Acer Extensa 510 Maintenance Manual

							·540 or 810 Million Byte Hard Drive (user replaceable)
·Support for two PCMCIA Type I or II options or one Type III PCMCIA
option card
·Ergonomic keyboard with palm rest (2.7 mm travel); built-in touchpad
pointing device
·Most standard external device interfaces including serial, parallel,
PS/2
®, and external VGAÔ
.
·3.5-inch, 1.44 MB Floppy Drive 
·10.4 inch Dual Scan Color LCD
·AC Adapter with autosensing (100 VAC to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz); 34
Watts of DC output power
·10.8 Volt, 2400 mAH capacity, Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH); Standard
Duracell DR35 battery pack
·Built-in monaural speaker with ESS1688 sound solution
·Three audio jacks: Line-In, Line-Out, and Microphone-In.
        
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							Touchpad
Pointing Device
Touchpad
Select Buttons Power On/Off 
ButtonCover Release
Button
Five Status
LEDs
Primary Battery Pack
(Accessible from Right Side)
Hard Drive
(Accessible from Underneath)
Setup
Button Standby/Suspend
Button
Type I /11 or III
PCMCIA Slot
Primary Battery 
Cover
Hard Drive
Cover
Floppy Drive
Assembly
Audio Line/Mic
JacksHDD Release
Latches
Power In
Connector
PS/2
Connector VGA, Serial
and Parallel
Connector
Door
Speaker
Figure 1-2  Extensa 51x Series Features
      
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							1.4.1External Ports
As shown in Figure 1-3, the notebook computer contains the following
external ports:
·9-Pin Serial Port for attaching any RS-232 type serial device to the
Notebook
·25-Pin Parallel Port for attaching bidirectional parallel devices
·Audio Line-In, Line-Out, and Microphone-In
·15-Pin External VGA Monitor Port for attaching an external monitor
·6-Pin PS/2 Port to attach an external Keyboard or Mouse
·AC Adapter Connector for attaching the AC Adapter to the notebook
AC Adapter
 ConnectorSerial
Port
External PS/2
Port (Mouse/Keyboard 
Port)External VGA
PortParallel
Port
Audio Line
Output
External
Microphone
Input
Audio Line
Input
Figure 1-3  Notebook External Ports
        
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							1.4.2Touchpad Pointing Device
All members of the Extensa family feature a built-in touchpad pointing
device located near the center of the keyboard palmrest. With light pressure,
the cursor can quickly be positioned to the desired point; a quick double tap
on the touchpad and you have selected an object. Two select buttons
(switches) are located along the front edge of the notebook
.
1.4.3Keyboard 
The Extensa Series Keyboard is an IBMÔ enhanced-type keyboard with the
standard character and function keys plus 12 programmable function keys
(F1 through F12).
Using the Special Function (Fn
) key which assigns multiple functions to
keys, the keyboard can emulate the IBM 101/102 keyboards.
The keyboard features a special keyboard interface chip that can detect
multiple levels of key input (good simulation of N-key rollover for up to 10
keys).
Some of the major features of the keyboard include:
·Integrated numeric keypad
Touchpad
Pointing Device
Select Buttons
Figure1-4  Extensa Touchpad 
      
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							·Inverted T Cursor Control Key layout
The notebook keyboard is available in the following versions:
·U.S. English Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398-0001- This version (also
known as the domestic version)  is generally used in the United States
and Canada.
·International versions include:
·
United Kingdom Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0002
·
German Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0003
·
French Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0004
·
Spanish Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0005
·
Swiss Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0006
·
Italian Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0007
·
Portuguese Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0009
·
Swedish Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0010
·
Denmark Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0012
·
Norwegian Keyboard; TI Part No. 9811398 -0013
·
Belgium Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0014
·
Finish Keyboard, TI Part No. 9811398 -0015
 
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Note
: The Extensa Series Notebook Computer User’s Reference Manual con-
tains descriptions of keyboard special function keys. A six-pin Mini-DIN con-
nector can attach to either an external PS/2 keyboard (or 101 Keyboard via
an adapter), PS/2 Mouse, or the optional PS/2 Numeric Keypad.
        
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							1.4.3.1  Controls and Indicators
As shown in Figure 1-6, Extensa Series Notebook Computers contain a set
of three buttons (switches) and five LED displays just above the keyboard
including: 
·Power, Setup, and Standby/Suspend Buttons (Switches)
·Sleep Mode
 Indicator. This LED lights when the notebook is in Sleep
Mode.
·Hard Drive
 Activity Indicator. This LED lights when the notebook is
accessing the hard drive (read or write).
·Num Lock
 indicator. This LED lights when you press the NumLk key to
toggle on the numeric keypad lock function. When the LED is On, the
embedded numeric keyboard keys generate ATÔ
 keypad characters and
functions when pressed in conjunction with the Shift
 key. When the
indicator is Off, pressing the Fn
 key with the appropriate keys provides
cursor movement, paging and other functions in the normal mode.
·Caps Lock
 indicator. This LED indicates that the keyboard is locked in
the uppercase mode. To switch to the lowercase mode, press the Caps
Lock
 key.
·Scroll Lock
 indicator. This LED lights to indicate that the keyboard is
locked in the scroll mode.
·Standby
 Indicator. Lights when Notebook is in Standby mode.
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Figure1-5  Extensa Keyboard
      
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							1.4.4 Standard Power Features
Notebook power for the Extensa 51x Series Notebook Computers is provided
by an AC Adapter and a rechargeable 10.8 V, 2400 mAh Duracell DR35
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack that installs in a bay near the
front of the notebook (right side).
All members of the Extensa 51x family feature a powerful Power
Management subsystem (hardware and software) that provides longer
portable operation and protection of files during low battery conditions.
1.4.5Preloaded Software
All members of the Extensa 51x Notebook family are preloaded with the
Windows 95 Operating System. In addition, the Extensa Model 515 is
shipped from the factory  with the following software application packages
installed on the hard drive:
Touchpad
Pointing Device
Touchpad 
 Select Buttons
Power On/Off
Button Power
LED Standby/Suspend
Button
Setup Button
Charging
LED
Status
LEDs
Scroll
 Lock
Caps
Lock
Num
Lock
Hard Drive
Activity
Sleep
Mode
Figure1-6  Extensa Series Controls and Indicators
        
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							·Microsoft Works
·Quicken SE
·Lotus Organizer
·Microsoft Entertainment Pack No. 4
1.4.6 Notebook Expansion Capabilities
Expansion capabilities built into the Extensa notebook series include:
·User installable expansion RAM memory (to a maximum of 40 MB);
notebook accepts either fastpage mode or EDO RAM modules.
·A Cable-Connect PS/2 Numeric Keypad option, TI Part No.
2581381-0001, can be attached to the external PS/2 Port.
·A parallel device can be attached to the notebook’s external 25-pin
parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible).
·Serial RS-232 Port for attaching any serial device
·External VGA Port for driving an external color monitor
·Third Party External PS/2 keyboard (or external mouse)
·Three audio jacks (line-in/out and microphone in)
1.5 Standard Test Features
The Extensa Series Notebook Computers use modular design and built-in
test features to reduce the mean time to repair. A power on self test
automatically verifies the operational state of the primary circuits and a
powerful suite of diagnostic tests are available to further test selected parts
of the system.
1.6Notebook Assemblies and
Subassemblies
The Extensa Series Notebooks are modular in design and can be
disassembled for maintenance purposes using a standard set of flat-bladed,
Phillips-head and hexagonal screwdrivers. The major assemblies that
comprise a typical notebook in the Extensa family are shown in Figure 1-7
and briefly described in the following paragraphs.
      
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							1.6.1 Cover-Display Assembly
The Cover -Display Assembly contains the LCD screen and associated high
voltage power supply and video circuitry. The Cover -Display Assembly
contains several field-replaceable components including:
·LCD Assembly
·Cable Assemblies
·Inverter Board 
·Contrast Board
Floppy Drive
Assembly
TouchPad
Assembly
Top Case
Assembly
Charger/Power 
Supply Board 
Hard Drive Assembly
Floppy Drive 
Assembly
Battery End
 Cover
Bottom View
Battery 
Pack Hard Drive
Cover
Hard Drive 
Outer Cover
Pentium
CPU Battery
Board Main
Board
Assembly
Display
Assembly
Speaker 
Assembly
LED/Switch
Board
Assembly
Memory
Expansion
Sockets
Figure 1-7  Notebook Assemblies
        
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							The Display Assembly attaches to the System Base Assembly through four
top mounted screws.
1.6.2 System Base Assembly
As shown in Figure 1-7, the majority of the notebook’s field-replaceable
units (FRUs) are located in the system base assembly. These FRUs include:
·Main Board Assembly
·Hard Disk Drive Assembly
·Up to two Dual Inline Memory Modules
·Floppy Drive Assembly
·Power Supply Board Assembly
·Battery Board Assembly
·Battery Pack Assembly
·Top Case Assembly
·Touchpad Assembly
·Keyboard Assembly (removed in Figure 1-7 for clarity)
·Battery Board Assembly
1.7  Extensa 51x Series Notebook
Specifications
Specifications for the Extensa 51x Series Notebooks are provided in Table
1-3.
      
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