Acer Ferrari 5000 Service Guide

42Chapter 1
Optical Disk Drive
BIOS ROM
ItemDescription
Vendor and model name TOSHIBA
1X HD DVD ROM 
TS-L802APANASONIC
8X SUPER MULTI 
UJ-85PIONEER
8X SUPER MULTI 
DVR-K06RS
Buffer memory N/A 2MB 2MB
Interface •  ATAPI standard: 
SFF-8020i
•  SFF-8090i Ver. 5 
(DVD commands)
•  MMC standard (CD-
R, CD-RW 
commands)ATAPI, ANSI ATA/
ATAPI-5ATAPI interface: 
SFF-8020, SFF-8090
Applicable disc format •  DVD (read): DVD-
ROM, DVD-ROM 
dual layer, DVD-R, 
DVD-R dual layer, 
DVD-RW, DVD+R, 
DVD-R dual layer,...

Chapter 143
BIOS
Remark The 32-pin PLCC package 1MB Flash ROM SST 39VF080 is used for BIOS, 
keyboard encoder and power controller codes. It occupies system memory 
area E0000-FFFFF. After posting system, the shadow RAM function will be 
enabled.
ItemDescription
Vendor Phoenix
Version Phoenix BIOS V0.2303
Feature •  1MB flash RIOM for system BIOS
•  Suspend to RAM (S3) / Disk (S4)
•  Various hot keys for system control
•  Support boot option: HDD / Removable device (media bay device) / all USB 
ports
•...

44Chapter 1
VGA Interface
KBC
PCMCIA Express Card
IEEE 1394
ItemDescription
Chip ATi M56P with VRAM 256MB
Package BGA 708-pin
Features •  PCI-E interface support
•  3D graphics texturing enhancements
•  Integrated transform and lighting
•  Integrated two channels of 24-bit LVDS transmitter
•  Integrated TV decoder to support competitive and S-video with both PAL and 
NTSC
•  128/256MB DDR3 memory support
•  DVD-ready motion compensation for MPEG-2
•  Full ACPI compliant
•  ZV port support...

Chapter 145
Super I/O
IR Interface
LAN Interface
Audio Codec & Amplifier
Wireless LAN
ItemDescription
Chip NS PC87383
Package TQFP 64-pin
Feature •  Parallel interface support:
1.  An Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) compatible with EPP 1.9, EPP1.7 of the Xircom 
specification support too
2.  An Extended Capabilities port that is IEEE 1284 compliant including level 2
•  UART serial port interface:
1.  MIDI baud rate support
2.  Infrared support on UART2 (IrDA 1.1 support)
•  PnP support:
1.  Flexible IRQs,...

46Chapter 1
MDC Card
Battery
Port Replicator
Features •  802.11a/b/g or 802.11b/g
•  Built-in two antennas
•  Placed on the top of LCD on the sides of LCD latches
ItemDescription
Controller ATi SB460
Features •  56K, V.90/V.92, WWDAA
•  Wake-on-Ring support
•  Azalia support
•  MDC 1.5 card
Connector type RJ-11
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name Panasonic 7800mAh / Sanyo 2600mAh
Features •  9-cell Li-Ion cylindrical battery
•  87W
ItemDescription
Features •  120 pins for signals and four pins for...

Chapter 147
 LCD 15.4”
AC Adaptor
ItemSpecification
Vendor & 
Model nameQDI
QD15AL02-01
QD15AL02-02QDI
QD15TL07-02CMO
N154Z1-L01CMO
N154I2-L02AUO
B154EW02-
V1
Screen 
Diagonal15.4” WSXGA 15.4” WXGA 15.4” WSXGA 15.4” WXGA 15.4” WXGA
Active area 331.2 (W) x 
207.0 (H)331.2 (W) x 
207.0 (H)331.2 (W) x 
207.0 (H)335.0 (W) x 
210.7 (H)331.2 (W) x 
207.0 (H)
Display 
resolution1680 x 3 (RGB) 
x 1050 1280 x 3 
(RGB) x 8001680 x 3 
(RGB) x 10501280 x 3 
(RGB) x 8001280 x 3 
(RGB) x 800
Display mode normally...

48Chapter 1
Rated voltage for 100Vac or 240Vac input AC 
voltagefor 100Vac or 240Vac input AC 
voltage
Input voltage range from 90Vac to 264Vac from 90Vac to 265Vac
Rated frequency for 50Hz or 60Hz for 50Hz or 60Hz
Frequency range from 47Hz to 63Hz from 47Hz to 63Hz
Steady AC current less than 1.5A rms at 100Vac 
input and maximum loadless than 1.5A rms at 100Vac 
input and maximum load
Output feature
Rated voltage 19V 19V
Voltage range 18.05V to 20V from 18.2V to 19.8V
Rated power 90 W 90 W
Output...

Chapter 249
BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS (Basic 
Input/Output System). Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not 
need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run 
Setup. Please also refer to Chapter 4 Troubleshooting when problem arises.
To activate the BIOS Utility, press 
m during POST (when “Press  to enter Setup” message is 
prompted on the...

50Chapter 2
Information
ParameterDescription
CPU Type This item will show the CPU information of the system.
CPU Speed This item will show the CPU clock speed.
IDE1 Model Name This item will show the Model name of HDD installed on Primary IDE master. 
The hard disk model name is automatically detected by the system. If there is no 
hard disk present or unknown type, “None” should be shown on this field
IDE1 Serial Number This item will show the Serial number of HDD installed on Primary IDE master. If 
no...

Chapter 251
Main
ParameterDescription
System Time / System 
Date The hours are displayed with 24 hours format. The values set in these two fields 
take effect immediately.
System Memory This field reports the memory size of system base memory. The size is fixed to 
640KB. 
Extended Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. 
Extended Memory size = Total memory size - 1 MB 
Video Memory VGA Memory size = 128MB
Quiet Boot Customer Logo display will be shown during POST...