Acer Aspire 1710 Service Guide

Acer Aspire 1710 Series
Service Guide
Project Code: A15
Please note that Aspire 1710 has the same housing with Aspire 1700. And this model will not have service CD. 
Please refer to Aspire 1700 service CD (Part No.: VD.A08V7.001) for disassembling mpeg files.
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 1710 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, magnetic, 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
Display   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Remove the side bracket   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Remove the LED cable attached on the LCD outer shield  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Remove the subwoofer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Release the MDC cable   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Disconnect the cable to the modem header  . . . . . . . . ....

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Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® Pentium® 4 FSB 800 processors 
TL2 cache 1MB
TIntel 865G with ICH-5, support 800MHz Front Side Bus, dual channel and HTT support
T80 GB or higher-capacity Desktop 5400rpm, 7200rpm HDD
TMicrosoft® Windows® XP Home/Pro operating system
TOptional 6-in-1 Multimedia memory card reader module
Multimedia
TDVD/CD-RW combo
TDVD Dual drive
TAudio input and output jacks
THardware 3D...