Acer Aspire 8730 Service Guide

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Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery
This section provide you the standard operating procedures of clea ring password and BIOS recovery for 
Aspire 8730/8730Z Series. Aspire 8730/8730Z Series provide one Hardware Open Gap on main board for 
clearing password check, and one Ho tkey for enabling BIOS Recovery.
Clearing Password Check
Hardware Open Gap Description
HW Gap position on M/B space:
Gap name in Aspire 8730/8730Z Series is G35
Hardware Default Setting Operation Description
Gap...

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Gap name in Aspire 8530 Series is G50
Steps for Clearing BIOS Password Check
If users set BIOS Password (Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for a security reason, BIOS will ask 
the password during systems POST or when systems enter to BIOS Setup menu. However, once it is 
necessary to bypass the password check, users need to short the HW Gap to clear the password by the 
following steps:
 Power Off a system, and remove HDD, AC and Battery from the machine.
 Open the back cover of the...

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BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk
BIOS Recovery Boot Block:
BIOS Recovery Boot Block is a special block of BIOS. It is used to boot up the system with minimum BIOS 
initialization. Users can enable this feature to restore the BIOS firmware to a successful one once the previous 
BIOS flashing process failed.
BIOS Recovery Hotkey:
The system provides a function hotkey: Fn+Esc, for enable BIOS Recovery process when system is powered 
on during BIOS POST. To use this function, it is strongly...

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This chapter gives you the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) listing in global configurations of 8730/8730Z/8530 Series. Refer to 
this chapter whenever ordering for parts to repair or for RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization).
Please note that WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, you should check the most up-to-date information available on your 
regional web or channel. For whatever reasons a part number change is made, it will not be noted on the printed Service 
Guide. For ACER AUTHORIZED SERVICE...

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Aspire 8730/8730Z/8530 Series FRU List
CategoryNo.Part Name and DescriptionAcer Part No.
ACCESSORY
REMOTE CONTROLLER FORMOSA21 
RC804V-B ENRT.22700.011
REMOTE CONTROLLER FORMOSA21 
RC804V-B EURT.22700.008
Adapter
ADAPTER 90W LITEON PA-1900-24AR AP.09003.011
ADAPTER 90W DELTA ADP-90SB 
BBEA LFAP.09001.013
ADAPTER 90W 3PIN DELTA ADP-90SB AP.09001.014
ADT 90W 19V 3P HP-OL093B13P LF AP.0900A.001
ADAPTER 65W 3PIN DELTA SADP-
65KB BFJA LFAP.06501.014
ADAPTER 65W LITEON PA-1650-02AC...

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CAPACITIVE BUTTON TM-01119-001 55.AR501.005
MODEM BOARD FOXCONN DELPHI-
AM5 V2H 1.5_3.3VFX.22500.022
Cables
LAUNCH BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.002
MEDIA BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.005
TOUCHPAD BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.006
USB BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.003
BLUETOOTH BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.007
AUDIO BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.001
DC-IN CABLE 90W 50.AQ301.001
TV TUNER BOARD CABLE 50.AQE01.001
TOUCHPAD BUTTON BOARD CABLE 50.AR501.004
DC-IN CABLE 65W 50.AR501.008
LCD/CAMERA CABLE 15.4 WXGA 50.AR501.009
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POWER CORD 250V 10A 3PIN ISRAEL 27.01518.761
Case/Cover/Bracket/Assembly
LOWER CASE W/MODEM CABLE&FAN 
BRACKET&SPEAKER FOR TV60.AQE01.001
SPEAKER SUB WOFFER 23.AR501.001
SPEAKER SET 23.AR501.002
EXPRESS DUMMY CARD 42.AR501.004
NEW CARD DUMMY CARD 42.TK901.005
SD DUMMY CARD 42.TK901.006
MIDDLE COVER 42.AR501.001
UNITLOAD COVER 42.AR501.002
E-KEY COVER 42.AR501.003
TOUCHPAD BRACKET 33.AR501.001
VGA BOARD BARCKET FOR NVIDIA 33.TPE01.001
UPPER CASE W/SPEAKER&E KEY 
CABLE&POWER 
CABLE&FINGERPRINT...

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CPU INTEL CORE2DUAL P8400 PGA 
2.26G 3M 1066 25WKC.84001.DPP
CPU INTEL CORE2DUAL P8600 PGA 
2.4G 1066 25W 3MKC.86001.DPP
CPU INTEL CORE2DUAL P9500 PGA 
2.53G 6M 1066 25WKC.95001.DPP
CPU INTEL CORE2DUAL T9400 PGA 
2.53G 6M 1066 35WKC.94001.DTP
CPU INTEL CORE2DUAL T9600 PGA 
2.8G 6M 1066 35WKC.96001.DTP
DVD Module
ODD TOSHIBA SUPER-MULTI DRIVE 
12.7MM TRAY DL 8X TS-L633A LF W/O 
BEZEL SATAKU.00801.021
ODD PIONEER SUPER-MULTI DRIVE 
12.7MM TRAY DL 8X DVR-TD08RS LF 
W/O BEZEL SATAKU.00805.044...