Acer Aspire 5520 5220 Series User Manual

Aspire 5520/5220 SeriesService Guide
    
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 5520/5220 service guide.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2007 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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Features
Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many features:
Operating system
qWindows Vista™ Ultimate
qWindows Vista™ Home Premium
qWindows Vista™ Home Basic
qWindows Vista™ Starter
Platform and memory
qAMD Better By Design program, featuring:
• AMD Turion™ 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology TL-66 / TL-64 / TL-60 / TL-58 / TL-56 / TL-52 
(2x512 KB L2 cache, 2.3 GHz / 2.2 GHz /2.0 GHz / 1.9 GHz / 1.8 GHz / 1.6 GHz, supporting 
AMD HyperTransport® technology (for selected models)
• AMD...

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and PCI Express® (for selected models)
qNVIDIA GeForce® 8600M GS with up to 1280MB of TurboCache™ technology (512MB of 
dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, 768MB of share system memory), Microsoft DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 
support, PCI Express®
qNVIDIA GeForce® 7000M with up to 896MB of Turbocache™ (256MB of dedicated system 
memory, up to 640MB of share system memory), Microsoft DirectX 9 and PCI Express (for 
selected models)
qDual independent display support
q16.7 million colors (for selected models)...

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• Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting Acer PrimaLite™ technology (for selected 
models)
• Acer Xpress VoIP phone (for selected models)
qWLAN: Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer 
SignalUp™ wireless technology
qWPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) (for selected models)
qLAN: Gigabit Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
qModem: 56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval; Wake-on-Ring ready
I/O Ports
qExpressCard™/54 slot
q5-in-1 card reader (SD™/MMC/MS/MS...

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qCyberLink® PowerProducer®
qNorton Internet Security™
qNTI CD-Maker™
qMicrosoft Works 8.5 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
NOTE: Software listed above is for reference only. The exact configuration of your PC depends on the model 
purchased.
Environment
qTemperature:
• Operating: 5ºC to 35ºC
• Non-operating: -20ºC to 65ºC
qHumidity (non-condensing):
• Operating: 20%~80%
• Non-operating: 20%~80%
Environment
qWi-Fi
qACPI
qMobile PC 2002
qDMI 2.0
Environment
qOne-year International...