Acer Veriton 7900Pro User manual

Veriton 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro
Service Guide
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Service guide files and updates are available
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please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Verition 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro service guide.
Date Chapter Updates

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Copyright
Copyright © 2006 by Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without
the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.

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Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the
contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular
purpose. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the
programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its
dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential
damages resulting from any defect in the software.
Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation.
Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

V
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Screen messages Denotes actual messages that appear
on screen.
NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional
information related to the current
topic.
WARNING Alerts you to any 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.

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Preface
Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.
1. 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.
2. 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.

Chapter 1 1
Overview
Acer Verition 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro are bussiness-ready desktop PCs built with latest high-performance
technology for managing demanding workload. The series of products are standalone or network-ready for
SMB. They include video and audio features for business multimedia.
Veriton 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro comply with all requirements of Intel vProTM platform. The series of
products support Conroe CPU and employ Intel ICH8-DO and Nineveh LAN controller (82566DM).
System Specifications
Chapter 1

2Chapter 1
Features
CPU
TSocket Type : Intel (R) Socket T LGA 775 pin
TIntel (R) CedarMill/Prester/Conroe FSB 533/800/1066 MHz
TL2 Cache varies with CPU
Chipset
TNorthbridge: Intel (R) Q965
TSouthbridge: Intel (R) ICH8DO
Memory
TSocket Type : DDR II so-DIMM,1.8 Voltage
TSocket Quantity : 4
TCapacity support : 256MB ~ 2GB Unbuffered ECC SDRAM module, support dual channel
TSupport Memory Speed : DDR II 800/667/533 MHz
On-Board Graphic Solution
TIntel Broadwater-G on die graphic solution
TDVMT technology support
TDual View function support (by Intel ADD2/ADD2+)
T1 VGA port on rear side (co-lay for DVI-I required for Vista premium)
PCI Express/PCI Slot
TSlot Type: PCI Express X16
TSlot Quantity: 1
TSlot Type: PCI Express X1
TSlot Quantity: 1
TSlot Type: PCI 2.3 slot
TSlot Quantity: 2
SATA IDE
TSlot Type: SATA IDE slot
TSlot Quantity : 6
TStorage Type Support : HDD/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD Dual/DVD
SuperMultiPlus

Chapter 1 3
Audio
TCodec : Realtek ALC888
TCompliant with Microsoft’s UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) support (rear only)
T7.1+2 Channel Audio Support (ALC833 codec series provide 10 DAC channels that
simultaneously suppport 7.1 soud playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output
through the front panel stereo output).
T16/20/24 bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz sample rate; 16/20/24bit S/PDIF-IN
supports 44.1K/48K/96KHz sample rate
TReserved disable function on BIOS side. Default is enabled.
LAN
TController : PCI-E Giga LAN chip with manageability function
TLAN Chip : Intel(R) Nineveh 82566DM
TReserved disable functionon BISO side. Default is enabled. (Intel (R) Nineveh LAN doesn’t
support LAN disable function via HW GPIO)
TShould be worked under 10/100/1000 Mbs environment
USB
TController : Intel (R) ICH8DO
TConnectors Quantity : 10
TOn-board (for non-1394 SKU): 10 ports, 4 for front daughter board, 4 for rear I/O (2 co-lay with rear
I/O, under RJ45 port), 2 reserved header
TUSB 2.0/1.1
System LED Definition
TPower state LED
TS0: Blue Steady
TS1/S3: Blue Blinking
TS4/S5: Off
TStorage state LED
TIDE active: Blue Blinking
TIDE idle: Off
TLAN state LED
TLAN active: Blue Blinking
TLAN idle: Off
On-Board Connector
TRear I/O Connectors
T1 PS/2 Keyboard port
T1 PS/2 Mouse port
T1 Parallel port
T1 Serial port
T1 VGA (CRT) port (or DVI-I for Vista Premium SKU)
T1 RJ45 LAN port
T4 USB ports

4Chapter 1
T7.1 channel phone jack (6 audio jacks, with MIC in, Line-in definition)
TOn-Board Connectos
T1 CPU Socket
T4 DDR2 Memory Socket
T1 PCIE x16 slot
T1PCIE x1 slot
T2 PCI slots
T1FDD slot
T6 SATA2 IDE connectors
T3 2*5 pin Intel FPIO specification USB pin connectors (follow Intel (R) FPIO standard
specification)
T1 2*5 pin Intel (R) FPIO spec. Microphone In/Headphone Out pin connectors
T1 serial prot 2*5 pin connector (2nd serial port)
T1Aux-in 4 pin connector
T14 pin CPU fan connector
T13 pin system FAN connector with linear circuit
T12 pin Intrusion Alam connector
T1 24 pin+4pin ATX interface PS3/PS2 SPS connector
T1 2*7 pin front panel IO header
T2 reserved 2 pin GPIO connector
T2 reserved USB header
T1 on board buzzer
T1 2-pin OBR header
T1 2*5 pin connector (2nd serial port)

Chapter 1 5
System Block Diagram
PCI Express x16 Port
USB2.0 Port 3
DIMM1
ITE8718
LPC I/F
SATA Connector 2
Channel B DDR2
External Graphics
Card
SATA Connector 3
PCI Express x 16
HDA Codec
Serial ATA Ş
DIMM2
USB2.0 Port 0
Serial/LPT/KB/MS
VGA Connector
Cedar Mill, Presler ,
Conroe & Allendale
LGA775 Processor
Floppy
1066/800/533 FSB
Drive Connector
VRD 11
DIMM1
SATA Connector 4
Back Panel
Firmware HUB
4 Phase PWM
DIMM2
Socket T
4 Lanes
USB2.0 Port 1
ICH8
CK-505 Clock
DDR2 533/667/800
SATA Connector 1
PCI Express x1 port
Direct Media Interface (DMI)
Channel A DDR2
Super I/O
USB2.0 Port 2
GMCH
PCI Slot 1
Broadwater
DDR2 533/667/800
AHCI, RAID0,1,5,10
Realtek ALC888
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x1 port
LPC I/F
TI43AB23
Front Panel
1394a Port 1
Back Panel
PCI I/F
SPI Flash
or
Intel ADD2/+ Card
1394a Port 2
SATA Connector 5
ESATA Connector 6
USB2.0 Port 6
USB2.0 Port 7
USB2.0 Port 8
Slot 1
USB2.0 Port 4
Header
USB2.0 Port 5
Controller Link
USB2.0 Port 9
LAN NINEVEH LAN
PCI Slot 2
(BIOS)

6Chapter 1
Main Board Layout
1 CPU_FAN1 CPU fan header 24 BIOS_SEL1 SPI & FWH BIOS select
2 COM2 COM Header 2 25 PWR2 4 pin power connector
3 J11 Acer special requirement 26 KB/MS1 Keyboard & Mouse PS2 port
4 J10 Acer special requirement 27 COM1 COM port
5 PWR1 24 pin power connector 28 PRT Printer port
6 FLOPPY1 Floppy connector 1 29 VGA VGA port
7 SYS_FAN1_1 System fan header 1_1(3
pin)
30 1394_USB1 1394 and USB*2 ports
8 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS 31 NIC_USB Lan and USB*2 port
9 OBR One Button Recovery 32 Audio Audio port
10 INTR1 Chassis Intruder 33 PCI-E1 PCI-Express X16 connector
11 FP1 Front Panel Switch/LED 34 BAT1 Battery connector
12 TPM Trusted Platform Module
Interface
35 PCI-E2 PCI-Express X1 connector

Chapter 1 7
13 SATA_5 SATA data transfer
connector 5
36 F_1394 Front 1394 header
14 SATA_6 SATA data transfer
connector 6
37 PCI1, PCI2 PCI connector
15 SATA_3 SATA data transfer
connector 3
38 U25 FWH BIOS socket
16 SATA_4 SATA data transfer
connector 4
39 U19 ICH8 series south bridge
17 SATA_1 SATA data transfer
connector 1
40 U13 965 series nouth bridge
18 SATA_2 SATA data transfer
connector 2
41 U10 LGA775 CPU socket
19 F_USB3 Front panel USB header 3 42 DIMM1,DIMM2,DIM
M3,DIMM4
DDR2 memory connector
20 F_USB2 Front panel USB header 2 43 IR Infrared function header
21 F_USB1 Front panel USB header 1‘ 44 FLOPPY1 Floopy connector
22 F_AUDIO1 Front panel Audio header 45 BUZ1 Buzzer
23 AUX_IN Audio Aux input

8Chapter 1
Your Acer Desktop tour
After knowing your computer features, let us show you around your new Veriton series computer.
Front panel
Veriton 5900Pro front view
Veriton 6900Pro front view

Chapter 1 9
Veriton 7900Pro front view
Veriton
5900Pro
Veriton 6900Pro/
7900Pro Icon Component Description
1 1 5.25” drive bay(s)
2 2 3.5 floppy drive
3 3 Microphone-in jack
(front)
Accepts input from external microphones.
4 4 Speaker-out/line-out
port
Connects to audio line-out devices (e.g.,
speakers).
5 5 USB ports Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB
mouse, USB camera).
6 Hardware reset button
7 6 Indicators
8 7 Power button Power on or off the system.
1 Optical disk drive (for
selected models)
Accepts CDs or DVDs.
2 Eject button Ejects optical disks.
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component

10 Chapter 1
3 Power button Power on or off the system.
4 Hard disk drive
indicator
Lights to indicate hard disk drive status.
5 Optical disk drive
indicator
Lights to Indicate optical disk drive status.
6 LAN indicator Press to enable/disable Wireless function.
Lights to indicate the status of wireless
LAN communications.
7 USB ports
8 Microophone-in jack
(front)
9 Headphone/Speaker-
out/line-out port
10/11 Line-in jack Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g., audio
CD player, stereo walkman).
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component

Chapter 1 11
Rear panel
Veriton 5900Pro rear view
Veriton 6900Pro rear view

12 Chapter 1
Veriton 7900Pro rear view
#Icon Component Description
1 Power supply
2 Power coard socket Connects to a power cord.
3 Voltage selector switch
4 PS/2 mouse port Accepts input from PS/2 mouses.
5 PS/2 keyboard port Accepts input from PS/2 keyboards.
6 Serial port Connects to a serial device (e.g., external
serial mouse or keyboard).
7 Parallel/printer port Connects to a parallel device (e.g., printer).
8 CRT/LCD monitor port Connects to a display device (e.g., external
monitor, LCD projector).
9 USB ports Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB
mouse, USB camera).
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Icon Component Veriton
5900Pro/6900Pro/7900Pro
Icon Component Veriton
5900Pro/6900Pro/7900Pro
Icon Component Veriton
5900Pro/6900Pro/7900Pro
Icon Component Veriton
5900Pro/6900Pro/7900Pro

Chapter 1 13
Audio Jack Function Table
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13
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1 Ventilation slots Enable the computer to stay cool, even
after prolonged use.
Note: Do not cover or obstruct the opening
of the fan.
2 USB ports
3 DVI por Supports digital video connections.
4 CRT/LCD monitor port
5 DC-in jack Connects to an AC adapter.
6 OBR (One Button
Recovery) button
7 Network port Lights to indicate the status of wireless
LAN communications.
8 Mic-in jack Accepts input from external microphones.
9 Line-out jack
10/11 Kensington lock Connects to a Kensington-compatible
computer security lock.
Color/Use Headphone 1.1 CH 3.1 CH 5.1 CH 7.1 CH
Blue Line-in Line-in Line-in Line-in Line-in
Green Headphone Line-out Front Front Front
Pink N/A Mic-in Mic-in Mic-in Mic-in
Orange N/A N/A N/A Rear Rear
Black N/A N/A Center & woofer Center & woofer Center & woofer
Gray N/A N/A N/A N/A Side
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component
Note: "Connecting peripherals" on page 14 "Connecting
options" on page 19
Icon Component Icon Component

14 Chapter 1
System Peripherals
The Aspire T630 and AcerPower F3 computer consist of the system itself, and system peripherals, like a
mouse, keyboard and a set of speakers (optional). This section provides a brief description of the basic
system peripherals.
Mouse (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)
The included mouse is a standard two-button wheel mouse. Connect the mouse to the PS/2 mouse port or
USB port on the back panel of the system.
Keyboard (PS/2 or USB, manufacturing option)
Connect the keyboard to the PS/2 keyboard port or USB port on the back panel of the system.
Speakers
For systems bundled with speakers, before powering on the system, connect the speaker cable to the audio
out (external speaker) port on the back panel of the system.
For more detailed information about the speakers, please refer to the included operating instructions.
NOTE: speakers are optional and the appearance might be different depending on the actual product.
Note: