Acer Aspire 7230 Service Guide

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Touch Pad Basics (with fingerprint reader)
The following items show you how to use the Touch Pad with Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader:
•Move your finger across the Touch Pad (1) to move the cursor.
•Press the left (2) and right (4) buttons located beneath the Touch Pad to perform selection and 
execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse. 
Tapping on the Touch Pad is the same as clicking the left button.
•Use Acer Bio-Protection...

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Using the Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded numeric keypad, separate cursor, lock, Windows, function 
and special keys.
Lock Keys and embedded numeric keypad
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
The embedded numeric keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad. It is indicated by small characters 
located on the upper right corner of the keycaps. To simplify the keyboard legend, cursor-control key symbols 
are not printed on the keys....

Chapter 113
Windows Keys
The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions.
KeyDescription
Windows key Pressed alone, this key has the same effect as clicking on the Windows Start button; 
it launches the Start menu. It can also be used with other keys to provide a variety of 
functions:
: Open or close the Start menu
 + : Display the desktop
 + : Open Windows Explore
 + : Search for a file or folder
 + : Cycle through Sidebar gadgets
 + : Lock your computer (if you are connected to a...

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Hot Keys
The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen 
brightness, volume output and the BIOS utility.
To activate hot keys, press and hold the  key before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination.
HotkeyIconFunctionDescription
 +  Hotkey help Displays help on hotkeys.
 +  Acer eSettings 
ManagementLaunches Acer eSettings Management in Acer 
Empowering Technology. 
 +  Acer ePower 
ManagementLaunches Acer ePower Management in...

Chapter 115
Special Key
You can locate the Euro symbol and the US dollar sign at the upper-center and/or bottom-right of your 
keyboard.
The Euro symbol
1.Open a text editor or word processor.
2.Hold  and then press the  key at the upper-center of the keyboard.
NOTE:  Note: Some fonts and software do not support the Euro symbol. Please refer to www.microsoft.com/
typography/faq/faq12.htm for more information.
The US dollar sign
1.Open a text editor or word processor.
2.Hold  and then press the  key at...

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Using the System Utilities
Acer Bio-Protection (only for certain models) Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution is a multi-purpose 
fingerprint software package integrated with the Microsoft Windows operating system. Utilizing the uniqueness 
of ones fingerprint features, Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution has incorporated protection against 
unauthorized access to your computer with centralized password management with Password Bank, easy 
music player launching with Acer...

Chapter 117
Double (vertical), Triple (primary at left), Triple (primary at right), or Quad Acer Gridvista is dual-display 
compatible, allowing two displays to be partitioned independently.
Acer Gridvista is dual-display compatible, allowing two displays to be partitioned independently.
AcerGridVista is simple to set up:
1.    Run Acer GridVista and select your preferred screen configuration for each display from the task bar.
2.Drag and drop each window into the appropriate grid.
3.Enjoy the...

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations
Processor
CPU Fan True Value Table
•Throttling 50%: On =97C; Off=88C
•OS Shut down: 105C
•H/W Shut down: 110C
•Fan default 3.5V
ItemSpecification
CPU type AMD CPU S1g2 Processor (Griffin Series - Turion / Sempron); 
HT3 (1.2~2.6 GT/s) (Bandwidth: 9.6GB/S to 20.8GB/s)
1.8GHz ~ 2.3GHz CPU
CPU package  638-Pin Lidless Micro PGA package (35mm * 35mm)
Features The AMD Socket S1g2 processor is a superb, high-performance 
product for mobile systems. With...

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Core Logic
ItemSpecification
Type NVidia MCP77MH MCP77MH (North Bridge + South Bridge)
Package  MCP77M is a 27 × 27 package with 836 balls and a 0.8 mm ball pitch.
Features The NVIDIA nForce® MCP77 family of graphics, media and 
communications processors (GMCP) are the notebook industrys first 
single-chip solutions providing DirectX 10 shader model 4.0 graphics 
features, a dedicated video processor, HDMI,LVDS, dual mode display 
Port support and a rich feature set including a second...

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Crystal and OscillatorFeatures (continued)
•Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
•NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID with support for RAID 0, RAID 1
•IEEE 802.3 NVIDIA MAC for 1000BASE-T/100BASE-T/10BASE-T 
Gigabit/Fast Ethernet/Ethernet. RGMII for Gigabit/Fast Ethernet/
Ethernet, aria. MII for Fast Ethernet/Ethernet
•ASF 2.0 support for remote management
•SPI Interface to Serial flash EEPROM
•Able to load SBIOS and boot from SPI EEPROM without the use of 
extra LPC-based EEPROM
•TPM 1.2 support
•Dual USB 2.0...