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Acer
Aspire ASX1200/ ASX3200
Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are available
on the ACER/CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw
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Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on ASX1200/ ASX3200 service guide. Date Chapter Updates ii
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Copyright Copyright © 2008 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 computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated. iii
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Disclaimer The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its dist
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Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN Denotes actual messages that appear on screen. MESSAGES NOTE Gives additional information related to the current topic. WARNING Alerts you to any physical risk or system damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures. v
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Service Guide Coverage This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for Acer's "global" product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your region
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Table of Contents System Tour 1 Features 1 Aspire ASX1200/3200 Tour 3 Front Panel 3 Rear Panel 4 Internal Components 5 System LED Indicators 6 System Utilities 7 Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility 7 Entering BIOS setup 8 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 8 Setup Utility Menus 9 System Disassembly 31 Disassembly Requirements 31 Pre-disassembly Procedure 32 Main Unit Disassembly 33 External Modules Disassembly Flowchart 33 Removing the Side Panel 34 Removing the Font Bezel 35 Removing t
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Chapter 1 System Tour Features Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature: NOTE: The features listed in this section is for your reference only. The exact configuration of the server depends on the model purchased. Processor AMD Athlon LE-1600/1620/1640 processor AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core BE-2300/2350/2400 or 4200+/4400+/4800+/5000+/5200+/5600+ processor AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 8400/8450/8600/8650 processor AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9100e/9150e/9500/9550/9600/9650 processor A
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miniSD Card Headphone/speaker-out/line-out jack Microphone-in jack CFI/II (CompactFlash Type i/II) slot IEEE 1394 port (4-pin) Rear PS/2 keyboard port PS/2 mouse port Line-out jack Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack Rear speaker/surround out jack Center speaker/subwoofer jack Line-in jack S/PDIF port Four USB 2.0 ports eSATA port CRT/LCD monitor port HDMI port Gigabit LAN ports VGA/monitor port Two USB 2.0 ports Two Ethernet LAN ports (RJ-45) Operating system and softwa
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Aspire ASX1200/3200 Tour This section is a virtual tour of the ASX1200/3200 system’s interior and exterior components. Front Panel J A B C E I D H E F G Item Icon Component A HDD activity indicator B Drive bay door C Drive bay door eject button Press to open drive bay door and access the optical drive. D Media card reader E USB 2.0 ports F Headphone/Speaker-out/line-out jack G Microphone-in jack H CF I/II (CompactFlash Type I/II) slot I IEEE 1394 port (4-pin) J Power/sleep button Chapter 1 3
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Rear Panel A Q B C P O D N E M F E G H L I K J Item Icon Component A Expansion slot (Photo shows graphics card and network/modem card) B Line-out jack C Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack D SPDIF S/PDIF port E USB 2.0 ports F ESATA eSATA port G CRT/LCD monitor port H HDMI HDMI port I PS2 keyboard port J Power connector K Voltage selector switch L PS2 mouse port M Gigabit LAN port (10/100/1000 Mbps) N Rear speaker/surround out jack O Keyhole P Center speaker/subwoofer jack Q Line-in jack 4 Cha
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Internal Components A B C D E Item Component A Expansion card B Mainboard C Optical drive D Heat sink fan assembly E Power supply Chapter 1 5
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System LED Indicators This section describes the different system LED indicators. LED indicator Color LED status Description Power Green On The system has AC power and is powered on. Green Blinking The system is in standby mode. — Off System is not powered on. HDD activity Green On HDD is installed and functioning correctly. Green Blinking Ongoing HDD activity. Green/ Flashing HDD is rebuilding data. Amber Amber On HDD failure LAN port Amber On GbE link network access network speed Green On 10
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Chapter 2 System Utilities Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility BIOS setup is a hardware configuration program built into the system's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). Since most systems are already properly configured and optimized, there is no need to run this utility. You will need to run this utility under the following conditions. When changing the system configuration settings When redefining the communication ports to prevent any conflicts When modifying the power management configura
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Entering BIOS setup 1. Turn on the server and the monitor. If the server is already turned on, close all open applications, then restart the server. 2. During POST, press Delete. If you fail to press Delete before POST is completed, you will need to restart the server. The Setup Main menu will be displayed showing the Setup’s menu bar. Use the left and right arrow keys to move between selections on the menu bar. Navigating Through the Setup Utility Use the following keys to move around t
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Setup Utility Menus The tabs on the Setup menu bar correspond to the six primary BIOS Setup menus, namely: Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Load Default Settings Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the defa
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Product Information The Product Information menu displays basic information about the system. These entries are for your reference only and are not user-configurable. 10 Chapter 2
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Standard CMOS Features Parameter Description Option Date Set the date following the weekday-month-day-year format. Time Set the system time following the hour-minute-second format. Halt On Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. All, But Keyboard No Errors All Errors All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key Base Memory Also called conventional memory. Typically, 640 KB will be reserved for the MS-DOS OS. Extended Memory Total size of extended memory detected during PO
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Advanced BIOS Features Parameter Description Option CPU Feature Press Enter to configure the CPU Virtualization and AMD K8 Cool and Quiet Control features. Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter to select hard disk boot device priority. Virus Warning Specifies the virus warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection. Disabled If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen or an alarm Enabled beep when someone attempts to write data into this area. CPU Internal Cache Ena
