Acer Ferrari 4000 Service Guide

Ferrari 4000
Service Guide
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please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw 

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Ferrari 4000 service guide.
Date ChapterUpdates 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2005 by Acer Incorporated.  All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, 
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in 
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without 
the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.
Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
Acer Incorporated makes no...

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
SCREEN 
MESSAGESDenotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNINGAlerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTIONGives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANTReminds you to do specific actions 
relevant to the accomplishment of 
procedures. 

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Preface
Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.
1.This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION 
decided for Acers 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 (e.g. 
add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Mainboard Placement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly  56
General Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Disassembly Procedure Flowchart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing the HDD Module and mini PCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the HDD...

Chapter 11
Overview
Ferrari series is designed with AMD’s top speed low power CPUs with the fantastic chassis. It adopts the 15.4”
LCD with the unique carbon fiber frame and coating.
The AMD Athlon 64 processor is the world’s most technically advanced processor for notebook computing and
the only Windows-compatible 64-bit PC processor for notebook computing. Advanced technologies in the
AMD Athlon 64 processor include: 
TAMD64 technology doubles the number of processor registers and dramatically...

2Chapter 1
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TAMD 35W, Mobile AMD TurionTM 64 ML30/34/37/40 processor (2.2GHz, 1MB cache)
TSimultanceous 32 bit and 64 bit Windows® compatible support 
TSupporting AMD PowerNowTM :
TOptimizes battery life 
TProvides performance on demand when required by the application 
TAllows the processor to dissipate less heat under normal operating conditions, providing a 
cooler and quieter-running...

Chapter 13
Graphics
TAT I  M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X700 with 128MB of video memory 
TMicrosoft® DirectX® 9.0 support
TAT I  P O W E R P L AYTM 5.0 support
TPCI ExpressTM support
TDualViewTM support
TExternal resolution/refresh rate
T2048x1536: 60/66/70/75/78/85 Hz
T1600x1200: 60/75/85/100/120 Hz
T1280x1024: 60/70/75/85/90/100/120/160/180 Hz
T1024x768: 60/70/72/75/85/90/100/120/150/160/200 Hz
T800x600: 60/70/75/85/90/100/120/160/200 Hz
TMPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability
TS-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL)...