Acer Aspire 9400 Service Guide

TravelMate5600/5100&Aspire9400/7100
Service Guide
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please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw 

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate5600/5100 & Aspire9400/7100 service 
guide.
Date Chapter Updates 

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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...

Chapter 11
Chapter1 System Specifications 1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Block Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
Easy-Launch Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11...

Chapter 11
Features
Performance
Aspire 9400 / TravelMate 5600 Series
Intel
® Centrino® mobile technology, featuring:
TIntel® Pentium® M processor 740/750/760/770/780 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.73/1.86/2/2.13/2.26 GHz, 
533 MHz FSB)
TIntel® Pentium® M processor 735 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.70 GHz, 400 MHz FSB) or higher
TIntel® 915PM/915GM Express chipset
TIntegrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi 
CERTIFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer SignalUpTM wireless technology
Aspire 7100...

2Chapter 1
MB of shared memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and dual independent displays
T16.7 million colors
TMPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability
TExternal CRT: 1600 x 1200 x 16M colors, refresh rate up to 85Hz or higher
TA minimum of  800 x 600 x 256 colors in SimulScan
VRAM
T4 x 16M x 16 GDDR2
T4 x 32M x 16 GDDR2
Audio
TInternal microphone
TTwo speakers (high quality) 1.5W/9cc each
THD Audio codec
TCodec specification requires:
THD Audio interface
T10 DAC (7.1ch + 2ch); 2 ADC
TDAC SNR >=...

Chapter 13
CERTIFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer Acer SignalUpTM wireless technology (for Aspire 9400 
TravelMate 5600 series)
TWLAN: Integrated Acer InviLinkTM 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED solution, supporting Acer 
SignalUpTM wireless technology (for Aspire 7100 / TravelMate 5100 series)
I/O Ports
TOne VGA port, 15 pins
TOne microphone-in (pink jack)
TOne line-in (blue jack)
TOne headphone out / line-out / speaker out jack/ SPDIF (black jack)
TFive external USB 2.0 connectors.
TOne DC-in jack (1.7mm) at...

4Chapter 1
Block Diagram
USB
CDROM
20
PATA
27
27
Line Out
DMI I/F HOST BUS
DDR II
ICH6-M
LPC BUSPCI BUS
Intel 910GM (UMA)
Intel 915PM (DIS)
CLK GEN.IDT CV125
400MHz
100MHz
KBC
INT_KB Touch
Pad
400 MHzLVDS
RGB
BIOS ROM512 K
3 4, 5
6,7,8,9,10 11,12
15,16,17,18
31 29
MDC CardG1421BCodec
OP AMP
27Azalia
26
21
MODEM
Mobile CPU
ALC861
13
CRT
14
LCD
USB5 PORT
HDD
MINI USB  
BlueTooth
Dothan
ENE KB3910
PM39LV040-70JCE
30 30 22, 23
LAN10/100
RTL8110CL
27
Mic InInt. 
MIC In
28
Mini-PCI802.11A/B/G
DDR II
400 MHz...