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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.
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.
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.
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.
I Ch apter 1 System Introdu ct ions 1 Basi c Ope rat i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Indi cator s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . .
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.
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 s.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 e.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 DR.
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 3.
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.
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.
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 .
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-Pr.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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) .
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 o.
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.
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 .
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.
30 System Int roduct ions.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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) .
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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
50 System Uti l iti es.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 bo.
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).
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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 Mem.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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 t.
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 Ut.
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