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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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 .
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 .
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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 51.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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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 .
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.
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.
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 C.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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) .
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 oa.
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).
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 M.
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.
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 .
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 CR20.
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 e.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 C.
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.
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.
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.
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 C.
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.
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.
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 pac.
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).
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 La.
124 In dex.
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