Acer Extensa 2500 Service Guide
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12Chapter 1 Understanding the icons When the cover of your computer is closed, 2 easy-to-read icons are shown, indicating which state or feature is enabled or disabled. #IconFunctionDescription 1 Power Lights up when the computer is on. 2 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Standby mode and blinks when it enters into or resumes from hibernation mode.
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Chapter 113 Keyboard The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and twelve function keys. Special keys Lock keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off. Embedded numeric keypad The embedded numeric keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad. It is indicated by small characters located on the upper right corner of the keycaps. To simplify the keyboard legend, cursor-control key symbols are not printed on the keys. Lock...
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14Chapter 1 NOTE: If an external keyboard or keypad is connected to the computer, the Num Lock feature automatically shifts from the internal keyboard to the external keyboard or keypad. Windows keys The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions. Desired accessNum lock onNum lock off Number keys on embedded keypadType numbers in a normal manner. Cursor-control keys on embedded keypadHold Shift while using cursor-control keys. Hold Fn while using cursor-control keys. Main keyboard...
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Chapter 115 Hot Keys The computer employs hot keys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen contrast and brightness, volume output and the BIOS Utility. To activate hot keys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hot key combination. Hot KeyIconFunctionDescription Fn- lHotkey help Displays a list of the hotkeys and their functions. Fn- mSetup Accesses the notebook configuration utility. Fn- nPower Management Scheme ToggleSwitches between the...
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16Chapter 1 The Euro symbol If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or if you have a keyboard with a European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard. NOTE: for US keyboard users: The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows. For the Euro symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-international. To verify the keyboard type: 1.Click on Start, Control Panel. 2.Double-click on Regional and Language Options. 3.Click...
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Chapter 117 Launch Keys Located at the top of the keyboard are six buttons. These buttons are called lauch keys. They are designated as mail button, Web browser button, P1, P2, Bluetooth and Wireless buttons. The Wireless and Bluetooth buttons cannot be set by the user. To set the other four launch keys, run the Acer Launch Manager. #IconFunctionDescription 1 Mail Email application 2 Web browser Internet browser application 3 P1 User-programmable 4 P2 User-programmable 5 Bluetooth Starts (optional)...
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18Chapter 1 Hardware Specifications and Configurations System Board Major Chips Item Controller System core logic Intel ICH4-M Super I/O controller NS PC87392 Audio controller Cirrus logic CS4299-XQ Video controller Intel 852GME (Montara-GT) Hard disk drive controller Embedded in Intel ICH4 Keyboard controller Mitsubish LPC keyboard controller M38857 CardBus Controller TI 1520 RTC Intel ICH4 Processor (for TravelMate 240) ItemSpecification CPU type Intel Cerelon processor CPU package To 2.0GHz uFCBGA...
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Chapter 119 Cache size 128KB for TM240/512KB for TM250 1st level cache control Always Enabled 2nd level cache control Always Enabled Cache scheme control Fixed-in write back System Memory ItemSpecification Memory controller Intel 852GME (Montara-GT) Onboard memory size 0MB DIMM socket number 2 Sockets Supports memory size per socket 128MB Supports maximum memory size 2048MB Supports DIMM type DDR-DRAM Supports DIMM Speed 266 MHz/333 MHz Supports DIMM voltage 2.5 V Supports DIMM package 200-pin so-DIMM...
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20Chapter 1 Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to form other combinations. . 512MB 1024MB 1536MB LAN Interface ItemSpecification Chipset RealTek 8101L Supports LAN protocol 10/100Mbps LAN connector type RJ45 LAN connector location Rear side Modem Interface ItemSpecification Chipset Internal Agere Scorpio chipset (Scorpio+CSP1037B) Fax modem data baud rate (bps) 14.4K Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K Supports modem protocol V.90/V.92MDC...
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Chapter 121 Bytes per sector 512 512 512 Logical heads 16 16 16 Logical sectors 63 63 63 Drive Format Logical cylinders 16383 16383 16383 Physical read/write heads2/Not show/2 2/Not show/2/2 3/ Disks 1/Not show/1 1/Not show/1/1 2 Spindle speed (RPM) 4200RPM 4200RPM 4200RPM Performance Specifications Buffer size 2MB 2MB/8MB for Toshiba 2MB Interface ATA-5 for other vendors /ATA- 6 for HGST and ToshibaATA-5 for other vendors /ATA- 6 for HGSTATA-5 for other vendors /ATA- 6 for HGST Data transfer rate...