Acer Aspire M1100, Service Manual

Page 1: ...Angora AM50 AM30 AM10 Service Guide PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG CSD web for more information please refer to http csd acer com tw ...

Page 2: ...Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Angora AM50 AM30 and AM10 service guide Date Chapter Updates ...

Page 3: ...pect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not Acer Incorporated its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and an...

Page 4: ...bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures ...

Page 5: ...NOT be covered in this generic service guide In such cases please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel channel to provide you with further technical details 2 Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS that you should check the most up to date information available on your regional web or channel If for whatever reason a part number change is made it will not be noted in the printed...

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Page 7: ...ology 11 Empowering Technology password 11 Acer eRecovery Management 11 Acer eDataSecurity Management 12 Acer ePerformance Management 14 Acer eRecovery 15 Create Backup 15 Restore from Backup 15 Create Factory Default Image CD 15 Re install Bundled Software without CD 15 Change Password 16 Acer Disc to Disc Recovery 17 Restore without a Recovery CD 17 Multilingual Operating System Installation 17 ...

Page 8: ...Virus Warning 29 CPU Internal Cache External Cache 29 Quick Power On Self Test 30 First Second Third Boot Device 30 Boot Other Device 30 Boot Up Floppy Seek 30 Boot Up NumLock Status 30 Gate A20 Option 30 Typematic Rate Setting 30 Security Option 30 APIC Mode 30 MPS Version Control For OS 30 OS Select for DRAM 64 MB 30 HDD S M A R T Capability 31 Silent Boot 31 Small Logo EPA Show 31 Configuration...

Page 9: ...lel Port Mode 39 ECP Mode Use DMA 39 Power Management Setup 40 ACPI Function 40 ACPI Suspend Type 40 CS2 Disable Enable 41 Power Management Option 41 Video Off Option 41 Video Off Method 41 Soft Off by PWRBTN 41 Power On By PCI Card 41 USB Wakeup From S1 S2 41 USB Wakeup From S4 41 PS2 KB MS Wakeup From S1 S2 41 Wakeup By LAN 41 HPET Support 41 PWRON After PWR Fail 41 RTC Alarm Resume 42 PnP PCI C...

Page 10: ...53 Angora AM50 30 10 Procedures 54 Disassembly Procedure 54 Reassembly Procedure 61 Troubleshooting 69 Jumper and Connector Information 71 Introduction to Connectors 71 Main Board Placement 71 Connectors 73 Jumpers 77 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List 83 Angora AM50 Exploded Diagram 84 Angora AM30 Exploded Diagram 85 Angora AM10 Exploded Diagram 86 ...

Page 11: ...ution ATI Radeon X700 based graphic core ATI AVIVO technology support Multiple display features support One D Sub VGA port on the rear side One HDMI port on the rear side A14 SDVO interface which supports hot plug detection HDMI With HDCP solution Meets HDMI 1 2a specification PCI Express PCI Slots One PCI Express x16 slot One PCI Express x1 slot Two PCI slots Floppy Disk Drive One slot 1 44MB 3 m...

Page 12: ...ant Two Wire Serial Interface TWSI for VPD 2 5GHz Signaling x1 link width width strapped on reset Support of up to eight outstanding NP requests as a master USB X10 USB2 0 1 1 Rear 4 ports Front 6ports 1394a 1394 header x 1 and Back I O 1 TSB43AB23PDTG4 2 port Buzzer One onboard buzzer Front Panel I O Header CIR IR Blaster Compliant to ITE s pin definition to support CIR IR blaster function for Vi...

Page 13: ...ne FDD slot One PATA slot Four SATAII IDE connectors Three 2 5 pin USB headers compliant to Intel FPIO standard specification One 2 5 pin front audio header compliant to Intel FPIO standard specification One 2 5 pin serial port connector One 1 4 pin AUX In connector One 4 pin CPU fan connector One 3 pin system fan connector with linear circuit One 24 pin 4 pin ATX interface PS3 PS2 SPS connector O...

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Page 15: ...Chapter 1 5 Angora AM50 Front Panel Description 1 ODD Door 2 Slide Door 3 LAN LED 4 HDD LED 5 Power Button 6 USB Port 7 MIC Phone 8 Speaker Out ...

Page 16: ...ription 1 6 audio jacks 7 1 HD audio jack 8 PS 2 Keyboard 2 LAN Port 9 PS 2 Mouse 3 USB Ports 10 Power Cable Port 4 1394 Port 11 SPDIF Bracket 5 CRT LCD Port 12 SPDIF Port 6 Parallel Port 13 Recovery Switch Holder 7 HDMI Port 14 Lock Handle ...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 7 Angora AM30 Front Panel Description 1 Optical Device 2 3 5 Device 3 LAN LED 4 HDD LED 5 Power Button 6 USB Port 7 MIC Phone 8 Speaker Out ...

Page 18: ...ription 1 6 audio jacks 7 1 HD audio jack 8 PS 2 Keyboard 2 LAN Port 9 PS 2 Mouse 3 USB Ports 10 Power Cable Port 4 1394 Port 11 SPDIF Bracket 5 CRT LCD Port 12 SPDIF Port 6 Parallel Port 13 Recovery Switch Holder 7 HDMI Port 14 Lock Handle ...

Page 19: ...Chapter 1 9 Angora AM10 Front Panel Description 1 Optical Device 2 3 5 Device 3 Power Button 4 HDD LED 5 LAN LED 6 Speaker Out 7 MIC Phone 8 USB Port ...

Page 20: ...cription 1 6 audio jacks 7 1 HD audio jack 8 PS 2 Keyboard 2 LAN Port 9 PS 2 Mouse 3 USB Ports 10 Power Cable Port 4 1394 Port 11 SPDIF Bracket 5 CRT LCD Port 12 SPDIF Port 6 Parallel Port 13 Recovery Switch Holder 7 HDMI Port 14 Lock Handle ...

Page 21: ...nology toolbar and select Password Setup to do so If you do not initialize the Empowering Technology password you will be prompted to do so when running Acer eRecovery Management for the first time Acer eRecovery Management Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided by the manufacturer The Acer eRecovery Management utility supports Micr...

Page 22: ... unauthorized persons It is conveniently integrated with Windows explorer as a shell extension for quick and easy data encryption decryption and also supports on the fly file encryption for MSN Messenger and Microsoft Outlook Note The Acer eDataSecurity Management setup wizard will prompt you for a supervisor password and default encryption This encryption will be used to encrypt files by default ...

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Page 24: ...usage Disk optimization to remove unneeded items and files Speed optimization to improve the usability and performance of your Windows XP system For more information please refer to Acer eRecovery Management Note If your computer does not come with a Recovery CD or System CD please use Acer eRecovery Management s System backup to optical disk feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD To ensure t...

Page 25: ... the process Restore from Backup Users can restore backup previously created as stated in the Create Backup section from hard drive CD or DVD Please follow the steps below to restore from backup 1 Boot to Windows XP 2 Press Alt F10 to open the Acer eRecovery utility 3 Enter the password to proceed The default password is six zeros 4 In the Acer eRecovery window select Recovery actions and click Ne...

Page 26: ...y take few seconds to bring up the software content window Change Password Acer eRecovery and Acer disc to disc recovery are protected by a password that can be changed by users Follow the steps below to change the password in Acer eRecovery 1 Boot to Window XP 2 Press Alt F10 to open the Acer eRecovery utility 3 Enter the password to proceed The default password is six zero 4 In the Acer eRecover...

Page 27: ...e enter 000000 will be displayed 4 Enter six zeros and continue 5 The Acer Recovery main page appears 6 Use the arrow keys to scroll through the items operating system versions and press Enter to select Multilingual Operating System Installation Follow the instructions to choose the operating system and language you prefer when you first power on the system 1 Turn on the system 2 Acer s multilingu...

Page 28: ...690 supports Core 2 Duo processors DDR2 and DDR3 memory and its graphics subsystem features a new graphics core twice as fast as the older Radeon Xpress 200 Feature Integrated a DirectX 9 0 compliant 2D 3D graphics core Integrated an ATI Radeon X700 based graphics engine Supports LDTSTP interface CPU throttling and stutter mode The RS690 incorporates ATI s innovative Avivo display architecture A n...

Page 29: ...ntroller SMBus Rev 2 0 compliant Support SMBALERT signal GPIO DMA Controller 2 cascaded 8237 DMA controllers Support PC PCI DMA Support LPC DMA Support type F DMA S1 S3 S4 S5 Power button Enable default Disabled Enabled default Disabled Enabled default Disabled Enabled default Disabled PS2 keyboard Enabled Disabled default Enabled Disabled default N A N A USB keyboard Enabled default Disabled Enab...

Page 30: ...MM Support 4 DDRII DIMM 8 GB Maximum capacity Item Description Chip ITE IT8718F Feature Meet LPC Spec 1 1 Compliant with Microsoft PC98 PC2001 Hardware Design Guide Support PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Support up to four 3 5 inch or 5 25 inch floppy disk drives Support two serial ports one EPP ECP parallel port Support three fans 5 fan speed monitoring inputs Support IrDA 1 0 FIR protocol with maximum baud...

Page 31: ...6K sample rate 16 20 24 bit S PDIF OUT supports 44 1K 48K 96K 192kHz sample rate 16 20 24 bit S PDIF IN supports 44 1K 48K 96K sample rate Item Description Chip TSB43AB23PDTG4 Feature Compliant with the IEEE 1394 1995 Release 1 0 and support IEEE 1394a P2000 specifications with full 1394a P2000 Compliant with the PCI V2 2 specification and card bus interfaces support Three 1394a ports enable conne...

Page 32: ...OM feature yes LS 120 FDD drive support yes BIOS boot block feature yes Supports Microsoft SLP 2 0 for Windows Vista Hotkey Description DEL To enter BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while the system is booting to enter BIOS Setup Utility Item Specification Temperature Operating 5OC 35OC Non operating 20OC 60OC storage packed 10OC 60OC unpacked Humidity Operating 15 to 80 RH non condensing Non ...

Page 33: ...ing external switch button modem ring in keyboard and mouse for APM mode Resume recovery time seven to 10 seconds Suspend Mode Independent power management timer two to 120 minutes time step 10 minutes or pushing external switch button CPU goes into SMM CPU asserts STPCLK and goes into the Stop Grant state LED on the panel turns amber color Hard disk drive goes into SLEEP mode for ATA standard int...

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Page 35: ...e Power management features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This Setup Utility should be used when changing the system configuration when a configuration error is detected and you are prompted to make changes to the Setup Utility when trying to resolve IRQ conflicts when maki...

Page 36: ...ress ENTER to confirm the setting or enter the sub menu XFrequency Voltage Control XIntegrated Peripherals Set User Password XPnP PCI Configuration Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Exit Without Saving Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility XProduct Information XPC Health Status Save Exit Setup XAdvanced BIOS Features XAdvanced Chipset Features XPower Management Setup XStan...

Page 37: ...kstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Product Information Product Name Aspire M5188 Help Item System S N Mainboard ID F690CVM Menu Level X Asset Tag Number System BIOS Version 6 00PC SMBIOS Version 2 4 System BIOS ID 721A1D04 BIOS Release Date 03 17 2007 KLIJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults ...

Page 38: ...em determines whether the system stops or not if an error occurs during system boot up At defaults All But Keyboard the boot will be interrupted for all errors except a keyboard error Base Memory Extended Memory and Total Memory These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time You can not make changes to these fields KLIJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save and Exit ESC Exi...

Page 39: ...C Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults XTypematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Bootblock Write Protect Enabled Silent Boot Enabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled XTypematic Rate chars sec 6 Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Configuration Table Disabled Boo...

Page 40: ... for the default value Typematic Rate Setting If this item is enabled you can use the following two items to set the Typematic Rate and the Typematic Delay settings for the keyboard The default setting is Disabled which uses the defaults below Typematic Rate Chars Sec Use this item to define how many characters per second are generated by a held down key The default setting is 6 Typematic Delay Ms...

Page 41: ...s on both the disk drive and the host computer Silent Boot This item enables or disables the Silent Boot function Small Logo EPA Show Determines whether the EPA logo appears during boot up Configuration Table This item enables or disables the Configuration Table in BIOS setting Bootblock Write Protect When enabled Boot block write protection allows the boot block area to be protected by a write pr...

Page 42: ...is menu Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 Ch2 M ST3808110AS Help Item 2 Bootable Add in Cards Menu Level XX Use K or L to select a device then press to move it up or to move it KLIJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults ...

Page 43: ...em memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that use this area of system memory need to state their memory requirements System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result T...

Page 44: ...s Enter to view the South OnChip PCI Device submenu See Super IO Device on page 38 Init Display First Enables or disables the bus PCI Slot or Onboard AGP Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals XSouth OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Help Item XSouth OnChip PCI Device Press Enter XSuper IO Device Press Enter Menu Level X Init Display First PCIEx KLIJ Move Enter Select ...

Page 45: ...cess to IDE devices If you install a device that supports UltraDMA you can change the item on this list to Auto You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this main board in order to use an UltraDMA device IDE HDD Block Mode Enable this field if the IDE hard drive supports block mode Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sect...

Page 46: ...ry Serial ATA controller will be disabled Serial ATA devices connected to it will not be accessible to the system ATI SATA Type This item sets the SATA Cable Type in use The default is Native IDE USB EHCI Controller Enables or disables the Universal Serial Bus USB controller and Enhanced Host Controller Interface ATI SATA Controller Enabled Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility South On...

Page 47: ...s item if you want to use a mouse connected through the USB port in a legacy operating system such as DOS that does not support Plug and Play Onboard LAN Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the onboard LAN Controller function Onboard Lan Boot ROM Use this item to enable or disable the booting from the onboard LAN or a network add on card with a remote boot ROM installed Onboard ...

Page 48: ...al port The default is Normal UR2 Duplex Mode This option is only available if an infrared port mode is selected in the UART Mode Select item Select full or half duplex mode Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time KLIJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous V...

Page 49: ... onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parallel port mode You can select SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or EPP ECP ECP Mode Use DMA When the onboard parallel port is set for ECP mode the parallel port can use DMA 3 or DMA 1 ...

Page 50: ...card a PCI card or a fixed alarm on the system real time clock ACPI Function This item allows users to enable or disable the ACPI power management function ACPI Suspend Type You can use this item to define how your system suspends Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Help Item ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR C2 Disable Enable Disabled Menu Level X ...

Page 51: ...re power down In a software power down the system can be resumed by Wake Up Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power button on your system If the item is set for Instant Off then the power button causes a software power down If the item is set for Delay four Sec then you have to hold the power button down for four seconds to cause a software power dow...

Page 52: ...Enabled the Date and Resume Time fields become available Set the date day of the month hour minute and second to turn on the system When set to 0 zero for the day of the month the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time ...

Page 53: ...urces Controlled By The BIOS can automatically configure all the boot Plug and Play compatible devices Auto default disables IRQ and DMA memory base address fields as they are automatically assigned PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some non standard VGA cards This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palette snooping Defau...

Page 54: ...fore handing it over to another device Maximum Payload Size This BIOS feature determines the maximum TLP Transaction Layer Packet payload size that can be supported by the motherboard chipset s PCI Express controller The TLP payload size determines the amount of data transmitted within each data packet When set to 4096 the motherboard chipset s PCI Express controller supports the maximum data payl...

Page 55: ... SYS Temp C 45 System Smart FAN Control Enabled PWM Start CPU Temp C 45 Start PWM Value 0 127 48 Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Shutdown Temperature 90 C 174 C Help Item CPU Vcore 1 34V 3 3V 3 32V Menu Level X 5V 5 08V 12V 11 96V 5VSB 4 94V CPU FAN speed 1844 RPM System FAN speed 1790 RPM CPU Temperature 64 C Ambient Temperature 31 C CPU Temp Offset 255 CPU S...

Page 56: ...o these items and enter values as required to customize the Thermal Profile CPU Temp Offset CPU Warning Temperature CPU Smart FAN Control PWM Start CPU Temp Start PWM Value Slope PWM Value Delta Temp PWM Start SYS Temp Slope PWM Value 2 Delta Temp C 2 System Smart FAN Control PWM Start CPU Temp C Start PWM Value 0 127 Slope PWM Value Delta Temp C PWM Start SYS Temp C Slope PWM Value 2 Delta Temp C...

Page 57: ...y the system SB600 Spread Spectrum Enabling spread spectrum can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference generated by the south bridge For maximum system stability and performance this settings should remain at the default setting Disabled KLIJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Menu Level X Phoenix Awa...

Page 58: ...ol XIntegrated Peripherals Set User Password Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility XProduct Information XPC Health Status XStandard CMOS Features XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults XAdvanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password XPower Management Setup Save Exit Setup XPnP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults V02 54 C Copyrigh...

Page 59: ...n enter BIOS Setup freely Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password You can use Supervisor Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup to modify all settings Also you can use User Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup but can not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled XFrequency Voltage Control XIntegrated Peripherals Set User Password P...

Page 60: ... XFrequency Voltage Control XIntegrated Peripherals Set User Password Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility XProduct Information XPC Health Status XStandard CMOS Features XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults XAdvanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password XPower Management Setup Save Exit Setup XPnP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMO...

Page 61: ...se the Discard Changes and Exit and press Y followed by ENTER to discard any changes you have made XFrequency Voltage Control XIntegrated Peripherals Set User Password Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility XProduct Information XPC Health Status XStandard CMOS Features XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults XAdvanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password XPower Management Set...

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Page 63: ...rews with the corresponding components to avoid mismatch when putting back the components When you remove the stripe cover please be careful not to scrape the cover Before You Begin Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure you have to make sure that The system and all peripherals are powered off The AC adaptor and all power and signal cables from the system are unplugged Note There are sev...

Page 64: ...nces between the models are the front bezel and placement of the USB panel as shown below Take care when replacing the front bezel to avoid damage to the ports Disassembly Procedure 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady and nonskid surface 2 Release the lock handle then slide the left cover out 3 Detach the VGA TV and Modem cards AM50 AM30 AM10 ...

Page 65: ...Chapter 3 55 4 Disconnect the front bezel LED cable 5 Disconnect the audio cables 6 Disconnect the USB cables 7 Disconnect the SPDIF cable ...

Page 66: ...er 3 8 Disconnect the PA power cable from the MB connector 9 Disconnect the P1 power and FDD data cables 10 Disconnect the ODD power and data cables P1 Power Cable FDD Data Cable ODD Power Cable ODD Data Cable ...

Page 67: ...11 Disconnect the HDD power and data cables 12 Disconnect the System Fan and CPU Cooler power cable from their MB connectors 13 Slide the HDD holder as shown and remove the HDD from the chassis CPU Cooler System Fan ...

Page 68: ...e not to damage the USB ports at the top of the bezel Note For the AM10 take care not to damage the USB ports on the bottom right hand side of the bezel 15 Slide the ODD holder as shown and remove the HDD from the chassis 16 Release the four screws as shown and remove the CPU Cooler from the chassis AM50 AM30 AM10 ...

Page 69: ...m the memory unit at the same time to release the memory Repeat as necessary to remove all memory 18 Remove the four System Fan screws as shown and lift the fan clear of the chassis 19 Push and release the CPU latch and remove the CPU from the motherboard ...

Page 70: ...60 Chapter 3 20 Release the 8 screws marked below and remove the main board 21 Release the four screws marked below and remove the system power supply from the chassis ...

Page 71: ...o size constraints For FSP power supplies use a power cable clip to secure the 12V cable For LITEON power supplies use a non cable clip to secure the 12V cable 2 Insert the main board and secure the 8 screws marked below Note Ensure that the I O Connector is aligned and that the VIA aperture is correctly oriented with the STAND OFF on the chassis FSP Power Supply LITEON Power Supply ...

Page 72: ...ose the CPU latch 4 Insert the System Fan in to the chassis as secure the 4 screws as shown 5 Insert the memory into the slot taking care to align the locating lug Push down as shown until the securing latches click into place Repeat for all memory modules ...

Page 73: ...er to the MB and fasten the four screws shown bellow 7 Connect the System Fan CPU Cooler power cables to the MB connectors 8 Insert the ODD in to the chassis and slide the ODD holder as shown to lock it in place CPU Cooler System Fan ...

Page 74: ...ttach the front bezel as shown Ensure that access to the USB ports is not restricted as indicated for the three models 11 Insert the SPDIF into the chassis Ensure that the unit locates correctly as shown 12 Insert the HDD in to the chassis and slide the HDD holder as shown to lock it in place AM50 AM30 AM10 ...

Page 75: ...HDD data cable and HDD power cable 14 Connect the ODD data cable and power cable to the rear of ODD 15 Connect the P1 power cable and FDD data cable to the MB connector ODD Power Cable ODD Data Cable P1 Power Cable FDD Data Cable ...

Page 76: ...66 Chapter 3 16 Connect the PA power cable to the MB connector 17 Connect the USB cables 18 Connect the SPDIF cable 19 Connect the audio cables ...

Page 77: ...Chapter 3 67 20 Connect the front bezel LED cable 21 Connect the VGA TV and Modem cards 22 Slide the left cover in and secure the lock handle ...

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Page 79: ...r to generic troubleshooting guide in the service guide database for information with respect to following items Power On Self Test POST POST Check Points POST Error Messages List Error Symptoms List Troubleshooting Chapter 4 ...

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Page 81: ... VGA CONN 5 1394 CONN 6 USB CONNS 7 LAN CONN 8 AUDIO CONNS 9 LAN CHIP 10 AUDIO CHIP 11 4 PIN POWER 12 SYSTEM FAN 13 CPU FAN 14 COM PORT 15 CLK GEN 16 PCIE 1X SLOT 1 3 4 2 8 5 7 6 10 9 41 13 12 14 40 39 37 38 36 35 34 33 30 31 32 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Information ...

Page 82: ...22 NORTH BRIDGE 23 1394 CHIP 24 FRONT 1394 HEADER 25 BATTERY 26 DIMM SLOTS 27 SOUTH BRIDGE 28 FRONT USB HEADER 29 SI O CHIP 30 AS HEADER 2 31 AS HEADER 1 32 INTR HEADER 33 24 PIN POWER 34 FLOPPY CONN 35 IDE CONN 36 BIOS 37 CLR_CMOS HEADER 38 OBR HEADER 39 SPEAKER HEADER 40 SATA CONN 41 FRONT PANEL ...

Page 83: ...n Signal Name 1 5 RUSB_VCC1 9 DCOUT_1394 2 USBD0 11 TPB0 3 USBD0 12 TPB0 4 Ground 13 TPA0 6 USBD1 14 TPA0 7 USBD1 15 22 IO_GND 8 10 Ground Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 5 RUSB_VCC2 5V 13 MDI1 2 SBD2 14 MDI2 3 SBD3 15 MDI2 4 8 GND 16 MDI3 6 SBD2 17 MDI3 7 SBD3 18 GND 23 30 Ground 19 LAN_LED 9 AVDDL_1D8V 20 LAN_LINK_LED 10 MDI0 21 LED_100 11 MDI0 22 LED_1000 12 MDI1 Pin Signal Name 61 GND 62 LIN...

Page 84: ...D Left Side Black in Color Pin Signal Name 51 GND 52 LINE_OUT_L2 53 FRONT JD 54 GND 55 LINE_OUT_R5 Pin Signal Name 41 GND 42 MIC1_L2 43 MIC1 JD 44 GND 45 MIC1_R5 Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 SIDESURRBACK_L2 3 SIDESURR JD 4 GND 5 SIDESURRBACK_R2 Pin Signal Name 31 GND 32 CEN C 33 CEN JD 34 GND 35 LFE C Pin Signal Name 21 GND 22 SURR_L 23 SURR JD 24 GND 25 SURR_R ...

Page 85: ... PDD3 12 PDD12 13 PDD2 14 PDD13 15 PDD1 16 PDD14 17 IPDD0 18 PDD15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 PD_REQ 22 Ground 23 PD_IOW 24 Ground 25 PD_IOR 26 Ground 27 PD_RDY 28 Ground 29 PD_ACK 30 Ground 31 IRQ14_R 32 N C 33 PD_A1 34 PD_DET 35 PD_A0 36 PD_A2 37 PD_CS1 38 PD_CS3 39 IDE_LED 40 Ground Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 SATA_TX0 _C 3 SATA_TX0 _C 4 GND 5 SATA_RX0 _C 6 SATA_RX0 _C 7 GND 8 KEY 9 KEY ...

Page 86: ...DAT 5 GND 13 CONN_HSYNC 6 GND 14 CONN_VSYNC 7 GND 15 CONN_DAC_SCL 8 GND Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 HDMI_TXAP2 12 HDMI_TXCAN 2 GND 13 NC 3 HDMI_TXAN2 14 NC 4 HDMI_TXAP1 15 HDMI_DDC_CLK 5 GND 16 HDMI_DDC_DATA 6 HDMI_TXAN1 17 GND 7 HDMI_TXAP0 18 5V_S0 8 GND 19 HDMI_HOT_PLUG_DETECT 9 HDMI_TXAN0 20 GND 10 HDMI_TXCAP 21 GND 11 GND ...

Page 87: ... 1 GND 2 POWER 3 SENSE SYSFAN 3 PIN SYSTEM FAN HEADER Yellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 GND 2 POWER 3 SENSE CLR_CMOS 3 PIN CLEAR CMOS HEADER Yellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 2 CLEAR CMOS 1 Ground 2 RTC_RSTJ 2 3 NORMAL 3 VCC_RTC OBR System Recover HEADER Yellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 SYS_RECOVER 2 GND ...

Page 88: ...CC5 3 D0 4 D1 5 D0 6 D1 7 GND 8 GND 9 KEY 10 GND F_AUDIO1 FRONT PANEL AUDIO HEADER 2x5 Yellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 FMIC_L 2 GND 3 FMIC_R 4 3D3V_S0 5 LINE_OUT_R 6 MIC_JD 7 FRONT IO SENSE 8 KEY 9 LINE_OUT_L 10 LINE_JD IR IR 1 VCC5 2 KEY 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Jumper Header Name Function Definition ...

Page 89: ...PB 7 POWER 8 POWER 9 KEY 10 GND FP Front Panel Header Yellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 FP_1 PU 5V_S0 2 LEDP PU 5V_S5 3 SATA_LED_L 4 PMSLED PU 5V_S5 5 GND 6 SWITCH_ON 7 FP_RESET _FP 8 GND 9 FP_9 PU 5V_S0 10 KEY 11 FP_11 PU 5V_S0 12 FP_12 PU 5V_S5 13 ODD_LED 14 LAN_LED Jumper Header Name Function Definition ...

Page 90: ...1 of symbol 1 NDCD 2 NSIN 3 NSOUT 4 NDTR 5 GND 6 NDSR 7 NRTS 8 NCTS 9 NRI 10 KEY INTERNAL SPEAKER HEADER AUDIO INTERNAL SPEAKER HEADER Yellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 MONO_L 2 GND 3 MONO_R 4 KEY 5 GND 6 GND 7 VCC3 8 VCC5 Jumper Header Name Function Definition ...

Page 91: ...ellow is symbol Red is Pin1 of symbol 1 LCKL 2 GND 3 LFRAMEn 4 KEY 5 LRESETn 6 NC 7 LAD3 8 LAD2 9 VDD 3 3V 10 LAD1 11 LAD0 12 GND 13 NC 14 NC 15 NC 16 SERIRQ 17 GND 18 CLKRUNin 19 LPCPDn 20 NC Jumper Header Name Function Definition ...

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Page 93: ... part number is changed it will NOT be noted on the printed service guide For Acer authorized service providers your Acer office may have a different part number code from those given in the FRU list of this printed service guide You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for service Note To scrap or to return the defective parts you should follow the ...

Page 94: ...Description 1 AM50 Bezel 10 Power Supply 2 AM50 USB 11 Fan 3 AM50 USB Panel 12 PCI Bracket 4 FDD Lock Slide 13 Left Slide Door 5 CD ROM Lock Slide 14 Motherboard 6 Chassis 15 HDD 7 USB PCB ASM 16 3 5 Device 8 USB Shielding 17 CD ROM 9 Right Slide Door 18 HDD Lock Slide ...

Page 95: ...M30 Main Bezel 11 Fan 2 3_25 Cover 12 PCI Bracket 3 5_25 Cover 13 Left Side Door 4 AM50 USB 14 Motherboard 5 AM50 USB Panel 15 HDD 6 Chassis 16 3 5 Device 7 USB PCB ASM 17 CD ROM 8 USB Shielding 18 HDD Lock Slide 9 Right Side Door 19 FDD Lock Slide 10 Power Supply 20 CD ROM Lock Slide ...

Page 96: ... Description 1 AM10 Main Bezel 10 Power Supply 2 3_25 Cover 11 Fan 3 5_25 Cover 12 PCI Bracket 4 AM50 USB 13 Left Side Door 5 AM50 USB Panel 14 Motherboard 6 FDD Lock Slide 15 HDD Lock Slide 7 CD ROM Lock Slide 16 HDD 8 Chassis 17 3 5 Device 9 Right Side Door 18 CD ROM ...