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System Tour 1
Features 1
System Components 4
Front Panel 4
Rear Panel 6
Internal Components 7
System LED Indicators 8
System Utilities 9
CMOS Setup Utility 9
Entering CMOS setup 10
Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10
Setup Utility Menus 11
BIOS Recovery 29
System Disassembly 31
Disassembly Requirements 31
Pre-disassembly Procedure 32
Main Unit Disassembly 33
Removing the Side Panel 34
Removing the Front Bezel 35
Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 36
Removing the Processor 37
Removing the Optical Drive 38
Removing the Hard Disk Drive 41
Removing the Power Supply 42
Removing the Memory Modules 44
Removing the TV Tuner Card 45
Removing the VGA Card 46
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 48
Removing the Mainboard 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
Beep Codes 60
Boot Block Beep Codes 60
POST BIOS Beep Codes 60
Error Messages 62
Memory 62
Boot 62
Storage Device 63
Virus Related 64
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