Acer Altos 1100 Acer Altos 1100 User's Guide - Page 13

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About This Manual This user's guide aims to give you the information you need to operate the system properly and tells you how to install internal components. Manual Structure This user's guide consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 System Board This chapter describes the system board and all its major components. It contains information about the system board layout, jumper and connector locations, jumper settings, connector functions, and information on installing optional components. At the end of the chapter you will find an explanation of error messages and corresponding corrective measures. Chapter 2 BIOS Utility This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters. Chapter 3 System Housing This chapter describes the features of the IDM housing and tells you how to install the basic system components such as disk drives, a system board, or expansion boards. It also describes the IDM BPL3 wide SCSI backplane subsystem, which consists of a backplane board and drive trays that support wide SCSI hard disk drives. xiii

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About This Manual
This user’s guide aims to give you the information you need to operate the system
properly and tells you how to install internal components.
Manual Structure
This user’s guide consists of three chapters.
Chapter 1
System Board
This chapter describes the system board and all its major components.
It contains
information about the system board layout, jumper and connector locations,
jumper settings, connector functions, and information on installing optional
components.
At the end of the chapter you will find an explanation of error
messages and corresponding corrective measures.
Chapter 2
BIOS Utility
This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure
the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
Chapter 3
System Housing
This chapter describes the features of the IDM housing and tells you how to
install the basic system components such as disk drives, a system board, or
expansion boards.
It also describes the
IDM BPL3 wide SCSI backplane
subsystem, which consists of a backplane board and drive trays that support
wide SCSI hard disk drives.