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Aspire T600/AcerPower FV

Service Guide

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Page 1: ...Aspire T600 AcerPower FV 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 Aspire T600 AcerPower FV service guide Date Chapter Updates...

Page 3: ...spect 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 licen...

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...

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 OR...

Page 6: ...uency Control 36 Set Supervisor Password 37 Save and Exit Setup 38 Exit Without Saving 39 Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 40 General Information 40 Before You Begin 40 Disassembling the...

Page 7: ...Problems 66 Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Information 67 Checking Jumper Settings 67 Setting Jumpers 67 Checking Jumper Settings 68 Connecting Case Components 69 Connecting Optional Components 72 Cha...

Page 8: ...amaged CPUs due to bent or broken pins Aspire T600 AcerPower FV are versatile high power system supporting Intel LGA775 CPUs The computer uses Peripheral Component Interface PCI and Accelerated Graphi...

Page 9: ...Mb 512Mb 1Gb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non ECC DDR devices T Supports dual channel DDR 400 333 DIMM T Registered DIMM not supported T Supports 2 6V DDR DIMM Slots T 1 PCI Express x1 slot T LAN o...

Page 10: ...e Port T 1 Parallel Port 1 Serial Port T 1 VGA Port T 1 LAN Port T 4 USB Ports T 6 Ports Jack Support HD audio output T On board Connectors T 1 CPU Socket T 4 Memory DIMM T 1 PCI Express x1 Slot T 1 F...

Page 11: ...ire T600 Front Panel No Description No Description 1 Optical Device 2 Floppy Drive 3 Multimedia Card Reader 4 Power Button 5 Microphone Jack 6 Speaker or Headphone Jack 7 USB 2 0 Ports No Description...

Page 12: ...ter Surround Subwoofer Jack 5 Line in Jack 6 Modem Card Optional 7 Power Cord Socket 8 Voltage Selector Switch 9 Ps 2 Mouse Connector 10 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 11 Serial Port 12 VGA Port 13 USB 2 0 P...

Page 13: ...Front Panel No Description No Description 1 Optical Drive 2 Floppy Drive 3 Multimedia Card Reader Optical 4 Power Button 5 Microphone Jack 6 Speaker or Headphone Jack 7 USB 2 0 Ports 8 Indicator No De...

Page 14: ...ter Surround Subwoofer Jack 5 Line in Jack 6 Modem Card optional 7 Power Cord Socket 8 Voltage Selector Switch 9 PS 2 Mouse Connector 10 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 11 Serial Port 12 VGA Port 13 USB 2 0 P...

Page 15: ...his section provides a brief description of basic system peripherals Mouse PS 2 or USB Manufacturing Option The included mouse is a standard two button wheel mouse Connect the mouse to the PS 2 mouse...

Page 16: ...ith speakers before powering on the system connect the speaker cable to the audio out external speaker port on the back panel of the system NOTE Speakers are optional and the appearance might be diffe...

Page 17: ...r CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper COM2 Onboard serial port header CPU SOCKET LGA775 socket for Pentium 4 CPUs CPUFAN1 CPU cooling fan connector DIMM1 DIMM4 Four 184 pin DDR SDRAM slots FDD Floppy disk driv...

Page 18: ...ntel 32pin PLCC ALC880 Audio Codec y USB3 2 ports DDIMM3 DDR Socket 184P DDIMM4 DDR Socket 184P VGA G only USB2 2 ports USB1 2 ports VIA 1394 HEADER CONN SATA1 7Pin SATA2 7pin BW 6 4GB s FSB 800MHz Fr...

Page 19: ...THF AW Processor Item Specification Vendor Type Intel Prescott and Tejas Processor CPU Socket Type Socket T LGA 775 Speed Depends on CPU which is local configured Bus Frequency 533 800 MHz Voltage Pro...

Page 20: ...ximum bandwidth 6 4GB s in dual channel interleaved mode using DDR 400MHz Bus Architecture Item Description PCI Express 1X 1 PCS PCI Slot 3 PCS LAN on Board REALTEK RTL8100C Cache Memory Item Specific...

Page 21: ...ATAPI Supports LS 120 Yes Supports bootable CD ROM Yes Function Control Enable Disable by BIOS setup Diskette Drive Interface Item Specification Diskette Drive Controller W83627THF Diskette Drive Con...

Page 22: ...oard and Mouse support Memory Address Map Address Size Function 0000000 009FFFF 640 KB System Memory Onboard DRAM 00A0000 00BFFFF 128 KB Video RAM Reserved for Graphics Display Buffer Non Cacheable 00...

Page 23: ...stalled the same memory size and type The Dual Channel Technology will operate when two memory modules are inserted individually into Channel A and B If you install two memory modules in the same chan...

Page 24: ...O Address Map Hex Range Devices 000 01F 020 021 040 043 060 060 061 061 070 071 080 08F 0A0 0A1 0C0 0DF 0F0 0FF 170 177 1F0 1F7 278 27F 2F8 2FF 378 37F 3F0 3F5 3F6 3F6 3F7 3F7 3F8 3FF 0CF8 0CFC 778 77...

Page 25: ...RQ11 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...

Page 26: ...xis in all 3 axes Vibration packed 5 500 Hz 1 09g RMS random 1 hour per axis in all 3 axes Shock operating Half sine 2 g 11m seconds Mechanical Specifications Item Specification Dimensions main footpr...

Page 27: ...witch 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 swit...

Page 28: ...ent that BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings Q Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system BIOS is a Window s based utility that...

Page 29: ...e optimized Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features PnP PCI Configuration This...

Page 30: ...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 indentification number System BIOS Version Spec...

Page 31: ...999 to 2098 Time Lets you set the time following the hour minute second format The items format is hour minut second The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is...

Page 32: ...A Primary Second IDE Master Slave Allows you to configure the hard disk drive connected to the master or slave port of IDE channel To enter the IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave setup press Enter N A...

Page 33: ...ve your system start up faster You might like to enable this item after you areconfident that your system hardware is operating smoothly Disabled Enabled First Second Third Boot Device The items allow...

Page 34: ...Chapter 2 27 Removable Drives...

Page 35: ...ts this mode Please be noted that the item would be hidden when set Configure DRAM Timing by SPD to Enabled DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS stro...

Page 36: ...memory size borrowed from main memory capacity Aperture Size Select This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter The AGP aperture refers to a section of the PCI memory...

Page 37: ...ard AUDIO Function Enabling the on die audio if no add on PCI audio device Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Function Enables and disables the onboard LAN Enabled Disabled LAN Boot ROM Support This functio...

Page 38: ...ed Capabilities Port and ECP EPP SPP allows data output only Port ECP and Enhanced Parallel Port EPP are bi Extended Capabilities directional modes allowing both data input and output ECP and EPP mode...

Page 39: ...ble devices and all system context is saved to main memory The information stored in memory will be used to restore the PC to the previous state when an wake up event occurs S1 POS Set ACPI suspend ty...

Page 40: ...atus Disabled Enabled PS 2 Keyboard Wakeup Set this via keyboard to power on the system Password Enter from 15 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password Disabled Disable this function Keyboard...

Page 41: ...r written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA device s palette registers and the ISA VGA devic...

Page 42: ...nables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down 60o C 140o F 65o C 149o F 70o C 158o F Disabled Current CPU Temperature Detect CPU Temperature automatically Current...

Page 43: ...equency Users please note that if a invalid ratio has been entered to this field BIOS will restore it to previous state 14 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the cloc...

Page 44: ...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 If you have selected...

Page 45: ...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...

Page 46: ...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...

Page 47: ...Power FV desktop computer for maintenance and troubleshooting NOTE The screws for the different components vary in size During the disassembly process group the screws with the corresponding component...

Page 48: ...n Before You Begin Before proceeding with the disassembly 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...

Page 49: ...em unit CAUTION Before you proceed make sure that you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected to it Opening the Housing 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 2 Turn the hou...

Page 50: ...re 3 Push on black track and pull out HDD as shown here Removing the System Fan 1 Remove the four screws as red circle shown Then remove the system fan Removing the Cables 1 Disconnect the CD ROM powe...

Page 51: ...rial ATA cable 8 Disconnect the Power HDD LED Cable and Power Switch Cable Removing the Power Supply 1 Remove the main power connector as shown here 2 Remove the CPU power connector as shown here 3 Re...

Page 52: ...d Removing the Memory 1 Pull out the memory1 memory2 memory3 and memory4 Then remove it as shown here Removing the Heatsink and CPU 1 Remove the four screws as shown here then remove heatsink module 2...

Page 53: ...oving the MainBoard 1 Remove the eight screws as red circle shown Then remove the mainboard Removing the Daughter Board 1 Remove the screw as shown here 2 Detach the USB cable and audio cable from the...

Page 54: ...stem unit CAUTION Before you proceed make sure that you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected to it Opening the Housing 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 2 Turn the h...

Page 55: ...bles from the rear the FDD 3 Disconnect the power cable and Serial ATA cable from the HDD 4 Disconnect system fan cable as red circle and CPU fan cable as yellow circle 5 Disconnect the floppy cable 6...

Page 56: ...wn here 3 Push on black track and pull out HDD as shown here Removing the System Fan Remove the four screws as red circle shown Then remove the system fan Removing the Power Supply 1 Remove the main p...

Page 57: ...then pull out the TV card Removing the Modem Card Remove the screws as shown here pull out the modem card Removing the Cables 1 Disconnect the USB Cable 2 Disconnect the Serial ATA cable 3 Disconnect...

Page 58: ...2 Pull the CPU bar up to 90 degrees and remove the CPU then press down the CPU bar to the end Removing the Mainboard Remove the eight screws as red circle shown Then remove the mainboard Removing the...

Page 59: ...2 This chapter provides troubleshooting information for the Aspire T600 AcerPower FV T Power On Self Test POST T Index of Error Message T Index of Error Symptoms T Undetermined Problems Chapter 4 Trou...

Page 60: ...ard disk interface and one diskette drive interface T Keyboard and auxiliary device controllers T 1 44M floppy controller T I O ports T One parallel port T One PS 2 compatible mouse port T One PS 2 co...

Page 61: ...ropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status a...

Page 62: ...put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium...

Page 63: ...che for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each...

Page 64: ...g to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to...

Page 65: ...e 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91...

Page 66: ...CMOS battery is no longer functional Contact your system dealer for a replacement the BIOS CMOS Checksum Error defaults loaded Checksum of CMOS is incorrect so the system loads the default equipment...

Page 67: ...about the type and location of the memory error Override enabled Defaults loaded If the system cannot boot using the current CMOS configuration the BIOS can override the current configuration with a s...

Page 68: ...See Memory 2 Main board Incorrect memory size shown or repeated during POST 1 Insert the memory modules in the DIMM sockets properly then reboot the system 2 Memory module 3 Main board System works b...

Page 69: ...Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard disk drive cable 3 Hard disk drive 4 Main board Hard disk drive has write error 1 Enter BIOS Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard disk drive Hard disk drive L...

Page 70: ...PCI modem card is used reinsert the modem card to PCI slot firmly or replace the modem card 3 In Win 98 ensure the telephone application is configured correctly for your modem and set to receive mess...

Page 71: ...Chapter 4 64 Display problem not listed above including blank or illegible monitor 1 Monitor 2 Load default settings if screen is readable 3 Main board Error Symptom Action FRU...

Page 72: ...er switch does not turn off system Only unplugging the power cord from electrical outlet can turn off the system 1 Ensure the Soft off by PWR BTTN in BIOS Setup of Power Management is not set to Insta...

Page 73: ...solated the problem FRU 4 Load default settings in setup 5 Check all main board jumper positions and switch settings 6 Check all adapter card jumper positions 7 Check all device jumper positions 8 Che...

Page 74: ...e numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins Illustration Description The illustrations below show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on bot...

Page 75: ...Jumper Type Description Setting Default CLR_CMOS 3 pin Clear CMOS 1 2 CLEAR CMOS 2 3 NORMAL Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn off the system BIOS_WP 3 pin BIOS_WP 1 2 FLASH WRITE UNPROTECTED...

Page 76: ...GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor SPK1 Internal speaker Pin Signal Name 1 Signal 2 Buzzer 3 Key 4 VCC 1 Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPUFAN1 2 Connect the case cooling fan conn...

Page 77: ...ATX 24 pin Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 COM 4 5V 16 PS ON 5 Ground 17 COM 6 5V 18 COM 7 Ground 19 COM 8 PWRGD 20 5V 9 5VSB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5...

Page 78: ...erly an IDE drive should be connected to the onboard IDE interface The LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Power Sleep Message Waiting LED C...

Page 79: ...motherboard s optional devices Audio1 Front Panel Audio Header This connector allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access Pin Signal Name 1 POR...

Page 80: ...gnment may cause damage or system hang up AUXIN Auxiliary in Connector This connector can be used as either CDIN1 or AUXIN connector If it is used as an additional line in audio AUXIN connector it all...

Page 81: ...ibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA COM2 Onboard Serial Port Header Connect a serial port extension bracket to this header to add a second serial port to your system Pin Signal Name P...

Page 82: ...those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines IMPORTAN...

Page 83: ...76 Chapter 6 Aspire T600 Exploded Diagram...

Page 84: ...Chapter 6 77 AcerPower FV Exploded Diagram...

Page 85: ...pire T600 AcerPower FV Model No Define 1 Trade Mark 2 Brand Name Acer 3 Description E91M Intel 915GV ICH6 P4 775pin 4DIMM 2PCI 1PCI E 4 Product Name Aspire T600 AcerPower FV Model Definition and Confi...

Page 86: ...B 79 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 Ap...

Page 87: ...4u 32M 8 8 DDR 333 512MB 0 14u 32M 8 16 NT256D64S88B1G 6K NT512D64S8HB1G 6K Memory DDR400 Infineon DDR400 256MB 0 11u Black 32M 8 16 CL 3 Middle April DDR400 512MB 0 11u Black 32M 8 16 CL 3 Middle Apr...

Page 88: ...2 56K standard ATX bracket 1456VQHT5 INT1 GVC F 1156I R12 AAP Housing Foxconn Microtower 3 5 3 5 25 2 black H602 housing PSU FSP Power Supply FSP300 60THA 1 Power Supply FSP300 60THA 1PF 24 pin Non PF...

Page 89: ...oard KBP2971 Hebrew Ver 105keys PS 2 Keyboard KBP2971 Polish Ver 105keys PS 2 Keyboard KBP2971 Slovenian Ver 105keys PS 2 Keyboard KBP2971 Slovakian Ver 105keys PS 2 Keyboard KBP2971 Turkey Ver 105key...

Page 90: ...keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Arabic Ver 104keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Thai Ver 104keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Germany Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 Italian Ver 105keys USB Keyboard KU0355 French Ver 105keys...

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