Gateway nv53 Service Manual

NV53

SERVICEGUIDE

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Contents

Chapter 1: System specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

System block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Hardware specifications and configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Pointing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Wired LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Buttons/Indicators/Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Notebook product tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Left View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Keyboard area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using the status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using the capacitive touch keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the EZ Pad touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using the webcam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 2: System utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Contents

Navigating the BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

BIOS setup utility menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

BIOS recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Creating the Crisis Recovery disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Performing a BIOS recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Running the Flash utility: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Clearing a BIOS password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Unlocking the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 3: Replacing notebook components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Preparing the work space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Preparing the notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing the bay cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Adding or replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Replacing the wireless card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Replacing the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Replacing the keyboard cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Replacing the multimedia board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Replacing the LCD panel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Replacing the palm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Replacing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Replacing the touchpad board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Replacing the modem board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Replacing the USB board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Replacing the Bluetooth module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Replacing the cooling assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing the processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Replacing the LCD front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Replacing the webcam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Replacing the LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Replacing the LCD panel hinge brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Replacing the power button board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Replacing the Kensington lock cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Replacing the microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Replacing the antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Replacing the LCD assembly lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Chapter 4: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

System test procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Testing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Testing the keyboard or auxiliary input device . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Testing the memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Testing the power system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Testing the touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Power-On Self-Test (POST) error message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Index of error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

No-beep error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Phoenix BIOS beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Symptom-to-FRU error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Keyboard and touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Chapter 5: Connector locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

System board layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Top view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Bottom view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Chapter 6: FRU (Field-Replaceable Unit) list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Exploded diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

FRU list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Appendix A: Test compatible components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Appendix B: Online support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Contents

CHAPTER 1

System specifications

• Preface

• Features

• System block diagram

• Hardware specifications and configurations

• Notebook product tour

Preface

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.

General information

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

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 prod uct competitiveness, your regional office may have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (such as add- on cards, modems, 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.

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.

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Features

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Platform

• Processor

• AMD Turion™ II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors: M640 (2.6 GHz),

M620 (2.5 GHz), M600 (2.4 GHz)

• AMD Turion™ II Dual-Core Mobile Processors: M520 (2.3 GHz), M500

(2.2 GHz)

• AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Mobile Processors: M320 (2.1 GHz), M300

(2.0 GHz)

• Core logic: ATI RS880M + SB710

• Wireless: Intel WiFi Link 5300/5100, Atheros b/g/n, or Ralink b/g/n

System memory

• Dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM support

• Up to 4 GB of DDR2 667/800 MHz, upgradeable using two SO-DIMM

modules

Display and graphics

• 15.6" WXGA TFT LCD display panel

• 1366×768 resolution

• VGA memory: shared or 512 MB

• VGA controller: RS780M or ATI M92-XT

• Dual independent display support

• 16.7 million colors

• MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability (acceleration)

• MPEG-2/DVD decoding (for selected models)

• WMV9 (VC-1) support (acceleration)

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

• HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth

Digital Content Protection) support

St orage subsystem

• Industry standard 2.5” 120–500 GB hard disk drive

• Optical drive options:

• Blu-ray Disc™/DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

• DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

• 5-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital™ (SD), MultiMediaCard

(MMC), Memory Stick® (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)

Input devices

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• 99-, 100-, or 103-key keyboard, 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel

• Twelve function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows

keys

• Touchpad pointing device

• Capacitive touch keys

Audio

• Two built-in stereo speakers

• High-definition audio support

• MS-Sound compatible

• Built-in microphone on webcam

Communication

• Integrated webcam

• WLAN: Intel

• WPAN: Bluetooth

• LAN: 10/100/1000 Ethernet

WiFi Link 5300/5100 a/b/g/n, Atheros b/g/n, or Ralink b/g/n

2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

I/O ports

• USB (four)

• External display (VGA) port

• Ethernet (RJ45)

• Modem (RJ11)

• Headphone/SPDIF Audio Out

• Microphone in

• DC in jack for AC adapter

• 5-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)

• HDMI™ port with HDCP support

Security

• Kensington lock slot

• BIOS-based user, supervisor, and HDD passwords

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Physical specifications

• Dimensions: 372 × 250 × 37 mm (14.65 × 9.84 × 1.46 in)

• Weight: 3.1 kg (6.83 lb)

Environmental specifications

• Temperature

• Operating: 32 °F to 90 °F (0 °C to 35 °C)

• Non-operating: -4 °F to 140 °F (-20 °C to 60 °C)

• Humidity (non-condensing)

• Operating: 10% to 90%

• Non-operating: 5% to 95%

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System block diagram

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Hardware specifications and configurations

CPU

Item Specification

CPU type AMD Turion™ II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors, AMD Turion™ II Dual-Core

Core logic ATI RS880M + SB710 CPU package Socket-S1 (S1g2), µFCPGA CPU core voltage 1.075V to 1.125V

Mobile Processors, or AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Mobile Processors

Controllers

Item Controller

Core logic ATI RS880M + SB710 VGA

LAN Broadcom BCM5764/BCM5784 USB 2.0 ATI RS880M Bluetooth Broadcom BCM2045 Wireless 802.11

Memory Card Reader Realtek RTS5159

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200

ATI M92-XT

Intel WiFi Link 5100

Intel WiFi Link 5300

Atheros AR5B91/HB93 b/g/n

Atheros XB63 b/g

Ralink RT2700E b/g/n

Audio Codec Conexant CX20561 (Azalia)

BIOS

Item Specification

BIOS vendor Phoenix BIOS version V1.01

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Item Specification

Supported protocols

BIOS password control Manually set Supervisor and User passwords.

ACPI 1.0b/2.0/3.0 compliance

PCI 2.2 or later

System/HDD Password Security Control

INT 13H Extensions

PnP BIOS 1.0a

SMBIOS 2.4 or later

BIOS Boot Specification

Simple Boot Flag 1.0

Boot Block

PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification

USB Specification 1.1/2.0

IEEE 1394 1.0

USB/1394 CD-ROM Boot Up support

PC Card Standard 1995 (PCMCIA 3.0 Compliant Device)

IrDA 1.0

Support HD audio

WfM 2.0, PXE 2.1

Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) 2.1

Boot Integrity Service Application Program Interface (BIS) 1.0

PC2002/2005 compliant

Intel Enhanced Speedstep Technology

ASF 2.0

TPM v1.2

AHCI support

iAMT 4.0 or later (for Intel platform)

Memory

Item Specification

Memory controller Built-in Memory size 0 MB (no on-board memory) SO-DIMM socket number 2 sockets Supports memory size per

socket Supports maximum

memory size Supports SO-DIMM type Supports SO-DIMM Speed Supports SO-DIMM

voltage Supports SO-DIMM

package Memory module

combinations

2 GB per SO-DIMM

4GB

DDR 2 Synchronous DRAM

667/800 MHz

1.8V and 0.9V

1.5V

200-pin SO-DIMM

You can install memory modules in any combination as long as they match the above specifications.

Hard Disk Drive

Item

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Vendor & Model Name

Capacity (MB) 160000 250000 320000 500000 Bytes per sector 512 512 512 512 Data heads 3/4 4 4 4 Drive Format Disks 2 2 2 2 Spindle speed

(RPM) Performance Specifications Buffer size 8MB 8MB 8MB 8MB Interface SATA SATA SATA SATA Max. media transfer

rate (disk-buffer, Mbytes/s)

DC Power Requirements Voltage tolerance 5V(DC) +/- 5% 5V(DC) +/- 5% 5V(DC) +/- 5% 5V(DC) +/- 5%

ST9160310AS MK1655GSX HTS543216L9A300 WD1600BEVT-22ZC T0

5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM

540 540 850 3.0 GB/s (Max.)

ST9250315AS ST9250320AS MK2555GSX HTS545025B9A300 WD2500BEVT-22ZCT0

ST9320320AS MK3255GSX HTS545032B9A300 WD3200BEVT-22ZC T0

ST9500325AS MK5055GSX HTS545050B9A300 WD5000BEVT-22ZA T0

Buffer to Host

Optical drive

Item Specification

Vendor & model name

Performance Specification Transfer rate

(KB/sec)

Buffer Memory 2MB

Interface SATA

TOSHIBA SUPER-MUL TI DRIVE DL 8X TS-L633B LF HLDS SUPER-MULTI DRIVE TRAY DL 8X GT20N LF SONY SUPER-MULTI DRIVE DL 8X AD-7580S LF PLDS SUPER-MULTI DRIVE DL 8X DS-8A3S LF

Sustained:

with CD: Max 3.6Mbytes/sec

with DVD: Max 10.08Mbytes/sec

SONY BD COMBO 12.7mm Tray DL 2X BC-5500S LF PLDS BD COMBO 12.7mm Tray DL 2X DS-4E1S HLDS BD COMBO 12.7mm Tray DL 2X CT-10

Sustained:

with CD: Max 3.6Mbytes/sec

with DVD: Max 10.8Mbytes/sec

with BD: Max 11Mbytes/sec

for CD/DVD: 2MB

for BD: 4.5MB

Item Specification

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Applicable disc format

Loading mechanism

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

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) - Standard Audio CD & CD-TEXT CD-ROM (Yellow Book Mode1 & 2) - Standard Data CD-ROM XA (Mode2 Form1 & 2) - Photo CD, Multi-Session CD-I (Green Book, 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), DVD-Dual 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

Blu-Ray: BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL

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

LCD

Item Specification

Vendor

Screen diagonal (mm) 15.6 inches Display resolution (pixels) 1366×768 Pixel pitch 0.204 x 0.204 Pixel arrangement R.G.B. Vertical Stripe Display mode Normally white Typical white luminance (NIT)

also called brightness Luminance uniformity 1.25 max. Contrast ratio 400~500 typical Response tme (msec) 8 Nominal input voltage VDD +3.3V

CMO

AUO

Samsung

LPL

220

Item Specification

Viewing angle (degree) Horizontal: Right/Left Vertical: Upper/Lower

Temperature range( C) Operating Storage (shipping)

45/45 15/35

0 to +50

-40 to +60

Keyboard

Item Specification

Keyboard controller Winbond WPC773 Total number of keypads 99/100/103-key Windows logo key Yes

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Internal & external keyboard work simultaneously

Plug USB keyboard to the USB port directly

Pointing device

Item Specification

Type

Buttons Left/Right

Synaptics TM00540-001 Touchpad

ALPS KGDFF0031A Touchpad

Memory card reader

Item Specification

Controller Realtek RTS5159 Cards supported Support 5-in-1 card reader (MMC, MS, MS-pro, SD, and xD) Compliancy

Complies to SDIO Host Interface Specification Rev 1.0

Supports MMC, MMCplus, SD Memory, and SDIO cards

SDIO Version 1.10 compliant with High-Speed Mode

SD Host Interface Specification v1.0

SD Host Interface Specification v2.0

SD HC (High Capacity SD memory card)

Supports SD memory card, with CPRM security

Complies to MultiMediaCard™ Version 4.0

Supports Memory Stick™ and MS PRO media cards

Supports xD-Picture™ card and SmartMedia™ cards

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Audio

Item Specification

Audio controller Conexant CX20561 Audio onboard or optional Built-in Mono or stereo Stereo Resolution 24-bit DAC and ADC Compatibility HD Audio Sampling rate 192 kHz maximum sample rate Internal microphone With webcam Internal speaker/quantity 2 speakers

Wired LAN

Item Specification

LAN chipset Broadcom BCM57 64/BCM5784 Supports LAN protocol 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN connector type RJ45 LAN connector location Left side Features

Integrated 10/10/1000 BASE-T transceiver

PCI v2.2 compliant

Wake on LAN support meeting ACPI requirements

Bluetooth

Item Specification

Chipset Broadcom BCM2045 Data throughput 2.1 Mbit/s Protocol Bluetooth 2.0 Interface USB (board level) Connector type Wireless via Bluetooth protocols

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Wireless LAN

Item Specification

Chipset

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

Interface PCI bus (mini PCI socket for wireless module)

Intel WiFi Link 5100

Intel WiFi Link 5300

Atheros AR5B91/HB93 b/g/n

Atheros XB63 b/g

Ralink RT2700E b/g/n

WNC WiMAX

IEEE 802.11a

IEEE 802.11b

IEEE 802.11g

IEEE 802.11 Draft-N

IEEE 802.16e

USB

Item Specification

Chipset ATI SB710 USB compliancy level 2.0 OHCI USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 host controller Number of USB ports 4 Location

Two on the left side

Two on the right side

Buttons/Indicators/Ports

Item Specification

Buttons

Indicators

Ports

Power button

Capacitive touch keys

Bluetooth

Hard drive

Num lock

Caps lock

Battery charge

Power

USB (four)

External display (VGA) port

Ethernet (RJ45)

Modem (RJ11)

Headphone/SPDIF Audio Out

Microphone in

DC in jack for AC adapter

5-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)

HDMI™ port with HDCP support

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Camera

Item Specification

Model

Interface USB 2.0 Resolution 0.3 M pixels (640x480) Signal to noise ratio 42 dB Sensor CMOS 1/4 Power 5 V Built-in microphone Yes LED No

Chicony CNF701721004973L

Suyin CN0314-SN30-OV03-5

Fans

CPU temperature (° C) Fan speed (rpm) Acoustic level (dBA)

45-50 0-3000 29 55-66 0-3300 33 68-74 3300-3800 38 78-83 3800-4100 40 86-91 4100-4800 40

Throttling 50%: % is controlled by operating system. Temperature point is 95 °C. OS shut do wn at 100 °C; H/W shut down at 105 °C

Battery

Item Specification

Vendor

type Li-ion Pack capacity 4400mAH—5800mAH Number of battery cell 6 Package configuration 3 cells in series, 2 series in parallel

Panasonic

Sanyo

Sony

Simplo

Normal voltage 11.1V Charge voltage 12.6V (max)

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Power supply

Item Specification

Vendor

Input rating 90VAC to 264V AC, 47H z to 63Hz Maximum input AC current 1.7A (max) Output rating 19V DC, 3.42A, 65W

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Delta Liteon Hipro

Power savings

ACPI mode Power Management

Mech. Off (G3) All devices in the notebook are turned off completely. Soft Off (G2/S5) OS initiated shutdown. All devices in the notebook are turned off completely. Working (G0/S0) Individual devices such as the CPU and hard disc may be power managed in this state. Suspend to RAM (S3)

CPU set power down

VGA suspend

PCMCIA suspend

Audio power down

Hard drive power down

Optical drive 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 powering off the whole system.

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Ventilation fan

Ethernet jack

USB port

Kensington lock slot

Power connector

Monitor port

HDMI out jack

Microphone jack

Headphone jack

Memory card reader

Notebook product tour

Important

Case color may vary from that shown in the pictures.

Front View

Component Icon Description

Left View

Ventilation fan Helps cool internal components.

Warning: Do not work with the notebook resting on your lap. If the air vents are blocked, the notebook may become hot enough to harm your skin. Caution: Do not block or insert objects into these slots. If these slots are blocked, your notebook may overheat resulting in unexpected shutdown or permanent damage to the notebook. Caution: Provide adequate space around your notebook so air vents are not obstructed. Do not use the notebook on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface.

Component Icon Description

Kensington™ lock slot

Secure your notebook to an object by connecting a Kensington cable lock to this slot.

Power connector Plug the AC adapter cable into this connector. Ethernet jack Plug an Ethernet network cable into this jack. Plug the other end

Monitor port Plug an analog VGA monitor or projector into this port.

HDMI out jack

HDMI

of the cable into a cable modem, DSL modem, or an Ethernet network jack.

Plug an HDMI device, such as a high definition television, into this optional jack.

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DVD drive

USB port

Modem

jack

Power button

Component Icon Description

Right View

USB port Plug USB devices (such as a diskette drive, flash drive, printer,

Microphone jack Plug a microphone into this jack.

Headphone jack Plug amplified speakers or headphones into this jack. The built-in

Memory card reader

scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse) into these ports.

speakers are turned off when speakers or headphones are plugged into this jack. Headphone with SPDIF support

Insert a memory card from a digital camera, MP3 player, PDA, or cellular telephone into the memory card reader. The memory card reader supports Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital™, and xD-Picture Card™cards.

Component Icon Description

USB port Plug a USB device (such as a diskette drive, flash drive, printer,

DVD drive Insert CDs or DVDs into this drive. Modem jack Plug a dial-up modem cable into this optional jack.

Power button Press to turn the power on or off. You can also configure the

scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse) into this port.

power button for Sleep/Resume mode.

Rear View

Ventilation fan

Ventilation slots and cooling fan

Battery

lock

Battery latch

Memory/ Hard drive bay

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Component Icon Description

Bottom View

Ventilation fan Helps cool internal components.

Component Icon Description

Battery Provides power when the notebook is not plugged into AC power. Battery lock Slide to unlock the battery.

Battery latch Slide to release the battery.

Memory bay Memory modules are located in this bay.

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Keyboard

Capacitive touch keys

Status

indicators

Speakers

Touchpad

Power/Battery

indicators

Component Icon Description

Keyboard area

Hard drive bay

Ventilation slots and cooling fan

The hard drive is located in this bay.

Helps cool internal components. Warning: Do not work with the notebook resting on your lap. If the air vents are blocked, the notebook may become hot enough to harm your skin. Caution: Do not block or insert objects into these slots. If these slots are blocked, your notebook may overheat resulting in unexpected shutdown or permanent damage to the notebook. Caution: Provide adequate space around your notebook so air vents are not obstructed. Do not use the notebook on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface.

Component Icon Description

Speakers Left and right speakers deliver stereo audio output. Status

indicators

Keyboard Provides all the features of a full-sized, computer keyboard. For more

Power indicator

Battery charge indicator

Inform you when a drive is in use or when a button has been pressed that affects how the keyboard is used. For more information, see “Using

the status indicators” on page 21.

information, see “Using the keyboard” on page 21.

LED on - Notebook is on.

LED blinking - Notebook is in Sleep or Hybrid Sleep mode.

LED off - Notebook is off.

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Important: This LED only lights up when your notebook is connected to

LED orange - Battery is fully charged. LED blinking orange - Battery is charging. LED blinking red - Battery charge is very low. LED solid red - Battery is malfunctioning.

AC power or the battery charge is very low.

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Webcam

Microphone

Component Icon Description

LCD panel

Touchpad Provides all the functionality of a mouse. For more information, see

Capacitive touch keys

Component Icon Description

Webcam Use to let others see who they are communicating with when making

“Using the EZ Pad touchpad” on page 25.

Press to access capacitive touch key function. For more information, see

“Using the capacitive touch keys” on page 24.

VoIP calls. For more informati on, see “Using the webcam” on page 26.

Microphone Use to talk through when making Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

calls.

Using the status indicators

Bluetooth

HDD

Caps lock

Num lock

Battery

Power

Function

keys/

System

keys

key

Windows key

Application key

Arrow keys

Numeric keypad/ Navigation keys

Important

If none of the indicators are on, you may need to press FN+F1 to toggle the

status indicators on.

Status indica tors inform you when a drive is being used or when a button has been pressed that affects how the keyboard is used. The status indicators are located below the screen.

Indicator Icon Description

Bluetooth

Hard drive

Num lock

Caps lock

Battery charge indicator

Power indicator

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LED on - Bluetooth communication is turned on.

LED off - Bluetooth communication is turned off.

LED blinking - The drive is being accessed.

LED off - The drive is not being accessed.

LED on - Num lock is turned on.

LED off - Num lock is turned off.

LED on - Caps lock is turned on.

LED off - Caps lock is turned off.

LED blue - Battery is fully charged.

LED red - Battery is charging. Important: This LED only lights up when your notebook is connected to AC power.

LED on - Notebook is on.

LED blinking - Notebook is in Sleep or Hybrid Sleep

mode.

LED off - Notebook is off.

Using the keyboard

Your notebook features a full-size keyboard that functions the same as a desktop computer keyboard. Many of the keys have been assigned alternate functions, including shortcut keys for Windows and function keys for specific system operations.

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Key types

The keyboard has several different types of keys. Some keys perform specific actions when pressed alone and other actions when pressed in combination with another key.

Key type Icon Description

Function keys Press these keys labeled F1 to F12 to perform actions in programs.

System keys Press these colored keys in combination with the F

Navigation keys Press these keys to move the cursor to the beginning of a line,

N key Press the FN key in combination with a colored system key to

Windows key Press this key to open the Windows Start menu. This key can also

Application key Press this key for quic k access to shortcut menus and help

Arrow keys Press these keys to move the cursor up, down, right, or left.

For example, pressing F1 may open help. Each program uses different function keys for different purposes. See the program documentation to find out more about the function key actions.

perform specific actions. For more information, see “System key

combinations” on page 22.

to the end of a line, up the page, down the page, to the beginning of a document, or to the end of a document.

perform a specific action.

be used in combination with other keys to open utilities like F (Search utility), R (Run utility), and E (Computer window).

assistants in Windows.

N key to

System key combinations

When you press the FN key and a system key at the same time, your notebook performs the action identified by the text or icon on the key.

Press and hold FN, then press this system key...

To...

Turn the capacitive touch key LEDs on or off. For more information, see

“Using the status indicators” on page 21.

Enter Sleep mode or Hybrid Sleep mode. Press the power button to leave Sleep mode.

Toggle the notebook display in the following order:

The LCD

An external monitor or projector (a monitor or projector must be plugged into the monitor port or HDMI port on your notebook)

Both displays at the same time

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Press and hold FN, then press this system key...

To...

Turn the optional Bluetooth radio on or off. Warning: Radio frequency wireless communication can interfere with equipment on commercial aircraft. Current aviation regulations require wireless devices to be turned off while traveling in an airplane. Bluetooth communication devices are examples of devices that provide wireless communication. Important: The wireless network switch must be in the ON position for this button to work. For more information, see “Left View” on page 16.

Mute the sound. Press the key combination again to restore the sound.

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

Play/ Pause—Plays or pauses the CD or DVD.

Stop—Stops playing the CD or DVD.

Previous—Skips back one CD track or DVD chapter.

Next—Skips ahead one CD track or DVD chapter.

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PowerSave

Touchpad toggle

Wireless switch

Decrease volume

Increase volume

Mute

(only for certain models)

MyBackup

Programmable key

Touchpad toggle

Wireless switch

Decrease volume

Increase volume

Mute

(only for certain models)

MyBackup

Using the capacitive touch keys

Button Description

PowerSave key—enable Gateway PowerSave solution. The Gateway PowerSave solution uses the power-saving features of your computer ’s graphics sub-system to reduce overall power consumption. When you press the Gateway PowerSave key, the Windows graphics scheme will be changed to Windows Vista Basic, screen brightness reduced and the graphics chip will be switched to a lower speed. Press the Gateway PowerSave key again to return to your previous settings. (only for certain models)

Programmable key—the programmable key will run the Launch Manager, you can assign an application as your needed. (only for certain models)

MyBackup key—launch Gateway MyBackup solution. The Gateway MyBackup solution is a simple three-step process that allows you to create backup copies of your entire system or selected files and folders according to a schedule or as you need to.

Wireless switch—turn the optional IEEE 802.11 wireless network radio on or off. For more information, see “Wireless Ethernet Networking” in your online Use r Guide. Warning: Radio frequency wireless communication can interfere with equipment on commercial aircraft. Current aviation regulations require wireless devices to be turned off while traveling in an airplane. IEEE 802.11 communication devices are examples of devices that provide wireless communication.

Touchpad toggle—turn the internal touchpad on and off.

Mute—mutes the sound. Press again to restore the sound.

Decrease volume—press to decrease volume.

Increase volume—press to increase volume.

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