Acer Aspire X5810 Aspire X3810 - X5810 Service Guide - Page 7

Table of Contents System Tour 1 Features 1 System Components 4 Front Panel 4 Rear Panel 6 Internal Components 7 System LED Indicators 8 System Utilities 9 CMOS Setup Utility 9 Entering CMOS setup 10 Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10 Setup Utility Menus 11 BIOS Recovery 29 System Disassembly 31 Disassembly Requirements 31 Pre-disassembly Procedure 32 Main Unit Disassembly 33 Removing the Side Panel 34 Removing the Front Bezel 35 Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 36 Removing the Processor 37 Removing the Optical Drive 38 Removing the Hard Disk Drive 41 Removing the Power Supply 42 Removing the Memory Modules 44 Removing the TV Tuner Card 45 Removing the VGA Card 46 Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 48 Removing the Mainboard 51 System Troubleshooting 53 Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 53 System Check Procedures 54 Power System Check 54 System External Inspection 54 System Internal Inspection 54 Checkpoints 55 Viewing BIOS checkpoints 55 Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints 55 Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints 56 POST Code Checkpoints 57 DIM Code Checkpoints 59 Beep Codes 60 Boot Block Beep Codes 60 POST BIOS Beep Codes 60 Error Messages 62 Memory 62 Boot 62 Storage Device 63 Virus Related 64 vii