Acer Aspire 3300s Service Guide

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NOTE:  *The system has two microphone-in ports (front and rear). However, you cannot use both of them at 
the same time. The default setting for your system enables the microphone-in port in front and disables 
the one at the back.
13 Hard disk drive activity LED
14
LAN Activity LED
15
Power LED
16
Power switch
LabelIconColorDescription 
						

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Rear Panel Aspire 3300S
LabelIconColorDescription
1
Power supply
2 Voltage selector switch
3
Keyhole
4
GreenPS/2 mouse port 
5
GrayNetwork port
6
BurgundyParallel/Printer port 
7
GoldGame/MIDI port
8
VGA port
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9
Black Handset/telephone line ports (optional)
10 Power cord socket  
						

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NOTE: * The CRT monitor port is automatically disabled when an add-on VGA card is installed into the 
system. Connect the monitor to the VGA port instead.
               ** The system has two microphone-in ports (front and rear). However, you can not use both of them at 
the same
 time. The default setting for your system enables the microphone-in port in front and disables 
the one at the back. 
11 Purple  PS/2 keyboard port 
12 Black USB ports
13 Teal or 
Turquoise Serial port
14 Lime 
Audio-out/Line-out jack
15 Light blue  Audio-in/Line-in jack 
16
Microphone-in port (rear)** 
17
Expansion slots
LabelIconColorDescription 
						

							8Chapter 1
System Block Diagram (Aspire 3300S)
INTEL P4 CPU
Willamette / Northwood
(FC-PGA2_478)
Host Bus
SIS 650
North Bridge
Primary PCI Bus
FWH(BIOS)
LPC SUPER I/O
SIS 961
South Bridge
DDRAM
2XDIMMs
USB
USB
USB
USB
400 MHz
4X AGP Bus
66-MHz133MHz
64-bit
33MHz,32-bit
2 IDE Ports
(Ultra DMA/ATA100)4 USB Ports
X86 Legacy Signals
AGP Slot
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							10Chapter 1
Main Board Layout (Aspire 3300S)
ComponentFunction
ATX Power Supply/JPW1 ATX power connectors
JKBMS1 Mouse/keyboard connector
USB Connectors Connecting to USB devices
COM A & COM B Serial port connector
VGA DB 15-pin Connecting to VGA monitor
LAN Jack (optional) Connecting to LAN devices
LPT1 Parallel port connector
FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector
J8 Chassis intrusion switch connector 
						

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IDE 1~IDE 2 Hard disk connector
JCD1/JAUX1/JMD1 CD/AUX/Modem-in connectors
CPUFA/SYSFA Fan power connectors
JFP1/JFP2 Front panel connectors
JAUD Front panel audio connector
JUSB1/JUSB2 USB front connector
JIR1 IrDA infrared module connector
JBAT1 Clear CMOS jumper
AGP Slot Connecting to AGP cards
PCI Slot Connecting to expansion cards
CNR Slot Connecting to expansion cards
ComponentFunction 
						

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Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys that include separate cursor keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function 
keys.
No.ComponentDescription
1 Programmable keys
Help you directly access a URL (Web site) or launch any program, file, or 
application in your system. The fifth key is set to launch the media player. 
To configure the settings of each key, right-click on the Magic Keyboard 
icon located on your Windows desktop. 
2
Internet/Suspend keys Consist of three buttons: 
•Email : launches the email application that came bun-
dled with your system.
•Web browser  : launches the browser application that 
came bundled with your system.
•       Suspend/Resume  : puts the system to sleep  when 
pressed. To       wake up the system press it again. 
3 Multimedia keys
Allow you to do the following: 
•Play/Pause button    : press to start playing the audio 
track or video file. Press  again to pause.
•       Stop Button   : press to stop playing the audio track or 
video file. 
•       Forward Button    : press to skip forward to the next track 
or file and start playing.
•        Backward button  : press to skip backward to the previ-
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4
Volume control/Mute 
knob Controls the speaker volume. Turn it clockwise or counterclockwise to 
adjust the volume. Press it to toggle between mute and sound.
5
Scroll Lock
[
When activated, the screen moves one line up or down when you press 
the up arrow or down arrow respectively. Take note that 
[may not work 
with some applications.
6
Num Lock
]
When activated, the keypad is set to numeric mode, i.e., the keys function 
as a calculator (complete with arithmetic operators such as +, -, * and /). 
7
Cursor keysAlso called arrow keys, let you move the cursor around the screen. They 
serve the same function as the arrow keys on the numeric pad when the 
] 
is toggled off. 
8
Application keyOpens the applications context menu (same function as clicking the right 
button of the mouse). 
9
Windows logo keyStart button. Combinations with this key perform special functions, such 
as:
•Windows + Tab: Activates the next Taskbar button
•Windows + E: Explore My Computer
•Windows + F: Find Document
•       Windows  + M : Minimize All
•Shift + Windows + M: Undo Minimize All
•       Windows + R: Displays Run dialog box
10
Caps lock
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When activated, all alphabetic characters typed appear in uppercase 
(same function as pressing 
j + ). 
11
Function keysAccess most of the computers controls like screen brightness, volume 
output and the BIOS utility. 
No.ComponentDescription 
						

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations
NOTE: The BIOS can be overwritten/upgraded using the FLASH utility (AWDFLASH.EXE). Processor
ItemSpecification
Type Intel® Pentium IV processors with mPGA478 package
Slot Socket mPGA478
Speed Internal : 1.5~2.4GHz+
External: 400MHZ Data Bus Frequency
Minimum operating speed 0 MHz (If Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State the BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.)
Voltage Processor voltage can be detected by the system without setting any jumper.
BIOS
Item Specification
BIOS code programmer Award
BIOS version  V6.0
BIOS ROM size  2MB
Support protocol PCI 2.1, APM1.2, DMI 2.00.1, E-IDE, ACPI 1.0, ESCD 1.03, ANSI ATA 3.0, PnP 
1a, Bootable CD-ROM 1.0, ATAPI
Boot from CD-ROM feature Yes
Support to LS-120 drive No
Support to BIOS boot block feature Yes
BIOS Hotkey List
HotkeyFunctionDescription
cEnter BIOS Setup Utility Press while the system is booting to enter BIOS 
Setup Utility.