Acer Aspire S3 Ms2346 Service Guide

Aspire S3 MS2346
SERVICEGUIDE 

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Revision History
Refer to the table below for the updates made to this Aspire S3 MS2346 Service Guide.
Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER/CSD website. For more 
information, go to http://csd.acer.com.tw
.The information in this guide is subject to change 
without notice.
Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
There are no representations or warranties, eith er expressed or implied, with respect to the 
contents hereof and spec ifically...

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
WARNING:!
Indicates a potential for personal injury.
CAUTION:!
Indicates a potential loss of data or damage to equipment.
IMPORTANT :+
Indicates information that is important to  know for the proper completion of a 
procedure, choice of an option, or completing a task.
The following typographical conventions are used in this document:
Book titles, directory names, file names, path names, and program/process names are 
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General information0
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the following general 
information.
This service guide provides you with all technical information relating to the basic 
configuration for Acer’s 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 (such as add-on cards, modems, or extra memory capabilities). 
These localized features are...

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Aspire S3 MS2346
CHAPTER 1
Hardware Specifications
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Operating System  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Platform . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
System Memory . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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BIOS Flash Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
DOS Flash Utility . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
WinFlash Utility  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Remove HDD/BIOS Password Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 2-14
Removing the HDD Password .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Removing the BIOS Passwords  . . . . . . . . . ....

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Replacing the WLAN Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Replacing the M-SATA Board..  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Replacing the RTC Battery  . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
Replacing the Thermal Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Replacing the Mainboard . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55
Replacing the Card Reader B oard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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CHAPTER 5
Jumper and Connector Locations
Mainboard Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Clearing Password Check and BIOS Reco very . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Clearing the BIOS Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Performing a BIOS Recovery  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
CHAPTER 6
FRU List
Aspire S3 MS2346 Exploded Diagrams. .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Main Assembly  . . . . . ....

CHAPTER 1
Hardware Specifications 

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Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Operating System  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Platform . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
System Memory . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Graphics  . . ....