Acer ASPIRE Service Manual

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S E R V I C E G U I D E G U I D E

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Notebook Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Left View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Base View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Touchpad Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Keyboard Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Specifications Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Chapter 2. System Utilities

BIOS Setup Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Navigating the Bios Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Main. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Boot Sequence SOP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

BIOS Flash Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

DOS Flash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

WinFlash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Miscellaneous Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Using DMITools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Using the LAN MAC EEPROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

HDD/BIOS Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Unlocking the HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Clearing the Password Check and BIOS Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Crisis Utility SOP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Creating a USB Flash Crisis Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Using the Crisis Utility Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Chapter 3. Service and Maintenance

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Recommended Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Maintenance Flowchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Battery Pack Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Battery Pack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Dummy Card Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Dummy Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Base Door Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Base Door Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

ODD Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

ODD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

DIMM Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

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DIMM Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

HDD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

HDD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

HDD Carrier Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

HDD Carrier Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

WLAN Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

WLAN Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

Keyboard Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

Keyboard Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Upper Case Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

Upper Case Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

RTC Battery Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

RTC Battery Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

Mainboard Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43

Mainboard Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

Fan Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50

Fan Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52

Thermal Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

Thermal Module Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

CPU Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57

CPU Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58

Speaker Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

Speaker Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62

USB Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

USB Module Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67

Power Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

Power Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-71

Touchpad FFC Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73

Touchpad FFC Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74

LCD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

LCD Module Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78

DC-In Cable Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

DC-In Cable Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83

LCD Bezel Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-84

LCD Bezel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

CCD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

CCD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-90

LCD Panel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

LCD Panel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

LCD Panel Bracket Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99

LCD Panel Bracket Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

WLAN Antenna Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

WLAN Antenna Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

Microphone Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

Microphone Module Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-106

Chapter 4. Troubleshooting

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Power On Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

No Display Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

LCD Picture Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Internal Keyboard Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Touchpad Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Internal Speaker Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Internal Microphone Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

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USB Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Wireless Function Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Bluetooth Function Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

4-in-1 Card Function Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Unit Thermal Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Cosmetic Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Other Functions Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

BIOS Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Chapter 5. Jumper and Connector Locations

Mainboard Top View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Mainboard Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

USB Board View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Power Board View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

CMOS Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Chapter 6. FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List

Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Main Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Lower Case Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Upper Case Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

LCD Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

FRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Screw List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Chapter 7. Test Compatible Components

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Aspire XXXX ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Chapter 8. Online Support Information

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

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Revision History

Please refer to the table below for the updates made on this service guide.

Date Chapter Updates

Service guide files and updates are available on the Acer/CSD website. The information in this
guide is subject to change without notice.

Copyright

Copyright © 2012 by Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language
or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical,
chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.

Disclaimer

The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with

respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitn ess
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 any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.

Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation.
Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

WARNING:

Indicates a potential for personal injury.

CAUTION:

Indicates a potential loss of data or damage to equipment.

IMPORTANT:

Indicates information that is important to know for the proper completion of a
procedure, choice of an option, or completing a task.

NOTE:

Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the curr ent topic.

The following typographical conventions are used in this document:

• Book titles, directory names, file names, path names, and program/process names are shown
in italics.

Example:

the DRS5 User's Guide
/usr/local/bin/fd
the /TPH15spool_M program

• Computer output (text that represents information displayed on a computer screen, such as
menus, prompts, responses to input, and error messages) are shown in constant width.

Example:

[01] The server has been stopped

• User input (text that represents information entered by a computer user, such as command
names, option letters, and words) are shown in constant width bold. Variables cont ained within
user input are shown in square brackets ([ ]).

Example:

At the prompt, type run [file name] -m

• Keyboard keys are shown in bold italics.

Example:

After entering data, press Enter.

• Screen output (text that represents information displayed on the system, such as menus,
prompts, responses to input, and error message s ) ar e shown in bold .

Example:

On the main menu, select OK.

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General Information

This Service Guide provides all technical information relating to the basic configuration for Acer's
global product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product
competitiveness, your regional office may have decided to extend the functionality of a machine
(e.g. add-on card, modem, or extra memory capabilities). These localized features are not covered
in this generic service guide. In such cases, contact your regional offices or the responsible
personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.

When ordering FRU parts:

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 may not be noted in this printed service guide.

For Acer-authorized service providers:

Your Acer office may have a different part number code than those given in the FRU list of this
printed service guide. The list provided by your regional Acer office must be used to order FRU
parts for repair and service of customer machines.

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CHAPTER 1

Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Notebook Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Left View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Base View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Touchpad Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Keyboard Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Specifications Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Features

The following is a summary of the computer’s many features:

Operating System

• Genuine Windows

• Genuine Windows

• Support to Genuine Windows

Platform

• Intel

• Intel

• Mobile Intel

®

Core™ i7 Quad Core processor (6 or 8 MB L3 cache, Turbo Bo ost Technology

2.0, DDR3 1333 MHz, 35 W), supporting Intel

®

Core™ i5, i3 Dual Core processor (3 or 4 MB L3 cache, Turbo Boost Technology

2.0, DDR3 1333 MHz, 35 W), supporting Intel

System Memory

• DDR3 Dual Channel Support / 2 SO-DIMM slot

• Maximum: 8 GB (4 GB + 4GB)

Display

• 15.6” HD 1366 x 768 resolution

®

7 Home Premium (64-bit)

®

7 Home Basic (64-bit)

®

8

®

HM77/HM70 Express Chipset

®

64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache

®

64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache

• LED-backlit TFT LCD

• Mercury-free, environment-friendly

• 16:9 aspect ratio

Graphics

• 16.7 million colors

• External resolution / refresh rates:

• VGA port up to 2048 x 1536: 75 Hz

• HDMI® port up to 1920 x 1080: 60 Hz

• MPEG-2/DVD decoding

• WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding

• DIVX

• HDMI

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-2

®

(High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital

Content Protection) support

UMA

• Intel

Discrete

®

HD Graphics 3000/4000 with 128 MB of dedicated system memory, supporting

Microsoft

• NVIDIA

5.0, Microsoft

2.0/3.0, HDMI 1.4a (supporting standard stereo modes for 720p and 1080p), and
PureVideo

Privacy Control

• BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords

• Kensington lock slot

Hard Drive

• 2.5” Hard Disk Drive

 SATA interface support
 250/320/500/640/750 GB or larger

®

DirectX® 10.1

®

GT620M with 1024 MB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM, supporting Shader Model

®

DirectX® 11.0, OpenGL® 4.1 or later, PhysX™, CUDA™, PCI Express

®

HD with support for 3D BluRay.

Audio Subsystem

• High-definition audio support

• Two built-in stereo speakers

• MS-Sound compatible

• Built-in microphone

Camera

• 1.3 M high-definition Camera

Connectivity

WLAN

• IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

LAN

• Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready

I/O Ports

• Multi-in-1 card reader, supporting:

 Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, MultiMedia Card™ (MMC), Memory Stick PRO™ (M S

PRO), xD-Picture Card

• Three USB 2.0 ports

• HDMI

1-3 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

®

port with HDCP support

• External display (VGA) port

• 3.5 mm headset/speaker jack

• Microphone-in jack

• Ethernet (RJ-45) port

• DC-in jack for AC adapter

Special Keys and Controls

Keyboard

• 103/104/107-key Fine Tip keyboard

• International language support

• Independent standard numeric keypad, pgdn/pgup/home/end keys

Touchpad

• Multi-gesture touchpad, supporting two-finger scroll, pinch, rotate, flip

Dimensions and Weight

Dimension

• 381.6 (W) x 253 (D) x 33.2 (D) mm (15 x 9.96 x 1.30 inches)

Weight

• 2.6 kg (5.74 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack

Power Adapter and Battery

Battery

• 48W 4400mAh 6-cell Li-ion standard battery pack

• Battery life: 5.2 hours

• ENERGY STAR

Power Adapter

®

• 65 W / 90 W AC adapter

• Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz

Environment

Temperature

• Operating: 5º C to 35º C

• Non-operating: -20ºC to 65ºC

Humidity (non-condensing)

• Operating: 10% to 90%

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-4

• Non-operating: 5% to 95%

Optional Accessories

• 65 W / 90 W AC adapter

• 8-cell Li-ion battery pack

• HDD pack

• CD-ROM Module

1-5 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Notebook Tour

7

5

6

3

2

1

4

Top View

Figure 1:1. Top View

# Icon Item Description

1 Power Button

2 Touchpad

3 Keyboard Use to enter data into the computer.
4 Speaker Emits audio sound.

4 Display Screen

5 Microphone

6 Webcam Web camera used for video communications.

Press to turn the computer on or off. The indicator lights
blue when the power is on.

Touch-sensitive pointing device that functions like a
computer mouse.

Also called Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) screen, displays
computer output.

Receives audio input for sound recording or voice
chatting.

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-6

Front View

21

MULTIMEDIACARD

Figure 1:2. Closed Front View

# Icon Item Description

Insert a memory card such as Secure Digital
(SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC), Memory Stick

1

Multi-in-1
Card Reader

PRO (MS PRO), and xD-Picture Card (xD) for
external storage.

NOTE:

Only one card can be inserted at a time.

Indicates the computer power status:

Power Indicator

• Off: System is off.

• Blue: System is on.

• Amber (flashing): S3 state
Indicates the computer battery status:

Battery Indicator

2

• Amber (flashing): Battery low.

• Amber: Battery is charging.

• Blue: Battery is fully charged.

HDD Indicator Indicates hard disk drive or card reader access.

Wireless
Connectivity
Indicator

Indicates the computer wireless connectivity
status:

• Off: Not connected to any wireless device.

• Amber: A wireless device is active.

1-7 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Left View

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Figure 1:3. Left View

# Icon Item Description

1 DC-In Jack Connects to an AC adapter.

2

3Air Vents

4 VGA Port Connects to a VGA cable for external video output.
5 HDMI Port Supports high-definition digital video co nnections.
6 USB 2.0 Port Connects to USB 2.0 devices.

7 Microphone Jack Connects to a microphone.

8 Headset Jack Connects to a headset.

Ethernet (RJ-45)
Port

Connects to an Ethernet 10/100/1000-based network.

Use for air flow.

CAUTION:

Do not cover the air vents.

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-8

Right View

321

Figure 1:4. Right View

# Icon Item Description

1 USB Ports Connects to USB 2.0 devices.
2 Optical Drive Reads and writes CD and DVD discs.

Connects to a Kensington-compatible computer security
lock.

NOTE:

Wrap the computer security

3

Kensington Lock
Slot

lock cable around an
immovable object such as a
table or handle of a locked
drawer. Insert the lock into
the notch and turn the key to
secure the lock.
Some keyless models are also available.

1-9 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Base View

2

3

1

Figure 1:5. Base View

# Icon Item Description

1 Battery Bay Houses the computer battery pack.

2

3

Battery Release
Latch

HDD and Memory
Compartment
Cover

Insert a suitable tool into the latch an d slide to
release the battery.

Houses the computer HDD and main memory.

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-10

Touchpad Basics

2

1

3

Figure 1:6. Touchpad

# Item Description

Move your finger across the touchpad to move the cursor.

1 Touchpad

2Left Button

Tapping on the touchpad is the same as clicking the lef t
mouse button.

Press the left button to perform selection and execution
functions. This button is equivalent to the left button on a
mouse.

Press the right button to perform selection and execution

3Right Button

functions. This button is equivalent to the right button on a
mouse.

Using the Touchpad

NOTE:

• The touchpad is sensitive to finger movement s; hence, the lighter the touch, the be tter the

response. Tapping too hard will not increase the touchpad sensitiveness.

• When using the touchpad, keep the touchpad and your fingers dry and clean.

Below is a description of basic touchpad operations:

Table 1:1. Touchpad Operations

Function Touchpad Left Button Right Button

T ap twice (same speed

Execute

Select Tap once. Click once.

Drag

as double-clicking a
mouse button).

Tap twice; on the
second tap, rest your
finger on the touchpad
and drag the cursor.

Quickly click twice.

Press and hold, then
use your finger on the
touchpad to drag the
cursor.

Access context
menu

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Click once.

Keyboard Basics

1

5

2 3 4

Figure 1:7. Keyboard

# Item Description

1 Caps Lock Key

2 Fn Function Key

3 Windows Key

4 Application Key

5 Num Lock Key

When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters are
typed in uppercase.

Use with other key combinations to perform special
functions.

• Press to launch the Start menu.

• When used with other keys, provides a variety of
functions. See Windows Key on page 1-13.

Press to open the context menu of the current
application. This key has the same effect as clicking the
right mouse button.

When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in
numeric mode. The keys function as a calculator
(complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use
this mode when doing a lot of numeric data entry.

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-12

Windows Key

The table below shows the different functions that Windows key combinations can do:

Table 1:2. Windows Key Combinations

Key Combination Description

Opens or closes the Start menu.

+ <R>

+ <M>

<Shift> + + <M>

+ <F1>

+ <E>

+ <F>

+ <D>

+ <L>

<CTRL> + + <F>

<CTRL> + + <TAB>

+ <TAB>

Opens the Run dialog box.

Minimizes all windows.

Undo immunize all windows.

Shows the help window.

Opens Windows Explorer.

Searches for a file or folder.

Shows the desktop.
Locks the computer (if you are connected to a network dom ain), or

switch users (if you are not connected to a network domain).
Searches for computers (if you are on a network).
Moves focus from the Start menu to the Quick Launch toolbar and

to the system tray. Use the right and left arrow keys to move focus
to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray.

Cycles through programs on the toolbar.

+ <Pause Break>

+ <U>

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Displays the system properties dialog box.

Opens Ease of Access Center (for Windows XP only).

Hotkeys

Hotkeys or function key combinations can be used to access computer control functions such as
screen brightness, volume, and multimedia playback controls.

Table 1:3. Hotkey Combinations

Function

Communication
Switch

Display Toggle <F4>

Screen Blank <F5>

Touchpad Toggle <F6> Turns the touchpad on and off.

Brightness Up <F12> Increases screen brightness.

Brightness Down <F11> Decreases screen brightness.

Play/Pause <F7> Plays or pauses media file.

Stop <F8> Stops media file.

Previous <F9>

Key

Combination

<F3>

Icon Description

Enables/disables wireless connectivity of
your computer.

Switches the display output between the
display screen, external monitor (if
connected), and both.

Turns the display screen bac klight off to
save power. Press any key to return.

Plays the previous media file in the play
sequence.

Next <F10>

D2D Recovery <Alt> + <F10> Enter D2D recovery during POST

Plays the next media file in the play
sequence.

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-14

System Block Diagram

USB port 10USB port 11

100MHz

33MHz

100MHz

LS-7911P

100MHz

1GB/s x4

DMI x4

100MHz

FDI x8

port 5 port 1

Sub-board

SPI

SATA x 6 (GEN1 1.5GT/S ,GEN2 3GT/S)SATA x 6 (GEN1 1.5GT/S ,GEN2 3GT/S)

RTC CKT.

3.3V 24MHz

LAN(GbE) &

Card Reader

BCM57785

CMOS Camera

PCI-Express x 8 (ARD PCIE2.0 2.5GT/s)

Dual Channel

2.7GT/s

Power On/Off CKT.

Touch Pad

LPC BUS

Processor

Int.KBD

BANK 0, 1, 2, 3

USB 2.0 conn x2

ALC271X/281X

DC/DC Interface CKT.

Sandy/Ivy Bridge

3.3V 48MHz

RJ45

Fan Control

Power Circuit DC/DC

204pin DDRIII-SO-DIMM X2

Intel

BIOS ROM

1.5V DDRIII 1066/1333

HDA Codec

Memory BUS(DDRIII)

PCH

HD Audio

Panther Point-M

ENE KB930/KB9012

rPGA989

Intel

Bluetooth

Conn

port 2

SATA CDROM

Conn.

SPI ROM (4M)x1

SPI ROM (1M)x1

USBx14

port 0

SATA HDD

Conn.

USB 2.0/B 2Port

USB Port1,2

Int. Speaker Phone Jack x 2

USB port 1,2 on

USB/B

989pin BGA

x16 Gen3(N13P-GS)

x16 Gen2(N13P-GL)

x8 Gen2(N13M-GS)

PER LANE100MHz

133MHz

LVDS Conn.CRT Conn.

Nvidia

N13P GS/GL

N13M-GS

PEG(DIS)

HDMI Conn.

CRT(UMA/OPTIMUS)

LVDS(UMA/OPTIMUS)

TMDS(UMA/OPTIMUS)

USB 3.0

port 1

Card Reader

Conn.

LS-7912P

PWR/B

port 1

WLAN

mSATA(reserve)

USB port 8

port 2

eDP

USB3.0

USB 3.0

Fresco FL1009

USB3.0 Conn.

Figure 1:8. System Block Diagram

1-15 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Specifications Table

Computer specifications

Item Metric Imperial

Dimensions

Length 381.6 mm 15 in
Width 253 mm 9.96 in
Height (front to rear) 33.2 mm 1.3 in
Weight (equipped with optical

drive, flash drive, and battery)

Input power

Operating voltage 18.55V ~ 19.95V

Operating current

Temperature
Operating

(not writing to optical disc)
Operating

(writing to optical dis c)
Non-operating -20ºC ~ 65ºC -4º ~ 149ºF

Relative humidity

Operating 10% ~ 90%
Non-operating 5% ~ 95%

Maximum altitude (unpressurized)

2.6 kg 5.74 lbs

65W 3.42A (Max)
90W 4.74A (Max)

0ºC ~ 35ºC 32ºF ~ 95ºF

5ºC ~ 35ºC 41ºF ~ 95ºF

Operating -15 m ~ 3,048 m -50 ft ~ 10,000 ft
Non-operating -15 m ~ 12,192 m -50 ft ~ 40,000 ft

Shock

Operating 125 g, 2 ms, half-sine
Non-operating 200 g, 2 ms, half-sine

Random vibration

Operating 0.75 g zero-to-peak, 10 Hz to 500 Hz, 0.25 oct/min sweep rate
Non-operating 1.50 g zero-to-peak, 10 Hz to 500 Hz, 0.25 oct/min sweep rate

NOTE:

Applicable product safety standards specify thermal limits for plastic surfaces. The computer
operates well within this range of temperatures.

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-16

System Board Major Chips

Item Specification

Core logic Intel Panther Point PCH
VGA Intel NVIDIA N13M-GS 1G (GT620M)
LAN Broadcom BCM57785 GbE Controller
USB 2.0 Intel HM77/HM70 Series Chipset (Panther Point)
Super I/O controller N/A
Bluetooth N/A
Wireless Qualcomm / Broadcomm / Realtek
PCMCIA N/A
Audio codec Realtek ALC271X -GR-VB6
Card reader Broadcom BCM57785X Card Reader

Processor

Item Specification

CPU Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge Dual Co re Processor
CPU package rPGA989

• Four or two execution cores

• A 32-KB instruction and 32-KB data first-level cache (L1) for
each core

Core logic

• A 256-KB shared instruction/data second-level cache (L2)
for each core

• Up to 8-MB shared instruction/data third-level cache (L3),
shared among all cores

Chipset Intel HM77/HM70 Express Chipset

Processor Specifications

Bus

Item

CPU

Speed

Cores

Speed

(FSB/

Mfg

Tech

Cache

Size

Package

Core

Voltage

DMI/QBI)

B815 1.6G 2 5GT/s 32nm 2MB rPGA988B 0.75-1.3V
B960 2.2G 2 5GT/s 32nm 2MB rPGA988B 0.75-1.3V
B970 2.3G 2 5GT/s 32nm 2MB rPGA988B 0.75-1.3V
I3-2350M 2.3G 2 5GT/s 32nm 3MB rPGA988B 0.75-1.3V
I3-2370M 2.4G 2 5GT/s 32nm 3MB rPGA988B 0.75-1.3V

1-17 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

CPU Fan True Value Table (Tj=100)

CPU Temp Fan Speed (RPM) SPL Spec (dBA)

46 55 28
51 60 31
56 65 34
61 85 37

80 95 40
Throttling 50%: On= 95 °C; OFF=85 °C
OS shut down at 100 °C; H/W shut down at 92 °C

System Memory

Item Specification

Memory controller Built-in at CPU
Memory size 1GB, 2GB, 4GB DDR3 RAM

x 2 Sockets:

DIMM socket number

Channel A DIMM 0 (TOP)
Channel B DIMM 0 (Bottom)

Supports memory size per
socket

Supports maximum memory
size

1GB/2GB/4GB

Total 8GB

Supports DIMM type SODIMM
Supports DIMM Speed DDR3 1066/1333
Support DIMM voltage 1.5V
Supports DIMM package DDR3 SODIMM 204 Pin

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-18

Memory Combinations

Slot 1 (MB) Slot 2 (MB) Total Memory (MB)

0 1024 1024
0 2048 2048

0 4096 4096
1024 0 1024
1024 1024 2048
1024 2048 3072
1024 4096 5120
2048 0 2048
2048 1024 3072
2048 2048 4096
2048 4096 6144
4096 0 4096
4096 1024 5120
4096 2048 6144
4096 4096 8192

Video Inter face

Item Specification

Chipset NVIDIA GeForce GT620M (Optimus)
Package 908 FCBGA
Interface Internal PCIE x 16
Compatibility 8 bpp (bit per pixel)
Sampling rate 128bits/64bits

1-19 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

BIOS

Item Specification

BIOS vendor Insyde
BIOS Version 1.00
BIOS ROM type SPI
BIOS ROM size 4MB + 1MB

• Insyde code base

• Flash ROM 4 MB

• Support Acer UI

• Support multi-boot

• Suspend to RAM (S3)/Disk (S4)

• Various hot-keys for system control

Features

• Support SMBIOS 2.3, PCI2.2.

• DMI utility for BIOS serial number configurable/asset tag

• Support PXE

• Support WinFlash

• Wake on LAN from S3

• Wake on LAN from S5 in AC mode

• System information

• Refer to Acer BIOS specification.

LAN Interface

Item Specification

LAN Chipset Broadcom BCM57785
LAN connector type RJ45
LAN connector location RJ45 at the left side
Features Supports 10/100/1000

Keyboard

Item Specification

Type TM7T-A10B (wo/AL-FOIL)
Total number of keypads 103-US/104-UK /107-JA
Windows logo key Yes
Internal & external keyboard

work simultaneously

Plug USB keyboard to the USB port directly: Yes

• Phantom key auto detect

• Overlay numeric keypad

Features

• Support independent pgdn/pgup/pgup/home/end keys

• Support reverse T cursor keys

• Factory configurable different languages by OEM customer

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-20

Hard Disk Drive (Listed items from AVL list)

Item Specification

HTS545025B9A
Vendor &
Model Name

300

MK2565GSX

ST9250315AS
Capacity

(GB)
Bytes per

sector

250GB 320GB 500GB 640GB

512 BYTE 512 BYTE 512 BYTE 512 BYTE

2
Data heads

2

2

Drive Format

1
Disks

1

1
Spindle

speed (RPM)

5400RPM

Performance Specifications

Buffer size 8MB

HTS545032B9A
300
MK3265GSX
ST9320310AS

3
2
2

2
1
1

HTS545050B9A
300
MK5065GSX
ST9500325AS

4
4
4

2
2
2

MK6465GSX

4

2

Interface SATA
Fast data

transfer rate
(Mbits / sec,

3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s

max)
Media data

transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec

max)

106Mbytes/s

845Mbits/s

1031.7Mbit/s

1175Mbits/s

DC Power Requirements

Voltage
tolerance

5V

106Mbytes/s
845Mbits/s

1273.3Mbits/s
1175Mbits/s

106Mbytes/s
845Mbits/s

1031.7Mbit/s
1175Mbits/s

1273.3Mbits/s

1-21 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Hard Disk Drive Interface (continued)

Item Specification

Vendor & Model
Name

WD7500BPVT­22HXZT1
MK7559GSXP
HTS547575A9

ST9750423AS WD2500BPVT-

22ZEST0

WD3200BPVT­22ZEST0

E384
Capacity (GB) 750GB 750GB 250GB 320GB
Bytes per sector 4096 4096 4096 4096

Data heads

4

4

412

4

Drive Format

Disks

2

2

211

2
Spindle s peed

(RPM)

5400RPM

Performance Specifications

Buffer size 8MB 16MB 8MB 8MB
Interface SATA
Fast data transfer

rate (Mbits / sec,

3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s

max)
Media data transfer

rate
(Mbytes/sec max)

97Mbytes/s

1363.1Mbits/s

996Mbits/s

DC Power Requirements

Voltage tolerance 5V

1130Mbits/s 108Mbytes/s 108Mbytes/s

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-22

Hard Disk Drive Interface (continued)

Item Specification

Vendor &
Model Name

Capacity
(GB)

Bytes per
sector

WD5000BPVT­22HXZT1

500GB 640GB

4096 4096

Data heads 3 4

Drive Format

Disks 2 2
Spindle

speed (RPM)

5400RPM

Performance Specifications

Buffer size 8MB
Interface SATA
Fast data

transfer rate
(Mbits / sec,

3.0Gbits/s 3.0Gbits/s

max)

WD6400BPVT­22HXZT1

Media data

97Mbytes/s 97Mbytes/s

transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec

max)

DC Power Requirements

Voltage
tolerance

5V

1-23 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Super-Multi Drive

Item Specification

HLDS Super-Multi Drive DL 8X GT51N LF / Panasonic Super­Multi Drive DL 8X UJ8B0AW / PLDS Super-Multi Drive DL 8X

Vendor & Model name

DS-8A8SH / Panasonic Super-Multi Drive DL 8X
UJ8C0ADAA1-B LF / Pioneer Super-Multi Drive DL 8X DVR­TD11RS LF

Performance Specific ation With CD Diskette With CD Diskette

Transfer rate (KB/sec)

Sustained: Max

3.6Mbytes/sec
Buffer Memory 2MB
Interface SATA

Applicable disc format CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA,
Photo CD (multi-session), Video CD, Cd-Extra (CD+), CD-text
DVD: DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R (3.9GB, 4.7GB) DVD-R
DL, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW CD:
CD-DA (Red Book) - St andard Audio C D & CD-TEXT CD-ROM
(Y ellow Book Mode1 & 2) - S tandard Dat a CD-ROM XA (Mode2
Form1 & 2) - Photo CD, Multi-Session CD-I (Green Book,

Applicable disc format

Mode2 Form1 & 2, Ready, Bridge) CD-Extra/ CD-Plus (Blue
Book) - Audio & Text/Video Video-CD (White Book) - MPEG1
Video CD-R (Orange Book Part) CD-RW & HSRW (Orange
Book Part Volume1 & Volume 2 Super Audio CD (SACD)
Hybrid type US & US+ RW DVD: DVD-ROM (Book 1.02), DVD­Dual DVD-Video (Book 1.1) DVD-R (Book 1.0, 3.9G) DVD-R
(Book 2.0, 4.7G) - General & Authoring DVD+R (Version 1.0)
DVD+RW DVD-RW (Non CPRM & CPRM) DVD°"R Dual

Loading mechanism

Load: Manual Release: (a) Electrical Release (Release Button)
(b) Release by ATAPI command (c) Emergency Release

Sustained: Max

3.6Mbytes/sec

Power Requirement

Input Voltage 5 V +/- 5% (Operating)

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-24

LED 15.6”

Item Specification

Vendor/Model name

• AUO/B156XW02 V6 (HW:0A)

• AUO/B156XW02 V2 (HW:4A)

• Samsung/LTN156AT02-A11

• LG/LP156WH2-TLEA

• CMO/N156B6-L0B

• CPT/ CLAA156WB11A

Screen Diagonal (mm) 394.91 mm
Active Area (mm) 344.23 mm x 193.54 mm
Display resolution (pixels) 1366 x 3(RGB) x 768
Pixel Pitch (mm) 0.252mm × 0.252 mm

Typical White Luminance (cd/m

2

)

200 cd/m

2

also called Brightness
Contrast Ratio 400 min / 500 type
Response Time (Optical Rise

8 ms / 16 ms

Time/Fall Time) msec
Typical Power Consumption

5.15 W

(watt)
Weight (without inverter) 460 max
Physical Size (mm) 360 mm x 210mm x 5.5 max
Electrical Interface 1 channel LVDS / e-DP (option)
Viewing Angle (degree)

40 (Right) / 40 (Left) / 10 (Upper) / 30 (Lower) min.
Horizontal (Right) CR = 10 (Left)
Vertical (Upper) CR = 10 (Lower)

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Graphics Controller and VRAM

Item Specification

Graphics Controller Chip NVIDIA N13M-GS (GT620M)

• Support for Window7 DirectX compute

• Direct X11 and Shader Model5.0

Supports

• OpenGL3.2

• NVIDIA PhysX technology

• NVIDIA CUDA technology

• NVIDIA Optimus technology
VRAM Chipset Hynix
Memory Size 1G
Interface DDRIII

Supported Resolution

Resolution 16 bits 32 bits 36 bits 48 bits Others

800x600p/60Hz 16:9 VVVV V
1024x768p/60Hz 16:9 VVVV V
1280x600/60Hz 16:9 VVVX X
1280x720/60Hz 16:9 VVVV V
1280x768/60Hz 16:9 VVVV V
1360x768/60Hz 16:9 VVVV V
1366x768/60Hz 16:9 VVVV V

NOTE:

Legend: V = Supported; X = Not supported

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-26

Bluetooth Interface (N/A)

Item Specification

Chipset
Data throughput
Protocol
Interface
Connector type
Supported protocol (List only

supported protocols from
Acer specs)

Bluetooth Module (N/A)

Item Specification

Controller
Features

Camera

Item Specification

• Liteon, 10P2SF205

• Suyin, HF2015-A821-OV01
Vendor and Model

• Chicony, CKFB15321004970LH

• Liteon, 11P2BF136

• Suyin, HF1318-P88B-SN04
Type 1.3M

Mini Card

Item Specification

Number supported 1
Features 1 mini card slot (for WLAN or WLAN/WiMax)

3G Card (N/A)

Item Specification

Features

1-27 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Audio Codec and Amplifier

Item Specification

Audio Controller Audio codec: Realtek ALC271X-GR

Audio Interface

Item Specification

Audio Controller Realtek

ALC271X-GR
Audio onboard or optional On board
Mono or Stereo Stereo
Resolution Suppo rt 16/24bit PCM
Compatibility HD audio Interface

Sampling rate

Sample rate up to 192Khz resolution VSR (Variable Sampling

Rate)
Internal microphone Yes
Internal speaker/quantity Yes/(2W speakers x2)

Wireless Module 802.11b/g/n

Item Specification

Chipset
Data throughput

Qualcomm Broadcom Realtek

11~54 Mbps, up to 270 Mbps for Draft-N

Protocol

802.11 b+g+n

Interface

PCI bus (mini PCI socket for wirel ess module)

Battery

Item Specification

Vendor & Model name SANYO AS10D SIMPLO AS10D71/73
Battery Type Li-ion Li-ion
Pack capacity 4400 mAh 4400 mAh
Number of battery cell 6 6
Package configuration 3S2P 3S2P

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-28

Battery (continued)

Item Specification

Vendor & Model name SONY AS10D41 SAMSUNG AS10D61
Battery Type Li-ion Li-ion
Pack capacity 4400 mAh 4400 mAh
Number of battery cell 6 6
Package configuration 3S2P 3S2P

Item Specification

Vendor & Model name PANASONIC AS10D51
Battery Type Li-ion
Pack capacity 4400 mAh
Number of battery cell 6
Package configuration 3S2P

USB Port

Item Specification

USB compliance level USB2.0
Protocol EHCI / XHCI
Number of USB port(s) 3
Location One on the left side and two on the right.

Output Current

• 1.5A (for the USB port at left side)

• 2.0A (for USB port at right side)

HDMI Port

Item Specification

Compliance level HDMI 1.4
Data thoroughput Up to 16.7 million colors
Number of HDMI port(s) 1
Location HDMI1 at the left side

1-29 Hardware Specifications and Configurations

AC Adapter

Item Specification

Input rating
Maximum input AC current

65 W & 90 W

65 W: 1.5A at 100V

90 W: 1.7A at 100V
Inrush current

Efficiency

12t at 264V, no damage to adapter

Refer to EPA 2.0

System Power Management

Item Specification

Mech. Off (G3) Al devices in the system are turned off completely.

Soft Off (G2/S5)

Working (G0/S0)

OS initiated shutdown. All devices in the system are turned off

completely.

Individual devices such as the CPU and hard disc may be

power managed in this state.

• CPU set power down

• VGA Suspend

• PCMCIA Suspend

Suspend to RAM (S3)

• Audio Power Down

• Hard Disk Power Down

• CD-ROM Power Down

• Super I/O Low Power mode

Save to Disk (S4)

Also called Hibernation Mode. System saves all system states

and data onto the disc prior to power off the whole system.

Card Reader

Item Specification

Chipset Broadcom BCM57785X
Package QFN68pin

• SDHC: 32G (8G tested)

• MMC: 16G (4G tested)

Maximum supported size

• miniSD: 16G

• MS/MS-PRO: 16G (8G tested)

• XD Picture: 2G

5 in 1 card reader , supporting:

• Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard™ (MMC)

Features

• Storage cards with adapter: miniSD™

• Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO

• xD Picture

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-30

System LED Indicator

Item Specification

Lock N/A

• Blue color solid on: System on

System state

• Blue color and amber color off: System off

• Amber color blinking: S3 state
HDD access state Reflects the activities of the HDD or Card reader access
Wireless state

Power button backlight

Battery state

System DMA Specification (N/A)

Hardware DMA System Function

DMA0

DMA1
DMA2
DMA3

• Amber color if a wireless device is active

• Blue color solid on: System on

• Blue color off: System off

Charging

• Amber solid on - Battery charging with AC

• Blue color solid on - Battery full

• Amber color blinking - Battery abnormal stop charging or
battery in low power state

Discharging

• Amber color blinking - Battery in critical low state

• Amber color off - Discharging state

DMA4
DMA5
DMA6
DMA7

NOTE:

ExpressCard controller can use DMA 1, 2, or 5.

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System Interrupt Specification (N/A)

Hardware IRQ System Function

IRQ0
IRQ1
IRQ2
IRQ3
IRQ5*
IRQ6
IRQ7*
IRQ8
IRQ9*
IRQ10*
IRQ11
IRQ12
IRQ13
IRQ14
IRQ15

NOTE:

Default configuration; audio possible configurations are IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10, or none.

NOTE:

ExpressCards may assert IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11, or IRQ15. Either
the infrared or the serial port may assert IRQ3 or IRQ4.

System IO Address Map (N/A)

I/O Address (hex) System Function (Shipping Configuration)

000 - 00F
010 - 01F
020 - 021
022 - 024
025 - 03F
02E - 02F
040 - 05F

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-32

I/O Address (hex) System Function (Shipping Configuration)

044 - 05F
060
061
062 - 063
064
065 - 06F
070 - 071
072 - 07F
080 - 08F
090 - 091
092
093 - 09F
0A0 - 0A1
I/O Address (hex)
0A2 - 0BF
0C0 - 0DF
0E0 - 0EF
0F0 - 0F1
0F2 - 0FF
100 - 16F
170 - 177
178 - 1EF
1F0 - 1F7
1F8 - 200
201
202 - 21F

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System IO Address Specification (N/A)

I/O Address (hex) System Function (Shipping Configuration)

220 - 22F
230 - 26D
26E - 26
278 - 27F
280 - 2AB
2A0 - 2A7
2A8 - 2E7
2E8 - 2EF
2F0 - 2F7
2F8 - 2FF
300 - 31F
320 - 36F
370 - 377
378 - 37F
380 - 387
388 - 38B
38C - 3AF
3B0 - 3BB
3BC - 3BF
3C0 - 3DF
3E0 - 3E1
3E2 - 3E3
3E8 - 3EF
3F0 - 3F7
3F8 - 3FF
CF8 - CFB
(PCIDIVO-1)
(PCIDIVO-1)

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-34

CHAPTER 2

Diagnostic Utilities

System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2

BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Navigating the Bios Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Boot Sequence SOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

BIOS Flash Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

DOS Flash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

WinFlash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Miscellaneous Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Using DMITools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Using the LAN MAC EEPROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

HDD/BIOS Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Unlocking the HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Clearing the Password Check and BIOS Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Crisis Utility SOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Creating a USB Flash Crisis Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Using the Crisis Utility Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

System Utilities

BIOS Setup Utility

The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into a computer’s BIOS
(Basic Input/Output System).

The BIOS utility is pre-configured and optimized so most users do not need to run this utility.
However, if configuration problems occur, you may need to run the BIOS utility.

T o activate the BIOS Utility, press
enter Setup.” message is prompted on the bottom of screen.

To change the boot device without entering the BIOS utility, press F12 during POST to enter the
multi-boot menu. In this menu, users can change the boot device without entering BIOS Setup
Utility.

Navigating the Bios Setup Utility

The BIOS utility has seven menu options: Information, Main, Advanced, Security, Power, Boot,
and Exit.

To navigate through the menus options, perform the following:

• To choose a menu, use the left and right arrow keys.

F2 during POST (power-on-self-test) when the “Press <F2> to

• To choose an item, use the up and down arrow keys.

• To change the value of a parameter, press F5 or F6.

• A plus sign (+) indicates the item has sub-items.

• Press Enter to expand this item.

• Press Esc while you are in any of the menu options to go to the Exit menu.

• In any menu, you can load default settings by pressing F9. You can also press F10 to
save any changes made and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.

NOTE:

• Parameter values can be changed if enclosed in square brackets [ ]. Navigation keys for

a particular menu are shown on the bottom of th e screen. Help for pa rameters are found
in the Item Specific Help p art of the scr een. Read this carefully when making changes to
parameter values.

• System information is subject to specific models.

System Utilities 2-2

BIOS

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

F1

Esc

Help

Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

Enter

F5/F6

Select Sub-Menu

Change Values

InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.7

Main

CPU Type: Intel (R) Pentium (R) CPU B970 @ 2.30GHz
CPU Speed: 2.30GHz

HDD Model Name: Hitachi HTS545032B9A300
HDD Serial Number: 091023PBH306Q6DBBJDV
ATAPI Model Name: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ870BJ

System BIOS Version: V0.22F1
KBC BIOS Version: V0.21
VGA BIOS Version: Intel V2126

Serial Number: 123456789
Asset Tag Number:
Product Name: Aspire E1
Manufacturer Name: Acer
UUID: F0CC9FDD27BF11E187CADC0EA129FAC0

Information Security ExitBoot

The following is a description of the menu tabs found on the InsydeH20 BIOS Setup Utility screen.

NOTE:

The screens provided are for reference only. Actual values may differ by model.

Information

The Information tab displays a summary of the computer hardware information.

Figure 2:1. BIOS Information

Parameter Description

CPU Type Displays the CPU (Central Processing Unit) type.
CPU Speed Displays the speed of the system.

HDD Model Name

HDD Serial Number

ATAPI Model Name

Displays the model name of the HDD (hard disk drive) installed on
primary SATA master.

Displays the serial number of the HDD installed on primary SATA
master.

Displays the ODD (optical disc drive) model name insta lle d in the

system.
System BIOS Version Displays the system BIOS ver sio n .
KBC BIOS Version Displays the KBC BIOS version.
VGA BIOS Version Displays the VGA (video graphics array) firmware version.

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Parameter Description

Serial Number Displays the serial nu m be r of th e un it.
Asset Tag Number Displays the tag number of the system.
Product Name Displays the produ ct name of the system.
Manufacturer Name Displays the system manufacturer.
UUID Displays the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier).

System Utilities 2-4

Main

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

F1

Esc

Help

Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

Enter

F5/F6

Select Sub-Menu

Change Values

InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.7

Main

Item Specific Help

This is the help of the
[Hour:Minute:Second] field. Hour valid
range is from 0 to 23, Minute is from 0
to 59, Second is from 0 to 59.

INCREASE/

REDUCE : F6/F5.

System Time : [19:03:49]

System Date : [01/01/2012]

Total Memory: 6144 MB
Video Memory: 128MB

Quiet Boot [Enable]
Network Boot [Enable]
F12 Boot Menu [Disable]
D2D Recovery [Enable]
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]

Information Security ExitBoot

The Main tab allows the user to set the system time and date, enable or disable boot option, and
enable or disable recovery.

Parameter Description

System Time Sets the system time in 24-hour format.
System Date Sets the system date.
Total Memory Displays the total memory installed.
Video Memory Displays the video memory installed.

Quiet Boot

Network Boot Enable or disable system boot from LAN (local area network).
F12 Boot Menu Enable or disable the use of boot menu during POST.

D2D Recovery

SATA Mode Select the SATA controller mode: AHCI or IDE.

Function Key Behavior

Figure 2:2. BIOS Main

When enabled, displays the OEM (original equipment

manufacturer) screen during system boot instead of the traditional

POST screen.

Enable or disable disc-to-disc recovery by pressing

Alt+F10

during POST.

Select “Special Keys” to use the function keys to perform special

functions by pressing and holding the

F1

to

F12

keys. This feature is only active in Windows.

Fn

key followed by one of the

key

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Security

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

F1

Esc

Help

Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

Enter

F5/F6

Select Sub-Menu

Change Values

InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.7

Main

Item Specific Help

Install or Change the password and the
length of password must be greater or
equal one word.

Supervisor Password Is: Clear
User Password Is: Clear
HDD Password Is: Clear

Set Supervisor Password [Enter]

Set User Password [Enter]

Set HDD Password [Enter]

Password on Boot [Disabled]

Information Security ExitBoot

The Security tab allows the user to configure and protect the computer from unauthorized use.

Parameter Description

Supervisor Password Is

User Password Is

HDD Password Is

Set Supervisor Password Option to set the supervisor password.

Set User Password

Set HDD Password Option to set the HDD password.

Password on Boot

NOTE:

When prompted to enter the password, three attempts are allowed before system halts.
Resetting the BIOS password may require the computer to be returned to the dealer.

Figure 2:3. BIOS Security

Displays “Set” if the supervisor password is set and “Clear” if the

supervisor password is not set.

Displays “Set” if the user password is set and “Clear” if the user

password is not set.

Displays “Set” if the HDD password is set and “Clear” if the HDD

password is not set.

Option to set the user password. Enab led only when the supervisor

password is set.

Enable or disable the computer to prompt for the password on

system boot. When disabled, the password is only prompted when

entering the

BIOS Setup Utility

.

System Utilities 2-6

Setting a Password

Setup Notice

Changes have been saved.

[Continue]

Perform the following to set the supervisor password:

1. Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press

Enter. The Set Supervisor Password dialog box appears.

Set Supervisor Password

Enter New Password [ ]
Confirm New Password [ ]

Figure 2:4. Set Supervisor Password

2. Type the password in the Enter New Password field.

NOTE:

Passwords are not case sensitive and the length must not exceed 12 characters. The
following characters may be used in a password.

A - Z Alphabets A through Z (Not Case Sensitive)

0 - 9 Numerical Characters

-Dash

= Equal Sign

[Left Bracket
]Right Bracket
.Period
, Comma
; Semi-colon
/Slash
\ Back-slash

IMPORTANT:

Use care when typing a password. Characters do not appear on the screen.

3. Retype the password in the Confirm New Password field.

4. Press Enter. The Setup Notice dialog box appears.

Figure 2:5. Setup Notice

5. Press Enter to complete the password setting. After setting the supervisor password, the

computer sets the Supervisor Password Is parameter to Set.

6. Press F10 to save changes and exit BIOS Setup Utility.

2-7 System Utilities

NOTE:

Set Supervisor Password

Enter Current Password [ ]
Enter New Password [ ]
Confirm New Password [ ]

Setup Notice

Changes have been saved.

[Continue]

The same procedures apply in setting the user password an d HDD password.
When the supervisor password is set, the Set User Password and Password on Boot

parameters are enabled for users to configure.

Changing a Password

Perform the following to change a password:

NOTE:

Below are the procedures for changing the supervisor password. The sa me procedures apply
in changing the user and HDD passwords.

1. Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press

Enter. The Set Supervisor Password dialog box appears.

Figure 2:6. Set Supervisor Password

2. Type the current password in the Enter Current Password field and press Enter.

3. Type the new password in the Enter New Password field and press Enter.

4. Retype the new password in the Confirm New Password field.

5. Press Enter. If the passwords match, the Setup Notice dialog box appears.

Figure 2:7. Setup Notice

6. Press Enter to complete the password setting. The computer sets the Supervisor

Password Is parameter to Set.

7. Press F10 to save changes and exit BIOS Setup Utility.

System Utilities 2-8

Removing a Password

Set Supervisor Password

Enter Current Password [ ]
Enter New Password [ ]
Confirm New Password [ ]

Setup Notice

Changes have been saved.

[Continue]

Perform the following to remove a password:

NOTE:

Below are the procedures for removing the supervisor password . The same procedures apply
in removing the user and HDD passwords.

When the supervisor password is removed, the user password is automatically removed.

1. Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press

Enter. The Set Supervisor Password dialog box appears.

Figure 2:8. Set Supervisor Password

2. Type the current password in the Enter Current Password field and press Enter.

3. Press Enter twice without typing anything in the Enter New Password and Confirm New

Password fields. The Setup Notice dialog box appears.

Figure 2:9. Setup Notice

4. Press Enter to complete the password setting. The computer sets the Supervisor

Password Is parameter to Clear.

5. Press F10 to save changes and exit BIOS Setup Utility.

2-9 System Utilities

Boot

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

F1

Esc

Help

Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

Enter

F5/F6

Select Sub-Menu

Change Values

InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.7

Main

Item Specific Help

Use <ʅ> or <ʆ> to select a device, then
press <F5> to move it down the list, or
<F6> to move it up the list. Press <Esc>
to escape the menu

Boot priority order:

1. HDD0 : Hitachi HTS545032B9A300

2. ATAPI CDROM : MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ870BJ

3. USB FDD :

4. Network Boot : BRCM MBA Slot 0200 v15.0.11

5. USB HDD :

6. USB CDROM :

Information Security ExitBoot

The Boot tab allows the user to configure the order of boot devices used to load the operating
system.

↑ and ↓ keys to select a device and press F5 or F6 to change the value.

Use

Figure 2:10. BIOS Boot

System Utilities 2-10

Exit

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

F1

Esc

Help

Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

Enter

F5/F6

Select Sub-Menu

Change Values

InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.7

Main

Item Specific Help

Exit System Setup and save your changes.

Exit Saving Changes

Exit Discarding Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes

Information Security ExitBoot

The Exit tab allows the user to save or discard changes and quit the BIOS Setup Uitility.

Parameter Description

Exit Saving Changes Save the changes and exit the BIOS utility.
Exit Discarding Changes Exit the BIOS utility without saving the changes to the system.
Load Setup Defaults Load the default values of all setup items.
Discard Changes Load the previous values of all setup items.
Save Changes Save all changes to the system.

Figure 2:11. BIOS Exit

2-1 1 System Utilities

Boot Manager

The Boot Manager allows users to select the boot device without accessing the BIOS utility.

NOTE:

Boot Manager is available only if the F12 Boot Menu parameter in Main menu is set to
Enabled (refer to Main on page 2-5).

Perform the following to use the F12 Boot menu:

1. Start the comp ut er.

2. When prompted, press the F12 key during POST. The Boot Manager screen appears.

Boot Manager

Boot Option Menu

1. Network Boot : BRCM MBA Slot 0200 v15.0.11

2. HDD : XXXXXX

3. ATAPI CDROM : XXXXXX

ʅandʆto change option, ENTER to select an option

Figure 2:12. Boot Manager Screen

3. Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight a boot device.

4. Press Enter to select and contin ue with the boot procedure.

System Utilities 2-12

Boot Sequence SOP

The Boot Sequence SOP allows users to select the sequence of boot device from the command
prompt.

1. Boot the computer to display the command prompt.

2. Type BS to execute the BS.exe. The Boot Sequence Selection screen appears.

Boot Sequence Selecter by SMI

***
Created by Miles Chen 2011/12/28. Version 1.0

Usage:

BS [ 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 ]

BS 1: [Floppy]
BS 2: [HardDisk]
BS 3: [CD-ROM]
BS 4: [LAN]

=>

=>

[HardDisk]

[CD-ROM]

=>

[HardDisk]

=>

[Floppy]

=>

Figure 2:13. Execute BS.exe

3. Select desired boot sequence in the following format: BS [selection 1to 4].

For example, to select set 1, type BS 1, then press Enter.

4. A “Set successful” message appears if the setting is successful.

C:\>BS 1
Set successfully.

***

[CD-ROM]

=>

[LAN]

=>

[LAN]

=>

[HardDisk]

=>
=>
=>

[CD-ROM]

=>

[LAN]
[Floppy]
[Floppy]

Figure 2:14. Select Boot Sequence Status

2-13 System Utilities

BIOS Flash Utilities

BIOS Flash memory updates are required for the following conditions:

• New versions of system programs

• New features or options

• Restore a BIOS when it becomes corrupted.

Use the Flash utility to update the system BIOS Flash ROM.
Perform the following to run a BIOS Flash update:

1. Prepare a bootable USB HDD/FDD.

2. Download and copy the Flash utilities to the bootable USB HDD/FDD.

BIOS Flash may be performed by one of the following:

• DOS Flash Utility

• WinFlash Utility

NOTE:

• If a Crisis Recovery Disc is not available, create one before BIOS Flash utility is used.

See Creating a USB Flash Crisis Disk on page 2-25.

• Do not install memory related drivers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when BIOS Flash is used

• Use an AC adaptor power supply when running BIOS Flash utility. If the battery pack

does not contain power to finish loading BIOS Flash, do not boot the system.

• Flash utility has auto execution function.

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DOS Flash Utility

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

F1

Esc

Help

Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

Enter

F5/F6

Select Sub-Menu

Change Values

InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.7

Main

Item Specific Help

Use <ʅ> or <ʆ> to select a device, then
press <F5> to move it down the list, or
<F6> to move it up the list. Press <Esc>
to escape the menu

Boot priority order:

1. HDD0 : Hitachi HTS545032B9A300

2. ATAPI CDROM : MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ870BJ

3. USB FDD :

4. Network Boot : BRCM MBA Slot 0200 v15.0.11

5. USB HDD :

6. USB CDROM :

Information Security ExitBoot

C:\>BIOS.bat_

NOTE:

Plug the AC power adaptor to a power source before performing the DOS Flash Utility.

Perform the following to use the DOS Flash Utility:

1. Copy Flash.BAT to the USB HDD.

2. Press F2 during boot to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.

3. Select Boot menu to modify the boot priority order.

4. Move the USB HDD to position 1 (refer to Boot on page 2-10).

5. Insert the USB HDD and reboot the computer.

6. Enter the BIOS folder.

7. At the command prompt, type BIOS.bat and press Enter to update BIOS.

Figure 2:15. Changing the BIOS Boot Priority Order

IMPORTANT:

• Ensure the AC power adaptor is connected to the power source.

• Do not disconnect the AC power adapter.

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Figure 2:16. Executing BIOS.BAT

Flash process begins as shown in Figure 2:17.

Please do not remove the AC power!

Insyde Flash Utility for InsydeH20

Version 1.5O

Initializing

File loading 100%

Current BIOS Model name: Q5WV1
New BIOS Model name: Q5WV1

Current BIOS version: V0.17
New BIOS version: V0.18

Updating Block at FFD60000

Figure 2:17. Updating Flash ROM Blocks

Flash is complete when the message Flash complete! is shown.

Please do not remove the AC power!

Insyde Flash Utility for InsydeH20

Initializing

File loading 100%

Current BIOS Model name: Q5WV1
New BIOS Model name: Q5WV1

Current BIOS version: V0.17
New BIOS version: V0.18

Updating Block at FFFFF000
Flash complete!
Start EC Update

Figure 2:18. Flash Complete

The system restarts automatically when finished.

Version 1.5O

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WinFlash Utility

NOTE:

Plug the AC power adaptor to a power source before performing the WinFlash Utility.

Perform the following to use the WinFlash Utility:

1. Boot from the OS and search for WinFlash Utility file.

2. Double-click on the utility file. The utility screen appears.

Figure 2:19. InsydeFlash Screen

CAUTION:

• Do not turn off the computer during the Flash process.

• Do not put the system into standby or hibernation mode.

• Do not launch other applications.

• Do not press the Power button, open/close the lid, dock/undock the system, insert or

remove USB, 1394, or PC card.

3. When the warning message appears, click OK to continue.

Figure 2:20. Warning Message

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Flash process begins.

Figure 2:21. Updating Flash ROM

The system restarts automatically when update is finished.

Winflash Error and Warning Messages

• If the AC adapter is not plugged in before Winflash starts, the following message is
shown:

• After executing Winflash, if the AC adapter is not plugged and the battery power is low,
the following message is shown:

• Check the BIOS ROM file size. If the BIOS ROM file size is different from the ROM part
size, the following message is shown:

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Miscellaneous Tools

Using DMITools

The DMI (Desktop Management Interface) Tool copies BIOS information to EEPROM and used
in the DMI pool for hardware management.
When the BIOS shows Verifying DMI pool data, it is checking that the table correlates
with the hardware before sending it to the operating system (Windows, etc.).
To update the DMI Pool, perform the following:

1. Boot from DOS.

2. At the command prompt, execute dmitools [argument] [string] with one of the following

arguments:

• /r ==> Read DMI information from memory

• /wm ==> Write Manufacturer Name to EEPROM (max. 16 characters)

• /wp ==> Write Product Name to EEPROM (max. 16 characters)

• /ws ==> Write Serial Number to EEPROM (max. 22 characters)

• /wu ==> Write UUID to EEPROM (ignore string)

• /wa ==> Write Asset Tag to EEPROM (max. 32 characters)

The following examples show the commands and the corresponding output information:

1. Read DMI Information from Memory:

Input:

dmitools /r

Output:

Manufacturer (Type1, Offset04h): Acer
Product Name (Type1, Offset05h): Easynote xxxxx
Serial Number (Type1, Offset07h): 01234567890123456789
UUID String (Type1, Offset08h): xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-

xxxxxxxxxxxx

Asset Tag (Type3, Offset04h): Acet Asstag

2. Write Manufacturer Name to EEPROM

Input:

dmitools /wm Acer

3. Write Product Name to EEPROM

Input:

dmitools /wp AspireXXXX

4. Write Serial Number to EEPROM

Input:

dmitools /ws 01234567890123456789

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4. Write UUID to EEPROM (Create UUID from Intel WFM20.pdf)

Input:

dmitools /wu

5. Write Asset Tag to EEPROM

Input:

dmitools /wa Acet Asstag

NOTE:

When running examples 2 ~ 5, restart the system to make the new DMI data effective.

Using the LAN MAC EEPROM Utility

1. Copy the LAN MAC Tools files to a bootable USB HDD device:

• Filename: MAC.BAT

• MAC Value: MAC.CFG

2. Use a text editor to open and edit MAC.CFG with the following contents:

Figure 2:22. LAN MAC Values

• WriteData=’001122334455’ (This is the MAC value)

• StartAddr=7A (This is the MAC address)

• WriteLeng=6 (This is the MAC value length)

• KeeyByte=0 (Leave this value as it is)

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3. At the command prompt, run MAC.BAT to write MAC values to EEPROM.

C:\MAC>mac.bat

C:\MAC>eeprom w MAC.cfg

Progress --> |

Write Data to EEPROM OK!!

Figure 2:23. Write MAC Values to EEPROM

4. Reboot computer when process has completed.

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HDD/BIOS Password

Select Item

Enter Unlock Passowrd

System continue

Enter Unlock Password (Key: 54986933)

This section provides details about unlocking HDD password and removing the BIOS passwords.

Unlocking the HDD

NOTE:

If the HDD password is incorrectly entered three times, the HDD is locked and the Harddisk
Security dialog box appears.

Harddisk Security

SATA Port0 ST9160314AS Lock

Figure 2:24. Password Error Status

Perform the following to unlock the HDD:

1. On the Harddisk Security dialog (Figure 2:24), press Enter to continue.

The Select Item dialog box appears.

2. Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight Enter Unlock Password and press Enter. The Enter

Unlock Password dialog box appears.

Figure 2:26. Enter Unlock Password

3. Take note of the generated key code. In Figure 2:26 example, the key code is 76943488.

NOTE:

A separate computer is required to generate the unlock password.

4. On the separate computer, boot to DOS.

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Figure 2:25. Select Item

5. Execute UnlockHD.exe to generate an unlock password.

Enter Unlock Password (Key: 54986933)

********

Use the following command: UnlockHD [key code] with the code noted in step 3, Figure 2:26.

C:\UnlockHD 54986933
Password: 41684315

C:\

Figure 2:27. Execute UnlockHD.exe

6. Take note of the generated unlock password.

7. On the original device, enter the unlock password in the Enter Unlock Password dialog

box.

Figure 2:28. Enter Unlock Password

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Clearing the Password Check and BIOS Password

ACER Clean Password Utility V 1.1
Press 1~2 to clean any password shown as below

1.User Password

2.Supervisor Password

Clearing the Password Check

The password check can be removed by shorting the “RTC_RST” point with a metal instrument.

1. Remove the lower cove r door and the memory module (refer to System Utilities on page 2-2).

2. Remove the battery (refer to System Utilities on page 2-2).

3. Under the memory module slots, locate the JCMOS1 jumper.

4. Use an electronic conductivity tool to bridge the two points of the jumper.

Figure 2:29. CMOS Jumper

Clearing BIOS Passwords

To clear the User or Supervisor password, perform the following:

1. At the command prompt, type CP.exe. The Clean Password Utility is shown.

Figure 2:30. Clean BIOS Password

2. Press 1 or 2 to clear the desired password shown on the screen.

3. The screen displa ys function success or failure.

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Crisis Utility SOP

Creating a USB Flash Crisis Disk

To create a Crisis USB flash disk , perform the following:

1. Plug in the USB flash disk.

2. Format the USB flash disk: select Quick Format, then click Start and then OK.

Figure 2:31. Format USB Flash Disk (1 of 2)

3. Complete the format operation: click OK and then Close.

Figure 2:32. Format USB Flash Disk (2 of 2)

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4. At the command prompt, copy and combine KBC (*.ROM) and BIOS (*.BIN) into one ROM file

C:\Crisis>copy /b K6DC018A. rom+CR_HM77.bin Q5WV1X64.fd
K6DC018A.rom
CR_HM77.bin
1 file(s) copied.

C:\Crisis>

(*.FD), using the format below:

Copy /b filenam.ROM + filename.BIN filename.FD

Figure 2:33. Copy ROM File

5. In Windows, copy the ROM (*.FD) file to the USB flash disk root directory.

NOTE:

Do not save another ROM (*.FD) file in the USB flash disk root directory.

6. Rename the ROM file to “Q5WV1X64.FD”.

Figure 2:34. Copy and Rename ROM File

Using the Crisis Utility Disk

1. Unplug the AC adapter.

Figure 2:35. Unplug the AC Adapter

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2. Remove the battery.

3. Plug the USB flash disk.

Figure 2:36. Remove the Battery

Figure 2:37. Plug the USB Flash Disk

4. Press and hold <Fn> and <Esc>, and then plug the AC adapter.

Figure 2:38. Hold Down <Fn> + <Esc>

5. Press the Power button to start the Crisis Utility.

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CHAPTER 3

Service and Maintenance

Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Recommended Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Maintenance Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Battery Pack Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Battery Pack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Dummy Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Dummy Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Base Door Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Base Door Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

ODD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

ODD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

DIMM Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

DIMM Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

HDD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

HDD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

HDD Carrier Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

HDD Carrier Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

WLAN Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

WLAN Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

Keyboard Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

Keyboard Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Upper Case Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

Upper Case Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

RTC Battery Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

RTC Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

Mainboard Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43

Mainboard Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

Fan Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50

CHAPTER 3

Service and Maintenance (cont.)

Fan Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52

Thermal Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

Thermal Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

CPU Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57

CPU Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58

Speaker Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

Speaker Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62

USB Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

USB Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67

Power Board Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

Power Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-71

Touchpad FFC Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73

Touchpad FFC Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74

LCD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

LCD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78

DC-In Cable Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

DC-In Cable Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83

LCD Bezel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-84

LCD Bezel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

CCD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

CCD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-90

LCD Panel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

LCD Panel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

LCD Panel Bracket Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99

LCD Panel Bracket Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

WLAN Antenna Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

WLAN Antenna Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

Microphone Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

Microphone Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-106

Service and Maintenance

Introduction

This chapter contains general information about the notebook, a list of to ol s needed to perform the
required maintenance and step by step pro cedures o n how to re move and in st all compon ent s from
the notebook computer.

Recommended Equipment

The following tools are required to perform maintenance on the notebook:

• Wrist grounding strap and conductive mat

• Flat screwdriver

• Philips screwdrivers

• Pointed plastic pry or similar object

Screw Name Screw Type Quantity

M 2.5 x 4.0 6

M 2.45 x 8.0 19

M 2.5 x 5.0 9

M 2.0 x 2.5 3

M 2.0 x 3.0 11

M 2.0 x 5.0 3

M 3.0 x 3.0 4

M 2.0 x 3.0 4

M 2.5 x 3.2 4

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Maintenance Flowchart

Battery

Dummy Card Keyboard

DIMM Module

WLAN Module

ODD Module

LCD Module

Speaker

Module

Mainboard

CPU

Thermal

Module

Fan

USB ModuleRTC Battery

Upper Cover

HDD Module

HDD Carrier

Power Board

Touchpad FFC

Base Door

The flowchart in Figure3-1 provides a graphic representation of the module removal and inst allation
sequences. It provides information on what components need to be removed and installed during
servicing

Figure 3:1. Maintenance Flow

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Figure 3:2. LCD Module Maintenance Flow

LCD Module

LCD Bezel DC-IN Cable

Wifi / Bluetooth

Antenna

Microphone

Module

LCD Panel

Brackets

CCD Module LCD Panel

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Getting Started

The flowchart (Figure 3:1, page 3-4) identifies sections illustrating the entire removal and
installation sequence. Observe the order of the sequence to avoid damage to any of th e hardware
components.

Perform the following prior to performing any maintenance procedures:

1. Place the system on a flat work surface.

2. Make sure the system is completely powered down.
a. If the device is in powered up mode, shut down the system norma lly.
b. If the device is in sleep mode, wait for the Home Screen to clear. Then, shut down normally.

3. Disconnect the AC Adapter and remove all cables from the system and its peripherals.

Figure 3:3. Disconnecting the Power Adapter

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Battery Pack Removal

1. Place the computer on a flat surface with the battery side up.

2. Insert the plastic pry into the battery latch and slide to release the lock.

3. Lift to remove the battery pack.

Figure 3:4. Removing the Battery Pack

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Battery Pack Installation

1. Place the battery pack in the battery compartment.

2. Push to lock the battery pack in place.

Figure 3:5. Installing the Battery Pack

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Dummy Card Removal

1. Push the dum my card to eje ct the card from the slot.

2. Remove the card.

Figure 3:6. Removing the Dummy Card

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Dummy Card Installation

Push the dummy card into the slot until it clicks into place.

Figure 3:7. Installing the SD Card

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Base Door Removal

Prerequisite:

 Battery Pack Removal on page 3-7

1. Remove the screws.

Figure 3:8. Removing the Screws

2. Insert your finger into the tab and lift to remove the base door.

Figure 3:9. Removing the Base Door

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The following modules are housed under the base door:

A B C

• HDD (Hard Disk Drive) module (A), see HDD Module Removal on page 3-23

• WLAN Module (B), see WLAN Module Removal on page 3-26

• DIMM (Dual-In Memory Module (C), see DIMM Module Removal on page 3-21

Figure 3:10. HDD, WLAN, DIMM Modules Location

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Base Door Installation

1. Align the base door tabs into the lower case latches, then push to secure the base door.

2. Secure the screws.

Figure 3:11. Installing the Base Door

Figure 3:12. Securing the Screws

3. Install the battery pack (see Battery Pack Installation on page 3-8).

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Table 3:4. Base Door Screws

Screw Name Screw Type Quantity

M 2.5 x 8.0 2

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ODD Module Removal

Prerequisite:

 Battery Pack Removal on page 3-7

1. Remove the screw securing the ODD module to the lower case.

Figure 3:13. Removing the ODD Module Screw

2. Pull to remove the ODD module out from the slot.

Figure 3:14. Removing the ODD Module

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3. Insert a pointed ob ject, such as a paper clip, into the emergency eject slot to eject the tray.

Figure 3:15. Ejecting the Tray

4. On the underside of the tray, use the plastic pry to d etach the right side latch of the ODD bezel.

Figure 3:16. Removing the ODD bezel (1 of 2)

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5. Pull to detach the left side latch of the ODD bezel.

Figure 3:17. Removing the ODD bezel (2 of 2)

6. Remove the screws to remove the ODD bracket.

Figure 3:18. Removing the ODD Bracket

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ODD Module Installation

1. Attach the screws to secure the ODD bracket.

Figure 3:19. Attaching the ODD Bracket

2. On the underside of the ODD module, attach the left side latch first, and then push the ODD

bezel to secure it to the tray.

Figure 3:20. Attaching the ODD bezel

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3. Slide the ODD module into the slot.

Figure 3:21. Installing the ODD Module

4. Attach the screw to secure the ODD module.

Figure 3:22. Attaching the ODD Module Screw

5. Install the battery pack (see Battery Pack Installation on page 3-8).

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Table 3:5. ODD Module Screws

Screw Name Screw Type Quantity

M 2.5 x 8 1

M 2.0 x 3.0 2

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DIMM Module Removal

Prerequisite:

 Base Door Removal on page 3-11

1. Locate the DIMM module (see Figure 3:10, page 3-12).

2. Push the module clips outwards.

Figure 3:23. Unclipping the Module Clips

3. Pull to remove the memory module out from the slot.

Figure 3:24. Removing the DIMM Module

4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the remaining module.

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DIMM Module Installation

1. Insert the memory module into the slot.

Figure 3:25. Installing the DIMM Module (1 of 2)

2. Push down the memory module until the clips lock in place.

Figure 3:26. Installing the DIMM Module (2 of 2)

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the remaining module.

4. Install the base door (see Base Door Installation on page 3-13).

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HDD Module Removal

Prerequisite:

 Base Door Removal on page 3-11

1. Locate the HDD Module (see Figure 3:10, page 3-12).

2. Slide the HDD module to disconnect the HDD from the mainboard connector.

Figure 3:27. Removing the HDD Module (1 of 2)

3. Pull by the plastic tab to lift the HDD module.

Figure 3:28. Removing the HDD Module (2 of 2)

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HDD Module Installation

1. Place the HDD module into the bay.

Figure 3:29. Installing the HDD Module (1 of 2)

2. Push to connect the HDD connector to the mainboard connector.

Figure 3:30. Installing the HDD Module (2 of 2)

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HDD Carrier Removal

Prerequisite:

 HDD Module Removal on page 3-23

Remove the screws securing the HDD brackets to the HDD.

Figure 3:31. Removing the HDD Brackets

HDD Carrier Installation

1. Attach the screws to secure the HDD brackets to the HDD.

2. Install the HDD module (see HDD Module Installation on page 3-24).

Table 3:6. HDD Carrier Screws

Screw Name Screw Type Quantity

M 3.0 x 3.0 4

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WLAN Module Removal

A

B

Prerequisite:

 Base Door Removal on page 3-11

1. Locate the WLAN Module (see Figure 3:10, page 3-12).

2. Disconnect the main (A, black) and auxiliary (B, white) antenna cables from the WLAN module

connectors.

Figure 3:32. Disconnecting the Antenna Cables

3. Remove the screw from the WLAN module.

Figure 3:33. Removing the WLAN Module Screw

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4. Disconnect the WLAN module from the mainboard connector.

Figure 3:34. Removing the WLAN Module

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WLAN Module Installation

1. Connect the WLAN module to the mainboard connector.

Figure 3:35. Connecting the WLAN Module Connector

2. Attach the screw to secure the WLAN module.

Figure 3:36. Securing the WLAN Module Screw

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3. Connect the antenna cables to the WLAN module connectors:

A

B

• Main (A - black) antenna cable to the upper connecto r.

• Auxiliary (B - white) antenna cable to the lower connector.

Figure 3:37. Connecting the Antenna Cables

4. Install the base door (see Base Door Installation on page 3-13).

Table 3:7. WLAN Module Screws

Screw Name Screw Type Quantity

M 2.0 x 3.0 1

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Keyboard Removal

Prerequisite:

 Battery Pack Removal on page 3-7

1. Using a plastic pry, push the six (6) latches circled below to slightly release the keyboard from

the upper case.

Figure 3:38. Releasing the Keyboard Latches

2. From the top side of the keyboard, pull the keyboard to detach it from the upper case.

Figure 3:39. Removing the Keyboard

CAUTION:

A cable is connected underneath the keyboard. Do not completely lift the keyboard.

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3. Under the bottom side of the keyboard, push the connector locks upwards to remove the

keyboard cable connector from the mainboard connector.

Figure 3:40. Disconnecting the Keyboard Cable

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Keyboard Installation

1. Push the clips of the mainboard connector up and then connect the keyboard cable connector

to the mainboard connector with the coloured side down. Push the connector clips down to
secure the cable.

Figure 3:41. Connecting the Keyboard Cable

2. Align the bottom edge of the keyboard to the upper case.

Figure 3:42. Installing the Keyboard (1 of 2)

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