Acer Aspire 5920g Service Guide

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Acer eRecovery Management 
Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided by 
the manufacturer. The Acer eRecover y Management utility occupies space in a hidden partition on your 
system’s HDD. User-created backups are stored on D:  drive. Acer eRecovery Management provides you 
with:
TPassword protection.
TRecovery of applications and drivers.
TImage/data backup:
TBack up to HDD (set recovery point).
TBack up to CD/DVD.
TImage/data...

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Acer eSettings Management 
Acer eSettings Management allows you to inspect hard ware specifications and to monitor the system health 
status. Furthermore, Acer  eSettings Management enables you to opti mize your Windows operating system, so 
your computer runs fast er, smoother and better. 
Acer eSettings Management also:
TProvides a simple graphical user interface for navigating.
TDisplays general system status and ad vanced monitoring for power users.
Getting to know your Acer OrbiCam
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Launching the Acer OrbiCam
To launch the Acer OrbiCam, double click on the Acer OrbiCam icon on the screen.
OR
Click Start > All programs > Acer > Acer OrbiCam. The Acer OrbiCam capture window appears. 
Changing the Acer OrbiCam resolution
To change the capture resolution, click the displayed resolution button to select the desired resolution.
Using the Acer OrbiCam as webcam
The Acer OrbiCam is automatically selected as the capture device of  any instant messenger (IM) application. 
To use...

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Using the System Utilities
NOTE: The system utilities work under Microsoft Windows XP only.
Acer GridVista (dual-display compatible)
NOTE: This feature is only available on certain models.
To enable the dual monitor feature of the notebook, firs t ensure that the second monitor is connected, then 
select  Start, Control Panel, Display  and click on Settings. Select the secondary monitor  (2) icon in the 
display box and then click the check box  Extend my windows desktop onto this monitor ....

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NOTE: Please ensure that the resolution setting of the second monitor is set to the manufacturers 
recommended value.
Launch Manager
Launch Manager allows you to set the four easy-launc h buttons (see their locations mentioned in “Easy-
Launch Buttons”). You can access the Launch Manager by  clicking Start > All Programs > Launch Manager to 
start the application.
Note:
"Easy-launch buttons" on page 24 Start All Programs
Launch ManagerNote:
"Easy-launch buttons" on page 24...

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations
NOTE: If you need to check PXE version,  press F2 to enter BIOS then enable boot from LAN function. After 
that, power off the system and remove the HDD. Last,  reboot the laptop. Then you will see PXE version 
displaying on the screen.
Processor
ItemSpecification
CPU type Intel
® CoreTM Duo processor (4 MB L2 cache, 1.66/1.83/2/2.16 GHz, 800 
MHz FSB) or higher
Core logic Intel
® PM965 Chipset
CPU package  Intel 479 pin Micro-FCPGA
CPU core voltage...

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NOTE: Above table lists some system memory configur ations. You may combine DIMMs with various 
capacities to form other combinations. On above table,  the configuration of slot 1 and slot 2 could be 
reversed.
System Memory
ItemSpecification
Memory controller Built-in Intel
® PM965
Memory size 0MB (no on-board memory)
DIMM socket number 2 sockets
Supports memory size per socket 2GB
Supports maximum memory size 4GB (by two 1024MB SO-DIMM module)
Supports DIMM type DDR 2 Synchronous DRAM...

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  LAN Interface
ItemSpecification
Chipset Broadcom 5787M
Supports LAN protocol 10/100/1000 Ethernet Giga LAN
LAN connector type RJ45
LAN connector location Left side
Features Integrated 10/100/1000 BASE-T transceiver Wake on LAN support compliant with ACPI 2.0
PCI v1.1
68pin-QFN package
Modem Interface
ItemSpecification
Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K
Supports modem protocol V.92
Modem connector type RJ11
Modem connector location Right side
Bluetooth Interface
ItemSpecification
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Drive Format
Disks122
Spindle speed 
(RPM)4200 RPM 4200 RPM 4200 RPM
Performance Specifications
Buffer size  2048KB 8192KB 8192KB
Interface ATA/ATAPI-6; ATA-6 ATA/ATAPI-6; ATA-6 ATA/ATA-6; ATA-6
Max. media 
transfer rate 
(disk-buffer, 
Mbytes/s) 372 350 350
Data transfer 
rate 
(host~buffer, 
Mbytes/s) 100 MB/Sec.
Ultra DMA mode-5
100 MB/Sec.
Ultra DMA mode-5100 MB/Sec.
Ultra DMA mode-5
DC Power Requirements
Voltage 
tolerance 5V(DC) +/- 5% 5V(DC) +/- 5% 5V(DC) +/- 5%
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Mono or Stereo Stereo
Resolution 18 bit stereo full duplex
Compatibility HD audio Interface; S/PDIF output for PCM or AC-3 content
Sampling rate 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHZ sample rate
Internal microphone Yes
Internal speaker / Quantity Yes/2(1.5W speakers) 
Supports PnP DMA channel DMA channel 0
DMA channel 1
Supports PnP IRQ IRQ10, IRQ11
USB Port
ItemSpecification
Chipset Built-in ICH8M
USB Compliancy Level 2.0
OHCI USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 Host controller
Number of USB port 4
Location  One on the...