Acer Aspire 3510 Service Guide

Aspire 1690
Aspire 3510
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire1690 and Aspire 3510 service guide.
Date ChapterUpdates 

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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 Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mainboard Placement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Block Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  73
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Memory Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel®  Celeron®  M Processor at 1.3 ~ 1.5 GHz or higher (for Aspire 3510 series only) 
TIntel®  Celeron®  M Processor at 1.5 ~ 2.13 GHz or higher (for Aspire 1690 series only)
TCPU Package is uFPGA 478 Package
TIntegrated Intel®  PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi 
CERTIFIEDTM solution
Memory
T256MB or 512MB of DDRII 400/533 
TUpgradeable to 2GB...

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Audio
T16-bit  AC’97 stereo audio
TDual speakers and one internal microphone
TSeparate audio ports for headphone--out, line-in, microphone-in and SPDIF devices
TBuilt-in two 1.5W speakers
TMS-Sound Compatible
TLine-out (SPDIF supported for Aspire 1690 series only)
Storage
T40/60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disc drive
T4-in-1 card reader, supporting MultiMedia Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick® , and 
Memory Stick PROTM (for Aspire1690 series only)
TPC card 95 supported with one Type II...

Chapter 13
Mainboard Placement 
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