Acer PREDATOR G5900 User manual

Acer

Predator G5900 Service Guide

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dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential

damages resulting from any defect in the software.

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

SCREEN

MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.

NOTE Gives additional information related to the current topic.

WARNING Alerts you to any physical risk or system damage that might result from doing

or not doing specific actions.

CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software

problems.

IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of

procedures.

Service Guide Coverage

This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION

decided for Acer's "global" product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product

competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. add-on

card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered in this generic

service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to

provide you with further technical details.

FRU Information

Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information available

on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will not be noted in

the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer office may have a

DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide. You MUST use the

list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines.

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System Tour 1

Features 1

Block Diagram 4

System Components 5

Front Panel 5

Rear Panel 6

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 7

Power Management Function(ACPI support function) 10

System Utilities 11

CMOS Setup Utility 11

Entering CMOS setup 12

Navigating Through the Setup Utility 12

Setup Utility Menus 13

System Disassembly 26

Disassembly Requirements 26

Pre-disassembly Procedure 27

Removing the Side Panel 28

Removing the Front Bezel 29

Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 30

Removing the Processor 32

Removing the VGA Card 33

Removing the Wireless Card 35

Removing the Memory Modules 36

Removing the System Fan 37

Removing the Daughter Board 38

Removing Other Side Panel 40

Removing the Hard Disk Drive 41

Removing the Removable Hard Disk Drive 43

Removing the Optical Drive 46

Removing the Power Supply 48

Removing the Motherboard 49

Removing the Card Reader 52

Removing the Top Cover 54

Removing the Power Switch and LED Cable Assembly 55

Removing the Front I/O and USB Board 57

System Troubleshooting 59

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 59

System Check Procedures 60

Power System Check 60

System External Inspection 60

System Internal Inspection 60

Beep Codes 61

Checkpoints 62

BIOS Recovery 65

Jumper and Connector Information 66

M/B Placement 66

Jumper Setting 68

Setting Jumper 68

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FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 74

Predator G5900 Exploded Diagram 75

Predator G5900 FRU List 77

Inter RIAD SOP 82

Inter®Matrix Storage Technology Check(For Dos) 82

Inter RAID SOP(Windows for WIN7) 87

Chapter 1 1

Features

Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature:

NOTE: The features listed in this section is for your reference only. The exact configuration of the system

depends on the model purchased.

Operating System

•Microsofte Windows 7 Home Premium x64

•FreeDOS

Processor

•Lynnfield 95W CPU / Clarkdale CPU / Inel K-SKU

•Socket Type: LGA1156

•FMB 65W + 95W + 130W (OC)

Chipset

•PCH: Intel H57

•Must meet Intel Lynnfield and Clarkdale platform design guides

PCB

•uATX / 244*244mm / 4 Layers

Memory subsystem

•DDR3 * 4

•Design requirement:

•2 channels, 2 DIMMs per channel. Different colors for DIMM 0 and DIMM 1.

•Dual channel should be enabled always when plug-in 2 same memory size DDRIII. memory

module.

•Max memory of 16 GB supported (using 4Gb tech).

•Support DDR3 1.5V 1066/1333 (1GB / 2GB / 4GB).

•Must meet Intel Lynnfield and Clarkdale Chipset platform design guide.

Hard disk drive

•Support up to four SATA ports. 3.5”, 25.4mm.

•Capacity and models are listed on FRU list.

Optical disk drive

•Support up to two SATA 5.25” standard ODD.

•Support DVD-ROM, DVD-SuperMulti, BD-combo, BD-rewrite,

•Maximum ODD depth to 185mm with bezel.

•Models are listed on FRU list.

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Graphics Card

•One PCI-E x 16 graphics card.

•Supported cards are identified on FRU list.

Onboard LAN

•REALTEK RTL8111E Giga LAN(ASF suport)

Audio

•Realtek ALC662-VC.

•5.1 Channel High Definition and Stereo Audio.

USB ports

•Supports 14 USB ports.

•All USB ports must be boot-capable includes USB-ODD, USB-HDD, USB-FDD, and etc…

•All USB ports must be 2.0 certified.

•All USB ports must provide the over current protection.

•6 USB ports located on rear panel and others located on front bezel and top bezel.

Expansion Slots

•1 PCIex16 slot

•2 PCIex1 slots

•1 PCI slot

Serial ATA controller

•Connector Type: SATA connector

•Connector Quantity:6

•Storage Type support:

•HDD : Support RAID 0/1/5/10

•Blue Ray ODD

•AHCI mode supported for internal SATA port

Rear I/O connectors

•1 * PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connector

•6 * USB ports

•1 * RJ45 LAN connector

•1 * Audio port (Line in, microphone in, line out)

Internal I/O Connectors & Headers

•1 * 1156 socket

•1 * SUBASSY.STEEL for LGA 1156 CPU

•1 * 24-pin ATX PWR connector

•1 * H2X4 Power Supply Connector

•4 * DDR3 DIMM Socket

•6 * SATAII

•4 * USB H5X2 Header (support 8 ports)

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