Acer G300 Series manual

Acer Altos G300 Series

User’s guide

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Contents

Main Page Notices FCC notice Important safety instructions Laser compliance statement Lithium battery statement Page Page Contents 1 Getting started 1 2 System tour 17 3 Upgrading your system 29 4 Setup utility 47 5 Configuring IDE Software RAID 79 Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes 119 Page Page Page Overview Processor Memory System chipsets ServerWorks GC-SL chipset LAN subsystem Expansion slots PCI bus Hardware management support Features summary Preinstallation requirements Selecting a site Checking the package contents Page Page Page Page System startup Power-on problems Connecting options Printer USB devices Page Tower-to-rack option Page Page External and internal structure Front panel Page Rear panel Internal components Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Installation precautions ESD precautions Preinstallation instructions Post-installation instructions Opening your system Removing the front panel Removing the side panels Page Installing and removing storage devices Replacing a 3.5-inch or a 5.25-inch storage device Page Page Installing a DLT Installing and removing the CPU Installing a CPU Removing a CPU Page Installing and removing memory modules Reconfiguring the system Installing expansion cards Page Page Page Introduction Setup Menu Setup submenu: Main Setup submenu: Advanced SuperIO Configuration IDE Configuration Auto Detect Hard Disks Primary IDE Master (if attached Hard Disk) Page 4 Setup utility aa300.book Page 58 Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:27 PM Secondary IDE Master (if attached ATAPI CDROM) Secondary IDE Slave (if none attached) 59 aa300.book Page 59 Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:27 PM Floppy Configuration Floppy Drive A Select the floppy drive type PCIPnP Configuration Page Boot Settings Configuration Event Log Configuration 64 View Event Log This allows user to see the detail BIOS and IPMI event. Mark All Events As Read Mark All Event Log Records As Read [OK] [Cancel] 65 OnBoard Devices Configuration System Health Monitoring Hardware Hardware Monitor Setup Page 66 System Hardware Monitor Voltage monitoring aa300.book Page 67 Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:27 PM Voltage monitoring Press Enter to view the voltage monitored. Remote Access Configuration Setup submenu: Power Setup submenu: Boot Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Devices aa300.book Page 73 Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:27 PM 1st Removable Dev Configure the 1st removable device to boot the system. ATAPI CDROM Drives Setup submenu: Security 76 Setup submenu: Exit Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail-Safe Settings Page Page Page Configuring Arrays Configuration Strategies Assigning RAID Levels 82 Selecting a RAID Level Configuring Arrays Using the IDE Software RAID Setup Utility Auto Configure Stripe (F1) Auto Configure Mirror (F2) Auto Configure RAID 10 (F3) Create Array (F4) Page Delete Array (F5) Restore Old Configuration (F6) Save and Exit (F10) Installing Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Drivers Updating the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Driver 90 Confirming the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Driver Installation IDE Software RAID Configuration Console Installation Supported Internet Browsers Installation Steps for Windows Page Page Page Page Using IDE Software RAID Configu- ration Console IDE Software RAID Configuration Console Page Page Page Page Config View Page Property Description Physical Drive Page Array Page Page Page Page Page 112 To exit this page, click on Config View or Scan Devices. Page Page 115 To exit this page, click on Config View or Scan Devices. Page Page Page Page Page 121 AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: 122 POST Checkpoint Codes Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: 123 Uncompressed Initialization Codes Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 131 Bus Checkpoint Codes The system BIOS passes control to different buses at the following checkpoints: Additional Bus Checkpoints High Byte Page Page Installing ASM System requirements ASM Agent ASM Console System setup Installing ASM Agent Installing ASM Console Page Page Page Vertical mounting hole pattern Screw types for rack installation Installing cage nuts Page Installing the system into the rack