Acer 350 manuel d'utilisation

T r avel Ma t e 350 Service Gu ide P AR T NO.: 49.45H02. 001 D OC . N O.: SG3 48 P R INT ED IN T A I WAN Servic e gui de fi les a nd updat es ar e a vaila ble on the AIPG /CSD web; for more i nfor mation, pleas e ref er to http:/ /c sd.a cer.co m.tw[...]

II Co pyr ight Copyri ght © 1999 by Acer Inc orporat ed. All righ ts reser ved. No part of this publ i cation may be reproduced , tra nsmitt ed, t ran scr ib ed, stor ed i n a r et rieva l sys tem, or t ransl at ed i nto any la nguag e or c omput er la nguag e, in any f or m or b y a ny means, ele ctronic, mec hanical , m agneti c, o ptica l, c he[...]

III Co nve nti on s The f ol lowing convent i ons ar e u sed i n thi s manual: Scre en m e ssag es Denotes a ctu al m es sages that appear on sc ree n. NOTE Gives bi ts and pie ces of addit i onal inf ormati on relat ed to t he current topi c. W ARNING Al er ts you to any damage that might resul t fro m doing or not doing spec ifi c acti ons. CAUTI[...]

IV Pr ef ac e Befor e using thi s i nformat ion and the pr oduct it suppor ts, pleas e read t he fol l owing gener al inf ormat ion. 1. This Ser vi ce Guide provid es you with al l t echni cal in for m ati on relating to the BASIC CONFIGURA TION deci ded for Acer 's "global " produ ct of ferin g. T o bet t er fit loca l mark et requi[...]

V T able of Co nt ent s Chapt er 1 Syst em Specif icati on s 1 Fe ature s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sy stem Bl ock Di ag ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Boar d Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

VI T abl e o f C ontent s[...]

Chapte r 1 1 Fe atur es This co mputer was desi gned with the user in mind. Here are jus t a few of its many feat ur es: Perf orma nce ! Mobil e Pentium® III 256 KB leve l 2 cach e f eatur ing I ntel® SpeedSt ep™ t echn ology ! 64-bi t m emory bus ! Exter nal EasyLink ™ Combo Drive (floppy and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive) ! High- capa city , En hanc[...]

2 Chapter 1 Human-cen tric design and ergonomics ! Sleek , smooth and st ylish desi gn ! Full -siz ed keyb oard ! Ergonomi call y-cent ered t ouc hpad point ing d evice ! Inte rn et s cro ll k ey Exp ansi on ! One type II / I CardBus PC card (for merly PCMCIA) slot with ZV (zoo me d vid eo) port sup por t ! Upgrade able m emory ! EasyPor t port rep[...]

Chapte r 1 3 Syst em Bl oc k Di ag ram CPU C OPP ER MI NE 700/750 MHz North Bridge ALi M 1632M-U South Brid ge ALi M 1535 SD RAM SO-DIMM*2 100 MH z HOST BUS 100 MH z LAN/802. 11 Mi ni P C I PCI BUS 33 MHz IEEE 1394 TI TS B43LV2 2 CAR DBU S TARZA N LCD CRT TV KBC M 3 8867 BIOS ROM DEB UG PORT RTC BQ3285LF ZV PORT SM A R T C A R D SLOT * 1 CAR DBU S [...]

4 Chapter 1 Bo ard La yo ut To p V i e w 1. Ex pa nsi o n po rt 10. PCMCI A soc ket co nnec to r 2. Mod em port 1 1. S pe ake r/H e ad ph one- o ut ja ck 3. LA N por t 12. Lin e-i n/ e xt ern al MIC j ack 4. Ex ter na l moni t or po rt 13. In fra red port 5. DC -in por t 1 1 4. Keyb oa rd contr oll er (M 3886 7) 6. Pe nti um I I I p ro ce ssor 15. [...]

Chapte r 1 5 Bottom View 1. DIMM 1 s ock et 6. Cl o ck ge ne rat or 2. DIM M 2 soc ke t (r ever se) 7. TV co ntro ll er 3. Card Bus c on tro ller 8. CO M port co nt r ol le r 4. IE EE 13 94 con tro l ler (T I TS B43L V2 2) 9. G eys ervi l le con t rol le r 5. Clock buf fer 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9[...]

6 Chapter 1 Pane l Port s a llow you t o c onnect periph eral device s t o your computer as you wou ld with a desk to p PC. Fr on t v ie w # Item Descri pti o n 1 Dis play s cree n Al so c al led L CD (l iqui d-c ry stal di spla y) , di spl ays compu t er ou tp ut . 2 S t at u s in di ca to r s LED s ( l ig ht -em it tin g di o des ) th at tur n on[...]

Chapte r 1 7 Left view Right view 1 1 Keyb oard Inpu ts d ata i nto you r comp uter . 12 Sp ea ker Outpu t s sound . # Ite m De scription 1 Ea syLin k Com bo Dri ve co nnec to r Co nn ects t o a n Easy Li nk Co mb o D riv e. 2 IEEE 1394 p ort Conne cts to any IEEE 1 394 su pport ed dev ices. 3 Po wer swi tch T urn s on the co mp ut er po w er . 4 P[...]

8 Chapter 1 Rea r view # It em De scription 1 PS /2 po rt Conne cts to an y PS/2 -com patib le de vice (e .g., P S/2 key board/ mous e/ ke ypad) . 2 U SB po r t s (two ) Co nnect to an y Uni ve rsal Ser ia l Bus de vi ces (e . g., U S B mous e, USB ca mera ) . 3 E xpa ns io n po rt I/ O re pl ic at o r o r Ea syP ort ex pa nsi o n de vices . 4 Mo d[...]

Chapte r 1 9 Bo ttom v iew # Item Description 1 B atte ry ba y Hou ses th e co mput er ' s ba tte ry pa ck. 2 H ard dis k ba y Hou ses th e co mpu t er' s ha rd di sk (secu r ed by a s cr ew ). 3 Ha rd di sk ant i- s ho ck pro te cti on Pro t ect s yo ur h ar d d is k ag ains t sh oc ks. 4 B atte ry r el ea se la tch Unl atch es t he ba t[...]

10 Chapter 1 Indic ators The com put er has seven easy -t o-r ead stat us icons bel ow the disp lay scre en. The Power and Sl eep stat us icon s are vi sibl e even when you close t he displ ay cover so y ou can see the st atus of the compute r while t he cover is cl ose d. Icon Fu nc tion Description Wirel ess Co mmuni ca tion Ligh ts w hen th e B [...]

Chapte r 1 11 Keyboard The keyboa rd has f ul l-si zed key s and an embedded keypad , separat e cursor keys, two Windows keys and twel ve fun ct ion keys. Spe cial keys Lock keys The keyboa rd has t hre e lock keys whi ch you can toggl e on and of f . NOTE: T o access the Num Lock and Scrol l Loc k functi ons , hold the Fn key down while pre ssing [...]

12 Chapter 1 Embed ded n umeric keypad The em bedded numer i c keypad f uncti ons l ike a des ktop numeri c key pad. I t is i ndica ted by smal l c hara cters loca ted on t he up per ri ght cor ner of t he ke ycaps . T o s impl i fy the keyb oard l egend, cu rso r-cont ro l k ey s ym bol s are not pri nted o n t he key s. NOTE: If an external keybo[...]

Chapte r 1 13 Hot keys The com put er empl oys hot keys or key combi nat io ns to access most of th e comput er’s contr ols like sc ree n bri ghtness, volum e out put and the BIOS Util ity . T o ac ti vate hot keys, pres s and hold the Fn key before pres sing the other key in the hot key combi natio n. Hot k ey Icon Fun cti on Description Fn -F1 [...]

14 Chapter 1 The E uro symbol If you r keyboar d layout i s set to United St ates -Int ernati onal or Unite d Kingdom or if you have a key boar d wit h a European layo ut, you can t ype the Euro symbol on your keybo ard. NOTE: Fo r US keyboar d us ers: The keybo ard layou t is set when you first set up Windows. For the Eur o symbol to work, the key[...]

Chapte r 1 15 T ouc hpad The bui lt-i n t ouchp ad i s a PS/2-compa ti bl e point ing devi ce t hat senses mo vement on its su rface. Thi s means the cur sor re spond s as yo u m ove you r fi nger on t he s urf ace of t he t ouc hpad. The cent ral loc ati on on the pal m rest p rovide s opti mum c omfo rt an d suppor t. NOTE: When using an ext erna[...]

16 Chapter 1 NOTE: Ke ep your f inger s dry an d cl ean when usin g the t ouchp ad. Al so ke ep the t ouchpad dr y a nd clean . The touchpad is sensit i ve to fin ger movemen ts. Hence, the light er the to uch, the bett er the resp onse. T app ing harder will no t incre ase the t ouchpad’ s resp onsiven ess. Sc ro ll Cl ic k an d hold th e u p/ d[...]

Chapte r 1 17 Hard ware Specif ication s and Config uratio ns Ma in bo ar d M ajo r Ch i ps Ite m Controller Syst em cor e lo gi c AL I Al addi n P r o I I ch ip set M1 63 2/M1 53 5 Su per I/O con tro lle r B uilt in M15 35 Au di o co nt r ol ler B ui lt in M1 5 35 Vi de o co nt rol l er Buil t in M 163 2 ( T r iden t Cy be rBl ad e A GP -2X) ID E [...]

18 Chapter 1 Above tab le lis ts some syst em memor y conf ig ura tions. Y ou may combi ne DIMM s wi th vari ous capa ci ties t o for m other comb ina tions . NOTE: Th e shi pping speci fic ation f or DIMM com bi natio n is 64MB in slot 1. System Me mory Ite m Specific ation Memor y c on tro ller Buil t -in AL I M1 63 2 On bo ard mem o ry si ze 0M [...]

Chapte r 1 19 Modem Inter face Ite m Specific ation Mode m In ter face / Chi ps et Bu il t in M1 535 A C’9 7 2 .1 com pl ia nt di gi t al contr o ll e r int erf a ce wi th sof t w are mode m solu ti on / A mb it U98 M00 5. 01 Fax mo de m data ba ud ra te ( bp s) 14. 4 K Dat a mode m da t a ba ud rat e ( bp s) 56K Su ppor ts mo dem pr otoc ol V .9[...]

20 Chapter 1 Load in g me chan is m Draw er w ith sof t eje ct and em er ge nc y ej ec t hol e Power Requirement Inpu t Vo ltage 5 V Flopp y dis k driv e Fl op py dis k Spec if i ca ti on s Medi a r ec og ni tion 2 DD (720 KB) 2HD ( 1. 2M B, 3- m ode ) 2H D (1 .44M B) Sec to r s / tr ac k 9 15 18 T r acks 80 80 80 Da ta tra nsfe r rate (Kbit/ s) 25[...]

Chapte r 1 21 Audio Int er face Ite m Specific ation Aud io c on tro ll e r Bu il t in M1 535 a ud io c on tro ller co mb in ed wit h st an da r d AC 97/A C9 8 co de c (Cirrus CS-4299) Au dio on board o r op tion al Onb oa rd Mono o r S ter e o St ere o Re so lutio n 16 bi t Com pa ti bi lit y Wi nd ows Sou nd Syst em ( W SS) , Mic roso f t PC98 / [...]

22 Chapter 1 USB Port Ite m Specific ation USB Compliancy L eve l 1.0 OHCI USB 1.0 Nu mb er of U SB por t 2 Loca ti on Re ar si de Seria l po rt func tion con trol Ena ble/ Disab le by B IO S Setu p IrDA Port Ite m Specific ation IrD A F IR por t co nt rol ler Built in M15 35 Number of IrDA FIR port 1 Loca ti on F r ont s ide IrD A F IR por t fun c[...]

Chapte r 1 23 NOTE: DC-AC inve rter is used t o generate very high AC vol tage , then suppo rt to LCD CCF T backlight user , and is al so respon sible for the c ontrol of LCD bright ness. Av oi d touchi ng the DC-AC in verter are a while the s yst em un it is t urned o n. NOTE: Th ere is an EEPROM in th e inver ter , which sto res it s sup port ed [...]

24 Chapter 1 Fr eq uenc y va ria ti on ra nge ( H z) 47 - 63 4 7 - 6 3 Nom in al vol t ag es ( V) 9 0 - 26 4 90 - 26 4 Inrush current The m aximum inrush curre nt will be l es s th an 50 A a nd 1 00 A wh en the a dapte r is connec ted to 1 15V a c (60 Hz) and 23 0V ac(5 0Hz ) re spect i vely . The maximu m inrush current will be less t ha n 50 A an[...]

Chapte r 1 25 Power Man agement Po we r Sa vi n g Mo de Ph en omen on St andb y Mod e ! W ai tin g t ime spe ci f ie d by th e Sy stem S tandb y val ue or the oper a ti n g syst em el apse s with ou t any sy st em act i vity . ! Clo s i ng the di sp la y co ver ! When th e co mp ut er i s ab ou t to ent er H iber n atio n mo de (e . g. , dur ing a [...]

26 Chapter 1 Mech anic al Specif icati ons Ite m Specific ation Di me nsio ns 289m m (W) x 219 mm ( D) x 23m m ( H) We ig ht 1. 81 6 kg (4 lb s) (in cl udi n g ba tte r y) I/O Ports One ty pe II /I PC MCIA (PC ca rd) po rt, on e Smart Card port , one IE EE 1 394 por t, o ne E as yLin k C omb o Dr iv e co nnec to r , one RJ 1 1 po rt, one R J- 45 po[...]

Chapte r 1 27 220- 2 2F Au di o 240 -24 F Aud io (opt ion al) 278- 2 7F Par al le l p or t 3 2E8 -2E F CO M4 2F8 -2 F F COM 2 or F IR ( o pt io nal) 376, 3F 6 AL i M5 229 P CI B us Mas t er IDE co ntr olle r 3BC - 3BF Pa ral le l p ort 1 3B0 -3B B 3C0 -3D F Vide o Co ntr olle r 3F 0h- 3F7 Sta nd ard F lop py Di sk Co nt rol le r 3E 8-3 EF ALi fast [...]

28 Chapter 1 DR Q3 Ir D A Fa s t In frar ed Po r t DRQ4 Dir ec t me mo ry acc es s co nt rol le r DRQ5 Not Us ed DRQ6 Not Us ed DRQ7 Not Us ed DMA Channel Assign ment DMA Channel Func tion[...]

Chapte r 2 29 BIOS Setu p Util ity The BI OS Se tup Ut ili ty i s a hard ware con figur ation progr am b uilt int o your com puter’s BI OS ( Basic Input/ Output Sy stem). Y our co mputer is alr eady pr oper ly c onfigu red and op timiz ed, an d y ou d o not nee d to run t hi s uti lity . However , if you encounter configu rati on prob lems , you [...]

30 Chapter 2 Syst em Informat ion The Syste m Informat io n sub-men u dis pla ys basic and i mportant infor mation abou t your com put er . NOTE: Th e screen ab ove i s a samp le and may not refl ect the actual dat a on your compu ter . “X” may refer t o a serie s of numbers and/ or ch arac ters. The f ol lowing tabl e desc ri bes t he inf orma[...]

Chapte r 2 31 Bas ic Syste m Set tings The Ba sic Syste m Set tings sub- menu a llows you to set the sys tem dat e a nd ti me. The f ol lowing tabl e desc ribes t he p arameter s in thi s s ub-menu. Sta rtu p Co nf igu rat ion The St ar tup Conf igur ation sub -menu co nta ins pa rameter va lues that def ine ho w yo ur com puter behave s o n syst e[...]

32 Chapter 2 The f ol lowing tabl e desc ribes t he p arameter s in thi s s ub-menu. Setti ngs i n bo ldface are the default and sugges ted param et er sett ings. Set ting the B oot Dri v e Se que nc e The Boot Dri ve Sequ ence sec tion l is ts boot pr ior i ties (1 st, 2nd, 3rd and 4t h) for bootabl e dr iv es in your com put er. For exampl e, the[...]

Chapte r 2 33 Onbo ard Devi ces Co nfigurat ion The pa ramet ers in this scre en a re f or adva nced us ers onl y . Y o u do no t need to c hange the values i n thi s scree n b ecause t hes e val ues are al ready opt imize d. The O nboard Dev ices Conf igurati on s ub-menu assi gns r esou rces t o basic compu ter c ommuni cation hardwar e. NOTE: 1 [...]

34 Chapter 2 Syst em Secur ity The Syste m Security sub-me nu allows you to saf eguar d your com put er and data wit h pass words and othe r secur ity m easur es. The f ol lowing tabl e desc ribes t he p arameter s in thi s s creen. Set tings in bold face ar e the de fau lt a nd sugges ted param et er sett ings. Setting a Password Foll ow the se st[...]

Chapte r 2 35 Three pas swor d type s protect your comput er from unaut hor iz ed access. Setting th ese pass word s creates sever al dif fer ent l evels of prot ecti on for y our co mputer and dat a: ! Setup Pass word preven ts unauth orized entry to t he BIOS Utilit y . Once set, you must key-in this passwor d to gain acce ss to the BIOS Util ity[...]

36 Chapter 2 Changing a Passw ord T o c hange a pass word , follow the se ste ps: ! Remov e the cur re nt passwor d. See “Remo vin g a Password” on page 35. ! Set a new passwor d. See “Settin g a Password” on page 34. Loa din g De fau lt S et ti ngs If y ou want to r estor e all par ameter se tti ngs to the ir def ault va lue s, sel ect thi[...]

Chapte r 2 37 BIOS Flash Utility The BI OS f lash memory up date i s re quired f or t he fol lowin g condi tion s: ! New versi ons of syst em progr ams ! New featu res or options Use the AFl ash ut ili ty to update the sy stem BIO S fla sh ROM. NOTE: Do not ins tall memor y- relat ed dr ivers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use AFlash. NOTE: Th is pr ogr[...]

38 Chapter 2 Syst em Ut ility Diskett e This uti lit y d iskette i s for the Acer T r avelMate 35 0 notebook machi ne. I t pr ovides th e fol lowin g func tions: 1. Pan el ID Ut il i ty 2. Ther ma l & Fa n Uti lit y 3. Ma in Bo ard D ata U tili ty T o us e thi s di skett e, fir st boot from thi s di ske tt e, t hen a “Micro soft Windo ws ME S[...]

Chapte r 2 39 Syst em D iag nost ic Disk ette IMPORT ANT : 1 The dia gnosti cs pr ogr am here that we used is ca lled PQA (Pr odu ct Qual i ty Assur ance ) and is provi ded by Ac er Headquart ers. Y ou ca n u til ize i t as a basic diagn ost ic t ool. T o get thi s p rogram, eit her downlo ad it fro m http ://c sd. acer .com.t w or fi nd i t in the[...]

40 Chapter 2 Press →← →← →← →← to move around the main menu. Pres s Enter to ena ble the sel ect ed opt io n. The main opti ons are Diag, Resul t, Sy sInfo , O ption and Exi t. The Diag opt ion let s you sel ect te sting i te ms and times. The fol lowing screen appear s when you selec t Diag fro m the main menu. One T est perfo rms [...]

Chapte r 2 41 The s cre en bel ow ap pears if y ou select Mul ti T es t. Speci fy the desi red num ber of tests and pr ess Enter . Afte r you speci fy the number of tests t o perf orm, the sc reen shows a li st of test items ( see bel ow) . Move the hi ghlig ht bar from one ite m to anot her . Press Space t o enable or di sable the item. Pres s Ent[...]

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Chapte r 3 43 This ch apter cont ains st ep-by- st ep proc edures on how to di sas sembl e the noteboo k comput er for maint enanc e and tr oublesh ooting . T o disa ssembl e the com put er , you need the fol l owing tool s: ! W rist ground ing s tr ap and cond uctiv e mat to pr event electr ostat ic d ischar ge ! Flat -blad ed screwdri ve r ! Ph i[...]

44 Chapter 3 Gene ral In forma tion Before Y ou Begin Befor e proceedi ng with th e dis assembly pr ocedu re, make sur e that you do the fol lowi ng: 1. T urn off th e power to the sys tem and al l peri pher al s. 2. Unplug the AC adapter and al l power and signal cables f rom the syst em.[...]

Chapte r 3 45 Disa ssem bl y Pro ced ure Flow char t The fl owchart on t he succ eedi ng page gi ves you a graphi ca l re pres ent ati on on t he entir e disasse mbly sequenc e and instr ucts yo u on t he c omponent s that need to be re moved du ring s erv ici ng . For exa mple , if y ou want t o remo ve th e sys tem bo ard, you must f irst re move[...]

46 Chapter 3 Main Unit Modem Board Main Board LAN Board RTC Battery USB and PS/2 Daughter Board FAN Sink Module PCMCIA Slot CPU EMI Plate Keyboard Bezel TouchPad Module Speaker I/O Port Bracket[...]

Chapte r 3 47 Rem ovin g the B att er y Pack 1. T o r emove t he batter y pack , push the batter y rel ea se but ton i nward. 2. Sli de the bat tery pa ck out of the mach ine.[...]

48 Chapter 3 Re movi ng t he Hard di sk dri v e Modu le 1. T o remove t he hard di sk dr ive, fi rst r emove the scr ew fr om t he har d d isk d rive bez el. 2. Then care full y remove the har d disk drive m odul e from the machi ne . Disa ssembli ng the Hard disk d rive Mo dule 1. Remov e the two scre ws fro m ei ther side of the hard d is k dri v[...]

Chapte r 3 49 Re movi ng t he DVD- R OM an d Fl op py di sk dri v e Modu l e 1. T o rem ove t he DVD-ROM and floppy di sk dr iv e module, fir st disc onnec t the DVD-ROM and flo ppy disk dri ve cable fr om the eas ylink combo drive bay . 2. Then c lo se the ea sylin k combo drive ba y cover .[...]

50 Chapter 3 Re movi ng t he Vid eo Capt ur e K it 1. T o r em ove t he video capt ur e kit , di sco nnect the video captu re kit cable from th e USB port on t he rear of the uni t. 2. Remov e the vi deo cap tur e ki t from the side of the LCD. 3. Then i ns ert the r ubber cover b ack into its posi tion.[...]

Chapte r 3 51 Rem ovin g th e E xte nd ed M emo ry 1. T o r emove t he ext ended m em or y from the machi ne, fi rst loosen two screws fro m the memor y cov er . 2. Then li ft the cover of f and re mo ve it from the main unit. 3. Push out t he latche s on both sides of the socket and pul l the memo ry modul e from the soc ket.[...]

52 Chapter 3 Disa ssem blin g th e L CD Removing the Hinge Cap 1. T o avoi d ri sk on LCD d amage, plac e a prot ectiv e mylar f ilm on the LCD surfa ce before disas sembly . 2. Push the hi nge cap outwar d, then sli de the cap out from the mai n unit. Rem oving the Mid dle Cove r 1. Push the mi ddle cover backwar d and li f t the middl e cov er aw[...]

Chapte r 3 53 Removing the LED Board 1. Remov e the t hree screws on the midd le cover and then remove the LED board from the middl e cover . Remov ing the Keyb oard 1. T o rem o v e t he ke y b o ard, fi r s t re m o ve the scre w f ro m the mai n u n i t. 2. Pull the t w o l atches do wnward t o li ft the ke yboar d upwar d and expose t he keyboa[...]

54 Chapter 3 Remov ing th e Inv erter B oard 1. Remov e the two s cre w s f rom t he LCD coaxi al c able. 2. Disco nnect the co axial cabl e fro m t he main boar d at CN7. 3. Disco nnect the invert er cable f rom the main board at CN10. 4. Remov e the f our sc rews from th e hinges and bot tom of the uni t as shown. 5. Then r emove the LCD mod ule [...]

Chapte r 3 55 Disa ssembli ng the LCD M odule 1. Remov e the vi ew capt ur e kit rubb er cover fr om each si de of the LCD module . 2. Remov e fi ve LCD c ushions an d then f ive s crews f rom the LCD b ezel. 3. Snap o f f t he LCD bezel caref ull y then r emove the L CD be zel f rom t he mod ule. 4. Remov e the scr ew from the i nver ter . 5. Disc[...]

56 Chapter 3 7. Remov e four scr ews from bo th si des of t he LCD. 8. Then r emove the LCD f rom t he LCD panel . 9. Remov e the ESD tape an d d isconnec t t he LCD co axi al ca ble f ro m the LCD ge ntly . 10. Th en remove the two LCD hinges f rom the panel.[...]

Chapte r 3 57 Removing the LAN B oard 1. Remove the EMI mylar . 2. Loosen t wo s crews f rom t he CPU EMI pl ate. 3. Remove t he CPU EMI p la te from the main unit. 4. Use a flat scr ew driver to remove the R TC batter y . 5. Push the l atc hes on both si des of the sock et and pull the LAN boar d out of the socket .[...]

58 Chapter 3 Rem ovin g th e Upp er C ase 1. T o r em ove t he upper case, firs t remove the si x screws fr om the bottom of the main unit and fo ur sc rews fro m the upper case as shown . 2. Disco nnect the sp eaker cable fr om the main board at CN 8. 3. Disco nnect the touch pad cabl e from the mai n board at CN18. 4. Then deta ch the upper cas e[...]

Chapte r 3 59 Remov ing the S peaker 1. Remov e the t wo scre ws from the speak er and then remov e the sp eaker from the upper case. Rem ov ing th e T o uch pad 1. Remov e the three sc rews f rom the t ouchpad sup por t bra cket then sli de th e b racket lef twards to de tac h it fro m t he upper c ase. 2. Disco nnect the touchpad cabl e from the [...]

60 Chapter 3 Rem ovi ng th e Mo dem B oard 1. Disco nnect the modem cable f rom the main board at CN5. 2. Remov e the scr ew from the modem boar d and the n remove the modem board from the main boar d at CN17. 3. Remov e the modem cabl e from the modem boar d.[...]

Chapte r 3 61 Remo vin g th e L ower Ca se Rem oving th e Ma in boar d 1. Remov e the t hree screws fro m the bott om of t he unit and one sc rew fr om the mai n board. 2. Remov e the mai n board fro m th e lower case. Remo ving the EMI Pl a te 1. Remov e the f our sc rews from th e EMI plate. 2. Then r emove t he EMI pl ate f rom th e mai n boar d[...]

62 Chapter 3 Remov ing the Heat sink 1. Detach the ESD tape from the main boar d. 2. Lif t up the heatsin k and disconn ect the fan cabl e from the main boa rd at CN15. 3. Then r emove t he heat sink. Remov ing th e Daughter and I/O boa rd 1. Remov e the two s cre ws fro m the USB da ughter boar d. 2. Then r emove the USB d aught er boa rd f rom th[...]

Chapte r 3 63 3. Remov e the two hex s cr ew fro m the I/ O port brack et, the n remove t he I/O po rt br acket f rom th e mai n board. 4. Detach the audio cove r from the mai n board . Rem ovi ng th e PC MCIA S lot 1. Disco nnect the PCMCIA slot cabl e fr om t he m ain bo ard at CN23 . 2. Loosen t he three scr ews from the mai n board. 3. Detach t[...]

64 Chapter 3 Syst em U pg rade Pr oced ure Base Unit to Blue tooth Unit 1. T o upgra de s ystem f rom Base Un it t o Blueto oth Uni t, fir st i nstal l th e blue tooth modul e to the upper c ase. 2. Then secur e it wit h two scr ews and arran ge the cable well. 3. Re-at tach the upp er case back i nto the main uni t and secure wit h one screw . 4. [...]

Chapte r 3 65 Base Unit to Wir eless LAN Unit 1. T o upgrade t he sys te m to fr om Base Unit to Wireles s LAN Unit, fi r st detac h the upper cas e fr om the main un it c are ful l y . 2. Note tha t the one marked with BT is for the righ t antenna and t he one mark ed wit h 802. 1 1b is for the lef t anten na. 3. Atta ch the rig ht ant enna to the[...]

66 Chapter 3 6. Remov e the LAN boar d fr om the main board. 7. Then ins ert the wirel ess LAN board i nto its socke t and press i t down to secur e well. 8. Be caref ul to arrange the right and left RF cables well. 9. Re-at tach t he uppe r c ase ba ck i nt o th e mai n uni t and con nect t he RF ca bles i nto the Wirele ss LAN b oard . W ireless [...]

Chapte r 3 67 5. Re-at tach the upp er case back i nto the main uni t and secure wit h one screw . 6. Re-con nect the bl uet ooth and speak er cab les back in to t he main board at CN12 and CN5 r e specti vely . 7. Re-con nect the RF cabl es bac k into the Wireless LAN board.[...]

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Chapte r 4 69 Use the fo llowing pro cedur e as a gui de for comput er probl ems. NOTE: Th e diag nost ic t ests ar e int ended t o test only Acer p roducts . Non- Acer p rodu cts, proto typ e card s, or modifi ed opt io ns can gi ve fals e errors and invali d sys tem res ponse s. 1. Obtai n t he f aili ng sym ptoms in as m uch de tai l a s p ossib[...]

70 Chapter 4 Syst em Ch ec k Pr oce du res Exte rnal Disk ett e Driv e Check Do the fol lowi ng to isolat e the probl em to a c ontrol ler , drive r , or di skette . A write-ena ble d, diagno stic diske tt e is requi red. NOTE: Mak e sure that the dis kette does not have m ore th an one label attac hed to it . Multip le l abels can c ause damage to[...]

Chapte r 4 71 The fol lowing auxili ar y inp ut dev ices are sup ported by t his comput er: ! Numer ic k eypa d ! Exter nal k eybo ard If any of these devi ces do not work, re conne ct t he cabl e conne cto r and repeat the faili ng operati on. M emo ry Che c k Memor y err ors m ight stop s ystem op erat ions, show err or mes sages on the screen, o[...]

72 Chapter 4 2. Remov e th e batte ry pack a nd meas ure the voltag e between b att er y termi nals 1( gr ound) and 7(BT+ ). See the fo llowing fi gur e 3. If t he vol tage is st il l less than 7.2 Vdc after rech arging , replac e the batt ery . T o c heck the bat tery cha rge operat ion, us e a dischar ged bat tery pack o r a batter y pack that h [...]

Chapte r 4 73 Pow er-O n Se lf-T est ( POST ) Er ror M ess age The PO ST er ror m essage i ndex l ists the er ror mes sage and t hei r pos sible ca uses. The most li kely cause is li ste d f i rs t. NOTE: Perfor m the FRU r eplac ement or a ctions i n the s equenc e shown i n FRU/Act ion c olumn, if the FRU replac ement does not solve the pr oblem [...]

74 Chapter 4 Ind ex o f E rro r Me s sag es Error Mess age List Err or Me ss ag es FR U/Ac tion in Seque nce Fai lu r e Fixe d D i sk Re conn ect ha r d di sk dr iv e co nn ec tor . “L oa d Def a ul t S et t ings ” in BI OS Setu p Ut il i ty . Hard disk drive Main Bo ard Stu ck Ke y s ee “ Ke ybo ard o r Au xili ar y I n pu t D evic e Che ck [...]

Chapte r 4 75 De vice Ad dres s Con flict Run “L oad De faul t Sett ings ” in BI OS Setu p Utili ty . RTC batte ry Main Bo ard Allo catio n Err or fo r dev ice Run “L oad De faul t Sett ings ” in BI OS Se tup Ut ili ty . RTC batte ry Main Bo ard Fa ilin g B its: nn nn D IMM BIOS R OM Main Bo ard Fixe d Di sk n None In vali d S yste m Co nfi[...]

76 Chapter 4 Index of Sy mptom -to- FRU Err or Me ssage LCD-Rel ated Symptoms Symp to m / Er ro r A ctio n in Se quenc e LC D b ackl ig ht do esn' t w ork LCD is t oo dark LCD br i gh t ness ca nn ot be adj u st ed LCD co nt ras t cannot be ad ju st ed En te r BIO S Uti l ity t o ex ec ute “ Lo ad Se tu p De faul t Sett i ng s” , th en re [...]

Chapte r 4 77 PCMCI A/Sm art Card-R el ated Symptom s Symp to m / Er ro r A ctio n in Se quenc e Sys tem ca nnot dete ct the P C Car d (P CMCIA) PCMC IA/Sma rt C ard slo t assem bly Main Bo ard Sy stem ca nn ot dete ct the S ma rt C ar d Smar t C ard PCMC IA/Sma rt C ard s lot ass embly Main Bo ard PCMC IA/Sm art C ard sl ot pi n is da maged . PCM [...]

78 Chapter 4 NOTE: If yo u cannot f ind a s ymptom or a n e rror in t his list and the probl em remains, see “Undete rmined Proble ms” on page 80. Syst e m ha ngs in ter mi tte nt ly . Se e “Th erm al and Fan U til it y” o n pa ge 38. Re conn ect ha r d di sk /CD -R O M dr iv es. Hard d isk co nnec ti on bo a rd Main Bo ard Perip heral- Rel[...]

Chapte r 4 79 LAN-Rel ated Symptoms Symp to m / Er ro r A ctio n in Se quenc e In ter nal L AN do es n ot work cor rec tly. LAN bo ard Main Bo ard Wirel ess LAN- Related Symptoms Symp to m / Er ro r A ctio n in Se quenc e Int ern al wir el e ss LAN does not wor k cor rec tl y . r igh t or le ft an te nna ki t s wi rel es s LA N bo ar d Main Bo ard[...]

80 Chapter 4 Inter mi ttent P r oblem s Int ermitt ent syst em hang pr oblem s can be cause d by a variet y of reasons that have not hing to do with a hardwar e defect , such as: cos mic radi ati on , el ect rostat i c dischar ge, or sof tware error s. FRU replac ement shoul d be consider ed only when a rec urri ng problem exi sts. When ana lyzin g[...]

Chapte r 4 81 Index of AFlas h BIOS E rror Me ssage Index of PQ A Diagnost ic Error C ode, M essage Error Message A ctio n i n Se qu ence Ha rdwa re Err or Se e “Sy stem Di ag nost ic Dis kett e” on pa ge 39 VP D Chec ksum E rror Re boot the s ystem and then rest art with t his dis kett e. BI OS Up date Prog ra m Erro r Turn off t he pow er and[...]

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Chapte r 5 83 To p V i e w CN 1 DC- i n po r t CN 17 Modem boa rd co nn ec tor CN 2 Ex ter nal m onit or po rt K 6 M ini PCI soc ket CN 3 LA N po rt CN 18 T ou ch PAD conn ect or CN 4 Mod em por t C N 22 H ar d di sk d riv e conn ect or CN 5 RJ4 5 c onnec t or CN 24 I nt er n al MIC co nn ec tor CN 6 Expa ns io n po r t CN 26 Lin e-i n jac k /ex te[...]

84 Chapter 5 SW3 S witc h Sett ings SW3-6: Check passwor d SW 3 -6 = ON, Enable S W3- 6 = OFF , Dis ab le SW3-7: BIOS b oot b lock erasab le S W3- 7 = OFF , Dis ab le SW 3 -7 = ON, Enable SW3-4, S W3-5, SW3-8: Reserve SW3-1 SW3- 2 SW3-3 English KBD ON ON ON Japa n K BD OFF ON ON Europe KBD ON OFF ON[...]

Chapte r 5 85 Bottom View CN29 - DIMM 1 socket CN26 - D IMM 2 so cket CN2 9 CN 26[...]

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Chapte r 6 87 This ch apter gi ves you the FRU (Fi el d Replaceabl e Unit) li st ing in glo bal configu rati ons of T ravelMat e 350. Refer to this chapte r whenever or dering for parts to rep air or fo r RMA (Return Merc handi se Author izati on ). Pleas e note th at WHEN ORDERING FRU P AR TS, you sh oul d check t he most up-to-dat e i nformat ion[...]

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Chapte r 6 89 Pictur e No. Pa r t nam e Description Part N o. Memor y NS Me mor y S ODI MM 6 4M N E C S OD IM M 64 M W170 64 I8N C86 22 A(NE C 7 2.1 706 4.C 0 N Me mor y S ODI MM 6 4M Wi nb on d SOD I MM 6 4M W986 4CA SA- 75(W IN BO N 72. 0 986 4.B 0E Me mor y S ODI MM 6 4M PC100 PSC SODI M M 6 4M P464 S3D 2 4U1-1 1 P C1 0 72. 4 642 4.0 0N Me mor y[...]

90 Chapter 6 NS LCD Hinge Pack HING P ACK FO R TM350 6K .45H01.001 NS LCD Bezel LCD Bez el Assy for LG 13 3X8 60.4 5H 05. 01 1 NS In vert er Bo ar d S um dia Inve rte r 1 3” I V509 0/ T REV .2A 19.2 103 0. C2 1 NS LCD Module 13.3” TF T ADT Assy LCD Module 13.3” ADT TM 35 0 6M .4 5H0 5.00 1 10 LCD 1 3.3” XG A TF T ADT/ L133 X2- 3 LCD 13.3”[...]

Chapte r 6 91 8 LC D Pa ne l LCD P anel Ass y( M A PI ) 60. 4 5H04 . 001 NS Hin ge Pack HI NG P ACK FOR TM3 50 6 K .45H01.002 18 LCD Bezel LCD Be zel Assy(MAPI) 60.45H05.001 9 Inv er ter Boa rd Am bi t/ T6 2I 174. 00 In ver te r T 62I 17 4.00 MAGP IE 19. 2 1030. B01 HDD/ Hard Di sk Drive NS HDD Module 10G IBM A ssy HDD Module 10G IBM T M3 5 0 6M .4[...]

92 Chapter 6 4 HDD 10G IBM/DJS A-2 10 HDD 9.5MM 10G IBM/ DJSA -210 5 6.0 2A 75.0 41 5 HDD Be z el HDD Cover(MA PI) 4 2.45H04.001 NS HDD Module 5G IBM A s sy HDD Module 5G IBM T M3 5 0 6M .45H 03. 02 1 NS HDD 9.5MM 5G IBM/DJSA- 205 H DD 9. 5MM 5G IBM / DJSA -205 5 6.0 201 7.0 21 6 HDD Ca s e Assy HDD PL T TM330 60.4 0C15.001 7 HDD Co nne ctor CONN C[...]

Chapte r 6 93 Co mb o Mo d ule NS DVD-FDD Combo Module ADDO/DF 2205 DV D Combo Bay FDD ADDO/DF2205 90. 4 0C28 .00 9 NS FDD 1.44M Mitsumi/D353F3- Z FDD 1 .4 4M M IT/D353F3- Z TM 34 0 56. 0 104 9.0 01 NS DVD-ROM 6X M KE/SR-8174 DVD 6X MKE/SR-8174 ADDON TM3 40 56. 2 2001. 0 01 NS CDROM-FDD Combo Modu le TE AC CD-ROM/FDD Co mbo TEAC /CF24 05 9 0.4 0C 2[...]

94 Chapter 6 Vi de o Cap t ur e K i t NS USB Vi de o Cap t ur e Kit ( V 6+ ) USB V i deo C ap t ur e Ki t (V6+ ) 9 1.1 684 8.5 03 Key boa rd 21 K eyb oa rd 84 key US Dar fon KB D EF US 84 99. N12 82 .00 1 Poi nti ng De vice NS T ouchP ad Modul e ASSY T/P Mo dule (MAPI) 60.45H0 6.01 1 Ca bles NS Modem Cable C.A MDC MAGPI E 50.45H04.001 NS Powe r C o[...]

Chapte r 6 95 NS PCMCIA/Smart C ard Slot CONN Cardbus&PCMCIA SKT 52 539 2 1.H 0027 . 001 NS EMI Pl ate B ase EM I Pl ate (MA PI) 40 .45H 05. 001 Boards NS Mo dem 56K A mbit / U9 8M 005. 01 Mo de m MD C Ambi t/ U98 M00 5.01 5 4. 0 901 1. 30 1 NS USB/P S2 Boa rd M AGPIE T M350 U SB & PS2 Bo ar d 55. 4 5H02 . 01 1 NS LAN B oa r d 10 /1 00 M A [...]

96 Chapter 6 20 B att e r y LI - ON Sa ny o Bat ter y Mo dule (M API) 60. 4 5H03 .00 1 Cas e/C ov er /B rack et Asse mbl y NS I/O Br acke t I /O Bra cke t ASSY 60 .45H2 3.001 26 A udi o C ov er Audi o Co ver A ss y(M A PI) 6 0.4 5H 08 . 00 1 NS Hinge Cap Pack HING Pack Cap fo r TM350 6K.45 H02 .0 01 24 C P U E MI Pl ate CPU EMI Plat e ( MAPI ) 34.3[...]

Chapte r 6 97 1 Uppe r Ca se w / sp eaker , to uc hpa d, MI C Up per C ase A ssy (MAP I) 60.45H 12.0 01 3 Low e r Ca se Low er Case As sy(M API ) 6 0.4 5H1 1. 0 01 NS Mem ory Co ver DIMM Cov er Assy 60.45 H13.0 01 Mis cell an eous 19 A c er Lo go LB L AB S TM6 00/ Ace r 40. 42F 09 .001 25 P C MCIA Dumm y Card Car d Du mmy P CMCI A P A+ABS TM33 0 42[...]

98 Chapter 6 NS Vide o Ca ptur e K it R ubb er Ru bb er C ame ra TM 340 47. 40F0 7. 002 NS Name Pl at e Name Pl ate , T M350( F or 350T E) 4 0.4 0F 04.1 21 NS Sm art Car d Smart Car d, TM 35 0, 85.6 *54 MM 4 2. 4 5H17 .00 1 Wir el e ss Com mun ic at ion Devi ce NS W ire les s 80 2.1 1 An te nna Le ft A nte nna 80 2.1 1 25 .90 013 .01 1 NS Wi rel es[...]

Chapte r 6 99 NS CPU EMI Plate, LCD Hinge, KB, Lo wer C ase Scre w Sc rew M 2 .5 X6 8 6.9 A3 53 .6 R 0 NS HDD Case Screw S cr ew M3*4L W/F NI 86.5A524.4R0 NS LCD Hinge, LCD Cable Screw SR W M2 . 5* 8 L B /Z N NY LO K 70 0 86 .9A 35 3.8R 0 NS LCD Bezel Screw S cr ew M2.5*4L NI 86.9A553.4R0 NS HDD Cover Scre w HDD Screw M2X7 86.00A10.120 NS H eat sin[...]

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Ap p end i x A 101 T r avelM ate 35 0 Mode l Num ber Def initi ons Mode l LCD CPU Mem ory Ha rd Disk Drive CD/DVD- ROM Floppy Disk Dr i v e Battery 350 TE 1 3.3” T F T P-III 650 6 4 MB 6 G B 24x ext. External Li-Io n 350 TEV 13.3 ” TF T P- III 65 0 64 MB 6 GB 6x DVD E xternal Li-Io n 352 TE 1 3.3” T F T P- III 700 1 28 MB 12 G B 24x ex t. Ex [...]

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Ap p end i x B 10 3 This co mputer’s compat ibi lit y is test ed and ver ifi ed by Acer ’ s int er nal test ing depar tmen t. All of its syst em funct ions ar e tested und er Wind ows 98, Win dows 2000 , Windows NT and Windo ws ME envir onment. Refer to the fol lowi ng l ists for component s, adapt er cards, and periph erals whi ch have pa ssed[...]

1 0 4 Appen d i x B Mi cros oft W indo ws 98 E nvir onm ent T est Ite m Specific atio ns Pro c es so r I nt el P III 650 MH z In te l P I I I 7 00 M Hz In te l P I I I 7 50 M Hz Memor y 64MB SD RA M 128MB SDRA M LCD 13.3 TF T LCD LG 13 .3 TF T LCD A DT Fl oppy Di sk D r ive M it sum i 3.5 ” FD D (s uppo rt 3 m ode) Hard Disk Drive IBM 5GB IBM 1 0[...]

Ap p end i x B 10 5 Mode m (up t o 5 6K ) Prete c Mo de m 56 K Acti onT ec Dat aLi nk 5 6Kbp s Fax/ Mo dem TD K V .90/K56K flex Data/F ax M odem Xircom CRE DITCARD MODEM 5 6 USR Me ga he rtz 56K modem IBM 5 6K Doub le Ja ck Mo dem ISDN USR Megahertz IS DN 128K IB M ISD N Intern et PC Card I/O P eri ph era l I/O Displa y IBM G72 IBM 9 514- B04 T F T[...]

1 0 6 Appen d i x B I/O - USB Sanwa USB HUB (self-power) U SB, USB H UB 4 PORTS TI -CHIPS U SB, USB H UB 4 PORT - A TMEL EIZO I. St atio n US B HUB ELECOM USB HUB 4-port I/O - USB Mo de m Best D ata US B 56K V .9 0 Mo de m Spea ke rph one BLAS TER USB BLAST ER Mo dem 56 K V .90 I/O - USB (Sp eaker) J S USB D igita l Speak er AIWA Mult iMedia Digita[...]

Ap p end i x B 10 7 Mi cros oft W indo ws 2000 Env iron men t T est Ite m Specific atio ns Pro c es so r I nt el P III 650 MH z In te l P I I I 7 00 M Hz In te l P I I I 7 50 M Hz Memor y 64MB SD RA M 128MB SDRA M LCD 13.3 TF T LCD LG 13 .3 TF T LCD A DT Fl oppy Di sk D r ive M it sum i 3.5 ” FD D (s uppo rt 3 m ode) Hard Disk Drive IBM 5GB IBM 1[...]

1 0 8 Appen d i x B Mode m (up t o 5 6K ) Prete c Mo de m 56 K Acti onT ec Dat aLi nk 5 6Kbp s Fax/ Mo dem TD K V .90/K56K flex Data/F ax M odem Xircom CRE DITCARD MODEM 5 6 USR Me ga he rtz 56K modem IBM 5 6K Doub le Ja ck Mo dem ISDN USR Megahertz IS DN 128K IB M ISD N Intern et PC Card I/O P eri ph era l I/O Displa y IBM G72 IBM 9 514- B04 T F T[...]

Ap p end i x B 10 9 I/O - USB Mo de m Best D ata US B 56K V .9 0 Mo de m Spea ke rph one BLAS TER USB BLAST ER Mo dem 56 K V .90 I/O - USB (Sp eaker) J S USB D igita l Speak er AIWA Mult iMedia Digital Speaker Sy stem ( USB) I/O - USB (Joys tick) U SB Ro ckfire Avant G ard e Flightstick Mi crosoft SID EWINDE R Pre cision PR O (USB) I/O - USB Camera[...]

1 10 Appen d i x B Window s M illen ium En viro nment T est Ite m Specific atio ns Pro c es so r I nt el P III 650 MH z In te l P I I I 7 00 M Hz In te l P I I I 7 50 M Hz Memor y 64MB SD RA M 128MB SDRA M LCD 13.3 TF T LCD LG 13 .3 TF T LCD A DT Fl oppy Di sk D r ive M it sum i 3.5 ” FD D (s uppo rt 3 m ode) Hard Disk Drive IBM 5GB IBM 1 0GB IBM[...]

Ap p end i x B 1 11 ISDN USR Megahertz IS DN 128K IB M ISD N Intern et PC Card I/O P eri ph era l I/O Displa y IBM G72 IBM 9 514- B04 T F T M onit or IBM P 70 Acer Acer V ie w 98i Comp aq Co lo r Mon it o r V70 NE C 2 0 ” Co l or Mon it or NANA O Fl e x Sc an E35F I/O - Keyb oa rd IBM 1 04k ey Ke ybo ar d Bl ac k Chi con y K ey boar d (U SB) IBM [...]

1 1 2 Appen d i x B I/O - USB Mo de m Best D ata US B 56K V .9 0 Mo de m Spea ke rph one BLAS TER USB BLAST ER Mo dem 56 K V .90 I/O - USB (Sp eaker) J S USB D igita l Speak er AIWA Mult iMedia Digital Speaker Sy stem ( USB) I/O - USB (Joys tick) U SB Ro ckfire Avant G ard e Flightstick Mi crosoft SID EWINDE R Pre cision PR O (USB) I/O - USB Camera[...]

Ap p end i x B 11 3 Mi cros oft W indo ws NT E nvir onm ent T est Ite m Specific atio ns Pro c es so r I nt el P III 650 MH z In te l P I I I 7 00 M Hz In te l P I I I 7 50 M Hz Memor y 64MB SD RA M 128MB SDRA M LCD 13.3 TF T LCD LG 13 .3 TF T LCD A DT Fl oppy Di sk D r ive M it sum i 3.5 ” FD D (s uppo rt 3 m ode) Hard Disk Drive IBM 5GB IBM 1 0[...]

1 1 4 Appen d i x B Mode m (up t o 5 6K ) Prete c Mo de m 56 K Acti onT ec Dat aLi nk 5 6Kbp s Fax/ Mo dem TD K V .90/K56K flex Data/F ax M odem Xircom CRE DITCARD MODEM 5 6 USR Me ga he rtz 56K modem IBM 5 6K Doub le Ja ck Mo dem ISDN USR Megahertz IS DN 128K I/O P eri ph era l I/O Displa y IBM G72 IBM 9 514- B04 T F T M onit or IBM P 70 Acer Acer[...]

Ap p end i x B 1 1 5 I/O - USB Mo de m Best D ata US B 56K V .9 0 Mo de m Spea ke rph one BLAS TER USB BLAST ER Mo dem 56 K V .90 I/O - USB (Sp eaker) J S USB D igita l Speak er AIWA Mult iMedia Digital Speaker Sy stem ( USB) I/O - USB (Joys tick) U SB Ro ckfire Avant G ard e Flightstick Mi crosoft SID EWINDE R Pre cision PR O (USB) I/O - USB Camer[...]

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Ap p end i x C 1 1 7 This se ction des cribe s online t echnica l sup port ser vi ces avail able to hel p you repai r your Acer Systems . If you are a d istrib utor , de aler , AS P or T PM, please re fer y our t echnic al que ries to yo ur l ocal Ac er br anch of fice. Acer Br anch Of fic es and Re gio nal Bus ine ss Unit s may ac cess ou r we bsi[...]

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I ndex 1 1 9 A AC Adapter 23 AFLASH Ut ili ty 37 Audio 21 Auxil i ary Input Device Check 70 B Ba tte r y 2 2 Batt ery Pac k Remov ing 47 batt ery p ack charg ing indi cator 10 BI OS 1 7, 29 BIOS Se tup Utili ty 29 BIOS Ut ili ty 2 9–36 Navig ating 29 Block Diagr am 3 Board Lay out 4 Bo tto m Vie w 5 T op Vi ew 4 Boot Dis pl ay 32 Boot Drive Sequ [...]

1 20 I n dex Fl a s h U til i t y 37 FRU (Field Repl acea bl e Unit) List 87 H Hard di sk drive disa ssembl ing 48 rem ovi ng 48 Hard Dis k Passwor d 34 Hardwar e Specifica tions and Confi guration s 1 7 HDD Interfa ce 19 Heatsi nk rem ovi ng 62 Hinge Cap rem ovi ng 52 Ho tk e y B e ep 32 hotke ys 13 I I/O Addr ess Map 26 I/O Po rts 26 indi cator l[...]

I ndex 1 21 rem ovi ng 63 POST 73 Power Managem en t Displ ay St andby Mode 25 Hard Dis k Stand by Mode 25 Hiber natio n Mod e 25 Standb y Mod e 2 5 Powe r Syst em Check 71 Batt ery Pac k 71 Power Adapt er 71 Powe r Syst em Checkou t 71 Power- on Password 34 PQA 39 diagn ost ic s 39 PQA Diagnost ics Pro gram 39 Proces sor 17 R Re m o vi ng a Pa ss [...]

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