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Major Components

The system board has the following major components:

•Exclusive slot for Intel Pentium II processor

•Three DIMM sockets that accept 16-, 32-, 64- and 128-MB DIMMs

•One AGP, two ISA, and five PCI expansion slots (including one PCI/ISA shared slot)

•256-KB Flash ROM for system BIOS

•Enhanced IDE hard disk and diskette drive interface

•PS2 power connector

•System controller chipset

•External ports:

•USB connector

•Parallel port

•PS/2-compatible keyboard port

•PS/2-compatible mouse port

•Serial port 1 and 2

AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide

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Acer 500L manual Major Components

Contents

AcerAltos 500L Copyright Important Safety Instructions Page Page FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Getting Started Conventions Table of Contents Bios Utility Page Xii System Housing Standalone System Features Front Panel Rear Panel Internal Structure Opening the Housing Panels Left Panel Installing Disk Drives Inch Floppy Drive Inch Drives Hard Disk Drives Installing Expansion Cards System Housing Page System Board Major Components System Board Layout Jumpers and Connectors Jumper and Connector Locations Jumper Settings Connector Functions Power switch ESD Precautions Installing the Pentium II Processor Attaching the Processor Fan Sink System Board AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Installing a Pentium II Processor AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Removing a Pentium II Processor AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Memory Upgrade Memory Configurations Installing a Dimm Removing a Dimm Reconfiguring the System System Error Messages Error MessagesSoftware Error Messages Mmmmssssooo Wxxxx System Board Correcting Error Conditions Bios Utility Entering Setup Setup Utility Bios Utility System Information Internal Cache Size ProcessorProcessor Speed External Cache IDE Secondary Channel Master IDE Primary Channel MasterIDE Primary Channel Slave IDE Secondary Channel Slave PS/2 Mouse Serial PortParallel Port System S/N Product InformationProduct Name Main Board ID Main Board S/N System Bios VersionDMI Bios Version Disk Drives Floppy Drives IDE Primary Channel Master LS-120 Drive Compatible AsIDE Drives IDE Secondary Channel Slave IDE Primary Channel SlaveIDE Secondary Channel Master Enhanced IDE Features Hard Disk Block Mode Bios Utility Base Address Onboard PeripheralsSerial Ports 1 Operation Mode 3BCh 378h Onboard Device Settings EPP PS/2 Mouse Controller Floppy Disk ControllerIDE Controller USB Host Controller SMBus Interrupt IRQ9 IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer Power ManagementPower Management Mode Modem Ring Indicator Power Switch 4 secSystem Sleep Timer System Wake-up Event Boot Options Boot Sequence First Hard Disk Drive Fast BootSilent Boot Boot from LANDesk Service Agent Num Lock After BootConfiguration Table Memory Test Date and Time Date Time System Security Setup PasswordTo set or change a Password Set or Change Password To remove your Setup Password Power-on Password To bypass Setup Password Power-on Password Disk Drive Control Bios Utility Advanced Options Memory/Cache Options Memory at 15MB-16MB Reserved for Internal Cache CPU CacheExternal Cache PnP/PCI Options Memory Parity ModePCI IRQ Setting PCI IRQ Sharing VGA Palette Snoop Graphics Aperture Size Reset Resource AssignmentsCPU Frequency Plug and Play OS Processor Speed Bus FrequencyCPU Multiple Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change Exit Setup SCSI/VGA Combo Card Page LCD Module Event Log List