Acer X5950, X3950 manual Table of Contents

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
System Disassembly	25
Disassembly Requirements	25
Pre-disassembly Procedure	26
Main Unit Disassembly	27
Removing the Side Panel	29
Removing the Front Bezel	30
Removing the Heatsink Fan Assembly	32
Removing the Processor	34
Removing the Optical Drive	36
Removing the Hard Disk Drive	39
Removing the Power Supply	40
Removing the Memory Modules	42
Removing an Expansion Card	43
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards	46
Removing the Mainboard	49
Removing the Top Bezel	51
System Troubleshooting	53
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure	53
System Check Procedures	54
Power System Check	54
System External Inspection	54
System Internal Inspection	54
Checkpoints	55
Viewing BIOS checkpoints	55
Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints	55
Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints	56
POST Code Checkpoints	57
DIM Code Checkpoints	59
ACPI Runtime Checkpoints	59
Error Messages	60
Memory	60
Boot	60
Storage Device	61
Virus Related	62
System Configuration	63
CMOS	64
Miscellaneous	64

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