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Acer V70LA, Technical Manual

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Page 1: ... Notational conventions The meanings of the symbols and fonts used in this manual are as follows Pay particular attention to texts marked with this symbol Failure to observe this warning endangers your life destroys the system or may lead to loss of data i This symbol is followed by supplementary information remarks and tips Texts which follow this symbol describe activities that must be performed...

Page 2: ... lithium battery The lithium battery must be replaced with an identical battery or a battery type recommended by the manufacturer CR2032 Do not throw lithium batteries into the trashcan It must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste The shipped version of this board complies with the requirements of the EEC directive 89 336 EEC Electromagnetic compatibility Co...

Page 3: ...serve the following points under all circumstances You must always discharge yourself e g by touching a grounded object before working The equipment and tools you use must be free of static charges Pull out the power plug before inserting or pulling out boards containing ESDs Always hold boards with ESDs by their edges Never touch pins or conductors on boards fitted with ESDs ...

Page 4: ...placement of the processor 2 DIMM slots for 16 to 256 Mbyte main memory SDRAM memory modules 1 external parallel port 1 external serial port 1 internal serial port 2 external PS 2 interfaces for keyboard and mouse 2 external USB ports USB Universal Serial Bus LAN controller ATI AGP screen controller AMC connector AGP PCI Cache Memory Controller 2 IDE connectors Connector for one floppy disk drive ...

Page 5: ...ideo connector 8 AMC connector 9 2 DIMM sockets 10 ATI AGP controller 11 Serial port 2 12 Processor socket type 7 13 AGP PCI Cache Memory Controller 14 Connector for one floppy disk drive 15 Audio connector 16 PCI ISA Bridge System I O Controller 17 2 IDE connectors 18 Connector for PCI slot board 19 LAN controller 20 Connector for power supply 21 fan connector The marked connectors are optional a...

Page 6: ...ng in Signal jumper Setting Function JP1 connected to 1 2 connected to 2 3 Ring in Signal Ring in Active Low Ring in Active High Default setting JP3 Selecting the processor core voltage Vcore Vcore Jumper JP3 Vcore Jumper JP3 3 3V connected to 1 2 2 8V connected to 7 8 3 2V connected to 3 4 2 2V connected to 9 10 2 9V connected to 5 6 1 8V connected to 11 12 ...

Page 7: ...o 1 2 connected to 1 2 connected to 1 2 4 0 connected to 2 3 connected to 1 2 connected to 2 3 4 5 connected to 2 3 connected to 2 3 connected to 2 3 JP11 LED jumper JP11 MSG LED Gnd HD LED Mail indicator Hard disk indicator Gnd PWR OFF LED PWR ON LED On Off indicator JP12 Switch jumper JP12 ON OFF switch FN1 FN2 Processor fan CN1 to CN31 Internal ports and connectors Internal port Function Intern...

Page 8: ... the resolution in the Control Panel under Display Properties Screen resolution Refresh rate Hz Vertical frequency range kHz Horizontal frequency range kHz Max number of colors 640 x 480 120 60 120 32 64 256 640 x 480 120 60 120 32 64 65 K 640 x 480 120 60 120 32 64 16 7 M 800 x 600 120 56 120 35 77 256 800 x 600 120 56 120 35 77 65 K 800 x 600 120 56 120 35 77 16 7 M 1024 x 768 120 60 120 48 97 2...

Page 9: ...for your particular application Possible address this address can be used for your particular application Possible DMA these DMAs can be used for your particular application Upgrading main memory The system board is equipped with two 168 pin sockets with which the main memory can be upgraded to a maximum of 256 Mbyte These slots are suitable for 16 32 64 and 128 Mbyte SDRAM memory modules of the D...

Page 10: ...ach side of the relevant location outwards Insert the memory module into the location At the same time flip the lateral holders upwards until the memory module snaps in place Removing a memory module 1 1 Flip the holders to the right and left of the location outwards Pull the memory module out of its location ...

Page 11: ...move the old processor from the socket 3 Insert the new processor in the socket so that the mark on the upper side of the processor matches the mark A on the socket 4 The mark on the processor may be covered by a heat sink In this case let yourself be guided by the marking in the rows of pins on the underside of the processor Push the lever back down so that it snaps into place Connect the fan con...

Page 12: ...y type recommended by the manufacturer CR2032 Do not throw lithium batteries into the trashcan It must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste Make sure that you insert the battery the right way round The plus pole must point to the contact Insert a new lithium battery of the same type in the socket Error messages Memory Error at MMMM SSSS OOOOh R xxxxh W xxxxh...

Page 13: ... the floppy disk drive Floppy Disk Controller Error Check the floppy drive cable and its connections Change the floppy disk controller or disable the onboard controller by installing another add on board with a controller Floppy Drive s Write Protected Call BIOS Setup and set the setting to Normal CPU Clock Mismatch The user has changed the CPU frequency This message will only be shown once Then t...

Page 14: ...Replace the DRAM chips or SIMMs or disable parity check in Setup if the model supports it I O Parity Error Check all I O related circuits i e system I O controller memory controller interrupt controller DMA controller etc Press Ctrl_Alt_Esc key to enter SETUP or F1 key to Continue Press to reconfigure the system Press ESC to turn off NMI or any key to reboot Press to reject NMI error or press any ...

Page 15: ...stomer Service to change the battery Some menu items may not be present on your system Calling BIOS Setup To call BIOS Setup press during system startup i The following figures are examples and may be different on your system Setup Utility System Information Product Information Disk Drives Onboard Peripherals Power Management Boot Options Date and Time System Security Advanced Options Load Default...

Page 16: ...rn to the main menu To exit BIOS Setup press in the main menu System Information System Information Page 1 2 Processor IDT C6 Processor Speed 200 MHz Internal Cache Size 64 KB Enabled External Cache Size 512 KB Enabled Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 5 inch Floppy Drive B None IDE Primary Channel Master Hard Disk 3400 MB IDE Primary Channel Slave None IDE Secondary Channel Master None IDE Secondary Chann...

Page 17: ...Information menu Product Information Product Information Page 1 1 Product Name SCOVERY System S N Serial Main Board ID 98134 1 Main Board S N 0000000000000000 System Board Version V3 2 DMI BIOS Version 2 00 1 Esc Back to Main Menu Example for the Product Information menu The Product Information displays information on the product designation of the device the serial numbers of device and system bo...

Page 18: ...0 Mbyte floppy disk drive You can determine how the 120 Mbyte floppy disk drive will be detected Possible entries are Normal BIOS does not support the LS 120 drive The drive needs the LS 120 device driver to operate Drive A BIOS recognizes the LS 120 drive as drive A If a standard diskette drive A exists BIOS automatically identifies LS 120 drive as drive B If drive A and B already exist the LS 12...

Page 19: ...ters Cylinders Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Sectors Number of sectors Size Size of the hard disk in Mbyte Hard Disk Size 504 MB Auto automatically detects the installed hard disk and supports the function if possible Hard Disk Block Mode This function enhances disk performance depending on the hard disk in use Auto automatically detects the installed hard disk and supports the function...

Page 20: ...transfer modes allow faster transfer rates of 2 and 2 4 Mbytes s These modes will only work with peripheral devices which support them Setting Function Standard and Bi directional Data can be transferred in both directions across the port Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Fast transfer mode up to 2 Mbytes s can output and receive data The mode requires a peripheral device which supports the EPP transfer ...

Page 21: ...hange Setting Example for the Onboard Devices Configuration submenu USB Controller switches the USB controller Universal Serial Bus of the system board on or off Enabled The system BIOS determines which system resources interrupts addresses are occupied Disabled The USB controller is disabled USB Legacy Mode specifies whether the USB keyboard emulation is still active after starting the operating ...

Page 22: ... functions are disabled Power Switch 4 sec Power Off switches the system off when the On Off switch is pressed Suspend switches the system in Suspend mode when the On Off switch is pressed System Wake Up Event specifies the event which wakes up the system Modem Ring Indicator specifies whether the system can be switched on by an incoming message e g via modem fax or telephone The signal can be sup...

Page 23: ...e sequence in which the system BIOS searches the drives for system files to start the operating system You can change the sequence with the and key First Hard Disk Drive Specifies whether the system is booted from an IDE or an SCSI hard disk drive Primary Display Adapter Primary Display Adapter enables or disables the on board VGA controller on the system board If a screen controller board is inst...

Page 24: ... from LANDesk Service Agent When Enabled is set the LSA LAN BIOS is activated and enables the operating system to be loaded from a server via a local network connection with LSA When Disabled is set the LAN boot is not possible The LAN BIOS is not activated Boot over BOOTP When Enabled is set the BootP LAN BIOS is activated and enables the operating system to be loaded from a server via a local ne...

Page 25: ...r Password again XXXXXXX Set or Change Password Move Highlight Bar F1 Help Esc Exit Enter the password in the Enter Password field and press the Enter key i The password can be at most seven characters long All alphanumerical characters can be used no differentiation is made between upper case and lower case Passwords are not displayed as they are entered Re enter the password in the Enter Passwor...

Page 26: ...ng Normal Floppy disks may be read written to or deleted Write Protect All Sectors Diskettes can only be read Write Protect Boot Sector The boot sector of floppy disks is read only The remaining data on the floppy disk may be read written or deleted Hard disk drive Settings Meaning Normal Hard disks may be read written to or deleted Write Protect All Sectors Hard disks are read only Write Protect ...

Page 27: ...ts of the main memory and BIOS can be temporarily copied The system performance is higher when the cache is switched on You must disable the cache if the access time is too short for older applications Select Enabled if you want to switch on the internal cache External Cache This field switches the external cache on and off Select Enabled if you want to switch on the external cache Cache Scheme Wr...

Page 28: ...e PCI boards supporting Plug Play Otherwise select Manual PCI Slot 1 2 If PCI IRQ Setting is set to Manual you can set the PCI interrupts in this field Multifunctional PCI boards or boards with an integrated PCI to PCI bridge can use several PCI interrupts INTA INTB INTC INTD Monofunctional PCI boards default only use one PCI interrupt INTA per PCI slot The PCI interrupts INTA INTB INTC and INTD a...

Page 29: ...mined by means of the Plug Play functionality The mounted modules and drives are then initialized with this data Non Plug Play components must be entered manually e g Windows 95 ICU No After the system is started the Plug Play functionality ascertains the current configuration data and uses this data to initialize the installed boards and drives The configuration data of non Plug Play components a...

Page 30: ...rt Settings Change the following dialog box appears Do you want to abort settings change Yes No Select Yes to discard all changes Selecting No returns you to the main menu without discarding the changes Exiting Setup To exit BIOS Setup press the key in the main menu Confirm the following dialog box ...

Page 31: ...ng 15 exiting 30 loading default values 29 Main menu 15 Boot from LANDesk Service Agent 24 Boot Options 23 Boot over BOOTP 24 Boot Sequence 23 C Cache 27 Configuration Table 24 Connectors 5 internal 6 onboard 20 D Data technical 4 Date and Time 24 Date changing 24 Disk Drive Control write protection for floppy disk drive 26 Disk Drives 18 E Electrostatic sensitive devices ESD 3 Energy saving funct...

Page 32: ...thium battery 12 Load Default Settings 29 LS 120 drive 18 M Main memory 27 upgrading 9 Main menu 15 Memory 27 Memory Cache Options 27 Memory at 15MB 16MB 27 Memory module installing 10 removing 10 Memory test 24 Monitor controller 23 Multifunctional PCI boards 28 N Notational conventions 1 Notes important 2 Num Lock After Boot 24 O Onboard controller 21 Onboard Device Settings 21 Onboard Periphera...

Page 33: ...rd 26 Primary Display Adapter 23 Processor replacing 11 Product Information 17 R Real time clock module 12 Recycling battery 12 Reset Resource Assignments 29 Resources 9 S Screen resolutions 8 Security functions 24 Selftest quick 23 Setup password 25 System boot see Operating system System information 16 System password 26 System Security 24 System Wake Up Event 22 T Technical data 4 Time changing...

Page 34: ... Drives 18 Floppy Drives 18 LS 120 drive 18 IDE Drives 19 Onboard Peripherals 20 Onboard Device Settings 21 Power Management 22 Power Management Mode 22 Power Switch 4 sec 22 System Wake Up Event 22 Boot Options 23 Boot Sequence 23 First Hard Disk Drive 23 Primary Display Adapter 23 Fast Boot 23 Num Lock After Boot 24 Memory Test 24 Configuration Table 24 Boot from LANDesk Service Agent Boot over ...

Page 35: ...Machines Inc All other trademarks referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners whose protected rights are acknowledged All rights including rights of translation reproduction by printing copying or similar methods even of parts are reserved Offenders will be liable for damages All rights including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or...

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