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Acer ALTOS 19000 Manual

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4IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- 6FCC Class A Radio Frequency Interference Statement
- 7 Table of Contents
  - Chapter 1 System Introduction............................................. 1-1
  - Chapter 2 Setting Up the System .........................................2-1
  - 8Chapter 3 System Housing....................................................3-1
  - Chapter 4 System Board........................................................4-1
  - Chapter 5 BIOS Utility............................................................ 5-1
  - 10Chapter 6 Utilities...................................................................6-1
  - Chapter 7 SCSISelect Configuration Utility..........................7-1
- 12 List of Figures
- 15 List of Tables
- 16 Conventions
17Chapter 1 System Introduction
- 1.1 Features
  - 1.1.1 Intel Pentium Pro Processor
    - First-level and Second-level Cache
    - 18 Advanced Peripheral Interrupt Controller (APIC)
    - Bus Controller
    - Pentium Pro Processor Architecture
      - Chapter 1 - System Introduction 1-3
  - 19 1.1.2 System Architecture
    - Figure 1-2 System Architecture
    - 20 System Bus
    - PCI and EISA Buses
    - PCI Bridge (PB)
    - Memory Controller (MC)
  - 21 1.1.3 SCSI Subsystem
  - 1.1.4 Server Management
  - 22 1.1.5 Redundant Power Supply Subsystem
  - 1.1.6 Security
- 23 1.2 External Configuration
  - 1.2.1 Front Panel
  - 24 Front Panel Features
    - CD-ROM Drive
    - 3.5-inch Diskette Drive
  - 25 Power Switch
    - 26 LED Indicators
      - Table 1-1 LED Indicator Description (Right to Left)
    - LCD Display Screen
      - 27Table 1-2 lists the LCD messages from the system BIOS and the microcontroller at power on.
        Table 1-2 LCD Messages
    - 28 RDM Button
  - 29 1.2.2 Rear Panel
31Chapter 2 Setting Up the System
- 2.1 Pre-installation
  - 2.1.1 Selecting a Site
  - 32 2.1.2 Checking the Package Contents
  - 33 2.1.3 Preparing the System Unit
- 38 2.3 System Startup
  - 2.3.1 Unlocking the Front Panel Security
  - 39 2.3.2 Turning On the System Power
- 40 2.4 Power-on Problems
- 46 3.2 Removing the Housing Doors
  - Turn off the system and disconnect the AC power cord before opening the system housing.
  - Table 3-1 Removing the Housing Doors
- 50 3.3 SCSI Backplane Boards
  - 3.3.1 Features
- 51 3.4 Front Panel Board
- 52 3.5 Power Subsystem
- 3.6 ESD Precautions
- 53 3.7 Installing Additional Devices
  - 4-2
  - 584.1.1 Layout
    - Figure 4-1 System Board Layout
    - 60Table 4-1 Jumper Settings
    - 61Voltage ID Settings
      - Chapter 4 - System Board 4-7
      - 63Table 4-3 Connector Functions
      - Figure 4-5 Clock Frequency Ratio Setting (CN15)
  - 644.1.3 Installing a Pentium Pro Processor
- 664.2 Memory Board
  - 4.2.1 Layout
  - 674.2.2 Rules for Adding Memory
    - 4-12
  - 684.2.3 Memory Configurations
    - Table 4-4 Memory Configurations
  - 694.2.4 Installing a SIMM
  - 734.2.7 Reconfiguring the System
75Chapter 5 BIOS Utility
- 76 5.1 Entering Setup
  - To enter Setup, press the key combination ++ .
  - The BIOS Utility main menu then appears:
- 77 5.2 Basic System Configuration
  - 78 5.2.1 Date and Time
    - 79 Date
    - Time
  - 80 5.2.2 Diskette Drives
  - 81 5.2.3 Hard Disk Drives
    - Selecting the Auto Option
    - 82 Selecting the User Option
  - 83 5.2.4 System Memory
  - 5.2.5 Math Coprocessor
  - 5.2.6 Video Display
  - 84 5.2.7 Communication Settings
  - 85 5.2.8 Enhanced IDE Features
    - Hard Disk Size > 504 MB
    - Hard Disk Block Mode
  - 5.2.9 Large Memory Support Mode
  - 5.2.10 Num Lock After Boot
  - 86 5.2.11 Memory Test
  - 5.2.12 Auto Configuration Mode
  - 5.2.13 Fast Boot Mode
- 87 5.3 Advanced System Configuration
  - The following screen shows page one of the Advanced System Configuration parameters.
  - 88 5.3.1 Shadow RAM
  - 5.3.2 L1 and L2 Cache (CPU Cache)
    - Cache Scheme
    - Video Buffer Memory Type
  - 89 5.3.3 Memory at 15MB-16MB
- 90 5.4 System Security Setup
  - 5.4.1 Disk Drive Control
    - 91Table 5-1 Drive Control Settings
  - 92 5.4.2 Onboard Communication Ports
    - Serial Port 1 Base Address
      - This parameter enables serial port 1 as COM1 and sets its base address.
        Table 5-2 Serial Port 1 Settings
    - Serial Port 2 Base Address
      - This parameter enables serial port 2 as COM2 and sets its base address.
        Table 5-3 Serial Port 2 Settings
    - 93 Parallel Port Base Address
      - Operation Mode
      - ECP DMA Channel
  - 94 5.4.3 Onboard PS/2 Mouse (IRQ12)
  - 95 5.4.4 Setup Password
    - Setting a Password
- 97 5.5 PCI System Configuration
  - 5.5.1 PCI IRQ Setting
    - PCI Slots
  - 98 5.5.2 VGA Palette Snoop
  - 5.5.3 Onboard SCSI
    - Boot Device
      - Chapter 5 - BIOS Utility 5-25
- 99 5.6 Non-PnP ISA Card Configuration
  - The grayed items (denoted with asterisks) have fixed settings and are not user- configurable.
    - 1005-26
  - 101 5.6.1 IRQ/DMA
  - 5.6.2 Expansion ROM Region
  - 5.6.3 I/O Region
    - Yes
  - 5.6.4 Local Memory Region
- 102 5.7 Remote Device Manager (RDM)
- 103 5.8 Load Setup Default Settings
- 104 5.9 Leaving Setup
105Chapter 6 Utilities
- 6.1 Acer Server Manager (ASM) Pro
- 106 6.2 Remote Device Manager (RDM)
- 107 6.3 EISA Configuration Utility (ECU)
  - Functions
  - 108 Making Menu Selections
    - Using the mouse
  - 109 Getting Help
  - 110 6.3.1 Starting the ECU
  - 111 6.3.2 ECU Main Menu Steps in Configuring Your Computer
  - 112 Main Menu Selections
    - Step 1: Important EISA Configuration Information
    - 113 Step 2: Add or Remove Boards
    - 114 Step 3: View or Edit Details
      - Chapter 6 - Utilities 6-11
        Step 3: View or Edit Details
      - 115Figure 6-4 View or Edit Details
    - 116 Step 4: Examine Switches or Print Report
      - Chapter 6 - Utilities 6-13
    - 117 Step 5: Save and Exit
      - Figure 6-6 Save and Exit
        Step 5: Save and Exit
  - 118 6.3.3 Configuring Your Computer for the First Time
  - 121 6.3.4 Adding or Removing Boards
  - Adding Boards
    - 122h
  - 123 Removing a Board
    - c
  - 124 6.3.5 Configuring Memory
  - 127 6.3.6 Viewing or Editing Configuration Details
    - 128 Advanced Menus
    - 129
  - 130 6.3.7 What To Do If Your Nonvolatile Memory Is Invalid
    - 7-2
    - 132Table 7-1 Default Settings for SCSI Controller and All Devices
      - Global Settings for SCSI Controller and All Devices Default Value
      - Individual Settings for Each SCSI Device Default Value
  - 133 7.1.2 When to Use the SCSISelect Utility
  - 7.1.3 Running the SCSISelect Utility
- 134 7.2 SCSISelect Utility Options
  - 135 7.2.1 Configure/View Host Adapter Settings Menu
    - 7-6
    - Figure 7-3 Host Adapter SCSI ID Selection Screen for AIC-7880
    - Host Adapter SCSI ID
  - 136*
    - SCSI Parity Checking
  - 137*
    - 138 Host Adapter SCSI Termination
      - Figure 7-5 Host Adapter SCSI Termination Selection for AIC-7880
      - Use the cursor ( ) and Enter keys to make your selection.
    - 139 Boot Device Options
    - 140 SCSI Device Configuration
      - Chapter 7 - SCSISelect Configuration Utility 7-11
      - 141Figure 7-7 SCSI Device Configuration Screen for AIC-7880
      - 142 Initiate Sync Negotiation
      - Maximum Sync Transfer Rate
      - 143 Enable Disconnection
      - 144 Initiate Wide Negotiation
      - Send Start Unit Command
        7-16
    - 146 Advanced Configuration Options
      - Figure 7-8 Advanced Configuration Options Screen
      - Host Adapter BIOS
        This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. The default setting is Enabled.
      - 147 Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks
      - 148 Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte
      - Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS Initialization
      - Multiple Lun Support
      - BIOS Support for More Than 2 Drives
  - 150 7.2.2 SCSI Disk Utilities
    - 151 Format Disk
    - Verify Disk Media
- 152 7.3 Configuring Multiple SCSI Controllers
- 153 7.4 Disk Drives Over 1 Gbyte
  - 7.4.1 Extended Translation
  - 7.4.2 The DOS 1 GByte Limit
  - 154 7.4.3 When to Use Extended Translation
    - With MS-DOS 5.0 and Above
    - Drives With Mixed Partitions
    - Using Fdisk
    - Questions and Answers About Extended Translation
- 155 7.5 SCSI Troubleshooting Checklist
- 156 7.6 BIOS Startup Messages
  - 157 7.6.1 Device connected, but not ready.
  - 158 7.6.2 Start unit request failed.
  - 7.6.3 Disk Drive Configuration Problems
    - 159 Booting the Computer from a SCSI Drive
    - 160 Using a Standard Drive as C and a SCSI Drive as D
    - Using a SCSI Drive as C and Another SCSI Drive as D
    - 161 Computer Hangs, or SCSI Controller Cannot Always Find the Drives
163Appendix A System Resources
- A.1 Memory Map
  - Table A-1 System Memory Map
- 164 A.2 I/O Address Map
  - Table A-2 System I/O Address Map
  - 165Table A-2 System I/O Address Map (continued)
- 166 A.3 Interrupt Channels
- 167 A.4 System Default Configuration
  - The following tables show your systems factory default configuration.
    - 170Table A-8 System Security
173Appendix B SCSI Backplane Boards
- B.1 Features
  - AcerAltos 19000 Users GuideB-2
- 174B.2 Layout
  - Figure B-1 SCSI Backplane Board
- 175B.3 Jumper Settings
- 176B.4 Hard Disk ID Feature
- 177B.5 Channel Configuration
  - Single-Channel Configuration
  - 179Dual-Channel Configuration
  - 184B.7 Using the Hot-swap Feature
187Appendix C Power Subsystem
- 193 C.3 Removing a Power Supply Module
  - `
- 195 C.4 Power Cable Connections
  - Table C-1 Power Backplane Connections
  - 196Figure C-9 illustrates the power cables that connect to the system board.
205Index A
B
C
D
E
206F
G
H
I
J
K
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M
207N
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P
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208T
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210Release Note
- AcerAltos 19000 Update
- 211RDM LED Location

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