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AA G500.book Page i Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM
Acer Altos G500
User’s guide
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AA G500.book Page ii Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM Copyright © 2001 Acer Incorporated All Rights Reserved. Acer Altos G500 User’s guide Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications. This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect t
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AA G500.book Page iii Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM iii Notices FCC notice This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This device generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interfe
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AA G500.book Page iv Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM iv Use conditions This part complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Notice: Canadian users This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Remarque
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AA G500.book Page v Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM v 7 Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this product where persons will walk on the cord. 8 If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating. Also, make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed the fuse rating. 9 Never push ob
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AA G500.book Page vi Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM vi 14 Use only the proper type of power supply cord set (provided in your accessories box) for this unit. It should be a detachable type: UL listed/CSA certified, type SPT-2, rated 7A 125V minimum, VDE approved or its equivalent. Maximum length is 15 feet (4.6 meters). Laser compliance statement The CD-ROM drive in this computer is a laser product. The CD-ROM drive’s classification label (shown below) is located on the drive. CLA
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AA G500.book Page vii Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM Notices iii FCC notice iii Important safety instructions iv Laser compliance statement vi 1 System overview 1 Overview 3 Processors 3 Memory 3 System chipsets 4 Expansion slots 5 Hardware management support 6 Features summary 7 2 System tour 9 External and internal structure 11 Front panel 11 Rear panel 12 Internal components 13 Keyboard 15 Mouse 17 Disk drives 18 3.5-inch floppy drive 18 CD-ROM drive 19 Setting up your system 20 Prein
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AA G500.book Page viii Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM ESD precautions 33 Preinstallation instructions 33 Post-installation instructions 34 Opening your system 35 Opening the front panel door 35 Removing the front panel door 35 Opening the side panel 36 Mainboard layout 38 Installing the VGA card retainer 41 Installing and removing storage devices 44 Replacing the 3.5-inch floppy drive 44 Replacing a 5.25-inch storage device (optional) 45 Removing and installing the CPU 48 Removing a CPU 48
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AA G500.book Page ix Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM System requirements 95 System setup 95 Installing ASM Pro Console 96 Installing ASM Pro Server Agent 96 Installing RDM 103 System requirements 103 Connecting communication peripherals 104 RDM Console setup 107 Installing AWM and Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) 109 System requirements 109 Installing AWM 109 Setting up Microsoft IIS 110 Running AWM 111 Index 113 Contents
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AA G500.book Page 1 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 1 System overview
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AA G500.book Page 2 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM The Acer Altos G500 server model is a powerful dual-processor system loaded with a host of new and innovative features. The system offers a new standard for flexible productivity ideal for local or wide area networks and multiuser server environments.
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AA G500.book Page 3 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 3 Overview The Acer Altos G500 server model utilizes a PCI bus based dual- processor mainboard built on an ATX baseboard. It comes with a dual ® FC-PGA (Flip-Chip Pin-Grip Array) processor socket utilizing the Intel ® Pentium III processor integrated with the VIA Pro 266T chipset. The ® mainboard also integrates the Intel 82550 10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet chipset that supports WOL (Wake on LAN) for better remote site management. For
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AA G500.book Page 4 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 4 1 System overview Note: The DDR SDRAM module should work under 3.3 volts only; 5-volt memory devices are not supported. The mainboard supports 266 MHz DDR-SDRAM (PC-2100) module. System chipsets VIA Pro266T chipset The VIA Pro266T chipset was specifically designed to meet the needs of high performance systems. It consists of two components: VT8653 (north bridge) and VT8233 (south bridge). VT8653 (north bridge) provides the host in
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AA G500.book Page 5 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 5 LAN subsystem Another cost-effective feature for network solutions is the integration of Intel’s 82550 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller which supports: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.0B-based power management wake on Magic Packet wake on Interesting Packet advanced System Management Bus (SMB) based manageability Wired for Management (WfM) 2.0 compliance IP checksum assist PCI 2.2 compliance PC
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AA G500.book Page 6 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 6 1 System overview Hardware management support The mainboard supports a power management function that conforms to the power saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play feature which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system more user-friendly. Additional features include hardware support for ASM Pro (Advanced System Manager Pro) and
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AA G500.book Page 7 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 7 Features summary The mainboard has the following major components: FC-PGA dual socket that supports a Pentium III processor running at 933 MHz,1 GHz, 1.13 GHz and1.26 GHz and future generations of Pentium III CPUs VIA Pro266T chipset which includes the north and the south bridge Onboard Intel 82550 10/100 Mbps LAN chip with WOL support ® Adaptec AIC-7899 Dual Channel SCSI controller chipset supports: Channel A - one 68-pin U
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AA G500.book Page 8 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 8 1 System overview
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AA G500.book Page 9 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM 2 System tour
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AA G500.book Page 10 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:56 PM This chapter discusses the features and components of your system.
