Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product M9D Acer
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0'6VWHP User’s Guide.
ii &RSU LJKW Copy right 1998 by this company. All rights reser ved. No part of this publication m ay be reproduced, trans mitted, trans cribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into.
iii ,03257$176$)(7< ,16758&7,216 1. Read these instruc tions car efully. Save these instructions f or future reference. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions mar ked on the pr oduct. 3. Do not use this produc t near water. 4. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, s tand, or table.
iv 9. If an extension cord is used with this product, m ake s ure that the total ampere rating of the equipm ent plugged into the extension cord does not ex ceed the extens ion cord am per e rating. Also, mak e sure that the total rating of all produc ts plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed 15 am per es.
v 13. Replace the battery with the same type as the product’s battery we recom m end. Use of another battery may present a risk of fir e or explosion. Ref er battery replacement to a qualif ied servic eman. 14. W arning! The battery could explode if not handled properly.
vi &'5206DIHW:DUQLQJ DA NGER INVISIBLE RADIATION W HEN OPEN. AVOID EXPO SURE TO BEAM. VORSICHT UNSICHTBARE LASERST RAHLUNG W ENN GEÖFFNET . NICHT IN DEN ST RAHL SEHEN. A TTE NTI ON RADIATION DU F AISCEAU LASER INVISIBLE. EN CAS D’OUVERT URE.
vii &DXWL RQRQ/L WKL XP%DWW HUL HV CA UTION Danger of ex plosion if batter y is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recom m ended by the manufactur er. Discard us ed batteries acc ording to the m anufac turer’s inst ructions.
viii )&&&ODV V%5D GLR )UHTXHQF ,QWHUIHUHQFH6WDWHPHQW Note: This equipm ent has been tested and found to c om ply with the limits f or a Class B digital device, pur suant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm ful interfer ence in a res idential installation.
ix $ERXWWKLV0DQ XDO Purpose This user ’s guide aims to give you the information you need to operate the system properly and tells you how to install internal com ponents. Manual Structure This us er’s guide c onsists of three chapter s. Chapter 1 System Board This chapter desc ribes the s ystem board and all its m ajor com ponents.
x Conventions The f ollowing conventions are used in this manual: Text entered by user Represents tex t input by the user. , , , etc. Represent the actual k eys that y ou have to press on the k eyboard. NOTE Gives bits and piec es of additional inform ation related to the c urrent topic.
xi 7DEOHRI&RQ WHQWV Chapter 1 System Board 1.1 Features...................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Major Components ..................................................... 1-3 1.3 Lay out ....................
xii Chapter 2 CPU Board 2.1 Lay out ........................................................................ 2-2 2.2 Jumpers and Connector s ........................................... 2- 3 2.2.1 Jum per Settings ......................................
xiii 3.2.5 External Cache ............................................ 3-5 3.2.6 Floppy Drive A ............................................. 3- 5 3.2.7 Floppy Drive B ............................................. 3- 5 3.2.8 IDE Prim ary Channel Master .
xiv 3.6 Startup Configuration ............................................... 3-19 3.6.1 Fast POST Mode ...................................... 3-19 3.6.2 Silent Boot................................................. 3-20 3.6.3 Num Loc k Af ter Boot....
xv Chapter 4 SCSI Configuration Utility 4.1 Overview .....................4- Error! Bookmark not defined. 4.2 Global Default Values . 4- Error! Bookmar k not defined. 4.3 Using SCSI Configuration Utility4- Error! Bookmar k not defined. 4.3.1 Main Menu .
xvi 2-10 Installing the Pentium II Retention Mechanis m ........ 2-13 2-11 Installing a Pentium II Proc essor Module................. 2-14 2-12 Securing the Pentium II Proc essor Module.............. 2-14 2-13 Unlocking the Module Latches ............
xvii 3-2 Drive Control Settings ............................................... 3-44 4-1 Settings f or the Host Adapter and All Devic es ........... 4-2.
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