Acer Aspire 1400 Service Guide

Acer Aspire 1400 Series
Service Guide
  PART NO.: VD.A02V5.001 
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 1400 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates 

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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 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...

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
SCREEN MESSAGESDenotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNINGAlerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTIONGives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANTReminds you to do specific actions 
relevant to the accomplishment of 
procedures. 

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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 Acers 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...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specifications         3
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting      69
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
Memory Check   . . . . . ....

Chapter 13
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
!Intel® PentiumTM IV processor with on-die level 2 cache
!256 MB memory expandable to 1G
!High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
!Lithium-Ion battery pack
!Power management system
Display
The large graphics display offers excellent viewing, display quality and desktop-performance 
graphics. 
!Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) displaying 16.7 million colors at...

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Human-centric design and ergonomics
!All-in-one design (CD or DVD, floppy drive, and hard disk)
!Sleek, smooth and stylish design
!Full-sized keyboard
!Wide and curved palm rest
!Ergonomically-centered touchpad pointing device
!Launch keys (supports Audio DJ feature)
!Wireless networking (802.11b) option
Expansion
!Upgradeable memory and hard disk
!CardBus PC Card slots
Keyboard and Pointing D evice
!87 keys with 101/102 key emulation
!1 Windows Key, 1 Application Key
!Ergonomically-centered...