Acer Aspire 3000 Service Guide

Aspire 3000/3500/5000 Series
Service Guide
    
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 3000/3500/5000 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates 

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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.
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 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...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Introduction  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram (For Aspire 3000/5000)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
System Block Diagram (For Aspire 3500)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Board Layout (For Aspire 3000/5000)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Removing the Upper Case Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Removing the Power Board   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Removing the Touchpad Bracket, the Touchpad Board and the Touchpad  . . . .59
Removing the Speaker Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Removing the SW DJ Board Assembly   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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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:
Microprocessor
TMobile AMD Turion 64 processor ML-28/ML-30 or higher for Aspire 5000
TMobile AMD Sempron processor 2600+ to 3000+ or higher for Aspire 3000
TIntel® Celeron® M 350/360/370 processor at 1.3/1.4/1.5 GHz, 400 MHz FSB for Aspire 3500 
series
TIntel® Pentium® M 715 processor at 1.5 GHz, 400 MHz FSB for Aspire 3500 series
Memory
T256 MB or 512 MB of DDR 333 SDRAM standard, upgradeable...