Acer altos - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

HI, I have had this problem on other systems and have had to change out the DVD drive to resolve the problem ... This I also found ... ftp://ftp.acer.cz/Archiv/server/AAG700/manual/aa_g700_ug_en.pdf

Si vous essayez d'installer Win NT, vous pourriez ne pas avoir de support; pas beaucoup de gens l'utilise et la nouvelle g?n?ration informatique pourrait m?me ne pas savoir comment vous aider ? l'installer, sp?cialement avec des "disquettes".

Make changes in your boot up priorities.

I'm thinking you should be checking the drives. If one of them is failing, you will get parity errors. Picking apart parity problems TechRepublic

Stop switching on continuous sound. Terry

1.) Verify that both the local and remote network interfaces are connected AND enabled/configured. 2.) Replace the cable. If the system no longer reports a "Media test failure" error then the physical layer is good. Either your system will begin to PXE boot or you will need to verify that a PXE server is available/reachable in the same subnet/VLAN. (Barring any ACL issues, etc.) Not much else to cover here. Considering this issue closed.

Hi ,
You have not mentioned which Operating System . If its for 2003 follow the steps.
To install the Recovery Console as a startup option:

1. While Windows is running, insert the Windows Server 2003 CD in the computer's CD or DVD drive.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type the following line, where drive is the drive letter of the computer's CD drive or DVD drive that contains the Windows Server 2003 CD, and then click OK: drive:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
   
   To install Recovery console as a startup option for Windows Server 2003 x64 edition, type the following line: drive:\amd64\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
4. Click Yes when the message appears, to install the Recovery Console.
5. When you receive the message that states that the Recovery Console is successfully installed, click OK.
6. To use the Recovery Console, restart the computer, and then use the ARROW keys to select Microsoft Windows Recovery Console in the Please select the operating system to start list.

Back to the top How to Remove the Recovery Console loadTOCNode(2, 'summary'); As a precaution, do not remove the Recovery Console. However, if you want to remove the Recovery Console, you must do so manually.

To remove the Recovery Console, follow these steps:

1. Restart the computer.
2. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
3. Turn on the Show hidden files and folders option (if it is not already turned on). To do so, follow these steps:
   1. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
   2. Click the View tab.
   3. Click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box (if it is selected), and then click OK.
4. Double-click the drive letter that represents the hard disk on which you installed the Recovery Console.
5. Delete the Cmdcons folder from the root folder, and then delete the Cmldr file. To do so, follow these steps:
   1. Right-click Cmdcons, and then click Delete. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
   2. Right-click Cmldr, and then click Delete. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
6. Remove the Recovery Console entry from the Boot.ini file. To do so, follow these steps.
   
   WARNING: Incorrectly modifying the Boot.ini file may prevent your computer from restarting. Make sure that you delete only the entry for the Recovery Console.
   1. At the root folder, right-click the Boot.ini file, and then click Properties. Click to clear the Read-only check box, and then click OK.
   2. Open the Boot.ini file in Notepad.
   3. Locate the Recovery Console entry, and then delete it. The Recovery Console entry looks similar to the following line: C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
   4. On the File menu, click Save, and then click Exit to quit Notepad.
7. Change the attribute for the Boot.ini file back to Read-only. To do so, right-click Boot.ini, and then click Properties. Click to select the Read-only check box, and then click OK.

Hi You don't mention any specific pattern to the beeps, so I cannot be specific, but I have found a Service Manual for you with a fair amount of detail on beep codes and their meaning. It is in pdf format and can be downloaded and saved for future reference. It can be found here: http://data.manualslib.com/pdf2/24/2333/233244-acer/altos_g710.pdf?fa322e98821bcc2edc2a442f2435164e Hope this is helpful, if so would you please register that with Fixya Cheers

disconnect everything connected to smps, find the green wire on the main 24pin motherboard connector. connect main AC to SMPS, ground the green wire (short green with black with a piece of wire) if SMPS is working the fan in it should turn on

During the POST procedure press "F2" to enter BIOS. Check that all your drives are detected properly and that the Boot sequence of drives is correct and that the drive you should be booting from is near if not at the top of the list. If these settings are all correct then it looks as if your boot drive has died, or there is no OS installed on the drives selected. Try putting the cd/dvd drive top of the list, and with a Windows installation disk in the drive watch the boot process, and when it comes up with "Press any key to boot from cd/dvd . . ." press a key and see if the disk tries to install windows. The link below allows you to view the manual http://www.manualowl.com/m/Acer%20Computers/Altos-G530/Manual/114781

I will not accept that version.

Please offer us more information and details regarding your problem. Simply state what is happening when you use the CD or what is NOT happening.

It seems to be that side door is not properly closed. Please reopen side door close it again. If it still not work, let's clean up dust from sensor and then try again. Also, please check whether hard drives are properly connected or not.Please let me know if it still does not work.Regards,Kaushik Patel

the whole function is doing like a server but alarm sound is ringing continouslu

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