Acer Aspire 7736z Service Guide

							Appendix B173
PCMCIA Test
LAN/Modem Card TDK CardBus Ethernet 10/100 32-Bit CBE-10/100BTX
Storage Card Hitachi Microdrive 4G
1394 Card Buffalo 1394 Interface Cardbus (IFC-ILCB/DV)
USB2.0 Card IBM EtherJet CardBus Adapter 10/100
Wireless Lan Card
(Not recommended for wireless ready 
model)Cisco Wireless LAN Card 802.11a
NETGEAR Wireless LAN card 802.11a
ISDN Card Toshiba Type B for Bluetooth 128K ISDN Card
GPRS Card Vodafone QL1ACC-21581 3G/GPRS card
Sony Ericsson GC83 GPRS card
Sony Ericsson GC89 GPRS card
ExpressCard Test
Express Card Abcom 5-in-1 Adapter ExpressCard Reader
Abcom GigaLan ExpressCard
Sunix ECF2400 2 Ports 1394A ExpressCard
Memory Card Test (SD/MS/MMC/SM/CF/Microdrive/XD)
SD Card Apacer 128/256MB
SanDisk 256MB
Apacer 2GB (150x Hi-Speed)
KINGMAX 1GB (66x Hi-Speed)
SanDisk 1GB
RiDATA 4GB SD PRO Memory Card
MS Card Sony 512 MS PRO
Lexar 512MB MS PRO
Lexar 1GB MS PRO
Sony 2GB MS PRO
MMC Card SanDisk 32MB
Transcend 64/128MB
Transcend 256MB
SanDisk RS-MMC 128MB
PQI RS-MMC 256MB
Transcend 512MB
A-DATA Turbo 200X 2GB MMC Card
XD Card Apacer 256/512MB
SanDisk 2GB
Olympus 512MB
CF Card Apacer 256/512
SanDisk 2GB
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							Appendix C175
This section describes online technical support services available to help you repair your Acer Systems.
If you are a distributor, dealer, ASP or TPM, please refer your technical queries to your local Acer branch 
office. Acer Branch Offices and Regional Business Units may access our website. However some information 
sources will require a user i.d. and password. These can be obtained directly from Acer CSD Taiwan.
Acers Website offers you convenient and valuable support resources whenever you need them.
In the Technical Information section you can download information on all of Acers Notebook, Desktop and 
Server models including:
•Service guides for all models
•Users manuals
•Training materials
•Bios updates
•Software utilities
•Spare parts lists
•TABs (Technical Announcement Bulletin)
For these purposes, we have included an Acrobat File to facilitate the problem-free downloading of our 
technical material.
 Also contained on this website are: 
•Detailed information on Acers International Traveller’s Warranty (ITW) 
•Returned material authorization procedures 
•An overview of all the support services we offer, accompanied by a list of telephone, fax and email 
contacts for all your technical queries.
We are always looking for ways to optimize and improve our services, so if you have any suggestions or 
comments, please do not hesitate to communicate these to us.
Online Support Information
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A
AFLASH Utility 39
antennas
removing 84
Audio 23
B
Back cover
removing 46
battery pack
removing 45
BIOS 19
vendor 19
Version 19
BIOS Recovery 105
BIOS Recovery Boot Block 107
BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 107
steps 107
BIOS Recovery Hotkey 107
BIOS Utility 27–39
Navigating 28
System Security 38
block diagram
Aspire 7540 Series 5
Aspire 7738/7738G Series and 7735/7735G/
7735Z/7735ZG Series 4
bluetooth board
removing 72
button/indicator
Bluetooth 11
Wireless LAN 11
buttons
easy-launch 11
C
caps lock
on indicator 7
Clearing BIOS Password
steps 106
Clearing Password 105
computer
on indicator 7
CPU
removing 54
CPU Fan True Value Table 19
Crisis Disk
creating 107
Crisis Recovery Disk 39
D
DIMM module
removing 51
E
Environment Test 172
Euro 15
External CD-ROM Drive Check 86
External Module Disassembly
Flowchart 43
F
Fingerprint/button and touchpad boards
removing 66
Flash Utility 39
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 111
H
Hard disk 21
HDD 21
HDD1 module
removing 48
Hot Keys 13, 15
Hotkeys
sleep 15
hotkeys
Bluetooth 15
brightness down 15
brightness up 15
display 15
Screen blank 15
speaker 15
System property 15
volume down 15
volume up 15
HW Gap position 105
I
indicator
battery 10
power-on 10
Indicators 10
Intermittent Problems 101
K
Key
Special 15
key
Backup 11
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US dollar 15
Keyboard 13, 25
removing 60
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check 86
L
Launch board
removing 71
LCD bezel
removing 78
LCD Brackets
removing 81
LCD Module Disassembly
Flowchart 77
LCD with the brackets
removing 79
Locations
connectors 103
M
Main Screw List 42
Main Unit Disassembly
Flowchart 57
media access
on indicator 7
Memory Check 87
menu
Boot 37
Exit 38
Information 29
Security 33
middle cover
removing 58
Model Definition 143
modem board
removing 71
N
notebook tour 6
num lock
on indicator 7
O
Online Support Information 175
P
password
changing 35
removing 35
setting 34Power Adapter Check 87
Power System Check 87
Battery Pack 88
Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message 88
Processor 19
S
Screw List 42
System 4
Block Diagram 4
System Check Procedures 86
System Memory 19
System Utilities 17, 27
System utilities
Acer GridVista 18
T
Test Compatible Components 171
touchpad
using 11
Touchpad Check 88
Troubleshooting 85
U
Undetermined Problems 102
utility
BIOS 27–39
V
view
bottom 10
left 8
rear 9
right 9
view front 6
W
Windows 2000 Environment Test 172