Acer Aspire 1710 Service Guide

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TOne external monitor port
TTwo IEEE 1394 ports
TOne PS/2 port
TOne microphone-in jack (3.5mm mini jack)
TOne headphone jack (3.5mm mini jack)
TFour Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports
Display and  video
T17” Desktop liquid-crystal display (LCD) at 1280 x 1024 Super Graphics Array (SXGA) resolution
TSimultaneous LCD and CRT display
TDual independent display support
THardware 3D graphic engine
Audio
T16-bit stereo audio (AC’97)
TTwo built-in stereo speakers
TAudio ports for microphone-in and...

Chapter 13
Display
The 17” display panel provides a large viewing area for maximum efficiency and ease-of-use. The liquid crystal 
display (LCD) supports SXGA resolution with 16 million colors at 1280 x 1024.
Video Performance
Your Aspire 1710 series computer features an accelerated graphics port (AGP) video system with Intel 865G 
embedded VGA engine and 64MB UMA RAM, and nVIDIA NV-34M/NV-36M series (64M/128M AGP card) as 
an option. This provides a robust solution, while enabling high quality video...

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System Block Diagram
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55
44
33
22
11
D
D
C
C
B
B
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NORTH BRIDGE
Intel 82865G
(GMCH)
(FC-BGA 932)
Host Bus
(400/533/800MHz)
HUB I/F
266MB/s,1.5V
SOUTH BRIDGE
Intel 82801EB
(ICH5)
(mBGA 460)PAGE : 05,06,07,08
Main
CLOCK
GEN.PAGE : 12 3*CPU/CPU-
1*SDRAM
5*3V66
7*PCI
2*REF
2*48MHz
1*SRC/SRC# PAGE : 03,04
INTEL P4 CPU
(FCPGA 478)PAGE : 9,10,11
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PCI Board
Connector
PCI
AC97
USB 0,1
PCI BoardCard BusENE/CB1410PCMCIA
Slot
Mini-PCI
Slot
MDC SlotRJ11
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EC
NS/PC87591
(176 Pin...

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Board Layout
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1 PS2 Port 16 Mini 1394 Connector
2 Parallel Port 17 MIC Connector
3 LAN Connector 18 Line Out Connector
4 CPU Fan Connector 19 Woofer Connector
5 COM1 Port 20 VGA Board Connector
6 VGA Port 21 Battery Connector
7 S-Video Port 22 RTC Battery Connector
8 Modem Connector 23 PCI Board Connector
9 MDC Connector 24 HDD Connector
11 USB Port 25 CD/DVD-ROM Module Connector
12 DC-In Connector 26 HDD Power Connector
13 CPU Socket 27 DDR RAM Socket-1
14 USB Port 28 DDR RAM Socket-2
15 1394 Connector 

Chapter 17
Bottom View
1 Audio DJ FFC Connector
2 Keyboard Connector
3 Speaker Connector
4 LED Board FFC Connector
5 FDD FFC Connector
6 Touchpad FFC Connector 

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Panel
Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.
Front Panel
#ItemDescription
1 Display Large liquid crystal display (LCD) provides visual output.
2 Power button Turns the computer on and off.
3 Keyboard Full-size keyboard for inputing typed data.
4 Touchpad Touch sensitive pad that functions like a computer mouse.
5 Click buttons & scroll key Right and left buttons that provide the same functions as 
buttons on a computer mouse. The scroll...

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Closed front view
#ItemDescription
1 Speakers Left and right speakers deliver stereo audio output.
2 Wireless communication indicator Lights when the Wireless LAN, or Bluetooth, capability is 
enabled.
3 Power indicator Lights when the computer is on. 

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Left view
#Item/ PortDescription
1 Optical drive Depending on your model, the optical drive is one of the 
followin:
TDVD/CD-RW combo drive for reading 
CDs and DVDs, and writing to CD-Rs and 
CD-RWs.
TDVD Dual
2 Optical disc read indicator Light emitting diode (LED) that indicates when an optical 
disc is being read.
3 Optical drive eject button Press the eject button to remove a disc from the optical 
drive.
4 Optical drive emergency eject hole Used to eject an optical disc when the...

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Right view
#IconItem/ PortDescription
1 Right latch Locks and releases the lid (one on the right 
and one on the left.)
2 Speaker/Headphone-out jack Connects to audio line-out devices (e.g. 
speakers, headphones).
3 Line-in/Mic-in jack Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g. audio CD 
player, stereo walkman). Selection is through 
the OS Windows mixer.
4 IEEE 1394 port Connects to an IEEE 1394 device.
5 IEEE 1394 port Connects to an IEEE 1394 device.
6 Two USB ports Connects USB 2.0 devices.
7...