Acer Extensa 660 Maintenance Manual

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1.3 Extensa 660 Series Notebook Features
The Extensa 660 Series Notebook Computers are large screen, high-performance, 
multimedia notebooks powered by the Intel® P54CSLM Pentium® Processor Chip 
(133-MHz). Other major features of the 660 Series include:
¨166 MHz Pentium processor with MMX technology to support advanced video 
applications
¨Powerful PCI Bus architecture...

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- Provisions for installation of second rechargeable battery pack in the   
Media Bay for extended portable operation.
- Li-Ion primary battery option
¨Powerful expansion capabilities including:
- Advanced PCI Card slot (accessible from door at base of notebook), 
120-pin port (PCI Bus plus sidebands).
- Two PCMCIA  card slots that support two Type I or Type II PC cards at 
the same time or one Type III PC Card option
¨Flexible set of external ports for desktop operation
- Fast...

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Figure 1-2  660 Series Notebook External Features
1.3.1 Video Display Features
The Extensa 660 Series Notebooks contain large screen internal LCD displays and can 
simultaneously drive the internal LCD and an external CR T (SimulSCANTM mode). On 
all Extensa models, the LCD screen brightness, contrast, video mode of operation, etc. 
are adjustable from the keyboard as...

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1.3.1.1 Internal LCD
The Extensa 660 Series Notebooks contain one of the following LCDs (model dependent):
¨12.1-inch DSTN display (660CD Only)
¨11.3-inch TFT
1.3.1.2 External CRTs
The Extensa 660 Series Notebooks are equipped with a 15-pin SVGA connector that 
can drive an external CR T (either alone or simultaneously with the internal LCD).
When the notebook is set to the SimulSCAN mode, a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 
x 256 colors is supported. When operating in the...

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1.3.2 Keyboard Features
The Extensa 660 Series Notebooks contain a built-in 86/87-key keyboard  (Figure 1-3) 
compatible with the IBM® enhanced 101/102-key keyboard. The keyboard contains 12 
programmable function keys, an embedded numeric keypad (Figure 1-4) and dedicated 
control keys (hot keys).
Figure 1-3  Extensa 660 Series Keyboard Layout
Figure 1-4  Embedded...

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1.3.3 Software Features
As a standard feature, the Extensa 660 notebooks are factory loaded with dual load 
(Windows® 95 or Windows for Workgroups) software to allow the user to configure the 
notebook’s operating system environment as summarized in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2  User-Selectable Operating System Environments
Operating System Description
Windows 95 Supports both desktop and mobile operation with Plug N Play capabilities and Advanced Power 
Management; customized to...

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1.3.4 Standard Peripheral Devices
As standard features, the Extensa notebooks include an internal IDE hard drive, a 
3.5-inch floppy disk drive, a CD-ROM drive and built-in glidepad (mouse device).
1.3.5 660 Series Connectivity Features
As standard features, the Extensa 660 Series notebooks includes most standard 
desktop ports including a serial port, parallel port, PS/2...

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Table 1-3  660 Series External Ports
1.3.6  Expansion Capabilities
In addition to the external ports, the Extensa 660 Series Notebooks are designed with 
a variety of expansion features that permit substantial functionality and performance 
upgrades over the life of the product. The expansion capabilities built into the notebook 
are summarized in Table 1-4 and described in greater detail in the following paragraphs. 
These expansion features are described in greater detail in...

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1.3.7 Advanced PCI Card Options
The Extensa 660 Series Notebooks contain provisions for an advanced PCI Card (installs 
from the bottom of the notebook by removing the APCI Cover as shown in Figure 1-6).
Figure 1-6  Installing Advanced PCI Card
1.3.8 PCMCIA Card Options
The Notebook contains an onboard PCMCIA Controller and two 64-pin sockets that can 
accept up to two...

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1.4 Notebook Batteries
The notebook computer can use one of three types of batteries:
¨Primary Battery - Nickel-Metal-Hydride type
¨Primary Battery - Lithium-Ion type (option)
¨Secondary Battery - Lithium-Ion type (option)
The primary battery is housed in the battery compartment and the Secondary battery 
fits in the Media Bay compartment. The characteristics of the available batteries are 
listed in Table 1-5.
1.4.1 Determining Battery Charge Level
As shown in Figure 1-8, the...