Table of Contents
System Tour | 1 |
Features | 1 |
System Components | 3 |
Front Panel | 3 |
Rear Panel | 5 |
Internal Components | 6 |
System LED Indicators | 7 |
System Utilities | 9 |
CMOS Setup Utility | 9 |
Entering CMOS setup | 10 |
Navigating Through the Setup Utility | 10 |
Setup Utility Menus | 11 |
BIOS Recovery | 25 |
System Disassembly | 27 |
Disassembly Requirements | 27 |
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Main Unit Disassembly | 29 |
Removing the Side Panel | 30 |
Removing the Front Bezel | 31 |
Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly | 32 |
Removing the Processor | 33 |
Removing the Optical Drive | 34 |
Removing the Hard Disk Drive | 37 |
Removing the Power Supply | 38 |
Removing the Memory Modules | 40 |
Removing the TV Tuner Card | 41 |
Removing the VGA Card | 42 |
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards | 44 |
Removing the Mainboard | 47 |
System Troubleshooting | 49 |
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure | 49 |
System Check Procedures | 50 |
Power System Check | 50 |
System External Inspection | 50 |
System Internal Inspection | 50 |
Checkpoints | 51 |
Viewing BIOS checkpoints | 51 |
Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints | 51 |
Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints | 52 |
POST Code Checkpoints | 53 |
DIM Code Checkpoints | 55 |
Beep Codes | 56 |
Boot Block Beep Codes | 56 |
POST BIOS Beep Codes | 56 |
Error Messages | 58 |
Memory | 58 |
Boot | 58 |
Storage Device | 59 |
Virus Related | 60 |
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