Acer power sx/sxb/sc manual

A cerP ower Sx /Sxb /Sc Service Gu ide P ART NO .: 49 .3 9J 03. 001 DOC. NO.: SG3410003A PRINTED IN TA I W A N Servic e gui de file s and updates are a vaila ble on the AIPG/CSD web; f or more i nforma tion, pleas e ref er t o http:/ /c sd .ac er.com .tw[...]

II Revision Histo ry Pleas e ref er to the table below f or t h e updat es made on AcerPower SX servi ce guide. Date Chapte r Upda tes 01/ 1 1/20 01 Ch apt er 5 Add CN4, SW1 an d JP1 1 01/ 20 /200 1 Ch apt er 1& 6 Ind ic ate t he th e Part nos. of mai nb oar d that supp ort s LAN func tion . 02/ 09 /200 1 Ap pe ndix B Add a NOTE bel ow th e tab[...]

III Copyright Copyri ght © 2001 by Acer Inc orporated. All r ights reser ved. No part of this publ ication may be r eproduced , tra nsmitt ed, tran scrib ed, st ored i n a r etrieva l sys tem, or tr anslated i nto any languag e or c omputer languag e, in any f orm or b y any means, electroni c, mec hanical , magn etic, optica l, c hemical , manual[...]

IV Conventions The f ollo wing co nventi ons ar e used in t his m a nual: Scre en me ssag es Denotes actu al mes sages t hat appear on sc ree n. NOTE Gives bi ts and pie ces of additi onal inf ormati on related to the cur rent topi c. W ARNING Aler ts you to any damage that might resul t from doing or no t doing specif ic acti ons. CAUTION Gives pr[...]

V Pr ef ace Befor e using this i nformatio n an d the pr oduct it suppor ts, pleas e read t he followin g g eneral inf ormation. 1. This Ser vice Guide provid es you with all techni cal infor mation rel ating to the BASIC CONFIGURA TION deci ded for Acer 's "global" p roduct of ferin g. T o bett er fit loca l market requi rements an [...]

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VII T able of Co ntent s Chapt er 1 Syst em S pecif icati ons 1 Ace rPow e r S x F e atu r es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Ace rPow e r S c F e atu r es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fro nt Pa nel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

VIII T abl e of Conte nts Ch apter 5 Jump er an d Connecto r Info rmati on 77 AcerPower Sx/Sxb Jumpers and Connect ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Connector Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 AcerPower Sc Jumpers and Connec tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Chapte r 1 1 Over vie w The AcerPo wer Sx is an Intel Penti um III or Cyrix III proc essor with sock et-370 based m icro-A TX, IBM PC/A T compati ble sys tem wi th LPC/ PC I bus. System Specifi cations Chapter 1[...]

2 Chapter 1 Ac er Power S x Fe atur es Perf orma nce ! Int el Pentium® III , Celeron or Cyr ix III pro cessor with integ rated L2 cac he m e m ory r unning at 500, 550 a nd 6 00 MHz or 533, 66 7, 733 MHz. ! T wo Dual in -line memory m odule (DIMM) socke ts that accept 3 2, 64, 128 and 256MB, 168-pi n DIMM modules, all owing memory upg rade of up t[...]

Chapte r 1 3 Ac er Power S c Fe atur es Perf orma nce ! Int el T ualatin Pent ium® III, Celer on Pocessor wit h inte grated L2 cache me m o ry running from 1.1GHz to 1.4 GHz. ! Dual i n-line memo ry module (DIMM) sock ets that accept 128MB, 256MB, and 512M B. ! 168-pi n DIMM modules, all owing memory upg rade of up to 1GB ! Power managem ent funct[...]

4 Chapter 1 Fro nt P ane l The com puter ’s f ront panel cons ists of the f ollowing: Labe l Description 1 Hea dp hone /E ar pho ne po rt 2 CD-ROM tray 3 Stop/E je ct button 4 Ski p/ Fo rwar d but ton 5 CD-ROM LED 6 Inc re ase vo lu me but ton 7 Dec rea s e vo lu me but ton 8 Turbo LED 9 P ow er LE D 10 Ha rd di sk dr ive LE D 11 P o w e r b u t [...]

Chapte r 1 5 Rear P a nel The com puter’s rear pan el consist s of the fol lowing : Labe l Description 1F a n 2 P S/ 2 keyb oard port 3 USB por ts 4 S er ial po rt 5 VGA /M onit or po rt 6 Spe ake r- out /Lin e-o ut p ort 7L i n e - i n p o r t 8 M icroph on e-i n por t 9 A dd- on br acke ts 10 Sy stem ma in po wer switc h 1 1 V olt age se lect o[...]

6 Chapter 1 AcerPo we r Sx M ain Bo ard Layo ut[...]

Chapte r 1 7 NOTE: 8 wa s fo r AGP sl ot , re m ov ed wh en sh ip out 1. PS/ 2 ke yboard an d mouse port 14. Rese t 2. USB /LA N port 15. Pow er Swit ch 3. Pa ral lel/ VGA /ser ial port 2 16. Batt ery 4. Game /M IDI po rt 17. LAN /LED 5. Au dio/ CD con ne ctor 18. Pow er LED 6. Fax /voi ce modem c onnec tor 19. Har d Disk D riv e LED co nn ecto r 7[...]

8 Chapter 1 AcerPower Sc Main Board Layout 1. IDE 1 connector 10. Fax voice modem connector 2. IDE 2 connector 1 1. DIMM socket s 3. Hard Disk Drive LED connector 12 . CPU socket 4. R TC Battery 13. A TX power connector 5. ROM 14. Audio/CD connector 6. Optional USB ports 15. Audio-in connector 7. Floppy disk drive connector 16. PCI sockets (three s[...]

Chapte r 1 9 Keyboard The keyboa rd has ful l-sized key s that in clude separat e c ursor keys, two Windows keys, and twel ve funct ion ke ys. Curso r keys The cu rso r keys, a lso ca lled the ar row keys , le t you m o ve the cursor ar ound th e scree n. The y se rve the s ame funct ion as the arro w keys on th e nu m e ric keypad when the Num Loc[...]

10 Chapter 1 W indows k eys The keyboa rd has two keys t hat perf orm W indo ws-speci fic funct ions. Key Description Win dows logo key St art bu tto n. Co mbin atio ns wi th thi s ke y perfo rm spe cial func tio ns, su ch as: ! Window s + Ta b : Ac tiva te the n ext T a skbar but ton ! Window s + E : Ex plor es My Co mpu ter ! Window s + F : Find [...]

Chapte r 1 11 Hard ware Specif ica tion s and Co nfig urat ions NOTE: Th e BIOS c an be overwrit ten/upgrad ed usi ng the AFLASH ut ility ( AFLASH.EXE). Process or Item Speci fi catio n Ty pe Ace rPower S x: Intel Pe ntium III, C elero n or C yrix III proce ssor Ace rPowe r S c: Int el Tual atin P entiu m III, C ele ron proc ess or Soc ket 37 0 Sp [...]

12 Chapter 1 Alt +F4 Ena ble hi dd en pa ge of B IOS Se tup Ut ilit y Pre s s in BIOS Set up U tilit y ma in menu sc reen, th e Adva nced Op tio ns m enu then appe ars. The i tems on the Ad va nced Op tion s menu are : Memor y/C ach e Opti ons PnP/P CI O ptio ns Chips O p tions BIOS Hot key Li st Ho tkey Func tio n Desc ript io n[...]

Chapte r 1 13 This se ction has two tab le lists, system memo ry specifi cation and the possibl e com bination s of memory modu le. System Me m ory Ite m Spec ifi cation Memor y sock et numbe r 2 sock et s (2 bank s) Supp ort m emo ry si ze per s ock et Ac erPowe r S x: 32 MB / 64MB / 1 28MB / 25 6MB Ac er Powe r S c: 128M B / 256 MB /51 2M B Su pp[...]

14 Chapter 1 This se ction has two tab le lists, the vide o int erface speci fica tion and its su pported displ ay modes. Cache Memor y Ite m Spec ifi cation Fi rs t-Le vel C ach e Co nf ig ura tio ns Cac he fu ncti on c ontro l Ena ble/ Dis able by BI OS Set up Se co nd- Lev el Ca ch e Con fig ur ati on s B el ow i nf ormat io n is only a pplic ab[...]

Chapte r 1 15 800x 600 120 76 .1 81. 0 800x 600 160 10 1.9 1 10.0 1024 x7 68 70 56 .5 75. 0 1024 x7 68 75 60 .0 78. 8 1024 x7 68 100 79.0 1 10.0 1280 x1 024 43 50 .0 80. 0 1280 x1 024 60 64 .0 1 10.0 1280 x1 024 85 91 .2 157. 5 1600 x1 200 60 76 .2 156. 0 1600 x1 200 85 10 6.2 22 9.5 A udi o Int e rfa ce Ite m Spec ifi cation Audio cont roller Ace [...]

16 Chapter 1 NOTE: Ac erPower Sc suppo rt V . 9 0 56K wit h Unive rsal DAA F ax/Mo dem. Floppy di sk drive Inter face Ite m S pecifi cat ion Fl oppy d isk dri v e con tr oll er Si S95 0 Flo ppy di sk d rive co nt rolle r re side nt bu s ISA bu s Sup port FDD for mat 36 0KB, 720K B, 1. 2MB , 1.4 4MB, 2. 88MB Paral lel Port Ite m Spec ifi cation Par [...]

Chapte r 1 17 USB Port Ite m Spec ifi cation Universal HCI USB 1.1 US B Clas s Sup port lega cy key bo ard for leg acy mod e Memor y Addres s Map Address Size F unc tio n 0000 00 - 07FFF F 51 2KBy tes Hos t Memo ry 0800 00 - 09FFF F 12 8KB ytes Hos t/P CI M emory 0A0 000 - 0 BFFF F 128K Byt es PCI/ IS A Vid eo Buf fer Mem ory 0C0 000 - 0C7FF F 32KB[...]

18 Chapter 1 NOTE: N - Not be used I/O Addr ess M a p Hex Ra nge Dev ices 000- 01F 020- 021 040- 043 060- 060 061- 061 070- 071 080- 08F 0A0 -0A 1 0C0 -0DF 0F 0- 0FF 170- 177 1F 0- 1F7 278- 27F 2F 8- 2FF 378- 37F 3F 0- 3F5 3F 6- 3F6 3F 7- 3F7 3F 8- 3FF 0CF 8 0CF C 778- 77A DMA Co ntroller-1 Interrup t Con troller-1 Syst em Ti me r Ke ybo ard C ontr[...]

Chapte r 1 19 NOTE: N - Not be used DRQ Assignment Map DRQx Sys tem De vice s Add-O n-Ca rd Device s DRQ0 N Reserved DRQ1 N Reserved DRQ2 FDD N DRQ3 N Reserved DRQ4 Cascade N DRQ5 N Reserved DRQ6 N Reserved DRQ7 N Reserved Main Board Ma jor Chips Ite m C ontro ller Syst em cor e lo gic SiS 630 / SiS95 0 Vi deo co ntr oll er SiS 630 Super I /O c ont[...]

20 Chapter 1 NOTE: Meas ure at line i nput 90 VRMS and maximum load con dition. NOTE: AcerPower Sc is usi ng 145W power suppl y . Switch ing Power Supply 102W Input Freque nc y Fre q uenc y V ar iat io n Ran g e 50M Hz 47M Hz to 53 MHz 60M Hz 57M Hz to 63 MHz Inpu t Voltage V ariatio n Ra nge 100 - 120 V RMS 90 - 1 32 VRMS 200 - 240 V RMS 18 0 - 26[...]

Chapte r 1 21 Powe r Mana geme nt Fun cti on (AC PI sup port f unct ion) Device Standb y M ode ! Indep endent power m anagement ti m er for hard di sk dr ive devices (0-1 5 minut es, t ime s tep=1 mi nute) . ! Hard di sk drive goes into Standby mode (for A T A standar d int erfac e). ! Disab le V- sync to c ontrol the VESA DPMS monit or . ! Resum e[...]

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Chapte r 2 23 Most systems are already configured by the manuf acturer or the deale r . There is no need to run Setup when starting the compute r unless you get a Run S etup message. The Setup program l oads confi guratio n values i nto the batt ery-b acked nonvol atile memor y call ed CMOS RAM. This memor y area is not pa rt of the sy stem RAM. NO[...]

24 Chapter 2 Ente ring Set up T o enter Setup , press th e key combi natio n . NOTE: Y ou must press sim ultaneousl y while the syst em is booti ng. The Se tup Ut ility main menu then ap pears: The syst em sup ports two BI OS Utilit y level s: Basic and Ad vance d. The abov e screen is t he BIOS Uti lity Basi c Level scre en. It a llows you t o vi [...]

Chapte r 2 25 The com m a nd line at the bottom of the menu tel ls you how to move with in a screen and from one scr een to anoth er . ! T o select an opt ion, move the hi ghligh t bar b y pres sing or then pre ss . ! Press to move to the nex t page or to ret urn to the previ ous page. ! T o change a param eter setti ng, press or until the desi red[...]

26 Chapter 2 Syst em I nf orm at ion The fol lowing scree n appears if you select Syst em Informat ion from the main menu . This pag e shows the curr ent basic conf igura tion of your sys tem. The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in the Syst em Inf ormati on pages: Param eter Description For ma t Pro c esso r S pe ci fie s th e t[...]

Chapte r 2 27 T o ta l M emo ry Sp ecif ies t he tot al a mo un t of on bo ard m emo ry . Th e mem ory s ize is a ut omat ical ly de tect ed by B IOS d ur ing the P O ST . I f y ou ins tal l ad dit io nal m e mor y , the sy ste m auto mati ca lly a djus ts th is pa ra mete r to disp la y the new memo ry siz e. Memor y siz e in MB 1s t Bank Ind ic a[...]

28 Chapter 2 Pro duc t In fo rm ati on The s creen below ap pears if y ou sel ect Pr oduct Inform ation fro m the mai n menu: NOTE: Th is screen can be seen on Acer P ower Sxb model. The Produc t Inform ation menu con tains genera l data about the sy stem, such as the pro duct name, ser ial numb er , BIOS ve rsion, et c. These i nformatio n is nece[...]

Chapte r 2 29 The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this men u: Paramete r Description Pr oduct Name Dis play s the mo del n ame of you r syste m. Sy st em S / N Di sp la ys y o ur s y st em’s se ria l nu mb er. Main Boar d ID Dis play s th e main boar d’ s iden tif icat ion numb er . Mai n Boa rd S/ N D isp la ys y o ur m [...]

30 Chapter 2 Disk Driv es Selec t Disk Drives from the main menu to con figur e the drives in stalled in your system. The f ollo wing sc reen s hows th e Disk Drives menu: The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this menu. Setti ngs in boldface ar e the def ault and sugges ted sett ings. Paramete r Description Op ti o ns Di sk et[...]

Chapte r 2 31 IDE P rimary/Seco ndary Channel Mast er/Slave The fol lowing scree n a ppears if you sel ect any of the IDE driv e pa rameter s: NOTE: * These items can onl y be s een when you are in the Advanc ed Level. The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this menu. Setti ngs in boldface ar e the def ault and sugges ted sett i[...]

32 Chapter 2 Ha rd Dis k Blo ck M o de Th is fu ncti on e nh ance s disk p erf orm a nce de pe nd ing on th e ha rd disk i n u se. If yo u se t t his par am eter to Auto, th e BIO S u tilit y autom atic ally d etec ts if th e ins ta lled har d disk d riv e supp ort s the B lock M ode func tion . If s uppo rted, i t al low s dat a trans fe r in bl o[...]

Chapte r 2 33 Onb oa rd Pe riph eral s The O nboard Peripher als men u all ows you to c onfig ure t he onboar d devi ces. Sele cting t his o ption from the main me nu displays t he fol lowing scre en: Onb oard Per i pherals Ser ia l Po rt 1 ........ .... ..... ..... ......... .... ..... ......... ..... ..... . [D isa ble d ] B a se A dd re ss .....[...]

34 Chapter 2 NOTE: Th is screen can be seen on Acer Power Sxb m o del. The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this menu. Setti ngs in boldface ar e the def ault and sugges ted sett ings. Pa ram ete r Description Opti ons Ser ial Po rt 1 L ets yo u enab le or disa ble t he ser ial po rt 1. En able d or Di sab led Ba se A dd res s[...]

Chapte r 2 35 Ope rati on Mod e L ets yo u se t you r para ll el po rt’s operat ion mode . Th is p ara mete r i s co nfig ura ble on ly i f t he Pa ral lel Po rt p a ramet er is en ab led. Standard Parallel P ort (SPP ) Bidirectio nal Enhanc ed Pa rallel Port (EPP ) Ex tend ed Ca pabi lit ie s Port (ECP ) ECP D MA Ch an nel All ows you t o a ssi [...]

36 Chapter 2 Powe r Mana geme nt The Power Man agement m e nu lets you con figur e the sys tem power-ma nagement fe ature. It works only und er APM mode. IMPORT ANT : If an ACPI-aware oper ating sy stem such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000 is ins talled i n ACPI mode , t h e opera ting sys tem will use the ACPI interf aces. Then the set tings in Powe[...]

Chapte r 2 37 Mode m Rin g Indi cat or W akes the syste m fr om Sleep mode on ce any fax/ mode m ac ti vity is d etec ted. Enabl ed o r Disa bled PCI Po wer Mana ge m ent Allow s the s yst em t o be aw ake n by t he P ME func tion . Enabl ed o r Disa bled Re st art on AC / Po wer Fa ilu r e Enabl ed o r Disa bled Pa ram ete r Description Op ti o ns[...]

38 Chapter 2 Boot Option s This opt ion allows yo u to spec ify your pref erred sett ings for boot up. The f ollo wing sc reen a ppears if you sel ect Boot Optio ns fr om the main menu : NOTE: * This item can onl y be seen when you are in the Advan ced Level. The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this menu. Setti ngs in boldfac[...]

Chapte r 2 39 Date and Time The fol lowing scree n a ppears if you sel ect the Date and T ime o ption from th e main m enu: The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this men u: Param eter Description Options Dat e L ets yo u set t he da te fo llow ing the we ekd ay- mon th- da y- ye ar f or ma t. Wee kday : Su n, Mo n, Tue, Wed , [...]

40 Chapter 2 Sy stem Sec uri t y The Se tup program has a numb er of se cur ity fe atures to p revent unauth orized ac cess to the sy stem and it s data. The f ollo wing sc reen a ppears if you sel ect Syst em Securi ty from the mai n menu: The fol lowing tabl e describes t he p arameters fou nd in this menu. Setti ngs in boldface ar e the def ault[...]

Chapte r 2 41 Sett ing a Pass word 1. Enter the BIOS ut ility and s elect “System Se curity” . 2. Highl ight the “Sup ervis or Password” parameter and pres s Enter . The following scr een appear s: NOTE: Y ou can enable the “Use r Password” only if the “Sup ervis or Password” has been set. 3. T y pe a passwor d. The passwor d may co[...]

42 Chapter 2 Ch ang ing or Re movi ng the Pas swo rd If you want to change one of y our passwor ds , d o the followi ng: 1. Enter the BIOS ut ility and s elect “System Se curity” . 2. Highl ight t he “Superv isor Password” parameter (f or Supervi sor passwo rd) or the “ User Pas sword” paramet er ( a Super visor Passwor d must be set fi[...]

Chapte r 2 43 Ad vanc ed Opt ion s NOTE: Th e Advance d Opti ons m enu i s only a vaila ble i f yo u press F8 or Alt + F4 i n the main menu . The “Advan ced Opt ions” menu allo ws you to con figur e the system memor y and PCI devi ce settin gs. The f ollo wing sc reen s hows th e Advanc ed Op tions par ameters : CAUTION: Do not change any set t[...]

44 Chapter 2 The fol lowing ta ble descr ibes t he paramete rs found in t his sub-m enu. Setti ngs in boldface are the default and sugges ted sett ings. Param eter De scr ipti on Options Leve l 1 Ca che ( proc ess or Cache) Let s yo u ena ble or disa ble t he pr imar y cach e me mor y , i. e., th e pro ce s sor mem o ry . Enable d or D isabl ed L e[...]

Chapte r 2 45 PnP/ PCI Opt ions The PnP/PCI Opti ons menu allows you to spe cify the set tings for you r PCI devices. Select ing this option disp lays the fol lowing screen : The fol lowing ta ble descr ibes t he paramete rs found in t his sub-m enu. Setti ngs in boldface are the default and sugges ted sett ings. Pa ram ete r Description Options PC[...]

46 Chapter 2 Ch ipset S etting s The Chips et Settings wil l be shown only i f you press Alt + F4 in main me nu: Press Enter to view the Chi pset setti ngs informat ion. The fo ll ow i n g s cr een di sp l ay s t he Ch ip se t se tti n gs me nu : Plu g and P lay O S Set to Ye s if th e compu ter is ru nnin g on Wi n95/ Wi n98 o r Wi n20 00 . For an[...]

Chapte r 2 47 Load De fa ult S et ting s Y ou need to r eload the BIO S defa ult set tings every time you mak e changes to your s ystem h ardware confi guratio n (suc h as memory size, CPU type, hard di sk type, etc. ); otherwi se, BIOS will keep th e p revious CMOS set tings. Selecti ng this opti on displays t he followin g d ialog box: Choosi ng [...]

48 Chapter 2 Abo rt S ett ing s Cha nge Selec ting the Ab ort Sett ings Change option from t he main men u disp lays the f ollowing dialog box: Choosi ng Ye s discar ds all the change s that you hav e made and reve rts the param eters to the ir previou sly saved set ting s. Choosi ng No ret urns you to the main menu. BI O S reta ins all change s th[...]

Chapte r 2 49 Exit ing Se tu p T o ex it the BIOS ut ili ty , si mply p ress Es c . The followi ng dialog box appear s: Selec t Ye s t o e xit S et u p. S el ect No to ret urn to the main m enu. If you have made chan ges in the pa rameter sett ings, you wil l be asked if you want to keep the chan ges made to the BIOS. Select Ye s to save yo ur chan[...]

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Chapte r 3 51 This ch apter cont ains step- by-st ep proc edures on how to disas semble the Acer Power Sx for mainten ance and t roubl eshooti ng. T o disassem ble the com puter , you need t he followin g tool s: ! W rist gr oundin g str ap and conduct ive mat for prev enting electr ostati c di scharge ! Flat -blad ed screwdrive r ! Ph illip s scr [...]

52 Chapter 3 Remo vin g a D I MM 1. Press the holding cli ps on both sides of the soc ket outwar d to release th e DIMM . 2. Gentl y pull the DIMM out of the sock et. NOTE: Th e syst em automati call y dete cts the amount of memory instal led. Run Setup to vi ew the new val ue for total system memor y and make a note of it.[...]

Chapte r 3 53 Rem ovin g the C PU Fa n-sin k an d CPU Bo ard 1. Detach the fan-sink an d fan from the CPU. 2. Pull up t he soc ket l ever .[...]

54 Chapter 3 3. Remove t he CPU.[...]

Chapte r 3 55 Op eni ng t he Ho usin g IMPORT ANT : T urn of f the sys tem power (unplug t he power cord) befo re opening the sys tem or connect ing or removin g any periphe ral device. 1. Place the sy stem un it o n a f lat, stea dy sur face. 2. Remove the four scr ews from the rear pane l. Set the screws asi de. Y ou will need the m when replacin[...]

56 Chapter 3 Re moving a n Expa nsio n Board 1. Remov e the scr ew on the bracket of an expans ion board. Set the screw asi de. Y ou will need it when repl acing the e xpansio n board . 2. Gentl y pull out the boa rd to remove i t f rom the exp ansion sl ot.[...]

Chapte r 3 57 Remo vin g a 3 .5- inch Dr ive Foll ow these ste ps to instal l a 3. 5 -inch disk ette drive or a hard di sk drive: 1. Disco nnect the disk drive cables and t he power cabl e.[...]

58 Chapter 3 2. Remov e the 3.5-inc h dri ve fram e from the housin g by p ressing t he tab o n top and pi voting the f rame outwar d. NOTE: A met al driv e cover should b e pull ed out be fore you i nstal l a new dr ive int o an empty 3.5-i nch bay . Thi s cover shou ld be removed i f a 3.5-inch dr ive is inst alled. The func tion of the cove r is[...]

Chapte r 3 59 Rem ovin g a 5.25 -i nc h Dr iv e T o remove a 5.25-i nch disket te drive or a CD-ROM drive: 1. Disco nnect the di skett e drive cable and t he power c able. 2. Remov e the scr ews on the sides and gent ly pul l out the di skett e dri ve or CD-ROM to remove it from the housi ng.[...]

60 Chapter 3 Re movi ng the Main board 1. Lay t he housing on i ts side wit h the open ar ea f acing upward. 2. Remov e all the nec essa ry screws and careful ly p ull out the main bo ard.[...]

Chapte r 3 61 Remo vin g a D au ghte rbo ard 1. Remov e the two s crews fro m the daughter board. 2. Pull up t he daug hterboa rd.[...]

62 Chapter 3[...]

Chapte r 4 63 This ch apter pro vides troub leshootin g inf ormati on for AcerPower Sx model: ! Power- O n Sel f-T est (POST) ! Index of Error Messa ges ! Index of Error Codes an d Err or Beeps ! Index of Err or Symptoms ! Undeter mined Prob lems Chapter 4 T roubl eshoo ting[...]

64 Chapter 4 Pow er-O n Se lf- T es t ( POST ) Each ti me y ou turn on the syst em, the Power -on Self T est (POST) i s initia ted. Sever al items are te sted during POST, but i s for the m ost part tr ansparent to t he user . The Po wer-O n Self T est ( POST) i s a BI OS proc edure t hat boots t he sy stem, initia lizes an d d iagnoses the syst em[...]

Chapte r 4 65 POST Ch eck Points When POST exec utes a task, it uses a ser ies of preset numbers call ed check poi nt to be lat ched at por t 80h, indi cating the stages it is cur rently ru nning. This l atch can be read and shown on a debug boa rd. T able D-1 descr ibes t he Acer co mmon tasks carr ied out by POST . A unique check poi nt number re[...]

66 Chapter 4 35H PCI pass 0 4EH Sc an PnP Dev ices 4FH Confi g PnP Device s 40H In iti al PCI (1 ) 41H In iti al PCI (2 ) 42H In iti al PCI (3 ) 44H In iti al PCI (4 ) 45H In iti al PCI (5 ) 50H Ini tia li ze s v ide o di sp la y NOTE: If sys tem ha s any di spla y car d, it sh ou ld be i niti ali zed vi a its I/ O ROM or cor resp ondi ng in iti al[...]

Chapte r 4 67 ACH 1. Enab les NMI 2. Check s par ity , if set 3. Cle ar sc re en B0H 1. Ch ecks po wer- on pa sswo rd 2. Displ ays co nfi gura tio n mode ta bl e 3. Clea r memo ry bu ffer used for P OST B1 H Boo ti nt Ch eck P oint Desc ri ptio n[...]

68 Chapter 4 PO ST Er ror Mess ag es Li st If you cannot run the diag nostics pro gram tests but di d receive a POST error mes sage, use “POST Error Mess ages Li st” to di agnose sy stem pro blems . If you did not recei ve any er ror mess age, look f or a des cript ion of your e rror symptoms i n “E rror Symptoms Li st” on page 70 . NOTE: W[...]

Chapte r 4 69 IDE D riv e 0 Err or IDE D riv e 1 Err or IDE D riv e 2 Err or IDE D riv e 3 Err or 1. Ent er B IOS S etup an d loa d th e def au lt se tting s. 2. Ch eck IDE dri ve ju mper . 3. IDE hard disk d rive pow er . 4. IDE hard disk d rive cabl e/co nn ecti on. 5. IDE hard disk d rive . IRQ Se tt ing Er ror Ex pans io n RO M All oc at ion F [...]

70 Chapter 4 Er ror S ympto ms L ist NOTE: T o diagnose a p roblem, f irst find t he err or sy mptom in the l eft column. If di recte d to a check pro cedure, repl ace t he FRU i ndicat ed i n the check procedur e. If no check procedu re i s indica ted, the f irst Ac tion/ FRU l isted in right c olumn i s th e most like ly cause . Error Symptom Act[...]

Chapte r 4 71 Di sket te dr ive r ead /wri te err or . 1. Dis kett e. 2. En sure th e dis ket te dri ve is not s et to Write protect in the S ecurity Opt ions o f BI OS Se tup. 3. Di sk ett e dr i ve c ab le . 4. Di sk ett e dr i ve. 5. S yste m boar d. Dis k ett e dr ive L ED c ome s on fo r mo re th an 2 min utes when re adin g d at a. 1. Di sk e[...]

72 Chapter 4 CD/ DV D-ROM d riv e can p lay au di o CD but no so un d out put. 1. E nsur e the headp hone jack o f the CD/ DV D-RO M has an out put . 2. Turn up th e soun d vo lume . 3. Sp eak er p ow er /co nn ec tio n/ cab le. 4. CD/DVD-ROM dr ive. Real-Time Clo ck Rea l-t ime cloc k is inac c ura te. 1. En s ure the in form at ion in the Date an[...]

Chapte r 4 73 Paralle l/S eria l Por ts Ex ecut e “L o ad BIO S Def au lt Set tin gs ” i n B IOS S etu p t o co nf irm p ort s pre sen ce be fo re diagn o si ng an y pa ra lle l/se ria l por ts pr ob lems . Seria l o r para ll el po rt l oop-b ack test fail ed . 1. M ake sure th at th e L PT# or C OM # y ou te st is th e sa me as th e setti ng [...]

74 Chapter 4 Erro r Beep Defin it ion NOTE: "2" means long bee p, " 1" means sho rt beep Beep Code Error Message Desc ri ptio n 2- 1-2 -2 DMA t es t f ai lur e D M A i nter n al r egis te r t es t fa il 2- 1-1 -1 874 2 K BC f ail ure KB C s elf te st fa il or no t i ns ta lled 2 -1-2 -1 Re fre sh fa ilur e Sy s tem D RAM ref r e[...]

Chapte r 4 75 Boot Blo ck Update Fu nction Erro r Beep Defi nition If any erro r occurr ed during boot bl ock update proces s, the sys tem will iss ue specific err or beeps and accom panied with an error code t o port 80h to indi cate the error type. Below is the err or codes/ error beeps list . The succ essful beep defi ned as TWO lon g b eeps , O[...]

76 Chapter 4 Un determi ned Pro ble ms If an er ror message is pre sent, go to “POST Err or Messages Li st” on page 68 . If you did not recei ve any mess ages, see if th e sym ptom is listed in “or “Error Sympt oms List” on page 70. If you sti ll cannot sol ve the probl em, co ntinue with t his check: 1. Check the power supply volt ages. [...]

Chapte r 5 77 Ac er Power Sx/ Sxb Jumpe rs and Conn ecto rs Refer to the fol lowing fig ure for the locati on of the jumpers an d connec tors on the main boar d: NOTE: SW1 and JP1 1 ar e only avai lable in 99129- 1M PCB. NOTE: Ac erPower Sx and AcerPower Sxb were usi ng the same mainbo ard with diff erent part numbe r be cau se t he BIO S use d b y[...]

78 Chapter 5 Conn ector De scription NOTE: *: D ef aul t sett ing NOTE: Th ere’s onl y 66/100 MHz all owable spee d lim it for 66/1 33 M Hz SDRAM. Connector No. Description CN1 PS/2 CN2 USB/LAN CN3 A TX po wer co nnect or CN4 COM p ort CN5 Par allel /VG A/ se rial po rt 2 CN7 IDE2 CN8 IDE1 CN9 G AME/M IDI CN1 1 A udio CD connector CN12 Flop py Di[...]

Chapte r 5 79 AcerPower Sc Jumpers and Connectors Refer to th e following figure for the location of t he jumpers a nd conne ctors on the m ain board: NOTE: PCB No. 9 9129-2. sx-ch5.fm Page 79 Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:06 PM[...]

80 Chapter 5 Connector Description NOTE: *: Defa ult setting Connector No. Description CN1 PS/2 connectors CN2 USB /LAN connecto rs CN3 A T X power connector CN5 Printer/VG A/COM2 connectors CN7 IDE2 connect or CN8 IDE1 connect or CN9 G AME/MID I port CN10 12-pin AC’97 connect or CN1 1 Audio CD connector CN12 Floppy Disk Drive c onnector CN13 Har[...]

Chapte r 6 81 This ch apter gives you the FRU (Fi eld Repla ceable Unit) list ing in global conf igurat ions of AcerPower Sx. Refer to this cha pter whenev er ordering for parts to rep air or for RMA (Return Merc handise Author ization ). NOTE: Pleas e note WHEN ORDERING FRU P ARTS, that you shou ld check the most up- to-date infor mation avail abl[...]

82 Chapter 6[...]

Chapte r 6 83 Pi ct ure No. Partname Description Part No. CPU/Processor NS CPU, 500MHz, Socket 370, Celero n, Inte l Cel eron 500MH z, 1 28k O D 01. ICL ON.5 00 NS CPU, 533MHz, Socket 370, Celero n, Inte l Cel eron 533MH z, 1 28k O D 01. ICL ON.5 33 NS CPU, 733MHz, 133MHz FSB, Co pper mine , I nte l Copp erm ine 73 3M Hz, 133MH z FS B, 256K 01. COP[...]

84 Chapter 6 Memor y NS SDI MM, 32 MB, PC- 100, Micr o SDIMM 3 2M MT 4L SD T4 64A G-1 0EC 5 / Mic ro 72. 044 64. L04 NS SDI MM, 64 MB, PC- 100, Micr o SDIMM 6 4M MT 8L SD T8 64A G-1 0EC 7 / Mic ro 72. 088 64. L04 NS DI MM, 12 8MB, P C-100 , Micr o S DIM M 128M MT 16 LSD T 1664 AG -1 0EC / Mic ro 72. 161 64. L03 NS DIMM, 64MB , PC-13 3, Mi cro DIMM [...]

Chapte r 6 85 NS M on ito r , 17 " , fo r AMS JD 177 H 7M( 01 17 70 8008 )/ J71C /Jea n 90. 38A0 2.00 7 NS Moni tor , 17" , f or A WE/ACG JD 177H7 T(0 1 1770 8007) / J71C /Jea n 90. 38A0 2.00 6 FDD/Floppy Di sk Drive NS FDD, Panasonic F DD 1.44 JU-2 56A046P ACE R V .S 56. 010 57. 194 HDD/Hard Disk Dri ve NS 3. 5", U8 4.3GB(U8 Ser ies[...]

86 Chapter 6 NS FDD cable(w/I 2 conn) C.A 34P 2C 280MM FDD H6 1 50. 922 05. 01 1 NS IDE Cable(w/I 3 CONN) 4 50 HDD C .A 40 P 3C 150 +30 0 MM I DE H6 1 50. 922 07. 031 NS IDE Cable(w/I 2 CONN) CDROM C .A 4 0P 2C 35 0M M ID E H61 5 0.9 2 206. 01 1 NS Aud io C able W .A 4 P 2C Au dio 52 0MM H6 1 50. 377 02. 041 NS A udio Y C able C .A 4 4P 2C 15 0M M [...]

Chapte r 6 87 NS La n bo ard , 10/ 10 0MB , la n card , Ne txus LAN ANI/A LN-325 /B50 PCI 10/1 00 54. 031 1 1. 00 1 NS La n bo ard , 10/ 10 0MB , La n ca rd , 3 Com 3C90 5C-T X 1 0/1 00Mb Fast Et he rLi nk XL WO L 54. 030 91. 031 NS La n bo ard , 10/ 10 0MB , La n ca rd , Ac e r NIC-559A L AN CARD W/O LOOKOUT 91. 826 10. 103 NS La n bo ard , 1 0/ 1[...]

88 Chapter 6 3 Front Pane l CHA ASSY BZL F CH A H61 60.92 21 1 .023 NS CD-ROM drive empty co ver 002 C VR EMPTY 5 25 CHA HIPS 002 61 42. 922 21. 01 1 NS FDD drive empty cover 002 C VR EMPTY 3 5 CH A HI PS 002 H 61 42. 922 22. 01 1 2 Drive Holder ASSY HDD HOL DER H61 6 0.92208.002 NS I/O P ort Bracke t A SSY PORT BR KT B2 UL FGA H61 60. 922 06. 1 1 [...]

Chapte r 6 89 NS Po wer switch knob CHA K NOB PWR CHA HIPS 002 H6 1 42. 922 19. 01 1 NS Po wer switch knob spring SPRING P OWER KNOB SUS I DCM T/F U 34. 027 08. 001 17 Key lock K EY LOCK SUS4 30 IDK 34. 001 15. 001 15 R TG Bracket p ort spring SPRING P L T (A ) PBS PS T- .1 5 H40 34. 934 09. 001 7 LED cable catch H OLDER WI RI NY LO N66 IDC-DT 42. [...]

90 Chapter 6 Poi nti ng De vice NS Mous e, 2-b utton MOUSE L OGITE CH 2 B UTTON/S4 2 90. 000 26. 915 NS M ouse, wheel MOUSE WHEEL L OGITECH/ S4 8A S 61 90. 35G 26.0 01 NS Mous e, 2- but ton MU SXJ MOU SE 2 BUT TON P RIMAX/M USX J 90. 000 26. 067 NS Mou se, wh eel MOUSE WHE EL PRIMAX/ MOSX K D0 02 90. 000 26. 070 Speak er NS Spea ker , USB, Midi lan[...]

Appendi x A 91 The AcerPo wer Sx M o del No. Define: 1. T rad e Mark: 2. Brand Name: Acer 3. Descri ption: SiS 630 ch ipset based PC syst em 4. Model No: AP Sx ( Acer Po wer Sx) (S57M/H61) 5. Produc t Name: Acer Power Sx The AcerPo wer Sc M o del No. Define: 1. T rad e Mark: 2. Brand Name: Acer 3. Descri ption: SiS 630ET c hipset based PC syst em 4[...]

92 Appendix A[...]

Appendi x B 93 This co mputer’s compat ibili ty is test ed and verifi ed by Acer ’ s int ernal test ing depar tment. All of its syst em funct ions ar e test ed under MS DOS V6.22, Windows 98 SE, Wind ows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, I BM OS/2 4.0, Netwar e 3.12 / 4. 1 1 / 5.0, and UNIX/L inux e nviron m ent. Refer to the fol lowing lis ts for compo ne[...]

94 Appendix B Mi cros of t DO S V 6.2 2 En vi ron ment T e st Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Celer o n 500 MH z Cel ero n 53 3 MHz Co pper mine 650 MH z Co pper mine 667 MH z Memor y 32 MB 64 M B 96 M B 128 M B Cache 128 KB 256 K B Fl oppy D isk Dr ive Mit sum i Panaso nic EI DE Ch an nel 1 M a ste r 8.6 G B 13. 0 GB 17. 2 GB 20 G B EI DE Ch a[...]

Appendi x B 95 Mic roso ft Wi ndow s 98 SE ( En/TC /SC) Envir onme nt T est Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Celer o n 500 MH z Cel ero n 53 3 MHz Co pper mine 650 MH z Co pper mine 667 MH z Memor y 32 MB 64 M B 96 M B 128 M B Cache 128 KB 256 K B Fl oppy D isk Dr ive Mit sum i Panaso nic EI DE Ch an nel 1 M a ste r 8.6 G B 13. 0 GB 17. 2 GB 20 [...]

96 Appendix B Adap ters Dis play Ad apte r A TI 3D R age P ro PC I Di amon d Vi per V3 30 ( RIV A 12 8) So un d/MP E G A dap te r S iS6 3 0 & Cry st al 4297 (o nb oa rd) Fax/ Mode m Adap ter As key Co nexa nt fo r US 14 56V QH75 A As key Cone xa nt for E MEA 14 56VQH 75A Acer Ne txus Co nexan t for U S AMI-RA0 6 P-D Askey Pc-tel fo r US V1456 V[...]

Appendi x B 97 Mi cros of t Win dow s 20 00 Env ir onm en t T est Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Celer o n 533 MH z Co pper mine 667 MH z Memor y 128 MB 256 M B Cache 128 KB 256 K B Floppy Disk Drive Mitsumi D353M3 Panaso nic EIDE Cha nnel 1 Mas ter 1 7.2 GB (U8 S eri es) 20 G B ( Tita n) EI DE Ch anne l 1 Sl av e 4.3 GB ( U8 Seri es ) 8.4 G B[...]

98 Appendix B Mi cros of t Win do ws N T 4.0 E nvir o nmen t T es t Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Celer o n 533 MH z Co pper mine 667 MH z Memor y 128 MB 256 M B Cache 128 KB 256 K B Floppy Disk Drive Mitsumi D353M3 Panaso nic EIDE Cha nnel 1 Mas ter 1 7.2 GB (U8 S eri es) 20 G B ( Tita n) EI DE Ch anne l 1 Sl av e 4.3 GB ( U8 Seri es ) 8.4 G[...]

Appendi x B 99 IBM OS /2 Warp 4.0 Env ironm ent T est Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Cop per min e 6 00 EB MH z Memor y 256 MB Cache 256 KB Fl oppy D isk Dr iv e Pan aso ni c 3 mod e EIDE Cha nnel 1 Mas ter S eag ate 20 GB T it an Ser ies EI DE Ch anne l 2 Sl av e Aopen 4 0X CD- RO M Mous e Acer (P rimax) 2 but ton PS/2 Mon it or API 15 55 Key[...]

100 Append ix B No ve ll Ne tw are 3 .12 , 4. 1 1 & 5 .0 En vi ronm ent T est Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Celer o n 500 MH z Cel ero n 53 3 MHz Co pper mine 650 MH z Co pper mine 677 MH z Memor y 64 MB 96 M B 128 M B 256 M B Cache 128 KB 256 K B Fl oppy D isk Dr ive Mit sum i Panaso nic EI DE Ch an nel 1 M a ste r 4.3 G B 8.4 GB 10 G B [...]

Appendi x B 101 SCO UN IX/Li nux Envi ron ment T est NOTE: Th er e's no certif ication avai lable because S iS630 chi pset can't support R edHat Linux. Item Spe cif icatio ns Pro c esso r Celer o n 533 MH z Co pper mine 667 MH z Memor y 128 MB Cache 128 KB 256 K B Floppy Disk Drive Mitsumi D353M3 Pa nason ic 3mode EI DE Ch an nel 1 M a st[...]

102 Append ix B[...]

Appendi x C 103 This se ction des cribes onli ne technica l sup port servi ces availabl e to help you repai r your Acer Syste ms. If you ar e a d istr ibutor , de aler , AS P or TPM, please refer y our t echnic al que ries to yo ur local Acer branch of fice. Acer Branch Off ices and Regional Busine ss Unit s may ac cess ou r websi te. Ho wever so m[...]

104 Append ix C[...]

Index 105 A ACPI 21 Advance d Opt ions 43 PnP/PCI 45 Assig nment M ap 17 A TX Power connec tor 78 Audio contr oller 15 Audio CD connec tor 78 Audio I nterface 15 B Ba si c le v el 2 4 BIOS Se tup 23 Enter ing Se tup 24 Setup Ut ility 24 Syste m Informat ion 26 BIOS Util ity 46 Abort Sett ings Change 48 Advance d Opt ions 43 Bo ot O p t io ns 38 Da [...]

106 In dex E ECP 16, 35 Envir onmental Requi rements 19 EPP 16 Error Beep Definit ion 74 Error Codes 70 Error Sysmptoms Lis t 70 Expansi on Board Remov ing 56 Exter nal VGA Port 2 F Fax v oice modem connec tor 78 fax/ data modem 2, 3 FDC 37C677 16 FDD connec tor 78 feat ures 2 connec tivi ty 2, 3 desi gn 2, 3 ergono mics 2, 3 Multi media 2, 3 Perf [...]

Index 107 Micr osoft DOS V6.22 Environm ent T est 9 4 Mode l Definitio n 91 Mode m 16 data 16 fax 16 voi ce 16 mode m fax/ data 2, 3 Mode m Ring- in 78 MPU-401 15 N Novel l Netwar e 3.12, 4.1 1 & 5.0 Environ ment T est 100 NS16C550 16 O Onbo ard Peri pherals 3 3 base addr ess 34 ECP DMA channel 35 Flopp y Disk Contr oller 35 Game Por t Address [...]

108 In dex Suspend M ode 21 Switchi ng Power Suppl y 102W 20 Symp toms List 70 Audio 72 CD/DVD-ROM Dri ve 71 Diske tte Drive 70 Keyboar d 73 Memory 70 Mode m 72 Monit or 72 Other 73 Paral lel Port 73 Power Suppl y 73 Proces sor / Proce ssor F an 70 Real- Ti me C loc k 72 Seri al Port 73 Syste m Board 70 V ideo 72 Sys tem In f orma ti on 1st bank 27[...]