Acer Aspire 1800 Service Guide

							Aspire 1800
Service Guide
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Revision History
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Copyright
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any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without 
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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
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Indicators   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Keyboard   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Embedded Numberic Keypad  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Touchpad   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Launch Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hardware Specifications and Configurations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 2 System Utilities  35
BIOS Setup Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   37
Advanced   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exit   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement  43
General Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Disassemble the Battery and HDD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Disassemble the Wireless   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Disassemble the Modem Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Disassemble the RAM and ODD   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Disassemble the Keyboard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Disassemble the Panel Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Disassemble the Bluetooth and Cables   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Disassemble the Cables, Touchpad and CD-Player   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Disassemble the Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disassemble the Speaker  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disassemble the System Fan and Mainboard   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Disassemble the LCD Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  52
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Memory Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power System Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Check the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   56
Touchpad Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   56
Display Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   56
Sound Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PhoenixBIOS POST Tasks and Beep Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Terminal POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   59
POST Task Routines   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 
						

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Table of Contents
Chpater 5 Jumper and Connector Locations  64
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Bottom View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Touch Pad Board   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Clear CMOS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List  68
Exploded Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Aspire 1800 Parts    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration  83
Appendix B Test Compatible Components  84
Microsoft Windows XP / Professional Environment Test   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Appendix C Online Support Information  88 
						

							Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel Grantsdale 915P + ICH6 with PCI-Express technology
TSupport PC3200 (400MHz)
T Intel Prescott CPU 2.8G/3.0G/3.2G/3.4G/3.6G/3.8G
TCPU Package is LGA775 Package
TFSB 800MHz+
TThermal requirement should upgrade to Prescott-T (3.8G,115W)
TAllow to have a new logic lower to support 125W CPU in the further (Z-height will be 47mm ~
                   49mm)
TWireless LAN is integrat ed 802.11b/g solution
Memory
TDDR-I
T256MB of DDR 333
TUpgradeable to 2GB Memory by Dual channels of SODIMM
Display
T17” widescreen WXGA color TFT LCD with 1400x9 00 pixel resolution, 16.7 million colours, 
T16:10 aspect ratio
TExternal resolution/refresh rate
T2040x1536: 75/77/66/60 Hz
T1920x1440: 85/75/60 Hz
T1920/1200: 100/85/80/75/72/60 Hz
T1600x1200: 120/100/92/85/76/75/72/70/66/65/60/58/52 Hz
T1280x1024: 160/120/100/90/ 85/75/74/72/70/60 Hz
T1280x768: 85/75/60/56 Hz
T1024x768: 200/160/150/140/120/ 100/90/85/75/72/70/60 Hz
T800x600: 200/160/140/120/100/90/85/75/72/70/60/56 Hz
Console display for Arcade media playback status
System Specifications
Chapter  1 
						

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Video 
TATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 with 64MB of external DDR video RAM, supporting Microsoft 
                  DirectX 9.0
TSimultaneous LCD and CRT display at 2040x1536 pixel resolution, 75Hz
TDualView Support 
TAspire cinema vision video technology (Aspire Arcade)
TAspire clear vision video optimisation technology (Aspire Arcade)
TS-video/TV-out support (NTSC/PAL)
Audio
TRealtek ALC250
TBuilt-in two 1.5W speakers
T2.1 channel speakers with 2W built-in subwoofer
TMS-Sound Compatible
TBuilt-in microphone
TMicrophone-in / Line-in jack
THeadphone-out/Speaker-out/ Line-out/ SPDIF
Storage
T40/60/80 GB ATA/100 hard disc drive
T5-in1 card reader, supporting MultiMedia Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), SmartMedia, xD and 
                   Memory Stick
PCMCIA
TPC Card & Carbus card supported with one type II or one type-III
Communication
T56Kbps V.90/V.92 AC-Link modem card (MDC) 
T10/100M LAN or Giga LAN (option) on board
TWLAN 802.11b/g with Mini-PCI interface
TTV-tuner with USB interface (option)
TSwappable with Battery pack (user option)
TAudio-in L (RCA jack), Audio-in R (RCA jack), Video-in (RCA jack), TV-in
TTV tunner operation under AC mode
TBluetooth module (USB solution) (Option, Broadcom solution)
I/O Ports
TFour USB 2.0
TDDC-2B compliant VGA port (15PINs)
TTV-Out
TBuild-in microphone
TMicrophone-in/Line-in
TLine-out/Headphone-out/Speaker-out/SPDIF
TIEEE1394 ports (4 PINs)
TModem (RJ-11)