Acer Aspire 1610 Service Guide

Acer Aspire 1610 Series
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 1610 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2004 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, magne tic, 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 Acer 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...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Introduction                                                                       1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Top...

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Table of Contents
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Removing the Upper Case Assemly  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Removing the Touchpad Board   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Removing the Touchpad Cable   . . . . . . . . . . ....

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External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Memory check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Power System Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® Pentium® 4  processor 3.06 GHz with 512 KB L2 cache
TTwo memory slots supporting 333 MHz DDR, upgradeable to 2GB
THigh-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
Display
T15.0” SXGA+ (1400X1050 resolution) TFT LCD panel provides a large viewing area for maximum 
efficiency and ease-of-use
T3D graphics support
TSupports simultaneous display between LCD and CRT display
TS-video for out...