Acer X5300, X3300 manual System Tour, System Utilities, System Disassembly, System Troubleshooting

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
BIOS Recovery	25
System Disassembly	27
Disassembly Requirements	27
Pre-disassembly Procedure	28
Main Unit Disassembly	29
Removing the Side Panel	30
Removing the Front Bezel	31
Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly	32
Removing the Processor	33
Removing the Optical Drive	34
Removing the Hard Disk Drive	37
Removing the Power Supply	38
Removing the Memory Modules	40
Removing the TV Tuner Card	41
Removing the VGA Card	42
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards	44
Removing the Mainboard	47
System Troubleshooting	49
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure	49
System Check Procedures	50
Power System Check	50
System External Inspection	50
System Internal Inspection	50
Checkpoints	51
Viewing BIOS checkpoints	51
Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints	51
Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints	52
POST Code Checkpoints	53
DIM Code Checkpoints	55
Beep Codes	56
Boot Block Beep Codes	56
POST BIOS Beep Codes	56
Error Messages	58
Memory	58
Boot	58
Storage Device	59
Virus Related	60

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