Acer X5300 Laptop User Manual


 
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System Tour 1
Features 1
System Components 3
Front Panel 3
Rear Panel 5
Internal Components 6
System LED Indicators 7
System Utilities 9
CMOS Setup Utility 9
Entering CMOS setup 10
Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10
Setup Utility Menus 11
BIOS Recovery 25
System Disassembly 27
Disassembly Requirements 27
Pre-disassembly Procedure 28
Main Unit Disassembly 29
Removing the Side Panel 30
Removing the Front Bezel 31
Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 32
Removing the Processor 33
Removing the Optical Drive 34
Removing the Hard Disk Drive 37
Removing the Power Supply 38
Removing the Memory Modules 40
Removing the TV Tuner Card 41
Removing the VGA Card 42
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 44
Removing the Mainboard 47
System Troubleshooting 49
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 49
System Check Procedures 50
Power System Check 50
System External Inspection 50
System Internal Inspection 50
Checkpoints 51
Viewing BIOS checkpoints 51
Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints 51
Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints 52
POST Code Checkpoints 53
DIM Code Checkpoints 55
Beep Codes 56
Boot Block Beep Codes 56
POST BIOS Beep Codes 56
Error Messages 58
Memory 58
Boot 58
Storage Device 59
Virus Related 60
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