Acer Aspire 3810tg Service Guide

Chapter 123
General controls
When watching video clips, movies or slideshows using full-screen resolution, two pop-up control panels are 
shown when you move the pointer. They automatically disappear after several seconds. The Navigation 
Controls panel appears at the top and the Player Controls panel appears at the bottom of the screen.
Navigation controls
To return to the Arcade home page, click the Home button in the upper-left corner of the window. To go up one 
folder level while searching for...

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Videos:
Click Videos to watch a video clip stored on your hard drive.
NOTE: The Video feature is designed to play back many different kinds of video formats. Refer to the Video 
help section for a full list of compatible formats. If you want to watch a DVD or VCD, use Cinema.
Playing a video file:
Click Videos to open a file browser to navigate to the video clip you want to view.
To play a video file, double-click on it. The video will play at full screen. The pop-up control panel will appear...

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Audio:
Use Speaker Environment to choose between Headphones, SPDIF, 2 Speakers or more speakers 
depending on your audio equipment.
Output Mode should be set to Stereo if you are using speakers, Dolby Surround, or Virtual Surround Sound if 
you are using headphones. You can select from a variety of Virtual Surround Sound settings to create the 
effects of different venues.
NOTE: If your speakers are not capable of outputting lowfrequency signals, it is recommended that you do not 
select...

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Music
For convenient access to your music collection, click Music to open the Music homepage.
Select the folder, CD or category that contains the music you want to listen to. Click Play to listen to the entire 
content from the beginning, or select the song that you want to hear from the list.
The songs in the folder are shown as a list with album information at the top of the page, while the toolbar at 
the bottom of the page has controls for Play, Shuffle, Repeat All, Visualize, Vo l u m e...

Chapter 127
Hardware Specifications and Configurations
Processor
Second Level Cache
System Memory
 Lan Interface
Wireless LAN
Pointing Device
ItemSpecification
Processor packing  uFCPGA
Support Processor @ Launch ULV Centrino, PDC, ICPM, 10W CPU
On-die L2 Cache Up to 6 MB
FSB 1067 MHz 
TDP (Thermal) 10W 
Socket type BGA 
ItemSpecification
North Bridge GS45
South Bridge ICH9M SFF
ItemSpecification
Technology  DDR3 800/1067 MHz
Base momory DDR3 SO-DIMM x 1 slot (512)/1024/2048/4096 MB DDR3 
SDRAM
Expansion...

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Bluetooth Interface
Hard Disk Drive Interface
Audio Interface
LCD panel
Card Slot
WebCAM
ItemSpecification
Module FOX_BRM_2.0 F/W T60H928.11
Antenna on board
controller CSR
Bluetooth module Internal USB 2.0 Dongle
ItemSpecification
HDD form factor9.5 mm high/ solid state disks
Media I/F SATA
IDE Controller SATA 150 MB/s
SSD Media size 80 GB (Option)
SATA I/F
SSD form factor 2.5 factor
ItemSpecification
Sound Codec (AVAP) Realtek ALC269
Internal Speaker 2 (1.5Watt)
Internal Microphone Array...

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Key Board
I/O
Button
Software
Power Management
ItemSpecification
Controller Darfon AC4T
Type (AVAP) Silm 13.3 301.12 x 113.44 x 4.7 (Max/Texture)
ItemSpecification
Monitor (VGA)  Yes
HDMI Yes
USB 3
Stereo Mic-in  1
SPDIF 1
RJ45 (Shielding) 1
SIM Slot 1
mini card socket (Full size) Full mini card (3G) x 1 & Half mini card(SP WLAN) x 1
ItemSpecification
Power on/off (with Visiable LED) 1 (mechanical, White)
WLAN 1 (Orange, capacitive)
3G/BT BT (Blue, capacitive, 3G use SW to launch without...

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LED Status Indicator
Security Features
FAN
Physical Characteristics
Graphic (Only for AS3810TG, AS3810TZG model) 
ItemSpecification
Power Status  1 (Blue/Orange flash)
1st Battery Status  1 (Blue/Orange)
HDD 1 (Blue)
Caps Lock 1 (Blue)
Num Lock 1 (Blue)
Wireless LAN  1 (Orange)
Bluetooth 1 (Blue)
Touch pad on/off 1 (capacitive, Orange, top side)
3G 1 (Green)
ItemSpecification
Kensington Lock Hole (7.5 mm 
diameter)1
ItemSpecification
Not Nosie as low noise as possible
Number 1...

Chapter 231
BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/
Output System).
Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, if 
you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup.  Please also refer to Chapter 4 
Troubleshooting when problem arises.
To activate the BIOS Utility, press m during POST (when “Press  to enter Setup” message is prompted on 
the...

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Invoking BIOS Setup
The setup function can only be invoked by pressing F2 when Press  to enter Setup  message is prompted 
on the bottom of screen during POST.
The setup uses a menu driven interface to allow the user to configure their system. The features are divided 
into 5 parts as follows:
Information Display the system informations.
Main allows the user to specify standard IBM PC AT system parameters.
Security Provides security settings of the system.
Boot Allows the user to specify the...