Acer Aspire AM5610 User manual

Aspire AM5610-AM3610

Service Guide

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Table of Contents

System Specifications 1

Overview 1

Size 1

Processor 1

System Chipset 1

Memory 1

Onboard Graphics Solution 1

HDMI 1

PCI Express/PCI Slots 1

Floppy Disk Drive 1

SATA Interface 2

Audio 2

LAN 2

USB 2

1394a 2

Buzzer 2

Front Panel I/O Header 2

CIR & IR Blaster 3

Onboard Connectors 3

Block Diagram 4

Aspire AM5610 5

Front Panel 5

Rear Panel 6

Aspire AM3610 7

Front Panel 7

Rear Panel 8

Acer Empowering Technology 9

Empowering Technology password 9

Acer eRecovery Management 9

Acer eDataSecurity Management 10

Acer ePerformance Management 12

Acer eRecovery 13

Create Backup 13

Restore from Backup 13

Create Factory Default Image CD 13

Re-install Bundled Software without CD 13

Change Password 14

Acer Disc-to-Disc Recovery 15

Restore without a Recovery CD 15

Multilingual Operating System Installation 15

Hardware Specification and Configuration 16

Processor 16

System Main Chipset 16

North Bridge 16

South Bridge 16

Wake-up Event Specification (Default Setting in BIOS) 18

Front Panel LED States 18

System Memory 18

Super I/O 19

USB Interface 19

Audio Interface 20

Table of Contents

1394 Interface 20

Hardware Monitor Function 21

BIOS 21

BIOS Hotkey List 22

Environment Requirements 22

Power Management Function (ACPI Support Function) 23

Device Standby Mode 23

Global Standby Mode 23

Suspend Mode 23

ACPI 23

About the Setup Utility 25

Control Keys 25

Setup Utility 25

Entering the Setup Utility 26

Product Information 27

Standard CMOS Features 28

Date and Time 28

SATA Devices 28

Drive A 28

Video 28

Halt On 29

Base Memory, Extended Memory, and Total Memory 29

Advanced BIOS Features 30

Virus Warning 30

CPU L3 Cache 30

Intel EIST 31

Quick Power On Self Test 31

First / Second / Third Boot Device 31

Boot Other Device 31

Boot Up Floppy Seek 31

Boot Up NumLock Status 31

Gate A20 Option 31

Typematic Rate Setting 31

Security Option 31

APIC Mode 31

MPS Version Control For OS 31

OS Select for DRAM > 64 MB 32

HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability 32

Silent Boot 32

Small Logo (EPA) Show 32

Configuration Table 32

Bootblock Write Protect 32

CPU Feature 33

Removable Device Priority 34

Hard Disk Boot Priority 35

CD-ROM Boot Priority 36

Advanced Chipset Features 37

Configuration for NB (North Bridge) 38

Current MRC Version 38

UMA Frame Buffer Size 38

Video Display Devices 38

TV Standard 38

Memory Hole 38

System BIOS Cacheable 39

Table of Contents

Integrated Peripherals 40

Onboard LAN Controller 40

Onboard LAN Boot ROM (Disabled) 40

Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller (Enabled) 40

Init Display First 40

USB EHCI Controller 40

OnChip USB Controller 41

OnChip USB KBC Controller 41

USB Mouse Support 41

IDE HDD Block Mode 41

Onboard FDC Controller 41

Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8/IRQ4) 41

Onboard Parallel Port (378/IRQ7) 41

Parallel Port Mode (SPP) 41

ECP Mode Use DMA 41

South OnChip IDE Device 42

IDE DMA Transfer Access 42

OnChip IDE Channel 42

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO 42

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UltraDMA 42

South OnChip PCI Device 43

ATI Azalia Audio 43

ATI Azalia Clock 43

ATI SATA Controller 43

ATI SATA Type 43

SB600 Spread Spectrum 44

PCI Strength 44

Power Management Setup 45

ACPI Function 45

ACPI Suspend Type 45

Power Management Option 45

Video Off Option 46

Video Off Method 46

Soft-Off by PWRBTN 46

Power On By PCI Card 46

Wakeup BY Onboard LAN 46

USB KB/MS Wakeup Frm S3/S4 46

PowerFail Status 46

PS/2 KB/MS Wakeup 46

HPET Support 46

HPET Mode 46

RTC Alarm Resume 46

PnP/PCI Configurations 47

Resources Controlled By 47

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 47

Assign IRQ For VGA 47

Assign IRQ for USB 47

PCI Latency Timer (CLK) 48

Maximum Payload Size 48

PC Health Status 49

Shut Down Temperature 49

ACER Thermal Profile 50

Frequency & Voltage Control 51

Memory Clock Frequency 51

Spread Spectrum 51

Table of Contents

CPU Host/SRC/ATIG 51

Load Optimized Defaults 52

Set Supervisor Password 53

Enter Password 53

Save and Exit Setup 54

Exit without Saving 55

General Information 57

Before You Begin 57

Machine Disassembly and Replacement 57

Aspire AM5610 Procedures 58

AM5610 Disassembly Procedure 58

AM5610 Reassembly Procedure 65

Aspire AM3610 Procedures 73

AM3610 Disassembly Procedure 73

AM3610 Reassembly Procedure 80

Troubleshooting 89

Introduction of Connectors 91

Main Board Placement 91

Jumper and Connector Information 91

Power Supply 92

Back Panel 94

Connectors 95

Cable Lengths 101

Jumpers 102

Slots 102

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 105

AM5610 Exploded Diagram 106

Aspire AM5610 Parts Lists 106

AM3610 Exploded Diagram 115

Aspire AM3610 Parts Lists 115

Chapter 1 1

Overview

Size

•Max. 244 mm x 244 mm, MicroATX

Processor

•Socket type: Intel®socket T LGA775 pin

•Socket quantity: one

•Processor type: Intel®Celeron/ Celeron D/ Pentium 4/ Pentium D/ Core 2 Duo/ Core 2 Extreme/

Quad Core, core speed 533/ 800/ 1066 MHz

System Chipset

•North bridge: ATI RS600

•South bridge: ATI SB600

•Super I/O: ITE8718

Memory

•Four DDR2 sockets

•DDR2 400/ 533/ 667/ 800 SDRAM support

•256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB/ 2GB DDR2 DIMMs support

•Up to 8GB system memory support

•Dual channel function enabled when plugging in two same memory size DDR2 memory modules

Onboard Graphics Solution

•ATI RS600 on-die graphic solution (ATI Radeon®X700-based graphic core)

•ATI AVIVO technology support

•Multiple display features support

•One D-Sub VGA port on the rear side

•One HDMI port on the rear side (A14)

•SDVO interface which supports hot plug detection

HDMI

•With HDCP solution

•Meets HDMI 1.2a specification

PCI Express/PCI Slots

•One PCI Express x16 slot

•One PCI Express x1 slot

•Two PCI slots

Floppy Disk Drive

•One slot, 1.44MB/3 mode 3.5” devices support

System Specifications

Chapter 1

2Chapter 1

SATA Interface

•Four slots

•Compliant to SATA 2.0 specification

•IDE/ AHCI mode support

•HDD/ CD-ROM/ CD-RW/ DVD-ROM/ DVD-RW/ DVD+RW/ DVD Dual/ DVD Super Multi Plus support

Audio

•Realtek HD audio codec ALC888 HD codec 7.1 channels

•Six audio jack on the rear side of the unit, compliant to Realtek HD audio definition

•One 2*5 front audio header

•One S/PDIF-out header (1*4)

•One AUX-In header

•S/N ratio: 90 dB for the rear output jack

LAN

•Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet controller

USB

•Five OHCI and one EHCI host controllers to support ten ports

•Three 2*5 onboard headers

•Four ports for front daughter board

•Two ports for internal USB card reader + IR module

•Compliant to standard Intel FPIO pin definition

•USB 2.0/1.1 support

1394a

•Ti TSB43AB23PDTG4 controller

•One 2*5 onboard header

•One 6-pin 1394 port on the rear side of the unit

Buzzer

•One onboard buzzer

Front Panel I/O Header

Chapter 1 3

CIR & IR Blaster

•Compliant to ITE’s pin definition to support CIR & IR blaster function for Vista home premium SKU

•Power-up feature support

Onboard Connectors

•Rear I/O connectors:

•One PS/2 keyboard port

•One PS/2 mouse port

•One parallel port

•One D-sub VGA port

•One HDMI port (if equipped with RS600L A14)

•One RJ-45 LAN port

•Four USB ports

•7.1 channels phone jack (six audio jacks with MIC-in and Line-in definition)

•One 1394 port

•Onboard connectors:

•One CPU socket

•Four DDR2 memory sockets

•One PCI Express x16 slot

•One PCI Express x1 slot

•Two PCI slots

•One FDD slot

•One PATA slot

•Four SATAII IDE connectors

•Three 2*5 pin USB headers, compliant to Intel FPIO standard specification

•One 2*5 pin front audio header, compliant to Intel FPIO standard specification

•One 2*5 pin serial port connector

•One 1*4 pin AUX-In connector

•One 4-pin CPU fan connector

•One 3-pin system fan connector with linear circuit

•One 24-pin + 4-pin ATX interface PS3/PS2 SPS connector

•One 2*7 pin front panel I/O header

•One 2*5 pin 1394 header

4Chapter 1

Block Diagram

MS-7326 BLOCK DIAGRAM

AGTL+ P4 CPU I/F

LGA775 SMITHFIELD

AGTL+

533/800/1066MHz

4X DATA

ATI NB - RS600

FLASH

BIOS

USB 2.0

USB-0

REAR

IDE1

ATA 66/100/133

LPC BUS

PCIE

ATI SB - SB600

CRT

VGA CON

TVOUT/TMDS/SDVO

PCIE x16

PCIE GFX x16

/SDVO

2X ADDRESS

4,5,6

UNBUFFERED

DDR2 DIMM

240-PIN DDR II DIMM

DDR II 400/533/667/800

7,8,9,10,11,12,13

A CHANNEL

B CHANNEL

14,15,16

PCI SLOT 0

PCI BUS

20, 21, 22, 23, 24

25 25 25

CPU CORE POWER

DDR2 DRAM POWER

RS600 CORE POWER

ITE LPC SIO 8718F

LPT KBD

MOUSE

2726 27 27

FLOPPY PORT

SERIAL

INTEGRATED GRAPHICS

DUAL DDR2/3 CHANNEL

1 X4 PCIE I/F FOR SB

LGA775 PENTIUM D, EE

DDR II 400/533/667/800

UNBUFFERED

DDR2 DIMM

UNBUFFERED

DDR2 DIMM

UNBUFFERED

DDR2 DIMM

240-PIN DDR II DIMM

USB-6

HDR

4X1 PCIE INTERFACE

1 X16/2 X8 PCIE VIDEO I/F

4 X1 PCIE I/F

PCI SLOT 1

PCIE & SB POWER

SERIAL ATA 2.0

SATA#0 SATA#1

2727

SATA#2

27 27

SATA#3

CLOCK GEN

ICS951463

14,15,16

AC97 2.3

HD AUDIO 1.0

INTERNAL RTC

ATA 66/100/133

ACPI 1.1

USB2.0 (10)

SATA2 (4 PORTS)

PCI/PCI BRIDGE

LPC I/F

SPI I/F

HDMI CON

1CH TMDS

AZALIA CODEC

HD AUDIO HDR

AZALIA

USB-1

REAR

USB-2

REAR

USB-3

REAR

USB-7

HDR

USB-8

HDR

USB-9

HDR

CPU VTT POWER

ATX CON & DUAL POWER

NB STRAPS

E2PROM

I2C

LGA775 PRESCOTT

USB-4

HDR

USB-5

HDR

2525

IEEE1394

TSB43AB23PDTG4

25 25 25 25

PCIE x1 SLOT1

3324

Gbit ETHERNET

88E8056

LGA775 CONROE

ACPI CONTROLLER

CIR Circuit

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