Acer 500L - Manual

Acer 500L

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – ii; C o p y r i g h t; Copyright; D i s c l a i m e r
  • Page 3 – iii; IMPORTANT SAFETY; Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.
  • Page 4 – iv
  • Page 6 – Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
  • Page 7 – vii; A b o u t t h i s M a n u a l; Getting Started; Chapter 1 System Housing
  • Page 8 – viii; Conventions; The following are the conventions used in this manual:; Represents text input by the user.
  • Page 9 – ix; T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s; Chapter 1 System Housing
  • Page 10 – Chapter 3 BIOS Utility
  • Page 11 – xi
  • Page 12 – xii
  • Page 13 – Chapter 1 System Housing; Standalone System
  • Page 14 – AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide; Features; Front Panel
  • Page 15 – Rear Panel
  • Page 16 – Internal Structure
  • Page 17 – Opening the Housing Panels
  • Page 18 – Left Panel; To remove the left panel:
  • Page 19 – Installing Disk Drives; Open the front panel and remove the left panel of the housing.
  • Page 21 – Hard Disk Drives; Open the front panel and the left panel of the system. See the
  • Page 22 – Installing Expansion Cards; To install an expansion card:
  • Page 25 – Chapter 2 System Board
  • Page 26 – Major Components
  • Page 27 – System Board Layout
  • Page 28 – Jumpers and Connectors; Jumper and Connector Locations
  • Page 29 – Jumper Settings; Jumper; Connector Functions; Connector
  • Page 31 – ESD Precautions
  • Page 32 – Installing the Pentium II Processor; Attaching the Processor Fan Sink; Wide Holes
  • Page 35 – Installing a Pentium II Processor; a. Place the retention mechanism over the processor socket on the
  • Page 37 – Removing a Pentium II Processor; Unlock the latches that secure the processor module.
  • Page 39 – Memory Upgrade; Memory Configurations
  • Page 40 – Installing a DIMM
  • Page 41 – Removing a DIMM
  • Page 42 – Reconfiguring the System
  • Page 43 – Error Messages; There are two general types of error messages:; Software Error Messages; Message
  • Page 46 – Correcting Error Conditions; Here are some corrective measures for error conditions:
  • Page 47 – Chapter 3 BIOS Utility
  • Page 48 – Entering Setup; To enter Setup, simultaneously press the key combination; . The screen shows the BIOS Utility Advanced Level main menu.; Setup Utility
  • Page 50 – The next screen shows page 2 of the System Information menu.; The sections below explain the parameters.
  • Page 52 – IDE Primary Channel Master; None; setting indicates that there is no DRAM installed. For the
  • Page 53 – Serial Port 1; This parameter shows the serial port 1 address and IRQ setting.; Serial Port 2; This parameter shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ setting.; Parallel Port; This parameter shows the parallel port address and IRQ setting.; Installed
  • Page 54 – Product Name; This parameter specifies the official name of the system.; Main Board ID
  • Page 55 – System BIOS Version; This parameter specifies the version of the BIOS utility.; DMI BIOS Version
  • Page 56 – Floppy Drives
  • Page 57 – LS-120 Drive Compatible As; Normal; IDE Drives
  • Page 58 – IDE Primary Channel Slave; Type
  • Page 59 – . If you know your hard disk type, you can enter the; Enhanced IDE Features; Hard Disk Size > 504 MB; Auto; , the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed; Disabled
  • Page 60 – , the BIOS utility automatically; DMA Transfer Mode; , BIOS automatically sets the appropriate DMA mode for your
  • Page 61 – Enabled; to enable the DMA mode for the CD-
  • Page 62 – Serial Ports 1 and 2; Base Address; and
  • Page 63 – This parameter allows you to enable or disable the parallel port.; Operation Mode; Setting
  • Page 64 – Extended Capabilities; as the operation mode. It allows you to assign DMA; Onboard Device Settings
  • Page 65 – Floppy Disk Controller; Set this parameter to; Primary; to enable only the primary IDE; Both; to enable both primary and secondary IDE; to disable all IDE controllers.; PS/2 Mouse Controller; USB Legacy Mode; to deactivate the USB keyboard function in DOS.
  • Page 67 – Power Management Mode; , you can configure the IDE hard disk and; deactivates the; IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer; OFF; if your hard disk does not support this function.
  • Page 68 – System Sleep Timer; Sleep Mode; Standby; Modem Ring Indicator
  • Page 69 – The system checks this drive first.; The system then checks this drive if it can not boot from the
  • Page 70 – First Hard Disk Drive; IDE; Fast Boot; Silent Boot
  • Page 71 – Num Lock After Boot; Memory Test; Configuration Table
  • Page 72 – Date and Time; Date
  • Page 73 – Time
  • Page 74 – Setup Password; To set or change a Password:; Enable the Setup Password parameter in the System Security
  • Page 75 – Yes
  • Page 76 – To remove your Setup Password:
  • Page 77 – To bypass Setup Password:; Turn off and unplug the computer.; to the previous section for the procedure.
  • Page 78 – , the password prompt appears before system; Keyboard Lock; , the password prompt does not; Disk Drive Control
  • Page 80 – The following screen shows the Advanced Options parameters:
  • Page 81 – External Cache; Cache Scheme; Memory at 15MB-16MB Reserved for
  • Page 82 – Memory Parity Mode; PCI IRQ Setting; Select; to let BIOS automatically configure the plug-and-play; Manual
  • Page 83 – AGP; PCI IRQ Sharing; Setting this parameter to; allows you to assign the same IRQ to; VGA Palette Snoop
  • Page 84 – Graphics Aperture Size; only if your operating; Reset Resource Assignments; CPU Frequency
  • Page 85 – Bus Frequency
  • Page 86 – to load the default settings.
  • Page 87 – to disregard your changes and reload your previous
  • Page 89 – Chapter 4 SCSI/VGA Combo Card
  • Page 91 – LCD Module Event Log List
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Page 2 - ii; C o p y r i g h t; Copyright; D i s c l a i m e r

ii C o p y r i g h t Copyright  1999 by Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, storedin a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computerlanguage, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,magnetic, op...

Page 3 - iii; IMPORTANT SAFETY; Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.

iii IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions carefully. Save these instructions forfuture reference. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 3. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do notuse liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp c...

Page 4 - iv

iv 9. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locatethis product where persons will walk on the cord. 10. If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extensioncord does not exceed the extension cord ampere r...

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