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Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 2
...the updates made on Gateway GT115 service guide.
Date
Chapter
Updates
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by Gateway 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...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 3
... this manual
:
Screen messages
Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.
NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT
Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic.
Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 4
... electrostatic discharge
To prevent damaging the system, be aware of the precautions you need to follow when setting up the system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage system boards or other static-sensitive devices. This type of damage may reduce the life expectancy of the...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 6
... card
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Hard Disk Drive Installation / Removal
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Power supply installation / Removal
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Install a hot-swap power supply module
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CABLE ROUTING
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Cable Routing image
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BIOS SETUP
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Main Menu
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Advanced Menu
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Processor Configuration
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Memory Configuration
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SATA Controller Configuration
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PCI Configuration
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USB Configuration
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Legacy Device Configuration...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 14
.../2 keyboard port, PS/2 mouse port, COM port, Four
USB ports, Video Port, Audio jack (Option), LAN port. Internal - Two USB ports for tape device, USB port, I2C Connector,
TPM, Six SATA ports.
Front panel - Power, Hard drive, System Status and LAN activity. Rear panel - Activity and link status for the LAN ports.
One system fan. One processor heat sink...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 18
Power supply specification
GT115 supports 300-watts and 450W power supply modules. You have the option to install a 300-watts power supply module or 450W power supply module.
Note: If you need to install three hard disk drives, please use 300W power supply (with three connectors). If you need to install four hard disk drives, please use 450W power supply (with four connectors).
Model
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Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 29
Installing/Removing system Hardware
This chapter contains step-by-step procedures on how to disassemble the server system for maintenance and troubleshooting. To disassemble the Gateway GT115 Server, please pay attention to each section's instruction and tools needed. NOTE: The screws for the different components vary in size. During the disassembly process, group...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 30
Chassis Cover Removal and Installation
Removing the side cover
1. Remove the two screws located on the rear edge of the side panel. 2. Press the side panel release button and slide the side panel toward the rear of the chassis to disengage it.
Removing the tower foot
1. Release the bezel door retention tabs from the chassis interior. 2. Pull the bezel away from the chassis.
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CPU Installation / Removal
The mainboard supports one C32 processor socket with Dual/Four/Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 4100 series. You have the option to upgrade the default processor. Observe the following guidelines when replacing a processor.
• Before removing a processor, make sure to back up all important system files. • Handle the processor and the HSF assembly carefully. Damage ...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 32
Cooling Fan Installation / Removal
1. Disconnect the processor cooling fan cable from mainboard. 2. Use a long-nosed screwdriver to loosen the four cooling fan mounting pins. 3. Lift the cooling fan away from the mainboard. 4. Lay down the cooling fan in an upright position - with the thermal patch facing upward. Do not let the
thermal patch touch the work surface.
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Memory Installation / Removal
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction. The memory capacity used can differ with each slot. Installation step:
1. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot, and push it down. 2. Close the ...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 34
PCI Expansion Card Installation / Removal
Gateway GT115 has four bus slots with of three separate bus segments: • PCI-E_1 -- PCI Express x16 slots • PCI-E_2 -- PCI Express x8 slot • PCI-E_3 -- PCI Express x4 slot • PCI-E_4 -- PCI Express x4 slot with x1 signal
Install the expansion card
1. Press the release latch of the slot cover opposite the selected expansion slot. 2. ...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 35
Hard Disk Drive Installation / Removal
Below is the instruction of HDD installation and removal SOP.
1. Open the side cover. 2. Press the release button and pull the blank out of the drive bay. 3. Slide hard disk into blank. 4. Make sure the HDD is seated securely in the HDD blank. 5. Connect the necessary power cable. To connect power cable. Firstly, remove the HDD carrier...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 62
... when the Power Management Mode is set to Enabled. Blinking cursor only; system does not work.
1. See "Memory" 2. Main board 1. Insert the memory modules in the DIMM
sockets properly, then reboot the system. 2. Memory module. 3. Main board. 1. Enter BIOS Setup and load default settings. 2. Reload software from Recovery CD.
1. Diskette/IDE drive connection/cables 2. Diskette/IDE disk drives 3. See...
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Hard disk drive has write error.
Hard disk drive LED fails to light, but system operates normally.
4. Main board.
1. Enter BIOS Setup and Load default settings. 2. Hard disk drive.
1. With the system power on, measure the voltage of hard disk LED connector.
2. Hard drive LED cable.
CD/DVD-ROM Drive
NOTE: Ensure CD/DVD-ROM drive is configured correctly in BIOS Setup, cable/jumper are set ...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 64
... "Load BIOS Default Settings" in BIOS Setup to confirm ports presence before diagnosing any parallel/serial ports problems.
Serial or parallel port loop-back test failed.
1. Make sure that the LPT# or COM# you test is the same as the setting in BIOS Setup.
2. Loop-back. 3. Main board.
Printing failed.
1. Ensure the printer driver is properly installed. Refer to the printer service manual...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 65
... not Installed. Memory was installed twice (InstallPeiMemory routine in PEI Core called twice) Recovery started DXEIPL was not found DXE Core Firmware Volume was not found Recovery failed S3 Resume failed Reset PPI is not available
Description Invalid password Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available No Console Output Devices are found No Console Input Devices are found Flash update...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 68
... memory speed Memory initialization error. SPD reading has failed Memory initialization error. Invalid memory size or memory modules do not match. Memory initialization error. No usable memory detected Unspecified memory initialization error. Memory not installed Invalid CPU type or Speed CPU mismatch CPU self test failed or possible CPU cache error CPU micro-code is not found or micro-code update...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 69
... recovery capsule
0xFB - 0xFF
Reserved for future AMI error codes
DXE Phase
Status Code 0x60 0x61 0x62 0x63 0x64 0x65 0x66 0x67 0x68 0x69 0x6A 0x6B 0x6C 0x6D 0x6E 0x6F 0x70 0x71 0x72 0x73 0x74 0x75 0x76 0x77 0x78 0x79
Description DXE Core is started NVRAM initialization Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services CPU...
Acer AT115 F1 Service Guide - Page 70
... SCSI Detect SCSI Enable Setup Verifying Password Start of Setup Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) Setup Input Wait Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) Ready To Boot event Legacy Boot event Exit Boot Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End Legacy Option ROM Initialization System Reset USB hot plug PCI bus...