Acer 510 manual

T rave lMat e 510 No tebook Se rv i ce Gu id e P AR T No: 49. 45C01 .00 1. DO C N o: S G370 ...... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ......P RI NT IN T AIWAN Servi ce gu ide fil es an d updates are av ailab le on the AIP G/CSD web; for more inf ormat ion, ple ase r efe r to ht tp://c sd. acer.co m.tw[...]

II Cop yr ight Copyri ght © 199 9 by Ac er Incor porated. All ri ghts reserved. No part o f th is publi ca tion may be reprodu ced, t r a nsmitted, tra nscribed, stor ed in a retr ieval syst em, or t r an slated i nto any l anguag e or com put er langu age, i n any f orm or by any means , electroni c, m echani cal, magnet ic, optic al, c hemical ,[...]

III Conventions The f ollowing co nventi ons ar e used in t his manual : Screen mes sages Den ote s actu al mes sa ges t h at app ear on - scr een. Note Give s bi ts an d pi eces o f a dd it ion al i nfo rm ati on re la te d t o t he c urr e nt to pi c. Wa rn in g A ler ts yo u to an y da mag e t ha t m ig ht r e su lt fr o m doin g or not doi ng s[...]

IV Pr efac e Befor e using this info rmatio n and the product it support s , pleas e read t he f ol- lowi ng gener al inf or m ation! 1 This Service Gui de prov i des you wit h al l techni cal i nfor m ati on relati ng to the BA SIC CONFI GURA T ION de cided f or Acer's " global " pr oduc t of fering. T o be tter f it l ocal m arket [...]

I Ch apter 1 System Introdu ct ions 1 Basi c Ope rat i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Indi cator s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Speci al Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

II Removi ng t h e DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Removing the Modem Bo ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Removing the LCD Modul e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Disasse mbli ng the LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 Di[...]

III Appendix A Mod el Number and Configura tions117 Ap pendix B Test C ompat ible Com ponents L ist 119 Appen dix C On line Supp ort Info rmati on 125 Index 127 T able of Conten ts[...]

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Chapte r 1 1 This co m pute r was des igned wit h the user in mind . Here are just a f ew of its many feat ures: Perf orma nce Int el® Celeron™ proc essor wit h 128 KB lev el 2 cac he 64- b it m a in mem or y Large LCD di splay and AG P vid eo with 256- bit gra phi cs accelerat io n Int erna l CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive 1 Int ernal 3. 5-inc h[...]

2 System Int r oduct ions CD or DVD player contr ol Exp ansi o n Ca rd Bu s P C c a rd (fo r m erly P CM CIA ) s lo ts (tw o typ e II /I o r one ty pe II I), upper sort wi th ZV (Zoomed Video ) port support 2 Port replicato r optio n for one-step co nnect/ disconne ct from periphera ls Upgrade able memor y and har d di sk Display The l arge grap hi[...]

Chapte r 1 3 Opening and Closing the Display T o open the di splay , slide t he displ ay cove r la tch to the lef t and l if t up t he cover . Then tilt it to a comfortab le viewi ng posit ion. The comput er employ s a micr oswitch that tur ns off the displ ay ( and enters stand by mode) to conse r ve power when you close the di spl ay cover and tu[...]

4 System Int r oduct ions Bas ic Op er ati on Indic ators The com puter has six easy-t o-read sta tus i ndicat ors ( LEDs) under t he d ispla y scre en. The Power and Sta ndby indicator s are visi ble even when you close the disp l ay c over s o you can see the sta tus of t he co m puter whi le the c over is clos ed. # Ic on Functi on Description 1[...]

Chapte r 1 5 Keyboard The key board has ful l - siz ed ke ys an d an embedded keyp ad, separate cu r sor keys, two Windo ws keys and tw elve f uncti on ke ys. Special Key s Lock Keys The keyboa rd has three lock keys whi c h you can toggl e on and off . Lo ck K ey Description Cap s Lock W hen C ap s Lo c k i s on , all al ph ab et ic c har acte r s[...]

6 System Int r oduct ions Embed ded Nu meric Ke ypad The embe dded num er i c keypad functi ons lik e a desktop numeri c keypad. It is in di cated by small char act ers locate d on the uppe r right corn er of the keycap s. T o simp lify the key board l ege nd, cur sor-c ont rol k ey symbols are not pri nted o n the keys. No te : If an exte rna l ke[...]

Chapte r 1 7 Windows Keys The keyboa rd has two keys that per f or m Windo ws-s pecific funct ions. The Eu ro Sy mbol If you r keyboar d is in any of the fol lowin g languages -- United State s- Int ernati onal, United Kin gdom , French, German, I tal ian, Spani sh , Port uguese, Danish, Swiss German, Swiss Fr ench , Czech, Belgi an, Norwegi an, Hu[...]

8 System Int r oduct ions T o v erify t he key board typ e: 1. Cli ck on S tart , S ett ings , C ont rol Pa ne l . 2. Double -cli ck on Keyboa rd . 3. Click on the Lan guage tab. 4. V er ify that the ke yboar d type u sed f or "En Englis h (Unit ed Stat es) " is set t o Unit ed States- Inter national . 5. If not , se l ect and cl i ck on [...]

Chapte r 1 9 Fn- F3 Sta ndb y Put s the comp ute r in S tandby mo d e. Pres s an y ke y to ret ur n . Se e “S y st em St an db y Mo de ” to lea r n m or e ab ou t St an db y m od e. Fn- F4 H ibe rn ati on Pu ts the co m pu ter in H ib er na tio n mode (i f Slee p Manag er , th e hib er n at ion uti li ty , i s in st al le d, val id and en abl e[...]

10 System Int roduct ions Activating Hotkeys When act i vating hotk eys, pres s and hold the f irst key Fn before pr essing the other key in the hot key co mbina tion. Ke yb oar d Er go n omi c s Locat ed below the key board, the wide and curved palm re st is er gon omica l ly desi gned t o provi de you with a very comf or tabl e pl ace t o rest yo[...]

Chapte r 1 1 1 T ouc hpad The buil t -in touchpad is a PS/2- compat i bl e point i ng device t hat senses move ment on its surface . Thi s means the curs or r esponds as you move your fi nger on the surfac e of t he t ouchpad. The centr al l oca tion on the p al m res t provi des opti mum c omfort and su pport. No te : When you connect an ex ternal[...]

12 System Int roduct ions T o uchpad Bas ics The f ollowing ite ms t each y ou how to use t he touc hpad: 1. Move your f inger acr oss the touchpad to move the curso r. 2. Press t he lef t and ri ght buttons l ocated on the edge of the touc hpad to do sel ection and execution fun ctions. These two buttons are si m ilar to the left and ri ght butt o[...]

Chapte r 1 13 Ha rdwa re Co nfig urat ion and Spec ifi cat ion Memory Address M ap Memory Address Size Fun cti on 0000 00 00 -0 00 9F FFF 640 K B Bas e m em ory 000A 00 00 -00 0B FFF F 128 K B Vide o m emo r y 000C 0 00 0- 00 0CB F FF 40 K B Vide o B IO S 000E 0000 - 000F FFF F 1 28 KB Sys te m B IOS 0010 00 00 - to p lim i ted 0400 00 00 -0 40 00 [...]

14 System Int roduct ions DMA Channel Assign men t DMA Chann el Func tion DRQ 0 A ud io ( opt io na l) DR Q 1 ECP or Audio (opti onal ) DRQ 2 F lo pp y DRQ 3 ECP( optio nal) DRQ 4 DMA c ontr oll er DRQ 5 No t us ed DRQ 6 No t us ed DRQ 7 No t us ed I/O Addr ess Map I/O Ad dr ess F unctio n 000- 0 0F DM A c on tro ll er-1 020- 0 21 In te rrup t c o [...]

Chapte r 1 15 3B 0-3 B B, 3C 0 - 3DF Vid eo Con tro ll er 3F 0h -3F 7 St an da r d Flo pp y D is k Cont ro ll er 3E 8-3 EF COM 3 or L T W in mo d em( op tion al ) 3F0 -3F7 Flo ppy di sk c ontro ller 3F 8-3 FF CO M1 or L T W in mo d em (op ti on al ) 480- 4 8F , 4D6 DM A co ntr o ll er- 1 4D 0-4 D 1, CF8- C FF PCI c onfigu ratio n regi ster Pro cess[...]

16 System Int roduct ions BIOS Item Spe ci fic ation BIO S ve nd or Ac er BIOS V ersion V 3.0 BIOS R OM type Fla sh R OM BIO S RO M si ze 25 6KB BI OS p ack age 32 -p in TS OP Su pp orts p r ot ocol P CI 2 .1 , S MI & A PM 1. 2, DMI 2. 00 .1 , E-I D E, A C PI, USB, ESCD 1.0 3, ANSI A T A 3.0, Pn P 1 .0a, B ootable CD-ROM 1 .0, A T API BIO S pa [...]

Chapte r 1 17 128M B 32 M B 160M B 128M B 64 M B 192M B 128M B 12 8M B 25 6M B V i deo Memory Item Sp ec ific at ion Fixe d F ixed , bu il t-in N M220 0 v id eo co nt rol ler Vide o me m ory s ize 2. 3 5M B Cache Memor y Item Sp ec ific ati on Cac h e c on tro ll er AL i M1 62 1- A1K Cac h e siz e 256 K B (D ixon C P U ty pe ) Ca che si ze 12 8 KB [...]

18 System Int roduct ions 640 x480x 16M 85 60 800 x600x 256 85 60 800X 60 0X6 4K 8 5 60 800X 60 0X1 6M 8 5 60 102 4x768x2 56 85 60 102 4x768x6 4K 85 60 102 4x768x1 6M 85 60 Paral lel Port Ite m S pec ifi ca tion Pa ral lel p ort co nt r ol le r NS P C97 33 8- A 2 Nu mbe r of para llel po rts 1 Loca ti on Rea r s id e Co nn ect or typ e 25- pin D- t[...]

Chapte r 1 19 Audio Item Sp ec ific at ion Audio Co ntrol ler ESS So lo-1 E (E S 1 946) Au dio o nboa r d or op tio nal B uil t-i n Mono or Ste reo Ste reo Res o lut io n 1 6-b it Compatibi lity SB-Pro , W indo ws Sound Sys tem (WSS), M PU-401 , OPL3, OPL3-SA 3 Mixe d soun d so urce V oic e, S ynt hesize r, Line- i n, Micr ophone , CD V o ic e ch a[...]

20 System Int roduct ions Keyboard Item Sp ec ific at ion Key boar d c ontr oll er Mits ubis hi M 3886 7 V JG TQF P Keyboa rd vendor & mode l name AP I T o ta l num b er of ke yp a ds 84-/ 85 - /8 8-k ey Wi nd ows 9 5 k e ys Y es Intern al & exte rnal k eyb oard work sim ult an eo us ly Ye s Disket te Dr ive Ite m S pec ifi ca tion V endo r[...]

Chapte r 1 21 Ph ysical r ead/w ri te head s 4 6 Disks 2 3 Sp indle sp eed (R PM) 4200 4 200 Perf or ma nc e S pe ci fic a tio ns Bu ffer si ze 51 2KB 512K B Interfac e ID E(A T A -4) IDE(A T A- 4) Data tr ansfe r ra te (dis k- buf fer , Mbyt es / s) 7.7~ 12.8 6 1.5~ 102. 6 Data tr ansfe r ra te (host ~b uffer, Mbyt es /s) 1 6. 6 (P IO m o de 4) 33[...]

22 System Int roduct ions Batte ry Pack Item Sp ec ific at ion V endo r & mode l name S any o BTP- 2 231 Batte ry T y pe Li-I on Pac k ca pa city 3200 mAH Ce ll vol tag e 3.7 V Num b er o f ba tte ry ca ll 8 Pa ck ag e co nf ig ura tio n 2 P 4 S Pa ck ag e vo lta g e 1 4 . 8V DC-DC/Char ger Boar d Ite m S pec ifi ca tion V e nd or & mod el [...]

Chapte r 1 23 No te : DC-AC inver ter is use d to generat e ver y high AC voltage, to support to LCD CCF T ba ckl i ght user , and it i s al so r esponsible f or the c ontrol of LCD br ightnes s. A void to uching t he DC- AC inv er ter area wh i le the sy stem un it i s t urned o n. No te : There is an EEPROM in the inve rt er , whic h stores it&ap[...]

24 System Int roduct ions Di spla y tech no lo gy D STN TF T TF T Resolutio n SVGA (800x600 ) SVGA (80 0x600 ) XGA (1024x768 ) Su pp orts co lo rs 26 2, 14 4 c o lo rs 262, 144 c o lo rs 26 2, 14 4 c o lo rs Op tica l Sp ecific atio ns Brightne ss control Ke yb oa r d ho tk ey Ke yb oa r d ho tk ey Ke yb oa r d ho tk ey Contrast control Ke yb oa r [...]

Chapte r 1 25 Effic ienc y It sh ou ld p rov id e a n ef fic ienc y of 83 % min imum, w hen meas ured at maxim um loa d unde r 1 15V (60H z) . It sh ou ld p rov id e an ef fic ienc y of 83 % min imum, w hen meas ured at maxim um loa d unde r 1 15V (60H z) . Ou t put Rat i ngs (C V mode ) DC o utp ut v ol tag e +19. 0V~ 20 .5 V +1 9. 0V ~ 20. 5 V No[...]

26 System Int roduct ions Po we r Manage ment This co m puter has a bui l t-in power management unit tha t moni t ors sys t em acti vit y . System act ivi t y refers to any ac tivi ty involvi ng one or mo re of the fol l owing devices: keyboa rd, m ouse, fl oppy driv e, hard di sk, peri pheral s connec ted to the ser ial and parall el por ts, and v[...]

Chapte r 1 27 Sta ndb y Mo de The com pute r consum es ver y low power in Standby mode. Data rema ins int act in th e system memor y unt i l the battery is drain ed. There are four ways to en t er Stand by mode: Press i ng the Stan dby hotkey Fn-F3 All owin g the waiting t i me spec if i ed by t he Standb y T i meout value or the operat ing sys t e[...]

28 System Int roduct ions elaps e w ithout any sys tem act i vit y When a batter y low condi ti on occ ur s and the Sl eep Upon Bat t ery- lo w par a me ter in S et up is se t t o [ EN ABL ED ] Invok ed by t he opera t ing sys t em power-s aving mo des No te : If the compu t er beeps but does not ent er Hibern ation mode af t er pressi ng the Hiber[...]

Chapte r 1 29 Ad vanced P ower Manage ment This compu ter support s the APM sta ndard desi gned to fur ther red uce power consum pti on. APM is a power- manag ement approac h define d joi ntly by Micr osoft and Inte l. An incr easing number of softwa r e packages support APM t o take adva ntag e of i ts power -s aving f eat ures an d al low gr eat [...]

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Chapte r 2 31 BIOS Setu p Util ity The BI OS Setup Ut i lity is a hardware con figurat i on pr ogram b ui lt i nto y our comp ute r ’s BI OS (B asi c Input/ O uput System). Y our co m puter i s al ready properly conf i gured and op timized, and y ou do n ot need t o r un thi s uti lity . However , if y ou encount er confi gurati on prob lems , yo[...]

32 System Uti l iti es Syst em Inf ormat ion The Sy stem I nformat ion s cr een d i splays a summary of your computer har d wa re i nfo rma t io n. The f ollowing tabl e descri bes the p ar ameter s in this s creen. Settings in boldf ac e are t he de fault a nd sugge st ed p ar ameter sett ings. Par amet er Description CP U Des crib es th e t ype o[...]

Chapte r 2 33 Bas ic Syste m Conf igurat ion The Bas ic Syste m Confi gurati on screen contains pa rameter s inv ol ving b asic comp ute r setti ngs like dat e and ti m e. The f ollowing tabl e descri bes the p ar ameter s in this s creen. Settings in boldf ac e are t he de fault a nd sugge st ed p ar ameter sett ings. Manu factu rer Name Sh ows t [...]

34 System Uti l iti es Star tu p Co nfi gurat ion The St artup Conf igur at ion screen contains p arameter s that are r elated to com pute r start up. The f ollowing tabl e descri bes the p ar ameter s in this s creen. Settings in boldf ac e are t he de fault a nd sugge st ed p ar ameter sett ings. Par amet er Description Bo ot Dis pl ay Se ts th e[...]

Chapte r 2 35 Onbo ard Devi ces Co nfigu r ation The Onbo ard Devices Confi gu ration scr een cont ains paramete rs sett ings for your har dware connec tion devic es. No te : The param ete r s in this scr een are for advanc ed user s only . Y ou do not need to cha nge t he value s in this scre en becaus e thes e values are alr eady o ptimized. Pn P[...]

36 System Uti l iti es The f ollowing tabl e descri bes the p ar ameter s in this s creen. Settings in boldf ac e are t he de fault and suggeste d paramet er sett ings. Paramet er Desc ript ion Seria l Port Enab les or d isab les the s eria l port . Opt ion s : En ab led o r Dis a bled Bas e Addr es s Set s the I/ O ad dre ss of the serial port. Op[...]

Chapte r 2 37 Syst em Secur ity The Syste m Security screen cont ains par ameters that help saf eguard and prot ect your co mputer f rom un authorize d use. The f ollowing tabl e descri bes the p ar ameter s in this s creen. Settings in boldf ac e are t he de fault a nd sugge st ed p ar ameter sett ings. Parameter Descri ption Se tu p P as sw ord W[...]

38 System Uti l iti es Setting a Passw ord Fo l lo w t h es e s t ep s : 3. Us e the ↑ a nd ↓ k eys to h ig hlight a pass word parame ter ( Setup, Power-on, or Hard Disk) and pre ss the Enter key . The passwor d box appe ars: 4. T ype a password. The password may consi st of up to sev en alph anumeric c har acte rs ( A-Z, a -z, 0-9) . Cauti on:[...]

Chapte r 2 39 Parameter D e scr ipt ion Power-on Pass word Icon When s et to pr es ent, pro mpts t he use r to in put t he co rrec t pass wo rd f or the sys tem to c ontin ue . It i s sh own a fte r th e Travel Mate l og o. Hard Disk Pa ssword Icon When s et to pr es ent, pro mpts t he use r to in put t he corr ect pas sword for the ha rd di sk to [...]

40 System Uti l iti es Pow e r Ma na geme nt The Power Managem en t screen contai ns param et ers that are relat ed t o power- saving an d power m anageme nt. The f ollowing tabl e descri bes the p ar ameter s in this s creen. Settings in boldf ac e are t he de fault a nd sugge st ed p ar ameter sett ings. Parame ter Description Ad va nc ed Power M[...]

Chapte r 2 41 Load Defa ult Settin gs When you sele ct t hi s menu item, t he f ollowing dialog box displ ays : T o load f actory - defaul t setti ngs fo r all t he para m eters, select Ye s and press Enter . O th er wis e, sel ec t No and press Enter . System Resume Tim e r W he n enab le d an d t he s ys te m res u me date a nd ti me a re va li d[...]

42 System Uti l iti es AFlash Ut ility The BI OS flash memory up date is requi r ed f or t he fol lowing c onditi ons: New ver sions of s ystem p rograms New featu res or option s Use the AFl ash util i t y to updat e the sy st em BIOS fla sh ROM. No te : Do not instal l memory-r el at ed dri ver s (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use AFlash . The AFl ash[...]

Chapte r 2 43 Quick W ay to Execut e AFlash When you have al read y c opied the AFl ash fi les i nto y our hard disk, y ou can simpl y type t he fol lowing o n the DOS prompt (su bdi rectory whe re t he files a re loca t ed) to qui ck ly ex ecute the progr am. afla s h ( fil e na me ) Enter The pr ogram autom ati call y perf orms the l oadi ng and [...]

44 System Uti l iti es Syst em Ut ilit y Disk ett e This utility d isket te i s for the Acer T ravel Mate 510 notebook machine. I t provi des the f ollowi ng funct ions: 1. P ane l ID U ti lit y 2. Thermal and Fan Uti l i ty 3. Modem Dial Out T o use thi s di skette, fir st boot fr om thi s disket te, t hen a “Micro soft W indo ws 98 Star t up Me[...]

Chapte r 2 45 Set Therm al S en sor Th resho ld The s ystem is equippe d wit h sensor s to pr otect ag ai nst sy stem ov erheati ng. By se tting System and processo r th ermal threshold s, t he system can t urn on the cooling f an or shut down a utomati call y wh en tempe ratures r each the defi ned thres hold parameter s.[...]

46 System Uti l iti es Syst em Di ag nost ic D isk et te This d i agnost ic di skette is for th e Acer Tr avelMate 510 no tebook mach ine . It provi des the f ollowi ng funct ions: 1. PQA System Diagn ostic s 2. Audio Reso urce and Speaker O ut T est 3. Audio CD Play Contr ol l er 4. Inf rar ed ray test 5. USB Regist er and Conn ect/Disco nnect T e[...]

Chapte r 2 47 Ru nning P QA Diagn o stics Pr ogram . Press → ← to move around the main menu. Press Enter t o enable the sele ct ed opti on. The m ain opti ons are Diag, Resul t , SysI nf o, Option and Exit. The Diag opt ion let s you sel ec t te sti ng items and times. The fol lowing screen appear s when you select Diag fro m the main menu. One[...]

48 System Uti l iti es The s creen b elow ap pears if you select Mul ti T est. Speci f y the desi red numb er of tests and pr ess Enter . Afte r you speci f y the number of tes t s to perf or m , the screen shows a list of test item s (se e belo w): Move the hi ghlig ht bar fro m one ite m to anot her. Pr ess a space t o mark or unma rk the item . [...]

Chapte r 2 49 T est T i mes: Indi cat es the num ber of tests to perf or m No te : The F1 and F2 keys func t ion onl y aft er you fi ni sh configuring the T est opti on. Diagnos t ic Progr am Err or Code and M essa ges Error Code Mess age FRU/Ac tio n in Se qu ence 01X XX CPU or ma in bo ard erro r Re load BI O S de faul t se t tin g. CPU Sys tem b[...]

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Chapte r 3 51 This cha pt er cont ains st ep-by- st ep proc edures on how to disass em bl e the noteb ook comput er f or m aint enance a nd troubl eshooting. T o di sassemble the c omputer , y ou need the f oll owing t ools: W rist ground i ng s trap and cond uctiv e mat f or prev ent ing elect rost atic disc harge Flat -blad ed screwdrive r Ph ill[...]

52 Removal and Repl acement Gene ral In fo r mati on Before Y ou Begin Befor e proceedi ng with the d i sassembl y procedu r e, mak e sure t hat y ou do the fo llowi ng: 1. T urn off th e power t o the system and al l peri pher als. 2. Unplug the AC adapt er and all power and si gnal cabl es from the system . 3. Remove t he bat t ery pack. Co nnect[...]

Chapte r 3 53 Disa ss em b ly Pr o ced ure F low ch ar t The fl owcha rt on the suc ceeding page gi ves you a gr aphic repr esen tation on the ent ire di sass embly sequenc e and ins truct s you on the componen ts that need to be remov ed duri ng servi cing. For ex ample, i f you want to remove t he syst em board, you m ust first remov e the key bo[...]

54 Removal and Repl acement . H eats ink U pper c as e Touc hpad B oard C abl e fr o m M /B B a tter y a n d Audi o Baord CD- ROM & FDD Mo dul e DC- DC C harger Mo de m Bra cket Mo de m C onnec t or M ainboard Low er case L/ R C hannel Sp eaker Sp eaker net Touc hpad & C D -RO M Cont r ol Bo ar d Modu l e Touc hpad Sp eaker CD- ROM C ontr o[...]

Chapte r 3 55 Rem oving the Batt ery P ack 1. Press t he bat t ery cove r releas e butt on, the n slide th e batt ery out f rom the m ai n u n it .I 2. T o remove t he batter y cove r , gentl y bend the batte r y cover a lit t le bi t outwa rd, then slide the ba ttery c over d ownward to remove it . Removing the DIMM 1. Remove the two screws shown [...]

56 Removal and Repl acement 2. Use two fl at - blad ed screwdri ver to push t he l at ches outward on both side s of th e DIMM socket to re move the DIMM modul e fr om the DIMM sock et Rem ovi ng th e Modem Boa rd 1. Remove the scr ew as shown below th en remov e the modem cover from the lo wer c ase. .[...]

Chapte r 3 57 2. Use two fl at - blad ed screwdri ver to push the latc hes out war d on both side s of th e modem board soc ket to remov e the modem boar d. 3. Disco nnect the modem power cable fr om the modem boar d. Rem ovi ng th e Keyboard 1. Sli de out t he hin ge covers on both si des of t he notebook .[...]

58 Removal and Repl acement 2. Use a flat- bl aded scr ewdriver to remove t he LCD FPC cable cover . 3. Sli de the mi ddle cover to the left si de th en remove the middle cover from the upp er case. No te : T o replace th e middl e cover , be sure that the la tches are lined up with th e upper case. 4. T urn t he keyboard over t o expose t he keyb [...]

Chapte r 3 59 5. T o remove t he keybo ard, releas e the keyboar d connector at CN21 as shown bel ow . Removing the LCD Module 1. Disc onnect t he inter nal mic rophone cab le f rom the sys tem boa rd at CN10. 2. Disco nnect the LED cabl e f r om the syst em board at CN1 1.[...]

60 Removal and Repl acement 3. Remove the two screws as shown below then disconnec t th e LCD FPC cabl e from t he L VDS bo ard at CN1 2. 4. Disco nnect the L VDS board from the sys t em board usi ng t wo flat -b l aded scre w d r iv er. 5. Remove t he two screws at the ba se of t he unit, then careful ly de t ach t he LCD module f r om the main un[...]

Chapte r 3 61 Disa ss emb lin g t h e LC D 1. Remove the two rubber cushi on s and three m yl ar stic ker s on the displ ay bezel. l 2. Remove t he fi ve sc rews fro m the LCD bezel as shown below . 3. Caref ull y sna p out the LCD bezel . . 4. Remove the two screws of the LED board, then lift t he LED boar d away fr om t he LCD p anel..[...]

62 Removal and Repl acement 5. Disco nnect t he LED cable f rom the LED board. 6. Caref ull y r emove the intern al micro phone ca ble from the LCD panel. 7. Remove the si x screws as shown bel ow to separat e the LCD and the LCD inv er ter bo ard from the disp lay panel . 8. T o remove t he LCD invert er board, disconnec t the LCD power cabl e and[...]

Chapte r 3 63 9. Caref ull y t ear off the adhesi v e tape and re move the LCD FPC cable fr om the LCD. 10. This co m pletes the di sassem bly of the LCD module.[...]

64 Removal and Repl acement Disa ss emb lin g t h e M ain U nit Remov ing the Heat S ink and CPU EMI Shield 1. Remove t he 5 screws from t he hea t sink. 2. Slide t he hea t si nk to t he left side an d take out the he at si nk from t he syst em boar d usin g b oth han ds. 3. Remove the CPU EMI Shield f rom the system board.[...]

Chapte r 3 65 Removing the Hard Disk Driv e 1. Remove the har d disk modul e from the syst em boar d at CN19. . Removing the Upper Case 1. Disco nnect the t ouch pad cabl e from the syst em boar d. 2. Remove the 1 1 screws as shown below ..[...]

66 Removal and Repl acement 4. Disc onnec t the LCD cover switch fr om the sy stem board at CN9, then remove t he upper case. Rem ovi ng th e T o uchpad 1. Disco nnect the touchpad cabl e f rom the t ouchp ad. . 2. Remove the 6 scr ews of the tou chpad brack et . 3. Lif t th e touc hpad bracket tog ether wi th th e touchpad cab le and CD-ROM cont r[...]

Chapte r 3 67 4. T o rem ove t he CD-ROM co ntrol board from th e touchpad bracke t, fi r st dis connect the tou chpad FPC cable, th en remov e the 3 scr ews to rel ease it. 5. Final l y , remove the touchpad boar d f rom the uppe r case. 6. This compl et es the dis assembly proced ur e for t he upper case.[...]

68 Removal and Repl acement Removing the RTC Ba ttery 1. Use a flat bla ded screw driver to re move the RT C batt er y f rom it s socket. No te : Y ou can also re move RTC bat tery when the keyb oard and CPU heat s i nk a re re m oved. No te : T o re-inst al l the RTC bat t ery , press the R TC batter y into the socket . Disa ssembling the Lower Ca[...]

Chapte r 3 69 Rem oving the CD-ROM / Diskette D rive Module 1. Slide out the CD-ROM drive from th e CD-ROM and diskett e dr i ve module . 2. Disco nnect the CD- ROM cable at CN18 and disk ette dri ve cable at CN17 fr om the system boar d.[...]

70 Removal and Repl acement 3. Remove the two screws fro m the CD-R O M and disk et te dr ive module. 4. Gentl y , pull out th e CD-ROM and disk ette drive m odul e from the lower cas e . 5. Peel th e tape of f. 6. Releas e the CD-ROM cable from th e CD-ROM and disk et te dr iv e module. 7. Disco nnect the floppy drive cabl e fro m the fl oppy dri [...]

Chapte r 3 71 8. Remove t he th r ee sc rews f r om th e floppy dri ve. 9. Sli de out t he fl oppy dri ve from the CD/ROM and di skette drive m odul e. 10. This co m pletes the di sassem bly pr oce dure of the CD- ROM and diske tte dri ve module. Rem oving the Speak ers 1. Disco nnect the l ef t and right chann el speaker cabl es at CN1 and CN2 fro[...]

72 Removal and Repl acement 2. Remove the fo ur screws f rom the lef t and r ight channe l speaker s. 3. Remove the l eft and r ight channe l speaker s from the lo wer case. Removing the DC-DC/ Charger Board 1. Remove the two screws fro m the audi o and battery conn ect i on board. 2. Remove the audi o boar d on the system boar d at CN24.[...]

Chapte r 3 73 3. Remove the cha r ger boar d from the syst em board at CN23 4. T o recon nect the cha r ger boar d, make sure th at the char ger boa r d mat che s w ith the t wo pill ars on the syst em boar d.[...]

74 Removal and Repl acement Rem ov ing the Fa n 1. Disco nnect the fan cable at CN16 from the system board. 2. Remove t he two screws f r om t he fan. 3. Lift the f an from t he l ower c ase. Rem o ving th e FIR modul e 1. Disco nnect the FIR cabl e at CN15 from the sys tem board.[...]

Chapte r 3 75 2. Remove t he scr ew from t he FIR modu le. 3. Lif t th e FIR modul e from the lowe r case. 4. Disco nnect FI R cable from the FIR module . Rem oving the Syste m Board 1. Remove the two screws fro m the system boar d. 2. Remove the modem conne ctor bracket from the sys t em board.[...]

76 Removal and Repl acement 3. Remove the sys t em board fr om the lower ca se. 4. Remove the modem conne ctor from the lower case. Rem oving the PCMC IA Car d 1. Remove the fo ur screws of the PCMCIA card sl ot . 2. Lif t th e PCMCI A card f rom the syst em board . 3. This compl et es the disasse mbly proced ure of the l ower case.[...]

Chapte r 3 77 For CD-ROM/di sk ett e dr i ve modu le, the r e are two ty pes of cabling: Im portant : Bef ore Ace r encountered probl ems, the cabling for the diskette drive was original ly pl aced b etween t he bracket of rou ghly 1000 pie ces. I n ord er to a void damaging t hese cab les, A cer t hen redesigned t he cabling t o go around the brac[...]

78 Removal and Repl acement[...]

Chapte r 4 79 Use the fo llowi ng pro cedure as a guid e for comput er probl ems. No te : The diagnos t ic te sts are inten ded to test only Acer pro duct s. Non- Acer produ cts, pro totype cards , or modified opt ions can gi ve false error s and inval id syst em respon ses. 1. Obtain the failing symptoms i n as much de tail a s possi ble. 2. V eri[...]

80 T roubleshoo ting Syst em Ch ec k Pro cedu re s Disk ette D rive C heck Do the fol l owi ng to isol at e the pro blem to a contr olle r , driver , or disk ette. A writ e- enabled, di agnos tic disket te is required. No te : Make sur e that the diskett e does not have mor e than one label attac hed to it. Mult iple l abel s can cause damage t o t[...]

Chapte r 4 81 Keybo ard or Auxiliar y Input Devic e Ch eck Remov e the ext ernal keyboard i f the intern al keyboar d i s to be tested. If t he int er nal keyboa rd does not work or an unexp ect ed character app ears, make sure that the flexi bl e cable extendi ng f rom the keyboa rd is correct ly seate d in the connec tor on the sy ste m board. If[...]

82 T roubleshoo ting If you suspec t a power problem, see the appropr ia t e power suppl y che ck in the fo llowi ng li st : “Check the Power Adapter .” “Check the Batter y Pack.” Check the Power Adapt er Unplug the power adapt er cable f rom the computer and m easur e t he outpu t volt age at the plug of the power adapt er cable. See the f[...]

Chapte r 4 83 3. I f t he vol t age i s st i ll l ess th an 8.0 Vdc a fter re char ging, r eplace t he bat t ery . T o check t he bat ter y charge oper ation, use a discha rged battery pack or a batt ery pack th at has less than 50% of the tot al power remaini ng when inst all ed in the comput er. If the b attery st atus indi cator d oes not light [...]

84 T roubleshoo ting Er ror Symp tom-to- FRU Ind ex The sym pto m -to-FRU i ndex l i sts t he sym pt oms and errors and the ir possi bl e causes . The most likely caus e is lis ted f irst . No te : Perform th e FRU repla cement or act ions in the sequence sho w n in FRU/Ac ti on c olumn, if the FRU r eplac em ent does not sol v e the proble m, p ut[...]

Chapte r 4 85 Sy st em b att er y i s de ad - Re pl ac e and r un Se tup R epl ace RT C b atter y a nd R un BI OS Se tup U tilit y to re co nf igure s yste m tim e, th en re bo ot sys tem. Sy st em CM O S c he cks u m bad - De fau lt co nf ig ura tio n used RT C b a t t e ry Run BI O S Se tu p U til ity to re co n fig ure sys te m tim e, th en r eb[...]

86 T roubleshoo ting Dev ice A ddr e ss C o nf lict Run “L oa d Def au lt Set t in gs” in B IOS S etu p Util ity. RT C b a t t e ry Sys tem bo ard Allocat ion E rror fo r: d evice Ru n “Load Def ault Settings ” in B IOS S etu p Util ity . RT C b a t t e ry Sys tem bo ard Faili ng Bi ts: n nn n DIM M BIOS ROM Sys tem bo ard Fixe d D is k n N[...]

Chapte r 4 87 No be ep , p owe r-o n indi ca to r tu r ns o n an d L CD is bl ank. Pow e r sour ce (bat ter y pack and pow er adapte r). Power System Check. Re con ne ct th e LCD co nnec tors DC-DC/charger board CPU board. Ha rd di sk dr ive LCD in ve rt er ID LCD FP C ca bl e Inve rter LCD Sys tem bo ard No be ep , p owe r-o n indi ca to r tu r ns[...]

88 T roubleshoo ting Unreadable LCD s creen Miss ing p el s in charac ters Abnorma l screen Wron g co lo r dis pla y ed Re con ne ct th e LCD co nnec tors. LCD in ve rt er ID LCD FPC Cable LCD in ve rte r LCD Sys tem bo ard LCD ha s ex tr a horiz o nta l or v ert ic al l ine s di spla yed. LCD in ve rt er ID LCD in ve rte r LCD FPC Cable LCD Sys te[...]

Chapte r 4 89 The syste m do es n’t p ower- off. Pow e r s ou rce (b atter y pa ck and powe r adapt er ) . Power System Check Ho ld and pres s the p owe r sw itch for more t han 4 seco nds. Ch arge r boa rd Sys tem bo ard Batte ry ca n’t b e charg ed. Power System Chec k Batte ry pack DC-DC/charger board Sys tem bo ard PCMCIA -Relat ed Symptom [...]

90 T roubleshoo ting Power M anagem ent-Rel ated Sy m ptoms Symp tom / Error Ac ti on in Seq ue nc e The s y st em w i ll not e nt er hib ern atio n. Ke yboa rd (if cont rol is f rom th e keybo ard) Ha rd di sk dr ive Sys tem bo ard Che c k with Sl ee p Ma na ge r . The syste m do es n't e nt er hib ern at ion mo de and fo ur s ho r t be eps e[...]

Chapte r 4 91 Perip heral-Rela t ed Symptoms Symp tom / Error Ac ti on in Seq ue nc e Sys tem co nf igura tion do es not m a tc h t he in st al le d dev i ces. Ent er BI OS S etup U tilit y to ex ec ute “ L oad D e faul t Se tti ng s”, th en re bo ot sys tem . Re conne ct ha rd di sk/ CD-RO M/di skett e drive s. Ext ernal di sp lay do es not wo[...]

92 T roubleshoo ting No te : If you cann ot find a symptom or an er ror in th is list and the pro blem r emain s. Inter mitte nt Pr oblem s Int er mitt ent s ystem h ang pro blems c an be caused b y a vari ety o f re asons that have nothi ng t o do with a hardw are defect, such as: cosmi c radiat i on, elec t rostati c disch ar ge, or so f tware er[...]

Chapte r 4 93 Prin ter , m ouse, and other e xternal devi ces Ba tte r y p ac k Hard di sk drive DIMM CD-ROM Diske t te dri ve PC Cards 4. Power- on the co m puter . 5. Deter mine i f the prob lem has cha nged. 6. If the prob l em does not rec ur , rec onnect the remove d devices one at a ti me un til yo u find t he f ailing FRU. 7. I f the pr oble[...]

94 T roubleshoo ting[...]

Chapte r 5 95 To p V i e w CN2 CRT Connector CN18 VCD/DVD Connector CN3 PS/2 Port CN19 HDD C onnect or CN4 Para llel Po rt CN20 T ou chPad C onne ctor CN5 Seri al Port CN21 Inte rnal Key board Co nnecto r CN6 USB P ort U1 7 PCMCIA Conne ctor CN7 Port Replicator CNE1 T V S-p ort Connec tor (R eser ved) CN9 LCD C over Switch Co nn. CNE2 FIR Co nnecto[...]

96 Jumper an d Connecto r Informat ion CN17 FDD Connector SW3 Setti ngs SW3 S etti ng Swit ch 3 :1 OF F , OFF ,OFF: U S keyb oa rd OFF ,OFF ,ON: Eur opean ke yboa rd OF F , ON ,OFF : Jap an ese key board ON, O FF ,OFF : US Int ern at ion a l key b oard Swit ch 4 ON: B ypa s s p a ssw ord OFF: Ch ec k passwo rd SW4 Setti ngs SW2 S etti ng Sw i tc h [...]

Chapte r 5 97 Bottom View CN22 Modem So cket CN23 Cha rger Co nne ct or CN2 4 Aud io / Ba tt ery Co nn ec tor DM1 DIMM S ocket 1 DM2 DIMM S ocket 2[...]

98 Jumper an d Connecto r Informat ion[...]

Chapte r 6 99 This c hapter gi ves you t he FRU (Fiel d Replaceab le Unit ) lis ting and exploded view di agr am in global configu r ati ons of Travel Mate 510. Refer to this chapt er whenever orderin g for part s to r epair or for RMA (Ret ur n Merchan dise Autho rization). Pleas e note WHEN O RDERI N G FRU P ARTS, that s hould check the most up- [...]

100 FRU (Field Repla ceable Uni t) List NS FDD FDD W/500 BZL MIT S/ D353F3X 56 .010 51.3 71 NS FDD Cable C.A FPC F DD AN500 50.4 5B0 7.00 2 NS CD-ROM Cable C.A FP C CD-ROM AN500 50 .45C 0 2.00 1 NS CD-ROM/ FDD Bracket ASS Y BRK T CD-FDD BRKT AN5 00 60 .45C 0 2.00 1 FRU List (P/N: 91. 45CXX. XXX) Pictu re No. Part name Descripti on Pa rt No.[...]

Chapte r 6 101 DIMM NS DI MM 32MB SDRAM NE C SO -DIMM 2534 09- 10 32MB (NE C) V. B 72 .253 49.A 0N NS DI MM 32MB SDRAM Mits ub is hi SDI MM 32M M5M4V 64S04 BTP-8L 72 .546 44.B 0N NS DI MM 32MB SDRAM Samsu ng DI MM K MM 466 S 42 4CT - F0 3 2M 72 .464 24.B 0E NS DI MM 64MB SDRAM Mits ub is hi SDI MM 64M M5M4V 64S40 BTP-8L 72 .546 44.C0 N NS DI MM 64M[...]

102 FRU (Field Repla ceable Uni t) List HDD NS HDD Module 4GB IB M IBM/ DK LA24 320 HDD MODULE TM5 00 6M.4 5B05. 031 NS HDD Module 6GB IB M ASSY HDD MODULE 6G B IBM 6M.4 5C02. 00 1 24 HDD 4GB IBM 4. 3G I B M/ DK LA24 320 56.0 2834 .102 NS HDD 6GB IBM HDD 2.5 6480 GB IB M/ DADA26480 56 .02A 04.0 02 22 HDD conn ecto r 500 HDD TRAN SPORT BOARD 2L 55 .[...]

Chapte r 6 103 LCD NS LCD M od ule 12.1 " DST N (IBM) ASSY L CD MO DU LE 12.1 “ 6M. 4 5C03 .00 1 NS LC D 12 .1 " DSTN LC D 12 .1 DSTN LM1 21SS 1 T5 3 BLACK 56.0 743B .00 1 NS Inve rter INVERTER T62. 12 1.C .00 510 19 .210 30.4 61 NS Mi cropho ne asse mble ASSY MI CR OP HO NE MODULE 6M.4 5B10 .001 NS LED c able W. A 10P/10P 120M M LED AN[...]

104 FRU (Field Repla ceable Uni t) List NS LCD pa ne l DSTN ASS Y L CD PN L IB M 12. 1" DSTN 700 60 .47A 08.0 31 NS LCD be zel ASSY L CD BZL 1 2.1" AN500 60 .45B 15.0 1 1 NS Hinge Pac k HINGE P ACK (IB M) 6K. 45C01. 01 1 NS LCD M od ule 12.1 ” TF T (HIT) ASSY L CD MODULE 12.1 " 6M.4 5C03. 01 1 NS 12.1" LCD TF T LC D 12 .1 TF T[...]

Chapte r 6 105 NS LED c able W. A 10P/10P 120M M LED AN500 50.4 5B1 1.0 01 NS LED boa rd EXT ENSA 700 L ED BOARD 55 .47A 03.0 01 NS LC D FPC TF T C.A C OAX SANYO 12.1 T F T 5 00 / 510 50 .45B 13.0 01 NS LCD pa ne l DSTN ASS Y L CD PNL (HI T12.1 " DSTN)70 0 60 .47A 08.0 31 NS LCD be zel ASSY L CD BZL 1 2.1" AN500 60 .45B 15.0 1 1 NS Hinge [...]

106 FRU (Field Repla ceable Uni t) List NS LCD M od ule 13.3 " ASS Y L CD MODULE (13.3) 6M.4 5C03. 02 1 NS L C D TF T L CD TX34D62VC1 CAC 13 .3 TF T XGA 56.0 747A .00 1 NS Inve rter INVERTER T62. 12 2.C .00 510 19 .210 30.4 71 NS Mic rop ho ne & Ru bb er ASS Y MICROPHONE MODULE 6M.4 5B10. 001 NS LED cable (1 3.3") W .A 10P/10 P 120 MM[...]

Chapte r 6 107 NS LCD FPC TF T ASSY L CD FP C 13 .3 TF T 700 60 .47A 07.0 93 NS LCD pa ne l TF T ASS Y LCD PNL (HIT 13 .3"T F T) 700 60 .47A 08.0 04 NS LCD be zel ASSY L CD BEZEL (13.3") 700 60 .47A 09.0 02 NS Hinge Pac k HINGE P ACK (HIT) 6K.45 C01.0 1 1 NS L VDS board (1 3.3") on ly EXT ENSA 700 L VD S BOARD 55 .47A 05.0 01 Main bo[...]

108 FRU (Field Repla ceable Uni t) List 21 Main board 510 C el er o n 300 TM51 0 MAIN BOARD CELERON- 300 55 .45C 0 1.00 1 Main board 510 C el er o n 333 TM51 0 MAIN BOARD CELERON- 333 55 .45C 0 1.01 1 Main board 510 D ix on 300 TM51 0 MAIN BOARD DIXON-300 55 .45C 0 1.02 1 Main board 510 D ix on 333 TM51 0 MAIN BOARD DIXON-333 55 .45C 0 1.03 1 Main [...]

Chapte r 6 109 30 H ea t s i nk Upper ASSY UP HSIN K AN510 60.4 5C0 1.00 1 NS Hinge Cover Pack HINGE COVER P A CK 6M.4 5B08 .001 13 M id dle c ove r (L ong) CVR MIDDLE (1) PC 0 50 AN500 42 .45B 01.0 01 14 M id dle c ove r (Short ) CVR MIDDLE(2) 42.4 5B0 2.00 2 NS Mo dem conn ecto r bra c ke t BRKT RJ -45 SUS AN510 33 .45C 02. 001 NS Mo dem conn ect[...]

1 10 FRU (Field Repla ceabl e Uni t ) List 31 Lower c ase ASSY L CA SE AN510 60.4 5C0 3.00 1 25 T ouchpad TOUCHP AD SYNAPTICS/ TM4 -22 0 56.1 748A .00 1 NS T ouc hpad / CD-ROM cont rol bo ard modu le TOUCHP AD/ CD-ROM CONTROL BDTM500 6M.4 5B15. 001 NS T ouc hpad FPC C.A FPC TOUCH P AD AN500 50 .45B 05.0 02 NS CD-ROM cont rol bo ard 500 CD-ROM CONTR[...]

C h a p t e r 6 111 NS IR ca bl e W.A 6/6 P IR 35MM A N51 0 50.4 3C03. 001 27 Uppe r case modu le ASS Y UP CASE AN5 10 60.4 5C0 4. 001 52 Fa n B rac k et BR KT FAN SECC AN510 33.4 5C0 6.00 1 32 CPU EMI Bracke t ASS Y CPU BRKT EM I HAMMER3 33 .45C 0 8.00 1 Powe r NS Ad apter AD T 90 -2 70 V ADP-60 JB V .A 720 25 .100 64.0 31 NS Adapter ADT 60W P A -[...]

1 12 FRU (Field Repla ceabl e Uni t ) List NS Power core U.S. CORD SPT- 2#18*2C 7A 12 5V1 8 30 MM 27 .016 18.0 01 PCB 1 DC-DC char ger DC- CHARGER T62. 12 0.C .00 V. 2 A 19 .210 30.6 71 20 Mode m board AMBIT MODEM 5 6K AMBIT / J07 .01 7. C .0 0 54 .090 1 1.21 1 23 B TY /A u di o boar d 510 A UD I O BOARD 55.4 5C02. 001 50 IR bo ard 510 I R BOARD 55[...]

Chapte r 6 1 13 NS Spea ker pack ASSY SPEAKER PA C K T M 5 0 0 6M.4 5B13 .001 41 Screw SCRW WCH FL T M2* L4 B- ZN 86 .9A 322. 4R0 38 Screw SCRW MACH P AN M2* 14L NI 86. 1A 522 .1 40 39 Screw SCRW MACH P AN M2 .5*6L NI 86 .1A 523. 6R0 49 Screw SCRE W MA TH WA F E R M2*3L NI 86 .9A 522. 3R0 NS Screw SCRW W AFER NYLO M2.5 *6 L B - ZN 86 .9A 353. 6R0 N[...]

1 14 FRU (Field Repla ceabl e Uni t ) List NS Lcd scre w caps (upp er ) CSN RUBBER LC D S NI 35 0 47.4 9A0 2.01 1 NS Base grip FOOT PU BLACK 3 50P 47.4 5001 .001 NS LCD scre w caps (low er) MYLAR FOR HINGE PC 390 40 .43A 01.0 81 NS CD-ROM play er bu tto n KNOB CD POWER PC 050 A N500 42 .45B 05.0 02 NS LCD latch L A T CH LCD 700 42.4 7A0 1.00 2 NS L[...]

Chapte r 6 1 15 Expl od ed D iagr am[...]

1 16 FRU (Field Repla ceabl e Uni t ) List[...]

Appendi x A 1 17 Model Numb er Defi niti ons Mode l Nu mb er LCD CPU Memory HDD CD Battery 510D X 12 . 1” DS T N H P A Mo bi le P entiu m II P roc es sor -C ele r on- 300 MH z 32M B 4.3G B 2 4x Li - Ion 510T 1 2 .1” TF T Mo bi le P entiu m II P roc es sor -C ele r on- 300 MH z 32M B 4.3G B 2 4x Li - Ion 510T E 13 .3” TF T Mo bi le P entiu m I[...]

1 18 Mod el Number and Configur ations 510T EV 13 .3” TF T Mo bi le P entiu m II P roc es sor -C ele r on- 333 MH z 64MB 4.3 GB 2X DVD Li- Ion Model Numb er Defi niti ons Mode l Nu mb er LCD CPU Memory HDD CD Battery[...]

Appendi x B 1 19 This compu ter ’s compat ibi l it y is t est ed and verified by Acer’ s int ernal testi ng depart ment . Al l of its s ystem funct ions a re tested under W indows 95 (O SR2), Windows 98 and W indows NT 4.0 env ironment s. In additi on t o these t ests, the Y ear 2000 sup port capabili t y has been ver ifi ed too . Refer to the [...]

120 T est Compatible Co m ponent s List T est Compat ibl e NETWORK Et hernet LAN Adapter T est Compati ble NETWORK CardBus Ca rd T est Compatibl e NETWORK Ethernet+Modem CO MB O Card LA N Wi n 98 W in 95 (OS R2) Wi n N T OEM Et her ne t/10b as eT /1 00 ba se T 3Com EtherL ink III P ASS P ASS P AS S 3Co m 10/10 0 16 b its F as t EtherL ink PA S S PA[...]

Appendi x B 121 T est Compati ble NETWORK O THER Card T est Compatibl e MODEM Card 3C om 10/ 1 00 Fas t Et her Link Lan + 5 6K PA S S PA S S PA S S Dl in k Wi nconnec t 33. 6 La n/Fax mo de m C o mb o PA S S PA S S PAS S Mega her tz PC C ard 33. 6 E thene t- M od em wi th XJ ACK PA S S PA S S PA S S Xircom CreditC ard Eth ern et +M od em 33. 6 PA S[...]

122 T est Compatible Co m ponent s List T est Compati ble HDD T est Compat ible Ke yboard T e s t C o mp a tib le M o use Mode m Card (u p to 56 K) Wi n 98 Win 95 (OSR2) W in NT Pretec Modem 56K P ASS P ASS PASS TDK K56 Kflex Da ta/ Fa x Modem P ASS P ASS P ASS USR Mega hertz 5 6K modem P ASS P ASS P ASS IBM 56K Do ub le Ja c k Mo de m P ASS P ASS [...]

Appendi x B 123 T e s t C o mp a tib le P rin t er s T e s t C o m p a tib le Mo ni to r T est Compat ible Pr oject or T est Compat ible Ad apter V e nd er A da pte r N a m e Wi n 98 W i n 95 (OSR2) W in NT IO-Pa rallel (Printer IBM Ne twork Printer 1 7 P ASS PASS P ASS HP DeskJet 890C P ASS P ASS P ASS HP Lase rJet 5 MP P ASS P ASS P ASS HP Lase r[...]

124 T est Compatible Co m ponent s List[...]

Appendi x C 125 This app endix descri bes onl ine tec hnical support service s avai l abl e to help you r epair y our Ace r syst ems. If you are a distr ibutor , deale r, ASP or TP M , ple ase refer y our t echnica l queri es to y our local Acer branch o ffice . Acer Branch Of fices, Regi onal Off ices and Regiona l Groups ma y acces s our websit e[...]

126 Online Supp or t Inf or m ation[...]

Index 127 A Advance d Power M anagemen t 29 AF la sh U til it y 42 APM. See Advanced Powe r Man- agem ent ASP 125 Audio 19 B Basic Operatio n 4 Indi cator s 4 Basic System Confi gura t ion 33 Batt ery Pac k 22 batt er y p ack charg i ng i ndicat or 4 BIOS 16 BIOS Se t up Utili t y 31 BIOS U til ity 31 – 41 Basic System Set tings men u 33 enter in[...]

128 In dex sett ing boot device in BIOS Ut il - ity 34 DMA Channel Assi gnmen t 14 Dural Display 2 E ECP 36 emov in g the LCD Module 59 Erro r M essag es List 84 Erro r Sympto m-to-FRU Index 84 Ether net+Modem COMBO Card 120 Expansi o n 2 F FRU 99 H Hard Disk Drive 20 Hardwar e Configu rati on and Specif i- cat io n 13 Hiber natio n Mod e 27 Hiber [...]

Index 129 O Onli ne Support Informat i on 12 5 P Paral lel Port 18 par a lle l p o rt set tin g in BIO S U ti lit y 36 passwor d changi ng in BI OS Uti l ity 38 rem o v in g in BIO S Util ity 38 set tin g in BIO S U ti lit y 38 , 39 PCMCIA 19 Perf or mance 1 power ma nag i ng in BI O S U t ility 40 Power Adapt er 24 , 82 Power Managem en t 2 , 26 p[...]

130 In dex Test Compat ible PCMCIA Ethernet LAN Adapter 120 Test Compatible PCMCIA MODEM Card 121 Test Compat i b le PCMCIA SCSI Card 119 Te st Co mpat ible Prin ters 123 tim e set tin g i n B IO S Uti lit y 33 Touchpa d 11 touch pad hot key 9 usin g ??– 12 Touchpa d Basics 12 Touchpa d Check 83 TPM 125 U Undeter mined Prob l ems 92 util ity BIOS[...]