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5.

Press the latch and remove the CD-ROM drive.

6.

Press the latch and remove the floppy drive.

7.

Press the latch again to release the hard disk module.

8.

Detach the HDD from the bracket.

Removing the Power Supply

1.

Remove the main ATX power connector as shown here.

2.

Remove the Pentium 4(ATX-12V) power connector as shown here.

3.

Remove the four screws as shown here.

 

Summary of Contents for AcerPower F2

Page 1: ...AcerPower F2 Service Guide PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG CSD web for more information please refer to http csd acer com tw ...

Page 2: ...II Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on AcerPower F2 service guide Date Chapter Updates ...

Page 3: ...espect 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 ...

Page 4: ... 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 ...

Page 5: ... 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 printe...

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Page 7: ...out Saving 42 Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 43 General Information 44 Before You Begin 44 Standard Disassembly Procedure 45 Opening the System 45 Removing the Front Panel 45 Removing the Cables 45 Removing the Modem card CD ROM Floppy and HDD 46 Removing the Power Supply 47 Removing the Heatsink and the CPU 48 Removing the Memory 48 Removing the Mainboard 49 Removing the Power Butt...

Page 8: ...tor Information 71 Checking Jumper Settings 71 Setting Jumpers 71 Connectors and Jumpers 72 Pin Definition 74 Connectors and Headers Definition 74 Expansion I O 77 Chapter 6 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List 81 Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration 89 Appendix B Test Compatible Components 91 Microsoft WinXP Home Environment Test 92 Appendix C Online Support Information 95 ...

Page 9: ...oftware applications T Intel Pentium 4 Celeron CPU T System Memory DDR 266 33 400 2 DIMM Slots expendable to 2GB T Power Management function T 3 5 inch floppy drive T CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW 52x 24x DVD CD RW combo or DVD writer T High capacity Enhanced IDE drive T Support USB 2 0 high performance peripherals T 3D quality audio system via onboard audio controller T Audio in Line in Audio out Line out...

Page 10: ... FDD T One FDD slot supports 1 44MB 3 mode 3 5 devices IDE T Slot Type 40 pin IDE slot T Slot Quantity 2 T Transfer rate support T PIO Mode 0 1 2 3 4 T Ultra DMA 66 100 133 T Storage Type support T HDD CD ROM CD RW DVD T Zip 250 T ATA 100 transfer rate Audio T 3D quality audio system via onboard audio controller T Connectors support T Line in Line out rear T Microphone in rear Microphone in front ...

Page 11: ...d BIOS with Plug and Play BIOS T ACPI SMBIOS 2 3 Green and Boot Block T Provides DMI 2 0 WFM 2 0 WOL WOR chassis intrusion and SM Bus for system management Others T Suspend to RAM Disk T PC2001 Compliant T Support PS2 Keyboard Mouse and USB Keyboard Mouse wake up function ...

Page 12: ...AcerPower F2 Front Panel The computer s front panel consists of the following Label Description 1 Optical Drive 2 FDD Drive 3 Power Button 4 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports 5 Microphone Jack 6 Speaker Headphone jack ...

Page 13: ...ocket 2 Voltage Selector Switch 3 Fan Aperture 4 PS 2 Keyboard Port 5 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 Serial Connector 7 Printer Connector 8 Monitor Connector 9 USB Connector 10 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector 11 Microphone Jack 12 Line Out Jack 13 Line In Jack 14 Extension Card Slots ...

Page 14: ...tor CN18 20 DIMM Port CN2 COM1 CN21 22 S ATA Port CN24 26 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector CN25 Main Power Connector CN27 Floppy Connector CN3 PS2 KBMS CN30 Dual USB RJ45 CN35 Front Panel Header CN4 Parallel Print Port ˣ ˆ ˌ ˡ ˉ ˣ ˣ ˆˌˇ ˆ ˡˌ ˣ ˡˆˈ ˊ ˡ ˡ ˡ ˇ ˡ ˊ ˡ ˈ ˋ ˡ ˋ ˣ ˇˋ ˡˈ ˡˆ ˢˡˡ ˡ ˡˇ ˡ ˡˆ ˡ ˢˡ ˊ ˉ ˡ ˡ ˈ ...

Page 15: ...r CON1 COM2 Header CI ONN1 USB Port F_USB1 2 Front USB Connector JP1 Clear CMOS PCI1 2 3 PCI Slot U16 478 pin CPU Slot U17 865GV Chipset U27 BIOS U28 I O Connector U2 Audio Controller Nearby U29 U29 1394 Controller U48 LAN Controller Lable Component ...

Page 16: ...2 0 Port 1 USB2 0 Port 3 Back Panel USB2 0 Port 2 S ATA0 S ATA1 Intel Pentium 4 Willamette Serial port uATX Form Factor PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Interface VT 6307 Optional 1394 PORT RTL8100C 10 100 BT LAN Northwood Prescott processor GMCH 932 Pin FC BGA uPGA 478 ZIP Socket DIMM1 DIMM1 Channel A DDR Channel B DDR DDR 400 333 266 DDR 400 333 266 400 533 800 FSB VGA Connector 3 Phase PWM ...

Page 17: ...tion Type Intel Pentium 4 Northwood processor in Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FC PGA package Slot Socket 478 Speed Depends on CPU which is local configured Bus Frequency 400 533 800 MHz Voltage Processor voltage can be detected by any system without setting any jumper BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programmer Award BIOS version v6 0 BIOS ROM type LPC Flash ROM BIOS ROM size 4MB BIOS ROM package 32 ...

Page 18: ...ove specifications VRM Function VRM Specification Typical Voltage Power Source Maximum Output CPU VRM VRM10 0 8375 1 6v 12 Voltage 91A CPU VRM VRM 9 0 1 1 1 85 Voltage 12 Voltage 70A 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 ...

Page 19: ...e Interface Item Specification Diskette Drive Controller Build in NS W83627HF super I O controller Diskette Drive Controller Resident Bus LPC Bus Supported Diskette Drive Formats 1 44MB 2 88MB format and slim type diskette drive Function Control Enable Disable by BIOS Setup Serial Port Item Specification Serial port controller Build in W83627HF Super I O Controller Serial port controller resident ...

Page 20: ...Reserved for ROM on I O Adapters 00DC000 00DFFFF 16 KB I O Expansion ROM Reserved for ROM on I O Adapters 00E0000 00E7FFF 32 KB for SCSI BIOS Reserved for SCSI BIOS 00E8000 00EFFFF 32 KB Reserved Onboard 00F0000 00FFFFF 64 KB BIOS System ROM BIOS ROM System RAM BIOS DRAM 0100000 0F9FFFF System Memory Onboard DRAM 0FA0000 0FFFFFF 384 KB I O Card Memory Reserved for Memory Map I O Card Non Cacheable...

Page 21: ...r 1 System Timer Keyboard Controller 8742 System Speaker CMOS RAM Address and Real Time Clock DMA Page Register Interrupt Controller 2 DMA Controller 2 Math Co Processor Secondary IDE Primary IDE Parallel Printer Port 2 Serial Asynchronous Port 2 Parallel Printer Port 1 Floppy Disk Controller Secondary IDE Primary IDE Serial Asynchronous Port 1 Configuration Address Register Configuration Data Reg...

Page 22: ...N Reserved IRQ10 N Reserved IRQ11 N Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Reserved IRQ13 Numeric Processor N IRQ14 Embedded Hard Disk Reserved IRQ15 Reserved Reserved DRQ Assignment Map DRQx System Devices Add On Card Devices DRQ0 N Reserved DRQ1 N Reserved DRQ2 FDD N DRQ3 N Reserved DRQ4 Cascade N DRQ5 N Reserved DRQ6 N Reserved DRQ7 N Reserved Environmental Requirements Item Specifications Temperature Opera...

Page 23: ...z 0 015 mm 16 250 Hz 0 21 G Non operating packed 5 27 1 Hz 0 6 G 27 1 50 Hz 0 016 mm 50 500 Hz 2 G Mechanical Specifications Item Specification Dimensions main footprint 190 w x320 H x360 D mm Environmental Requirements Item Specifications ...

Page 24: ...switch button modem ring in keyboard and mouse for APM mode T Resume recovery time 7 10 sec Suspend Mode T Independent power management timer 2 120 minutes time step 10 minutes or pushing external switch button T CPU goes into SMM T CPU asserts STPCLK and goes into the Stop Grant State T LED on the panel turns amber colour T Hard disk drive goes into SLEEP mode for ATA standard interface T Disable...

Page 25: ...ation values into the battery backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM This memory area is not part of the system RAM NOTE If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages the battery may be bad flat In this case the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS Before you run Setup make sure that you have saved all open files The system reboots immediately after you exit Setup System Utilities C...

Page 26: ...u how to move within a screen and from one screen to another T To select an option move the highlight bar by pressing or then press T To change a parameter setting press or until the desired setting is found T Press to return to the main menu If you are already in the main menu press again to exit Setup The parameters on the screens show default values These values may not be the same as those in ...

Page 27: ...this menu T Power Management Setup All the items of Green function features can be set up throgh this menu T PnP PCI Configurations The system s PnP PCI settings and parameters can be modified through this menu T PC Health Staus This will display the current status of your PC T Frequency Voltage Control Frequency and voltage settings can be loaded through this menu T Load Default Settings These pa...

Page 28: ...is menu Parameter Description Product Name Displays the model name of your system System S N Displays your system s serial number Main Board ID Displays the main board s identification number Main Board S N Displays your main board s serial number System BIOS Version Specifies the version of your BIOS utility SMBIOS version The System Management Interface SM BIOS allows you to check your system ha...

Page 29: ...o 23 Minute 0 to 59 Second 0 to 59 IDE Primary Channel Master Allows you to configure the hard disk drive connected to the master port of IDE channel To enter the IDE Primary Master setup press Enter The IDE CD ROM is always automatically detected IDE Device Model Number None IDE Primary Channel Slave Allows you to configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel To enter t...

Page 30: ...Power On Self Test errors POST All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All by Disk Key Base Memory Refers to the option of memory that is available to standard DOS programs DOS systems have an address space od 1MB but the top 384KB called high memory is reserved for system use This leaves 640 KB of conventional memory Everything above 1MB is either extended or extended memory The BI...

Page 31: ... keys and change the HDD priority using or you can exit this menu by pressing Esc Press Enter CPU L1 L2 Cache Uses internal level 1 L1 and external level 2 L2 cache memory to improve performance Enabled Disabled Hyper Threading Technology This item is only available when CPU and the chipset support Hyper Threading Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This parameter speeds up POST by skipping ...

Page 32: ...y was first pressed and when the acceleration begins Settings 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option Specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented Setup means that the password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup System means that a password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end users try to run Setup Setup System APIC Mode This fi...

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Page 34: ...re By SPD and Manual By SPD CAS Latency Time This item determins CAS Latency 2 2 5 3 Active to Precharge Delay This item allows you to select DRAM Active to Precharge Delay 8 7 6 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This item allows you select a delay time between the CAS and RAS strobe signals 4 3 2 DRAM RAS Precharge This item allows you to select the DRAM RAS precharge time 4 3 2 Memory Frequency For This i...

Page 35: ... to use this area of system memory usually discuss their memory requirements Enabled Disabled Init Display First This item is used to set which display device will be used PCI Slot Onboard AGP On chip VGA Setting On Chip VGA This item is used to enable disable the Onboard VGA Enabled Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size This item is used to set the VGA frame buffer size NOTE This function doesn t wo...

Page 36: ...ter Description Option OnChip IDE Device Use the arrow keys to select your options press Enter key to enter the setup sub menu The options and setting methods are discussed below Press Enter Onboard Device Press Enter SuperIO Device Press Enter ...

Page 37: ...d On Chip Primary PCI IDE Setting the option as Enabled will allow you to set the sub menu function settings Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA Setting these items to Auto activates the HDD speed auto detect function The PIO mode specifies the data transfer rate of the HDD For example mode 0 data transfer rate is 3 3MB s mod...

Page 38: ...D can be used Disabled Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode SATA Only Serial ATA Port 0 1 Mode This option is used to set the Serial ATA Port 0 1 Mode with it set to Primary Master Slave the Primary IDE cannot be used supporting the IDE SATA boot with it set at Secondary Master Slave the Secondary IDE is inapplicable supporting the IDE SATA boot with it set at Primary Secondary Master the SATA HDD can...

Page 39: ... a USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you do not have a USB driver in the operating system Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support This item lets you enable or disable the USB mouse driver within the onboard BIOS The keyboard driver simulates legacy mouse command and lets you use a USB mouse during POST or after boot if you do not have a USB driver in the operating system Enabled Disabled AC97 A...

Page 40: ...2 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Parallel Port This option is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Enables you to set the data transfer protocol for your parallel port SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port and ECP EPP SPP...

Page 41: ...r Management Interface Function If your operating system is ACPI aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 Me select Enabled Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context CPU or chipset is lost and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is s power down state...

Page 42: ...es the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of selected IRQ always awakens the system NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Suspend Mode The CPU clock will be stopped and the video signal will be suspended if no Power Management events occur for a specified length of time Full power function will return when a Power Management event is detected Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend HDD ...

Page 43: ... the system to wake up Enabled Disabled Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 When this item is enabled the system power will resume the system from a power saving mode if there is any activity on primary or secondary IDE channels 0 or 1 Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port When this item is enabled the system will restart the power saving time out cou...

Page 44: ...olled By This BIOS can automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices You can also set it as Manual and go into each of the sub menu to choose specific resources Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual By pressing Enter to access the sub menu Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Data read or writ...

Page 45: ...When the processor reaches the temperature you set the ACPI aware system will be shut down Disabled 95 C 203 F 100 C 212 F 105 C 221 F 110 C 230 F Current System CPU Temperature CPU Vcore These items display the current status of all of the mainboard hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds Smart Fan Control This option is setting the smart Fan temperature ...

Page 46: ...ctrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are...

Page 47: ...N and then Enter to not install the defaults The defaults place demands on the system that may be greater than the performance level of the components such as the CPU and the memory You can cause fatal errors or instability if you install the optimized defaults when your hardware does not support them If you only want to install setup defaults for a specific option select and display that option ...

Page 48: ...d press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message will confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter BIOS Setup freely Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password You can use Supervisor Password when booting the system or enterin...

Page 49: ...p Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to return to the main menu ...

Page 50: ... in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit or press N to return to the main menu NOTE If you have made settings that you do not want to save use the Exit Without Saving item and press Y to discard any changes you have made ...

Page 51: ...preventing electrostatic discharge T Wire cutter T Phillips screwdriver may require different size NOTE The screws for the different components vary in size During the disassembly process group the screws with the corresponding components to avoid mismatches when putting back the components NOTE The AcerPower F2 mechanical housing is similar with AcerPower SV Machine Disassembly and Replacement Ch...

Page 52: ...on Before You Begin Before proceeding with the disassenbly procedure make sure that you do the following 1 Turn off the power to the system and all peripherals 2 Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cables from the system ...

Page 53: ...ake sure you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected to it Opening the System 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 2 Turn the housing back and remove the screws as shown here 3 Slide the side door out Then remove it Removing the Front Panel 1 Release the six latches behind the front bezel 2 Remove the bezel by following the instruction below Removing the Cables 1 Disco...

Page 54: ...loppy cable 4 Disconnect the IDE1 and IDE2 cable Removing the Modem card CD ROM Floppy and HDD 1 Detach the modem card 2 Disconnect the CD ROM power IDE and CD In cables 3 Disconnect the floppy cable and power cable 4 Disconnect the HDD power cable and IDE cable ...

Page 55: ...ve the floppy drive 7 Press the latch again to release the hard disk module 8 Detach the HDD from the bracket Removing the Power Supply 1 Remove the main ATX power connector as shown here 2 Remove the Pentium 4 ATX 12V power connector as shown here 3 Remove the four screws as shown here ...

Page 56: ...he Heatsink and the CPU 1 Disconnect the Pentium 4 CPU power cable 2 Release the two heatsink latches 3 Remove the heatsink module 4 Remove the CPU by following the instructions here Removing the Memory 1 Pop out the memory and remove it as shown here ...

Page 57: ...rboard as shown here Removing the Power Button 1 Remove the power button as shown here Removing the LED Module 1 Remove the LED module by following the instructions here Removing the Daughter Board 1 Remove the screw as shown here 2 Detach the USB cable and audio cable from the daughter board ...

Page 58: ...Installing the Daughter Board 1 Connect the audio cable and USB cables to the daughter board 2 Fasten the daughter board with one screw as shown here Installing the LED Module 1 Install the LED module by following the instructions here Installing the Power Button 1 Attach the power button as shown here Installing the Mainboard 1 Put the motherboard to the original position as shown here ...

Page 59: ...he Heatsink and the CPU 1 Place the CPU to the CPU socket by following the instructions here 2 Place the heatsink module 3 Secure the heatsink with the two heatsink latches 4 Connect the Pentium 4 CPU power cable Installing the Memory 1 Insert the memory to the DIMM slot as shown here ...

Page 60: ...nnect the Pentium 4 ATX 12V power connector to the motherboard as shown here 4 Connect the main ATX power connector to the motherboard as shown here Installing the Modem card CD ROM Floppy and HDD 1 Insert the HDD to the bracket by following the instructions here 2 Place the HDD module back to the original position 3 Place the floppy drive back to the original position ...

Page 61: ...E cable 6 Connect the floppy cable and power cable 7 Connect the CD ROM power IDE and CD In cables 8 Place the modem card back to one PCI slot Then secure the modem card with the screw Installing the Cables 1 Connect the IDE1 and IDE2 cable to the motherboard 2 Connect the floppy cable to the motherboard ...

Page 62: ...rd 4 Connect the Aux In cable to the motherboard Installing the Front Panel 1 Place the front bezel back to the original position Closing the System 1 Place the side door back to the original position 2 Secure the side door with the two screws as shown here ...

Page 63: ...r provides troubleshooting information for the AcerPower F2 T Power On Self Test POST T Index of Error Messages T Index of Error Codes and Error Beeps T Index of Error Symptoms T Undetermined Problems Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ...

Page 64: ...system if the error is fatal The main components on the main board that must be diagnosed and or initialized by POST to ensure system functionality are as follows T Microprocessor with built in numeric co processor and cache memory subsystem T Direct Memory Access DMA controller T Interrupt system T Three programmable timers T ROM subsystem T RAM subsystem T RTC RAM subsystem and real time clock c...

Page 65: ... codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect p...

Page 66: ...IOS stack If Smos checksum fails use default value instead 24h Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 25h Early PCI Initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search for a valid VGA device VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 26h 1 If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator i...

Page 67: ...ed 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize...

Page 68: ...can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is not defined 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 A...

Page 69: ...ement hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final initialization 2 Switch screen back to text mode 86h Reserved 87h NET PC Build SYSID structure 88h Reserved 89h 1 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 2 Set up ACPI table at top of the memory 8Ah Reserve...

Page 70: ...initialization 6 Clear screen dispaly summary table 7 Program K6 write allocation 8 Program P6 class write combining 95h Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h Checkpoint Description ...

Page 71: ... the default settings 2 RTC Battery 3 System Board Equipment Configuration Error 1 Ensure the system configuration set in BIOS Setup is correct 2 Enter BIOS Setup and load the default settings 3 RTC battery 4 System board System Management Memory Bad Memory Error at MMMM SSSS OOOOh 1 Insert the memory modules in the DIMM sockets properly then reboot the system 2 Memory module 3 System board RAM Pa...

Page 72: ...Enter BIOS Setup and set the Reset Resource Assignments of the PnP PCI Options to Yes then reboot the system 3 Remove all adapter cards that are NOT factory installed then reboot the system PS 2 Pointing Device Interface Error PS 2 Pointing Device Error 1 Re connect PS 2 keyboard and mouse 2 Enter BIOS Setup and load the default settings 3 PS 2 mouse 4 PS 2 keyboard 5 System board DMI Table Was De...

Page 73: ...ize shown or repeated during POST 1 Insert the memory modules in the DIMM sockets properly then reboot the system 2 Memory module 3 System board System works but fails to enter power saving mode when the Power Management Mode is set to Enabled and power saving timer set in BIOS has elapsed 1 Enter BIOS Setup and load default settings In Windows 98 check settings in Power Management Property of Con...

Page 74: ... diagnosing any hard disk drive problems Hard disk drive test failed 1 Enter BIOS Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard disk drive cable 3 Hard disk drive 4 System board Hard disk drive cannot format completely 1 Enter BIOS Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard disk drive cable 3 Hard disk drive 4 System board Hard disk drive has write error 1 Enter BIOS Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard di...

Page 75: ...d comes from speakers 1 Speaker power connection cable Modem Modem ring cannot wake up system from suspend mode 1 Ensure the Modem Ring Indicator in BIOS Setup or Power Management is set to Enabled 2 If PCI modem card is used reinsert the modem card to PCI slot firmly or replace the modem card 3 If ISA modem card is used ensure the modem ring in cable from the modem card to system board is connect...

Page 76: ...dable monitor Other monitor problems 1 Monitor signal connection cable 2 Monitor 3 Video adapter card 4 System board Display changing colors 1 Monitor signal connection cable 2 Monitor 3 System board Display problem not listed above including blank or illegible monitor 1 Monitor 2 Load default settings if screen is readable 3 System board Error Symptom Action FRU ...

Page 77: ...g power switch does not turn off system Only unplugging the power cord from electrical outlet can turn off the system 1 Ensure the Power Switch 4 sec in BIOS Setup of Power Management is not set to Suspend 2 Power switch cable assembly Pressing power switch does not turn on the system 1 Ensure the power override switch situated at the back of the machine just above the connector for the power cabl...

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Page 79: ... are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins Jumper Description The illustrations below show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper is SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumper is OPEN This illustration shows a 3 pin jumper Pins1 and 2 are SHORT Short Open 1 2 3 Jumper and...

Page 80: ...tors and Jumpers The following illustration shows the location of the mainboard jumpers U16 CN25 CN20 CN18 CON1 ON1 CN27 CN11 CN27 CN24 CN26 CN21 CN22 CN9 USB_Header 2 USB_Header 1 JP1 CN35 J10 CN12 CN14 CN15 J9 CN34 CN8 ...

Page 81: ...th Intel spec USB_HDER1 USB Header with Intel spec USB_HDER2 USB Header with Intel spec 1394_HDER2 IEEE1394 Header Optional CN34 Audio Header with Intel spec CN8 CD IN Header with BOX CON1 Serial Port 2 with Internal Header CN21 Serial ATA 1 Header Optional CN22 Serial ATA 2 Header Optional J9 VRM Delec J10 FWH Protect JP1 Clear CMOS CN1 Serial Port 1 CN2 VGA Out Connector CN3 PS 2 Keyboard and Mo...

Page 82: ...rs Definition JP1 Clear CMOS Location Header Type Description Function JP1 Header 3x1 Clear CMOS 1 2 Clear 2 3 Normal J10 FWH Protect Pin Number Pin Definition 1 2 Lock Boot Block Empty Unlock J9 VRM Delect Pin Number Pin Definition 1 2 VRM9 Empty VRM10 VRD10 1 CN33 Front Panel Pin Number Pin Definition Pin Number Pin Definition 1 HD LED 2 LEDP 3 HD LED 4 PMSLED 5 GND Ground 6 POWER BTN power butt...

Page 83: ...s are not installed the rear panel audio connectors will be inoperative USB_HDER1 USB_HDER2 FRONT USB HEADER Pin Number Pin Definition 1 GND 2 FAN_POWER12V 3 SIO_FANSPD5V CD IN CN8 Pin Number Pin Definition 1 CD L CD In Left 2 CD GND Ground 3 CD GND Ground 4 CD R CD In Right CN34 FRONT AUDIO HEADER Pin Number Pin Definition Pin Number Pin Definition 1 FRONT_MIC 6 FRONT_OUT_R 2 GND GROUND 7 NC NO C...

Page 84: ...D 6 SATA_RXN0 2 SATA_TXP0 7 GND GROUND 3 SATA_TXN0 8 NC NO CONNECT 4 GND GROUND 9 NC NO CONNECT 5 SATA_RXN0 Pin Number Pin Definition Pin Number Pin Definition 1 TPA 6 TPB 2 TPA 7 12V 3 GND 8 12V 4 GND 9 KEY 5 TPB 10 GND Pin Number Pin Definition Pin Number Pin Definition 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PWR_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 1...

Page 85: ...2 FRONT_OUT_L 23 NC 24 JD1 25 FRONT_OUT_R LINE OUT 32 SURR_BP_L 33 NC 34 JD2 35 SURR_BP_R VGA Port Pin Pin Definition Pin Pin Definition 1 Video Red Output 11 NC 2 Video Green Output 12 L_DDCA_DATA 3 Video Blue Output 13 5V_HYSNC 4 NC 14 5V_VSYNC 5 GND 15 L_DDCA_CLK 6 GND 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 GND 18 GND 9 5V_SYS 19 GND 10 GND ...

Page 86: ...US7 22 GND 9 DATA BUS8 23 GND 10 ACK 24 GND 11 BUSY 25 GND 12 PAPER EMPTY 26 27 GND 13 SELECT G1 GND 14 PAUTOFD G2 GND Serial Port Pin Pin Definition Pin Pin Definition 1 NDCDA 7 NRTSA 2 NSINA 8 NCTSA 3 NSOUTA 9 NRIA 4 NDTRA 10 GND 5 GND 11 GND 6 NDSRA PS 2 KBMS Pin Pin Definition Pin Pin Definition 1 KBDATA 10 POWER 2 NC 11 MSCLK 3 GND 12 NC 4 POWER 13 GND 5 KBCLK 14 GND 6 NC 15 GND 7 MSDATA 16 G...

Page 87: ...1 LTDN_8100 25 GND 12 LRDP_8100 26 GND 13 LRDN_8100 27 28 GND 14 NC 29 30 GND Dual USB Pin Pin Definition Pin Pin Definition 1 5V_DUAL_F 12 NC 2 USBP0N_R 13 NC 3 USBP0P_R 14 NC 4 GND 15 GND 5 5V_DUAL_F 16 GND 6 USBP1N_R 17 GND 7 USBP1P_R 18 GND 8 GND 19 NC 9 NC 20 NC 10 NC 21 NC 11 NC 22 NC CONN1 USB NC 9 USBVCC0 1 USBD0 2 USBD0 3 GND0 4 USBV1 5 USBD1 6 USBD1 7 GND1 8 NC 10 NC 11 NC 12 NC 13 NC 14...

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Page 89: ...s you the FRU Field Replaceable Unit listing in global configurations of AcerPower F2 Refer to this chapter whenever ordering for parts to repair or for RMA Return Merchandise Authorization FRU Field Replaceable Unit List Chapter 6 ...

Page 90: ...82 Chapter 6 AcerPower F2 Exploded Diagram ...

Page 91: ...B 0 14U 32MX8 8 NANYA NT256D64S88B0G 75B DDR266 512MB 0 14U 32MX8 16 NANYA NT512D64S8HB0G 75B DDR333 256MB INFENION DDR333 128MB 0 14U 16M 16 4 NANYA NT128D64SH4B1G 6K DDR333 256MB 0 14U 32M 8 8 NANYA NT256D64S88B1G 6K DDR333 512MB 0 14U 32M 8 16 NANYA NT512D64S8HB1G 6K DDR333 256MB MICRON MT8VDDT3264AG 335CA CL2 5 DDR400 128MB INFINEON HYS64D16301GU 5 B DDR400 256MB INFINEON HYS64D32300GU 5 B DDR...

Page 92: ...001 KH 12001 001 KH 04008 002 KH 08008 003 KH 12008 001 KH 04007 007 KH 08007 005 KH 12007 003 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW CD ROM DRIVE 52X BTC F564E WHITE CD ROM DRIVE 52X MSI MS 8152 WHITE CD RW DRIVE 52X24X52X LITE ON LTR 52246S WHITE DVD ROM DRIVE 16X PIONEER DVD 121CHF WHITE DVD ROM DRIVE 16X PIONEER DVD 121RD WHITE DVD ROM DRIVE 16X LITI ON XJ HD166S WHITE DVD ROM DRIVE 16X HLDS GCR 8162B WHITE COM...

Page 93: ...GA CARD XABRE200 AGP 8X 32MB ATX BRACKET VG A9207 001 VG A9207 002 VG A9607 001 VG A9607 002 VG 20005 001 MODEM CARD 56K F 1156I R12 ATX GVC AAP MODEM CARD 56K F 1156I R12 PACIFIC ATX GVC USA MODEM CARD 56K F 1156I R12 GVC AUSTRALIA FX 56I02 003 FX 56I02 001 FX 56102 005 USB AUDIO DAUGHTER BOARD FOXCONN 55 PSPVF 001 Power Supply POWER SUPPLY 230W W O PFC FSP FSP200 ATV A POWER SUPPLY 230W W PFC FS...

Page 94: ...VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 BELGIUM VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 DUTCH VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 HOLLAND VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 SPANISH VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 PORTUGESE VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 ICELAND VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 NORWEGIAN VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 HEBREW VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBOARD KBP2971 POLISH VER 105KEYS PS 2 KEYBO...

Page 95: ...r 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Polish Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Slovenian Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Slovakian Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Turkey Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 RussiamVer 104keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Hungaria Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Greek Ver 104keys KB KUP03 002 KB KUP03 003 KB KUP03 008 KB KUP03 005 KB KUP03 004 KB KUP03 006 KB KUP03 028 KB KUP03 032 KB KUP...

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Page 97: ...Appendix A 89 The AcerPower F2 Model No Define 1 Trade Mark 2 Brand Name Acer 3 Description Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor 4 Product Name AcerPower F2 Model Definition and Configuration Appendix A ...

Page 98: ...90 Appendix A ...

Page 99: ... B 91 This computer s compatibility is a test plan released by Acer Internal Testing Department Once the final report is available this chapter will be revised accordingly Test Compatible Components Appendix B ...

Page 100: ... Northwood 2 8GHz 512K 533FSB SL6PF RK80532PE072512 Prescott 2 8GHz 512K 533FSB TBD Intel 800FSB Northwood 2 4Ghz 512K 800FSB SL6WF Northwood 2 6GHz 512K 800FSB SL6WH RK80532PG064512 Northwood 2 8GHz 512K 800FSB SL6WJ Northwood 3 0GHz 512K 800FSB SL6WK RK80532PG080512 Northwood 3 2GHz 512K 800FSB SL6WG RK80532PG088512 Prescott 2 8GHz 512K 800FSB TBD Prescott 3 0GHz 512K 800FSB TBD Prescott 3 2GHz ...

Page 101: ...S722540VLAT20 80G 7200rpm ATA 100 Vancover III HDS722580VLAT20 80G 7200 rpm 120G 7200rpm ATA 100 Vancover III HDS722580VLAT20 120G 7200rpm CD ROM BTC 52x F564E white 52x F564E black MSI 52x MS 8152 white 52x MS 8152 black CD RW Liteon 52x 24x 52x LTR 52246S white CW224 LTR 52246S white CW224 DVD Pioneer 16x 40x DVD 121RD white 16x 40x DVD 121RD black 16x 40x DVD 121CHF white 16x 40x DVD 121CHF bla...

Page 102: ...D FSP200 ATA A PF 230W PFC SPS TBD FDD Panasonic 1 44M 3 5 white JU 256A048PC 1 44M 3 5 black JU 256A198PC 7 in 1 card reader ECS 3 5 black 7 in 1 card reader UCR 61 3 5 black 7 in 1 card reader UCR 61 w 1394 Daughter Board Foxconn USB Audio daughter board TBD Mouse KYE PS 2 mouse 2 button wheel white PowerScroll PS2 white PS 2 mouse 2 button wheel silver PowerScroll PS2 black USB optical mouse 2 ...

Page 103: ...l of Acer s Notebook Desktop and Server models including T Service guides for all models T User s manuals T Training materials T Bios updates T Software utilities T Spare parts lists T TABs Technical Announcement Bulletin For these purposes we have included an Acrobat File to facilitate the problem free downloading of our technical material Also contained on this website are T Detailed information...

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