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Summary of Contents for AcerPower F6

Page 1: ...Acer Aspire E560 T660 and AcerPower F6 Service Guide PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER 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 of Desktop Aspire E560 T660 and AcerPower F6 service guide Date Chapter Updates September 11 2006 first release ...

Page 3: ...ublication 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 ...

Page 4: ...y 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 Incorporat...

Page 5: ... 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 6: ...ill 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 you should check the most up to date information available on your regional web or channel For whatever reason if a part number change is made it will not be noted in the printed ...

Page 7: ...s integrated graphics device IGD solution DVMT technology support One VGA port on the rear side PCI Express PCI Slots One PCI Express x16 slot One PCI Express x1 slot Two PCI 2 2 5V slots FDD One slot for FDD 1 44MB 3 mode 3 5 devices support IDE One 40 pin PATA IDE slot PIO mode 0 1 2 3 4 and ATA mode 33 66 100 support Four SATA slots HDD CD ROM CD RW DVD ROM DVD RW DVD RW DVD Dual DVD Super Mult...

Page 8: ...rd Two for internal USB card reader Four for rear I O two co lay with rear I O under RJ 45 port for internal USB RF IR receiver board support Two reserved header For non 1394 SKU ten ports Four for front daughter board Four for rear I O two co lay with rear I O under RJ 45 port Two reserved header Front Panel IO Header System LDE Definition Power state LED S0 blue steady S1 S3 blue blinking S4 S5 ...

Page 9: ...onnector 2nd serial port One CD in four pin connector CD ROM audio input One S PDIF three pin connector One four pin CPU fan connector One four pin system fan connector with three pin system fan co layout One intrusion alarm connector One 24 pin ATX interface PS3 PS2 SPS connector One 2 7 pin front panel IO header Two reserved two pin GPIO connector One onboard buzzer Color management for onboard ...

Page 10: ...4 Chapter 1 Block Diagram ...

Page 11: ...socket for Intel Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D CPUs 2 CPU_FAN CPU cooling fan connector 3 DIMM1 2 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM slots 4 IR1 Infrared header 5 CHS1 Chassis detect header 6 ATX_POWER Standard 24 pin ATX power connector 7 FDD Floppy diskette drive connector 8 IDE1 Primary IDE channel ...

Page 12: ...ect jumper 15 USB3 5 Front panel USB headers 16 1394A1 Onboard 1394a header 17 COM2 Onboard serial port header 18 AUDIO1 Front panel audio header 19 SPDIFO2 SPDIF out header 20 PCI1 2 32 bit add on card slots 21 AUX_IN Auxiliary In connector 22 PCIEX1 PCI Express x1 slot 23 PCIEX16 PCI Express x16 slot 24 SYS_FAN System fan connector 25 ATX_12V Auxiliary 4 pin power connector ...

Page 13: ...ront Panel Aspire E560 Description 1 Optical driver 2 Optical drive eject button 3 Power button 4 USB ports 5 Speaker Headphone jack 6 Microphone jack 7 Indicators 8 Floppy disk drive 9 Card reader 10 IEEE 1394 port ...

Page 14: ...8 Chapter 1 Aspire T660 Description 1 Optical device 2 Floppy drive 3 Power button 4 Microphone jack 5 Speaker Headphone jack 6 USB ports ...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 9 AcerPower F6 Description 1 Optical driver 2 Floppy disk drive 3 Card reader 4 indicators 5 USB ports 6 Microphone jack 7 Speaker Headphone jack 8 Power button ...

Page 16: ...10 Chapter 1 Rear Panel Aspire E560 T660 Description 1 Optical driver 2 Floppy disk drive 3 Card reader 4 indicators 5 USB ports 6 Microphone jack 7 Speaker Headphone jack 8 Power button ...

Page 17: ...cks up and recovers data flexibly reliably and completely Aspire E560 T660 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 eRecovery Management backs up and recovers data flexibly reliably and completely For more information press the key...

Page 18: ...k 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 devices includes any kind of CD ROM or DVD ROM drives Floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disks only Interfaces includes serial ports p...

Page 19: ... fly file encryption for MSN Messenger and Microsoft Outlook The Acer eDataSecurity Management setup wizard will prompt you for a supervisor password and default encryption This encryption will be used to encrypt files by default or you can choose to enter your won file specific password when encrypting a file Note The password used encrypt a file is the unique key that the system needs to decrypt...

Page 20: ...14 Chapter 1 ...

Page 21: ...timization 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 these compone...

Page 22: ...uiet 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 ...

Page 23: ...HDD set recovery point Backup to CD DVD Image data recovery tools Recovery from a hidden partition factory defaults Recovery 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 fea...

Page 24: ...e enter 000000 will be displayed 4 Enter six zeros and continue 5 The Acer Recovery main page appears 6 Use the arrow keys to scroll through the items operating system versions and press Enter to select Multilingual Operating System Installation Follow the instructions to choose the operating system and language you prefer when you first power on the system 1 Turn on the system 2 Acer s multilingu...

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Page 27: ...finition audio Item Specification Chipset ATI RC415 Feature 64 bit DDR2 SDRAM system memory interface for optimal performance support One x2 expandable to x4 A Link Express interface PCI Express 1 0a compliant for connection to the ATI IXP One PCI Express x16 graphics interface support fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1 0a DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM support Item Specifica...

Page 28: ...management and ACPI 2 0 specification Item Description Feature Fully compliant to provisions of IEEE Std 1394 1395 or a high performance serial bus and IEEE Std 1394a 2000 Three IEEE Std 1394a 2000 fully compliant cable ports at 100 200 400 Mb s Item Description Feature High performance DACs with 97dB SNR A weighting ADCs with 90dB SNR A weighting 3 3V digital core power 1 5V 3 3V digital IO power...

Page 29: ...tivate system protection Item Specification Temperature Operating 5O C 35O C Non operating 20O C 60O C storage packed 10O C 60O C unpacked Humidity Operating 15 to 80 RH non condensing Non operating 10 to 90 RH non condensing at 40oC Vibration Operating 5 500Hz 2 20g RMS random 10 minutes per axis in all three axes Non operating 5 500Hz 1 09g RMS random one hour per axis in all three axes Drop Tes...

Page 30: ...ing external switch button modem ring in keyboard and mouse for APM mode Resume recovery time seven to 10 seconds Suspend Mode Independent power management timer two to 120 minutes time step 10 minutes or pushing external switch button CPU goes into SMM CPU asserts STPCLK and goes into the Stop Grant state LED on the panel turns amber color Hard disk drive goes into SLEEP mode for ATA standard int...

Page 31: ...ters are stored in Battery backed up CMOS RAM that saves this information when the power is turned off When the system is turned back on the system is configured with the values you have stored in CMOS The BIOS Setup Utility enables you to configure Hard drives diskette drives and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features...

Page 32: ...a menu PU PD Modifies the selected field s values F1 Displays a screen that describes all key functions F9 Loads an optimized setting for better performance F10 Saves the current configuration and exits setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc f f PC Health Status Frequency Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit ...

Page 33: ...u setting page Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Product Information Product Name ASE380 AST180 APM8 SystemS N Main Board ID EC51GM Main Board S N R01 A0 System BIOS Version R01 A0 SMBIOS Version 2 3 3 BIOS Release Date 07 22 06 Item Help F10 Save Exit Value Enter Select ESC Exit F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help Move ...

Page 34: ...e standard interface for the IDE hard drives which are currently used in most PCs Drive A The item defines the properties of any diskette drive attached to the system Halt On This item defines the operation of the system POST Power On Self Test routine YOu can use this item to select which types of errors in the POST are sufficient to halt the system CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 Americ...

Page 35: ...e order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system to load at start up time The devices showed here will be different depending on the exact devices installed on the main board CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Quick Power on Self Test Enabled Silent Boot Enabled Configuration Table Disabled First Bo...

Page 36: ...p Specifies the boot sequence from the availabledevices Hard Disk Drives 1st Drive JetFlash TS1GJF2A 1 F10 Save Exit Value Enter Select ESC Exit F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help Move CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Removable Drives Item Help Specifies the boot sequence from the availabledevices Removable Drives 1st Drive 1st FLOPPY DRIVE F10 Save Exit Value En...

Page 37: ...alue APIC Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller mode APIC provides symmetric multi processing SMP for systems allowing support for up to 60 processors HDD S M A R T Capability The S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T software...

Page 38: ...ic Interference and reduce power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive expansion slots Spread Spectrum Disabled If you enable this item it can significantly reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated by the system Hyper Threading Technology Enabled This item enables or disables Hyper Threading technology function Surround View Function Disabled This item enables or disables ...

Page 39: ... allows you to choose the primary graphics adapter Current UMA Size 256MB This item shows the current UMA size CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Chipset Setup Boot Graphics Adapter Priori PEG IGD Current UMA Size 128 MB Help Item Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device F10 Save Exit Value Enter Select ESC Exit F9 Optimized Defaults...

Page 40: ...enable or disable the booting from the onboard LAN or a network add on card with a remote boot ROM installed Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller Enabled Use this item to enable or disable the onboard VIA 1394 device CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Integrated Peripherals OnBoard PCI S ATAController IDE USB 2 0 Support Enabled USB Controller Enabled Onboard LAN Controller E...

Page 41: ...dress 378 Use this item to enable or disable the onboard parallel port and to assign a port address Parallel Port Mode ECP Use this item to set the parallel port mode You can select Normal Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or EPP ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel DMA3 When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode the parallel port can use DMA3 or DMA1 Para...

Page 42: ...ay 4 Sec then you have to hold the power button down for four seconds to cause a software power down Power On After Power Fail Last State This item enables the system to restart automatically or return to its operating status Resume on LAN Disabled The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume on LAN You must use an ATX power suppl...

Page 43: ...nable disable the USB device wake up function from S3 S4 mode PS2 Keyboard Wake up Disabled This item allows you to enable or disable the keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode PS2 Mouse Wake up Disabled This item can enable or disable the mouse movement to awaken the system from power saving mode Resume by Alarm Disabled Under ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Managemen...

Page 44: ...ou set this value to No to free up an IRQ IDE Bus Master Enabled This item is used to enable or disable IDE Bus Master Help Item Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes IDE BusMaster Enabled CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc PCI PnP Configuration YES Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ NO Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ F10 Save Exit...

Page 45: ...you to set the maximum temperature that the system can reach before powering down Help Item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc PC Health Status Hardware Health Event Monitoring VCore 1 312V 3 3V 3 376V 5V 5 120V 12V 11 968V VDIMM 1 792V 5VSB 5 278V Current CPU fan speed 2500 RPM CurrentSystemfanspeed 0 RPM Current CPU temperature 66 C 150 F CurrentSystemtemperature 37...

Page 46: ...38 Chapter 2 CPU Smart Fan Function Enabled This item is used to enable or disable CPU smart fan function System Smart Fan Function Disabled This item is used to enable or disable CPU smart fan function ...

Page 47: ...e actual CPU internal level 1 2 cache size Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value These items show the locked ratio status and the actual ratio of the CPU installed on the main board Current CPU Clock 3 80GHz Use this item to set current CPU clock Help item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Frequency Voltage Control Configure advanced CPU settings Module Version 3D 03 Manuf...

Page 48: ...splay If not Not Installed will come out Change Supervisor Password Press Enter You can select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the submenu to change the supervisor password Install or Change the password Help item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Supervisor Password Supervisor Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Press Ent...

Page 49: ...ets you install stability oriented defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility Select OK then press Enter to install the defaults Select Cancel then press Enter to not install the defaults Save and Exit Setup You can 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 ...

Page 50: ...e in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit without Saving dialog box appears press OK to discard changes and exit or press Cancel to return to the main menu NOTE If you have made settings that you do not want to save choose Discard Changes and Exit and press OK to discard any changes you have made ...

Page 51: ...components When you remove the stripe cover please be careful not to scrape the cover Before You Begin Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure you have to make sure that The system and all peripherals are powered off The AC adaptor and all power and signal cables from the system are unplugged The battery pack is removed NOTE There are several types of screws used to secure the main unit T...

Page 52: ... Procedure 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady and nonskid surface 2 Release the lock handle then slide the left cover out 3 Detach the VGA card 4 Detach the modem card 5 Disconnect the IR cable 6 Disconnect the front bezel LED cable ...

Page 53: ...DIF cable 8 Disconnect the audio cable and the 1394 cable 9 Disconnect the USB cables 10 Disconnect the PA and the PD cables connected to the main board 11 Disconnect the system power supply cable and FDD data cable and ODD data cable ...

Page 54: ...able and the ODD data cable 13 Disconnect the HDD power cable and the HDD data cable 14 Slide the HDD holder as shown below then take the HDD out from the chassis 15 Release the three latches holding the front panel then remove the front panel ...

Page 55: ...16 Slide the ODD holder as shown below then take the ODD out from the chassis 17 Detach the card reader 18 Release the screw holding the USB module then remove the USB module altogether with the USB and audio cable ...

Page 56: ...he other side of the CPU cooler 20 Push and release the two latches at the same time to remove the memory as the arrows indicate 21 Release the four screws marked below then remove the system fan 22 Release the CPU latch then carefully detach the CPU 23 Release the screws securing the main board then detach the main board ...

Page 57: ...Chapter 3 49 24 Release the four screws fastening the system power supply then remove the system power supply ...

Page 58: ...r to generic troubleshooting guide in the service guide database for information with respect to following items Power On Self Test POST POST Check Points POST Error Messages List Error Symptoms List Troubleshooting Chapter 4 ...

Page 59: ...Chapter 5 51 Introduction of Connectors Main Board Placement Jumper and Connector Information Chapter 5 ...

Page 60: ...nector 3 DIMM1 2 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM slots 4 IR1 Infrared header 5 CHS1 Chassis detect header 6 ATX_POWER Standard 24 pin ATX power connector 7 FDD Floppy diskette drive connector 8 IDE1 Primary IDE channel 9 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper 10 PANEL1 Front panel switch LED header 11 SATA1 4 Serial ATA connectors 12 JP2 To be defined 13 JP1 To be defined 14 BIOS_WP BIOS protect jumper 15 USB3 5 Front pan...

Page 61: ...r supports the CPU cooling fan of 1 1A 2 2A 26 4W max at 12V SYS_FAN FAN Power Connector ATX_POWER ATX 24 pin Power Connector Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor 4 PWM CPU FAN control Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Grou...

Page 62: ...he LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Power Sleep Message Waiting LED Connecting pin two and pin four to a single or dual color front panel mounted LED provides power on off sleep and message waiting indication Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V Pin Signal Name Function Pin Signal Name Function 1 HD_LED Hard disk LED 2 PWR_SLP...

Page 63: ...ternal de bounce circuitry After receiving a power on off signal at least two seconds elapse before the power supply recognizes another on off signal LAN LED Connecting pin 12 and pin 14 to a LAN LED provides visual indication that data is being read from or written to the LAN drive IDE Connector The main board supports four high data transfer SATA ports with each runs up to 3 0 Gb s To get better...

Page 64: ...urrently used in most PCs These connectors are well designed and will only fit in one orientation NOTE This main board does NOT support the Hot Plug function FDD Floppy Disk Drive Connector This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive SATA cable SATA connector SATA power ...

Page 65: ...ot is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1 0a as well PCI1 2 This main board is equipped with two standard PCI slots The PCI slots on this main board are PCI v2 3 compliant NOTE Before installing an add on card check the user guideline for the card carefully If the card is not Plug and Play you may have to manually configure the card before installation ...

Page 66: ...ccess AUX_IN Auxiliary in Connector This connector is an additional line in audio connector It allows you to attach a line in cable when the rear line in jack is set as line out port for four channel function Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 MIC_BIAS 4 PRESENCE 5 AUD_F_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 FRONT_IO_SENSE 8 KEY 9 AUD_F_L 10 AUD_RET_L Pin Signal Name Function 1 AUX_R AUX in right cha...

Page 67: ...tal multimedia device through optional fiber or coaxial connector 1394A1 IEEE 1394a Header optional This header supports any device with IEEE 1394a interface IR1 Infrared Header The main board supports an infrared IR1 data port Infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between the computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops PDAs and other computers Pin 1 2 Func...

Page 68: ...acket to this header and add a second serial port to the system Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 NC 2 KEY 3 VCC5 4 Ground 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Pin Signal Name Function 1 USBPWR Front Panel USB Power 2 USBPWR Front Panel USB Power 3 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Negative Signal 4 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Negative Signal 5 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Positive Signal 6 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Positive Signal 7 GND Ground 8 GND G...

Page 69: ...external monitor 1394a Port optional Use the 1394a port to connect to any firewire device LAN Port optional It is the connection between an RJ 45 jack and the system USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports The D port is for stereo line in jack while the F port is for microphone in signal This main board supports eight channel audio devices that correspond to the A B C and E ...

Page 70: ...for correct configuration of the main board Jumper Type Description Setting default BIOS_WP 3 pins BIOS WRITE PROTECT 1 2 DISABLE 2 3 ENABLE CLR_CMOS 3 pins CLEAR CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR CMOS Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn off the system BIOS_WP 1 1 CLR_CMOS ...

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