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Veriton 3500/5500/7500

Removing the Power Supply

See “Removing the Housing Cover” on page 85

See “Removing a Dummy Link Bar” on page 86

See “Removing a Link Bar” on page 86

Disconnect the FDD power connector from the FDD drive and the HDD power connector from the HDD..

Disconnect the CD-RW power connector from CD-RW drive and DVD-ROM power connector from DVD-
ROM drive.

Disconnect the main power connector and 12 Volt. power connector from the main board. Remove the
four screws that hold the power supply to the housing and detach the power supply from the housing.

Removing the Intrusion Alarm Cable Module

See “Removing the Housing Cover” on page 85

Disconnect the cable as shown here, remove the one screw here, and then detach the intrusion alarm
cable module from the housing.

Removing the LED Activity Indicators Module

See “Removing the Housing Cover” on page 85

Press the LED activity indicators module to release the latches in the direction as shown here, and then
detach the module from the housing.

Summary of Contents for Veriton 3500

Page 1: ...0 3500G 5500G 7500G Service Guide PART NO 49 31V01 301 49 31V01 201 49 31V01 101 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: ... refer to the table below for the updates made on Veriton 3500 5500 7500 service guide Date Chapter Updates 04 22 2002 Chapter 1 Modify Block diagram 05 06 2002 Chapter 1 and 5 Modify Board Layout graphic and add Mouse for CN 2 ...

Page 3: ...th respect 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 ...

Page 4: ... NOTE Gives 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: ... will 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 p...

Page 6: ...6 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 ...

Page 7: ...ave and IDE Secondary Master Slave Setup 40 Advanced BIOS Features 41 Advanced Chipset Features 43 Integrated Peripherals 44 Power Management Setup 47 PnP PCI Configurations 50 PC Health Status 52 Frequency Control 54 System Security 55 Supervisor Password 55 User Password 57 Bypassing the Password 58 Load Default Settings 59 Exiting Setup 60 Advanced Options 61 Product Information 61 Advanced BIO...

Page 8: ...g the Hard Diskette Drive and Floppy Diskette Drive 91 Removing the CD RW DVD ROM Drive 92 Removing the Power Supply 94 Removing the Intrusion Alarm Cable Module 94 Removing the LED Activity Indicators Module 94 Removing Power Switch Cable 95 Removing the System Main Board 96 Removing the I O Port Bracket 96 Veriton 7500 7500G Disassembly Procedure Flowchart 97 Disassembling the Veriton 7500 7500G...

Page 9: ...n 5500 5500G Exploded Diagram 134 Veriton 7500 7500G Exploded Diagram 140 Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration 147 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 147 Veriton 3500G 5500G 7500G 148 Main Features 149 Appendix B Test Compatible Components 151 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Environment Test 153 Microsoft Windows ME Professional Environment Test 155 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Environment T...

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Page 11: ... Pin Grid Array 2 processor FC PGA2 based Micro ATX IBM PC AT compatible system with PCI bus The Veriton 3500G 5500G 7500G supports Intel Pentium IV Willamette 478 Northwood Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 2 processor FC PGA2 based Micro ATX IBM PC AT compatible system with PCI AGPbus System Specifications Chapter 1 ...

Page 12: ...I 1 0 b Compliant Power management and Configuration Support Software shutdown for Windows 95 98SE ME 2000 XP Hardware monitor function On board DC to DC converter VRM 9 0 spec Supports USB 2 0 high performance peripherals Multimedia 128 bit graphics accelerator installed in the AGP Pro card slot AGP slot not available for Veriton 3500 5500 and 7500 Cathode ray tube CRT support Liquid crystal disp...

Page 13: ...ction WfM 2 0 Complaint Expansion 3 PCI slots 2 DIMM slots 1 AGP slot no AGP slot for Veriton 3500 5500 and 7500 Upgradeable memory and hard disk Human centric design and ergonomics Mini tower form factor Separate computer stand and rubber stands for quick and easy positioning Space saver solution Accessible I O ports Smooth and stylish design Low emission and low radiation ...

Page 14: ...emitting diode LED 2 3 5 inch floppy drive 3 Floppy drive eject button 4 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW Headphone Earphone port 5 Volume control tuner 6 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW LED 7 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW tray 8 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW emergency eject hole 9 Stop Eject button 10 USB ports 11 Microphone in port front 12 Headphone out port 13 Hard disk drive activity LED ...

Page 15: ...orts front and rear However you cannot use both of them at the same time The default setting for your system enables the microphone in port in front and disables the one at the back 14 LAN Activity LED 15 Power LED 16 Power button Label Icon Description ...

Page 16: ... 1 Power supply 2 Voltage selector switch 3 Keyhole 4 Green PS 2 mouse port 5 Power Jack for external speakers 6 Teal or Turquoise Serial port 7 Burgundy Parallel Printer port 8 Blue CRT LCD monitor port 9 White Network port 10 Black Modem line and Telephone port 11 Power cord socket ...

Page 17: ... has two microphone in ports front and rear However you can not use both of them at the same time The default setting for your system enables the microphone in port in front and disables the one at the back 12 Purple PS 2 keyboard port 13 Black USB ports 14 Pink Microphone in port rear 15 Lime Audio out Line out jack 16 Light blue Audio in Line in jack 17 Expansion slots Label Icon Color Descripti...

Page 18: ...8 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 Front Panel Veriron 5500 5500G The computer s front panel consists of the following ...

Page 19: ...disk drive activity light emitting diode LED 2 LAN activity LED 3 Power LED 4 Power button 5 CD ROM DVD ROM Headphone Earphone port 6 Floppy drive light emitting diode LED 7 3 5 inch floppy disk drive 8 Floppy drive eject button 9 CD ROM DVD ROM tray 10 Stop Eject button 11 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW emergency eject hole 12 CD ROM DVD ROM LED 13 Volume control tuner 14 5 25 drive inch bay 15 Headphone e...

Page 20: ...con Color escription 1 Voltage selector switch 2 Green PS 2 mouse port 3 Power jack for external speakers 4 Teal or Turquoise Serial port 5 Burgundy Parallel printer port 6 Blue monitor port 7 White Network port 8 Keyhole 9 Black Modem line port 10 Expansion slots ...

Page 21: ... ports front and rear However you can not use both of them at the same time The default setting for your system enables the microphone in port in front and disables the one at the back 11 Black Telephone line port 12 Light blue Audio in Line in jack 13 Lime Audio out Line out jack 14 Pink Microphone in port rear 15 Black USB ports 16 Purple PS 2 keyboard port 17 Power cord socket 18 Power supply L...

Page 22: ...12 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 Front Panel Veriton 7500 7500G The computer s front panel consists of the following ...

Page 23: ... Label Icon Description 1 CD ROM DVD ROM tray 2 Stop Eject Button 3 Skip Forward Button 4 Hard disk drive activity light emitting diode LED 5 LAN activity LED 6 Power LED 7 Power button 8 CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW LED 9 Volume Control Tuner 10 Headphone earphone port 11 5 25 inch drive bays 12 3 5 inch floppy disk drive 13 Floppy drive LED 14 Floppy drive eject button 15 Speaker out Line out port 16 Mi...

Page 24: ...on 7500 7500G Label Icon Color Description 1 Voltage Selector Switch 2 Power cord socket 3 Burgundy Parallel printer port 4 White Network port 5 Power jack for external speakers 6 Power supply 7 Green PS 2 mouse port 8 Purple PS 2 keyboard port ...

Page 25: ...r However you can not use both of them at the same time The default setting for your system enables the microphone in port in front and disables the one at the back 9 Black USB ports 10 Teal or Turquoise Serial port 11 CRT LCD monitor port 12 Pink Microphone in port rear 13 Lime Audio out Line out jack 14 Light blue Audio in Line in jack 15 Black Telephone port optional 16 Black Modem line port 17...

Page 26: ... AC97 Audio CODEC DDR 266 200 DDR 266 200 PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot SIO FWH Scaleable Bus 3 2GB s 2 12GB s 8 Bit Hub Interface 266MB s Willamette Northwood Processor Brookdale GL GMCH ICH4 6 USB 2 0 ports 2 ATA 100 IDE Channels LAN Connect AC97 Audio CODEC DDR 266 200 DDR 266 200 PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot SIO FWH Scaleable Bus 3 2GB s 2 12GB s 8 Bit Hub Interface 266MB s ...

Page 27: ...6 200 PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot SIO FWH Scaleable Bus 3 2GB s 4 25GB s 2 12GB s 8 Bit Hub Interface 266MB s AGP 4X 2X 1 5V signal Willamette Northwood Processor Brookdale G GMCH ICH4 AGP Graphic 6 USB 2 0 ports 2 ATA 100 IDE Channels LAN Connect AC97 Audio CODEC DDR 266 200 DDR 266 200 PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot SIO FWH Scaleable Bus 3 2GB s 4 25GB s 2 12GB s 8 Bit Hub Interface 266MB s AGP 4X 2X...

Page 28: ...18 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 Main Board Layout Veriton 3500 5500 7500 S88M GL 30 29 28 27 26 17 1 36 35 34 33 32 31 18 9 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 22 23 25 37 38 ...

Page 29: ...Chapter 1 19 Main Board Layout Veriton 3500G 5500G 7500G S88M G 30 29 28 27 26 17 1 36 35 34 33 32 31 18 9 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 22 23 24 25 37 38 ...

Page 30: ...Connector 12V 7 Serial IRQ 26 Line in upper Line out middle Mic in lower 8 Power LED 27 Network upper and USB lower Ports 9 Power Button 28 Parallel port upper and Serial Ports lower 10 Audio FPIO Connector 29 Serial Ports 11 LAN Activity LED 30 PS2 Keyboard Mouse 12 1 2 Normal 2 3 Clear CMOS 31 3 pin Fan SYS Connector 13 HDD LED Connector 32 CPU Socket 14 Intrusion Connector 33 3 pin Fan CPU Conn...

Page 31: ...this key perform special functions such as Windows Tab Activates the next Taskbar button Windows E Explore My Computer Windows F Find Document Windows M Minimize All j j j j Windows M Undo Minimize All Windows R Displays Run dialog box 4 Application key Opens the applications context menu same function as clicking the right button of the mouse 5 Cursor keys Also called arrow keys let you move the ...

Page 32: ... or video file Forward Button press to skip forward to the next track or file and start playing Backward button press to skip backward to the previ ous track or file and start playing 11 Internet Suspend keys Consist of three buttons Email launches the email application that came bun dled with your system Web browser launches the browser application that came bundled with your system Suspend puts ...

Page 33: ...any jumper BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programmer Award BIOS version V6 0 BIOS ROM type Intel FWH SST 49LF004 33 4C NH BIOS ROM size 4MB Support protocol PCI 2 1 APM1 2 DMI 2 00 1 E IDE ACPI 1 0 ESCD 1 03 ANSI ATA 3 0 PnP 1a Bootable CD ROM 1 0 ATAPI Boot from CD ROM feature Yes Support to LS 120 drive No Support to BIOS boot block feature Yes BIOS Hotkey List Hotkey Function Description c c...

Page 34: ...e package 184 pin DIMM Support to parity check feature Yes Support to Error Correction Code ECC feature Yes Memory module combinations You can install memory modules in any combination as long as they match the Memory Combination specifications Memory Combinations DIMM 1 DIMM 2 TOTAL X Y 2GB 0M 64M 64M 0M 128M 128M 0M 256M 256M 0M 512M 512M 64M 0M 64M 128M 0M 128M 256M 0M 256M 512M 0M 512M 64M 64M...

Page 35: ...is only applicable to system with installed Pentium 4 processor L2 Cache RAM size Pentium IV processor 512 KB for Northwood and 256KB for Willamette L2 Cache RAM speed The same with the processor core clock frequency L2 Cache function control Enable Disable by BIOS Setup Video Interface Item Specification Video controller resident bus AGP bus Video interface support 1x 2x 4x AGP Data Transfer and ...

Page 36: ...phone jack Supported On audio I O board Front Panel Access Headphone jack Supported On audio I O board Front Panel Access Package QFP64 Line in Line out speaker out Supported On audio I O board connects via CN14 IDE Interface Item Specification IDE controller Embedded in Intel 82801DB ICH 4 IDE controller resident bus PCI bus Number of IDE channel 2 on board 40 pin hard disk drive connector Suppor...

Page 37: ... Internal data transfer rate Mbytes s max 436 I O Data transfer rate Mbytes s max 100 MB sec Ultra ATA Mode ATA data transfer modes supported PIO Modes 0 4 Multiword DMA Modes 0 2 Ultra DMA Modes DC Power Requirements max 5V 12V Startup peak 1 5A 2A Maximum seeking RMS 1 5A 2A Voltage tolerance 5V DC 5 12V DC 10 MTBF Mean Time Between Failure 625 000 S M A R T function supported DVD ROM Interface ...

Page 38: ...OM XA mode 2 Form 1 and Form 2 Photo CD single and multiple sessions CD Extra CD I FMV Video CD CD Text CD R W and CD DA disc format loading mechanism Soft eject with emergency eject hole eject button must be upside Power Requirement 5V 12V Voltage tolerance 10 10 Standby Sleep 20mA 2mA Avtive 1 5A max 1A max Parallel Port Item Specification Parallel port controller Embedded in SMSC LPC47M192 Para...

Page 39: ...tion Fax modem data baud rate bps 14 4K bps Data modem data baud rate bps 56K bps Voice modem Yes Modem connector type RJ11 Full duplex Yes USB Port Items Specifications Universal UHCI USB 1 1 Universal EHCI USB 2 0 USB Class Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode Memory Address Map Address Size Function 000000 07FFFF 512KBytes Host Memory 080000 09FFFF 128KBytes Host PCI Memory 0A0000 0BFFFF 128...

Page 40: ...e 3 Route 4 Route 1 Route 2 I O Address Map Hex Range Devices 000 00F 020 021 040 043 060 060 061 061 070 071 081 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 77A DMA Controller 1 Interrupt Controller 1 System Timer Keyboard Controller 8742 System Speaker CMOS RAM Address and Real Time Clock DMA Controller 2 Interrupt Controller ...

Page 41: ...Reserved IRQ13 Math Co processor Exception N IRQ14 Fix Diskette Reserved IRQ15 Fix Diskette Reserved DRQx Assignment Map DRQx System Devices Add On Card Devices DRQ0 N Notes Reserved DRQ1 N Reserved DRQ2 Floppy Diskette N DRQ3 N Reserved DRQ4 Cascade N DRQ5 N Reserved DRQ6 N Reserved DRQ7 N Reserved Main Board Major Chips Item Controller North Bridge Intel BROOKDALE G GL South Bridge Intel 82801DB...

Page 42: ... 16 2 250 Hz 0 2G 1 octave minute X Y Z axis 2 cycles per axis Non operating Packed Sweep rate Direction Test cycles 5 27 1 Hz 0 6G 27 1 50 Hz 0 4mm peak to peak 50 500 Hz 2 0G 0 5 coactive minute X Y Z axis 4 cycles per axis Mechanical Specifications Item Specification Dimensions 244 L X 244 W x18mm H Weight One 3 5 FDD and one 3 5 HDD without packing Depends on local configuration Switching Powe...

Page 43: ...nt 2A Measure at line input 90 VRMS and maximum load condition NOTE 1 5V 3 3V total power is 80W max A 3 Input current Input Current Measuring Range 4A 90 132 VRMS 3A 180 264 VRMS Output Requirements Regulation Current Rating Max 5V 5 8A 12V 5 10A 12V 10 0 3A 3 3V 5 10A 5Vaux 5 3A ...

Page 44: ...ble H sync and V sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor Suspend Mode Independent power management timer 2 120 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 interface Disable H sync and V sync signals to control the ...

Page 45: ...guration 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 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 Cha...

Page 46: ...ls you how to move within a screen and from one screen to another To select an option move the highlight bar by pressing w w w w y y y y z z z z or x x x x then press e e e e To change a parameter setting press or until the desired setting is found or press e e e e to pop out the screen with available items for selection Press to return to the main menu If you are already in the main menu press ag...

Page 47: ...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 main version of your BIOS utility SMBIOS version The System Management Interface SM BIOS allows you to check your system hardware compon...

Page 48: ...imary Master setup press e e e e The IDE CD ROM is always automatically detected Show the Status None HDD or CD ROM Number IDE Primary Slave Lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1 To enter the IDE Primary Slave setup press e e e e The IDE CD ROM is always automatically detected Show the Status None HDD or CD ROM Number IDE Secondary Master Lets you conf...

Page 49: ...t Keyboard All Errors No Errors All But Diskette All But Disk Key Base Memory Refers to the portion of memory that is available to standard DOS programs DOS systems have an address space of 1 MB but the top 384 KB called high memory is reserved for system use This leaves 640 KB of conventional memory Everything above 1 MB is either extended or expanded memory Extended Memory Memory above and beyon...

Page 50: ...drive Press Enter IDE Primary Master Displays the device type Auto None Manual Access Mode Selects the HDD access mode Auto Large LBA CHS Capacity Shows the size of your hard disk in MB xxxxx MB Cylinder Shows your hard disk s number of cylinders 0 to 65535 Head Shows your hard disk s number of heads 0 to 255 Precomp Selects the Precomp number for old HDD parking 0 to 65535 Landing Zone Selects th...

Page 51: ... Disabled Silent Boot This item is used to decide if the system logo displays when the system boots up Enabled Disabled Configuration Table Displays preboot system configuration table when enabled Disabled Enabled Hard Disk Boot Priority Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Press Enter Show Hard Disk Name 1 2 3 4 5 First Boot Device This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search s...

Page 52: ...ion limits access only to BIOS setup To disable the security option select Password Setting from the main menu don t type anything and just press e e e e The System option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system Setup System Parameter Description Options ...

Page 53: ...ggested settings Parameter Description Options Memory Hole at 15M 16M This option lets you reserve system memory area for special ISA cards The chipset accesses code data of these areas from the ISA bus directly Normally these areas are reserved for memory mapped I O cards Disabled Enabled AGP Aperture Size MB This item lets you determine the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture 64 4 8 16 32...

Page 54: ...ed Peripherals parameter Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings Parameter Description Options On Chip Primary PCI IDE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE These parameters let you enable or disable the IDE devices connected to the primary and secondary IDE connectors Enabled Disabled ...

Page 55: ...or disable the USB mouse driver within the onboard BIOS The mouse driver simulates legacy mouse command and lets you use a USB mouse during POST or after boot if you don t have a USB driver in the operating system Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio Enabling the on die AC97 Audio if no add on PCI Audio device Auto Disabled Onboard LAN Controller ICH4 On die LAN Enabled Disabled Init Display First If you i...

Page 56: ...d PS 2 compatible bi directional parallel port SPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP compatible with EPP1 7 and EPP 1 9 Extended Capabilities Port ECP Specification by Microsoft and HP IEEE 1284 compliant Printer SPP ECP EPP1 7 ECP EPP1 7 SPP EPP1 9 SPP EPP1 9 ECP ECP Mode Use DMA Selects the ECP Mode DMA Channel 3 1 Game Port Address Selects the Game Port Address 201 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Selec...

Page 57: ...orks only in APM mode IMPORTANT If an ACPI aware operating system such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000 is installed in ACPI mode the operating system will use the ACPI interfaces Then the settings in Power Management page is non effective The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings ...

Page 58: ...end Disabled 1 min 15 min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Function Enabled in ACPI and APM Mode This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware When Delay 4 sec is selected the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power On Suspend and Off If the switch is pressed less than 4 sec during power On the system will go into Suspend mode If the switch is pressed longer than 4 sec th...

Page 59: ...nth when system will boot up Set it to 0 if you want to boot everyday Time hh mm ss Alarm Indicate the hour minute and second when system will boot up Disabled Enabled Set Resume by Alarm to Enabled then press e e e e to show the range of Date and Time Alarm Power Management Mode Table Mode Doze Standby Suspend HDD Power Down Max Saving 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 min Min Saving 1 min 1 min 1 min 1 mi...

Page 60: ...ssign the IRQs and DMAs to the ISA and PCI devices Set this to Auto to enable the auto configuration function Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Network Sound or Others IRQ 7 Printer or Others IRQ 9 Video or Others IRQ 10 SCSI or Others IRQ 11 SCSI or Others IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ 14 IDE1 IRQ15 IDE2 Set Resources Controlled By to Manual to show the IRQ Resources If your ISA ...

Page 61: ...r a color data storage of each VGA card installed in the system The snooping process lets the CPR send a signal to all the VGA cards so that they can update their individual RAMDACs The signal goes through the cards continuously until all RAMDAC data has been updated This allows the display of multiple images on the screen NOTE Some VGA cards have required settings for this feature Check your VGA ...

Page 62: ...ed in ACPI Mode When the temperature of the CPU reaches the default value the system will give warning by initiating beep sounds 85 degree C 185 degree F 55degree C 131 degree F 65 degree C 149 degree F 75 degree C 167 degree F Disabled 95 degree C 203 degree F 105 degree C 221 degree F 115 degree C 239 degree F System Shutdown Temperature Function Enabled in ACPI Mode When the temperature of the ...

Page 63: ... system reaches the default value the system will give warning by initiating beep sounds 55 degree C 131 degree F 25degree C 77 degree F 35 degree C 95 degree F 45 degree C 113 degree F Disabled 65degree C 149 degree F 75 degree C 167 degree F 85 degree C 185 degree F Parameter Description Options ...

Page 64: ...7500 Frequency Control The following table describes the parameters found in this menu Parameter Description Processor Indicates the type of processor installed in your computer Processor Speed Indicates the processor speed ...

Page 65: ...characters When you type the characters they appear as asterisks on the password screen box 2 After typing the password press e e e e 3 At the next prompt re type your password and press e e e e again to confirm the new password After the password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To disable the password press e e e e when prompted to enter the password The screen displays ...

Page 66: ...56 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 ...

Page 67: ... your password Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters When you type the characters they appear as asterisks on the password screen box 2 After typing the password press e e e e 3 At the next prompt re type your password and press e e e e again to confirm the new password After the password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To disable the password press e e e e...

Page 68: ... 1 Turn off and unplug the system 2 Open the system housing Take off battery and short it 3 Place on RTC battery reboot the system and enter setup menu to load default setting Clear CMOS Follow these steps to bypass the password 1 Reset CMOS by adjusting JP2 to 2 3 2 Reboot the system 3 Adjust the JP2 back to 1 2 NOTE Please refer to the following JP2 Clear CMOS JP2 CMOS Check 1 2 Normal 2 3 Clear...

Page 69: ...ype hard disk type etc otherwise BIOS will keep the previous CMOS settings Selecting this option displays the following dialog box Choosing Yes enables BIOS to automatically detect the hardware changes that you have made in your system This option also allows you to restore the default settings Choosing No returns you to the main menu without loading the default settings ...

Page 70: ...log box appears Select Yes to exit Setup Select No to return to the main menu If you have made changes in the parameter settings you will be asked if you want to keep the changes made to the BIOS Select Yes to save your changes before you exit Setup Select No to discard all changes and exit Setup ...

Page 71: ...gs The following screen shows the Advanced Options parameter CAUTION Do not change any settings in the Advanced Options menu if you are not a qualified technician to avoid damaging the system Product Information Selecting Product Information from the Advanced Options menu displays the following screen This menu lets you configure the system memory The following table describes the parameters found...

Page 72: ...rom the Advanced Options menu displays the following screen The following table describes the parameters found in the sub menu Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings Parameter Description System BIOS ID R01 A3 BIOS real version BIOS release date BIOS release date ...

Page 73: ...bled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects power on state for NumLock On Off Gate A20 Option Fast Lets chipset control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate 20 Default is fast Fast Normal Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller when enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic ...

Page 74: ...heable C segment shadow RAM cacheable Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable A B segment shadow RAM cacheable Disabled Enabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M The system will reserve 15 16 MB address for the add on card Disabled Enabled Delayed Transaction ICH4 enables delayed transactions for internal register FWH and LPC I F accesses Enabled Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal Enables Pentium 4 thermal functio...

Page 75: ... the Advanced Options menu displays the following screen Parameter Description Option UART Mode Select Selects the UART as Serial Port Normal or IRDA or ASKIR Normal IrDA ASKIR UR2 Duplex Mode Selects the speed of UR2 Duplex Mode Half Full TxD RxD Polarity Active Selects the speed of TxD RxD Polarity Active Lo Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Hi Hi Use IR Pins Use IR Pins as IR Rx2Tx2 or RxD2 TxD2 IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 Tx...

Page 76: ...66 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 The following table describes the parameters found in the sub menu Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings ...

Page 77: ... On Suspend will Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend MODEM Use IRQ This item lets you set an IRQ for the modem 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 and N A Primary IDE 0 To enable or disable the detection of Primary IDE 0 HDD activities for power down state transition Disabled Enabled Primary IDE 1 To enable or disable the detection of Primary IDE 1 HDD activities for power down state transition Disabled Enabled Secondary IDE 0 ...

Page 78: ... BIOS Min 10 Max 24 Key in a DEC number Auto Detect PCI CLK Detect PCI card If the default is set to Disabled then the PCI slot clock will be turned off and vice versa Disabled Enabled Spread Spectrum This parameter let you enable or disable the spread spectrum 0 25 Disabled 0 5 0 5 0 38 CPU Host PCI Clock Front side bus frequency PCI clock Default 100 33 Mhz 105 35 Mhz 108 36 Mhz 114 38Mhz 120 40...

Page 79: ...u need the following tools Wrist grounding strap and conductive mat for preventing electrostatic discharge Flat bladed screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Hexagonal screwdriver Plastic stick 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 Machine Disassembly...

Page 80: ...formation 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 signal cables from the system ...

Page 81: ...y Main Unit Front Panel AGP VGA Card LAN Card Rotate Bracket W DVD ROM FDD Module EMI Audio Cover USB Audio Board Module Power Supply DVD ROM Power switch cable Intrusion Alarm Cable Module DIMM Main Board HDD Module HDD HDD Bracket CPU Fan Sink CPU USB Audio Board Memory Stick Cable USB Cable FDD I O port Bracket LED Activity Indicators ...

Page 82: ... additional components inside the system unit CAUTION Before you proceed make sure that you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected to it Removing the Housing Cover 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 2 Turn the housing back 3 Slide the upper case back out about an inch and then gently pull it outward to detach it from the housing ...

Page 83: ...the front panel gently in the way as shown here Removing the AGP VGA Card 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 Remove the screw as shown here and then remove the AGP VGA card from the slot NOTE There is no AGP VGA slot for Veriton 3500 NOTE When you turn on the system BIOS automatically detects and assigns resources to the PCI or AGP devices ...

Page 84: ... the EMI Audio Cover 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 Press and then remove the EMI audio cover from the lower case Removing the FDD and DVD Frame 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 Push the two latches of both sides then lift up the FDD and DVD frame 3 Disconnect the floppy disk drive cable and floppy disk drive power connector from the floppy disk drive ...

Page 85: ...VD ROM drive 5 Disconnect the intrusion alarm cable from the main board and then pull the FDD and DVD frame from the lower case 6 Remove the floppy disk drive cable and optical drive IDE cable from the main board 7 Remove the four screws as shown here then detach the DVD ROM drive from the frame ...

Page 86: ...3 Disconnect the cable from the main board use the flat screwdriver to release the latches and then detach the intrusion alarm cable module from the FDD and DVD frame Removing the DIMM 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 See Removing the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 Press the levers on both sides of the DIMM socket outward to release the DIMM and then gently pull the DIMM out to remove...

Page 87: ...ell Press the latch to release the RTC battery lift up the RTC battery To install the RTC battery put it back and press it into the correct position to secure it well Removing the Power Switch Cable 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 See Removing the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 Disconnect the power switch cable from the main board release the latches by using a flat screwdriver an dt...

Page 88: ...ng the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 See Removing the LAN Card on page 74 4 Disconnect the memory stick cable and USB cable from the main board 5 Disconnect the memory stick cable and USB cable from the USB audio board 6 Remove the two screws as shown here and then detach the USB audio board from the lower case ...

Page 89: ... main board Detach the hard disk drive power connector and hard disk drive IDE cable from the hard disk drive 4 Remove the two screws as shown here and then hold the hard disk drive frame 5 Slide the hard disk drive frame to the right and then gently move it inward to detach it from the lower case Remove the four screws as shown and then detach the hard disk drive from the frame ...

Page 90: ... 72 2 See Removing the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 See Removing the Hard Disk Drive on page 79 4 Disconnect the power LED hard disk drive activity LED and network activity cables from the main board 5 Detach the network activity cable power LED and hard disk drive activity LED cables from the housing ...

Page 91: ...he hard disk drive 4 Disconnect the main power connector and 12 Volt power connector from the main board Remove the three screws that hold the power supply to the housing and detach the power supply from the housing Removing the CPU Fan Sink 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 See Removing the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 Disconnect the fan sink cable from the main board and then relea...

Page 92: ...ver on page 72 2 See Removing the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 See Removing the CPU Fan Sink on page 81 Pull the socket lever up to release the processor pins from the socket holes an pull out the processor from the socket 4 Before putting back the processor back to its correct position please note that the side with the triangle mark on the processor should align with the one on the socket Afte...

Page 93: ...t all cables connected to the main board are removed 6 Remove the eight screws as shown here then detach the main board from the lower case Removing the I O Port Bracket 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 72 2 See Removing the FDD and DVD Frame on page 74 3 See Removing the AGP VGA Card on page 73 4 See Removing the LAN Card on page 74 5 See Removing the System Main board on page 83 6 Releas...

Page 94: ...Unit Dummy Link Bar Link Bar DIMM LED Activity Indicators Modem Card AGP VGA Card Main Board CPU CPU Fan Sink RTC Battery USB Cable USB Audio Board Module Memory Stick Cable USB Audio Board Intrusion Alarm Cable Module FDD HDD I O Port Bracket Power Supply Front Panel Empter Cover Front Panel W Empty Cover CD ROM DVD ROM Power Switch Cable ...

Page 95: ...n off the system power and unplug all cables 2 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 3 Turn the two thumbscrews counterclockwise to remove the cover Set the screws aside You will need them when replacing the housing cover 4 Hold the sides of the cover with both hands Slide it back about an inch and then gently pull it outward to detach it Removing the Front Panel 1 See Removing the Housin...

Page 96: ...e 85 5 To remove a link bar remove the one screw that secures the link bar to the housing Slide the dummy link bar in the direction as shown here and then lift it up Removing a Link Bar 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 To remove a link bar remove the screw that secures it to the housing Slide the dummy link bar in the direction as shown here and then lift it up NOTE Before detaching t...

Page 97: ...system BIOS automatically detects and assigns resources to the PCI or AGP devices Removing the Modem Card 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 Remove the one screw as shown below and then remove the modem card from the PCI slot NOTE When you turn on the system BIOS automatically detects and assigns resources to the PCI or AGP Removing the USB Audio Board Module 1 See Removing the Housing ...

Page 98: ...emory stick cable from the USB Audio board consecutively Removing a DIMM 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 See Removing a Dummy Link Bar on page 86 3 Press the levers on both sides of the DIMM socket outward to release the DIMM and then gently pull the DIMM out to remove it 4 Put the levers back to the original position ...

Page 99: ...the fan heatsink cable connector and release the two CPU fan sink levers from the CPU fan sink socket carefully and then lift the fan heatsink from the processor 4 Press down the levers back to their original position WARNING The heatsink becomes very hot when the system is On Never touch the heatsink with any metal or with your hands ...

Page 100: ...ting back the processor back to its correct position please note that the side with the triangle mark on the processor should align with the one on the socket After putting the processor back to the socket put the socket lever back to its original position to scure the processor Removing and Installing the RTC Battery 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 Press the latch to release the RTC...

Page 101: ...link bar over and then detach the hard disk drive power connector and hard disk drive IDE cable from the hard disk drive 5 Detach the floppy disk drive power connector and floppy disk drive cable from the floppy disk drive 6 Detach the floppy disk drive cable and hard disk drive IDE cable from the main board 7 Remove the four screws as shown here and then detach the hard disk drive module from the...

Page 102: ...nel on page 85 3 See Removing a Dummy Link Bar on page 86 4 See Removing a Link Bar on page 86 5 See Removing the Hard Diskette Drive and Floppy Diskette Drive on page 91 6 Disconnect the optical drive IDE cable from the main board Remove the four screws that hold the CD RW drive to the bracket frame 7 Disconnect the CD RW power cable audio cable and CD RW IDE cable from the CD RW drive and then p...

Page 103: ... that hold the DVD RW driver to the bracket frame 9 Disconnect the DVD ROM power cable DVD ROM IDE cable and audio cable from the DVD ROM drive and pull out the DVD ROM drive 10 Detach the CD ROM module and DVD ROM module from the housing ...

Page 104: ...nector and 12 Volt power connector from the main board Remove the four screws that hold the power supply to the housing and detach the power supply from the housing Removing the Intrusion Alarm Cable Module 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 Disconnect the cable as shown here remove the one screw here and then detach the intrusion alarm cable module from the housing Removing the LED Act...

Page 105: ...m the main board Removing Power Switch Cable 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 See Removing the Front Panel on page 85 3 Remove the power switch cable from the main board and release the latches by using a flat screwdriver 4 Press the power switch cable and then detach it from the housing ...

Page 106: ...d make sure that all cables connected to the main board are removed 6 Remove the eight screws as shown here and then detach the main board from the housing Removing the I O Port Bracket 1 See Removing the Housing Cover on page 85 2 See Removing a Dummy Link Bar on page 86 3 See Removing the AGP VGA Card on page 87 4 See Removing the Modem Card on page 87 5 See Removing the System Main Board on pag...

Page 107: ...nd instructs you on the components that need to be removed during servicing NOTE There is no AGP VGA Slot for Veriton 7500 Main Unit Left Panel Right Panel Front Panel FDD Module HDD Module AGP VGA Card Modem Card Main Board Power Supply Intrusion Alarm Cable CPU Fan Sink CPU DIMM RTC Battery USB Audio Board CD RW DVD ROM LED Activity Indicators W Power Swtich Cable Module ...

Page 108: ...rn off the system power and unplug all cables 2 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 3 Remove the four screws of the right panel and left panel using a screwdriver Set the screws aside you will need them when replacing the panel of the unit 4 Slide the right panel out and then gently pull it outward to detach it from the housing Do the same thing to the left panel Removing the Front Pane...

Page 109: ...Removing the Housing on page 98 Remove the left panel only 2 Remove the screw on the bracket of the AGP card Set the screw aside you will need it when reinserting the AGP card 3 Gently pull out the AGP card to remove it from the AGP slot 4 Gently pull out the modem card to remove it from the PCI slot NOTE There is no AGP VGA slot for Veriton 7500 NOTE When you turn on the system BIOS automatically...

Page 110: ...emoving the Front Panel on page 98 3 See Removing the Modem Card on page 99 4 Disconnect the memory stick cable and USB cable from the main board 5 Disconnect the memory stick cable and the USB cable from the audio board 6 Remove the two screws that hold the audio board then remove it from the housing ...

Page 111: ...ving the Front Panel on page 98 3 Disconnect the optical drive IDE cable and audio cable from the main board 4 Remove the four screws holding the CD RW drive to the housing 5 Disconnect the CD RW power cable CD RW IDE cable and audio cable from the CD RW then remove the CD ROM drive from the housing ...

Page 112: ...ble DVD ROM IDE cable and audio cable from the DVD ROM then remove the DVD ROM drive from the housing Removing the Floppy Disk Drive 1 See Removing the Housing on page 98 Remove the left panel only 2 Disconnect the floppy disk drive cable from the main board and then remove the four screws holding the diskette drive ...

Page 113: ...ain board and then remove the four screws that hold the hard disk drive to the disk frame Set the screws aside 3 Detach the hard disk drive power connector and hard disk drive IDE cable from the hard disk drive then detach the disk drive from the drive frame Removing the Intrusion Alarm Cable Module 1 See Removing the Housing on page 98 Remove the left panel only 2 Disconnect the cable as shown he...

Page 114: ...Removing the CPU Fan Sink 1 See Removing the Housing on page 98 Remove the left panel only 2 Detach the fan heatsink cable connector and release the two CPU fan sink levers from the CPU fan sink socket carefully and then lift the fan heatsink from the processor 3 Press down the levers back to their original position WARNING The heatsink becomes very hot when the system is On Never touch the heatsi...

Page 115: ...ote that the side with the triangle mark on the processor should align with the one on the socket After putting the processor back to the socket put the socket lever back to its original position to scure the processor Removing and Installing the RTC Battery 1 See Removing the Housing on page 98 Remove the left panel only 2 Put the housing to lying position with the open area facing upward 3 Press...

Page 116: ...olt power connector from the main board Remove the four screws that hold the power supply to the housing and detach the power supply from the housing Removing the LED Activity Indicators With Power Switch Cable Module 1 See Removing the Housing on page 98 2 See Removing the Front Panel on page 98 3 Release the latches as shown here and then press the LED activity indicators with power switch cable...

Page 117: ... that all cables connected to the main board are removed 6 Remove the eight screws holding the main board and then remove the main board from the housing Removing the I O Port Bracket 1 See Removing the Housing on page 98 Remove the left panel only 2 Put the housing to lying position with the open area facing upward 3 See Removing the AGP VGA Card on page 99 4 See Removing the Modem Card on page 9...

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Page 119: ...ter provides troubleshooting information for the Veriton 3500 5500 7500 and the Veriton 3500G 5500G 7500G Power On Self Test POST Index of Error Message Index of Error Symptoms Undetermined Problems Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ...

Page 120: ...er Embedded hard disk interface and one diskette drive interface Keyboard and auxiliary device controllers 1 44M floppy controller I O ports One parallel port One PS 2 compatible mouse port OnePS 2 compatible keyboard port NOTE When Post executes a task it uses a series of preset numbers called check points to be latched at port 80h indicating the stages it is currently running This latch can be r...

Page 121: ... 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 and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 1...

Page 122: ... INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU sp...

Page 123: ...eserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering ...

Page 124: ...ASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors wait for keys...

Page 125: ...3h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS ...

Page 126: ...cate that CMOS has become corrupt A weak battery may have caused this error Check the battery and replace if necessary CPU at nnnn Displays the running speed of CPU Display switch is set incorrectly The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This message indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct...

Page 127: ...imal performance system operations Press TAB to show POST screen System OEMs may replace the Phoenix Technologies Award BIOS POST display with their own proprietary display Including this message in the OEM display permits the operator to switch between the OEM display and the default POST display Primary master hard disk fail POST detects an error in the primary master IDE hard drive Primary slav...

Page 128: ...y 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 but fails to enter power saving mode when the Power Management Mode is set to Enabled 1 Enter BIOS Setup and load default settings In Windows Systems check settings in Power Management Property of Control Panel 2 Reload software from Recover...

Page 129: ...ve LED cable CD DVD ROM Drive NOTE Ensure CD DVD ROM drive is configured correctly in BIOS Setup cable jumper are set correctly and its laser beam is clean before diagnosing any CD DVD ROM drive problems CD DVD ROM drive LED doesn t come on but works normally 1 CD DVD ROM drive CD DVD ROM drive LED flashes for more than 30 seconds before LED shutting off Software asks to reinstall disc Software di...

Page 130: ...odem software program invokes but has no sound output Data files are received normally voice from modem cannot be produced but system sound feature works normally 1 Ensure the modem voice in cable from modem adapter card to main board Video and Monitor Video memory test failed Video adapter failed 1 Remove all non factory installed cards 2 Load default settings if screen is readable 3 Main board D...

Page 131: ...ower 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 Instant off 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 c...

Page 132: ...until you have isolated 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 Check all cables and connectors for proper installation 9 If the jumpers switches and voltage settings are correct remove or disconnect the following one at a time 10 Non Acer devices Ext...

Page 133: ...Chapter 5 123 Jumpers and Connectors Refer to the following figure for the location of the jumpers and connectors on the main board Jumper and Connector Information Chapter 5 ...

Page 134: ...500 5500 7500 Main board 3500 5500 7500 S88M GL CN2 CN3 CN8 CN10 CN14 CN18 CN6 CN11 CN4 CN7 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 FN1 U8 FN2 U14 CN16 CN17 CN21 CN25 CN19 JP2 CN20 CN22 CN24 U21 CN9 CN12 CN13 BT1 U24 CN23 CN26 SL1 SL2 SL3 U3 ...

Page 135: ...126 Main board 3500G 5500G 7500G S88M G CN2 CN3 CN8 CN10 CN14 CN18 CN6 CN11 CN4 CN7 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 FN1 U8 FN2 U14 SLT1 CN16 CN17 CN21 CN25 CN19 JP2 CN20 CN22 CN24 U21 CN9 CN12 CN13 BT1 U24 CN23 CN26 SL1 SL2 SL3 U3 ...

Page 136: ...23 Serial IRQ CN14 Line in upper Line out middle Mic in lower CN26 Power LED CN10 Network upper and USB lower Ports CN21 Power Button CN8 Parallel port upper and Serial Ports lower CN25 Audio FPIO Connector CN3 Serial Ports CN19 LAN Activity LED CN2 PS2 Keyboard Mouse JP2 1 2 Normal 2 3 Clear CMOS FN2 3 pin Fan SYS Connector CN20 HDD LED Connector U8 CPU Socket CN22 Intrusion Connector FN1 3 pin F...

Page 137: ...e to 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 IMPORTANT Please note that Acer Corporation sells only the parts listed in the following table Please be reminded that though some parts are disassembled in Chapter 3 for demonstration purpose Acer Corpor...

Page 138: ...128 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 Veriton 3500 3500G Exploded Diagram ...

Page 139: ... D353M3D Battery NS RTC BATTERY LI 3V 200MAH BATTERY LI 3V CR2032 200MAH Cables NS IDE CABLE 40PIN 2C 300MM C A 40P 2C 300MM HDD H34 8 FDD CABLE 34 34PIN 280MM H34 C A 34 34P FDD 280MM H34 1 10 HDD LED CABLE 4PIN 500MM LX 45 W A 4P HDD LED 500MM LX 45 1 12 POWER LED CABLE 3PIN 500MM LX 45 W A 3P PWR LED 500MM LX 45 ...

Page 140: ...CABLE 4PIN 2CONNECTOR 520MM W A 4P 2C AUDIO 520MM H61 1 9 POWER SWITCH CABLE 2PIN 500MM LX 45 W A 2P PWR SW 500MM LX 45 1 11 TURBO LED CABLE 2PIN 500MM LX 45 W A 2P TURBO LED 500MM LX 45 NS AUDIO BOARD CABLE 10PIN 385MM W A 2C 10P AUDIO BD 385MM S88M NS USB CABLE 2CONNECTOR 10PIN 300MM C A 2CONN USB 10P 300MM S88M Main board Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 141: ...LY 160W AOPEN FSP160 60SAV V 1 SPS 160WNOPFC FSP160 60SAV V 1 Case Cover Bracket Assembly 1 6 UPPER CASE SECC H34A ASSEMBLY UPPER CASE SECC H34A NS LOWER CASE W O LED CABLE SWICH CABLE MICRO SWITCH CABLE ASSEMBLY LOWER CASE SECC H34A 1 4 ROTATE BRACKET H34A ASSEMBLY ROTATE BRACKET H34A Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 142: ...O BRACKET Miscellaneous 7 FOOT STAND ASSY FOOT STAND ABS 501 H34 NS I O PORT LABEL LABEL I O PORT 40 7x155 H34A S88M Screws NS SCREW SCREW HDD FLAT 6 32 L9 8MM H34 NS SCREW SCREW MACH BDG 6 32 L8 NI 5 1 3 SCREW SCRW TAP HEX ZINC M3 5 5 4 1 2 SCREW SCRW TAP HEX ZN 6 3 16 Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 143: ...Chapter 6 133 NS SCREW SCREW TAP HEX ZINC 6 32 4 16 NS SCREW SCRW TAP PAN M3 8L 2LEAD Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 144: ...134 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 Veriton 5500 5500G Exploded Diagram Picture No Part Name Description Floppy Disk Drive 8 FDD 1 44M MITSUMI D353M3D FDD 1 44MB 1 H MITSUMI D353M3D Battery ...

Page 145: ... 150 300MM IDE H61 9 FDD CABLE 34PIN 2CONNECTOR 450MM C A 34P 2C 450MM FDD H61 NS IDE CABLE 40PIN 3CONNECTOR 150 300MM ATA66 C A 40P 3C 150 300MM ATA66 H61 NS AUDIO CABLE 4PIN 3CONNECTOR 520MM W A 4P 3C Y 520MM AUDIO COMAX 1 8 POWER SWITCH CABLE 2PIN 300MM W HOLDER W A 2P PWR SW 300MM H61 W HOLD Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 146: ...BLE MODULE TURBO HDD POWER ASSEMBLY LED CABLE A H40 NS AUDIO BOARD CABLE 2CONNECTOR 10PIN 380MM W A 2C 10P AUDIO BD 385MM S88M NS USB CABLE 2CONNECTOR 10PIN 300MM C A 2CONN USB 10P 300MM S88M Main board NS MAINBOARD S88M S88M MAIN BOARD Boards NS AUDIO BOARD S88M DAUGHTER BOARD Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 147: ...racket Assembly 1 9 UPPER CASE ASSY UPPER CASE H40 1 10 LOWER CASE W O LED CABLE SWITCH CABLE MICRO SWITCH CABLE ASSY L CASE H40 1 5 EMPTY COVER 5 25 5 25 EMPTY COVER H40 VERITON 1 4 LINK BAR BAR LINK SECC T 8 H40 1 11 FRONT PANEL W POWER KNOB W O LOGO ASSY F PNL VER H40 PRINT ACER Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 148: ... PLATE VT5500 LBL NAME PLT49 6 9 6VT5500 H40 NS I O PORT LABEL LBL I O PORT 40 7X155 H34A S88M Screws 1 14 SCREW SCREW TAP HEX ZINC 6 32 4 16 NS SCREW SCREW MACH BDG 6 32 L8 NI NS SCREW SCRW MACH BDG 6 32 3 16 NI 10 SCREW SCRW TAP HEX ZINC M3 5 5 NS SCREW SCRW THUMB 6 32 NI Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 149: ...Chapter 6 139 4 1 14 SCREW SCREW TAP HEX ZNIC 6 32 4 16 1 15 SCREW SCRW MACH FLAT M3 0 5P 8L NI Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 150: ...140 Veriton 3500 5500 7500 Veriton 7500 7500G Exploded Diagram Picture No Part Name Description Floppy Disk Drive 2 FDD 1 44M MITSUMI D353M3D FDD 1 44MB 1 H MITSUMI D353M3D Battery ...

Page 151: ... C A 40P 3C 150 300MM IDE H61 4 FDD CABLE 34PIN 2CONNECTOR 350MM C A 34P 2C 350MM FDD M19A FU NS IDE CABLE 40PIN 3CONNECTOR 150 300MM ATA66 C A 40P 3C 150 300MM ATA66 H61 NS AUDIO CABLE 4PIN 2CONNECTOR 520MM W A 4P 2C AUDIO 520MM H61 NS POWER CABLE 160 330MM CABLE PWR DC 160 330MM Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 152: ...CABLE MODULE POWER LED TURBO LED HDD LED POWER SWITCH ASSY HLD LX45 NS AUDIO BOARD CABLE 10PIN 385MM W A 2C 10P AUDIO BD 385MM S88M NS USB CABLE 2CONNECTOR 10PIN 300MM C A 2CONN USB 10P 300MM S88M Main board NS MAINBOARD S88M GL S88M GL MB Boards NS DAUGHTER BOARD S88M DAUGHTER BOARD Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 153: ...e Cover Bracket Assembly 1 1 RIGHT DOOR CVR R SECC T 8 LX45 1 2 LEFT COVER CVR L SECC T 8 H80 1 7 FRONT BEZEL ASSY BZL VERTION NEW LOGO H80 1 6 LOWER CASE W TOP COVER MAINBOARD TRAY USB HOLDER ASSYL CASEW USBHOLEH80 NS I O PORT BRACKET ASSY PORTBRACKET S88M H80 Miscellaneous Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 154: ...80 NS RUBBER FOOT RUBBER FOOT T 6 8 IDB3 NS I O PORT LABEL LBL I O Port 40 7x155 H34A 88M Screws NS SCREW SCRW HEX I 4 40 O 4 40 L7 5 NI 1 17 SCREW SCRW MACH PAN M2 10L NS SCREW SCRW MACH BDG 6 32 3 16 NI 1 10 SCREW SCRW MACH FLAT M3 0 5P 8L NI Picture No Part Name Description ...

Page 155: ...Chapter 6 145 9 1 18 SCREW SCRW TAP HEX ZINC M3 5 5 8 1 9 SCREW SCREW TAP HEX ZNIC 6 32 4 16 Picture No Part Name Description ...

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Page 157: ...market product for all customers demand to win the market entrance advantage S88M GL Main Board using INTEL Pentium 4 Processor in the 478 Pin package delivers a mainstream desktop platform solution With INTEL chipsets Brookdale GL GMCH and ICH4 S88M GL provides the processor interface DDR Double Data rate interface and HUB interface The CPU interface supports the INTEL Pentium 4 processor subset ...

Page 158: ...ut also a real time to market product for all customers demand to win the market entrance advantage S88M G Main Board using INTEL Pentium 4 Processor in the 478 Pin package delivers a mainstream desktop platform solution With INTEL chipsets Brookdale G GMCH and ICH4 S88M G provides the processor interface DDR Double Data rate interface AGP interface and HUB interface The CPU interface supports the...

Page 159: ...ling and clock stop control for complete ACPI S0 to S5 state support ACPI compliance BIOS ATA compliance hard disk power saving feature support Ultra DMA 100 66 33 on board PCI master enhanced local bus IDE PIO mode 4 Multiword DMA Mode 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 on board serial ports 2 high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte FIFOs on board parallel port SPP EPP and ECP IEEE 1284 compliant on...

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Page 161: ... B 151 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 ...

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Page 163: ... 5400rpm Seagate U6 40G 5400rpm Seagate U6 60G 5400rpm Seagate Snowmass 40G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 60G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 80G 7200rpm Maxtor Athena 20G 5400rpm Maxtor Romulus 40G 5400rpm HDD SCSI Seagate Cheetah 18G 10000rpm IDE Cable Ultra DMA 66 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 66 300 for H34a Ultra DMA 33 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 33 300 For H34a FDD Cable For H80 H63 350 mm Fo...

Page 164: ...rd Fax Modem Adapter Ambit V92 56K HSFI V92 6K HSFI LB Askey V92 56K HSFI Askey V92 56K HSFI LB Power Supply Delta 200W PFC Delta 200W non PFC Delta 180W non PFC FSP 180W non PFC FSP 160W PFC FSP 160W non PFC API 200W PFC API 200W non PFC Housing Acer Genesis H80F Genesis H80 200W PFC Delta Genesis H80 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power Genesis H80 180W non PFC Genesis H40 200W PFC Delta 200W only Genesi...

Page 165: ...e U6 40G 5400rpm Seagate Snowmass 40G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 60G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 80G 7200rpm Maxtor Athena 20G 5400rpm Maxtor Romulus 40G 5400rpm Maxtor Viper 40G 7200rpm HDD SCSI Seagate Cheetah 18G 10000rpm IDE Cable Ultra DMA 66 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 66 300 for H34a Ultra DMA 33 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 33 300 For H34a FDD Cable For H80 H63 350 mm For H40 450mm F...

Page 166: ...56K HSFI Askey V92 56K HSFI LB Power Supply Delta 200W PFC Delta 200W non PFC Delta 180W non PFC FSP 180W non PFC FSP 160W PFC FSP 160W non PFC Housing Acer Genesis H80F Genesis H80 200W PFC Delta Genesis H80 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power Genesis H80 180W non PFC Genesis H40 200W PFC Delta 200W only Genesis H40 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power 200W Genesis H34a 160W PFC Genesis H34a 160W non PFC Item Spe...

Page 167: ...te U6 40G 5400rpm Seagate Snowmass 40G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 60G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 80G 7200rpm Maxtor Athena 20G 5400rpm Maxtor Romulus 40G 5400rpm Maxtor Viper 40G 7200rpm HDD SCSI Seagate Cheetah 18G 10000rpm IDE Cable Ultra DMA 66 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 66 300 for H34a Ultra DMA 33 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 33 300 For H34a FDD Cable For H80 H63 350 mm For H40 450mm ...

Page 168: ...56K HSFI Askey V92 56K HSFI LB Power Supply Delta 200W PFC Delta 200W non PFC Delta 180W non PFC FSP 180W non PFC FSP 160W PFC FSP 160W non PFC Housing Acer Genesis H80F Genesis H80 200W PFC Delta Genesis H80 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power Genesis H80 180W non PFC Genesis H40 200W PFC Delta 200W only Genesis H40 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power 200W Genesis H34a 160W PFC Genesis H34a 160W non PFC Item Spe...

Page 169: ...400rpm Seagate Snowmass 40G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 60G 7200rpm Seagate Snowmass 80G 7200rpm Maxtor Athena 20G 5400rpm Maxtor Romulus 40G 5400rpm Maxtor Viper 40G 7200rpm HDD SCSI Seagate Cheetah 18G 10000rpm IDE Cable Ultra DMA 66 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 66 300 for H34a Ultra DMA 33 200 250 For H80 H40 H63 Ultra DMA 33 300 For H34a FDD Cable For H80 H63 350 mm For H40 450mm For H34a 45...

Page 170: ...56K HSFI Askey V92 56K HSFI LB Power Supply Delta 200W PFC Delta 200W non PFC Delta 180W non PFC FSP 180W non PFC FSP 160W PFC FSP 160W non PFC Housing Acer Genesis H80F Genesis H80 200W PFC Delta Genesis H80 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power Genesis H80 180W non PFC Genesis H40 200W PFC Delta 200W only Genesis H40 200W non PFC Delta Hi Power 200W Genesis H34a 160W PFC Genesis H34a 160W non PFC Item Spe...

Page 171: ...ebook Desktop and Server models including Service guides User s manuals Training materials Main manuals Bios updates Software utilities Spare parts lists Chips 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 Detailed information on Acer s International Tr...

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Page 173: ...ng 88 90 105 CPU upgrade removing 88 90 105 Current 33 D Device Standby Mode 34 disassembly CD ROM Drive 92 Power Supply 94 Disk Drives 38 IDE primary channel master 38 IDE primary channel slave 38 IDE secondary channel master 38 IDE secondary channel slave 38 Diskette Drive removing 102 Drive 103 DRQ Assignment Map 31 E Environmental Requirements 32 F features 2 149 connectivity 2 design 3 ergono...

Page 174: ...k port 10 14 O Online Support Information 161 Overview 1 147 P Parallel Port 28 Parallel printer port 10 14 Password bypassing 58 setting 55 PCI INTx 30 PCI Slot IRQ 30 ports left panel 10 14 POST 110 Power button 9 13 Power LED 9 13 Power Management 47 Power On Self Test POST 110 Processor 88 90 105 removing 88 90 105 Product Information 37 DMI BIOS version 37 main board ID 37 product name 37 sys...

Page 175: ...ry 80 103 System Specifications 1 147 design 3 Features 2 149 System Utilities 35 Disk Drives 38 Exiting Setup 60 Load Default Settings 59 Power Management 47 Product Information 37 System Security 55 T Temperature 32 Test Compatible Components 151 Troubleshooting 109 U UART 29 Undetermined Problems 122 USB Port 29 USB ports 11 15 V Veriton 147 Vibration 32 Voltage 32 Voltage selector switch 11 15...

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