Acer Aspire 9100 Service Guide

							Chapter 694
THERMAL MODULE-VGA 34.A52V5.002
MISCELLANEOUS
RUBBER FOOT - REAR 47.A52V5.004
RUBBER FOOT - FRONT 47.A52V5.005
POINTING DEVICE
TOUCHPAD W/TOUCHPAD BOARD 56.A52V5.001
SPEAKER
SPEAKER SET (R&L)   23.A52V5.002
ACCESSORY
STRC-100 PCMCIA SLOT REMOTE 
CONTROLLZ.A2902.001
MCERC-200 REMOTE CONTROLLER LC.MCE05.001
MCEIR-210 RECEIVER LC.MCE05.002
MCEBS-220 IR BLASTER LC.MCE05.003
SCREW
SCREW F040 9 5.0X5.0 9.5X(IO) R00 86.A52V5.001
SCREW M2.0X0.4P+3FP ZK(NL) 86.A52V5.002
SCREW M2.5 K 5/2 X0.85 4 ZK(NL) 86.A52V5.003
SCREW M2.5X0.45+10K NIL 86.A52V5.004
SCREW M2.5X0.45+8K ZBL 86.A52V5.005
SCREW M2.5X0.45P+3F NI 86.A52V5.006
SCREW M3.0X0.8P+3K NL 86.A52V5.007
Aspire 1360
PictureNo.Partname And DescriptionPart Number 
						

							Appendix A95
Aspire 9100 Series
Model 
NumberCPULCDMemoryHDD
(GB)Remote 
ControllerCard 
ReaderWireless 
LAN
AS9104W
LMiPM760 N15.4WXG
AGH2*256
2*256
2*51280
100 (for  
France, 
Italy, 
UK)
100STRC-100 
PCMCIA3-in-1 INT2200
BG_MW
Model D efinition and ConfigurationAppendix A 
						

							Appendix B96
This computer’s compatibility is tested and verified by Acer’s internal testing department. All of its system 
functions are tested under Windows® XP Home environment. 
Refer to the following lists for components, adapter cards, and peripherals which have passed these tests. 
Regarding configuration, combination and test procedures, please refer to the Aspire 9100 series 
Compatibility Test Report released by the Acer Mobile System Testing Department.
Test Compatible Components
Appendix B 
						

							97Appendix B
Microsoft®Windows® XP Environment Test
ItemSpecifications
Processor Intel Pentium M 730 (1.6G 2M 533FSB)
Intel Pentium M 740 (1.73G 2M 533FSB)
Intel Pentium M 750 (1.87G 2M 533FSB)
Intel Pentium M 760 (2.0G 2M 533FSB)
Intel Pentium M 770 (2.13G 2M 533FSB)
Memory 256MB DDR333
INFINEON HYS64D320 20HDL-6-C 32X64 (.11U)
SAMSUNG M470L3224 FT0-CB3 (.13U)
HYNIX HYMD232M6 46D6-J AA
512MB DDR333
INFINEON HYS64D64020HBDL-6-C 64MX64 (0.11U/GREEN
SAMSUNG M470L6524 BT0-CB300
UNIFOSA U30512AAUIQ652AW20
1GB DDR333
ELPIDA EBD11UD8ADD A
LCD 15.4” WXGA TFT
         LG LP154W01-A3K3
        QDI QD15TL03-02 GLARE TYPE LEAD-FREE
        SAMSUNG LTN154X3-L01-G GLARE TYPE
Hard Disk Drive 60G SEAGATE 2.5 4.2RPM N2ST960821A F/W 3.01
60G TOSHIBA 2.5 4200RPM PLUTO MK6025GAS
60G HGST MORAGA 60G 4200RPM IC25N020ATMR04-0 08K0634
80G SEAGATE 2.5 4.2RPM N2ST9808210A
80G TOSHIBA 2.5 4200RPM PLUTO MK8025GAS
80G  HGST MORAGA 4200RPM IC25N0 80ATMR04-0 08K635
100G SEAGATE N2 4.2RPM ST9100822A
100G TOSHIBA 2.5 4200RPM PLUTO MK1031GAS
DVD/CD-RW Combo 24X TOSHIBA TS-L462
QSI SBW-243/LF
LITEON SOSC-24083K
DVD-Dual 8X TOSHIBA TS-L532A
PIONEER DVR-K15RA
AC Adapter (3 pin) Lite-On PA-1650-02A4, 19V, 3 PINS,
HIPRO HP-OK066B13QT, 65W
Battery Li-Ion Sanyo 4UR18650F-2-CPL-15, 8cell 4300mAh
SONY LIP8151CMPCFSY6, 8cell 4300mAh
Network Adapters
LAN Ethernet/10baseT/100baseT 3Com Etherlink III 3C589D
IBM EtherJet CardBus Adapter 10/100
Intel Ether Express Pro/100 Mobile Adapter MBLA3200
Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 32 Bit CBE-10/100BTX
Multifunction Card (Combo) 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem PC Card
Xircom RealPort CardBus Ethenet 10/100 + Modem 56
LAN Token Ring  IBM Token Ring 16/4 Adapter II 
						

							Appendix B98
Wireless LAN Card IBM Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter
Intel Pro-Wireless LAN PC Card
Proxim Skyline 802.11a Cardbus PC Card
Cisco Aironet 350 series Wireless Lan Card
NeWeb Wireless Lan Card 802.11b
Modem Adapters
Modem (up to 56K) 3Com Megahertz 56K Modem PC Card
Xircom Credit Card Modem 56
IBM 56K Double Jack Modem
ISDN US Robotics Megahertz 128K ISDN Card 405R17T7117M
IBM OBI International ISDN PC Card
I/O Peripheral
I/O - Display Acer 211c 21”
Viewsonic PF790 19”
Acer FP751 17” TFT LCD
IBM Color TFT LCD 14”
Compaq Color Monitor
NET Color Monitor 20”
Mozo 17” TFT LCD (DVI)
I/O - Projector NEC MultiSync MT-1040
I/O - Parallel (Printer/Scanner) Canon BJC-600J
Epson Stylus Color 740 Parallel Interface
HP DeskJet 890C
HP DeskJet 880C Parallel Interface
HP LaserJet 6MP
HP LaserJet 2200
I/O - USB Keyboard/Mouse Chicony USB Keyboard KU-8933 
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
Acer Aspire USB mouse
Logicool US Mouse
Logitech Cordless Mouseman Wheel USB Interface
Logitech USB Wheel Mouse M-BB48
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical USB Interface
I/O - PS2 (Serial) Keyboard/Mouse IBM 101 key keyboard
IBM 109 key keyboard
Acer PS2 keyboard
Acer KB-101A
IBM Numeric Keypad III
IBM Numeric Keypad
Acer Mouse
IBM PS2 Mini Mouse
IBM PS2 Mouse
Logitech Cordless MouseMan Wheel PS2 interface
Logitech Serial Mouse M-M35
Microsoft InteliMouse PS2 interface
Microsoft InteliMouse Optical PS2 interface
Logitech First Mouse Three Button Serial Mouse
I/O - USB (Printer/Scanner) Epson Stylus Color 740 USB interface
HP DeskJet 880C USB interface
Canon CanonScan D1250 (USB 2.0, JP OS only)
HP ScanJet 3300C Color Scanner 
ItemSpecifications 
						

							99Appendix B
I/O - USB (Speaker/Joystick)) JS USB Digital Speaker
Panasonic USB Speaker EAB-MPC57USB
AIWA Multimedia Digital Speaker
Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro Joystick
Logitech WingMan RumblePad
I/O - USB Camera Intel Easy PC Camera
Logitech QuickCam Express Internet
Logitech QuickCam Home PC Video Camera
Orange Micro USB 2.0 Web Cam
I/O - USB Storage Drive Logitech CDRW +DVDROM combo USB interface
Iomega USB Zip 250MB
I/O-USB Flash Drive IBM 32MB USB Memory key
Apacer USB Handy Drive 32MB
Apacer USB Handy Drive 256MB
I/O - USB Hub Belkin 4 Port USB Hub
Eizo I Station USB Hub
Elecom USB Hub 4 Port
Sanwa USB Hub 4 Port
            4 Port Hub USB 2.0
I/O - Access Point (802.11b) Hitachi DC-CN3300
Lucent RG-1000
Lucent WavePoint-II
Cisco Aironet 350
Orinoco AP-500
I/O Acess Point (802.11a/b) Intel Dual Pro/Wireless 5000
I/O Acess Point (802.11a) Intel Pro/Wireless 5000
PCMCIA
PCMCIA - ATA IBM Microdrive 340MB
IBM Microdrive 1G
Iomega Click! 40MB
Sony Memory Stick 64MB
Apacer SD Flash Card 128MB
Transcedn SD Card 32MB
PCMCIA - USB 2.0 Apricorn EZ-USB2.0 Cardbus PC Card
DTK USB 2.0 2Port CardBus Host Controller
Adaptec USB2CONNECT
PCMCIA - 1394 Buffalo 1394 Interface Cardbus IFC-ILCB/DV
I-O Data 1394 Interface Cardbus CB1394/DVC
Pixela 1394 Cardbus PC Card PIX-PCMC/FW1
PCMCIA-SCSI Adaptec 1408 or B SCSI CB
NewMedia Bus Toaster SCSI II
PCMCIA - Bluetooth IBM Community Bluetooth PC Card
Toshiba Bluetooth PC Card
ItemSpecifications 
						

							Appendix C100
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:
TService guides for all models
TUsers manuals
TTraining materials
TBios updates
TSoftware utilities
TSpare parts lists
TTABs (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: 
TDetailed information on Acers International Travelers Warranty (ITW) 
TReturned material authorization procedures 
TAn 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
Appendix C 
						

							101Appendix C 
						

							Index102
A
AC Adapter 26
AFLASH Utility 37
Audio 19
B
Battery 25
BIOS 19
package 19
ROM size 19
ROM type 19
vendor 19
Version 19
BIOS Setup Utility 30
BIOS Supports protocol 19
BIOS Utility 30
Basic System Settings 31
Navigating 30
Startup Configuration 34
System Information 31
System Security 31, 36
Board Layout 4
Bottom View 5
Top View 4, 82
brightness
hotkeys 14
C
Cache
controller 19
size 19
caps lock
on indicator 11
CardBus 25
Chipsets 19
computer
on indicator 11
contrast
hotkeys 14
Controllers 19
Core logic 19
CPU
core voltage 19
I/O voltage 19
package 19
type 19
D
DIMM
Combinations 20
Disassembly
Battery Pack 43
Procedure Flowchart 42
Display 1
display
hotkeys 14
Display Standby Mode 27
DVD-ROM Interface 22, 23
E
Environmental Requirements 28
Error Symptom-to-Spare Part Index 66
External CD-ROM Drive Check 61
F
Features 1
Flash Utility 37
Floppy Disk Drive Interface 21
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 84
H
Hard disk 21
Hard Disk Standby Mode 28
Hardware Specifications and Configurations 19
HDD 21
Hibernation Mode 27
Hibernation mode
hotkey 14
Hot Keys 14
I
Indicators 11
Intermittent Problems 79
J
Jumper and Connector Locations 82
Top View 82
K
Keyboard 19, 25
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check 61
L
Index 
						

							103Index
L2 cache 19
M
Mechanical Specification 28
media access
on indicator 11
Memory Check 62
Model Definition 95
Modem 20
N
Notebook Manager
hotkey 14
num lock
on indicator 11
O
Online Support Information 100
P
Panel
Bottom 10
right 8
PC Card 11, 25
PCMCIA 25
Power Management 27
Power System Check
Battery Pack 64
Power Adapter 63, 64
R
Removing the Battery Pack 44
S
Second Level Cache 19
speakers
hotkey 14
Standby Mode 27
System
Layout 4
System Check Procedures 61
System Diagnostic Diskette 39
System Memory 19
System Utilities 30
System Utility Diskette 39
T
Temperature 28Test Compatible Components 96
Touchpad 19
touchpad
hotkey 14
Touchpad Check 64
Troubleshooting 60
U
Undetermined Problems 80
USB 25
utility
BIOS 30
V
Video 24
Resolutions 24
Video controller 19
W
Windows 2000 Environment Test 97
Windows XP Environment Test 97