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... Locations 103 Main Board 103 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 105 Clearing Password Check 105 BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 107 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 111 Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 Series and Aspire 7540 Series Exploded Diagram . . . . .112 Model Definition and Configuration 143 Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 Series 144 Test Compatible Components 171 Microsoft®...
... Locations 103 Main Board 103 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 105 Clearing Password Check 105 BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 107 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 111 Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 Series and Aspire 7540 Series Exploded Diagram . . . . .112 Model Definition and Configuration 143 Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 Series 144 Test Compatible Components 171 Microsoft®...
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...Quiet Boot: Network Boot: F12 Boot Menu: D2D Recovery: SATAMode [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [AHCI] F1 Help Esc Exit Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit Aspire 7540 Series: Information Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility...Main The Main screen allows the user to set the system time and date as well as enable and disable boot option and recovery. Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 Series: Information Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility Main Security Boot Exit System Time: System Date: System Memory: Extended Memory: ...
...Quiet Boot: Network Boot: F12 Boot Menu: D2D Recovery: SATAMode [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [AHCI] F1 Help Esc Exit Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit Aspire 7540 Series: Information Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility...Main The Main screen allows the user to set the system time and date as well as enable and disable boot option and recovery. Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 Series: Information Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility Main Security Boot Exit System Time: System Date: System Memory: Extended Memory: ...
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... not allowed to 640MB This field reports the total memory size of the system. For Aspire 8530 Series only. Determines if Customer Logo will not be displayed or not; Enables, disables D2D Recovery function. Sets the system date. This is because the user is fixed to control the... should operate. Parameter System Time System Date System Memory Total Memory Extended Memory VGA Memory Quiet Boot Network Boot F12 Boot Menu D2D Recovery SATA Mode Description Sets the system time. Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST. Disabled: Customer Logo is not displayed, and Summary ...
... not allowed to 640MB This field reports the total memory size of the system. For Aspire 8530 Series only. Determines if Customer Logo will not be displayed or not; Enables, disables D2D Recovery function. Sets the system date. This is because the user is fixed to control the... should operate. Parameter System Time System Date System Memory Total Memory Extended Memory VGA Memory Quiet Boot Network Boot F12 Boot Menu D2D Recovery SATA Mode Description Sets the system time. Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST. Disabled: Customer Logo is not displayed, and Summary ...
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... off the system power. 4. Chapter 2 39 BIOS Flash Utility The BIOS flash memory update is required for BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk" on the system from the USB device and perform crisis recovery action. Turn off state (i.e. Copy the "XXXXXXX.FD" file to any USB port. 5. After POST, release ...Fn + ESC key. Rename the BIOS file as "XXXXXXX.FD" 2. NOTE: If you do not have a crisis recovery disk at hand, then you use the...
... off the system power. 4. Chapter 2 39 BIOS Flash Utility The BIOS flash memory update is required for BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk" on the system from the USB device and perform crisis recovery action. Turn off state (i.e. Copy the "XXXXXXX.FD" file to any USB port. 5. After POST, release ...Fn + ESC key. Rename the BIOS file as "XXXXXXX.FD" 2. NOTE: If you do not have a crisis recovery disk at hand, then you use the...
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... Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I/O ports and...
... Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I/O ports and...
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... Force check (optional) Extended checksum (optional) Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize the system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize...
... Force check (optional) Extended checksum (optional) Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize the system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize...
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Clearing Password Check Hardware Open Gap Description Hardware Gap Default Setting Open (Normal) HW Gap position on the main board for clearing the password check and one Hardware Open Gap on the main board: Gap name in 7736/7736Z/7336 Series is one Hotkey for Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 and Aspire 7540 Series. Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery This section provides the standard operating procedures for clearing the password and BIOS recovery for enabling BIOS Recovery. There is G78. Operation Description Short (Clearing Password Check) Chapter 5 G78 105
Clearing Password Check Hardware Open Gap Description Hardware Gap Default Setting Open (Normal) HW Gap position on the main board for clearing the password check and one Hardware Open Gap on the main board: Gap name in 7736/7736Z/7336 Series is one Hotkey for Aspire 7736/7736Z/7336 and Aspire 7540 Series. Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery This section provides the standard operating procedures for clearing the password and BIOS recovery for enabling BIOS Recovery. There is G78. Operation Description Short (Clearing Password Check) Chapter 5 G78 105
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...BIOS to boot up another computer loaded with minimum BIOS initialization. Users can then update the latest BIOS version for enabling the BIOS Recovery process at system power-on during the creation of the BIOS. If this feature to restore the BIOS firmware to the BIOS ... 107 BIOS Boot Block starts to restore the BIOS code from the Crisis Disk to the "Steps for BIOS recovery: 1. Steps for BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk BIOS Recovery Boot Block: BIOS Recovery Boot Block is used to enter a special BIOS block called Boot Block. Creating the Crisis Disk in Windows ...
...BIOS to boot up another computer loaded with minimum BIOS initialization. Users can then update the latest BIOS version for enabling the BIOS Recovery process at system power-on during the creation of the BIOS. If this feature to restore the BIOS firmware to the BIOS ... 107 BIOS Boot Block starts to restore the BIOS code from the Crisis Disk to the "Steps for BIOS recovery: 1. Steps for BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk BIOS Recovery Boot Block: BIOS Recovery Boot Block is used to enter a special BIOS block called Boot Block. Creating the Crisis Disk in Windows ...
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... removing 45 BIOS 19 vendor 19 Version 19 BIOS Recovery 105 BIOS Recovery Boot Block 107 BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 107 steps 107 BIOS Recovery Hotkey 107 BIOS Utility 27-39 Navigating 28 System Security 38 block diagram Aspire 7540 Series 5 Aspire 7738/7738G Series and 7735/7735G/ 7735Z/7735ZG Series... BIOS Password steps 106 Clearing Password 105 computer on indicator 7 CPU removing 54 CPU Fan True Value Table 19 Crisis Disk creating 107 Crisis Recovery Disk 39 D DIMM module removing 51 E Environment Test 172 Euro 15 External CD-ROM Drive Check 86 External Module Disassembly Flowchart 43 F...
... removing 45 BIOS 19 vendor 19 Version 19 BIOS Recovery 105 BIOS Recovery Boot Block 107 BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 107 steps 107 BIOS Recovery Hotkey 107 BIOS Utility 27-39 Navigating 28 System Security 38 block diagram Aspire 7540 Series 5 Aspire 7738/7738G Series and 7735/7735G/ 7735Z/7735ZG Series... BIOS Password steps 106 Clearing Password 105 computer on indicator 7 CPU removing 54 CPU Fan True Value Table 19 Crisis Disk creating 107 Crisis Recovery Disk 39 D DIMM module removing 51 E Environment Test 172 Euro 15 External CD-ROM Drive Check 86 External Module Disassembly Flowchart 43 F...
Acer Aspire 7736, Aspire 7736Z Notebook Series Start Guide
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... series. The Aspire Series Generic User Guide contains useful information applying to all models in Portable Document Format (PDF) and comes preloaded on AcerSystem User Guide. Follow the instructions on how to use your Acer notebook, we have designed a set of your computer can help you use...for your notebook. For more productive, please refer to the AcerSystem User Guide. It covers basic topics such as system utilities, data recovery, expansion options and troubleshooting. Such instances are only contained in certain models of the series, but not necessarily in the text with...
... series. The Aspire Series Generic User Guide contains useful information applying to all models in Portable Document Format (PDF) and comes preloaded on AcerSystem User Guide. Follow the instructions on how to use your Acer notebook, we have designed a set of your computer can help you use...for your notebook. For more productive, please refer to the AcerSystem User Guide. It covers basic topics such as system utilities, data recovery, expansion options and troubleshooting. Such instances are only contained in certain models of the series, but not necessarily in the text with...