Acer Veriton 3600GT/3600V manuel d'utilisation

V eriton 7600G TR/7600G T/7600V V eriton 5600G T/5600V V eriton 3600G T/3600V Service Guide S E R V I C E C D P A R T N O . : V D . V 0 3 V 3 . 0 0 1 ‘ ‘ PRINTED IN T AIW AN Service guide files and updates are availab le on the AIPG/CSD web; for more in forma tion, please refer to http://csd.acer .com .tw[...]

II Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates ma de on V eriton 76 00G TR/G T/ V , 56 00G T/V and 3600G T/V service guide. Date Chapter Updates[...]

III Copyright Copyright © 2003 by Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or compu ter language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magne tic, optical, chemi cal, manual or otherwise, without the [...]

IV Conventions The following conventi ons are used in this manual: Screen messages Denotes actual messages that appe ar on screen. NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. W ARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to av[...]

V Preface Before using this information and the product it s upports, please read the fo llowing general informati on. 1. This Service Guide provides you with all techni cal information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURA TION decided for Acer's "glo bal" product offering. T o b etter fit local market requirements and enhance product com[...]

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VII T able of Contents Chapter 1 System Specifications 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel for Veriton 3600GT/V . . . [...]

VIII T able of Contents Jumper Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Main Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Chapter 6 FRU (Field Re placeable Unit) List 108 Veriton 7600GTR/GR/V Exploded Diagram . . . . [...]

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Chapter 1 1 Overview The V eriton 7600G TR/7600 G T/7600V , 5600G T/5600V and 3600G T/3600V supports Intel ® Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading (HT) T echnology , adding intelligence to help manage and prioritize multiple threads received from the microprocessor . This highly flexible and scalable solutio n meets a broad range of demanding c[...]

2 Chapter 1 Features Performance T Intel Pent ium ® 4 supporting FSB up to 800 MHz or T Intel Celero n ® supporting FSB up to 400 MHz T Intel Hyper-Thread ing T echnology supported on 3.06 GHz and higher Pentium ® 4 system T Intel 865G + ICH5R (for VT7600 G TR), Intel 865G + ICH5 (for VT7600G T/5600 G T/3600G T), Intel 865GV + ICH5 (for VT7600V/[...]

Chapter 1 3 Front Panel for V eriton 3600G T/3600V The computer ’s front panel consists of the following: Label Icon Description 1 Floppy drive LED 2 Floppy drive eject button 3 Optical drive S top/Eje ct Button 4 Power button[...]

4 Chapter 1 NOTE: *The system has two microph one-in ports (front and rear). However , you ca n not use both of them at the same time. T he default setting for your system en ables the microphone-in port in fron t and disables the one at the back. 5 Power LED 6 LAN activity LED 7 Hard disk drive activity LED 8 One button recovery slot 9 USB ports 1[...]

Chapter 1 5 Rear Panel for V eriton 3600G T/3600V Label Icon Color Description 1 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack 2 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack 3 Pink Microphone-in jack (rear)*[...]

6 Chapter 1 NOTE: * The system has two microphone-in por ts (front and rear). However , you can not use both of them at the same time. T he default setting for your system en ables the microphone-in port in fron t and disables the one at the back. NOTE: ** The CRT monitor port is automatically disabled when an add-on AGP VGA card is installed into [...]

Chapter 1 7 Front Panel for V eriton 5600G T/5600V The computer ’s front panel consists of the following: Label Icon Description 1 Floppy drive eject button 2 Floppy drive LED 3 One button recovery slot 4 Headphone-out port 5 Microphone-in port (front)* 6 USB ports 7 Power button 8 Power LED 9 LAN activity LED 10 Hard disk drive activity LED[...]

8 Chapter 1 NOTE: *The system has two microph one-in ports (front and rear). However , you ca n not use both of them at the same time. T he default setting for your system en ables the microphone-in port in fron t and disables the one at the back. 1 1 Optical drive S top/Eject Button Label Icon Description[...]

Chapter 1 9 Rear Panel for V eriton 5600G T/5600V Label Icon Color Description 1 Pink Microphone-in jack (rear)* 2 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack 3 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack 4 Black USB ports 5 White Network port 6 Blue CRT/LCD monitor port** 7 Burgundy Parallel/printer port 8 T eal or T urquoise Serial port 9 Black USB ports[...]

10 Chapter 1 NOTE: * The system has two microphone-in por ts (front and rear). However , you can not use both of them at the same time. T he default setting for your system en ables the microphone-in port in fron t and disables the one at the back. NOTE: ** The CRT monitor port is automatically disabled when an add-on AGP VGA card is installed into[...]

Chapter 1 11 Front Panel for V erito n 7600G TR/7600G T/7600V The computer ’s front panel consists of the following: Label Icon Description 1 USB ports 2 Microphone-in port (front)* 3 S peak-out/line-ou t port[...]

12 Chapter 1 NOTE: *The system has two microph one-in ports (front and rear). However , you ca n not use both of them at the same time. T he default setting for your system en ables the microphone-in port in fron t and disables the one at the back. 4 Optical drive S top/Eje ct Button 5 Optical drive S top/Eje ct Button 6 Floppy drive LED 7 Floppy d[...]

Chapter 1 13 Rear Panel for V erito n 7600G TR/7600G T/7600V Label Icon Color Description 1 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack 2 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack[...]

14 Chapter 1 NOTE: * The system has two microphone-in por ts (front and rear). However , you can not use both of them at the same time. T he default setting for your system en ables the microphone-in port in fron t and disables the one at the back. NOTE: **The CRT monitor port is automatica lly disabled wh en an add-on AGP VGA card is installed int[...]

Chapter 1 15 System Block Diagram Block Diagram Intel mPAG478B Processor Springdale ICH5R VRM 10 4 DDR Modules AGP 1.5V Connector Video Out IDE Primary IDE Secondary AC'97 Codec LPC SIO Keyboard Mouse Floopy Parallel Serial UltraDMA 33/66/100 USB AC'97 Link HUB Link LPC Bus USB Port 4 USB Port 3 USB Port 2 USB Port 1 DIMM 64bit DDR 4X/8X [...]

16 Chapter 1 Keyboard The keyboard has full-sized keys that include sep arate cursor keys, two Windows keys, an d twelve function keys. Lable Key Description 1 Sleep button Puts the system to sleep when pressed this button. 2 Internet/E-mail/Search keys Consist of three buttons: • Web br owser : launches the browser application t hat came bundled[...]

Chapter 1 17 5 Scroll Lock Key [ When activated, the screen moves one line up or down when you pr ess the up arrow or down arrow r espectively . T ake note that [ may not work with some applications. 6 Num Lock Key ] When activated, the keypad is set to numeric mode, i.e., th e keys function as a calculator (complete with arithmetic oper ators such[...]

18 Chapter 1 Hardware Specifications and Configurations NOTE: The BIOS can be overwrit ten/upgraded using the FLASH utility (A WDFLASH.EXE). NOTE: Please read “ Memory Channel Mode ” on page 19. Processor Item Specification T ype Intel® Pentium 4 1.8 ~ 3.2GHz FSB400/533/800MHz Intel® Celeron 2.0 ~ 2.6GHz and above Slot Socket 478 S peed Inter[...]

Chapter 1 19 Cache Memory Item Specification First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup (Advanced options) Second-Level Cache Configurations: Belo w information is only applicable to syste m with installed Pentium 4 processor . L2 Cache RAM size Pentium IV processor: 512 KB for Northwood L2 Cache RAM speed [...]

20 Chapter 1 Floppy disk driv e Interface Item Specification V endor & Model N ame Panasonic JU-256A048P Mitsumi D353M3D-R694005 NEC FD1231 T -ST D-R2 Floppy Disk S pecificat ions Media Recognition 1.44 MB Cylinders 80 T racks 160 Rotational speed (RPM) 300 Read/write heads 2 Encoding method MFM/FM Power requirement (max) 5V S tartup (peak) 290[...]

Chapter 1 21 USB Port Items Specifications Universal UHCI USB 1.1 Universal EHCI USB 2.0 USB Class Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode Main Board Major Chip s Item Controller North Bridge Intel 865G/865GV South Bridge Intel ICH5R/ICH5 Super I/O controller SMSC LPC 47M192 Audio Codec Realtek ALC202 A LAN controller Broadcom 5705 HDD controller B[...]

22 Chapter 1 (This is 200W power suppl y) T This “4A” includes the outlet sup ply current: 2A T Measure at line input 90 VRMS and maximum load condition. NOTE: 1. +5V & +3.3V total power is 1 10W max. 1. +5V & +3 .3V total power is 150W max. A-2 Input voltage Nominal V oltage V ariatio n Range 100 - 120 VRMS 90-132 VRMS 200 - 240 VRMS 1[...]

Chapter 1 23 Memory Channel Mode Single Channel Mode Single Channel (SC) mode is also referred to as Virtual Single Channel (VSC) mode. NOTE: Memory channel speed de termined by slowest DI MM populated in system Dual Channel Mode Single Channel / Virtual Single Channel Dual Ch annel DIMM Population No restrictions Matching DIMM pairs Rank(Row) Size[...]

24 Chapter 1 The following conditions must be met: T Matched DIMM configuration in each channel T Same Density (128MB, 256MB, 512MB, etc.) T Same DRAM technology (128Mb, 256Mb, or 512Mb) T Same DRAM bu s width (x 8 or x16) T Both either single-sided or dual-sided T Matched in both Channel A and Cha nnel B memory channels T Populate symmetrical memo[...]

Chapter 1 25 Maximizing Performance Optimal configurations fo r highest performance: T Matched, DDR400, Double-sided DIMMs T Dual Channel Mode (Symmetrical DIMM popu lation) T Matched, DDR400, Dual Channel Mode When not using DDR400, hig hest performi ng configuration: T Symmetrical DIMM population wi th matched double-sided DIMMs T Lightly loaded [...]

Chapter 2 26 Most systems are already configured by the ma nufac turer or the dealer . There is no need to run Setup when st arting the computer unless you get a Run Setup message. The Setup program load s configuration values into t he battery-backed nonvolatile memo ry called CMOS RAM. This memory area is no t part of the system RAM. NOTE: If you[...]

27 Chapter 2 Entering Setup T o enter Setup, press the key c during th e POST (Power-on self-test). NOTE: Y ou must press c simultaneously while the system is booting. The Setup Utility main me nu then appears: The above screen i s the BIOS Utility Ba sic Level screen. It allows you to view and change only the basic configuration of your system. Th[...]

Chapter 2 28 Product Information The screen below appears if you select Product Information from the main menu: The Product Information menu contains general data abo ut the system, such as the product name, serial number , BIOS version, etc. These information is neces sary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking for technical support). The[...]

29 Chapter 2 S t andard CMOS Features Select “S tandard CMOS Features” fr om the main menu to configure the drives installed in your system. The following screen shows the Disk Drives menu : The following table describes th e p arameters found in this menu. Parameter Description Options Date Lets you set the date following the weekday-month-day[...]

Chapter 2 30 IDE Channel 1 Slave Lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1. T o enter the IDE Channel 1 Slave setup, press e . The IDE CD-ROM is always automatically detected. (Show the S tatus:) None HDD or CD-ROM Number Drive A Allows you to confi gure your floppy drive A. 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch None 360 KB, 5[...]

31 Chapter 2 IDE Channel 0 Master/S lave and IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave Setup The following screen appea rs if you sele ct any of the IDE drive p arameters: The following table describes th e p arameters found in this menu. Parameter Description Options IDE HDD Auto-Detection Auto-det ects your hard disk drive. Press Enter IDE Channel 0 Master/Slav[...]

Chapter 2 32 Advanced BIOS Features The following screen shows the Advanced BIOS Fea tures. The following table describes each Advanced BIOS Fea tures parameter . Settings in boldface are the defau lt and suggested settings. Parameter Description Options Hard Disk Boot Priority Selects the hard disk boot priority . Press [Enter] Show Hard Disk Name[...]

33 Chapter 2 Quick Power On Self T est This parame ter speeds up POST by skipping some items that are normally checked. Enabled Disabled First Boot Device This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Floppy , LS120, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ZIP100, LAN (on board LAN-- Boot from LAN), Disabled Second Boot Device This parameter [...]

Chapter 2 34 MPS V ersion Control Fo r OS This field a llows you to select which MPS (Multi- Processor S pecification) version to be used for the operating system. 1.4 1.1 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB This item is only required if you have installed more than 64MB of memory and you are running t he OS/ 2 operating system. Non-OS2 OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T [...]

35 Chapter 2 Advanced Chip set Features The following screen shows the Advanced Chi p set Features. The following table describes each Advanced C hip set Featur es parameter . Setting s in boldface are the default and suggested settings. Parameter Description Options DRAM T iming Selectable Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD (Seri[...]

Chapter 2 36 DRAM RAS# Precharge This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address S trobe (RAS) to be allowed to precharge. If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is inst alled in the sys[...]

37 Chapter 2 Integrated Peripherals The following table describes each Integrated Peripherals parameter . Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings. OnChip IDE Device Press [Enter] to enter the sub-m enu and the following screen appears: Parameter Description Options IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer , mu[...]

Chapter 2 38 Onboard Device Press [Enter] to enter the sub-m enu and the following screen appears: IDE Primary Master UltraDMA IDE Primary Salve UltraDMA IDE Secondary Master UltraDMA Secondary Slave UltraDMA Ultra DMA/33 implementati on is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver . If you[...]

39 Chapter 2 SuperIO Device Press [Enter] to enter the sub-m enu and the following screen appears: USB Mouse Support This item lets you enable or disable the USB mouse driver within the onboard BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy mouse command and lets you use a USB mouse during POST or after boot if you do not have a USB driver in the opera[...]

Chapter 2 40 Power Management Setup The Power Management menu lets you c onfigure the system power-management feat ure. It works only in APM mode. IMPORT ANT : If an ACPI-aware operating system such as Windows 98 or Window s 2000 is installed in ACPI mode, the operating system will use the ACPI interfaces . Then the settings in Power Management pag[...]

41 Chapter 2 The following table describes th e p arameters found in this menu. Parameter Description Options ACPI Function Enabled/Disable ACPI Function. Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. Options are: S1/POS : The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is [...]

Chapter 2 42 NOTE: In ACPI mode: V alid-S5 and S4. In APM mode: V alid- shutdown Suspend Mode If system activity is not dete cted for the length of time specified in this field, all devices except CPU will be shut off. Disabled , 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 8 Min, 12 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour HDD Power Down If HDD activity is not detected for th[...]

43 Chapter 2 PnP/PCI Configurations The table below describes each PnP/ PCI configuration parameter . Settings in bol dface are the default and suggested settings. Parameter Description Options PNP OS Installed When set to [Y es], BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by[...]

Chapter 2 44 IRQ Resources DMA Resources The items are adjustable only when Reso urces Controlled By is set to Manual. Press <Enter> and you will enter the sub-menu of the items. Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC A T bus specification, PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for P[...]

45 Chapter 2 PC Health St atus Parameter Description Options Chassis Intrusion Detect The field en ables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened. T o clear the warning message, set the field to Reset. The setting of the field w ill automatically return to Enabled [...]

Chapter 2 46 Frequency Control The following table describes th e p arameters found in this menu. Parameter Description Option CPU Clock Ratio Core Clock Frequen cy to System Bus Ratio ( RO) Auto Detect PCI CLK This option allows you to enable/disable the feature of auto detecting the clock frequency of the installed PCI bus. Enabled Disabled[...]

47 Chapter 2 Load Optimized Settings Y ou need to reload the BIOS default settings every time you make changes to your system hardware configuration (such as memory size, CPU type, hard disk type, etc.); otherwise, BIOS will keep the previous CMOS settings. Selecting this option displays the following dialog box: Choosing Ye s enables BIOS to autom[...]

Chapter 2 48 System Security The Setup program has a numb er of security features to prevent unauthorized access to the system and its data. Set Supervisor Password T o set a password: 1. At the prompt, type your password. Y our password c an be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password [...]

49 Chapter 2 Set User Password IMPORT ANT : T o show the “Set User Password”: 1. Choose “Set Supervisor Password” and press e . 2. T ype the password and then press e . 3. Confirm the password, and then press e . 4. The screen as below with “Set User Password” enabled will be shown. T o set a password: 1. At the prompt, type your passwo[...]

Chapter 2 50 Clear CMOS Follow these steps to bypa ss the password: 1. Reset CMOS, by adjusting JBA T1 to 2-3 2. Reboot the system. 3. Adjust th e JP2 back to 1-2 NOTE: Please refer to the following JBA T1: Clear CMOS JP2 CMOS Check 1-2 Normal 2-3 Clear CMOS[...]

51 Chapter 2 Save & Exit Setup Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have m ade in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility . When the Save and Exit dialog box app ears, press <Y> to save and exit, or press <N> to return to the main menu.[...]

Chapter 2 52 Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press <Enter> to discard any c hanges tha t you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility . When the Exit With out Saving dialog box appears, pre ss <Y> to discard changes and exit, or press <N> to return to the main menu. NOTE: If you have made settings that[...]

53 Chapter 2 Intel Serial A T A RAID Introduction The southbridge ICH5R provides a hybrid solution that combines two independent SA T A ports for support of up to two Serial A T A (Seria l A T A RAID) drives. Serial A T A (SA T A) is the latest generation of the A T A interface. SA T A hard drives deliver blistering tra nsfer speeds of up to 150MB/[...]

Chapter 2 54 (3) Combined Mode: S-A T A devi ces and P-A T A devices. Maximum o f 2 devices each, thus total 4 devices at maximum.[...]

55 Chapter 2 Native Mode: T In this mode, system BIOS will search all available IRQs to use for HDD. T New OS that support switch to Native Mode (WinXP , Wind ows .NET Server) can set SA T A and P A T A to Native Mode. T Comprehend both Lega cy and/or Native Modes. T Maximum 6 A T A devices to connect (4 for P-A T A & 2 for S-A T A). NOTE: Prop[...]

Chapter 2 56 RAID BIOS Configuration The Intel RAID O ption ROM should be integrated with th e system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. Please use b + <I> keys to enter the “Intel(R) RAID for Serial A T A” status screen, which should appear early in system boot-up, during the PO ST (Power-On Self T est). Using the I[...]

57 Chapter 2 (1) Create RAID V olume: Select this option and press e . The following screen appears: S pecify a RAID V olume name and then press the v or e key to go t o the next field. Select the strip value for the RAID 0/1 array by scrolling th rough the available values by using the w or y keys and pressing the e key to select and advance to th[...]

Chapter 2 58 NOTE: RAID 1 can not select Str ip Si ze . From the S trip size, press the v or e key to advance to the Create V o lume prompt. The window will appear as follow s: Then Press e to create the specified volume and the follo wing prompt will show:[...]

59 Chapter 2 Press <Y> to confirm the selection or pre ss <N> to create the RAID volume again. Then you will return to the main menu with an updated status as follows: Scroll to option 4 Exit and press e to exit the RAID Configurati on utility . The following prompt appears:[...]

Chapter 2 60 Click <Y> to confirm the exit. (2) Delete RAID V olume: Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all dat a on RAID drives will be lost. NOTE: If your system currently boots to RA ID and yo u delete the RAID volu me in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will become unbootable. Select option 2 Delete RAID V[...]

61 Chapter 2 Select the volume and press c key to delete the RAID volume. The following prompt appears: Press <Y> key to accept the volume deletion. (3) Reset Dis ks to Non-RAID: Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press e to delete the RAID volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen appea rs: Press &l[...]

Chapter 2 62 RAID 0 RAID 0 uses an algori thm to break files into sma ller file s of the user defined size called the stripe size. Once a file is broken down into these stripes, each drive in the array receiv es one or more of these fragments. For example, if there are two dr ives in a RAID 0 array with a 64 KB stripe size and the RAID controller g[...]

63 Chapter 2 RAID 1 RAID 1 works by writing identical sets of information to two drives in an array . When the controller is sent a 64KB file to be written to a two disk RAID 1 array , the cont roll er sends identical copies of this 64KB file to both disks in the array . Reads are the same as on a single drive: the controller requests the fi le fro[...]

Chapter 3 64 This chapter contains st ep-by-step procedures on how to disassem ble the V eriton 760 0G TR/G T/V , 5600G T/V and 3600G T/V desktop computer fo r maintenance and troubleshooting. T o disassembl e the computer , you need the fo llowing tools: ! Wrist grounding strap and conductive mat for preventing electrost atic discharge ! Flat-blad[...]

Chapter 3 65 General Information Before Y ou Begin Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure, make su re that you do the following: 1. T urn of f the power to the system and all peripherals. 2. Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cab les from the system.[...]

66 Chapter 3 Disassembly Pro cedure Flowchart The flowchart on the succeedi ng page gives you a graphical repr esentation on the entire disasse mbly sequence and instructs you on the components that need to be removed during servicing . V eriton 7600G TR/G T/V[...]

Chapter 3 67 V eriton 5600G T/V[...]

68 Chapter 3 V eriton 3600G T/V[...]

Chapter 3 69 Disassembling the V eriton 7600G TR/G T/V Opening the Housing This section tells you how to ope n the housin g co ver when you need to install additional components inside the system unit. CAUTION: Before you proceed, make sure that you have turned off the system and all peri pherals connected to it. Removing the Housing 1. T urn of f [...]

70 Chapter 3 . 3. Disconnect the HDD cable and HDD power cable from the HDD. 4. Pull the ODD lock and then de tach th e ODD from the fram e. 5. Pull the FDD lock and then detach the FDD from the frame. 6. Press the right and left HDD holders and then detach the HDD carefully . 7. Remove the left ODD holder . 8. Remove the left FDD holder. 9. Remove[...]

Chapter 3 71 Removing the Internal Ca bles/Connectors and Memory 1. Disconnect the main power conn ector from the main board. 2. Disconnect the 12-voltage power conne ctor from the main board. . 3. Disconnect the FDD cable, ODD cable and HDD cable from the main board. 4. Press the leavers on the both sides of the DIMM socke t outward to release the[...]

72 Chapter 3 7. Disconnect the internal speaker connector fro m the main board. 8. Disconnect the LAN LED con nector from the main board. 9. Disconnect the one button recovery connecto r , chassis i ntrusion switch connector , front panel connectors, and system fan connector from the main board. Removing the CPU Fan Sink , CPU and System Fan 1. Dis[...]

Chapter 3 73 6. Remove the four screws holding the system fan. 7. T ake out the system fa n. Removing the Power Supply and Main Board 1. Remove the four screws holding t he power supply on the rear side. 2. Detach the power supply from the housing carefully . 3. Remove the eight screws holding the ma in board as the picture shows. 4. Detach the mai[...]

74 Chapter 3 3. Detach the upper cover from the housing carefully . 4. Remove the four screws hold ing the daughter board plate. 5. Remove the daughter board plate. 6. Remove the daughter boa rd top cover as the picture sho ws. . 7. Cut the cable clamp holding the two front USB cables and front panel audio cable. 8. Remove the daughter board module[...]

Chapter 3 75 Removing the Intrusion Alarm and LCD Module 1. Remove the two screws holding the intrusion al arm, and then take out the intrusion al arm . 2. Remove one screw holding the LED module hol der. 3. Remove the LED module as the picture shows. . 4. Remove one screw holding the reset button holder as the picture shows. 5. Pull out the reset [...]

76 Chapter 3 Disassembling the V eriton 5600G T/V Opening the Housing This section tells you how to ope n the housin g co ver when you need to install additional components inside the system unit. CAUTION: Before you proceed, make sure that you have turned off the system and all peri pherals connected to it. Removing the Housing 1. Remove the two s[...]

Chapter 3 77 . 5. Disconnect the FDD power cable and FDD cable from the FDD. 6. Pull the FDD lock and then detach the FDD from the frame. . 7. Disconnect the HDD cable and HDD power cable from the HDD. 8. Press the right and left HDD holders and then detach the HDD carefully . 9. Remove the right ODD holder . 10. Remove the left FDD holder. 11 . Re[...]

78 Chapter 3 Removing the Internal Ca bles/Connectors and Memory 1. Disconnect the main power conn ector from the main board. 2. Disconnect the 12-voltage power conne ctor from the main board. . 3. Disconnect the FDD cable, ODD cable and HDD cable from the main board. 4. Press the leavers on the both sides of the DIMM socke t outward to release the[...]

Chapter 3 79 4. Pull the socket lever up to 90 degree and then pull out the CPU from the socket. 5. Put the socket lever back to the original position. Removing the Internal Ca bles/Connectors and Memory 1. Disconnect the front panel audio connector from the main board. 2. Disconnect the two front USB conn ectors from the main board. 3. Disconnect [...]

80 Chapter 3 3. Remove the four screws holding t he power supply on the rear side. 4. Detach the power supply from the housing carefully . . 5. Remove the eight screws holding the ma in board as the picture shows. 6. Detach the main board from the lower case carefully . . Removing the LED Module a nd Daughter Board Module 1. Remove one screw holdin[...]

Chapter 3 81 4. Remove one screw holding the daughter board bracket. 5. Remove the daughter board module as the picture shows. . 6. Disconnect the front panel audio connector from the daughter board. 7. Disconnect the two front USB conn ectors from the daughter board. . 8. Remove the two screws holding the daughter board. 9. Remove the daughter boa[...]

82 Chapter 3 Disassembling the V eriton 3600G T/V Opening the Housing This section tells you how to ope n the housin g co ver when you need to install additional components inside the system unit. CAUTION: Before you proceed, make sure that you have turned off the system and all peri pherals connected to it. Removing the Housing 1. Remove the three[...]

Chapter 3 83 . 4. Disconnect the HDD cable and HDD power cable from the HDD. 5. Pull the ODD lock and then de tach th e ODD from the fram e. . 6. Pull the FDD lock and then detach the FDD from the frame. 7. Press the right and left HDD holders and then detach the HDD carefully . 8. Remove the left ODD holder . 9. Remove the left FDD holder. 10. Rem[...]

84 Chapter 3 Removing the Internal Ca bles/Connectors and Memory 1. Remove the air duck as the video shows. 2. Disconnect the HDD cable, ODD cable, and FDD cable from the main board. 3. Disconnect the main power conn ector from the main board. 4. Disconnect the 12-voltage power conne ctor from the main board. . 5. Press the leavers on the both side[...]

Chapter 3 85 Removing the Internal Cables/Connectors 1. Disconnect the front panel audio connector from the main board. 2. Disconnect the two front USB conn ectors from the main board. 3. Disconnect the LAN LED con nector from the main board. 4. Disconnect the internal speaker connector fro m the main board. 5. Disconnect the one button recovery co[...]

86 Chapter 3 4. Pull the socket lever up to 90 degree and then pull out the CPU from the socket. 5. Put the socket lever back to the original position. Removing the System Fan and Main Board 1. Remove the two screws holding the system fan. 2. T ake out the system fa n. 3. Remove the eight screws holding the ma in board as the picture shows. 4. Deta[...]

Chapter 3 87 . 2. Remove the front panel as the vide o shows. 3. Disconnect the front panel audio connector from the daughter board. 4. Disconnect the two front USB conn ectors from the daughter board. . 5. Remove one screw holding the daughter board bracket. 6. Remove the daughter board module as the video shows. . 7. Remove the two screws holding[...]

88 Chapter 3 9. Pull the internal speaker cable, front panel cables , LAN LED cable and one button recovery cable as the video shows. . 10. Remove one screw holding the LED module hol der. 11 . Remove the LED module as the video shows. . 12. Remove the reset button as the video shows. 13. Pull out the reset cable carefully . . Removing the Upper Ca[...]

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Chapter 4 90 This chapter provides troub leshooting information for the V eriton 7600G TR/ 7600G T/7600V , 5600G T/5600V and 3600G T/3600V . ! Power-On Self-T est (POST) ! Index of Error Message ! Index of Error Symptoms ! Undetermined Prob lems Chapter 4 T roubleshooting[...]

91 Chapter 4 Power-On Self-T est (POST) Each time you turn on the system, the Power-on Self T est (POST) is initia ted. Several items are tested during POST , but is for the most p a rt transp arent to the user . The Power-On Self T est (POST) is a BIOS procedure that boots the system, initializes and diagnoses the system components, and controls t[...]

Chapter 4 92 04h Reserved 05h 1. Blank out screen 2. Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1. Clear 8042 interface 2. Initialize 8042 self-test 08h 1. T est special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. 2. Enable keyboard interface. 09h Reserved 0Ah 1. Disable PS/2 mouse interface (optional) 2. Auto detect ports for keyboard [...]

93 Chapter 4 23h 1. Check validity of RTC value: e.g. a value of 5Ah is an invalid value f or RTC minute. 2. Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value instead. 3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP u se. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCD’s legacy information. 4. Onboard clock genera[...]

Chapter 4 94 43h T est 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 6 4K. 2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU. 2. Initialize L2 cache for [...]

95 Chapter 4 67h Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h 68h Reserved 69h T urn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to it ems described in Setup& Auto-configuration tab le. 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corres[...]

Chapter 4 96 85h 1. USB final Initialization 2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure 3. Switch screen back to text mode. 4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory . 5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs. 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7. Initialize APM 8. Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Re[...]

97 Chapter 4 POST Error Messages List If you cannot run the diagnostics program tests bu t did receive a POST error message, use “POST Error Messages List” to diagnose system prob lems. If you di d not receive any error message, look for a description of your error symptoms in “E rror Symptoms List” on page 120 . NOTE: When you have deemed [...]

Chapter 4 98 Memory T est: This message displays during a full memory test, counting down the memory areas being tested. Memory test fail If POST detects an er ror during memory testing, additional information appears giving specifics about the type and location of the memory error . Override enabled - Defaults loaded If the syste m cannot boot usi[...]

99 Chapter 4 Error Symptoms List NOTE: T o diagnose a problem, first find the error symptom in th e left column. If directed to a check procedure, replace the FRU indicated in the check procedure. If n o check procedure is indicated , the first Action/ FRU listed in right co lumn is the most likely cause. Error Symptom Action/FRU Processor / Proces[...]

Chapter 4 100 Diskette drive LED comes on for more than 2 minutes when reading d ata. 1. Diskette 2. Diskette drive connection/cable 3. Diskette drive 4. Main board Diskette drive LED fails to light, and the drive is unable to access for more than 2 minutes. 1. Diskette 2. Diskette drive power 3. Diskette drive connection/cable 4. Diskette drive 5.[...]

101 Chapter 4 Audio Audio software program invokes but no so und comes from speakers. 1. S peaker power/connection/cable. Modem Modem ring cannot wake up system from suspend mode. 1. For the External Modem, make sure Power on By Ring in BIOS Setup or Power Management is set to Enabled. For the PCI modem, make sure Wake up by PCI card is set to Enab[...]

Chapter 4 102 Parallel/Serial Ports Execute “Load BIOS Default Settings” in BIOS Setup to c onfirm p orts presence before di agnosing any parallel/serial ports problems. Serial or parallel port loop-back test failed. 1. Make sure that the LPT# or COM# you test is the same as the setting in BIOS Setup. 2. Loop-back. 3. Main board. Printing faile[...]

103 Chapter 4 Undetermined Problems If an error message is present, go to “POST Error Mess ages List” on p age 1 18. If you did not receive any messages, if the symptom is listed in “or “Error Symp toms List” on page 120. If you still ca nnot solve the problem, continue with this check: 1. Check the power supply voltages. If the voltages [...]

Chapter 5 104 Jumpers and Connectors Refer to the following figure for the location of the jumpers and connectors on the main board: JAUD1 DDR DIMMs CPU Back Panel I/O CPUFAN1 FDD1 JUSB2 & JSUB3 JGP2 PCI Slots IDE1 & IDE2 JGP1 SYSFAN1 JRECOVER JPW1 ATX1 JFP1 J3 JBAT1 JUSB_MS JLAN LED1 JSPK JLAN1 JCI1 JGP3 JBIOS1 AGP Slot SATA1, SATA2 D_LED1[...]

105 Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Description Jumper Setting NOTE: *: Default Settings. Label Component Label Co mponent JPW1 A TX 12V Power Connector JCI1 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector CPUF AN1 Processor Fan Connector JBA T1 C lear CMOS Jumper D_LED1 D Bracket 2 Connector JBIOS1 BIOS Flash Jumper COM1 9-pin Serial Port JRECOVER System Recove[...]

Chapter 5 106 Main Board Layout BA TT + Int el ICH5/5R D D R 1 D D R 3 D D R 2 D D R 4 A T X P o w e r S u p p l y JPW 1 D_LED1 USB2 US B3 CD1 Codec Broadcom BCM 5705 BI OS PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 I D E 1 I D E 2 JBA T1 JF P1 J3 JG P3 JG P2 JBI OS1 JCI 1 JL AN1 JSP K JL AN LE D1 JUS B_MS JRE COV ER Top : L A N ja c k Bottom: USB p orts USB[...]

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Chapter 6 108 This chapter gives you the FRU (Field Replaceabl e Unit ) listing in global configurations of V eriton 7600G TR/ G T/V , 56 00G T/V and 3600G T/V . Refer to this chapter whene ver ordering for part s to repair or for RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization). IMPORT ANT : Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU P ARTS, th at you should check the m[...]

109 Chapter 6 V eriton 7600G TR/7600G T/76 00V Exploded Diagram ˅˃ ˄ˌ ˅˅ ˅ˆ ˅ˇ ˅ˈ ʳ˄ ʳ ʳˆʳ ʳˇ ʳˈ ʳˉ ʳˊ ʳˋ ʳˌ ˃ ˄ ˆ ˇ ˈ ˉ ˊ ˋ ˅˄[...]

Chapter 6 11 0 V eriton 5600G T/5600V Exploded Diagram ʳ˄ ʳ ʳˆ ʳˇ ʳˈ ʳˉ ʳˊ ʳˋ ʳˌ ˄˃ ˄˄ ˆ ˇ ˈ ˉ ˊ ˋ ˌ ˅˄ ˅˅ ˅ˆ[...]

111 Chapter 6 V eriton 3600G T/3600V Exploded Diagram ˅ˉ ʳ˄ ˅ˈ ˅ˇ ˅ˆ ˅˅ ˅˄ ʳ˅ ʳˆ ʳˇ ʳˈ ʳˉ ʳˊ ʳˋ ʳˌ ˃ ˄˄ ˆ ˇ ˈ ˄ˉ ˄ˊ ˋ ˌ ˅˃[...]

Chapter 6 11 2 Picture Part Name Part Number CPU/Processor CELERON 2.0G SOCKET 478, D1 Celeron 2.4G Socket 478, D1 Celeron 2.5G Socket 478, D1 Celeron 2.6G Socket 478, D1 Celeron 2.7G Socket 478, D1 Celeron 2.8G Socket 478, D1 Northwood 2.4G Socket 478 Northwood 2.6G Socket 478 Northwood 2.8G Socket 478 Northwood 3.0G Socket 478 Northwood 3.06G Soc[...]

11 3 Chapter 6 Hard Disk Drive HDD 80GB 7200RPM SA T A SEAGA TE ALPINE ST380013AS HDD 120G 7200RPM SA T A SEAGA TE ALPINE ST3120026AS HDD 160G 7200RPM SA T A SEAGA TE ALPINE ST3160023AS HDD 40GB/5400RPM/A T A-100 /SEAGA TE C2 ST340015A HDD U9 80G 5400RPM SEAGARE ST380012A HDD 120GB 5400RPM A T A-100 SEAGA TE U9 ST3120025A HDD 40GB 7200RPM SEAGA TE [...]

Chapter 6 11 4 For VT3600 FDD CABLE 34PIN 2CON HDD IDE CABLE 40PIN (SHORT) ODD CABLE 40PIN (LONG) AUDIO CABLE 10PIN 2CON USB CABLE 10PIN 2CON LED CABLE (LAN, POWER/ HDD) POWER BUTTON BOARD W/ BRACKET RESET CABLE INTRUSION ALARM CABLE 2PIN LAN CABLE POWER/ HDD LED CABLE For VT5600 FDD CABLE 34PIN 2CON HDD/ODD IDE CABLE 40PIN 3CON AUDIO CABLE 10PIN 2[...]

11 5 Chapter 6 Add-on Card VGA CARD RADEON 9200 64MB DDR LP W/TV-OUT NTSC/ LP BRACKET FIC TI-4200-8X VGA CARD RADEON 9200 64MB DDR LP W/TV-OUT P AL/LP BRACKET FIC TI-4200-8X VGA CARD FX 5200 64MB W/TW-OUT P AL LP BRACKET LEADTEK LR2967 VGA CARD FX5200 64MB W/TW-OUT NTSC LP BRACKET LEADTEK LR2967 VGA CARD XABRE200 AGP 8X 32M LP BRACKET MODEM CARD 56[...]

Chapter 6 11 6 USB KB(GRA Y), KU0355, US VER., 104KEYS USB KB(GRA Y) , KU0355, T .CHINE SE VER., 104KEYS USB KB(GRA Y), KU0355, IN T'L US VER., 104 KEYS USB KB (GRA Y), KU0355, ARABIC VER., 104 KEYS USB KB (GRA Y), KU0355, THAI VER., 104 KEYS USB KB (GRA Y) , KU0355, GERMANY VER., 105 KEYS USB KB (GRA Y) , KU0355, IT ALIAN VER., 105 KEYS USB K[...]

11 7 Chapter 6 USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, SP ANISH/US VER., 105KEYS USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, CANADIAN/FRENCH VER., 105KEYS USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, BRAZILIAN VER., 107KEYS USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, SWISS VER., 105KEYS USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, BELGIUM VER., 105KEYS USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, ICELAND VER., 105KEYS USB KEYBOARD, KU0355, NORWEGIAN VER., 105KEYS USB KEYBOARD,[...]

Chapter 6 11 8 For VT3600 LEFT COVER FRONT BEZEL W/ ODD DOOR, FDD COVER, FDD BUT TON ODD DOOR W BUTTON FDD BUTTON FDD COVER W LENS UPPER COVER RETENTION MODULE W NAIL 4PCS IO BRACKET HOLDER CHASSIS W IO BRACKET , DB BRACKET , LED BRACKET WO IO SHIELD IO SHIELD FDD HOLDER ODD HOLDER (DISGUISE) HDD HOLDER ASSY(LEFT) HDD HOLDER ASSY(RHGHT) For VT5600 [...]

11 9 Chapter 6 S peaker INTERNAL SPEAKER 38MM NEOSONIC SPEAKER 5W+5W ACTIVE 12V PHILIPS A201S SP .CRB04.001 SP .20101.001 Fan Sink SYSTEM F AN W AIR DUCK HEA T SINK W LA TCH HEA T SINK W LA TCH TBD HI.V020B.005 HI.V020B.004 Foot S tand FOOT ST AND (PLASTIC) 47.V02VF .301 Screws SPS SCREW MAIN BOARD SCREW UPPER COVER SCREW SYSTEM F AN SCREW INTRUSIO[...]

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Appendix A 121 V eriton 7600G TR/7600G T/7600V , 5600G T/5600V , 3600G T/3600V 1. Project Name: T rumpet 2. Description T r umpet se ries is positioned to be the first Main Board product that supports the latest Intel ® Chip set S pringdale- G/GV te chnology with DDR DIMM module and Hyper-Threading T echology . As a technology leader in the PC mar[...]

Appendix B 122 This computer ’s compatibility is a test plan released by Acer Internal T esting Depa rtment. Once the final report is available, this chapter will be revised accordingly . T est Comp atible Component s Appendix B[...]

123 Appendix B Microsof t Windows XP Environment T est Item Specifications Processor Intel Celeron 2.4G / 2.5G / 2.6G / 2.7G / 2.8G Socket 478 Intel Northwood 2.4G / 2.6G / 2.8G / 3.0G / 3.06G D1 / 3.2 G Socket 478 Memory Infineon DDR 333 256MB 0.1 1u CL=2.5 Infineon DDR400 128MB 0.14u 32M*8*16 CL=3 Infineon DDR400 256MB 0.14u 32M*8*16 CL=3 Infineo[...]

Appendix B 124 VGA Card FIC Radeon 9200 64MB DDR LP W/TV -OUT NTSC/A TX bracket FIC Radeon 9200 64MB DDR LP W/TV -OUT P AL,A TX bracket MSI T i-4200-8X 128M DDR A TX w/TV -out (P AL), A TX bracket MSI T i-4200-8X 128M DDR A TX w/TV -out (NTSC), A TX bracket MX 440 (8X) 64M DDR LP w/TV -out (P AL), A TX bracket (w/LP BKT) MX 440 (8X) 64M DDR LP w/TV[...]

125 Appendix B Keyboard (USB) Chicony Swiss, USB KB (acer 002), KUP0355, 105 keys, w/palm Chicony US ver ., USB KB (acer 002 ), KUP0355, 104 keys, w/palm Chicony T . Chinese ver . USB KB (acer 002), KUP0355, 104 keys, w/ palm Chicony S panish/US, USB KB (acer 002), KUP0355, 105keys, w/palm Chicony Thailand , USB KB (acer 002),KUP0355, 104ke ys, w/p[...]

Appendix C 126 This section describe s online techni cal sup port services available to help yo u repair your Acer Systems. If you are a distributor , dealer, ASP or TPM, please re fer your technical queries to your local Acer branch office. Acer Branch Offices and Regional Business Unit s may access our website. However some in formation sources w[...]

127 Appendix C[...]