Acer 505 manual

T r avel Ma t e 505 Service Gu ide P AR T NO.: 49.43F 02.001 DOC. NO.: C4225-R01 PRINTED IN T AIW AN 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 refer t o h ttp ://c sd .acer.com .tw 505- 1. b oo k Page I Thu r sda y , No v e mb er 4, 19 99 4:3 6 PM[...]

II Co pyr ight Copyri ght © 1999 by Acer Inc orporat ed. All r igh ts reser ved. No part of this publ icat ion may be repro duced , tra nsmitt ed, t ran scr ibed, st or ed in a r et rieva l sys tem, or tr ansl at ed int o 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 h[...]

III Co nve nti on s The f ol lowing convent ions ar e u sed i n thi s ma nual: Scre en m ess ag 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 the cur rent topi c. W ARNING Al er ts you to any damage that might resul t fro m doing or not doi ng spec ifi c acti ons. CAUT[...]

IV Pr ef ac e Befor e using thi s i nformat io n and the pr oduct it suppor ts, pl eas e read t he fol l owing gener al inf ormati on. 1. This Ser vi ce Guide prov id es you with al l t echni cal in formati on relati ng 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 req[...]

V T able of Cont ents Ch apter 1 Syst em Specif icati on s 1 Fe ature s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Keyboard Ergo nom ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

VI T able o f Cont ents Removi ng t he PCMCI A Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Removing the Touchpad M odule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Disasse mbli ng th e Hard Disk Dri ve M odule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Disassembling the Flopp[...]

Chapte r 1 1 Fe atures This co mputer was desi gned with the user in min d. Here are jus t a few of it s many featur es: Perf ormanc e Int el® Celeron™ proc esso r with 128 KB lev el 2 cache 64- b it/ 1 28 - b it m a in mem ory Large LCD di splay and PCI vi deo with 128-bi t graph ics accel erati on Inte rnal CD- ROM driv e Buil t-in FDD modul e[...]

2 Chapter 1 Display The lar ge graphi cs displ ay off ers excel lent viewing, dis play qual ity and des ktop perf orma nce gr aphics. The comp ute r supp ort s two di ff ere nt di spl ay con fi gur at ion s — High Performanc e Addre ssi ng (HP A) or Thin -Fil m T ran si sto r (TF T) . Video P erf or mance PCI v ideo wi t h 128- bit graphi cs acce[...]

Chapte r 1 3 Keyboard The keyboa rd has f ul l-si zed key s and an embedded keypad , separ ate cur sor keys, two Windows keys and twel ve fun ction keys. Special Key s Lock Keys The keyboa rd has t hre e lock keys whi ch you can toggl e on and off . Embed d ed Numeri c Keypad The em bedded numer ic k eypad funct ions l ike a des ktop numeric key pa[...]

4 Chapter 1 Windows Keys The keyboa rd has t wo keys t hat perf orm Windo ws-s pecif ic funct ions. The Euro Symb ol If you r keyboar d is in any of th e fol l owing lang uages -- Uni ted States- Inter nation al, United Ki ngdom, Frenc h, Germ an, I tali an, Sp anish, Por tugues e, Dani sh, Swis s Germ an, Swi ss Fr ench , Czech , Bel gian, Nor weg[...]

Chapte r 1 5 T o type t he Euro sy mbol: 1. Locat e t he Eur o s ymbol o n y our ke yboar d. 2. Open a t ext ed it or or word pr ocessor . 3. Hold Alt Gr a nd pres s the Eur o symbol . NOTE: The Alt Gr is only used to gether wi th t he Euro symbol. Some fonts and sof tware do not sup port th e Euro s ymbol. Pleas e refer to htt p://www . microsof t[...]

6 Chapter 1 Activating Hotkeys When act i vatin g hotkeys, press and hol d the fir st key Fn before pr essing t he other key i n the hotkey comb ination. Ke yboar d Er gon omics Locat ed below t he keyboar d, t he wide an d c urved p alm rest is erg onomical ly de signed to provi de you wi th a very co mfortab le pl ace to r est your hands whi le y[...]

Chapte r 1 7 T ouchpad Basics The f ol lowing ite ms teac h y ou how to use the touchpad : 1. Move your fing er acr oss the to uchpa d to mo ve the curso r . 2. Press t he le ft an d ri ght butt ons l ocated on the edge of the t ouchpad t o do s ele ction and ex ecut ion funct ions. These two butt ons are simi lar to t he lef t and right but t ons [...]

8 Chapter 1 Syst em Bl ock D iag ram T M 505 B LO C K D I A G R A M T M 505 B LO C K D I A G R A M SDRAM Bus 66 M H z PCI BUS CORE L OGI C 82440M X ( BANI STER) M O B I LE CE LE RO N CP U VGA N M 2160 CARDBUS O Z6812 SDRAM 32M B/ 64M B HDD CDROM US B CRT LC D CARDBU S SL O T S I / O Al i 5135B BI OS KBC M 38867 PORT 80 PRI N TER FL O PPY SERI AL TO[...]

Chapte r 1 9 Bo ard Layo ut To p V i e w 1 AC Ad ap te r Co nn ec to r 14 Pow er Pu sh S wi tch 2 USB Port 15 Celeron Processor 3 LCD C orn er S wit ch C onn ecto r 16 Fan C o nnec to r 4 PS/ 2 P o rt 17 On boar d DC/ DC Ch arg er 5 Se rial Port 18 HDD Conne ctor 6 Onb oa r d S yste m Mem ory 19 Int ern al Ke yb oa r d C onne ct or 7 Par a llel Por[...]

10 Chapter 1 Bo ttom V iew 1 I nt e l FW 82 443 C hi ps et 6 B IO S F la sh ROM 2 DIM M Socke t 7 Au dio C ODE C 3 CardBu s Con tro ll er 8 O nboa rd Sy st em M emo r y 4 S uper I/O Cont ro ller 9 Aud io/Batte ry Con nector 5 Modem B o ard Co nne ct o r 10 Clock G ene ra t or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 505 -1. bo ok Pag e 10 Thu rs day , No ve mbe r 4, 1[...]

Chapte r 1 11 Pane ls Port s allow you t o connec t periph era l devi ce s to your com put er as you would with a deskto p PC. NOTE: See chapt er 3 on how to con nect exte rna l devi ce s to the comput er . Fr ont P ane l The fro nt panel con tains por ts for exte rnal audi o conne ct ions. # Icon Port C onnect s to... 1 Sp ea ke r -ou t jac k Sp e[...]

12 Chapter 1 Rear Panel Universal Seri al Bus The Uni ve rsal Serial Bus (USB) port is a high- speed seri al bu s wh ich a llows you to c onnect and daisy -chain USB perip herals without taki ng up preci ous system re sour ces. # Icon Port C onnect s to... 1 DC - i n jack AC adap te r and po wer ou tl et 2 USB po rt USB devi ces (e.g., USB mouse) 3[...]

Chapte r 1 13 Right Panel # Icon Port C onnect s to... 1 PC Card slot 16-bit PC Cards and 32-bit CardBus PC Cards (ZV s uppor t) 2 Mo de m ja ck P ho ne li ne (onl y f or mo de ls w i t h an in te r nal f ax mode m) 505 -1. bo ok Pag e 13 Thu rs day , No ve mbe r 4, 19 99 4:36 P M[...]

14 Chapter 1 Indic ators The com put er has six easy -to- read stat us i ndicat ors (LEDs) under the di splay scr een. The Powe r and Sta ndby indi cator s are visi bl e even when you clos e the displ ay cov er so you can see the stat us of t he com puter whil e the co ver i s closed. # Icon Fu nction Description 1 Po wer Ligh ts when the c omp ute[...]

Chapte r 1 15 Hard ware S p ecif icatio ns and Co nfigurat ions System Board M aj or Chips Item Cont roller Sy stem Cor e Lo gic Int el 8244 0 MX (Ba nist er) Su per I /O C ontro ller ALI 5135 B Ke ybo ard Contr oll er Mi tsub ishi M38 867 V JG TQ F P Au dio Con trolle r Intel 8244 0 MX (Ba ni ster) PCM CIA Co ntroll er O2 O Z68 12 VGA Controller N[...]

16 Chapter 1 System Me mory Ite m Specifica tion Memor y c ontr oll er Int el Ba ni ster 82 44 0 MX Onb oar d memor y siz e 32/6 4 MB DI MM so cke t 1 Sup po rte d me mory siz e pe r soc ket 32/6 4/ 12 8 MB Sup port e d ma xi mum memo ry si ze 192 MB (6 4 MB + 1 28 MB) Sup po rte d DI MM t ype Sync hr on ou s DR AM Su ppor ted DIMM spe ed 6 6 MH z [...]

Chapte r 1 17 Floppy Di sk Drive Int erface Item Spe cific ation V endor & mod el na me Mits um i D 35 3F 3X Flo pp y Dis k Sp ec ifi cat i on s Media recognitio n 2DD (720 KB) 2HD (1.2MB, 3 -mode) 2 HD (1.44MB) Se ctor s/t rack 9 15 1 8 Track s 80 80 8 0 Data transfe r rate (Kbit /s) 1 MB 1. 6 MB 2 MB Rot ati on al speed ( RPM ) 300 3 60 300 R[...]

18 Chapter 1 Da ta Buffer 128 K B Inte rface A T API Applicab l e disc format CD-DA, CD-ROM (Mode-1, Mod e -2), CD-RO M XA MODE-2 (FORM-1, FO R M-2 ) , Mult i -Se ss io n P ho to CD, C D- I, V i de o C D , En ha nc ed C D & CD PLUS Co mpati ble Load in g me ch an is m Dr a w er wit h soft eje ct an d em er genc y ej ec t h ole Pow e r Re qu ire[...]

Chapte r 1 19 V i deo Resoluti on Modes Re solut ion Refresh Rate CR T On ly LCD/ CR T Si mu ltan eo us 640x 48 0x2 56 7 5 60 640x 48 0x6 4K 7 5 60 640x 48 0x1 6M 7 5 60 800x 60 0x2 56 7 5 60 800 X60 0X64 K 75 6 0 800 X60 0X16 M 75 6 0 1024 x7 68 x256 7 5 60 1024 x7 68 x64K 7 5 60 1024 x7 68 x16M 7 5 60 Paral lel Port Item Sp ecificati on Par all e[...]

20 Chapter 1 USB Port Item Sp ecificati on HCl UHCl 1.0 Number of USB Port 1 Loca ti on Re ar S id e Se rial Port Fu ncti on C ontro l Ena ble / Di sabl e by BIOS Stu p IrDA Port Item Sp ecificati on V endor & Mod el N ame No ne In put P owe r Su pply Vol tage N one T ransfer Data Rate None T r an sf er D is ta nc e No ne Com pa tibl e S t an d[...]

Chapte r 1 21 Batte ry Item Sp ecificati on V endor & mod el na me Pa nason i c BTP - 18 31 Batte ry T y pe NiMH Pa ck c apa city 35 00 m AH Ce ll vo lt age 1.2V Nu mber of batte ry cel l 8 Pac kag e co nf i gur at io n 8 S Pac kag e vo lt a ge 9 . 6V DC-DC/Char ger Conv erter Item Sp ec ifi c at ion V endor & Mod el Name Ace r Inp ut vol t[...]

22 Chapter 1 NOTE: DC-AC i nverte r is u sed to g enerate very hi gh AC volta ge, to support LCD CCF T backl ight user , and it is also res ponsi ble fo r the contr ol of LCD bright ness . Avo id touchi ng the DC-AC in vert er area whi le the system uni t is tur ned on. NOTE: There is an EEPROM in th e inver ter , which sto res it s sup port ed LCD[...]

Chapte r 1 23 AC Adapter Item Sp ecificati on V endor & Mo del Name Delta ADP-60XBVD In put R equir em ents Maxi mum Input Curr e nt (A , @90V a c, fu l l l oad) 1A @ 90 V ac Nom inal Freq ue nc y (Hz) 4 7 - 63 Fr eque ncy V a riati on Rang e ( Hz) 47 - 63 Nom in al V olt ag es ( V r ms ) 9 0 - 270 Inrus h Cu rre nt The max imum inrus h curren [...]

24 Chapter 1 Power Man agement Powe r Saving Mo de Phen omenon St an dby Mo de W ai t ing t im e sp ec ifie d b y t he Syst em St an db y va lue o r the oper a ti n g sys t em ela pse s with ou t any sy st em act ivit y . Or When th e co mput er i s ab ou t to en t er H iber n atio n mo de (e. g ., du rin g a b at t ery - l ow co nd iti on ), bu t [...]

Chapte r 1 25 Memory Addr ess M ap Me mor y Addre ss Size Fu nction 0000 00 00 - 00 09 FF FF 640 K B Base me mo ry 0 00A00 00- 000 BFFF F 1 28 KB Vi deo m emo ry 00 0C 0 00 0- 0 00 CBF F F 40 KB Vid eo BIO S 000E 0 000- 00 0F F FF F 12 8 K B S yst em B I OS 0010 00 00 -to p l im it ed 0400 00 00 -04 00 0FFF 0400 10 00 -04 00 1FFF 8010 00 00 -80 10 [...]

26 Chapter 1 IRQ Assignment Map Inte r rupt Cha nne l Func tion NMI System e rrors IRQ0 System timer IRQ1 Keyb o ard IR Q2 Ca sc ade IRQ3 C OM2 IRQ4 C OM1 IRQ5 VGA IRQ6 Flo ppy IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ8 Rea l time clock IR Q9 PC MC IA (Opt io na l) IRQ1 0 USB IRQ 1 1 Aud io /Mod em/Ca rd Bus IRQ1 2 PS2 poin ting de vice IRQ 13 Num eric data pr oces sor IRQ1 4[...]

Chapte r 2 27 BIOS Setu p Util ity The BI OS Se tup Ut ili ty is a hardware con figur ation progr am b uilt i nto y our c ompute r ’s BI OS ( Basic Input/ Oupu t Syst em ). Y our compute r is alr eady con figur ed and opt i mized proper ly , and you do not need to run th is uti li t y . Ho wever , if yo u encount er c onf igurat ion problems , yo[...]

28 Chapter 1 Syst em Inf ormat ion The Syste m Info rmat ion scre en displ ays a summary of your comput er har dware inf or mati on. The tabl e below descr ibes th e parameter s in this screen. Seri al Number The Seri al Number is the number iden tical to th e system seri al number labell ed at the bot tom of sy ste m unit . The defau lt Seri al Nu[...]

Chapte r 1 29 Prod uct Na me It i s t he de fau lt set ting a s the br and name + mod el n am e of Acer prod uct ; su ch as T r a vel M ate 505. "Produc t Name" will be automat ical ly c reated by using 505Uti l.zi p . Ma nufa cture Na m e The defau lt set ting is Acer . "Manufa cture Nam e" will be automat icall y generat ed by[...]

30 Chapter 1 Bas ic Syste m Co nfigu rat ion The Basic System Confi gurati on screen conta ins parameter s involv ing basi c comput er se ttin gs like dat e and tim e. The t abl e bel ow d escri bes th e p arameter s in t he scr een. Par amet e r Description Da te Set s the s ystem d ate. Format: DDD MM M DD YYYY (d ay-o f-the-week month d a y year[...]

Chapte r 1 31 Star tu p Co nfigu rat ion The St ar tup Conf igur ation sc reen c ontain s p arameter s tha t are r elate d to comput er st ar tup. The tabl e below descr ibes th e parameter s in this screen. Settings in bold face are t he default and sugg est ed param eter se ttin gs. Parameter De s cription Bo ot D isp lay Se ts th e di spla y on [...]

32 Chapter 1 Onbo ard D evi ce Config urati on The Onb oard Devic e Configurat ion screen cont ains param eter sett ings for your h ardware con nection devi ces. CAUTION: T he param et ers i n this scr een are fo r a dvanc ed us ers onl y . Y ou do not need to chang e t he va lu es in thi s scr een beca use th ese values are already optimiz ed. The[...]

Chapte r 1 33 Syst em Secur ity The Syste m Security screen cont ains par amete rs that help saf egua rd and prote ct your comput er fro m unaut horize d u se. The tabl e below descr ibes th e parameter s in this screen. Settings in bold face are t he default and sugg est ed param eter se ttin gs. NOTE: Don ’t for get your passwor d, if you forge[...]

34 Chapter 1 4. Retype the passw ord t o verif y your first entr y and pr ess Enter . Afte r setti ng t he passwo rd, the compu ter auto mati cal ly set s t he cho sen password paramet er to Present. 5. Press Esc to retur n to th e ma in m enu. 6. Press Esc . The fol lo wing dial og box appear s. 7. Selec t Ye s and press Enter to save the password[...]

Chapte r 1 35 Load Defa ult Settin gs When you s ele ct t his menu i tem, the fol lowing dial og box di splays : T o load fact ory-de fau lt setti ngs f or all t he parame ter s, sele ct Ye s and press Enter . Ot her wis e, sel ec t No a nd press Ent er . 505 -1. bo ok Pag e 35 Thu rs day , No ve mbe r 4, 19 99 4:36 P M[...]

36 Chapter 1 AFlash Ut ility The BI OS f lash memory up date i s re qui red f or t he followin g c ondit ions: New ver sions of syst em p rogram s New featu res or options Use the AFl ash util i ty to updat e the sy ste m BIOS fla sh ROM. NOTE: Do not instal l memory-rel at ed dr iv ers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use AFl ash. NOTE: This progr am c o[...]

Ch a pt e r 1 37 Sys t em U t ili t y Dis k et t e T h is u t i l i t y d i s ke t te i s f o r t h e Ace r T r ave l Mat e 5 0 5 n o te b oo k mach i ne . I t p r ov i de s t h e f o ll owi n g f un c t i ons: 1. P a n el I D U t i li ty 2. T h erma l a nd Fan Ut il i t y 3. Mo t he r Bo a rd Da t a U t i l i t y T o u s e th i s d i ske tt e, f i[...]

38 Chapter 1 Syst em Di agno stic Disket te IMPORT ANT : The diagn ostic s p rogram here that we us ed is ca lled PQA ( Product Qua lit y Assur ance ) and is provi ded by Acer Headq uarter s. Y ou can utilize it as a basi c diagnost ic tool . T o get thi s progra m, eit her downlo ad it fro m http ://c sd.acer .c om .t w or fi nd i t in the T r ave[...]

Chapte r 1 39 The fol lowing screen appear s when you selec t Diag fro m the main menu. One T est Per form s a s ingle test a nd manual c heck s the selec ted test it ems in sequ ence. Multi T est Perfor ms mult iple t e st s and manual check s the selec ted t est item s in seq uence. Full T est Pe rf orms al l i tems a nd f ull ch eck t he all tes[...]

40 Chapter 1 Afte r you speci fy the number of tests t o perf orm, the sc reen shows a li st of test i tems ( see below) : Move the hi ghlig ht bar fr om one ite m to another . Press a space t o mark or unmark th e item . Pres s Enter to open the su bitem menu. Pr ess Esc to c lose t he sub menu. The ri ght corner screen in formati on gives you the[...]

Chapte r 3 41 This ch apter cont ains st ep-by- st ep proc edures on how to di sassem bl e the noteboo k comput er f or maint enanc e and tr oublesh ooting . T o disassem bl e the com put er , you need the fol l owing tool s: W rist ground ing s trap and cond uctiv e mat f or prev enting elect r ostatic di scharge Flat -blad ed screwdri ver Ph ill [...]

42 Chapter 3 Gene ral Info rmati on Before Y ou Begin Befor e proceedi ng with th e disassembl y procedu re, ma ke sur e that you do the following: 1. T urn off th e power to the sys tem and al l peri pheral s. 2. Unplug the AC adapter and al l power and signal cables f rom the syst em. 3. Remov e the batte ry pack. Co nnecto r T ype s There ar e t[...]

Chapte r 3 43 Disa ssem bly P roced ure Flow chart The fl owcha rt on the succee din g page gives you a gra phic rep resent ation on t he enti re disas sembly sequ ence and ins truct s you on the comp onent s that need to be remov ed duri ng ser vici ng. For exampl e, if you want to rem ove the sys te m board, you m ust fi rst remove the key boar d[...]

44 Chapter 3 Heatsink Upper case Battery and Audio Board Lower case L/R Channel Speaker FDD & CD-ROM Cable from M/B Touchpad Board Cover Switch Cable from M/B Main Unit 86.1A523.6R0*2 Screw 86.1A522.140*3 Screw 86.1A523.6R0 *2 Screw MACH M2.5*6L NI 86.9A522.4R0 *4 Screw MACH PAN M2*4L B/ZN 86.9A522.3R0 *6 Screw MACH M2*3L 86.1A353.135 *10 Screw[...]

Chapte r 3 45 Rem oving the B atter y Pack 1. Press the batter y cover rel ea se latch down and slide th e batter y pack out fr om the main unit. 2. Remov e the bat tery cov er from th e batter y pack car ef ul ly . Removing the DIMM 1. T o remove the DIMM modu le , remove the two scre ws from the DIMM cover . 2. Then, r emove th e DIMM co ver from[...]

46 Chapter 3 3. At CN20, re move the modem board from the mai nboard. 4. Disco nnect the modem power cabl e fr om the modem boar d. Rem ovi ng th e Keyboar d 1. Sli de out t he ri ght a nd left hinge co ver f rom th e mai n uni t. 2. Use a flat - bladed scr ewdr iv er to remove t he short mid dle cover . 3. Sli de the long mid dle cover to the lef [...]

Chapte r 3 47 Removing the L CD M odule 1. Remov e the two s crews h old ing t he LCD F PC ca ble 2. At CN9, disconn ect the LCD FPC ca ble fro m the mainboard . 3. At CN7, disconn ect the LED cable from the mai nboard. 4. Remov e the two s crews h old ing t he LCD mod ule as s hown. 5. Next, remove t he LCD m odule from the m ain unit. 505 -1. bo [...]

48 Chapter 3 Disa ssem bling t he LCD 1. Remov e the t wo rubber LCD cushi ons and the 3 hinge scr ew caps from the LCD modul e. 2. Remov e the f ive screws fro m the LCD module, and snap out the LCD bezel. 3. Then, r emove it from the LCD modul e. 4. Remov e the t wo scre ws holding the LED boar d, and remove th e LED board fr om the LCD panel. 5.[...]

Chapte r 3 49 7. Remov e the t wo screws hold ing the in ver ter . Now , lif t off th e invert er gen tly . 8. Disco nnect the LCD power cable and LCD FPC cable from th e inve rter boa rd. 9. Remov e the f our sc rews holdi ng t he LCD, then gent ly remove the LCD from th e LCD panel. 10. T ear off the adhesive ta pe. 11. Disconnect the LCD FPC cab[...]

50 Chapter 3 Disa ssem bling t he Main Unit Rem oving the Heat sink and CP U EMI S hield 1. Remov e the f ive s cre w s h old ing t he sys tem heat sink. 2. Sli de the heats ink to the left si de and take it out f rom the main uni t. 3. Re move th e CP U E MI shiel d fr om th e main un it. 4. At CN8 , di sconn ect t he RT C bat tery cabl e fro m t [...]

Chapte r 3 51 Removing Upper Case 1. T o rel ease the upper case, fi rst remov e the eleve n screws fr om the main uni t . 2. Lif t th e u pper c ase gentl y . 3. At CN6, di sconn ect the cov er switc h cable fr om the main board, t hen remov e the upp er case. Removing the Floppy Disk Drive/CD-ROM Drive Combo Module 1. Disco nnect the CD-ROM drive[...]

52 Chapter 3 2. Remov e the scr ew shown here. 3. Remov e the CD-ROM drive screw cap from the bo ttom o f the mai n unit. 4. Remov e the scr ew shown here. 5. Now , remov e the flopp y dis k dri ve and CD-ROM drive combo module from the main uni t. Rem oving the Speak ers 1. Disco nnect the left and ri ght speake r cables from the audi o I/O and ba[...]

Chapte r 3 53 Removing the Au d io I/O and Battery Connection Boar d 1. Remov e the two scre ws h olding the audio I/ O and b att ery conne ction board, then r emove it from t he mainboa rd. Rem ov ing th e Fan 1. Disco nnect the fan cable fr om the mai nboard. 2. Remov e the two scre ws h olding the fan, th en li ft the f an from t he l ower case.[...]

54 Chapter 3 Rem oving the PCMC IA Car d 1. Remov e the f our screws hol di ng the PCMCI A slo t. 2. At CN13, di scon nect the PCMC IA sl ot from the mainb oard . Rem ov ing th e T o uchpad Modu le 1. T o remove t he touc hpad m odul e, fi rs t releas e the touchp ad cable fr om the posit ion shown her e. 2. Remov e the si x scr ews hol di ng the t[...]

Chapte r 3 55 Disa ssem bling t he Hard Disk Drive Modu le 1. T o disassembl e the ha rd disk driv e mod ule, fir st r emove the s ix sc rews as s hown here. 2. Detach t he le ft a nd r ight brack ets f rom the hard disk dri ve. 3. Remov e the har d disk drive con nect ion boar d from the hard disk dri ve. 505 -1. bo ok Pag e 55 Thu rs day , No ve [...]

56 Chapter 3 Disa ssem bling t he Flo ppy D isk Dr ive an d CD-RO M Comb o Mo dule 1. T o disa ssembl e the CD-ROM driv e from the combo m odule, f irs t remov e the thre e s cre ws a s shown her e.. 2. Disco nnect the CD-ROM FPC c able, then sli de out t he CD-ROM drive fr om the cha ssi s. 3. Remov e the CD-ROM FPC cabl e fr om the chassis . 4. T[...]

Chapte r 4 57 Use the fo llowi ng pro cedure as a gui de for comput er probl ems. NOTE: The diag nost i c test s ar e intende d to test onl y Acer produ cts . Non-Acer pr oducts, protot ype cards, or modifi ed optio ns can give fa ls e err ors and inva lid sys tem res ponse s. 1. Obt ain t he f aili ng symptom s in as muc h detai l a s p ossibl e. [...]

58 Chapter 4 Syst em Ch eck P ro cedu r es Disk ette D rive Che ck Do the fol l owing to is ol ate the pro blem to a contr ol ler , driver , cab le or disk ette. A wr i te-en abled, diagno st ic disk ette is requi red. NOTE: Make sur e t hat t he dis kette does not hav e more than on e l abel at tached to it. Mult iple l abels can cause damage to t[...]

Chapte r 4 59 The fol lowing auxili ar y input dev ices are sup por ted by t hi s 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 error s mi ght s top s yst em op erati ons, show err or mes sages on the scr een, o[...]

60 Chapter 4 Check th e Battery Pack T o check t he bat ter y pack , do the fol lowing : 1. Power of f the comput er . 2. Remov e the bat tery pa ck and measure th e vol tage bet ween batt ery te rmi nals 2( +) and 7(g round). See the fo ll ow i n g fi gu r e 3. If t he vol tage is st il l les s than 8.0 Vdc after rech arging , rep lac e the batt e[...]

Chapte r 4 61 Ind ex of Erro r Me ssa ge The sym pt om-t o- FRU index l ists the sym pto ms and er ro rs and th eir poss ib le c ause s. Th e most li kel y cause i s li ste d f i rs t. NOTE: Perfor m the FRU r eplac ement or a ctions in the s equenc e shown i n FRU/Act ion c olumn, if the FRU replac ement do es not solv e the pr oblem, put t he ori[...]

62 Chapter 4 Memo ry size fo und by POST d iffered fro m CMO S Run “Load De fault Se ttings” in BIOS Setup Utility . DIMM S ys te m bo ar d Dis ke tte dr ive A er r or Che ck th at the dr ive is de fi ned w it h th e p r oper d is k et t e ty pe i n B IO S S etu p Ut il it y . Diskette Dri v e Check. Inco r r ec t Dr iv e A ty pe - r un SE TU P[...]

Chapte r 4 63 No-Beep Sym pto ms Symp tom / Error Acti on in S eq ue n ce No bee p, po wer- on indi cator tur ns o f f an d LC D is blan k. Power s ource (bat te ry pack a nd powe r a dapter). Power S yste m Che ck. Ensu re ev er y conn ec to r is c on nec ted ti gh tl y an d corr e ct ly . Reco nn ec t t he DI MM . CPU boa rd DC-DC/charger b o ard[...]

64 Chapter 4 Ind ex of Symp tom-t o- FR U Err or Mes sage LCD-Rel ated Symptoms Symp tom / Error Acti on in S eq ue n ce LCD ba ck li ght doe sn 't wor k LCD is t o o dark LCD br i gh t ne ss ca nn ot be adj u sted LCD co nt ras t c an not be ad ju sted Ent er B IOS U t il ity t o e xec ut e “ L oa d Set up D e f au lt Set ting s” , th en [...]

Chapte r 4 65 Batte ry can ’t be cha rged P o wer Sys tem Check Bat ter y pa ck S ys te m bo ar d PCMCIA -Relat ed Symptom s Symp tom / Error Acti on in S eq ue n ce Sy stem ca nnot dete ct the P C Car d (P CMC IA) P CMC IA s lot asse mb ly S ys te m bo ar d PC MC IA sl ot pi n is da mage d. PCM CIA slot as sem bly Memory -Relat ed Symptoms Symp [...]

66 Chapter 4 Th e sy ste m do esn' t resu me from sta ndby mo de af te r open in g t he LC D. S tandb y M ode LCD co ver sw i t ch S ys te m bo ar d Ba tter y fu el ga uge in Wi ndow s doe sn’t g o hig her th an 90%. Re move ba ttery pa ck and l et it cool fo r 2 hour s. Ref res h b at t ery (c on ti nu e to us e b at t ery un ti l po wer o [...]

Chapte r 4 67 NOTE: If you c annot fi nd a s ympt om or an e rr or i n thi s li st and the pr oblem remai ns, see “Undete rmi ned Proble ms” on page 69. Modem- Rela ted Sympt oms Symp tom / Error Acti on in S eq ue n ce Int ern al mod em d oe s no t w o rk cor re ct ly . Syst em Diag nost ic s Dis ke tte Mo dem ph on e ja ck Mo dem bo ard S ys [...]

68 Chapter 4 Int ermi tte nt Prob lems Int ermi tt ent syst em hang pr oblem s can be cause d by a vari ety of re asons that have not hi ng to do with a hardwar e defect , such as: cos mic radi ati on , el ect rostat ic dis charge, or softwar e err ors. FRU replace ment shoul d be consider ed only when a rec urri ng problem exi sts. When ana lyzin [...]

Chapte r 4 69 Un dete rmine d Pro ble ms The di agnos tic pr oblems do es not ident ify whi ch adapt er or d evi ce fai led, which ins talled de vi ces are i ncorr ect , whethe r a short ci rcu it is suspected, or whether the system is inoperat i ve. Foll ow the se pro cedur es to isol at e the fai li ng FRU (do not isola te non-def ect i ve FRU). [...]

70 Chapter 4 Inde x of PQA D iagn osti c Err or Co de, M essag e Error Code Mes sage Ac t ion in S e q ue nc e 16XX X B ackup b attery e rror Ba ckup ba ttery 01 X XX CPU or mai n bo ard er ror Rel oa d BI OS d efau lt se tt i ng . Syst em boa r d 02XX X Memo ry error DIMM Syst em boa r d 03X XX Keyboa rd e rro r Res et Ke yb oar d Key b oard Syst [...]

Chapte r 5 71 To p V i e w PCB No. 99206 CN1 PS /2 P ort CN12 Gol den F in ge r fo r De bug CN2 VGA Port CN13 PC M CIA Sl ot CN3 Parallel Port CN14 F an Connecto r CN4 Se rial Port CN15 Diskette Drive Connector CN5 USB Port CN16 CD-R O M C o nnector CN6 L CD Cover Switch Connector CN17 HDD Connector CN7 L E D Board Connector CN18 T ouch Pad Co n ne[...]

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Chapte r 6 73 This ch apter gi ves you the FRU (Fiel d Replaceabl e Unit) list ing in global conf igurat ions of T rav elMate 505P . Refer to this cha pte r whenev er or deri ng for par ts to repair or fo r RMA (Return Merc handise Aut horiz ation ). IMPORT ANT : Please note that WHEN ORDERING FRU P AR TS, you shoul d che ck the most up-to- dat e i[...]

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Chapte r 6 75 Pictu re No. Pa rt name De scription Part No. LCD 33 LCD M odule 12.1” DS TN Sharp A SSY L CD 12.1” DSTN SH ARP TM505 6M .43F 01. 001 NS 12 .1” SVGA DSTN LCD, Sharp LCD 1 2 . 1” DS TN LM 121S S1 T5 3 BLAC K 56. 074 3B.00 1 NS LCD Bezel ASSY LCD B ZL 12.1 ” FA LC O N 60.4 3F 01.00 1 NS LCD Panel DSTN A SSY PNL 12 .1 ” SH AR[...]

76 Chapter 6 NS L E D Ca bl e W .A 10/1 0P 120MM LED AN 5 00 50 .4 5B1 1.001 33 LCD Module 12.1” T F T Hitachi ASSY L CD 12.1” TF T HIT A CHI TM505 6M. 43F 01.0 1 1 NS 12 .1” SVGA TF T LCD, Hitachi LCD 1 2.1” T F T HI T/ TX31D27VCI CBB 56.0 746B .01 1 NS LCD Bezel ASSY LCD B ZL 12.1 ” FA LC O N 60.4 3F 01.00 1 NS LCD Panel TF T ASSY P NL [...]

Chapte r 6 77 NS LCD FP C TF T C.A FP C LCD 12.1” TF T H IT 51 0 50. 45C0 6.00 1 NS L E D Ca bl e W .A 10/1 0P 120MM LED AN 5 00 50 .4 5B1 1.001 33 LCD Module 12.1” T F T IB M/ OEM ASSY L CD 12.1” IBM TM 50 5 6M .43F 01.0 21 NS 12.1 ” SVGA TF T LCD, IBM/ OEM LCD 12.1” T F T IB M/ OE M53C 1-01 56 .0 750A .001 NS LCD Bezel ASSY LCD B ZL 12.[...]

78 Chapter 6 NS LED Bo ard E XTENSA 700 LE D BO AR D 55 .47A0 3. 001 NS LCD FP C TF T Cable C. A FPC 12. 1” TF T HIT FA LC O N 50.4 3F 04.00 1 NS L E D Ca bl e W .A 10/1 0P 120MM LED AN 5 00 50 .4 5B1 1.001 HDD NS HDD M o dule A SSY HDD 4.8GB 6 M.43F03.0 0 1 24 4.8GB HD D, I BM HDD IBM/4.8 DA RA20 4000 56 .0 2A07 .031 NS HDD M o dule A SSY HDD 6G[...]

Chapte r 6 79 3 HDD Bracket B RK HDD SECC AN5 00 33 .45B 02 .004 2 HDD Bracket B RK HDD(R) SECC AN5 00 33 .45B 02 .003 22 HDD Co n nection Bo a rd F ALCON HDD TRANSPO RT BD 55. 43F 02.00 1 CD-ROM & FDD 34 CD-ROM & F DD Module CD-ROM & F DD MODUL E EXT5 6M.4 5C01 .001 47 24X CD-ROM CD-R O M TEAH/ CD- 224E-A2 6 24X 56.1 0061 .1 41 NS 3.5?[...]

80 Chapter 6 NS CD-ROM Ca ble C.A FPC CD-ROM AN5 10 50 .45C 02. 001 Mode m 20 56 K SW Modem , Ambit MODEM 56K AM BIT/ T6 2M14 5. 00 54. 090 1 1. 241 20 56 K SW Modem , Aope n M ODEM MDC S /W NET 54 .0 9025 .001 Sp ea ker 42 43 Speaker SPEAKE R P ACK TM 50 5 6K. 4 3F02 .0 01 T ouchp a d NS T ouchpad Mo d ule A SSY TOUCHP AD FA LC O N 6M.4 3F 02.0 01[...]

Chapte r 6 81 Powe r NS AC Ad apter , Delta ADT 9 0 -270V AD P- 60JB V .A 72 0 25 .1 0064 .031 28 NiM H Battery , Pa n aso n ic ASSY B TY P ACK 9 9 - R0 500- 001 5 00 60.4 5B0 4.01 1 NS Power cord U.S CORD SP T-2 # 18 *2C 7A12 5V1 83 0MM 27. 016 18.0 01 PCB 21 Celeron-4 0 0 M ain Bo ard F ALCON MB(SMD) C- 400 55.4 3F01 .001 22 HDD Co n nection Bo a[...]

82 Chapter 6 Memo ry NS DIMM 3 2MB, S DRAM, Mi tsub ishi S D IM M 32 M MH 4 S64 B BK G- 8 P C100( MI 72. 004 64.0 0N NS DIMM 3 2MB, S DRAM, Siemen s SD I M M 32 M HYS6 4V 4200 GD L- 8(SIE 72. 644 20.A0 N 36 DI MM 32MB , SDRA M, Mo sel S O- DI M M 32 M V 4 364 4 Y04V TG-10PC 72 .436 44. 00N NS DIMM 6 4MB, S DRAM, NEC SDIMM 64M 4564 16 3G5 - A10B - 9[...]

Chapte r 6 83 27 Upper case modu l e A SSY UP CASE FA LC O N 60.4 3F 02.00 1 31 Lo we r c as e mo d ule ASSY L OW CASE FA LC O N 60.4 3F 03.00 1 15 Bat te r y do o r DOOR BA T T ERY PC AN5 00 42 .45B 04 .001 7 DIMM c ove r C VR DIMM A L 050 AN5 00 34 .45B 03 .002 8 Modem co ve r CVR MODEM A L AN5 00 34 .45B 04 .002 13 Midd l e c o ver (L ong) CV R [...]

84 Chapter 6 17 18 Hinge Cover Pa c k ASSY HI NGE COVER P ACK TM505 6M.4 5B08 .001 32 CPU E M I Shield BR KT CPU EMI C U AN5 10 33 .45C 08. 001 30 Upper He at S i n k HSINK UP C/PII 300/ 333/ 36 6 5 10 34 .45C 15. 001 52 Fan B ra cket BRKT F AN SECC AN5 10 33 .45C 06. 001 NS Cover Swi tch Cable/ Wire W .A CVR SW /2P 45MM A N70 0 50. 47A1 0.00 1 NS [...]

Chapte r 6 85 Others NS RTC Ba ttery BTY L I 3V ML 2032T6 65MA H 23.2 00 04.1 01 51 F an F AN 30 * 30 * 10 A D0305 LB-G 73 23 .100 33.0 71 41 Screw SCREW M ACH P AN M2 X4 L 86 .9A52 2.4R 0 46 Screw SCREW M ACH P AN M2.5*4L NY 86.1 A52 3.4R0 39 Screw SCRW MACH P AN M2.5*6L NI 86 .1A52 3. 6R0 37 Screw SCREW M ACH P AN M2 .5X13 .5 L NY 86.1 A35 3.13 5[...]

86 Chapter 6 Keyboard 44 API Keyb oa rd NS K-84A6 C 91.7 8S07 .06C NS AP I Key boa rd S WISS /FRE /G ER (8 5) 91 .78S0 7. 070 NS API Keyboard US (84) 91.78S07 .071 NS API Keyb oard US IN TERNA TI ONAL(84 ) 91.7 8S0 7.07 2 NS API Key boa rd T HAI (84 ) 91.7 8S07 .073 NS API Keyboard ARABIC/ US (84) 91 .78S07.074 NS API Keyboard S OUTH AFRICA(8 4 ) 9[...]

Appendix A 87 Model Number De finitions Model Number LCD CPU Memory HDD CD Battery 505DX 12.1” HP A Mobile -Celeron-400 MHz Processo r 32MB 4.8GB 24x NiMH 505T 12. 1” TF T Mobile -Celeron-400 MHz Processo r 32MB 4.8GB 24x NiMH 506DX 12.1” HP A Mobile -Celeron-433 MHz Processo r 32 or 64MB 4.8GB 24x NiMH 506T 12. 1” TF T Mobile -Celeron-433 [...]

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Appendi x B 89 This co mputer’s compat ibi lit y is test ed and ver ifi ed by Acer’ s inter nal testi ng departmen t. All of its sys tem funct ions ar e tested und er Wind ows 98 envi ronme nt. Refer to the fol lowi ng l ists for component s, adapt er cards, and periph erals whi ch have passed t hese test s. Regardi ng co nfi gur at io n, combi[...]

90 Appendix B Mi crosof t Win dows 98 AC PI En viro nment T e st Items Spe cificat ions Pr ocess or Intel Cel ero n 36 6/ 43 3/ 4 66 Hard Disk Dri ve IBM 9.5mm 6. 0 GB IB M 9.5 mm 9.0 GB Flop py Di sk Dr ive M itsu m i D3 53F3 CD-ROM Drive TE AC CD-224E-A 2 6 24X Memor y 32 MB 64 MB Po wer Pana son ic N i-MH bat tery 8cel l Del ta 60 W LCD Hit a ch[...]

Appendi x B 91 Mode m Ad ap t er Mod e m (up to 28.8 K) Xi rcom PCM CIA Fa x/Mode m 28.8m Mod em (up to 33.6 K) Dl ink W i nconne ct 33 .6 Fax modem IB M PCMCIA Da ta/Fax Modem Interna tional 33.6/14 .4 Mode m (u p t o 5 6K) Megahe rtz D ata li nk 56 k fa x/mo de m Act io nT ec Da ta lin k 56 Kb ps Fax / Modem TD K K56K M odem V . 90/K56fl ex USR M[...]

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Appendi x C 93 This app endix desc ribes onl ine tec hnical suppo rt service s avail abl e to help you rep air your Acer syste ms. If you are a d istrib uto r , de al er , ASP or T PM, please refer your t echnic al que ries to your l ocal Ac er br anch of fice. Acer Branch Off i ces, Regio nal Off ices and Regiona l Grou ps may acces s our websit e[...]

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Index 95 A AC Adapter 23 AF la sh U til it y 36 ASP 93 Asset T ag Numb er 28 Audio I nterf ace 18 B Basic System Confi gura tion 30 Ba tte r y 2 1 batt ery p ack charg ing i ndicat or 14 BIOS 15 BIOS Se tup Utili ty 27 BIOS Ut ilit y 27–35 Basic Sy stem Set tings menu 30 enter ing 27 Load Defau lt Sett ings menu 35 navi gat ing 27 Onbo ard Dev ic[...]

96 Index I/O Adapt er 90 I/O Addr ess Map 25 Index of Error Messa ge 61 No-Beep Sym pt oms 63 Index of Symptom-t o-FRU Error Mes sage 64 Indi cator 64 Keyboar d 66 LCD 64 Memory 65 Mode m 67 PCMCIA 65 Peri pheral 66 Power 64 Power Managem en t 65 Sp eak er 65 Touchpa d 66 Indi cator s 14 Int ermitt ent Problem s 68 IrD A Po rt 2 0 IRQ Assi gnment M[...]

Index 97 Power Managem en t 2, 24 Power Syst em Check 59 Batt ery Pack 60 Power Adapt er 59 Proces sor 15 , 90 S Scr oll L ock 3 Second- Leve l Cache 15 Seri al Number 28 Seri al Por t 19 s eria l p ort sett i ng in BIOS Utility 32 speake rs hot key 5 Standb y mod e hot key 5 stat us indi cator 14 Star tup Conf igur ation 31 Syste m Board Major Chi[...]

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