Acer Aspire Asx1200 Service Guide

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Aspire ASX1200/3200 Tour
This section is a virtual tour of the ASX1200/3200 system’s interior and exterior components.
Front Panel   
ItemIconComponent
A HDD activity indicator
B Drive bay door
C Drive bay door eject button
Press to open drive bay door and access the optical drive.
D Media card reader
E USB 2.0 ports
F Headphone/Speaker-out/line-out jack
G Microphone-in jack
H CF I/II (CompactFlash Type I/II) slot
I IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)
J Power/sleep button
A
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Rear Panel  
ItemIconComponent
A Expansion slot (Photo shows graphics card and network/modem card)
B Line-out jack
C Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack
DSPDIFS/PDIF port
E USB 2.0 ports
FESATAeSATA port
G CRT/LCD monitor port
HHDMIHDMI port
I PS2 keyboard port
J Power connector
K Voltage selector switch
L PS2 mouse port
M Gigabit LAN port (10/100/1000 Mbps)
N Rear speaker/surround out jack
O Keyhole
P Center speaker/subwoofer jack
Q Line-in jack
A
B
C
D
E
F
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Internal Components    
ItemComponent
A Expansion card
B Mainboard
C Optical drive
D Heat sink fan assembly
E Power supply
A
B
C
D
E 

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System LED Indicators
This section describes the different system LED indicators. 
LED indicator ColorLED statusDescription
Power  Green On The system has AC power and is powered on.
Green Blinking The system is in standby mode.
— Off System is not powered on.
HDD activity Green On HDD is installed and functioning correctly.
Green Blinking Ongoing HDD activity.
Green/
AmberFlashing HDD is rebuilding data.
Amber On HDD failure
LAN port 
network speed 
LED (left)Amber On GbE link network access...

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Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility    
BIOS setup is a hardware configuration program built into the systems Basic Input/Output System (BIOS).  
Since most systems are already properly configured and optimized, there is no need to run this utility.  You will 
need to run this utility under the following conditions. 
TWhen changing the system configuration settings
TWhen redefining the communication ports to prevent any conflicts
TWhen modifying the power management configuration
TWhen changing the...

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Entering BIOS setup   
1.Turn on the server and the monitor. 
If the server is already turned on, close all open applications, then restart the server.
2.During POST, press Delete.
If you fail to press Delete before POST is completed, you will need to restart the server. 
The Setup Main menu will be displayed showing the Setup’s menu bar.  Use the left and right arrow keys 
to move between selections on the menu bar. 
Navigating Through the Setup Utility
Use the following keys to move around...

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Setup Utility Menus
The tabs on the Setup menu bar correspond to the six primary BIOS Setup menus, namely: 
TProduct Information
TStandard CMOS Features
TAdvanced BIOS Features
TAdvanced Chipset Features
TIntegrated Peripherals
TPower Management Setup
TPnP/PCI Configurations
TPC Health Status
TLoad Default Settings
TSet Supervisor Password
TSet User Password
TSave & Exit Setup 
TExit Without Saving
In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the...

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Product Information
The Product Information menu displays basic information about the system. These entries are for your 
reference only and are not user-configurable.     

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Standard CMOS Features   
ParameterDescriptionOption
Date Set the date following the weekday-month-day-year format.
Time Set the system time following the hour-minute-second format.
Halt On Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. All, But Keyboard
No Errors
All Errors
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key
Base Memory Also called conventional memory. Typically, 640 KB will be reserved for the MS-DOS OS.
Extended Memory Total size of extended memory detected during...

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Advanced BIOS Features   
ParameterDescriptionOption
CPU Feature Press Enter to configure the CPU Virtualization and AMD K8 Cool and Quiet Control features. 
Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter to select hard disk boot device priority. 
Virus Warning Specifies the virus warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection. 
If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen or an alarm 
beep when someone attempts to write data into this area. Disabled
Enabled
CPU Internal Cache...