Acer Aspire X3950; Aspire X5950 Manuals

Table of Contents

• • 2

    Revision History
  • 6

    Fru Information
  • 7

    Table of Contents

• 9

  System Tour

  • 9

    Features
    • 10

      Operating System and Software
    • 10

      Power Supply
    • 10

      Dimension and Weight
  • 11

    System Components
    • 11

      Front Panel
    • 13

      Rear Panel
    • 14

      Internal Components
    • 15

      System LED Indicators

• 17

  System Utilities

  • 17

    CMOS Setup Utility
    • 18

      Entering CMOS Setup
    • 18

      Navigating Through the Setup Utility
    • 19

      Setup Utility Menus
      • 20

        Product Information
      • 21

        Standard Cmos Features
      • 22

        Advanced Bios Features
      • 23

        Advanced Chipset Features
      • 24

        Integrated Peripherals
      • 25

        Power Management Setup
      • 26

        Pc Health Status
      • 28

        Bios Security Features
      • 28

        Setting a System Password
      • 30

        Load Default Settings
      • 32

        Exit Without Saving

• 33

  System Disassembly

  • 33

    Disassembly Requirements
  • 34

    Pre-Disassembly Procedure
  • 35

    Main Unit Disassembly
    • 36

      Screw List
    • 37

      Removing the Side Panel
    • 38

      Removing the Front Bezel
    • 40

      Removing the Heatsink Fan Assembly
    • 42

      Removing the Processor
    • 44

      Removing the Optical Drive
    • 47

      Removing the Hard Disk Drive
    • 48

      Removing the Power Supply
    • 50

      Removing the Memory Modules
    • 51

      Removing an Expansion Card
    • 54

      Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards
    • 57

      Removing the Mainboard
    • 59

      Removing the Top Bezel

• 61

  System Troubleshooting

  • 61

    Hardware Diagnostic Procedure
  • 62

    System Check Procedures
    • 62

      Power System Check
    • 62

      System External Inspection
    • 62

      System Internal Inspection
  • 63

    Checkpoints
    • 63

      Viewing BIOS Checkpoints
    • 63

      Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints
    • 64

      Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints
    • 65

      POST Code Checkpoints
    • 67

      DIM Code Checkpoints
    • 67

      ACPI Runtime Checkpoints
  • 68

    Error Messages
    • 68

      Memory
    • 68

      Boot
    • 69

      Storage Device
    • 70

      Virus Related
    • 71

      System Configuration
    • 72

      Cmos
    • 72

      Miscellaneous
    • 73

      USB Emodule Error Messages
    • 73

      SMBIOS Emodule Error Messages
    • 73

      CPU Emodule Error Messages
    • 73

      MPS Table (Multi-Processor) Emodule Error Messages
  • 74

    Beep Codes
  • 75

    Index of Symptom-To-Fru Error Message
  • 80

    BIOS Recovery
  • 82

    Undetermined Problems

• 83

  System Block Diagram and Board Layout

  • 83

    System Block Diagram
  • 84

    Mainboard Layout

• 87

  FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List

  • 88

    Exploded Diagram
  • 90

    X3950 FRU List
  • 98

    X5950 FRU List

• 101

  Technical Specifications