Acer Altos 1100e Acer Altos 1100e User's Guide - Page 15

About This Manual, Manual Structure

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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 four chapters and an index. Chapter 1 System Housing This chapter describes the features of the system 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 and BPL5 LVD SCSI backplane subsystems, which consist of a backplane board and drive trays that support LVD SCSI hard disk drives. Chapter 2 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 3 BIOS Utility This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters. Chapter 4 SCSISelect Configuration Utility This chapter describes the SCSISelect Configuration Utility, which allows you to change SCSI controller settings without opening the computer or changing jumpers. xv

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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 four chapters and an index.
Chapter 1
System Housing
This chapter describes the features of the system 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 and BPL5 LVD SCSI backplane
subsystems, which consist of a backplane board and drive trays that support LVD
SCSI hard disk drives.
Chapter 2
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 3
BIOS Utility
This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure
the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
Chapter 4
SCSI
Select
Configuration Utility
This chapter describes the SCSI
Select
Configuration Utility, which allows you to
change SCSI controller settings without opening the computer or changing
jumpers.