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 |
System Disassembly | 25 |
Disassembly Requirements | 25 |
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Main Unit Disassembly | 27 |
Removing the Side Panel | 29 |
Removing the Front Bezel | 30 |
Removing the Heatsink Fan Assembly | 32 |
Removing the Processor | 34 |
Removing the Optical Drive | 36 |
Removing the Hard Disk Drive | 39 |
Removing the Power Supply | 40 |
Removing the Memory Modules | 42 |
Removing an Expansion Card | 43 |
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards | 46 |
Removing the Mainboard | 49 |
Removing the Top Bezel | 51 |
System Troubleshooting | 53 |
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure | 53 |
System Check Procedures | 54 |
Power System Check | 54 |
System External Inspection | 54 |
System Internal Inspection | 54 |
Checkpoints | 55 |
Viewing BIOS checkpoints | 55 |
Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints | 55 |
Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints | 56 |
POST Code Checkpoints | 57 |
DIM Code Checkpoints | 59 |
ACPI Runtime Checkpoints | 59 |
Error Messages | 60 |
Memory | 60 |
Boot | 60 |
Storage Device | 61 |
Virus Related | 62 |
System Configuration | 63 |
CMOS | 64 |
Miscellaneous | 64 |
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