to the previous and next page of a multiple page menu.

• Home – Move the cursor to the first page of a multiple page menu.

• End – Move the cursor to the last page of a multiple page menu.

• + and - keys – Select a value for the currently selected field (only if it is user-configurable). Press

these keys repeatedly to display each possible entry, or the Enter key to choose from a pop-up menu.

NOTE: Grayed-out fields are not user-configurable.

• Enter key – Display a submenu screen.

NOTE: Availability of submenu screen is indicated by a (>).

• Esc – If you press this key:

q On one of the primary menu screens, the Exit menu displays.

q On a submenu screen, the previous screen displays.

q When you are making selections from a pop-up menu, closes the pop-up without making a

selection.

• F1 – Display the BIOS setup General Help panel.

• F5 – Press to load previous default system values.

• F6 – Press to load fail-safe default system values.

• F7 – Press to load optimized default system values.

• F10 – Save changes made the Setup and close the utility.

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Setup Utility Menus

The tabs on the Setup menu bar correspond to the six primary BIOS Setup menus, namely:

• Product Information

• Standard CMOS Features

• Advanced BIOS Features

• Advanced Chipset Features

• Integrated Peripherals

• Power Management Setup

• PnP/PCI Configurations

• PC Health Status

• Load Default Settings

• Set Supervisor Password

• Set User Password

• Save & Exit Setup

• Exit Without Saving

In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings.

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Product Information

The Product Information menu displays basic information about the system. These entries are for your reference only and are not user-configurable.

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Standard CMOS Features

Parameter Description Option

Date Set the date following the weekday-month-day-year format.

Time Set the system time following the hour-minute-second format.

Halt On Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. All, But Keyboard

No Errors

All Errors

All, But Diskette

All, But Disk/Key

Base Memory Also called conventional memory. Typically, 640 KB will be reserved for the MS-DOS OS.

Extended Memory Total size of extended memory detected during POST

Total Memory Total size of system memory detected during POST

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Advanced BIOS Features

Parameter Description Option

CPU Feature Press Enter to configure the CPU Virtualization and AMD K8 Cool and Quiet Control features.

Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter to select hard disk boot device priority.

Virus Warning Specifies the virus warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection.

If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen or an alarm beep when someone attempts to write data into this area.

CPU Internal Cache Enables or disables CPU internal cache. Enabled

External Cache Enables or disables internal cache. Enabled

Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain test while booting. This will decrease the

First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device

Boot Up Floppy Seek Enables or disables floppy drive testing to determine whether they have 40

Boot Up NumLock Status Selects power on state for Num Lock. On

Gate A20 Option When set to fast, the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate

Typematic Rate Setting When enabled, you can manually adjust the settings using the two typematic

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Rate at which the keyboard will repeat the keystroke if you press it

Typematic Delay (MSec) Delay, in Msec, before the keyboard automatically repeats the keystroke that

time needed to boot the system.

Specifies the boot order from the available devices. CDROM, Hard

to 80 tracks.

A20. But when set to normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20.

controls (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If disabled, the BIOS will use the default setting.

continuously.

you have pressed continuously.

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Disk, NVIDIA Boot Age, Floppy,

ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USBCDROM, USBHDD, Legacy LAN, Disabled

Disabled

Enabled

Off

Fast

Normal

Disabled

Enabled

6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30

250, 500, 750, 1000

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Parameter Description Option

Security Option When set to system, BIOS will ask for the password each time the system

MPS Version Control For OS

OS Select For DRAM > 64 MBSelect OS/2 if the system is running OS/2 operating system and the system

Full Screen Logo Show Enables or disables the display of the full screen boot logo. Enabled

Small Logo (EPA) Show Enables or disables the display of the EPA logo. Disabled

boots up.

If set to setup, the password is only required for access into the BIOS setup menus.

Specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the mainboard will use.

memory is more than 64 MB in size.

Setup

System

1.4

1.1

Non-OS/2

OS/2

Disabled

Enabled

CPU Feature

Parameter Description Option

Virtualization Select whether to enable or disable the AMD Virtualization Technology (VT)

function. VT allows a single platform to run multiple operating systems in independent partitions.

AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control When set to auto, the AMD Cool’n’Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU

clock and VIA to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption.

Enabled

Disabled

Auto

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Hard Disk Boot Priority

The Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu allows you to specify the sequence of loading the OS from the installed hard drives. Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive, then press the <+> key or the <-> key to move it up or down on the list. l

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Advanced Chipset Features

Parameter Description Option

Hyper SLI Enable or disable the Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology. Disabled

Enabled

iGPU Frame Buffer Control When set to auto, BIOS will automatically setup the frame buffer size.

When set to manual, you can set the frame buffer size. Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller.

Frame Buffer Size This parameter can be configured if the iGPU Frame Buffer Control is

set to Manual.

CPU Frequency Sets processor minimum and maximum frequency. 200

KB<->NB HT Speed Controls the physical speed of the processor to the Northbridge HT link. Auto

KB<->NB HT Width Controls the processor to the Northbridge link bandwidth. Auto

PCIE Clock Sets the PCI Express clock frequency. 100

DRAM Configuration Press Enter to configure memory timing and operation settings.

CPU Spread Spectrum Allows you to reduce the EMI of the front side bus by modulating the

signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.

PCIE Spread Spectrum Allows you to reduce the EMI of the PCI Express bus by modulating the

signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.

When set to down spread, the chipset modulates the PCI Express bus' baseline signal downwards by a small amount.

When set to disabled, the chipset disables any modulation of the PCI Express bus' baseline signal.

SATA Spread Spectrum Allows you to reduce the EMI of the SATA bus by modulating the

signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.

When set to down spread, the chipset modulates the SATA bus' baseline signal downwards by a small amount.

When set to disabled, the chipset disables any modulation of the SATA bus' baseline signal.

Auto

Manual

64, 16, 32, 128, 256 MB

Minimum 100

Maximum 500

200, 400, 600, 800 MHz, 1 GHz

Up 8/16

Down 8/16

Minimum 100

Maximum 200

Disabled

-0.5%, 1.0%

Disabled

Down Spread

Disabled

Down Spread

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Parameter Description Option

iGPU Spread Spectrum Allows you to set the integrated GPU spread spectrum. 50 Triangular Cntr

100/200/300 Triangular Cntr

SSE/SSE2 Instructions Enables or disables the processor’s SSE and SSE2 instruction sets. Enabled

Disabled

MCP78 PCIE Training Cards supporting Gen2 mode will be trained in Gen2 mode. Gen2 if supported

Only Gen1

System BIOS cacheable Enables or disables the caching of the mainboard BIOS ROM from

F0000h to FFFFFh by the processor’s Level 2 cache.

Disabled

Enabled

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DRAM Configuration

Parameter Description Option

Timing Mode When set to auto mode, the system reads the electronic data sheet of the

Memory Clock value or Limit Displays the current memory clock frequency.

CKE base power down mode

CKE based power down Sets the CKE power saving through disasserting clock enable using system

Memclock tri-stating Enables or disables the memory clock tri-stating during C3 an Alt VD

Memory Hole Remapping Enables or disables memory remapping around the memory hole. Enabled

Auto Optimize Bottom IO Allows you to auto optimize maximal memory size when kernel assigns PCI

Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24] [FC]

memory modules and adjusts the timings accordingly.

When set to MaxMemClk, you can manually specify the memory clock frequency independent of the system bus frequency.

All synchronous memory devices can go into sleep mode as soon as the clock enable (CKE) signal is disasserted. In that case, the internal clocks are disabled and the memory chip goes into auto-refresh mode which is the lowest power state at which the memory retains data.

If then power is turned off, the device will lose all data, however, as long as standby power is maintained, no data loss will occur.

level or per channel basis.

feature.

Resources.

Allows you to enter a HEX number ranging from 0000 to 00F0. Minimim 0000

Auto

MaxMemClk

Disabled

Enabled

Per Channel

Per CS

Disabled

Memclock tristating during C3 and Alt VD

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Maximum 00FC

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Integrated Peripherals

Parameter Description Option

IDE Function Setup Press Enter to access the IDE Function Setup submenu.

MCP Storage Config Press Enter to access the MCP Storage Config submenu.

Init Display First Select whether to boot the system using the AGP graphic card or a PCI

card installed on the PCI Express slot or PCI slot.

HD Audio Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. Auto

HDMI Audio Allows you to control the audio function of the onboard HDMI. Disabled

MAC LAN Enables or disables the built-in network interface card. Auto

IDE HDD Block Mode When enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk

supports block transfers and set the proper block transfer settings for it. Depending on the IDE controller, up to 64 KB of data can be transferred per interrupt when block transfers are enabled.

When disabled, only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt.

Onboard Serial Port 1 Select the I/O address and IRQ for the first serial port. 3F8/IRQ4

Onboard Parallel Port Select the I/O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port. 378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port. SPP

ECPM Mode Use DMA Select DMA channel for the LPT port in ECP mode. This parameter can

be configured if the parallel port mode is set to ECP or ECP +EPP mode.

USB Device Setting Press Enter to access the USB Device Setting submenu.

PCIEx

PCI Slot

Onboard

Disabled

Auto

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

2F8/IRQ3

3E8/IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3

Auto

Disabled

278/IRQ5

3BC/IRQ7

Disabled

EPP

ECP

ECP+EPP

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IDE Function Setup

Parameter Description Option

OnChip IDE Channel 0 Enables or disables the first IDE channel. Enabled

Disabled

Primary Master PIO

When set to Auto, BIOS setup automatically detects if the installed hard

disk supports the function. If supported, it allows for faster data recovery and

Primary Slave PIO Auto

Primary Master UDMA

Primary Slave UDMA Auto

IDE DMA Transfer Enables or disables DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfers for all IDE

Serial-ATA Controller Enables or disables the serial ATA controller. Enabled

IDE Prefetch Mode Enables or disables the IDE controller to prefetch data from the IDE drive. Enabled

read/write timing that reduces hard disk activity time. This results in better hard disk performance. Mode 0 to 4 provide progressive increase of performance.

Enables or disables the primary and master UDMA mode

drives.

Auto

Mode 0

Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

Mode 4

Mode 0

Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

Mode 4

Auto

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

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MCP Storage Config

Parameter Description Option

SATA Operation Mode Select a SATA operation mode. AHCI

IDE

RAID

Linux AHCI

SATA 0 -- Port 1 ~ 6 Enables or disables the SATA RAID on ports 1 to 6.

This parameter can be configured if the SATA Operation Mode is set to RAID

SATA SALP Feature Select a Supports Aggressive Link Power Management (SALP) feature. Off

Disabled

Enabled

Partial

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