Acer Aspire 1700 Service Guide

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2.Repeat the same procedure on the other side bracket. 
Remove the LED cable attached on the LCD outer shield.  
Remove the subwoofer
1.Disconnect the subwoofer cable.
2.Remove the two screws that secure the subwoofer.
3.Remove the subwoofer. 

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Release the MDC cable. 
Disconnect the cable to the modem header. 
Remove the keyboard 
1.Remove the six screws the secure the keyboard. 
2.Remove the keyboard and disconnect the attached cable. 
Remove the LED board
1.Detach the LED ribbon cable. 
2.Remove the four screws that secure the LED board. 
3.Lift the LED board and disconnect the LED cable at the same time. 
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4.Disconnect the LED ribbon cable from the LED board. 
Detach the front panel
1.Disconnect the touch pad ribbon cable. 
2.Remove the three screws as shown here. 
3.Turn the unit upside down, and then remove the group of FOUR, the group of EIGHT and the group of SIX 
screws.
4.And finally the 4 screws on the rear side.   
5.Detach the front panel. 
Remove the Audio DJ board
1.Disconnect the Audio DJ ribbon cable. 

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2.Disconnect the other side of the ribbon cable to the Audio DJ board. 
3.Remove the screw that secures the Audio DJ board.
4.Remove the DJ board. 
Remove the touch pad
1.Remove the mylar here. 
2.Disconnect the two ribbon cables to the touch pad.
3.Remove the mylar. 
4.Remove the two screws that secure the touch pad. 
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5.Remove the touch pad bracket. 
6.Remove the touch pad. 
Remove the touch pad board
1.Remove the four screws that secure the touch pad board.
2.Remove the touch pad board. 
Remove the lid switch cable
1.Disconnect the lid switch cable by releasing the screw.
2.Remove the lid switch cable. 
Remove the floppy drive
1.Disconnect the floppy cable 
2.Remove the three screws
3.Remove the floppy drive.  

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Remove the speaker set
1.Remove the tape 
2.Remove the aluminum tape (the tape can be damaged while servicing, please make sure you have a 
spare one).
3.Remove the tape here.
4.Disconnect the speaker cable. 
5.Remove the screw as shown here.
6.And the one on the other side. 
7.Remove the speaker set. 
Remove the mainboard
1.Remove the nine screws as shown 
2.Detach the mainboard module from the base unit
3.Remove the screw as shown 
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4.Remove the PCI board. 
5.Remove the six screws that secure the I/O shield. 
6.Remove the I/O shield.   
7.Disconnect the system fan power connector. 
8.Remove the two screws, one on each side, that secure the mainboard. 
9.Remove the mainboard from the mainboard bracket. 
Remove the system fan
1.Remove the two screws that secure the system fan. 
2.Remove the system fan.
3.This completes the disassembly procedures of Aspire 1700.
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FDD Module
1.Disconnect the ribbon cable. 
2.Remove the screws as shown here. 
3.Remove the FDD bracket away from the floppy drive.
HDD Module
1.Disconnect the HDD power cable and then the IDE coaxial cable.
2.Remove the screws that secure the HDD, and the other side.
3.Remove the bracket from the HDD.
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Combo Module
1.Remove the three screws as shown here. 
2.Remove the bracket. 

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