Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product M3A Acer
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User’s Guide.
ii Copyri ght 1996 by thi s com pany. A ll right s reserv ed. No part of thi s publi c at ion m ay be repr oduc ed, transm it t ed, transcri bed, stored i n a retri ev al system , or translat ed i.
iii 1. Read these instr ucti ons caref ull y. S av e these i nstruct ions f or f uture ref erence. 2. Fol low all warnings and instruc t ions m arked on t he pr oduc t . 3. Unplug t his product f rom the wall outlet befor e cleani ng. Do not use l iqui d cl eaners or aer os ol cleaner s .
iv 9. Do not al low anythi ng to rest on t he power cord. Do not locat e thi s product where persons w ill w a lk o n t he co rd. 10. If an ex t ension cor d is used w i th t hi s product, m ake sure that the tot al amper e rat ing of the equi pm ent pl ugged into t he ex tension cord does not exc eed the ex tension cor d ampere r ati ng.
v 14. Replac e batt ery w i th the sam e type as the produc t's batt ery we recom m end. Use of anot her bat tery m ay present a ri sk of f i re or ex pl osion. Ref er bat tery r epl acem ent t o a qual i f i ed serv i c em an. 15. W ar ning! Batter y may expl ode if not handled pr operly.
vi Note: Thi s equipm ent has been tested and f ound to com ply wit h t he l im it s f or a Cl ass B digi tal dev i ce, pursuant t o P ar t 15 of F CC Rul es. These li m it s are des i gned to prov i de reasonable pr otecti on agai ns t harm ful int erf erence i n a resident ial instal lat ion.
vii Pur pose Thi s user’s guide giv es you all the i nf orm ati on you need to oper ate the system properl y. Ma nual Structur e Thi s us er’s guide c onsi sts of two chapter s as f ol lows: Chapter 1 System Board Thi s chapter descri bes the s ystem board and al l i ts m ajor com ponents.
viii Conventions The f ol lowing conv ent i ons are used in thi s manual : Text entered by user Represents tex t i nput by t he user. Screen messages Denotes actual m ess ages that appear onscreen. , , , etc. Represent the ac t ual k ey s that you hav e t o pr ess on the keyboar d.
ix Ch apter 1 Sy stem Boar d 1.1 Sys tem Bo ard L ayo ut ............................................... 1-2 1.2 ESD Pre cau tions...................................................... 1-4 1.3 Pre- insta llation Ins tru ctions ........................
x Chapter 2 BI OS Utility 2.1 Ente ring Setu p ......................................................... 2- 2 2.2 Basic S y stem Conf i gur at ion ..................................... 2-3 2.2. 1 Date and T i m e ......................................
xi 2.4.3 SCSI & ASM Adapt er .............................. 2-22 2.5 Power Sav i ng Conf igur at ion ................................... 2-2 3 2.5. 1 Power Managem ent Mode ....................... 2-23 2.5. 2 System W ak eup E v ent s ............
xii List of Tables 1-1 Jumpe r Settin gs ....................................................... 1- 8 1-2 Connect or Funct ions ................................................ 1-9 1-3 Mem ory Conf i gurati ons ........................................
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