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Acer Aspire E571 & T671 Service Guide Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER/CSD web. For more information, please refer to http:// csd.acer.com.tw PRINTED IN TAIWAN...
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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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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.
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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...
SATA Interface • Four slots • Compliant to SATA 2.0 specification • IDE/ RAID/ AHCI mode support • RAID 0, 1, 10 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 •...
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 •...
Aspire E571 Front Panel Description USB ports Microphone-in jack Speaker-out/Line-out port Power button CD reject button Optical drive door 3.5” floppy disk drive Card reader Chapter 1...
Rear Panel Description Description Six audio jacks (7.1 HD audio jack) RJ-45 port USB ports 1394 port CRT/LCD port Parallel port Serial port PS/2 keyboard PS/2 mouse Power cord port SPDIF bracket SPDIF port Recovery switch holder Lock handle Chapter 1...
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Aspire T671 Front Panel Description Power button Speaker-out/ Line-out jack Microphone-in jack USB ports Chapter 1...
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Rear Panel Description Three audio jacks RJ-45 port CRT/LCD port Serial port Parallel port USB ports PS/2 keyboard PS/2 mouse Power cord port Recovery switch holder Lock handle Chapter 1...
Acer eRecovery Management Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided by the manufacturer. The Acer eRecovery Management utility occupies space in a hidden partition on your system’s HDD.
For more information, please refer to Acer eRecovery Management. Note: If your computer does not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management’s System backup to optical disk feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. To ensure the best results when you recover a system by using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals (except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your Acer ezDock.
For more information, please refer to Acer eRecovery Management. Note: If your computer does not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management’s System backup to optical disk feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. To ensure the best results when recovering your system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals (except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your Acer ezDock.
Acer eRecovery Acer eRecovery is a tool to quickly backup and restore the system. Users can create and save a backup of the current system configuration to hard drive, CD, or DVD. Acer eRecovery consists of the following functions: 1. Create backup 2.
5. In the Recovery settings window, select Re-install applications / drivers and click Next. 6. Select the desired driver / application and follow the instructions on screen to re-install. After the first launch, Acer eRecovery prepared all the needed software and may take few seconds to bring up the software content window.
1. Restart the system. 2. While the Acer logo comes out, press <Alt> + <F10> to enter the recovery process. 3. The message The system has password protection. Please enter 000000: will be displayed. 4. Enter six zeros and continue.
Hardware Specification and Configuration Processor Item Specification Type Intel Celeron/ Celeron D/ Pentium 4/ Pentium D/ Core 2 Duo CPUs (for desktop CPU information in detail, please refer to http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/ processors/index.htm?iid=process+desktop) System Main Chipset Item Specification Core logic ATI RS600L + ATI SB600 Super I/O controller ITE IT8718F with hardware monitor LAN controller...
South Bridge Item Specification Chipset ATI SB600 Feature • A-Link Xpress II interface to the North bridge • 1/2/4-lane A-Link Xpress II interface • Supports PCI rev. 2.3 specifications • Supports up to 6 master devices • Supports 40-bit addressing •...
Super I/O Item Description Chip ITE IT8718F Feature • Low pin count interface • Serial flash I/F for BIOS • Consumer remote control (TV remote) IR with power-up feature • 8-pin VID • SST interface • PECI interface (host) • Multi curve for one fan control •...
Audio Interface Item Description Chip Realtek ALC888 (high definition audio) Feature • 48-pin LQFP green package • High performance DACs with 95dB SNR (A-Weighting), ADCs with 85dB SNR (A-Weighting) • Meets performance requirements for audio on PC2001 systems and Microsoft WLP 2.x •...
Hardware Monitor Function Item Description Feature • Smart fan control system, Thermal Cruise and Speed Cruise support • Six VID input pins for CPU Vcore identification • Two thermal inputs from optionally remote thermistors or 2N3904 transistors or Pentium 4 thermal diode output •...
Power Management Function (ACPI Support Function) Device Standby Mode • Independent power management timer for hard disk drive devices (zero to 15 minutes, time step = one minute). • Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface). •...
Chapter 2 Setup Utility About the Setup Utility The computer uses the Phoenix Award BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the main board contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the main board BIOS. The BIOS Setup Utility displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters.
Entering the Setup Utility Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test). When the message Press DEL to enter SETUP appear on the screen, press the key DEL to enter the setup menu. Once you enter the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the main menu will appear on the screen.
Standard CMOS Features Date and Time The Date and Time items show the current date and time set on the computer. If you are running a Windows OS, these items are automatically updated whenever you make changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility.
Virus Warning This item enables or disables the boot sector virus protection. Hyper-Threading Technology (Enabled) This item enables or disables Hyper-Threading technology function. Quick Power On Self Test You can enable this item to shorten the POST and have your system startup faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly.
CPU Feature Scroll to this item and press ENTER to enter the sub-menu on next page. Removable Device Priority Scroll to this item and press ENTER to enter the sub-menu on next page. Chapter 2...
Advanced Chipset Features These items define critical timing parameters of the main board. You should set these items for their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specification of your system hardware. If you change the values incorrectly, you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system.
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Configuration for NB Scroll to this item and press ENTER to enter the sub-menu on next page. North Bridge ASIC CFC Scroll to this item and press ENTER to enter the sub-menu on next page. Chapter 2...
Integrated Peripherals Onboard LAN Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the onboard LAN Controller function. Onboard LAN Boot ROM (Disabled) Use this item to enable or disable the booting from the onboard LAN or a network add-on card with a remote boot ROM installed.
Parallel Port Mode (ECP) Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select Normal (Standard Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), or EPP & ECP. ECP Mode DMA Channel (DMA3) When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode, the parallel port can use DMA3 or DMA1. Parallel Port IRQ (IRQ7) Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UltraDMA This main board supports UltraDMA technology, which provides faster access to IDE devices. If you install a device that supports UltraDMA, you can change the item on this list to Auto. You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this main board in order to use an UltraDMA device.
Power Management Setup The system has various power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the system to be automatically resumed by certain events. The power-saving modes can be controlled by time-outs. If the system is inactive for a while, the time-outs begin counting.
PnP/PCI Configurations It configures how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the main board use system IRQs (interrupt requests) and DMAs (direct memory access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Utility for the main board to work properly.
PC Health Status On the main board that supports hardware monitoring, you can monitor the parameters of critical voltage, temperature and fan speed. Chapter 2...
System Component Characteristics This items display the monitoring of the overall hardware health status. • VCore • 5VSB • VCC5 • +12V • VCC3 • Voltage Battery • Current CPU fan speed • Current system fan speed • Current CPU temperature •...
Frequency & Voltage Control It enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the processor you have installed in your system. Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum, it can significantly reduce the EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) generated by the system.
Load Optimized Defaults This option opens a dialog box that lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility. Press Y and then ENTER to install the defaults. Press N and then ENTER to not install the defaults. Chapter 2...
Set Supervisor Password When this function is selected, the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. Enter Password Type the password, up to eight characters, and press ENTER. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory.
General Information This chapter contains step-by-step procedures on how to disassemble the Aspire E571/T671 for maintenance and troubleshooting. In the coming pages, the first part of the disassembly instruction is for Aspire E571 and the second part is for Aspire T671.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Please refer to generic troubleshooting guide in the service guide database for information with respect to following items: • Power-On Self-Test (POST) • POST Check Points • POST Error Messages List • Error Symptoms List Chapter 4...
Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Information Introduction of Connectors Main Board Placement Component Component LGA775 socket for Intel Pentium North bridge ATI RS600L D/ Pentium 4/ Celeron D CPUs South bridge ATI SB600 IEEE 1394 chip TI TSB43AB23 Audio chip Realtek ALC888 LAN chip Marvell 88E8056 I/O chip ITE IT8718F BIOS chip...
9~12 Memory slots DIMM1~DIMM4 Floppy disk drive connector FDD1 Hard disk drive connector IDE1 ATX 24-pin power connector ATX1 Fan power connector SYS_F2 Four SATA connectors SATA1~SATA4 BIOS write protect jumper Front panel connectors BIOS_WP3 F_PANEL2 20~22 Front USB connectors JUSB1, IEEE 1394 connector J1394_1 JUSB2 and JUSB3 CD-In connector JCD2...
ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW2 This 12V power connector JPW2 is used to provide power to the CPU. Important! Make sure that all the connectors are connected to proper ATX power supplies to ensure stable operation of the main board. Power supply of 350W (and above) is highly recommended for system stability.
• LAN (RJ-45) jack: The standard RJ-45 jack is for connection to single Local Area Network (LAN). You can connect a network cable to it. • USB connectors: The OCHI (Open Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus root is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other USB-compatible devices.
Serial ATA Connectors: SATA1~SATA4 SATA1~SATA4 are high-speed SATAII interfaces ports. Each supports data rates of 300MB/s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to one hard disk device. SATA cable SATA connector SATA power cable SATA device Fan Power Connectors: CPU_F2, SYS_F2 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with +12V.
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CD-In Connector: JCD2 This connector is provided for CD-ROM audio. Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD2 The JUAD2 front panel audio connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compatible with Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. Front Panel Connectors: F_PANEL2 The main board provides one front panel connector for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs.
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Front USB Connectors: JUSB1, JUSB2 & JUSB3 The main board provides USB 2.0 pin headers that are compatible with Intel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. USB 2.0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster than USB 1.1, and is ideal for connecting high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras, MP3 players, printers, modems and so on.
Serial Port Header: COM2 The main board offers one 9-pin header as serial port. The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends/receives 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to it. SPDIF-Out Connector: JSPDIFO2 This connector is used to connect SPDIF (Sony &...
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Jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned. If you want to clear the system configuration, set the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper) to clear data.
Important! When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the power supply first. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots support LAN cards, SCSI cards, USB cards, and other add-on cards that comply with PCI specifications. At 32 bits and 33 MHz, it yields a throughput rate of 133 MBps. PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor.
Acer office to order FRU parts for service. Note: To scrap or to return the defective parts, you should follow the local government ordinance or regulations on how to dispose them properly, or follow the rules set by your regional Acer office on how to return it.
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