Acer Aspire 1690 Service Guide

							Aspire 1690
Aspire 3510
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire1690 and Aspire 3510 service guide.
Date ChapterUpdates 
						

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Copyright
Copyright © 2005 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.
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contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular 
purpose.  Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is.  Should the 
programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not  Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its 
dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential 
damages resulting from any defect in the software.  
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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 be covered 
in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible 
personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.
2.Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should 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 will 
not be noted in the printed Service Guide.  For 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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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mainboard Placement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Block Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Open View   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front Panel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Left View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Right View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the Keyboard   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Embedded Numeric Keypad  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Launch Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hot Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Special Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using a Computer Security lock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using System Utilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Launch Manager  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ejecting the optical (CD or DVD) drive tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 2 System Utilities  45
BIOS Setup Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47
Advanced   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Boot   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exit   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement  56
General Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Disassembly Procedure Flowchart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the HDD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing the Memory and the Wireless LAN Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing the Thermal Module and CPU  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing the ODD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Disassembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Disassembling the Upper Case Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disassembling the Lower Case Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Disassembling the LCD Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Disassembling the External Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Disassembling the Optical Drive Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 
						

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Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  73
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Memory Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Power System Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Power Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Check the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
Touchpad Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
PhoenixBIOS POST Tasks and Beep Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
POST Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Intermittent Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Undetermined Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Use NAPP CD to Build Master Hard Disc Drive  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chpater 5 Jumper and Connector Locations  95
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Rear View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
RTC Jumper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List  99
Exploded Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Parts    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration  113
Appendix B Test Compatible Components  114
Microsoft Windows XP(Home)  Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Appendix C Online Support Information  118 
						

							Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel®  Celeron®  M Processor at 1.3 ~ 1.5 GHz or higher (for Aspire 3510 series only) 
TIntel®  Celeron®  M Processor at 1.5 ~ 2.13 GHz or higher (for Aspire 1690 series only)
TCPU Package is uFPGA 478 Package
TIntegrated Intel®  PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi 
CERTIFIEDTM solution
Memory
T256MB or 512MB of DDRII 400/533 
TUpgradeable to 2GB Memory by Dual channels of SODIMM
Display
T15” XGA TFT LCD, supporting 1024x768 pixel resolution
T15.4” WXGA+TFT LCD, supporting 1280x800 pixel resolution
T15” SXGA +TFT LCD supporting 1400x1050 pixel resolution (for Aspire 1690 series only)
Graphics
TAT I  M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X600 with 64/128MB of video memory (for Aspire 1690 series only)
TAT I  M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X700 with 64/128MB of video memory (for Aspire 1690 series only)
TMicrosoft® DirectX® 9.0 support
TAT I  P O W E R P L AYTM 5.0 support
TDualViewTM support
TExternal resolution/refresh rate
T2048x1536: 60/75 Hz
T1600x1200: 120/100/85/75/60 Hz
T1400x1050: 60 Hz
T1280x1024: 60/75/85/100/120/160 Hz
T1024x768: 200/160/120/100/85/75//60 Hz
T800x600: 200/160/120/100/85/75/60 Hz
TMPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability
TS-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) support
TAspire CinemaVisionTM video technology (for Aspire 1690 only)
Console display for Arcade media playback status
System Specifications
Chapter  1 
						

							2Chapter 1
Audio
T16-bit  AC’97 stereo audio
TDual speakers and one internal microphone
TSeparate audio ports for headphone--out, line-in, microphone-in and SPDIF devices
TBuilt-in two 1.5W speakers
TMS-Sound Compatible
TLine-out (SPDIF supported for Aspire 1690 series only)
Storage
T40/60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disc drive
T4-in-1 card reader, supporting MultiMedia Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick® , and 
Memory Stick PROTM (for Aspire1690 series only)
TPC card 95 supported with one Type II
TPCI card bus
Tno ZV support 
Communication
T56Kbps V.90/V.92 AC-Link modem card (MDC) 
T10/100Mbps or Giga LAN on board (for Aspire1690 series only) 
T10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet connection  (for Aspire 3510 series only) 
TWLAN 802.11b/g or 802.11 a/b/g dual-band tri-mode Wireless
Twith Mini-PCI interface (for Aspire1690 series only) 
TBuilt-in 2 Antenna (which has to be placed on the top of LCD on the sides of LCD latch)
I/O Ports
TThree USB 2.0 ports
TIEEE 1394 port (4-pin, for Aspire1690 series only )
TEthernet (RJ-45) port
TModem (RJ-11) port
TExternal display (VGA) port
TS-vide/TV-out port
TMicrophones/Line-in jack
THeadphones/Speaker/Line-out jack
TInfrared (FIR) port
TType II PC card slot
T4-in-1 card reader 
TDC-in jack for AC adaptor
Battery
T8-cell of Li-ion battery pack, (4400mAh)
T4-cell of Li-ion battery pack, (2200mAh)
T65W AC adaptor
T3-hours battery life when support ATI X600 / 4-hours battery life when support Intel GFX 
						

							Chapter 13
Mainboard Placement 
Top View