Acer Aspire 5500 Service Guide
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Aspire 3600/5500 Series
Service Guide
PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available
on the ACER/CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw
II Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 3600/5500 service guide. DateChapterUpdates 2006/7/25 Chapter 2 Add removing BIOS password SOP.
III 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 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, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
IV 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.
V 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 be covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details. 2.Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information available on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will not be noted in the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines.
Chapter 11 Features Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature: Platform and memroy Aspire 5500 Intel ® CentrinoTM Mobile Technology, featuring: tIntel® Pentium® M Processor 730/740/750/760/770 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.60/1.73/1.86/2/2.13 GHz, 533 MHz FSB) tIntel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (2MB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz, 400 MHz FSB) tIntel® 915GM/PM Express chipset tWireless solution: integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-band 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi® CERTIFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology Aspire 3600 tIntel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (2MB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz, 400 MHz FSB) tIntel® Celeron® M Processor 350/360/370 (1 MB L2 cache, 1.30/1.40/1.50 GHz, 400 MHz FSB) tIntel® 910GML Express chipset tWireless solution: integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-band 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi® CERTIFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology TIntel® 915GM/PM (for Aspire 5500)/Intel® 910GML (for Aspire 3600)+Intel ICH6-M (Mobile Intel 82801FB) T256/512 MB of DDR2 400/533 MHz memory, upgradeable to 2 GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support) Display T14.1 WXGA color TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 resolution; 16:10 viewing ratio, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing on dual displays via Acer GridVista 16.7 million colors TIntel® 915GM/PM (Aspire 5500)/Intel® 910GML(Aspire 3600) integrated 3D graphics, featuring Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 and up to 128 MB of VRAM, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and dual independent display TAT I M O B I L I T YTM RADEONTM X700 with 64 MB or higher of dedicated VRAM, supporting ATI POWERPLAYTM 5.0, PCI ExpressTM, Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and DualView (Aspire 3600 only) TMPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability TS-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) support (Aspire 5500 only) Storage subsystem T40/60/80 GB ATA/100 hard disk drive TOptical drive options: tDVD-Dual slot loading type double layer (Aspire 5500) System Specifications Chapter 1
2Chapter 1 tDVD-Dual double layer (Aspire 3600) tDVD/CD-RW combo T5-in-1 card reader (MS/MS PRO/MMC/SD/xD-Picture Card Input devices TAcer FineTouchTM keyboard T84/85-key keyboard TTouchpad with 4-way integrated scroll button TFour easy-launch buttons TTwo front-access LED-buttons: WLAN and Bluetooth® Audio TAudio system with two built-in speakers TMS-Sound compatible Communication TModem: 56K ITU V.90/V.92 modem with PTT approval; wake-on ring ready TLAN: 10/100/ (TravelMate 3210) or gigabit Ethernet (TravelMate 2400); wake-on ring ready TWLAN: integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi® CERTIFIEDTM solution (TravelMate 2400), or Intel® PRO/ Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-band 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi® CERTIFIEDTM solution (TravelMate 3210) TAcer SignalUp wireless technology support TWPAN: integrated Bluetooth® Human-centric design and ergonomics TRugged, yet extremely portable design TStylish appearance TFull-size keyboard with four programmable launch keys TErgonomically-centered touchpad pointing device TAcer FineTouch keyboard with a 5-degree curve TInternet 4-way scroll button I/O Ports TThree USB 2.0 ports T5-in-1 card reader (MS/MS-PRO/MMC/SD/XD) TPC Card slot (one Type II) TIEEE 1394 port (Aspire 5500 only) TFast infrared (FIR) port (Aspire 5500 only) TExternal display (VGA) port TS-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port (Aspire 5500 only) THeadphones/speaker/line-out port TMicrophone/line-in jack TEthernet (RJ-45) port TModem (RJ-11) port
4Chapter 1 System Block Diagram Intel Pentium-M/ Cel e r o n - M CP U Mi cr o F C- P GA Mobile Intel 915PM/ GM and 910GML Expr ess Chipset ( Alviso)DDR II SODIMM 1DDR II SODIMM 2Daughter Car d (M26P) PCI- Express x16 CR T & TV- Ou t Co nn . LVDS Conn. Mobile Intel 82801FB ICH6- M USB Conn. x3 USB Conn. x1 for BlueTooth Audio Codec MDC Conn. Amplifier RJ-11 Speaker Conn. Ja ck x 2 SAT A C o n n . PAT A C o n n . 13 94 Co n tr o l l er TSB34AB21APC MCIA & CardRead er Controller ENE CB712BroadCOM LA N BCM440 1KFB / BCM578 8MMin i-PCI So cket RJ 4 5 PCMC IA Slo t4-in -1 CradReader Slo t 13 94 Con n. 4-Pins ENE KB910Q (EC + KBC)Super I/O SM sC L P C 4 7 N2 1 7Internal K/B BIOS Touch-Pad Conn. Thermal Sensor Clock Generator Po wer ON/ OFF Circuit DC / DC In te rface Circuit Po wer DC /DC Circuit RTC Circuit Po wer-OK C irc uit