Acer ASPIRE 1500 Service Manual

Aspire 1500 Series

Service Guide

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SERVICE GUIDE PART NO.: PRINTED IN TAIWAN

Revision History

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that appear

on screen.

NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional

information related to the current topic.

WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might

result from doing or not doing specific actions.

CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to

avoid possible hardware or software problems.

IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions

relevant to the accomplishment of procedures.

Preface

Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.

1. This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided 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 capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.

2. Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information available on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will not be noted in the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines.

Chapter 1 System Introduction 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Left Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Right Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Understanding the icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Special keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Chapter 2 System Utilities 28

BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Navigating the BIOS Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

BIOS Flash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 42

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Disassembly Procedure Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Removing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Removing the Modem Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Removing the Hard Disk Drive Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Disassembling the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Disassembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

System Upgrade Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Assembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Assembling the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Installing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Installing the Hard Disk Drive Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing the Modem Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Installing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 88

System Check Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

External Diskette Drive Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

External CD-ROM Drive Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Table of Contents

Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Memory check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Power System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Touchpad check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

POST Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Locations 106

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 108

Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration 119

Aspire 1500 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Appendix B Test Compatible Components 120

Microsoft®Windows® XP Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Appendix C Online Support Information 124

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Table of Contents

System Introduction

Features

This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:

Performance

support

64 processor 3000+~3400+

T The AMD Athlon

T AMD Hyper Transport technology

T Two memory slots supporting 333 MHz DDR, upgradeable to 2GB (Memory modules are strictly

required to be JEDEC compliant)

T Dual 200-pin soDIMM sockets

T RC2700 DDR SDRAM (Double Date Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory)

support

T High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

Display

T The 14.1” XGA (1024X768 resolution), or 15.0” SXGA+ (1400X1050 resolution) TFT LCD panel

provides a large viewing area for maximum efficiency and ease-of-use

T 3D graphics support

T Support simultaneous display between LCD and CRT display

T S-video for output to television or display device that supports S-video input

T “Automatic LCD dim” feature that automatically selects the best setting for the display in order to

conserve power

T DualView

Chapter 1

Multimedia

T High-speed built-in optical drive: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-RW combo, or DVD-Dual

T MS DirectSound compatible

T Built-in dual speakers

Connectivity

T Integrated Gigabit Ethernet connection

T Built-in 56Kbps fax/data modem

T Four universal serial bus (USB 2.0) ports

T One IEEE 1394 port

T IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11a/g Wireless LAN (manufacturing option)

T Bluetooth option (manufacturing option)

Human-centric design

T All-in-one design (incorporating hard drive, optical drive and floppy disk drive)

T Rugged, yet extremely protable, construction

T Stylish appearance

T Full-size keyboard with four programmable launch keys

Chapter 1 1

Expansion

I/O Ports

T Comfortable palm rest area with well-positioned touchpad

T PC card slot enables a range of add-on options

T Upgrageable hard disk and memory modules

T Two Type II or one Type III PC CardBus (PCMCIA) slot

T One IEEE 1394 port

T One FIR port

T One RJ-11 modem jack (V.90/V.92, 56K)

T One RJ-45 network jack (Gigabit Ethernet)

T One DC-in port

T One parallel port (ECP/EPP)

T One S-video port

T One external monitor port

T One microphone-in jack (3.5mm mini jack)

T One headphone jack (3.5mm mini jack)

T Four USB 2.0 ports

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System Block Diagram

L1: Signal 1

PCB Layer Stackup

L2: GND

L3: Signal 2

L4: VCC

L5: Signal 3

L6: GND

L7: Signal 4

L8: Signal 5

For

High

Speed

Trace

11,12,13

UNBUFFERED

DDR SODIMM

200-PIN DDR SODIMM

UNBUFFERED

DDR 333/400

L1: Signal 1

L2: GND

DDR SODIMM

For

L3: Signal 2

L4: Signal 3

L5: VCC

L6: GND

L7: Signal 4

L8: Signal 5

Low

Speed

Trace

17,18

DDR-SDRAM

K4D263238A-GC36

14,15,16

LCD

LVDS

VGA

ATI

OUTPUTS

DCBATOUT

ATINY12/MAX1645

Battery Charger

AD+

BAT+

INPUTS

CRT

TVOUT

RGB CRT

SVIDEO/COMP

AGP 8X

M10-P

+5V_UP_S5

OUTPUT

5V_S5,3D3V_S5

MAX1999

SYSTEM DC/DC

MAX1715/CM8500

INPUT

DCBATOUT

DDR&VDDR DC/DC

HDD

DVD/

P EIDE

ATA 133

1D25V_SO

VGA VCORE

VVGAEER

INPUT OUTPUT

DCBATOUT

CD-RW

S EIDE

CPU V_CORE

Controller-HIP6301 Drive-ISL6207*2(2

Phase)

USB x 4

USB 2.0

VCC_CORE

OUTPUT

INPUT

DCBATOUT

MediaBay

Socket

Card Reader

SD/MS/MMC/CF

W83L518D-VD6

48,49

OUTPUT

5V_S0

3D3V_S3

3D3V_S0

TPS5110/FDC653N/APL1117

G913C/LP2951ACM/FDS9412

SYSTEM POWER

INPUT

5V_S3

3D3V_S5

3D3V_LAN_S3

1D8V_S5

2D5V_S3

1D8V_S0

DCBATOUT

2D5V_S3

VVGADDR

+5V_AUX_S5

2D5V_S0

1D5V_S0

3937

FWH

SST-49LF040

KBC

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Block Diagram

Title

Size Document Number Rev

Date: Sheet

G768D

Thermal

& Fan

Int.

Touch

Pad

LPC Debug

Board Conn

4,5,6,7

J8 Block Diagram

CLK GEN

CYPRESS

Claw Hammer

2.4GHz

AMD CPU

CY28331-2

4 4

HyperTransport

1394

Conn

6.4GB/S 16b/8b

VIA

VT8385

8,9,10

31,32

RICOH

R5C554PCMCIA

2* Slot Cardbus

2* 1394 Ports

5532V

Power

Switch

2 SLOTS

Support

AGTL+ CPU I/F AGP 8x

PCMCIA I/F

TypeIII

ATA 133

8 bit V-LINK

66MHZ 8x/4x/2x

VIA

23,24,25

802.11a/b/g

Mini-PCI

3 3

ACPI 2.0

VT8237 /

VT8235CE

PCI

PCI Bus / 33MHz

29,30

10/100/Giga LAN

BCM4401/5705M

8xUSB 2.0

6-CH

AC97 2.1

AC LINK

MDC

4041

FDD

LPC I/F

LPC Bus / 33MHz

MP3

RJ11

CONN

2 2

Parallel

Port

PC87392

NS SIO

OZ263

35,36

AC'97 CODEC

MIC IN

414036

RS232

MAX3243

FIR

TFDU6101E

VT1612A

OP AMP

Transceiver

APA2020

LINE OUT

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Chapter 1 3

Board Layout

Top View

1 Line-in/MIC Connector 14 Switch Cable Connector (LCD Lid Switch)

2 Line-out/S/PDIF Connector 15 CPU Socket

3 LAN Connector 16 RTC Battery Connector

4 USB Connector 17 Fan Cable Connector

5 LCD Inverter Cable Connector 18 Touchpad Cable Connector

6 CRT Connector 19 HDD Connector

7 TV-out Connector 20 Keyboard Connector

8 LCD Coaxial Cable Connector 21 Speaker Connector

9 Mini PCI Socket 22 ODD Connector

10 VGA Chip 23 South Bridge

11 North Bridge 24 FDD Connector

12 Printer Connector 25 Launch Cable Connector

13 AC Adapter Connector 26 PCMCIA Slot

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Bottom View

1 Modem Cable Connector

2 Card Reader Slot

3 IEEE 1394 Connector

4 IR Connector

5 Modem Board Connector

6 DIMM Socket 1

7 DIMM Socket 2

Chapter 1 5

Panel

Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.

Front Panel

# Item Description

1 Display screen Also called LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), displays computer

2 Status indicators LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) that turn on and off to show

3 Launch Keys Buttons for launching frequently used programs. See

4 Power switch Turns on the computer power.

5 Palmrest Comfortable support area for your hands when you use the

6 Click buttons (left, center and right) The left and right buttons function like the left and right

7 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a

8 Keyboard Inputs data into your computer.

9 Ventilation Slot Enables the computer to stay cool, even after the

output.

the status of the computer and its functions and components.

“Launch keys” on page 17 for more details.

computer.

mouse buttons, the center button serves as a scroll up/ down button.

computer mouse.

prolonged use.

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Left Panel

# Icon Item/ Port Description

1 PC Card slots Support two Type II or one Type III CardBus PC

2 Eject buttons Eject PC card(s) from the card slots.

3 3-in-1 card reader Supports Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia Card

4 IEEE 1394 port Connects to IEEE 1394 devices

5 Infrared port Interfaces with infrared devices (e.g., infrared

Card(s).

(MMC) and Memory Stick (MS) formats

printer, IR-aware computer).

6 LED indicator Lights up when the optical drive is active.

7 Eject button Ejects the optical drive tray from the drive.

8 Emergency eject slot Ejects the optical drive tray when the computer is

9 Optical drive Internal optical drive; accepts CDs or DVDs

10 Speaker Delivers stereo audio output.

turned off. There is a mechancial eject button on the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Simply insert the tip of a pen or paperclip and push to eject the tray.

depending on the optical drive type.

Chapter 1 7

Right Panel

# Icon Item/ Port Description

1 Speaker Delivers stereo audio output.

2 Floppy activity indicator LED (light-emitting diode) that turns on and off

3 Floppy drive Internal diskette drive; accepts 3.5-inch

4 Floppy disk eject button Push this button to eject the floppy disk.

5 Security keylock Connects to a Kensington-compatible

when the floppy is active.

diskettes.

computer security lock.

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Rear Panel

# Icon Port Description

1 Power Jack Connects to an AC adapter

2 Parallel port Connects to a parallel device (e.g., parallel

S-video port Connects to a television or display device

3 External display port Connects to a display device (e.g., external

4 Four USB port (four) Connects to any Universal Serial Bus

5 Network jack Connects to an Ethernet 10/100-based

6 Modem jack Connects to the phone line

7 Speaker/line-out/

headphone jack

8 Line-in/mic-in jack Acceptis audio line-in devices (e.g., audio

printer)

with S-video input.

monitor, LCD projector) and displays up to 16M colors at 1024x768 resolution

devices(e.g., USB mouse, USB camera).

network

Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g., audio CD player, stereo walkman).

CD player and stereo walkman).

Chapter 1 9

Bottom Panel

# Item Description

1 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.

2 Battery release latch Unlatches the battery to remove the battery pack.

3 Memory compartment Houses the computer’s main memory.

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Indicators

The computer has six easy-to-read status icons on the right of the display screen.

The Power and Standby status icons are visible even when you close the display cover so you can see the status of the computer while the cover is closed.

# Icon Function Description

1 Wireless

communication button

Lights when the Wireless LAN capability is enabled

2 Power Lights when the computer is on.

3 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Standby

4 Media Activity Lights when the floppy drive, hard disk or

5 Battery Charge Lights when the battery is being charged.

6 Caps Lock Lights when Caps Lock is activated.

7 Num Lock

(Fn-F11)

mode and blinks when it enters into or resumes from hibernation mode.

optical drive is active.

Lights when Numeric Lock is activated.

Chapter 1 11

Understanding the icons

When the cover of your computer is closed, 2 easy-to-read icons are shown, indicating which state or feature is enabled or disabled.

# Icon Function Description

1 Power Lights up when the computer is on.

2 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Standby

mode and blinks when it enters into or resumes from hibernation mode.

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Keyboard

The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and twelve function keys.

Special keys

Lock keys

The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.

Lock key Description

Caps Lock

Num Lock (Fn-F11)

]

Scroll Lock (Fn-F12)

[

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

When ] 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 you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A better solution would be to connect an external keypad.

When [ is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you press the up

or down arrow keys respectively.

[ does not work with some applications.

Embedded numeric keypad

The embedded numeric keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad. It is indicated by small characters located on the upper right corner of the keycaps. To simplify the keyboard legend, cursor-control key symbols are not printed on the keys.

Chapter 1 13

Desired access Num lock on Num lock off

Number keys on embedded keypad

Cursor-control keys on embedded keypad

Main keyboard keys Hold Fn while typing letters on embedded

Type numbers in a normal manner.

Hold Shift while using cursor-control keys. Hold Fn while using cursor-control

keys.

Type the letters in a normal manner.

keypad.

NOTE: If an external keyboard or keypad is connected to the computer, the Num Lock feature automatically

shifts from the internal keyboard to the external keyboard or keypad.

Windows keys

The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions.

Keys Description

Windows logo key

Start button. Combinations with this key perform shortcut functions. Below are a few examples:

+ Tab (Activates next taskbar button)

+ E (Explores My Computer)

+ F (Finds Document)

+ M (Minimizes All)

j+ + M (Undoes Minimize All)

+ R (Displays the Run... dialog box)

Application key Opens a context menu (same as a right-click).

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Hot Keys

The computer employs hot keys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen contrast and brightness, volume output and the BIOS Utility.

To activate hot keys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hot key combination.

Hot Key Icon Function Description

Fn-

Hotkey help Displays a list of the hotkeys and their functions.

Fn-

Setup Accesses the notebook configuration utility.

Power Management Scheme Toggle

Sleep Puts the computer in Sleep mode.

Display toggle Switches display output between the display screen,

Screen blank Turns the display screen backlight off to save power.

Touchpad Toggle Turns the internal touchpad on and off.

Speaker on/off Turns the speakers on and off; mutes the sound.

Volume up Increases the sound volume.

Volume down Decreases the sound volume.

Switches between the power management scheme used by the computer (function available if supported by operating system).

external monitor (if connected) and both the display screen and external monitor.

Press any key to return.

Fn-

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Brightness up Increases the screen brightness.

Hot Key Icon Function Description

Fn-

Brightness down Decreases the screen brightness.

{

Fn-

}

Fn-

aGr-Euro

The Euro symbol

If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or if you have a keyboard with a European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard.

Home

End

Euro Types the Euro symbol.

Functions as the

g key.

d key.

NOTE: for US keyboard users: The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows. For the Euro

symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-international.

To verify the keyboard type:

1. Click on Start, Control Panel.

2. Double-click on Regional and Language Options.

3. Click on the language tab and click on Details.

4. Verify that the keyboard layout used for “EN English (United States) is set to United States-International.

If not, select and click on ADD, then select United States-International and click on OK.

5. Click on OK.

To type the Euro symbol:

1. Locate the Euro symbol on your keyboard.

2. Open a text editor or word processor.

3. Hold

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aGr and press the Euro symbol.

Launch Keys

Located at the top of the keyboard are five buttons. These buttons are called launch keys. They are designated as wireless LAN/Bluetooth, Web Browser button, mail button, P1 andP2. By default, P1 and P2 are users programmable. The Web Browser button, by default, is used to launch the internet browser The mail button is used to launch the e-mail application. The LED of the mail button will flash when the user has received an incoming email.

# Icon Function Description

1 Mail Email application

2 Web browser Internet browser application

3 P1 User-programmable

4 P2 User-programmable

5 Bluetooth Starts Bluetooth functionality and indicates that

Bluetooth is enabled.

6 Wireless Opens (optional) wireless connectivity and

indicates status of (optional) wireless communication.

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations

System Board Major Chip

Item Controller

System core logic ADM CPU+VIA Apollo K8T800

Super I/O controller NS PC87392

Audio controller VIA VT1612A

Video controller

Hard disk drive controller VIA VT8235

Keyboard controller Mitsubish LPC keyboard controller M38857

CardBus Controller RICOH R5C554

ATI M O BILIT Y

Processor

Item Specification

CPU type

CPU package 754-pin micro PGA, lidded

CPU core voltage Low speed: 0.8V

CPU I/O voltage 1.2V

AMD Athlon

High speed: 1.5V

RADEONTM 9600

64 processor at 3000+ or 3200+

BIOS

Item Specification

BIOS vendor Phoenix BIOS

BIOS Version AS1500 V1.00

BIOS ROM type Flash ROM

BIOS ROM size 1M

BIOS package 32 Pin PLCC

Supported protocols ACPI 2.0 (if available, at least 1.0b), SMBIOS 2.3, PCI 2.2, Boot Block,

BIOS password control Set by switch, see SW1 settings

PXE 2.0, Mobile PC2001, Hard Disk Password, INT 13h Extensions, PCI Bus Power Management interface Specification, EI Torito-Bootable CDROM Format Specification V1.0, Simple Boot Flag 1.0

Second Level Cache

Item Specification

Cache controller Built-in CPU

Cache size 1M

1st level cache control Always Enabled

2nd level cache control Always Enabled

Cache scheme control Fixed-in write back

System Memory

Item Specification

Memory controller

Onboard memory size 0MB

AMD Athlon

64 processor

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System Memory

Item Specification

DIMM socket number 2 Sockets

Supports memory size per socket 128MB

Supports maximum memory size 2048MB

Supports DIMM type DDR-DRAM

Supports DIMM Speed 333 MHz

Supports DIMM voltage 2.5 V/1.25V

Supports DIMM package 200-pin so-DIMM

Memory module combinations You can install memory modules in any combinations as long as they

match the above specifications .

Memory Combinations

Slot 1 Slot 2 Total M e m o r y

0MB 256MB 256MB

0MB 512MB 512MB

0MB 1024MB 1024MB

256MB 0MB 256MB

256MB 256MB 512MB

256MB 512MB 768MB

256MB 1024MB 1280MB

512MB 0MB 512MB

512MB 256MB 768MB

512MB 512MB 1024MB

512MB 1024MB 1536MB

1024MB 0MB 1024MB

1024MB 256MB 1280MB

1024MB 512MB 1536MB

1024MB 1024MB 2048MB

Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to form other combinations.

LAN Interface

Item Specification

Chipset Broadcom BCM5788MKFB

Supports LAN protocol 10/100/1000Mbps

LAN connector type RJ45

LAN connector location Rear side

Modem Interface

Item Specification

Chipset CS1037 Internal Agere Scorpio chipset (Scorpio+CSP1037B)

Fax modem data baud rate (bps) 14.4K

Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K

Supports modem protocol V.90/V.92MDC

Modem connector type RJ11

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Modem Interface

Item Specification

Modem connector location Rear side

Floppy Disk Drive Interface

Item Specification

Vendor & model name Panasonic JU-226A033

Floppy Disk Specifications

Media recognition 2DD (720KB) 2HD (1.2 MB, 3 mode) 2HD (1.44MB)

Sectors/track 9 15 18

Tracks 80 80 80

Data transfer rate (Kbit/s)

Rotational speed (RPM) 300 360 300

Read/write heads 2

Encoding method MFM

Power Requirement

Input Voltage (V) +5V

1 MB 1.6 MB 2 MB

Hard Disk Drive Interface

Item Specification

Vendor & Model Name

Capacity (MB) 40000 60000 60000 60000

Bytes per sector 512 512 512 512

Logical heads 16 16 16 16

Logical sectors 63 63 63 63

Drive Format

Logical cylinders 16383 16383 16383 16383

Physical read/write heads

Disks 1 2 2 2

Spindle speed (RPM) 4200RPM 4200RPM 4200RPM 5400RPM

Performance Specifications

Buffer size 8MB 8MB 2MB (2048KB) 8MB

Interface ATA-6 ATA-6 ATA-5 ATA-6

Data transfer, rate (host~buffer, Mbytes/ s)

DC Power Requirements

Voltage tolerance 5 +/- 5% 5 +/- 5% 5 +/- 5% 5 +/- 5%

TOSHIBA PLUTO MK4025GAS

2344

100 MB/Sec 100 MB/Sec 100 MB/Sec 100 MB/Sec

HGST MORAGA IC25N060ATMR04-0 08K0634

TOSHIBA NEPTUNE MK6021GAS

HGST MORAGA HTS548060M9AT00 08K0638

DVD-RW Interface

Item Specification

Vendor & model name DVD-RW MODULE PIONEER DVR-K12D

Performance Specification With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette

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DVD-RW Interface

Item Specification

Transfer rate (KB/sec) Sustained:

Max 3.6Mbytes/sec

Data Buffer Capacity 128 KBytes

ATAPI Interface SFF-8020i, SFF8090 Ver5

Applicable disc format Supports KODAK Photo CD single and Multi-session

Supports CD Extra (CD PLUS) Supports Mixed CD Supports Video CD Supports to read/write CD-R discs Supports to read/write CD-RW discs Supports CD text data read/write Supports to read DVD-ROM Supports to read/write DVD-R Ver. 2.00 for General Supports to read/write DVD-RW Ver.1.0 & 1.1

Loading mechanism Load: Manual

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

Power Requirement

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

Sustained: Max 10.8Mbytes/sec

Audio Interface

Item Specification

Audio Controller VIA VT1612A

Audio onboard or optional Built-in

Mono or Stereo Stereo

Resolution 18 bit stereo full duplex

Compatibility AC97 2.2 S/PDIF extension compliant codec

Sampling rate 1Hz resolution VSR (Variable Sampling Rate)

Internal microphone Yes

Internal speaker / Quantity Yes

Supports PnP DMA channel DMA channel 0

DMA channel 1

Supports PnP IRQ IRQ10, IRQ11

Video Interface

Item Specification

Vendor & Model Name ATI RADEON 9600

Video memory size 128MB

Chip voltage Core / 2.5V, 1.5V,

Supports ZV (Zoomed Video) port NO

Graph interface 8X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Bus

Maximum resolution LCD 1600X1200 (UXGA)

Maximum resolution CRT 2048X1536@60HZ

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