Acer 1100 Series About This Manual

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About This Manual

This user’s guide aims to give you the information you need to operate the system

properly and tells you how to install internal components.

Manual Structure

This user’s guide consists of three chapters.

Chapter 1 System Board

This chapter describes the system board and all its major components. It contains

information about the system board layout, jumper and connector locations,

jumper settings, connector functions, and information on installing optional

components. At the end of the chapter you will find an explanation of error

messages and corresponding corrective measures.

Chapter 2 BIOS Utility

This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure

the system by setting the BIOS parameters.

Chapter 3 System Housing

This chapter describes the features of the IDM housing and tells you how to

install the basic system components such as disk drives, a system board, or

expansion boards. It also describes the IDM BPL3 wide SCSI backplane

subsystem, which consists of a backplane board and drive trays that support

wide SCSI hard disk drives.

Contents

Main Page iii Join Us to Fight Against Piracy Page Page CD-ROM Safety Warning FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Board Chapter 2 BIOS Utility Page Chapter 3 System Housing Index List of Figures List of Tables About This Manual Manual Structure Chapter 1 System Board Chapter 2 BIOS Utility Chapter 3 System Housing Conventions Chapter 1 System Board 1.1 Features Page 1.2 Major Components 1.3 System Board Layout Page 1.4.2 Jumper Settings * Default Table 1-1 lists the system board jumpers with their corresponding settings and functions. Table 1-1 System Board Jumper Settings 1.4.3 Connector Functions Table 1-2 lists the different connectors on the system board and their respective functions. Table 1-2 Connector Functions Table 1-2 Connector Functions (continued) Page 1.6 Installing Optional Components 1.6.1 ESD Precautions 1.6.2 Pre-installation Instructions 1.6.3 Post-installation Instructions 1.7 Installing the Pentium II Processor Page Page 1.9 Installing the Termination Board 1.10 Memory Upgrade 1.10.1 Memory Configurations 1.10.2 Installing a DIMM 1.10.3 Removing a DIMM 1.10.4 Reconfiguring the System 1.11 Installing Expansion Cards 1.11.1 Installing 32 Bit PCI Cards 1.11.2 Installing an AGP Card 1.12 ASM Pro 1.13 Remote Diagnostic Management 1.13.1 Installing the RDM Module Page 1.14 Error Messages 1.14.1 Software Error Messages 1.14.2 System Error Messages Table 1-4 System Error Messages Table 1-4 System Error Messages (continued) 1.14.3 Correcting Error Conditions Chapter 2 BIOS Utility 2.1 Entering Setup Page 2.2 System Information 2.2.1 Processor Page Page Page Page 2.3 Product Information 2.3.1 Product Name 2.3.2 System S/N Page 2.4 Disk Drives Page Page If there is no device connected, choose None. Hard Disk Block Mode Advanced PIO Mode Hard Disk Size > 504 MB Page 2.5 Power Management 2.5.1 Power Management Mode IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer System Sleep Timer 2.5.2 Power Switch < 4 sec. 2.5.3 Wakeup Event Modem Ring 2.6 Startup Configuration 2.6.1 Fast POST Mode Page Page 2.7 Advanced Configuration 2.7.1 Onboard Devices Configuration Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Parallel Port 3BCh 378h 278h Page Operation Mode Onboard Floppy Disk Controller Onboard IDE Primary Channel Page 2.7.2 PnP/PCI System Configuration PCI IRQ Setting PCI Device Latency Timer PCI IRQ Sharing Page VGA Palette Snoop Graphics Aperture Size Plug and Play OS Reset Resource Assignments 2.7.3 Memory/Cache Configuration Internal Cache (CPU Cache) Cache Scheme Page 2.7.4 CPU Speed Configuration Bus Frequency Multiple Processor Speed 2.7.5 System Event Configuration System Event Logging View Event Logs Event Control Threshold Settings 2.8 System Security Setup 2.8.1 Disk Drive Control 2.8.2 Setup Password Setting a Password Changing or Removing the Setup Password Bypassing the Setup Password 2.8.3 Power-on Password Operation Mode Page 2.9 Date and Time 2.9.1 Date 2.9.2 Time 2.10 Remote Diagnostic Configuration Page 2.11 Load Setup Default Settings 2.12 Abort Settings Change 2.13 Leaving Setup Chapter 3 System Housing Page Page Altos 1100 Series Users Guide 3-4 3.2.2 Rear Panel Chapter 3 System Housing 3-5 3.2.3 Internal Structure The figure below shows the housing internal structure and some of the basic system components. Page 3.3.2 Left Panel 3.4 Installing Disk Drives 3.4.1 3.5-inch Drive 3.4.2 5.25-inch Drives Page Page Page Page 3.6.1 Jumpers and Connectors The following diagram shows the SCSI jumpers and connectors. * Default JP4 3.6.2 SCSI Backplane Board Index A B C D E F H I J L N O P R S T W