Acer Altos G300 manual

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    Acer Altos G300 User’ s guide[...]

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    Changes may be made peri odically to the infor mation in this publication without obligation to notify any person o f such revision or changes. Such changes wi ll be inco rporated in new editions of this ma nual or supplementary docum ents and publications. This company makes no representations or warra nties, either expre ssed or implied, with res[...]

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    iii Notices FCC notice This device has been tested and foun d to comply with the limits for a Class B digi tal device pu rsuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to provide reasonab le protectio n against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. This device generates, uses, and can radiate ra dio frequen cy energy [...]

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    iv This part complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Op eration is subject to the following two conditions: (1 ) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept an y interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Notice: Canadian users This Class B digital apparatus meets all requir[...]

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    v make sure that the t otal rati ng of all produc ts plugged into the wall outlet does not ex ceed the fuse rating. 9 Never push o bjects of any kind in to this product throug h cabinet slots as they ma y touch danger ous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or elect ric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the produ ct[...]

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    vi CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT CAUTION: INVISIBLE LASER RADIA T ION WHEN OPEN. A VOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM. APP AREIL A LASER DE CLASSE 1 PRODUIT LASERA TTENTION: RADIA TION DU F AISCEAU LASER INVISIBLE EN CAS D’OUVERTURE. EVITTER TOUTE EXPOSITION A UX RA YONS. LASER KLASSE 1 VORSICHT : UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET , NICHT DEM STRA [...]

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    vii eller en ekvivalent typ som rekomme nderas av appara ttillverkar en. Kassera anvãnt batteri enligt fabrikantens instruktion. VA R O I T U S Päristo voi räjähtää, jos se on virhee llisesti asennettu. V aihda paristo ainoastaan laitevalmistaj an suosit telemaan tyyppiin. Hävitä käytetty paristo valmistajan oh jeiden mukaisesti . VORSICHT[...]

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    Contents 1 Getting started 1 Overview 3 Processor 3 Memory 4 System chipsets 4 ServerWorks GC-SL chipset 4 LAN subsystem 4 Expansion slot s 5 PCI bus 5 Hardware managem ent suppo rt 5 Features summary 6 Preinstallation requirements 7 Selecting a site 7 Checking the package c ontents 7 Basic connec tions 8 Connecting t he keyboard 8 Connecting the m[...]

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    Removing the fron t panel 33 Removing the sid e panels 34 Installing and removi ng storage devices 36 Replacing a 3.5-inch or a 5.25-inch s torage device 36 Installing a hard disk 38 Installing a DLT 39 Installing and removing the CPU 40 Installing a CPU 40 Removing a CPU 41 Installing and removing memory module s 43 Reconfiguri ng the system 44 In[...]

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    xi Auto Configuration w i th Optimal Settings 76 Auto Configuratio n with Fail-Safe Settings 77 Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes 79 AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes 81 Uncompressed In itializat ion Codes 81 POST Checkpo int Code s 82 Bootblock Re covery Codes 82 Uncompressed In itializat ion Codes 83 Bus Checkpoi nt Codes 91 Additional B us C[...]

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    1 Getting started[...]

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    The Acer Altos G300 is a PCI bus based single processor system loaded with a host of new and innovative features. The system of fers a new standard for flexible productivity ideal for local or wide area networks and multiuser server environments.[...]

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    3 Overview The Acer Altos G300 is a PCI bus based single processor system board built on an extend ed A TX baseboard. It comes wi th a single mPGA478 processor socke t utilizing an Int el ® Pentium ® 4 processor integrated with the ServerWorks GC-SL chipset. The system board also integrates the Intel ® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet controller that su[...]

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    1 Getting started 4 Memory The four DIMM sockets on board allow memory upgrade to a maximum of 4GB using four 1-GB DDR SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) DIMMs. For data integrity , the de fault se tting of the ECC (error- correcting co de) functi on of the memory system in BIOS is enable d. The system board supports DDR266 SDRAMs; PC-133 , PC-100, PC-66 MHz[...]

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    5 Expansion slots PCI bus The system board has one PCI buses that support 32-bit/33 MHz/3.3V PCI devices and four PCI buses su pporting 64-bit/33 MHz/3.3V PCI devices. Har dware management support The system board suppor ts the power-management function that conforms to the po wer-saving stan dards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP A)[...]

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    1 Getting started 6 Featur es summary The main board has the fo llowing major components: • Utilizes a mPG478 processor socket that supports a Pentium 4 processor ru nning sta rt at 1.6 GHz and futu re generation s of Pentium CPUs • ServerW orks GC-SL ch ipset which includes th e north and the south bridge • Onboard Gigabit Ethernet chip that[...]

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    7 Pr einstallation requir ements Selecting a site Before unp acking an d installing t he system, sele ct a suitabl e site for the system for maximum efficiency . Consider the fo llowing factor s when choosi ng a si te for the syste m: • Near a grounded power outlet • Clean and dust-free • Sturdy surface free from vibration • W ell-ventilate[...]

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    1 Getting started 8 Basic connections The system unit, keyboard, mouse, and monitor constitute the basic system. Before connecting any other peripherals, connect these peripherals first to test if the system is running properly . Connecting the keyboar d[...]

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    9 Connecting the mouse[...]

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    1 Getting started 10 Connecting the VGA monitor Connecting to the network[...]

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    11 Connecting the power cable[...]

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    1 Getting started 12 System startup After making sure that you have set up the system properly and connecte d all the req uired cables , you may now apply power to the system. T o power on the system: Open the front pan el door and press the power button. The system starts up and displays a welcome me ssage. After that, a ser ies of power-on self-t[...]

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    13 Power -on pr oblems If the system does not boot after you have applie d power , check the following factors that might ha ve caused the bo ot failure. • The external power cable may be loosely connected. Check the power cable connec tion from the power source to the power socket on the re ar panel. Make sure that each cable is properly conne c[...]

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    1 Getting started 14 Connecting options Printer T o conn ect a printer , plug the pr inter cable into the parallel port located on the rear panel o f your computer . USB devices Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a n ew se rial bus design that is capable of cascading low-/medium-speed periph eral s (less than 12 Mbps) su ch as a keyboard, mouse, joysti [...]

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    15 T o connect a USB device, simpl y plug the device ca ble into any of the USB ports. Note: Most USB devices h ave a built-in USB port which allows you to daisy- chain other devices.[...]

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    1 Getting started 16[...]

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    2 System tour[...]

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    This chapter discu sses the features and components of your computer .[...]

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    19 Exter nal and inter nal structure Front panel No. Description 1 CD-ROM drive stop/eject butto n 2 CD-ROM drive pla y/forward button 3 CD-ROM drive LED 4 and 6 CD-ROM volume con trol 5 CD-ROM drive tray 7 CD-ROM drive earphone socket 8 Altos EasyStor Cage (Removable HDD tray) 9 Floppy disk drive tray[...]

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    2 System tour 20 10 Floppy disk drive eject button 11 Power button 12 System power LED 13 Hard disk access LED 14 Warning LED No. Description[...]

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    21 Rear panel No. Description 1 Power cable socket 2 Power Supply Fan 3 System fan 4 PS/2 mouse port 5 PS/2 keyboard port 6 USB ports 7S e r i a l p o r t 8 Parallel port 9 VGA port 10 LAN port 11 PCI expansion card slots[...]

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    2 System tour 22 Inter nal components No. Description 1 Power supply 2 System board 3 5.25-inch drive bays 4 Altos EasyStor Cage (Removable HDD tray) 5 System fan 6 PCI expansion card slo ts[...]

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    23 System boar d layout Item Description KM1 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse USB1 USB Connector * 2 COM1 Serial Po rt CN3 VGA Port[...]

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    2 System tour 24 LPT1 Parallel Port LAN1 RJ45 LAN Port U11 Intel ® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller U20 A TI R ageXL CN2 Powe r Connector (4-pin) CN1 Powe r Connector (20-pin) JF1 System F AN 2 JF2 System F AN 1 JF5 CPU F A N J1 DDR DIMM A J2 DDR DIMM B J3 DDR DIMM C J4 DDR DIMM D U6 P4 CPU Socket 478 U5 North Bridge (CMIC-SL) U9 South Bridge ([...]

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    25 J8 64-bit/33MHz/3.3V PCI Slot 4 J10 64-bit/33MHz/3.3V PCI Slot 3 J11 64-bit/33MHz/3.3V PCI Slot 2 J12 32-bit/33MHz/3.3V PCI Slot 1 J13 Jumper Setting U44 BIOS BT1 Battery BZ1 Buzzer Port80LED Diagnostics LED Item Description[...]

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    2 System tour 26 Contro l Panel (JP3) Jumper Setting (J13) Function Default sett ing PIN 1-2 Clear password ON[...]

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    27 Diagnostics LED (Port80LED) Note : Diagnostics LED sh ow POST checkpoint codes wh en BIOS performs the Power On Self T est. See page 82. PIN 3-4 Clear NVRAM OFF PIN 5-6 Recover BIOS ROM OFF Function Default sett ing[...]

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    2 System tour 28[...]

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    3 Upgrading your system[...]

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    This chapter contains in structions on how to upgrade your computer .[...]

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    31 Installation pr ecautions Before you in stall any system co m ponent, we recommend that you read the following sections. Thes e sections contain important ESD precautions along with preinstallation an d post-installation instructions. ESD precautions Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can dama ge your processor , disk drives, expansion boar ds, and o[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 32 Post-installation instructions Observe the following after inst alling a computer component: 1 See to it that the components ar e installed according to the step- by-step instruction s in th eir respective sect ions. 2 Replace any expansion boards or peripherals that you remov ed earlier . 3 Replace the com puter cover [...]

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    33 Opening your system Caution: Before you proceed, make sure that yo u have turned off your computer and all peripherals connected to it. Read the “Preinstallation instructions” on page 31. Y ou need to open your compute r before you can i nstall additi onal components. See the following section for instructions. Removing the fr ont panel 1 Un[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 34 Removing the side panels The system housing has one front panel an d two removable side panels. Always observe the follow ing ESD (electrosta tic discharge) precautions before installi ng any system compone nt: 1 Do not remove any system compon ent from its packaging unless you are ready to install it. 2 W ear a wrist g[...]

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    35 5 Detach the side panel. 6 Repeat steps 4 to 5 to remove the other side panel.[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 36 Installing and r emoving storage devices The housing supp orts four 5.25-i n ch, and three internal 3.5-inch storage devices. The empty drive ba ys allow you to in stall additional drives such as a CD-R OM drive, digi tal audio tape (DA T) drive o r another hard disk drive. Note: Y our basic system comes with a CD-ROM d[...]

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    37 6 Remove the four screws with a Ph ilips screw driver and remove the old drive from the 3.5-inch hard disk tray . Note 1: Pull down the door of the EasyStor Ca ge till it clicks into place. Note 2 : P u ll the EasyStor Cage o u t in h o rizontal p o sitio n . And pull it out carefully with both hands for its heavy weight .[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 38 Installing a hard disk T o install a hard disk drive into the hard disk frame: 1 Insert the drive tray . 2 Secure the drive tr ay with two scr ews. 3 Connect the power an d signal cables.[...]

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    39 Installing a DL T T o install a DL T drive into the 5.25-drive fr ame. 1 Insert the DL T . 2 Secure the DL T with two screws. 3 Connect the power an d signal cables. Note: DL T drive shou ld be installed in the 1st or 2nd 5.25-inch drive tray .[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 40 Installing and r emoving the CPU The Pentium 4 comes in a mPGA478 packag e. The mPGA478 package is designed for the new breed of sleek, high performance, small form factor PCs. The system board supports a Pentium 4 processor r unning start at 1.6 GHz and future generations of Pentium CPUs. Caution: Always observe the ES[...]

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    41 3 Attach one side of the fan/heatsink metal br acket to the CPU socket and then ge ntly push down the ot her side of the met al bracket unti l it locks in pl ace. 4 Connect the 3- pin fan/thermal cabl e to the system board. Refer to section “System board layout” on pa ge 23 for the location of the fan/thermal connectors. Note: The heatsink b[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 42 3 Gently push the socket lever down t o release the lever a nd then pull it up. 4 Remove the CPU.[...]

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    43 Installing and r emoving memory modules The four 184-pin socke ts onboard su pport DDR SDRAM-type DIMMs. Y ou may install 128-M B, 256-MB, 512-MB, or 1-GB DIMMs for a maximum of 4-GB sy stem memory . This system board supp ort s DDR266 266MHz SDRAM. Each of the D IMM socke t is independe nt from the others. This independenc e allows you to in st[...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 44 T o remove a DIMM, press the holding clips on both side s of the socket outward to release the DIMM. Note: Place your forefingers on the top of the DIMM before you press the holding clips to gent ly disengage the DIMM from the socket. Reconfiguring the system The system automatically detects the amount of memory install[...]

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    45 Installing expansion car ds There are two kinds of expansion slo ts available in this system board. These are 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Co mponent Interconnect) an d 64-bit PCI. T o install expansion cards: 1 Locate an empty expansion s lot on th e system bo ard. 2 Remove the metal bracket located opposite the empty expansion slot using a Phillips [...]

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    3 Upgradi ng your syst em 46 4 Secure the card to the housing with a screw . When you turn on the system, BIOS automatically detects and assigns resources to the new device. Note: BIOS detects and co nfigures on ly PnP (Plug n Play) expansion cards.[...]

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    4 Setup utility[...]

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    This chapter gives information about the syste m BIOS and tells how to configure the syst em by changing the settings of the BIOS paramete rs.[...]

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    49 Intr oduction Most systems are already configured by the manufacturer or the dealer . There is no need to run Setup when starting the computer unless you get a Run Setup message. The Setup program loads configuratio n values into the battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMO S RAM. This memo ry area is not part of the system RAM. Note: If you[...]

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    4 Setup utility 50 Setup Menu The computer employs th e latest AMI BIOS CMOS chip wit h support for Windows Plug and Play . This CMOS chip contains the ROM Setup instructions for configuring the main board’ s BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Outp ut System) Setup util ity is a menu driven utility that enables you to make chan ges to the system con[...]

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    51 Setup submenu: Main Parameter Description Options AMIBIOS V ersion The core version of AMI BIOS. N/A BIOS Build Date The date when the BIOS build. N/A BIOS ID The version of current BIOS. N/A Processor Ty p e T ype of processor currently installed in your system. N/A Processor Speed Clock speed of processor currently installed in your system. N/[...]

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    4 Setup utility 52 System Memory T otal amount of system memory , which is automatically detected by BIOS during the POST ; if you install additional memory , the system automatically adjusts this parameter to display the new memory size. N/A System T ime Use these items to set the correct time. [HH:MM:SS] System Date Use these items to set the cor[...]

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    53 Setup submenu: Advanced Parameter Description SuperIO Configurat ion Configure SuperIO Ch ipset Nat414. IDE Configuration Configure the IDE device(s). Floppy Configurat ion Configure the Floppy driv e(s). OnBoard Devices Configurat ion OnBoard devices control Enable/Disab le. PCIPnP Configurat ion Legacy USB control and PCI slot IRQ preference a[...]

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    4 Setup utility 54 SuperIO Configuration • Onboard Serial Port 1 Use these items to dis able the seri al ports or to assign a por t address and IRQ to the ports. • Onboard Parallel Port Use this item to disable the parallel port or assign a port address to the parallel port. • Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to determine the IRQ of the parall[...]

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    55 IDE Configuration Parameter Description Options Primary IDE Master Device detected as primary IDE master . Manual configure IDE device parameters if device could not been detected by BIOS. Primary IDE Slave Device detected as primary IDE slave. Secondary IDE Master Device detected as secondary IDE master . Secondary IDE Slave Device detected as [...]

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    4 Setup utility 56 Auto Detect Har d Disks This item automatically de tects an d inst alls any hard disk drives installed on the primary and seco ndary IDE channels. Most mode rn drives can be detec ted. If you are using a very old drive that ca n’t be detected, you can install it ma nually . IDE channel 3 mode Configure the operation mode for 3r[...]

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    57 Primary IDE Master (if attached Har d Disk) Parameter Desc ription Options T ype Configure the driver type. Auto CDROM ARMD Not Installed LBA/Large Mode Select the hard disk drive transla tion method. For drivers with more than 504MB, the LBA mode is necessary . Auto Disable d Block Mode Auto: The Data transfer from and to the device occurs mult[...]

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    4 Setup utility 58 PIO Mode Select PIO (Programmed Input/ Output) Mode. Mo de 0 to 4 provide successive increase of performance. Auto 0 1 2 3 4 DMA Mode Select DMA Mode: Auto : Auto detected SWDMAn : SingleWordDMAn MWDMAn : MultiWor dDMAn UDMAn : UltraDMAn Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn UDMAn S.M.A.R.T . Enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T (Self- Monitoring, Analy[...]

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    59 Secondary IDE Master (if attached A T API CDROM) Secondary IDE Slave (if no attached) BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Advanced Secondary  IDE  Master ____________________________________________________ Device  :  A T API  CDROM V endor  :  MA TSHIT A CD-177 LBA  Mode  :  Supported Block  Mode : [...]

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    4 Setup utility 60 Floppy Configuration • Floppy Drive A If you have o ne floppy dri ve installed change the item Floppy Dr ive A so that it describes the characteristics of the drive. Parameter Descri ption Floppy Drive A Select the floppy drive type BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Advanced Floppy  Configuration _______________________________[...]

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    61 PCIPnP Configuration Parameter Description Options Legacy USB Support Enable support for legacy USB. Enabled Disabled PCI Slot-1 IRQ Preference Manually configure the IRQ of PCI slot-1. Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI Slot-2 IRQ Preference Manually configure the IRQ of PCI slot-2. PCI Slot-3 IRQ Preference Manually configure the IRQ of PCI slo[...]

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    4 Setup utility 62 Boot Settings Configuration Parameter Description Options Bootup Num- Lock Select Power-on state for Numlock On Off BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Advanced Boot  Settings  Configuration ____________________________________________________ Bootup  Num-Lock  [On]   Select  Power-on  state for  Numlock.[...]

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    63 Event Log Configuration Note: If there are any event logs recorded, “View Event Log” and “Mark All Events As Read” will appear . If no event recorded, these two options will NOT appear . Parameter Descri ption Options Event Log Area The space utilization of event log NVRAM. If space is full, no new event type could be record. Event Log D[...]

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    4 Setup utility 64 View Ev ent Log This allows user to see the detail BIOS and IPMI event. Mark All Events As Read Clear Intrusion Status Clear chassis intrusion status and set this value as ‘ disabled ’ at next tim e system boot if this item is enabled. Ye s No Clear All Event Logs Clear event log area and set this value as ‘ disabled ’ at[...]

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    65 OnBoar d Devices Configuration System Health Monitoring Hard ware Hardwar e Monitor Setup Page This page let s you inst all hardwa re monitoring parame ters so that the system can warn you when crit ical parameters are exceeded. Parameter Description Options OnBoard LAN Enable or disable onboa rd LAN. Enabled Disabled OnBoard PCI VGA Enable or d[...]

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    4 Setup utility 66 System Hardwar e Monitor If your mainboard supports hard ware monitoring, these items are auto-detected and the results are re ported. Y ou cannot make changes to these items. Parameter Description Case Status The current status detected by chassis intrusion switch. Current CPU1 Te m p Current CPU temperature detected by the sens[...]

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    67 V oltage mo nitoring V oltage monitoring Press ‘ Enter ’ to view the voltage mon itored. Parameter Description BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Advanced System  Health  Monitoring  Hardware ____________________________________________________ VTT  1.2408  V  Vcc  12V 1 1.9375  V Vcc  5V 4.9660  V Vcc  3.3V 3.30[...]

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    4 Setup utility 68 Remote Access Configuration Parameter Description Options Remote Access Select remote access type. Disabled Serial (ANSI) Serial Port Mode Select Serial Port setting. 115200 8,n,1 57600 8,n,1 19200 8,n,1 9600 8,n,1 BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Advanced Configure  Remote  Access  type  and  p arameters ___________[...]

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    69 Setup submenu: Power Parameter Description Options AC Power Failure This sets the power state after a shutdown due to an unex pected interrupt of AC power . If the value is set to “ Stay OFF ,” the system remains turned off. If the value is set to “ Last State ,” the system returns to the last power state. Last State Stay Off Power Butto[...]

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    4 Setup utility 70 Setup submenu: Boot Parameter Description Boot Device Priority Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. Hard Disk Drives Specifies the available hard disk d rives boot sequence. Only first drive could boot the system. Removable Devices Sp ecifies the available removable devi ces boot sequence. Only first drive coul[...]

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    71 Boot Device Priority Parameter Description Options 1 st Boot Device Configure the first boot device type. A vailable boot device type. 2 nd Boot Device Configure the secon d boot device type. If first boot device fail to boot the system, BIOS will try to boot the system from 2 nd boot device. ... Nth Boot Device Configure the N-th boo t device t[...]

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    4 Setup utility 72 Hard Disk Drives Parameter Description 1 st Hard Drive Configure the hard drive to bo ot the system. 2 nd Hard Drive Configure the 2 nd hard drive. Note that only 1 st hard drive could b oot the system. BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Boot 1 st  Hard  Drive [IDE  PRIMARY  MASTER  -  IBM-DATA-3] 2 nd  Hard  [...]

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    73 Removable Devi ces Parameter Descri ption 1 st Removable Dev Configure the 1 st removable device to boot the system. BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Boot  1 st Removable Dev  [1 st  Floppy]  S pecifies  the  boot  sequence  from  the   available  devices.  Select [...]

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    4 Setup utility 74 A T API CDROM Drives Parameter Description Options 1 st A T API CDROM Configure the first A T API CDROM to boot the system. Only first CDROM could boot the system. CD-ROM available to the system. BIOS  SETUP  UTILITY  Boot 1 st A T API  CDROM [IDE  SECONDARY  MASTER  -  MA TSHIT A] Specifies  the  bo[...]

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    75 Setup submenu: Security Parameter Description Change User/ Supervisor Passw ord Y ou can in stall a Supervisor password, and if you install a supervisor passwo rd, you can then install a user password . A user passwo rd does not pr ovide access to many of the features in th e Setup utility .If you highlight these items and press Enter , a dialog[...]

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    4 Setup utility 76 Setup submenu: Exit Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings If you highlight th is item and press Enter , a dialog box asks if you want to install optimal settings for all the items in the Setup ut ility . Press the Y key to indicate Y es, and then press Enter to install the opt imal settings. Parameter Description Exit Saving C[...]

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    77 The optimal settings default values are quite demanding and yo ur system might not f unction properly if you are using slower memory chips or other kinds of low-performance components. Auto Configuration wi th Fail-Safe Settings If you highlight th is item and press Enter , a dialog box asks if you want to install fail-safe sett ings for all th [...]

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    4 Setup utility 78[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes[...]

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    81 AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initializ ation checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled. Power on delay is starting. Next, the initialization code checksum will be verified. D1h Initializing the DMA controller , performing the keyboard[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Co des 82 POST Checkpoint Codes Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock rec overy checkpoi nt codes are liste d in order of execution: Checkpoint Code Description E0h The onboard flopp y controller if available is initialized. Next, beginning the base 512 KB memory test. E1h Initializing the interrupt vector table[...]

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    83 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution. These codes are unc omp ressed in F0000h shadow RAM. FCh Next, erasing the flash ROM. FDh Next, programming the flash ROM. FFh Flash ROM programming was successful. Next, restarting the system BIOS. Checkpoint Code Description 03h The NMI i[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Co des 84 0Eh The keyboard controller BA T command result has been verified. Next, performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BA T command test. 0Fh The initialization after the keyboard controller BA T command test is done. The keyboard co mmand byte is written next. 10h The keyboard c[...]

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    85 25h Interrupt vector initialization is done. Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on. 27h Any initialization before setting vid eo mode will be done ne xt. 28h Initialization before se tting the video mode is complete. Configuring the monochrome mo de and color mode settings next. 2Ah Bus initialization system, static, output devices[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Co des 86 37h The display mode is set. D isplaying the po wer on message next. 38h Initializing the bus input, IPL, general devices next, if present. See page 91 for additional information. 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages. Se e page 91 for additional information. 3Ah The new cu rsor position has [...]

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    87 4Bh The amount of memory above 1 MB has b een found and verified. Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next. If this is a power on situation, going to checkpoint 4Eh next. 4Ch The memory below 1 MB ha s been cleared via a soft reset. Clearing the memory above 1 MB next. 4Dh The mem ory above 1 MB has be[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Co des 88 58h The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing. Clearing th e Hit <DEL> message next. 59h The Hit <DEL> message is cleared. The <WAIT ...> message is displayed. Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next. 60h The DMA page register test passed. Performing the DMA[...]

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    89 85h The memory size check is done. Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next. 86h The password was checked. Performing any required programming before WINB IOS Setup next. 87h The programm ing before WINBIOS Setu p has completed. Uncompressi ng the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AM IBIOS Setup or W[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Co des 90 97h Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has completed. The adapto r ROM check is next. 98h The adaptor ROM had control and has n ow returned control to BI OS POST . Performin g any required processing after the option RO M returned control. 99h Any initialization required after the [...]

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    91 Bus Checkpoint Codes The system BIOS passes control to different bu ses at the following checkpoints: A8h Initialization before passi ng control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed. Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next. A9h Returned from ad aptor ROM at E000h control. Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM[...]

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    Appendix A: AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Co des 92 Additional Bus Checkpoints While control is inside the dif f erent bus routines, additional checkpoints are output to I/O port address 0080h as word to identify the routines being execut ed. These are word checkpoin ts. The low byt e of checkpoint is the s ystem BIOS checkpoint where co ntrol is passed [...]

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    Appendix B: ASM quick installation guide[...]

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    This appendix shows you how to install the ASM software package.[...]

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    95 Installing ASM Acer Server Manager (ASM) consists of the ASM Console and t he ASM Agent. These two components are both required to perform server management tasks. System r equirements ASM requires TCP/IP connectivity between the ASM Conso le and the ASM Agent. ASM Agent • Intel Pentium III (500 MHz) or higher processor • 128 MB of RAM • S[...]

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    Appendix B: ASM quick installation guide 96 Installing ASM Agent T o install ASM Agent: 1 Log in to the managed serve r using the Administ rator account. 2 Insert the EasyBUILD TM Manageme nt CD into the server’ s CD-ROM drive. The installation sequence will automatically be displayed. 3 Select the option fo r ASM installation. The installati on [...]