Acer Aspire X3300 Acer Aspire X3300 Service Guide - Page 7

Table of Contents 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 vii