Acer Altos G500 - Manual (Page 8)

ESD precautions 33
Preinstallation instructions 33
Post-installation instructions 34
Opening your system 35
Opening the front panel door 35
Removing the front panel door 35
Opening the side panel 36
Mainboard layout 38
Installing the VGA card retainer 41
Installing and removing storage devices 44
Replacing the 3.5-inch floppy drive 44
Replacing a 5.25-inch storage device (optional) 45
Removing and installing the CPU 48
Removing a CPU 48
Installing a CPU 51
Removing and installing memory modules 53
Removing a DIMM 53
Installing a DIMM 54
Installing expansion cards 56
Installing an external redundant system fan (optional) 58
4 BIOS Setup utility 59
BIOS Setup utility 61
Entering Setup 62
System Information 64
Product Information 66
Disk Drives 67
IDE Channel Type 69
Onboard Peripherals 71
Power Management 74
Boot Options 77
Date and Time 79
System Security 80
Setting and changing the password 81
Removing a password 83
IPMI Configuration 84
RDM Configuration 87
Load Default Settings 90
Abort Settings Change 91
Exit Setup 92
Appendix A: ASM Pro quick installation guide 93
Installing ASM Pro 95
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