Acer Aspire 1500 Service Guide

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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.
#IconFunctionDescription
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. 

Chapter 113
 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.
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.
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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.
Desired accessNum lock onNum lock off
Number keys on embedded 
keypadType numbers in a normal manner.
Cursor-control keys on embedded 
keypadHold Shift while using cursor-control keys. Hold Fn while using cursor-control 
keys.
Main...

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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 KeyIconFunctionDescription
Fn-
lHotkey help Displays a list of the hotkeys and their functions.
Fn-
mSetup Accesses the notebook configuration utility. 
Fn-
nPower Management 
Scheme ToggleSwitches between the...

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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.
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....

Chapter 117
 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.
 
#IconFunctionDescription
1 Mail...

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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
AT I  M O B I L I T Y
TM RADEONTM 9600
Hard disk drive controller VIA VT8235
Keyboard controller Mitsubish LPC keyboard controller M38857
CardBus Controller RICOH R5C554
Processor
ItemSpecification
CPU type
AMD Athlon
TM 64 processor at 3000+ or 3200+
CPU package  754-pin micro PGA,...

Chapter 119
Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to 
form other combinations.
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 .
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 .
 
Modem connector location Rear side
Floppy Disk Drive Interface
ItemSpecification
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)1 MB 1.6 MB 2 MB
Rotational speed (RPM) 300 360 300
Read/write heads 2
Encoding method MFM
Power Requirement
Input Voltage (V) +5V
Hard Disk Drive Interface
ItemSpecification
Vendor & Model 
NameTOSHIBA PLUTO...

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Transfer rate (KB/sec) Sustained:
Max 3.6Mbytes/secSustained:
Max 10.8Mbytes/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...