Acer Aspire 9120 Service Guide

Aspire 9110/9120 Series
Service Guide
    
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 9110 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2006 by Acer Incorporated.  All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, 
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in 
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without 
the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.
Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
Acer Incorporated makes no...

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
SCREEN MESSAGESDenotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNINGAlerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTIONGives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANTReminds you to do specific actions 
relevant to the accomplishment of 
procedures. 

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Preface
Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.
1.This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION 
decided for Acers global product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product 
competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. 
add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT...

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Chapter 11
Features
Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature:
Operating system
TGenuine Windowsl® VistaTM Capable
TGenuine Windowsl® XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
TGenuine Windowsl® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Rollup 2)
Platform and memroy
TIntel® Centrino®  Duo mobile technology, featuring:
t Intel® CoreTM Duo processor T2300/T2400/T2500/T2600 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.66/1.83/2/2.16 GHz, 667 MHz 
FSB) or higher (for Aspire 9110)
t Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor T7200/T7400/T7600 (4MB L2...

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TAnalog TV-tuner supporting international analog TV standards (NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
TDigital TV-tuner supporting DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial) standard (6 MHz to 
8MHz)
TTV-tuner I/O:
tRF jack for digita/analog TV antenna cable input
tAV-in port for composite/S-video/line-in audio/video input
TTV-tuner cables:
tNTSC/PAL cable for digital/analog TV input, NTSC converter to convert port from PAL/SECAM to NTSC
tMini DIN cable: RCA jack and S-video port for audio/video input
TAcer...

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I/O Ports
TExpressCardTM/34 slot 
TPC Card slot (one Type II)
T5-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
TFour USB 2.0 ports
TIEEE 1394 port
TConsumer infrared (CIR) port
TFast infrared (FIR) port 
TExternal display (VGA) port
TAV-in port
TRF-in Jack
TS-Video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port 
THeadphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support
TMicrophone-in jack
TLine-in jack
TEthernet (RJ-45) port
TModem (RJ-11) port
TDC-in jack for AC adaptor
Environment
TTemperature:
toperating: 5 C to 35 C...

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System Block Diagram