Acer Aspire 3300s Service Guide

Aspire 3300S
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 3300S service guide.
Date Chapter Updates 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2002 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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Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
Front Panel Aspire 3300S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
Rear Panel Aspire 3300S  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
System Block Diagram (Aspire 3300S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Main Board Layout (Aspire 3300S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Overview
The Aspire 3300S supports Intel® Pentium 4 (Willamette 478/Northwood) Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array 2 processor 
(FC-PGA2) based Micro ATX, IBM PC/AT compatible system with PCI/AGP bus.
System Specifications
Chapter 1 

2Chapter 1
Features   
Performance
TIntel Pentium® IV processor with Intel NetBurst™ micro-architecture and integrated 256KB/512KB 
on-die L2 cache memory in Flip Chip 2 (FC)-mPGA 478 socket form factor, with supporting CPU 
clock up to 2.4GHz+. 
TSystem Front Side bus speed:400 MHz.
TMaximum of 2GB DDR RAM within 2 DIMM sockets.
TIntegrated LAN Controller.
T3.5-inch and 5.25-inch floppy disk drives.
TCD-ROM/DVD-ROM /CD-RW drives
T1x/2x/4x AGP slot
THigh capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
TPower management...

Chapter 13
Expansion
T3 PCI slots + 2 DIMM slots + 1 AGP slot
TUpgradeable memory and hard disk
Human-centric design and ergonomics
TSlim desktop form factor
TSeparate computer stand and rubber stands for quick and easy positioning
TAccessible I/O ports
TSmooth and stylish design
TLow emission and low radiation 

4Chapter 1
Front Panel Aspire 3300S
The computer’s front panel consists of the following: 
LabelIconColorDescription
1 Floppy drive light-emitting diode (LED) 
2 3.5-inch floppy drive 
3 Floppy drive eject button 
4
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW Headphone/Ear-
phone jack.
5 Volume control tuner 
6
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW LED
7
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW tray
8 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW emergency eject 
hole
9
Stop/Eject button
10 Black
USB ports
11 Pink Microphone-in port (front)* 
12 Lime Headphone-out port