Acer 630 manual

T r avel Ma t e 630 Service Gu ide P ART N O .: 91 .43U01.001 PR INT ED IN T AIWAN Servic e gui de fi les a nd updat es ar e a vaila ble on the CSD web; for more infor mation, pleas e ref er to http ://c s d.a cer.com .tw[...]

II Revision Hist ory Please r efer to t he table b elow for the update s made o n T ravel mate 630 servi ce guide. Date Chapter Updates 02/23/2002 Chapter 1 Modify battery specifications. 02/25/2002 Chapter 5 Add PCB number 03/14/2002 Chapter 1 Correct T ypo- SmartCard slot 03/19/2002 Chapter 1 Add Note for RF receiver socket 03/22/2002 Chapter 1 D[...]

III Copyright Copyri ght © 2002 by Acer Incorpo rated. All righ ts reser ved. No part of thi s publi cation may be r eproduced , tra nsmitt ed, t ran scrib ed, st ored i n a ret rieva l system, or t r anslat 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 hemi c[...]

IV Conventions The f ol lowing convent i ons ar e u sed i n thi s manual: Scre en m e ssag es Denotes a ctual mes sages t hat appear on sc ree n. NOTE Gives bi ts and pie ces of addit ional inf ormati on relat ed to the cur rent topi c. W ARNING Al erts yo u to any dam age that mi ght resul t fro m doing or not doing spec ifi c acti ons. CAUTION Gi[...]

V Pr ef ac e Befor e using thi s info rmatio n an d the pr oduct it support s, pleas e read t he foll owing gener al inf ormati on. 1. This Ser vice Guide prov ides you with al l technical infor mation rel ating to the BASIC CONFIGURA TION deci ded for Acer 's "global " produ ct of ferin g. T o bet t er fit loca l market require ment[...]

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VII T able of Conte nts Chapt er 1 Syst em Specificati on s 1 Fe ature s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sy stem Bl ock Di ag ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Boar d Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

VIII T abl e o f C ontent s Removi ng t he Batt ery Pa ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Removing the External DIMM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Re m ov ing th e E xte r n a l Mod em Co m bo Ca rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 [...]

IX T able of Conte nts Ap pen dix A M odel Defi nition and Con fig ur atio n 107 Appen dix B Test Compat ible Componen ts 109 Microsoft Windows X P Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Microsoft Windows 2000 E nvironment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Appen dix C Online Suppo[...]

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Chapte r 1 1 Fe atur es This co mputer was desi gned with the user in min d. Here are just a few of it s many featu res: Perf orma nce ! Inte l ® Mobi le Pentium ® IV Northwood pro cess or-M with 512 KB L2 cache and Intel ® SpeedSt ep TM techn olo gy support ! 64-bi t mem ory bus ! Memor y expandabl e up to 1GB ! Int ernal remo vable opt ical dr[...]

2 Chapter 1 Expansion ! One type I I CardBus PC Card slot ! One Sm artCa rd slo t ! Upgrad eab le memo ry ! Removab le driv es ! EasyPort port repl ic ato r Keyboard and Pointing Device ! 84-/85-ke y PS/2 and A T- compa tib le Windows keyb oar d ! Ergonomi cally -centered touchpad pointi ng device w ith a 4-w ay scr oll key f unctio n I/O Ports ! O[...]

Chapte r 1 3 Syst em B l ock D i agra m CPU No rt hwood-m uFC PG A CLK GE N ICS 95 110 4 ALI 1671 VGA NVIDI A GEFORCE2 GO 100 To uc hPad CONN CRT LCD DDR BUFFER 2M * 32BIT * 4Bank *4 FI R PRINT ER KEY BD CONN DDR*2 1GB MA X TXFM AC97 CODEC CS4299 MDC OP AMP APA20 20 LINE -OUT TV OU T TV ENCODER CH7007 1394 VT6306 L CARDBUS 711 Mi n i P Ci 802.11b P[...]

4 Chapter 1 Board Layout To p V i e w 1 IEEE 1394 17 SW2 Setting 2 Line-in Port 18 T ouch Pad Connector 3 Line-out Port 19 External CD/ DVD-ROM Module Co nnector 4 Parallel Port 20 Speaker Connector 5 LCD Coaxial Cable Connector 21 Daughter Board Connector (on main board, under daughter board) 6 Port Replicator 22 Speaker Connector 7 CRT Connector [...]

Chapte r 1 5 Bo ttom V iew 1 M od em C o nnec to r 5 DI MM so ck et 2 2 M odem C onn ec to r 6 RF Mod ul e C on ne ctor 3 DI MM Soc ke t 1 7 FIR 4 M odem Bo ard So c ke t[...]

6 Chapter 1 Outlook View A general introd uction of ports allo w you to connec t peripheral devi ces, as you would with a de sktop PC . Front View # Icon Item Description 1 Display screen Also called LCD (liquid-crystal display), diplays computer output. 2 Status indicators LEDs (light-emitting diode) t hat turn on and off to show the status of the[...]

Chapte r 1 7 Lef t P ane l # Ic on Item Description 1 Ha rd D isk B ay Hou ses th e co mpu ter’ s rem ova bl e har d dis k ( se cure d by a scre w). 2 USB p ort Conn ect t o Universal Serial Bu s devic es (e.g. , USB mous e, USB c amera). 3 PC C ard Ejec t b utto ns Ejec t th e se le cted PC Car d fr om the sl ot. 4 P C C ar d sl ot A ccep t on e[...]

8 Chapter 1 Right Panel NOTE: Th e posi tions o f th e Ac erMedia indi cator , eject but ton and e mergen cy eject ho le may dif f er d epending on hte opti cal drive modul e inst alled. # It em Description 1 Ac erM edi a dri ve bay Hou ses a remo vabl e me di a dri ve m odul e. 2 Ac er Medi a i ndi cat or Ligh ts up wh en t he Ac erMe di a d riv e[...]

Chapte r 1 9 Rear Panel # Ic on Item Desc ri pti on 1 Powe r jac k Con ne cts to an AC ad ap ter 2 USB por ts (two ) Conne ct to U nivers al Se rial Bus dev ices (e .g., USB mouse, USB camera). 3 S -vi de o p ort Co nnec t s to a te levi si on o r di spla y de vic e wi th S- vi deo inp ut . 4 E x ter na l disp la y por t Co nn ects to a displ a y d[...]

10 Chapter 1 Bo tto m Pan el NOTE: * : Do not cover or obst ruct th e o pening of the fan. # Ic on Item Desc ri pti on 1 C oo ling fa n Hel ps kee p the com p ute r c ool* . 2 A ce rMed ia b ay r e leas e lat ch Unl atc hes th e Ace rM ed ia d riv e for rem o va l or sw a pping . 3 A ce rM edia b ay H ouse s an Ac er Me dia dri ve m od ule. 4 P ers[...]

Chapte r 1 11 Indic ators The com puter has sev en easy-t o-read st atus ic ons on the ri ght of the displ ay sc reen. 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 t he st atus of the compute r while the cover is close d. # Icon Fun cti on De sc r i pt i o n 1 Wir ele ss Com mun ic ati on[...]

12 Chapter 1 Lock Ke ys The keyboa rd has t hree lock k eys which you can toggle on and of f. Loc k Key Description @ @ @ @ When @ @ @ @ i s on , a ll al ph ab etic cha rac te rs t ype d a re in upp erc ase . ] ] ] ] (F n-F 1 1) When ] ] ] ] is o n, t he e m be dded k eypa d is in n um er ic mod e. Th e ke ys fu nct ion a s a ca lc ulat or (c omp l[...]

Chapte r 1 13 Emb edd ed Nu mer ic K eypad The em bedded numer i c keypad f uncti ons l ike a des ktop numeri c key pad. It is in dicat ed by small char acter s loca ted on the upper right corner of t he keycaps. T o simpli fy the keyb oard legen d, cursor -cont rol key sy mbols are not pri nted o n t he key s. NOTE: If an exter nal k eybo ard or k[...]

14 Chapter 1 Wind ow s Ke ys The keyboa rd has t wo keys that perform Windo ws-s pecif ic functi ons. Key Ic on Description W indo ws lo go key Sta rt but ton . Co mbi natio ns w ith th is k ey p erfo rm s hor tcut func tio ns. Be lo w ar e a few ex ampl es : ! + T ab (A ct iv ate s ne x t ta s kbar bu tto n) Win do ws + E (Exp lores My Co mp uter [...]

Chapte r 1 15 Hot Keys The com puter empl oys hot keys or key combi natio ns to access most of the com puter’s contr ols li ke scree n contr ast and bri ghtnes s, volume out put and the BIOS Utility . T o activat e hot k eys, pres s and hold the Fn key before pres sing the other key in the hot key combi natio n. Hot Ke y Ic on Funct ion De script[...]

16 Chapter 1 Fn- ← B rig ht ne ss d own D ec rea ses th e scr een br igh tn es s. Hot Ke y Ic on Funct ion De scripti on[...]

Chapte r 1 17 La unch Ke ys Locat ed at the top of the keyboar d are five bu ttons. These butt ons are called launc h k eys. They ar e desi gnated as P1, P2, P3, Mail button and Web bro wser butt on. By defaul t, button s P1and P2 are users progr ammabl e. The mail butt on is used to l aunch the mail appl icat ion. The LED of the mail button wi ll [...]

18 Chapter 1 T o uc hpad The bu ilt -in tou chpad i s a PS/2- compat ibl e poin ting device t hat s enses move ment on i ts su rface. T his mean s the cur sor r espo nds as you move yo ur f inger on the s urface of the t ouchpad. The centr al l oc ation on th e palmr est provi des op tim um c omfort and suppor t. NOTE: When us ing an ex ternal USB [...]

Chapte r 1 19 NOTE: Ke ep your fin ger s dry and clean whe n usin g t he t ouchpa d. Also k eep the t ouc hpad dr y a nd clean. The touchpa d is sensit ive to finger move ments. Hence, the li ghter the touc h, the bett er the re sponse. T apping ha rder will no t incre ase the t ouc hpad’ s resp onsi veness. Func tion L eft Button Ri ght Button C[...]

20 Chapter 1 Hard ware Specif ica tion s and Co nfig urat ions Process or Item Sp ec ifi cat ion CP U ty pe Int el Pe nt ium I V 1.5 / 1.6/ 1 .7 GHz pr oce ss or wit h 5 12K B L2 on- die Cac h e CPU packa ge Micr o-F CP GA pack ag e CPU c o re vo ltage 1.4 0V/ 1.15V CPU I/O voltage 1.25V BIOS Item Sp ec ifi cat ion BIO S ve nd or P ho eni x BIO S V[...]

Chapte r 1 21 Above tab le lis ts some syst em memory conf igura tions. Y ou may combi ne DIMMs with var ious capa ci ties to for m other comb inations . Memory Combination s Sl ot 1 Slot 2 To t a l M e m o r y 0 MB 6 4 MB 64 MB 64 MB 0 MB 64 MB 0 M B 12 8 MB 12 8 MB 64 MB 64 M B 128 MB 128 MB 0 MB 128 MB 64 MB 128 MB 192 MB 128 M B 64 M B 19 2 MB [...]

22 Chapter 1 Floppy Di sk Drive Interf ace Item Sp ec ificat ion V endor & mod el na me Mitsu mi D353 G Fl oppy D isk S pe ci fica tio ns Medi a r ecog ni tion 2 DD (7 20 KB) 2HD ( 1.44 MB ) Se ct ors /t rac k 9 1 8 T r acks 8 0 80 Da ta trans fer rate (Kbit /s) 1 MB 2 MB Rot ati on al speed ( RPM) 3 00 300 Re ad /wr it e head s 2 2 Enc odi n g[...]

Chapte r 1 23 Applicable d isc format DVD: DVD-5, DV D-9, DVD-10, DVD-R (3.95G ) CD: CD-Au dio, CD-ROM (mode 1 and mode 2), CD-ROM XA (mode 2, form 1 and f or m 2) , CD -I (mode 2, for m 1 an d for m 2 ), CD -I Read y , CD -I B rid ge , CD- WO, CD-RW , Photo CD, Video CD, Enh anced Music CD, CD -TEXT Loa di ng mec ha ni sm So ft ej ect ( wi th eme [...]

24 Chapter 1 V ideo Resol utions Mode (for bot h LCD and CRT) Reso lut io n 8 b its (2 56 col ors ) 16 b i ts (High col or) 24 b i ts (True co lor ) 32 b i ts (True co lor ) 640x 4 80 Y es Y es Y es Y es 720x 4 80 Y es Y es Y es Y es 800x 6 00 Y es Y es Y es Y es 848x 4 80 Y es Y es Y es Y es 1024 x 76 8 Y es Y es Y es Y es 1 152x 864 Y es Y es Y e[...]

Chapte r 1 25 USB Port Ite m Spec ifica tion USB Compliancy L evel 1.1 OHCI USB 1.1 Nu mb er of USB po r t 2 Loca ti on R ear sid e Ser ial por t f unc tio n co ntr ol Ena bl e/D isab le by BI OS Set u p IrDA Port Ite m Spec ifica tion Ir DA FI R p ort co ntr olle r A li 15 35 + Number of IrDA FIR por t 1 Lo cati on Le ft si de IrD A FIR po rt f un[...]

26 Chapter 1 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 also r esp onsibl e for the con trol of LCD b right ness . Avo id to uching t he DC-AC inv erter area whi le the s yst em un it is t urned o n. NOTE: Th ere is an EEPROM in the inver ter , which stores it s support ed LC[...]

Chapte r 1 27 Co ntr as t cont rol No No Ele ctr ical Sp ecif ic at io n Su pp ly volt ag e for LC D di sp la y (V) 3. 3 3. 3 Su pp ly volt ag e for LC D ba ckli gh t (Vrms ) 700 660 AC Adapter Item S pec ifi cation V end or & m od el n am e De lt a A DP -65 DB B E In put R e quir em en ts Maxi mu m inpu t cu rren t (A , @90 V a c, fu ll load )[...]

28 Chapter 1 Power Man agement Pow er S aving Mode Phenom e non Standb y Mo de W ai tin g t im e spec if i ed by the S ys tem St andb y va lu e or t he ope r ati ng s ystem el apse s wit hout any sy s tem ac tivi t y . Or When the com puter is abo ut to ente r Hib ern at io n mo de (e. g., du rin g a bat ter y- low cond it io n), bu t t he Hib ern [...]

Chapte r 1 29 Mech anical Specif ica tion Item Sp ec ificat ion Dimensions 327.6 (W) x 270 (D) x 34.5(H) for 15.0 ” TF T We ig ht les s t ha n 5.75 lb s for 15 .0” TF T mod el I/O P ort s T wo type I I C ar dBus s oc ket( s) , O ne RJ- 1 1 mo de m por t, One RJ -4 5 LAN po rt, O ne DC -in jack (A C a da pte r), O n e F IR po rt, On e E CP /EP P[...]

30 Chapter 1 3B 0-3 BB 3C0 -3D F Vi de o Con tro ll e r 3F 0h- 3F 7 S tan dar d F lop py Dis k C o ntro ll er 3E 8-3 EF CO M3 or L T W in m od em ( opt io na l) 3F 0-3 F7 F lo ppy dis k c ontr olle r 3F 8-3 FF CO M1 480- 4 8F , 4D6 DM A co nt rol ler -1 4D0 -4D 1 CF8-CFF P CI c on fig ur ati on re gist er IRQ Ass ignment Map Int e r ru pt Cha n ne [...]

Chapte r 2 31 BIOS Setu p Utility 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 mpute r is alr eady pr oper ly c onfigu red and opt imiz ed, and yo u d o not need to r un this uti lit y . Howeve r , if you encoun ter conf ig uration pro blems , you [...]

32 Chapter 2 NOTE: Y ou can change the valu e o f a para meter if it is enclose d in squa re bracke ts. Navi gatio n keys are shown at t he bot tom of t he sc reen . Syst em Information The Syste m Informat io n scre en displ ays a summary of your comput er hardwar e infor mation. NOTE: Th e scre en a bove i s a sample and may n ot reflect t he act[...]

Chapte r 2 33 The it ems in this screen are i mportant and vital informa tion abou t your comput er . If you exper ience co mputer probl ems and need to contact tec hni cal suppor t, this dat a helps our service personnel know more about your com put er. Main Sys tem Setti ngs The Main Syst em Sett ings scr een all ows you to set the s ystem date a[...]

34 Chapter 2 Bo ot Dis p lay Set t he di s play ou tp ut devi c e o n bo ot up . Help: Se t t he d is pla y ou tp ut de vic e o n bo ot up . Whe n se t to Auto , the com pute r au toma tica lly deter mi nes the d ispl ay dev ice. If an e xtern al displa y devi ce (e .g., m o nitor ) is con nec ted, i t bec ome s the b oot di spla y . W hen s et to [...]

Chapte r 2 35 Sta rtu p Co nf igu rat ion The St ar tup Conf igur ation screen c ontain s paramet er valu es that defin e how y our compu ter behaves on syst em s tartu p. The f ol lowing tabl e desc ri bes t he p arameter s in t his s creen. Sett ings in boldfa ce are the def ault and sugges ted param eter set ting s. Pa ra m et e r De scr ip ti o[...]

36 Chapter 2 Pri mary M aster The Pr i mary M aster su b-menu co nta ins pa ramete rs r elat ed to t he pri mary ha rd disk. CAUTION: Th e p arameter s in this scre en are for t he advanced user s only . T ypic ally , y ou do not need to change t he value s i n th is sc ree n. The def ault sett ing o f Auto optim izes all the setti ngs for your h a[...]

Chapte r 2 37 Seco ndar y Master The Se condar y Master sub -menu co nta ins pa ramet ers r elat ed to t he Med ia bay dri ve. CAUTION: Th e p arameter s in this scre en are for t he advanced user s only . T ypic ally , y ou do not need to change the val ue s in th is scree n. The defaul t sett ing of Auto opti mizes al l the set tings f or your Me[...]

38 Chapter 2 I/O Device Configura tion The parame ter s in this scre en are for adva nced us ers only . Y ou do not need to change the values in t his scree n b ecause t hes e val ues are al ready opt imize d. The I/O Devi ce Confi gurati on screen assigns re sour ces to basi c computer comm unica tion har dware. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced [...]

Chapte r 2 39 The f ol lowing tabl e desc ri bes t he p arameter s in t his s creen. Sett ings in boldfa ce are the def ault and sugges ted param eter set ting s. NOTE: When the device i s disabled, all the sub -ite ms will be showed as [-- ]. Paramete r Desc ri pti on Options Se ria l Por t En ab les or di sabl es the se ria l po rt. The s er ial [...]

40 Chapter 2 PCI IRQ Ro uting The PCI IRQ Routing sub -menu allows you to s et IRQ for PCI devices. CAUTION: The p aramet ers in thi s scre en are f or adv anced users on ly . T ypical ly , you do not need to ch ange the valu es in thi s scre en becau se these val ues are alr eady opti mized. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced PCI IRQ Routing Item [...]

Chapte r 2 41 Syst em Securi ty 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 f ol lowing tabl e desc ri bes t he p arameter s in t his s creen. Sett ings in boldfa ce are the def ault and sugges ted param eter set ting s. Paramete r Description Options Set Supe r[...]

42 Chapter 2 Setting a Passw ord Foll ow these ste ps: 1. Use t he cursor w w w w / y y y y keys to highl ight a Password param eter (Setup, Power- on or Hard Disk) an d press the e e e e key . The passwor d box appears : 2. T y pe a passwor d. The passwor d may consist of up to eigh t charact ers (A- Z, a-z, 0-9). IMPORT ANT : Be very car eful whe[...]

Chapte r 2 43 Boot Option s Users ca n press F1 2 d uring POST to enter the Boot Opti ons Menu. In thi s menu users can change boot devi ce without entering BIOS SETUP uti lity . NOTE: There are four pri orit ies that can le t the user to speci f y the boot device seq uence . The pri orit y of options fr om top to bott om is 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 [...]

44 Chapter 2 Exit Setup This menu con tains exit opti ons. The f ol lowing tabl e desc ribes t he p arameter s in thi s s creen. Sett ing i n boldfac e a re th e d efaults and sugges ted param eter set ting s. Pa ra m et e r Description Ex it Sav ing C hang es Sav e a n y ch an ges, an d ex it BIO S set up. Help: Exit Sy ste m Set up a nd sav e yo [...]

Chapte r 2 45 BIOS Flash Utilit y 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 programs ! New featu res or options Use the IFl ash uti lity to upd ate the syst em BIOS fl ash ROM. NOTE: Do not ins tall memor y-relat ed driv ers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use IFlas h. NOTE: Th is pr ogra[...]

46 Chapter 2 Syst em Ut ility Disk ett e This ut ilit y disket te is for the not eboo k mac hine. I t provides th e foll owing func tions: 1. Re ad Pan el ID Se tti ng 2. Wri t e Pa ne l ID U ti li t y 3. Thermal and Fan Util ity 4. Ma in B oa rd Da ta U tili ty T o use thi s disket te, fir st boot f rom this diske tte, t hen a “Micro soft Windo [...]

Chapte r 2 47 It is all owed to inp ut 4 bytes on the manufac ture name and wil l revise the record into EEPROM automati cally . 4. Wr it e MB D U U I D The MBD incl udes 32 bytes st or ed in EEPROM. Ther e are two sub- functions : a. Creat e and write a new UUID This f uncti on is used when the orig inal UUID is lost or da maged. b. W rite UUI D b[...]

48 Chapter 2 Syst em D i agno st ic D isk ette IMPORT ANT : 1 The dia gnost ics pr ogram here that we used is call ed PQA (Produ ct Qual ity Assurance ) and is provi ded by Hea dquarte rs. Y ou can utilize i t as a basic diagnos tic t ool. T o get this program , you can fi nd it in the s erv ice CD kit. T o bett er fit loc al servi ce requi rements[...]

Chapte r 2 49 4. Ex it t o main menu : USB T e st This func tion wi ll test USB Connect/Di sconnec t of the not ebook machin e. UHCI/OHCI t est u tility: 1. Pleas e prepare a USB devi ce such as USB mouse, USB keyboar d, USB flopp y disket te or USB modem, and leav e the USB ports disco nnect ed. NOTE: The diagno stic pr ogram will not be interr up[...]

50 Chapter 2 Runn ing PQA Diagnost ics Pr ogram Press z z z z / x x x x t o move around the main menu. Press e e e e to enabl e the sel ected opt ion. The m ain optio ns are Dia g, Result, Sys Info, Option and Exi t. The Diag opt ion let s you selec t testing i tems and ti mes. The fol lowing screen appear s when you selec t Diag fro m the main men[...]

Chapte r 2 51 The s cre en bel ow ap pears if y ou select Mul ti T est. Speci fy the desi red num ber of tests and pr ess e e e e . Afte r you speci fy the number of tests t o p erfor m, the scree n s hows a list of tes t items ( see below) . Move the hi ghlig ht bar fr om one item to anot her . Press Space t o en able or disabl e the it em. Press [...]

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Chapte r 3 53 This ch apter cont ains st ep-by- st ep p rocedur es on how to disas semble the not ebook com puter f or maint enanc e and tr oublesh ooting . T o disa ssembl e the comput er , you need the foll owing tool s: ! W rist ground ing s tr ap and cond uctiv e mat for p reventing el ectr ostati c disch arge ! Flat scre w dri ver ! Ph illip s[...]

54 Chapter 3 Gene ral In for mati on Before Y ou Begin Befor e proceedi ng with th e d isassembl y procedu re, ma ke sure that you do the following: 1. T urn off th e power to the sys tem and all peri pheral s. 2. Unplug the AC adapter and al l power and si gnal cabl es from the s ystem. 3. Remov e the bat tery pac k.[...]

Chapte r 3 55 Disa ss emb ly Pr o cedu re Flow ch art The fl owcha rt on the succee din g page gives you a graphi c rep resent ation on the ent ire di sas sembly sequ ence and ins truct s you on the comp onents th at need to be remov ed during ser vici ng. For exampl e, if you want to rem ove the main boar d, you must f irst rem ove the keybo ard ,[...]

56 Chapter 3 Screw List Item Descr ip ti on A Screw M2 X L4 (Bl ack) B Sc rew M2.5 X L6 (Blac k) C Sc re w M2.5 X L8 ((Bl ack ) D Sc re w M 2 X L3 .5 ( Silv er) E Screw M2 X L5 (Bl ack) F Screw DIMM Cover St eel Nagana-1 (Black) G Screw M2 X L3 ( Sil ver) H Screw M3x4 (Si lv er) I CD-ROM SPECIAL SCREW J HEX SCREW K CPU HEA T S INK SPECIAL SCREW L S[...]

Chapte r 3 57 Rem ovin g th e B att ery Pa ck 1. Push t he batt ery r elease but ton i nward. 2. Sli de the bat tery pack out fro m t he main uni t.[...]

58 Chapter 3 Remo vin g th e Ex te rnal DI MM M o dule 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. Remov e the 2 scr ews on the DIMM cov er , t he n rem ove the DIMM cover from the lower cas e. 3. Push o ut the latche s o n b oth si des o f the DI MM soc ket a nd t hen r emove the DI MM modu le.[...]

Chapte r 3 59 Rem ovin g th e Ex te rnal Mo d em Co mbo Ca rd 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7. 2. Remov e the 2 scr ews on the DIMM cov er and remove th e DIMM cover fro m the lower case. 3. Remov e the 2 scr ews on th e mode m board and remove the modem board fr om the main boar d. Disco nnect the modem power fr om the modem [...]

60 Chapter 3 Remo ving the C D-RO M/DV D-R OM M odul e 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. Push t he CD-ROM mo dule r eleas e bu tton inward. 3. Sli de the CD-ROM module out from th e main unit.[...]

Chapte r 3 61 Remo vin g th e H ard D isk Dr ive Mod ul e 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. Remove the scr ew on the hard disk cov er , and then remove the HDD cover . 3. Pull the pl asti c tag to remove the HDD module and sl ide the HDD modul e o ut from its bay . Disassemb ling the Ha rd Dis k Drive M odule 1. See “Rem ov[...]

62 Chapter 3 Disa ssem b ling t he M ain Un it Rem oving the Mid dle Cove r 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. Fir st, r elease the 2 sc rews on the r ear of th e unit. Pr y up the m iddle cover f rom both si des, t hen remo ve it from th e ma in un it. Remov ing the Keyb oard 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page [...]

Chapte r 3 63 Removing the LCD Module 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. Remov e the one sc rew as sho wn, discon nect the LCD coax ial cable and t he LED/inve rter cab le from the main boar d. 5. Releas e the t wo s crews o[...]

64 Chapter 3 Removing the RTC Ba ttery 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 3. Disco nnect the R TC connec tor from the main board. 4. Remov e the R TC batt ery . Rem oving th e MINI PCI Plat e 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “ Removi ng the Key board?[...]

Chapte r 3 65 Removing the CPU 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 3. See “Rem oving th e R TC Batter y” on page 64 4. See “Removi ng the MINI PCI Plate ” on page 64 5. See “Removi ng the CPU Heat Sink” on page 64 6. Releas e the screw coun ter clo ckwise by usi ng a fl[...]

66 Chapter 3 7. Releas e the six scr ews from the bot tom of the main unit as shown below and then re move the uppe r case fro m the main unit gently . Rem ov ing th e T ouc hPa d M odu le 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. [...]

Chapte r 3 67 Remov ing the S peakers 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “Rem oving th e R TC Batter y” on page 64 6. See “ Separ ating the Lower Ca se from the U[...]

68 Chapter 3 Rem ovi ng th e Ma in Bo ard 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “Rem oving th e R TC Batter y” on page 64 6. See “Removi ng the CPU Heat Sink” on p[...]

Chapte r 3 69 9. Remov e the fou r hex scr ew as s hown here an d then th e oth er one on t he bott om side of the main board . Detach the main bo ard from the I/O por t chassi s. Remov ing the P CMCIA S ocket 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key boa[...]

70 Chapter 3 Rem ovi ng th e Mo dem C able 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “Rem oving th e R TC Batter y” on page 64 6. See “ Separ ating the Lower Ca se from [...]

Chapte r 3 71 Disa ss emb ling t h e LC D M odu le Removing the LCD Bezel 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. Remov e the f our screw cus hions fr om the LCD module and then[...]

72 Chapter 3 Removing the LCD Latch 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “ Removi ng the LCD Beze l” o n page 71 6. Remov e the LCD latch i n the way as shown here . [...]

Chapte r 3 73 Rem oving the LCD Br ackets 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “ Removi ng the LCD Beze l” o n page 71 6. See “ Removi ng the I nvert er Boar d” o[...]

74 Chapter 3 Removing the Coaxial Cable 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “ Removi ng the LCD Beze l” o n page 71 6. See “ Removi ng the I nvert er Boar d” on [...]

Chapte r 3 75 Syst em U pg ra de P roc ed ur e Base Unit to Wir eless LAN Unit 1. See “ Removi ng the Bat tery Pack” on page 5 7 2. See “Rem oving th e Middl e Cover ” on page 62 3. See “ Removi ng the Key board” on pag e 62 4. See “ Removi ng the LCD Modul e” on pa ge 63 5. See “Rem oving th e R TC Batter y” on page 64 6. See ?[...]

76 Chapter 3 11. Insert the wir eless LAN boar d into its soc ket and pres s it down to sec ure well. 12. At ta ch the upper cas e back to the lower cas e as shown and t hen connect the two RF cables into the wire less LAN board.[...]

Chapte r 4 77 Use the fo llowing pro cedur e as a g uide for com puter 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 optio ns can give fa lse err ors and inva lid sys tem response s. 1. Obtai n t he f aili ng sym ptoms in as m uch de tai l a s p ossibl [...]

78 Chapter 4 Syst em C hec k Pro ce dure s Exte rnal Disk ett e Driv e Check Do the fol lowing to i solat e the probl em to a cont roll er , driver , or disket te. A write- enable d, diagno stic di skett 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 . Multipl e label s can c ause damage to t[...]

Chapte r 4 79 Keybo ard or Auxiliar y Input Devic e Check Remov e the ext er nal keyboa rd if the int ernal ke yboard is to be tes ted. If t he internal keyboa rd does not work o r an unexpect ed charact er appear s, make sur e that th e fl exibl e cable exten di ng fr om the keyb oard is cor rectly sea ted in the connect or on the main board. If t[...]

80 Chapter 4 Check th e Po wer Ada pter Unplug the power adapt er cable f rom the compute r and measure th e output vol tage at t he plug of the power adapt er cable. See the followi ng figu re 1. If t he voltag e is not correct , repl ace the power adapter . 2. If t he voltag e is wi thin the range , do the fol lowing : ! Replac e the mai n b oard[...]

Chapte r 4 81 T ouc hpa d C he ck If t he touchpad doe sn’t wor k, do the foll owing action s one at a time to corre ct the prob lem. Do not rep lace a non-de fecti ve FRU: 1. Reconnec t the touc hpad cab les. 2. Replac e the t ouchp ad. 3. Replac e the mai n b oard. Afte r you us e t he touc hpad, t he po inter drift s on the sc reen for a short[...]

82 Chapter 4 Pow er-O n Se lf- T es t (P OST ) Er ror M ess ag e 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 fi 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[...]

Chapte r 4 83 Pr eviou s b oot i nco mp lete - De faul t conf i gura t ion us ed Run “ Loa d Defa ul t Sett ing s” in BI OS Se tup Ut ili ty . RTC batte ry Main B oar d Mem ory size fo und by PO S T diffe red fro m CMOS Run “ Loa d Defa ul t Sett ing s” in BI OS Se tup Ut ili ty . DIMM Main B oar d Di sk et te dr i ve A er ro r Che ck t he [...]

84 Chapter 4 Ind ex of Symp tom-t o- FRU Err or Mes sage Error Mess age List No beep E rror Me ss ag es FR U/Ac tion in Se quenc e No be ep, po wer -o n indic a tor tu rns off an d LC D is bl an k. Po wer sour ce (bat ter y pack and po wer ad apte r) . See “Po wer Sys t em Che ck ” on pa ge 79 . En sure eve ry co nn ecto r is co nn ec ted t igh[...]

Chapte r 4 85 Indi cator- Rela ted Symptoms Symp to m / Er ro r Ac tio n in Se que nce Indi cato r i ncorre c tly re m ains off or on , but syst em ru ns co rr ectl y Re co nnect the inv ert er bo ar d Inve r ter boar d Main B oar d Power-Re lated Symptoms Symp to m / Er ro r Ac tio n in Se que nce Pow er s hu ts dow n dur i ng op er ati on Po wer [...]

86 Chapter 4 Power M anagem ent-Relat ed Sy mptoms Symp to m / Er ro r Ac tio n in Se que nce Th e sy s te m w ill not en ter hi be rna ti on Keyb oar d ( if c ont r ol is fr om th e ke yboa rd ) Hard disk drive Main B oar d Th e sy s te m do es n' t ent er hib er nat io n m ode a nd f our sh or t be ep s eve r y mi nu te . See “Hi be rna ti[...]

Chapte r 4 87 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 88. Ser ial or para l lel po rt dev ic e pro bl ems . En sur e th e “S eri al Por t” i n the Devi ces Conf i gur at ion” o f BIO S Se tu p U til i ty i s se t t o En ab le d. Device d river Device[...]

88 Chapter 4 Inter mi ttent P r oblem s Int ermitt ent syst em hang pr oblems 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 ation , elect rostati 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 a n[...]

Chapte r 4 89 Index of PQ A Diagnost ic Error C ode, M essage Error Code Me ssag e Action in Se quenc e 16X XX Back up bat t ery e rr or Back up b at ter y 01X XX CPU or mai n bo ard er ror Reloa d B IOS d efau lt se tti ng. Main B oar d 02X XX Me mory e rr or DIMM Main B oar d 03X XX Keyb oa rd e rro r Res et Ke yboa r d Key board Main B oar d 04X[...]

90 Chapter 4[...]

Chapte r 5 91 To p V i e w PCB 0121 9-SC CN1 IEEE 1394 CN22 T ouch Pad Connector JK4 Line-in P ort CN23 External CD /DVD-ROM Module Connector JK3 Line-out Port CN3 Speaker Connector (on daughter board) CN4 Parallel Port CN25 D aughter Board Connector (on main board, under daug hter board) CN8 LCD Coaxial Cable Connector CN2 Speaker Connector (on da[...]

92 Chapter 5 SW2 Se ttin gs SW 4 Setting Swit ch 1 ON : Enab le pa ssw or d check OFF: Disa ble p ass wor d che ck Switc h 2 ON: E nable B ootBl ock Erasabl e OFF: Disa bl e Boo tBl oc k Erasa bl e[...]

Chapte r 5 93 Bottom View CN27 Modem Co nn ecto r DM2 DIM M soc ket 2 CN26 Modem Co nn ecto r CN4 RF M od ule C o nnect o r ( on da ug hter b oar d) DM 1 DI M M Soc ket 1 U 1 F IR (o n da ught er b oar d) CN28 Modem Boa r d Soc ket CN2 7 CN2 6 DM1 CN28 DM2 CN4 U1[...]

94 Chapter 5[...]

Chapte r 6 95 This c hapter gives yo u the FRU (Field Repl ace able Uni t) list ing i n global confi gurati ons of t he produ ct. Ref er to thi s chapter whenever orde ring for part s to repai r or for RMA (Retur n Merchandi se Authori zati on). IMPORT ANT : Please not e WHEN ORD ERING FRU P AR TS, that you shoul d check the most up-to-d ate inf or[...]

96 Chapter 6 Expl oded Diagram[...]

Chapte r 6 97 Pi c tur e No. Par t n ame Descripti on CPU/Processor NS IC CPU 1.7 GMHz 400FSB INTEL IC CPU NORTH 1.7G/400FSB UFCPGA Memor y NS SODIMM 2 56M MITSUBISH/ M H32 D64 AKS -75 SOD IMM 25 6M MH 32D 64A KS-7 5( W) LCD NS LCD 1 5” SXGA+ AU/B 150PG0 1 V01 LC D 15” S XGA+A U/B150 PG01, V01 SP WG HDD/ Hard Di sk Drive NS HDD MODULE 40G IBM/ [...]

98 Chapter 6 Key boa rd NS KEYBOA RD 8 4KEY EN GLISH NSK- A6101 KB DARF ON/NSK-A6101 US Ca bl es NS MODEM C ABLE CABLE MDC NS POWER CORD 125V 3 PIN CORD 125V UL 3P K 01081B1 183WP NS INVERTER CABLE CAB LE INVERTER WIR E NS LCD COAX CABLE 15” CABLE LCD COAXIAL 1 5.0” AU NS COVER SWITCH CABLE CABLE COVER SWITCH NS T OUCH P AD CABLE CAB LE T O UCH[...]

Chapte r 6 99 NS MICROPHONE CABLE CABLE MICROPHONE NS POWER SWITCH CA BLE CAB LE POWER SWITCH Mai n bo ard NS MAINBOARD A7 W/MODEM,MODEM CABLE, I /O C HAS SIS MAINB OAR D W/O CPU A7 VER-0 SB Boards NS M OD EM BOA RD A MBIT /T6 0M 283. 00 MODE M MDC A MBIT /T6 0M 283 .00 3A NS WIRE LES LAN BOARD AG ERE/MPCI - LUC 128 1AP S LAN WIREL ES A G/M PCI- LU[...]

100 Chapt er 6 NS DAUGHTER BOARD DAUGHTER B O ARD TM6 30 (DIP) NS T OUCHP AD BOARD TOUCHP AD SY NAPTI CS TM41P-357 NS CD/DVD BOARD T2 -610 CD-ROM BOA RD Batte ry NS BA T TERY L I 3V BTY C OIN 3 V CR203 2WKA2 2 10M AH 14 BA T TERY LI 2 000 MAH SANY O ASSY B A T T P ACK LI 2000 MAH Adap ter NS ADAPTER 70 W 3PIN DEL T A/A DP- 65DBBE ADT 7 0W SD P-65DB[...]

Chapte r 6 101 Combo Drive NS DVD/CDRW DRIVE 8X P AN ASONIC/ UJDA720AC2-B 61 0 ASSEMBL Y DVD/ CD-RW MODULE DVD/CDRW DRIVE 8X P AN ASONIC/ UJDA720AC2-B 61 0 DVD/CDR8X KME/UJDA7 20ACS-B 610 Cas e/C ov er/ Brack et Asse mbl y NS MIDDLE COVE R COVER MIDDLE NS HDD COVER COVER HDD 08 UPPER C ASE W/COVE R SWITCH CABLE, TOUCHP AD MODUL E, MICROPHONE ASSEM [...]

102 Chapt er 6 NS FRO NT COVER AS SY FR ONT CO VER NS DIMM COVER ASSEM BL Y D IMM COVER NS LCD P ANE L 15” W/HINGE, LOGO ASSY LCD P ANEL (CCI 15.0”) NS LCD HINGE P ACK 15” HIN GE P ACK 15. 0” NS LCD BRACKET RIGHT 15” W / CAMERA RUBBER ASSY L CD BRA CKET R L CD 1 5.0” AU NS LCD BRACKET L EF T 15” W/CAMERA RUBBER ASSY B RAC KET L LCD 15[...]

Chapte r 6 103 NS CD-ROM HOLDER ASSY CD-R OM CHASS IS 610 NS HDD BRACKET AS SY HDD BRACKE T Com mun ic ati on Mo du le NS CARDBUS M ODULE CONN CARDBUS 4P 5 2539-22LX-R NS ANTENNA 15” ANTENNA FOR 15” MAIN NS ANTENNA 14.1”/15” ANT ENNA FOR 1 4.1”/15” AUX Speak er NS SPEAK ER RIGHT CAB LE SPEA KER RI GH T NS SPEAK ER LEF T CABLE SPEAKER L [...]

104 Chapt er 6 Mis c ellan eo us NS NAME PLA TE PL A TE MODEL NAME NS LCD SCREW CAP L OWER LCD SCRE W MYLAR (MAP I) NS LOGO PLA T E ACER LOGO REDST A RT NS CAMERA RUBBER RUBB ER CAMERA TM3 40 Scre ws NS SCREW CD-ROM S PECIAL SCREW NS SCREW SCREW M2 *3 NYLON 1JMCPC- 4203 25 NS SCREW SCRE W M3X4 (86.9A524.4R0 ) NS SCREW SCREW MACH FLA T M2.5*L10 NI N[...]

Chapte r 6 105 NS SCREW SCREW NS SCREW SCRE W M 2.5*4 L (NYL OCK) BL ACK ZN NS SCREW SCREW M2.5X6 NS SCREW SRW M2.5*8L B/ZN NYL OK 700 NS SCREW SCREW WAFER NYLOK NI 2ML3 NS SCREW SCREW NI M2*6L NS SCREW SCREW NY LOK M2.5-5 Pi c tur e No. Par t n ame Descripti on[...]

106 Chapt er 6[...]

Appendi x A 107 Model Numb er Definiti ons Mode l Nu mb e r LCD CPU Mem or y HDD CD/DVD Battery 630X 14. 1” TF T X GA Pen tiu m IV 1 .4 G 12 8/ 256M B 20G B CD -RO M Li -io n 630X V 14 .1 ” TFT XG A P en tiu m IV 1 .4 G 12 8/ 25 6MB 20G B D VD- ROM Li- ion 631 XV 14. 1” TF T XG A Pent i um IV 1.5G 256 MB 20G B DV D- ROM L i-i on 630X Vi 14. 1[...]

108 Append ix A[...]

Appendi x B 109 This c omput er ’s compat ibili ty is a test pl an rel eased by Acer In ternal te sting depar tment. Once the fi nal r eport is avai labl e, this chapt er wil l be revis ed accordi ngly . T es t Compat ible Compone nts Appe nd ix B[...]

11 0 Append ix B Mi cros of t Win do ws XP Env ir onm en t T es t Item S pec i fic ati ons Pr oces sor Int el P en tium 4 uP GA2 1. 4 GHz Int e l Pen ti um 4 uPGA 2 1.5 G Hz Int e l Pen ti um 4 uPGA 2 1.6 G Hz Int e l Pen ti um 4 uPGA 2 1.7 G Hz Mem o ry El pid a 128M B El pid a 256M B Micr o n 128M B Micr o n 256M B Mit su bis hi 12 8MB Mit su bis[...]

Appendi x B 111 Mult i func ti on Card 3C om Et hern et III LAN +33. 6 M odem G lob al PC Car d 3C 56 3D-T P 3C om 10 /10 0 Fast E ther Lin k LA N + 56 K , 3CC FE 56 D- Lin k Wi ncon nec t 33.6 L AN/ F AX Mode m DME -336 Mega he rtz PC C ard 33.6 Ethe r net- M odem w ith XJ ACK X JEM33 36 C Xi rco m C red it Car d E the rn et 10 /10 0 + Mo de m 56 [...]

11 2 Append ix B I/O - Pa rallel ( Printer) IBM Ne twork Printer 1 7 4312 00X HP Laser J et 6MP HP DeskJet 880C M Y95V150B0 EPSON Stylu s Col or 740 ( USB) Ca non USB P rin ter BJ C-430 J B JC- 430J Canon Color Bu bbleJet BJC-60 0 I/O - Par al lel (Sc ann er) H P Sc anJet 33 00 C Col or Sc an ne r (US B) M Y977 12 19 4 Acer ACerSca n Prisa 620s I/O[...]

Appendi x B 11 3 Games T he Settlers III (Support DirectX6 ) Star C raft (Fo r Wi n95 / 98/ NT) World Cup 98-EAS ports (S upport DirectX 5) St ar W ars: Rog ue Sq ua dron -Lu ca sA rts Blo od 2: T he Ch ose n Mono li th NBA Li ve 2 00 0 (S up po rt D ir ect X 6.1 ) Mind t own Madnes s ( Supp ort Dire ct X6. 0) Qua k e I II (S up po rt O pen G L) WW[...]

11 4 Append ix B Mi cros of t Win dow s 20 00 Env ir onm en t T est Item S pec i fic ati ons Pr oces sor Int el P en tium 4 uP GA2 1. 4 GHz Int e l Pen ti um 4 uPGA 2 1.5 G Hz Int e l Pen ti um 4 uPGA 2 1.6 G Hz Int e l Pen ti um 4 uPGA 2 1.7 G Hz Mem o ry El pid a 128M B El pid a 256M B Micr o n 128M B Micr o n 256M B Mit su bis hi 12 8MB Mit su b[...]

Appendi x B 11 5 Mult i func ti on Card 3C om Et hern et III LAN +33. 6 M odem G lob al PC Car d 3C 56 3D-T P 3C om 10 /10 0 Fast E ther Lin k LA N + 56 K , 3CC FE 56 D- Lin k Wi ncon nec t 33.6 L AN/ F AX Mode m DME -336 Mega he rtz PC C ard 33.6 Ethe r net- M odem w ith XJ ACK X JEM33 36 C Xi rco m C red it Car d E the rn et 10 /10 0 + Mo de m 56[...]

11 6 Append ix B I/O - Pa rallel ( Printer) IBM Ne twork Printer 1 7 4312 00X HP Laser J et 6MP HP DeskJet 880C M Y95V150B0 EPSON Stylu s Col or 740 ( USB) Ca non USB P rin ter BJ C-430 J B JC- 430J Canon Color Bu bbleJet BJC-60 0 I/O - Par al lel (Sc ann er) H P Sc anJet 33 00 C Col or Sc an ne r (US B) M Y977 12 19 4 Acer ACerSca n Prisa 620s I/O[...]

Appendi x B 11 7 Games T he Settlers III (Support DirectX6 ) Star C raft (Fo r Wi n95 / 98/ NT) World Cup 98-EAS ports (S upport DirectX 5) St ar W ars: Rog ue Sq ua dron -Lu ca sA rts Blo od 2: T he Ch ose n Mono li th NBA Li ve 2 00 0 (S up po rt D ir ect X 6.1 ) Mind t own Madnes s ( Supp ort Dire ct X6. 0) Qua k e I II (S up po rt O pen G L) WW[...]

11 8 Append ix B[...]

Appendi x C 11 9 This se ction des cribe s online t echnica l sup port ser vices avai labl e to help you repai r you r 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 Branc h Of fice s and Regional Busines s Units may ac cess our websit e. Howev[...]

120 Append ix C[...]

Index 121 A AC Adapter 27 ACPI 1 .0a 20 AFLASH Ut ili ty 45 APM 1.2 20 Audio 23, 25 Auxil iary Input Device Check 79 B Ba tter y 26 Batt ery Pac k 57 batt ery p ack charg ing indi cator 11 BIOS 20 packag e 20 passwor d cont rol 20 RO M si ze 20 ROM type 20 vendor 2 0 V er sion 20 BIOS Se tup Utili ty 31 BIOS Su ppor ts pr otocol 2 0 BIOS Ut ilit y [...]

122 In dex Error Symptom-t o-Spare Par t Index 82 Exter nal Diskett e Drive Chec k 7 8 F Featur es 1 FIR 25 Fla sh Util it y 45 Flopp y Disk Dr ive I nter face 22 FRU 95 FRU (Field Repl acea ble Unit) Li st 95 H Hard di sk 22, 25 rem oving th e 61 Hard Dis k Stand by Mode 28 Hardwar e Specifica tions and Confi guration s 20 HDD 22, 25 Hiber natio n[...]

Index 123 PQA 48 Proces sor 20 R RMA 95 RT C 2 5 Remov ing 64 S Screw Li st 56 Second Leve l Cach e 20 Seri al Por t 24 speake rs hotke y 15 Standb y Mod e 28 Super I /O 25 Syste m Block Diagr am 3 Layout 4 Syste m Check Proce dures 78 Syste m Diagnosti c Disket te 48 System Memory 20 Syst em Uti lit ies 31 System U ti lit y Disk ette 45 T T empera[...]

124 In dex[...]