Acer Veriton 7900Pro User manual

Veriton 7900Pro/6900Pro/5900Pro
Service Guide
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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.
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Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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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

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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)