ACER Aspire 1200 Service Guide
Machine Disassembly and Replacement
This chapter contains step-by-step procedures on how to disassemble the notebook computer for
maintenance and troubleshooting.
To disassemble the computer,you need the following tools:
❑ Wrist grounding strap and conductive mat for preventing electrostatic discharge
❑ plastic screw driver
❑ FPC fixture
❑ Tweezers
❑ Flat-bladed screw driver or plastic stick
❑ hex screw driver
❑ plastic tool that can prize stripe cover
NOTE: The screws for the different components vary in size. During the disassembly process, group the
screws with the corresponding components to avoid mismatch when putting back the components.
When you remove the stripe cover, please be careful not to scrape the cover.
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General Information
Before You Begin
Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure, make sure that you do the following:
1. Turn off the power to the system and all peripherals.
2. Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cables from the system.
3. Remove the battery pack.
NOTE: Aspire 1200 uses mylar or tape to fasten the FFC/FPC/connectors, you may need to tear the tape or
mylar before you disconnect different FFC/FPC/connectors.
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Disassembly Procedure Flowchart
The flowchartonthesucceedingpage gives you a graphic representationon the entire disassembly sequence
and instructs you on the components that need to be removed during servicing. For example, if you want to
remove the system board, you must first remove the keyboard, then disassemble the inside assembly frame in
that order.
Start
Ax2
Bx3
Battery HDD Module RAM Door
HDD
Connector
Thermal
Module
Module
HDD
15.0" LCD
Module
Fx4
LCD B ezel
LCD Latch
14.1" LCD
Module
Fx4
LCD Bezel
Fx2
Inverter
Board
Gx4
LCD FPC
RAM
Cx1
System
Window
DVDROM
Key-
board
Main Unit
(see next
page)
Bx2
Stripe C over
Dx2
Ex2
LCD
Module
LCD P anel
LCD FPC
Fx4
Hx2
LCD
Bracketsx2
Fx2
Inverter
Board
LCD
Bracketsx2
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Main Unit
Touch Pad
Logic Lower
Upper
Shielding
Touchpad
Bracket
Switch
Board
(below)
Audio Board
FPC
Audio Board
Module
Audio Board
Shielding
Audio Board
Right/Left
Hinge
Saddles
Speakers
Stripe CoverLogic Upper
Keyboard
FFC
Keyboard
Logic Lower
Floppy Disk
Drive
Module
Main Board
System
Window
FFC
System
Window
LCD Module
Thermal
Support
DVD Carrier
System
Window
FPC
PCMCIA
Card
LAN/
Modem
Card
Screw List
Item Description
A Screw M2.5 X 0.45+8FD-ZK
B Screw M2.5 X 4.5P+3FP-ZK
C Screw M2.5 X 0.45P+4FP-NI(NL)
D Screw M2.5 X 0.45+8FP-NI(NL)
E Screw M2.5 X 0.45+18FP-ZK(NL)
F Screw M2.5 X 0.45P+5K-2K(NL)
G Screw M2.0 X 0.4P+2.3(NL)
H Screw M2.0 X 0.4P+3FP-ZK(NL)
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Removing the Battery Pack
1. Press the battery lock.
2. Push the release button forward then remove the battery pack.
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