Acer Aspire 1620 Service Guide

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This section describes online technical support services available to help you repair your Acer Systems.
If you are a distributor, dealer, ASP or TPM, please refer your technical queries to your local Acer branch 
office. Acer Branch Offices and Regional Business Units may access our website. However some information 
sources will require a user i.d. and password. These can be obtained directly from Acer CSD Taiwan.
Acers Website offers you convenient and valuable support resources whenever you need them.
In the Technical Information section you can download information on all of Acers Notebook, Desktop and 
Server models including:
TService guides
TUsers manuals
TTraining materials
TMain manuals
TBios updates
TSoftware utilities
TSpare parts lists
TChips
TTABs (Technical Announcement Bulletin)
For these purposes, we have included an Acrobat File to facilitate the problem-free downloading of our 
technical material.
 Also contained on this website are: 
TDetailed information on Acers International Traveller’s Warranty (ITW) 
TReturned material authorization procedures 
TAn overview of all the support services we offer, accompanied by a list of telephone, fax and email 
contacts for all your technical queries.
We are always looking for ways to optimize and improve our services, so if you have any suggestions or 
comments, please do not hesitate to communicate these to us.
Online Support InformationAppendix C 
						

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							Index124
A
AFLASH Utility 47
Audio 19
B
Battery 28
BIOS 19
package 19
ROM size 19
ROM type 19
vendor 19
Version 19
BIOS Setup Utility 34
BIOS Supports protocol 19
BIOS Utility 34
Basic System Settings 39
Navigating 35
Onboard Device Configuration 42
Startup Configuration 41
System Information 35
System Security 46
Board Layout
Bottom View 5, 97
Top View 4, 96
brightness
hotkeys 16
C
CardBus 28
CD-ROM Interface 21
Chipsets 19
contrast
hotkeys 16
Controllers 19
Core logic 19
CPU
core voltage 19
I/O voltage 19
package 19
type 19
D
Disassembly Flowchart 50
display
hotkeys 16
Display Standby Mode 31
DVD-ROM Interface 22
E
Environmental Requirements 32
Error Symptom-to-Spare Part Index 79
External CD-ROM Drive Check 75
F
Features 1
Flash Utility 47
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 98
H
Hard disk 19, 21
Hard Disk Drive Module
Disassembly 55
Hard Disk Standby Mode 31
Hardware Specifications and Configurations 19
HDD 19, 21
Hibernation Mode 31
Hibernation mode
hotkey 16
Hot Keys 16
I
Intermittent Problems 86
J
Jumper and Connector Locations
SW2 Settings 97
K
Keyboard 19, 28
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check 75
L
L2 cache 19
M
Mechanical Specification 32
Memory Check 76
Modem 20
N
Notebook Manager
hotkey 16
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O
Online Support Information 118
P
Panel 5, 97
Bottom 10
Parallel Port 27
PC Card 28
PCMCIA 28
Power Management 31
Power System Check 76
Battery Pack 78
Power Adapter 77
R
Removing the Battery Pack 52
RTC 19
S
Second Level Cache 19
speakers
hotkey 16
Standby Mode 31
Super I/O 19
System Check Procedures 75
System Diagnostic Diskette 47
System Memory 20
System Utility Diskette 47
T
Temperature 32
Touchpad 19
touchpad
hotkey 16
Touchpad Check 78
U
Undetermined Problems 87
USB 27
utility
BIOS 34
V
Video 27
Resolutions 27
Video controller 19
W
Windows XP Environment Test 113