Acer Aspire 5100 Service Guide

Acer
Aspire 5110/5100/3100
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates of Aspire 5110/5100/3100 service guide.
Date ChapterUpdates 

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Copyright
Copyright© 2006 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. 

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Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with 
respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness 
for any particular purpose. Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or 
licensed “as is”. Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not 
Acer Incorporated, its distributor,...

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.
NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related 
to the current topic.
WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing 
or not doing specific actions.
CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible 
hardware or software problems.
IMPORTANT Reminds 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...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specification 1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
System Memory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Display   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Graphics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
TV-Tuner  . ....

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Norton AntiVirus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
How do I check for viruses?   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
Hardware Specification and Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
BIOS Setup Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
Invoking BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
Chapter 2 System Utilities 41
Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Intermittent Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
Undetermined Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  85
Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Location 86
Main Board  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  86
Top Side  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  86
Bottom Side   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88
Switch Board . . . . . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
Platform
•AMD TurionTM 64 X2 dual-core TL-50/TL-52/TL-56/TL-60/TL-62 processor or higher with 1MB L2 
cache, supporting AMD PowerNow!TM Technology and AMD HyperTransportTM Technology
• Mobile AMD Sempron
TM 3200+/3400+/3500+ or higher with 512KB L2 cache, supporting AMD 
PowerNow!TM Technology and AMD HyperTransportTM Technology, 64bit OS support
• ATI Radeon
® Xpress 1100 or Xpress 1200 chipset
System Memory
• Up to 2GB of DDR2 533/667MHz memory, upgradeable to 4GB using two soDIMM...