Acer Aspire 5500z Service Guide

Aspire 5500Z Series
Service Guide
    
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 5500Z service guide.
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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, magne tic, 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 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 offi ce 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 Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  55
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Memory check . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature:
Platform and memroy
           Intel® CentrinoTM Mobile Technology, featuring:
tIntel® Pentium®  M Processor 740/750/760/770 (2 MB L2  cache, 1.73/1.86/2/2.13 GHz, 533 
MHz FSB)
tIntel® Pentium® M Processor 735/735A (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...

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TTouchpad with 4-way integrated scroll button
T12 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows® keys, hotkey controls, embedded numeric 
keypad, international language support
TFour easy-launch buttons
TTwo front-access LED-buttons: WLAN and Bluetooth®
Audio
TAudio system with two built-in speakers
TBuilt-in microphone
TIntel AC’97 audio support
TSound Blaster ProTM MS-Sound compatible
Communication
TModem: 56K ITU V.92 modem with PTT approval; wake-on ring ready
TLAN: 10/100 Mbps Fast...