User manual ACER ASPIRE G7750

[. . . ] Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. ii $ERXWWKLV0DQXDO Purpose This user's guide aims to give you all the information you need to operate the system properly. Manual Structure This user's guide consists of two chapters as follows: Chapter 1 System Board This chapter describes the system board and all its major components. It contains the system board layout, jumper settings, cache and memory configurations, and other internal devices. Chapter 2 BIOS Utility This chapter explains the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters. iii Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Text entered by user Screen messages Represents text input by the user. Denotes actual messages that appear onscreen. Represent the actual keys that you have to press on the keyboard. [. . . ] WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. CAUTION Suggests precautionary measures to avoid potential hardware or software problems. IMPORTANT Reminds you to take specific action relevant to the accomplishment of the procedure at hand. TIP Tells how to accomplish a procedure with minimum steps through little shortcuts. , , 0, 8, etc. iv 7DEOHRI&RQWHQWV Chapter 1 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 System Board System Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Pre-installation Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 1. 5. 1 1. 5. 2 1. 5. 3 Installing a SIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Removing a SIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Reconfiguring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 1. 6 Upgrading the CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 1. 6. 1 1. 6. 2 Unpacking the Upgrade CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Installing the Upgrade CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 1. 7 1. 8 1. 9 1. 10 1. 11 1. 12 1. 13 1. 14 1. 15 Power Daughter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Upgrading VGA Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Upgrading Cache Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Post-installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Power-Management Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Advanced Power Management (APM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 Intel SL-Enhanced CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 VESA DPMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 1. 15. 1 1. 15. 2 1. 15. 3 Software Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 System Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Correcting Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 v Chapter 2 2. 1 2. 2 BIOS Utility Entering Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Basic System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2. 2. 1 2. 2. 2 2. 2. 3 2. 2. 4 2. 2. 5 2. 2. 6 2. 2. 7 2. 2. 8 2. 2. 9 2. 2. 10 2. 2. 11 2. 2. 12 Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Diskette Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 IDE Fixed Disk Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 System Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Math Coprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Removing a SIMM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Pin 1 Indicator on the Upgrade CPU and Socket. . . . . 1-12 Installing an Upgrade CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Installing VGA RAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Installing Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 CPU Clock Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 CPU Type Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Cache RAM Size Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 1-8 Cache Size Options and Chip Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Power-Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 VESA DPMS Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 System Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]