System Status Error Codes; Bios Recovery - Acer AC100 Service Manual

The lower nibble 'Y' indicates the BUS on which the different routines are being executed. 'Y' can be from
0 to 5.
0 = Generic DIM (Device Initialization Manager).
1 = On-board System devices.
2 = ISA devices.
3 = EISA devices.
4 = ISA PnP devices.
5 = PCI devices

System Status Error Codes

NOTE: Perform the FRU replacement or actions in the sequence shown in FRU/Action column, if the FRU
replacement does not solve the problem, put the original part back in the computer. Do not replace a
non-defective FRU.
The error messages in the following table indicate the error signals on the HDD access LED indicators on the
front panel and the error symptoms.
Operating condition
System is booting
System has booted

BIOS Recovery

Perform the BIOS recovery if the BIOS flash ROM has become corrupted. The following sections provide
instructions on how to recover BIOS settings.
To create a BIOS Recovery disk:
1. Prepare a USB storage device.
2. Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on your computer.
3. Copy the target BIOS ROM file to a USB storage device.
4. Rename the target BIOS to "AMIBoot.ROM".
5. Unplug the device.
To perform a BIOS recovery:
1. Create the BIOS Recovery disk as described in the previous section.
2. Connect the BIOS Recovery disk on the USB port on the system.
3. Depending on the current state of the system, do either of the following:
If the system has crashed:
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Power on the system. The system initializes the BIOS recovery process and the system will reboot
automatically after the flash update is completed.
Chapter 6
HDD LED error codes
1 2 3 4
SATA controller failed
USB controller failed
LAN controller failed
Fan failed
Memory failed
Boot device not found
Disk failure
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