Acer Altos R300, User Manual

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Power-on problems 27
Turning off your system 29
3 Upgrading your system 31
Installation precautions 33
ESD precautions 33
Preinstallation instructions 33
Post-installation instructions 34
Opening your system 35
Removing the system cover 35
Replacing the system cover 36
Installing an expansion card 37
To install a PCI card on PCI slot 1 37
To install a PCI-SCSI card on PCI slot 2 39
Removing or installing the hard disk drive 41
Installing SCSI hard disks 45
Removing and installing the CPU 47
Removing the CPU 47
Installing the CPU 48
Removing and installing memory modules 50
Removing a DDR DIMM 50
Installing a DDR DIMM 51
4 BIOS Setup utility 53
BIOS Setup utility 55
Entering Setup 56
System Summary 58
Product Information 60
Devices and I/O Ports 61
Console Redirection 63
Serial Port Setup 66
USB Setup 67
IDE Primary Master Device 68
IDE Secondary Master Device 71
Start Options 73
Startup Sequence 75
Date and Time 76
System Security 77
Setting and changing the password 79
Removing a password 80
Advanced Setup 81
Memory/Cache Options 82
PnP/PCI Options 83
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