Acer Veriton 7900 Guide

Veriton 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro

Service Guide

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Revision History

Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Verition 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro service guide.

Date

Chapter

Updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Copyright

Copyright © 2006 by Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.

III

Disclaimer

The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.

Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.

Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

IV

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Screen messages

Denotes actual messages that appear

 

on screen.

 

 

NOTE

Gives bits and pieces of additional

 

information related to the current

 

topic.

 

 

WARNING

Alerts you to any damage that might

 

result from doing or not doing specific

 

actions.

 

 

CAUTION

Gives precautionary measures to

 

avoid possible hardware or software

 

problems.

 

 

IMPORTANT

Reminds you to do specific actions

 

relevant to the accomplishment of

 

procedures.

 

 

V

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.

VI

Chapter 1

System Specifications

Overview

Acer Verition 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro are bussiness-ready desktop PCs built with latest high-performance technology for managing demanding workload. The series of products are standalone or network-ready for SMB. They include video and audio features for business multimedia.

Veriton 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro comply with all requirements of Intel vProTM platform. The series of products support Conroe CPU and employ Intel ICH8-DO and Nineveh LAN controller (82566DM).

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Features

CPU

Socket Type : Intel (R) Socket T LGA 775 pin

Intel (R) CedarMill/Prester/Conroe FSB 533/800/1066 MHz

L2 Cache varies with CPU

Chipset

Northbridge: Intel (R) Q965

Southbridge: Intel (R) ICH8DO

Memory

Socket Type : DDR II so-DIMM,1.8 Voltage Socket Quantity : 4

Capacity support : 256MB ~ 2GB Unbuffered ECC SDRAM module, support dual channel Support Memory Speed : DDR II 800/667/533 MHz

On-Board Graphic Solution

Intel Broadwater-G on die graphic solution DVMT technology support

Dual View function support (by Intel ADD2/ADD2+)

1 VGA port on rear side (co-lay for DVI-I required for Vista premium)

PCI Express/PCI Slot

Slot Type: PCI Express X16

Slot Quantity: 1

Slot Type: PCI Express X1

Slot Quantity: 1

Slot Type: PCI 2.3 slot

Slot Quantity: 2

SATA IDE

Slot Type: SATA IDE slot Slot Quantity : 6

Storage Type Support : HDD/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD Dual/DVD SuperMultiPlus

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Audio

Codec : Realtek ALC888

Compliant with Microsoft’s UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) support (rear only)

7.1+2 Channel Audio Support (ALC833 codec series provide 10 DAC channels that simultaneously suppport 7.1 soud playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output through the front panel stereo output).

16/20/24 bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz sample rate; 16/20/24bit S/PDIF-IN supports 44.1K/48K/96KHz sample rate

Reserved disable function on BIOS side. Default is enabled.

LAN

Controller : PCI-E Giga LAN chip with manageability function LAN Chip : Intel(R) Nineveh 82566DM

Reserved disable functionon BISO side. Default is enabled. (Intel (R) Nineveh LAN doesn’t support LAN disable function via HW GPIO)

Should be worked under 10/100/1000 Mbs environment

USB

Controller : Intel (R) ICH8DO Connectors Quantity : 10

On-board (for non-1394 SKU): 10 ports, 4 for front daughter board, 4 for rear I/O (2 co-lay with rear I/O, under RJ45 port), 2 reserved header

USB 2.0/1.1

System LED Definition

Power state LED

S0: Blue Steady

S1/S3: Blue Blinking

S4/S5: Off

Storage state LED

IDE active: Blue Blinking

IDE idle: Off

LAN state LED

LAN active: Blue Blinking

LAN idle: Off

On-Board Connector

Rear I/O Connectors

1 PS/2 Keyboard port

1 PS/2 Mouse port

1 Parallel port

1 Serial port

1 VGA (CRT) port (or DVI-I for Vista Premium SKU) 1 RJ45 LAN port

4 USB ports

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7.1 channel phone jack (6 audio jacks, with MIC in, Line-in definition)

On-Board Connectos

1 CPU Socket

4 DDR2 Memory Socket

1 PCIE x16 slot 1PCIE x1 slot 2 PCI slots 1FDD slot

6 SATA2 IDE connectors

3 2*5 pin Intel FPIO specification USB pin connectors (follow Intel (R) FPIO standard specification)

1 2*5 pin Intel (R) FPIO spec. Microphone In/Headphone Out pin connectors 1 serial prot 2*5 pin connector (2nd serial port)

1Aux-in 4 pin connector 14 pin CPU fan connector

13 pin system FAN connector with linear circuit

12 pin Intrusion Alam connector

1 24 pin+4pin ATX interface PS3/PS2 SPS connector

1 2*7 pin front panel IO header

2 reserved 2 pin GPIO connector

2 reserved USB header

1 on board buzzer

1 2-pin OBR header

1 2*5 pin connector (2nd serial port)

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Chapter 1

System Block Diagram

VRD 11

4 Phase PWM

Intel ADD2/+ Card

or

PCI Express x 16

External Graphics

Card

VGA Connector

Back Panel

USB2.0 Port 0

USB2.0 Port 1

USB2.0 Port 2

USB2.0 Port 3

Back Panel

1394a Port 1

Front Panel

1394a Port 2

Header

USB2.0 Port 4

USB2.0 Port 5

USB2.0 Port 6

USB2.0 Port 7

USB2.0 Port 8

USB2.0 Port 9

Super I/O

ITE8718

Cedar Mill, Presler ,

 

Conroe & Allendale

 

LGA775 Processor

 

Socket T

 

1066/800/533 FSB

CK-505 Clock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Express x16 Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDR2 533/667/800

 

 

Channel A DDR2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDR2 533/667/800

 

 

Channel B DDR2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broadwater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Express x1 port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN NINEVEH LAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Lanes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct Media Interface

(DMI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPI Flash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Slot 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(BIOS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI I/F

 

ICH8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Slot 2

 

 

TI43AB23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Express x1 port

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Express x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slot 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Connector 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AHCI, RAID0,1,5,10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I/F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Connector 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Connector 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Connector 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Connector 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESATA Connector 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firmware HUB

 

 

 

 

 

HDA Codec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LPC I/F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realtek ALC888

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floppy

Serial/LPT/KB/MS

Drive Connector

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Acer Veriton 7900 Guide

Main Board Layout

1

CPU_FAN1

CPU fan header

24

BIOS_SEL1

SPI & FWH BIOS select

2

COM2

COM Header 2

25

PWR2

4 pin power connector

3

J11

Acer special requirement

26

KB/MS1

Keyboard & Mouse PS2 port

4

J10

Acer special requirement

27

COM1

COM port

5

PWR1

24 pin power connector

28

PRT

Printer port

6

FLOPPY1

Floppy connector 1

29

VGA

VGA port

7

SYS_FAN1_1

System fan header 1_1(3

30

1394_USB1

1394 and USB*2 ports

 

 

pin)

 

 

 

8

CLR_CMOS

Clear CMOS

31

NIC_USB

Lan and USB*2 port

9

OBR

One Button Recovery

32

Audio

Audio port

10

INTR1

Chassis Intruder

33

PCI-E1

PCI-Express X16 connector

11

FP1

Front Panel Switch/LED

34

BAT1

Battery connector

12

TPM

Trusted Platform Module

35

PCI-E2

PCI-Express X1 connector

 

 

Interface

 

 

 

6

Chapter 1

13

SATA_5

SATA data transfer

36

F_1394

Front 1394 header

 

 

connector 5

 

 

 

14

SATA_6

SATA data transfer

37

PCI1, PCI2

PCI connector

 

 

connector 6

 

 

 

15

SATA_3

SATA data transfer

38

U25

FWH BIOS socket

 

 

connector 3

 

 

 

16

SATA_4

SATA data transfer

39

U19

ICH8 series south bridge

 

 

connector 4

 

 

 

17

SATA_1

SATA data transfer

40

U13

965 series nouth bridge

 

 

connector 1

 

 

 

18

SATA_2

SATA data transfer

41

U10

LGA775 CPU socket

 

 

connector 2

 

 

 

19

F_USB3

Front panel USB header 3

42

DIMM1,DIMM2,DIM

DDR2 memory connector

 

 

 

 

M3,DIMM4

 

20

F_USB2

Front panel USB header 2

43

IR

Infrared function header

21

F_USB1

Front panel USB header 1‘

44

FLOPPY1

Floopy connector

22

F_AUDIO1

Front panel Audio header

45

BUZ1

Buzzer

23

AUX_IN

Audio Aux input

 

 

 

Chapter 1

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Your Acer Desktop tour

After knowing your computer features, let us show you around your new Veriton series computer.

Front panel

Veriton 5900Pro front view

Veriton 6900Pro front view

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Chapter 1

Veriton 7900Pro front view

 

Veriton

Veriton 6900Pro/

 

Icon

Component

Description

 

 

5900Pro

7900Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

5.25” drive bay(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

 

 

3.5 floppy drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

 

 

 

Microphone-in jack

Accepts input from external microphones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(front)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

4

 

 

 

Speaker-out/line-out

Connects to audio line-out devices (e.g.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

port

speakers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

5

 

 

 

USB ports

Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mouse, USB camera).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

Hardware reset button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

6

 

 

 

Indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

7

 

 

 

Power button

Power on or off the system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

Optical disk drive (for

Accepts CDs or DVDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selected models)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

Eject button

Ejects optical disks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power button

Power on or off the system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard disk drive

Lights to indicate hard disk drive status.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical disk drive

Lights to Indicate optical disk drive status.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN indicator

Press to enable/disable Wireless function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights to indicate the status of wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN communications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microophone-in jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(front)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headphone/Speaker-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

out/line-out port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line-in jack

Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g., audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD player, stereo walkman).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapter 1

Rear panel

Veriton 5900Pro rear view

Veriton 6900Pro rear view

Chapter 1

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Veriton 7900Pro rear view

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Icon

Component

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Power supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Power coard socket

Connects to a power cord.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Voltage selector switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

PS/2 mouse port

Accepts input from PS/2 mouses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

PS/2 keyboard port

Accepts input from PS/2 keyboards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

Serial port

Connects to a serial device (e.g., external

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

serial mouse or keyboard).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel/printer port

Connects to a parallel device (e.g., printer).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

CRT/LCD monitor port

Connects to a display device (e.g., external

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

monitor, LCD projector).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

USB ports

Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mouse, USB camera).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ventilation slots

Enable the computer to stay cool, even

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after prolonged use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Do not cover or obstruct the opening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the fan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVI por

Supports digital video connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRT/LCD monitor port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DC-in jack

Connects to an AC adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OBR (One Button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recovery) button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network port

Lights to indicate the status of wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN communications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mic-in jack

Accepts input from external microphones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line-out jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kensington lock

Connects to a Kensington-compatible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer security lock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio Jack Function Table

Color/Use

Headphone

1.1 CH

3.1 CH

5.1 CH

7.1 CH

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue

Line-in

Line-in

Line-in

Line-in

Line-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Headphone

Line-out

Front

Front

Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pink

N/A

Mic-in

Mic-in

Mic-in

Mic-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rear

Rear

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black

N/A

N/A

Center & woofer

Center & woofer

Center & woofer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gray

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Side

 

 

 

 

 

 

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System Peripherals

The Aspire T630 and AcerPower F3 computer consist of the system itself, and system peripherals, like a mouse, keyboard and a set of speakers (optional). This section provides a brief description of the 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.

Speakers

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.

For more detailed information about the speakers, please refer to the included operating instructions. NOTE: speakers are optional and the appearance might be different depending on the actual product.

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Acer Empowering Technology

Acer’s innovative Empowering Technology makes it easy for you to access frequently used functions and manage your new Acer notebook. It features the following handy utilities:

Acer eSettings Management accesses system information and adjusts settings easily.

Acer eLock Management (for slected models) limits access to external storage media.

Acer eDataSecurity Management protects data with passwords and advanced encryption algorithms.

Acer ePerformance Management improves system performance by optimizing disk space, memory and registry settings.

Acer eAcoustics Management offers a useful tool to balance your computing power needs with your desired level of quietness.

Acer eRecovery Management backs up and recovers data flexibly, reliably and completely.

Acer eProtection Management provides exceptional protection against viruses and other malware.

For more information, press the < > key to launch the Empowering Technology menu, then click on the appropriate utility and select the Help or Tutorial function.

Empowering Technology password

Before using Acer eLock Management and Acer eRecovery Management, you must initalize the Empowering Technology password. Right-click on the Empowering Technology toolbard and select “Password Setup” to do so. If you do not initialize the Empowering Technology password, you will be prompted to do so when running Acer eLock Management or Acer eRecovery Management for the first time.

Acer eSettings Management

Acer eSettings Management allows you to inspect hardware specifications, change BIOS passwords or other Windows settings, and to monitor the system health status.

Acer eSettings Management also:

Provides a simple graphical user interface for navigating.

Displays general system status and advanced monitoring for power users on Acer computer.

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Acer eLock Management

Acer eLock Management is a security utility that allows you to lock your removable data, optical and floppy drives to ensure that data can’t be stolen while your notebook is unattended.

Removable data devices - includes USB disk drives, USB pen drives, USB flash drives, USB MP3 drives, USB memory card readers, IEEE 1394 disk drives and any other removable disk drives that can be mounted as a file system when plugged into the system.

Optical drive deivces - includes any kind of CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives.

Floppy disk drives - 3.5-inch disks only.

Interfaces - includes serial ports, parallel port, infrared (IR), and Bletooth.

To activate Acer eLock Management, a password must be set first. Once set, you can apply locks to any of the devices. Lock(s) will immediately be set without any reboot necessary, and will remain locked after rebooting, until unlocked.

NOTE: If you lose your password, there is no method to reset it except by reformatting your notebook or taking your notebook to anAcer Customer Serivce Center. Be sure to remember or write down your password.

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Acer eDataSecurity Management

Acer eDataSecurity Management is handy file encryption utility that protexts your files from being accessed by unauthorized persons. It is conveniently integrated with Windows explorer as a shell extension for quick and easy data encryption/decryption and also supports on-the-fly file encryption for MSN Messager and Microsoft Outlook.

The Acer eDataSecurity Management setup wizard will prompt you for a suvervisor password and default encryption. This encryption will be used to encrypt files by default, or you can choose to enter your won filespecific password when encrypting a file.

NOTE: The password used encrypt a file is the unique key that the system needs to decrypt it. If you lose the password, the supervisor password is the only other key capable of decrypting the file. If you lose both passwords, there will be no way to decrypt your encryped file! Be sure to safeguard all related passwords!

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Acer ePerformance Management

Acer ePerformance Management is a system optimization tool that boosts the performance of your Acer notebook. It provides and express optimization method to release unused memory and disk space quickly. The user can also enable advanced options for full control over the following option:

Memory optimization - releases unused memory and check usage.

Disk optimization - removes unneeded items and files.

Speed optimization - improves the usability and performance of your Windows XP system.

Acer eAcoustics Management

Acer eAcoustics Management offers you a useful tool to balance your computing power needs with your desired level of quietness. By reducing the processor speed for tasks that require less processing, the CPU and system fans can run slower, thus reducing the amount of sound generated by tehse components.

Using Acer eAcoustics Management

To launch Acer eAcoustics Management

Click on the Acer eAcoustics Management icon in the Empowering Technology toolbard shown on your desktop.

From the Start menu, go to (All) Programs>Acer Empowering Technology>Acer eAcoustics Management.

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This will open Acer eAcoustics Management main page.

Acer eAcoustics Management Main Page

Listed on the main page are two options for Acer eAcoustics Management, labeled as Quiet and Professional. Select the mode that suits your working requirements best, and exit the utility to apply the settings.

Quiet

Use this mode for tasks that require low processing power, like word processing, Web browsing, and instant messaging. This mode creates the lowest audio disturbance.

Professional Mode

Use this mode for processing-intensive tasks, when you require full-speed operation.

Acer eRecovery Management

Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided by the manufacturer. The Acer eRecovery Management utility occupies space in a hidden partition on your system’s HDD. User-created backups are stored on D:\ drive. Acer eRecovery Management provides you with:

Password protection.

Recovery of applications and drivers.

Image/data backup:

Back up to HDD (set recovery point).

Back up to CD/DVD.

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Image/data recovery tools:

Recover from a hidden partition (factory defaults).

Recover from the HDD (most recent user-defined recovery point).

Recover from CD/DVD.

For more information, please refer to “Acer eRecovery Management”

NOTE: If your computer did not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management’s “System backup to optical disk” feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. To ensure the best results when recovering your system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals (except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your Acer ezDock.

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations

System Board Major Chip

Item

Specification

 

 

 

 

System Core Logic

North bridge: Intel (R) Q965

 

 

South bridge: Intel (R) ICH8DO

 

 

 

 

Super I/O Controller

ITE IT8718DX

 

 

 

 

LAN Controller

Intel (R) 82566DM

 

 

 

 

Memory Controller

Built-in north bridge: Intel Q965

 

 

 

 

SATA Controller

Built-in ICH8DO

 

 

 

 

1394 Controller

TI TSB43AB23PDTG4

 

 

 

 

Audio Controller

Realtek ALC888

 

 

 

 

VGA Controller

Built-in Intel (R) Q965 (GMCH)

 

 

 

 

Keyboard Controller

ITE IT8718DX

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

 

 

 

 

Item

Specification

 

 

 

 

Type

Supports AMD mobile Athlon 64 (62W) M2

 

 

Supports AMD Sempron-D (62W) M2

 

 

 

 

Slot

Socket 940

 

 

 

 

Speed

Depends on CPU, which is local configured

 

 

 

 

Bus Frequency

533/800/1066 MHz

 

 

 

 

Voltage

Processor voltage can be detected by any system without

 

 

setting any jumper

 

 

 

 

BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

Item

Specification

 

 

 

 

BIOS code programmer

Award

 

 

 

 

BIOS version

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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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 Number

 

 

 

4 Slots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported Memory Size per Slot

 

256 MB ~ 1GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported Maximum Memory Size

 

4GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported Memory Speed

 

 

 

533/667/800 MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported memory voltage

 

 

 

1.8V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support memory module package

 

240-pin DIMM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support to parity check feature

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support to Error Correction Code (ECC)

 

Yes

 

 

feature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory module combinations

 

 

 

You can install memory modules in any combination as

 

 

 

 

 

 

long as they match the above specifications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

LAN Interface

 

 

 

 

 

Item

Specification

 

 

LAN Controller

Intel (R) Nineveh 82566DM

 

 

LAN Controller Resident Bus

PCI Express Bus

 

 

LAN Port

ONE RJ-45 on board

 

 

Function Control

Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup

 

 

 

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IDE Interface

Item

Specification

 

 

IDE Controller

Built-in nVidia MCP51

 

 

IDE Controller Resident Bus

PCI bus

 

 

Number 40 pin PATA slot

1

 

 

Device Type Support

HDD, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM,Combo,DVD burner

 

 

Transfer Rate Support

PIO 0/1/2/3/4

 

 

ATA Mode

33/66/100

 

 

Number STAT IDE slot

4

 

 

Device Type Support

HDD,CD-ROM,CD-RW,DVD-ROM,DVD-RW,DVD+RW,DVD

 

Dual,DVD Supermultiplus

 

 

Supports LS-120

Yes

 

 

Supports bootable CD-ROM

Yes

 

 

Function Control

Enable/Disable by BIOS setup

 

 

Serial Port (No serial port for this model)

Item

 

 

 

 

 

Specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial port controller

 

 

LPC47M182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial port controller resident bus

 

LPC Bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of serial port

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial port location

 

 

Rear panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16550 UART support

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connector type

 

 

9-pin D-type female connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

 

 

 

 

Specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal HCI

 

 

USB 2.0/1.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller

 

 

Built-in nVidia MCP51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of the connectors

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location

 

 

Rear : 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front : 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB Class

 

 

Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wake-up Event Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Device

 

S1

 

S3

S4

 

S5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Button

Enabled

 

Enabled

Enabled

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS2 Keyboard

Disabled

 

Disabled

Disabled

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB Keyboard

Disabled

 

Disabled

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PME

Disabled

 

Disabled

Disabled

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOR (wake on Ring)

Disabled

 

Disabled

Disabled

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RTC (real time clock)

Disabled

 

Disabled

Disabled

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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