Acer Aspire 9500 Service Guide

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Jumper Board 
VGA Board 
ItemDescription
JP1 To LCD Connector 
JP2 To M/B Connector
U4 VGA Chip
U3,U5,U6,U7 Graphic Memory 
						

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Power Board 
Touchpad Board 
ItemDescriptionItem Description
SW1 Power Button D1 Power LED
SW2 Empowering Button D2 E-Mail LED 
SW3 User Button 1 D3 Media LED 
SW4 Internet Button D4 Caps Lock LED
SW5 E-Mail Button D5 Num Lock LED 
ItemDescriptionItem Description
SW1 Scroll-up Button SW4 Scroll-down Button 
SW2 Scroll-left Button SW5 Left Button 
SW3 Scroll-right Button SW6 Right Button  
						

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LED Board 
Media Board 
ItemDescriptionItem Description
SW1 WLAN ON/OFF Button D4 Suspend LED 
SW2 Bluetooth ON/OFF Button D5 Battery Discharge LED 
D1 WLAN LED D6 Battery Charge LED 
D2 Bluetooth LED IR1 CIR Module 
D3 POWER LED 
ItemDescriptionItem Description
SW1 WLAN ON/OFF Button D4 Suspend LED
SW2  Bluetooth ON/OFF Button D5 Battery Discharge LED
SW3 ARCADE Button D6 Battery Charge LED
SW4 PLAY/PAUSE Button D7 ARCADE LED
SW5 STOP Button D8 ARCADE ON LED
SW6 REV Button D9 LED
SW7 FWD Button D10 LED
SW8 5-Way Button D11 LED
D1 Bluetooth LED  D12 LED
D2 WLAN LED IR1 CIR Module 
D3 POWER LED  
						

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Clear CMOS Jumper 
J1 : Clear CMOS JUMPER 
  
						

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BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/
Output System).
Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, 
if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup.  Please also refer to Chapter 4
 Troubleshooting when problem arises. 
To activate the BIOS Utility, press 
m during POST (when “Press  to enter “Setup” message is prompted
 on the bottom of screen). 
The setup screen displays BIOS as follows:Navigating the BIOS Utility
During setup,all Fn function keys and power saving functions are disabled.
There are five menu options: Main, Advanced, Security, Boot and Exit.
FunctionItem
Information Display the system informations
Main Allows the user to specify standard IBM PC AT 
system parameters
Advanced Provides advanced settings of the system
Security Provides security settings of the system
Boot Allows the user to specify the boot options
Exit Allows the user to save CMOS setting and exit Setup
System Utilities
Chapter  2 
						

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System Controls
Hot Keys 
All Fn Key will support Sticky key mode.
Euro, and USD dollar key: Under different language OS, user is able to input Euro dollar sign,and USD dollar 
sign when word processing.  
Hot KeyFunctionDescription
Fn + F1 Hot key Help Menu  This key will cause a help message to appear on the 
display device that describes the definition and functionality 
of the unit hot keys. It is preferred to have the key activate a 
graphical display. 
Fn + F2 Launch Acer eSettings   This key will launch Acer eManager->eSetting  
Fn+ F3   Launch Acer ePM  It will launch Acer ePowerManagement. 
Fn + F4 SleepButton in ACPI mode In ACPI mode, the OS provides two buttons for sleep 
function. One is the Power On button and the other is the 
Sleep Button. “Fn+F4” is assigned as the Sleep button in 
ACPI mode. User can set the action of the Sleep Button on 
the Power Management property.  
Fn + F5 Launch Display Mode Menu (DMM)  Follow DMM Specification except in OS other than 32-bit 
Windows 
Fn + F6 Display blank (backlight off)  This key will cause the LCD back light to be turned off. This 
provides both a quick security feature and some power 
savings. The LCD back light can also be turned off via an 
APM timer. The LCD back light will be turned on again 
when any of the following events occur:
1.Any key pressed 
2.Pointing device movement 
USB device does not need to support.  
Fn + F7 Touchpad On/Off  This key will cause the internal touchpad pointing device to 
be disabled/enabled . This is to prevent accidental system 
wake-ups from standby. Pressing this key a second time 
will re-enable the touch pad pointing device. BIOS check 
Internal AuxDev if not exist then BIOS empty return. 
Fn + F8 Speaker On/Off  This key will cause the audio output to the speakers to 
muted or disabled. Pressing this key a second time will re-
enable the audio output to the speakers. 
Fn + F9 Launch arcade   Launch the multimedia application that supports DVD 
player, CD player, picture explorer, TV turner and MP3 
player. 
Fn +wVolume up These keys will cause the volume of the audio chip to be 
increased or decreased.When the hotkeys are pressed and 
the volume are changing then system will pop one volume 
status menu to show the status. This function should be 
handled bythe system Volume utility within the each key 
makes. Fn +yVolume down
Fn +xBrightness up These keys can increase or decrease the brightness of the 
LCD back light. This function should be handled by the 
Analog function within the keyboard controller (KBC). 
Brightness will step up/down one unit as each time these 
keys are pressed.   Fn +zBrightness down
Alt + F10 Enter D2D recovery during POST 
Launch Acer eRecovery in OSEnter D2D recovery during POST 
Launch Acer eRecovery in OS 
						

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Buttons
Application Launch Buttons
NOTE: Detail description and definition of application Launch Buttons, please reference the External spec. 
Wireless LAN & Bluetooth Default Setting 
Power Button
The activity of the power button is as follows: 
TIf power button is pressed for less than 1 second then nothing happens. 
TIf power button is pressed for more than 1 second but less than 4 seconds then system would execute 
User Requested OFF before the system entered into OS.
TIf power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds then the notebook will be powered off by power button 
over-ride feature. 
TIf OS is running in ACPI mode, the power button acts as the sleep button, and let OS controls the policy of 
power button which is defined in Power Option under the OS.  
Power Button Over-ride 
Holding down the Power Button for 4 seconds will cause an unconditional transfer to the Off state without 
notifying the operating system. 
If press power button for less than 4 seconds, the system will enter suspend to RAM or OFF state according to 
OS power option setting. 
Lid Switch
This section describes the expected behavior of the system when the lid is opened or closed by the user. 
If the system is running under legacy mode: 
TClosing the lid will turn off LCD backlight. 
If the system is running under ACPI mode: 
TThe operating system will determine what action to take when the lid is closed. (Windows does not define 
Lid Open action in Power Option control panel) 
TThe function of lid close will follow the OS setting in power management (Nothing, standby, Hibernate or 
Launch KeysDescription
Launch Button P  
Launch Button e   
Specific Keys
Wireless Button Wireless enable/disable 
E-mail Button Launch Outlook Express
Bluetooth Button Enable/disable bluetooth 
Internet Button Launch Internet Explorer 
Wireless LANBluetooth
After loading default settings in BIOS ON OFF
At Logon Screen Follows user setting in previous OS session 
(by ePM or Launch Manager)Follows user setting inprevious 
OS session (by ePM or Launch 
Manager).
In OS Controlled by ePM or Launch Manager.  Controlled by ePM or Launch 
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       Power off). However, if the setting is nothing, the backlight must still be turned off when the lid is closed. 
TLid Open action does not resume the system from S3, S4, and S5. 
Hard Disk Password Function/ Password on boot function 
This feature allows the user to set the password to prevent any unauthorized access to the internal hard disk. 
TIf the original HDD come from other machine with password protected, the system just show ” Enter HDD 
password [         ]”
User is required to enter HDD password when system boot up. 
TIf user enter the wrong password, it will pop out message “Setup Warning, Invalid Passwrod”.....
TIf the password is correct, system will continue to boot up into OS. 
TPassword on boot  
TPassword on boot is Disabled, the system will NOT POP any password prompt windows during POST.  
TIf Password on boot is set to “Enabled” , the system will POP “Enter password”  prompt windows during 
POST. No matter the user key in Supervisor Password or User Password, the system will be unlocked. 
Valid Password Characters 
Valid Password Characters: 
Symbol CharacterSymbol Name 
A-Z Alphabets A through Z (Not Case Sensitive) 
0-9 Numerical Characters
-Dash
= Equal Sign
[ Left Bracket
] Right Bracket
.Period
, Comma
;Semi-Colon
/Slash
\ Back-slash 
						

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Information 
ParameterDescription
Product Name This field will show the product name 
Manufacture Name This field will show manufacturer name
BIOS Version This field reports the BIOS version of system
VGA Version This field reports the VGA version of the system
HDD Model Name This item will show the Model name of HDD installed on Primary IDE 
master. The hard disk model name is automatically detected by the 
system. If there is no hard disk present or unknown type, “None” 
should be shown on the field.
HDD Serial Number This item will show the Serial number of HDD installed on Primary IDE 
master. If no Hard disk or other devices are installed on Primary IDE 
master, then it will display a blank line
ATAPI Model Name This field shows the ATAPI Model Name for you
Serial Number This item will show the Serial number of system
Asset Tag This item will show the Asset Tag number of the system
UUID This will be visible only when there is an internal LAN device present
System Memory This field reports the memory size of system base memory.  The size is 
fixed to 640KB. 
Extended Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory in the 
system. 
Extended Memory size = Total memory size - 1 MB 
Insyde Software SCU                                     May 20, 2003  5:40:09  AM 
Main AdvancedSecurity Boot Exit 
 
 ----Devices---------------------------------------------------  -----System------------------------- 
 
Product Name      = Aspire 9500 CPU = Intel® Pentium ® 4 
 
Manufacture Name  = Acer CPU speed = 2.0 GHz 
 
BIOS Version       = V1.00 L2 Cache = 2048 KB 
 
VGA Version       = 3104  
 
  
 
HDD Model Name = HITACHI_DK23EA-40-(PM)  
 
HDD Serial Number = 123456789 ----Memory------------------------ 
 
ATAPI Model Name = UJDA740 DVD/CDROM-(SM)System Memory    = 640 KB 
 
 Extended Memory = 256MB 
 
Serial Number = ( 32 bytes) VGA Memory    = 128 MB 
 
Asset Tag Number = (32 bytes)  
 
UUID = (16 bytes)  
 
  
Setup system date, time. Enable boot logo and get system information. 
  
						

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Video Memory VGA Memory size :
Discrete = 64 or 128MB (depends on actual VRAM size) 
TurboCache = 32MB (actual TurboCache VRAM size) 
Intel 915 DVMT: selectable between the following: 
1.64MB (8MB pre-allocated + 56MB DVMT) 
2.128MB (8MB pre-allocated + 128DVMT).  This is the default 
value. 
3.Max DVMT (160MB on 256MB system memory, 224MB on 
512MB and above system memory).    
ParameterDescription