Acer Travelmate 210 Service Guide

Chapter 15
Bottom View
1 North Bridge (ALi M1632M) 6 Modem Connector
2 Power Push Switch 7 Battery Connector
3 Audio Connector 8 South Bridge (ALi M1535)
4 DIMM 2 Socket 9 Modem Card Cable Connector
5 DIMM 1 Socket 

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Panel
Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.  
Front Panel
#ItemDescription
1 Display  screen Also called LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), displays computer 
output.
2 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a 
computer mouse.
3 Floppy activity indicator LED(light-emitting diodes) that turn on and off when the 
floppy is active.
4 Floppy drive Internal diskette drive, accepts 3.5-inch floppy diskettes
5 Floppy disk...

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Left Panel
#IconItem/ PortConnects to...
1 Security keylock Kensington-compatible key-based computer 
security lock.
2 PCMCIA (PC  card)  Port Connects to one Type II or one Type III 16-bit PC 
card or 32-bit CardBus PC Card.
3 Eject button Eject PC cards from the card slots.
4 Power switch Turns on the computer power.
5 Speaker/ headphone-out jack Connects to audio line-out devices (e.g., 
speakers, headphones)
6 Line-in jack Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g., audio CD 
player, stereo...

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Right Panel  
Rear Panel
#IconItem/ PortConnects to...
1 Video capture kit slot Accepts the video capture kit option on the  right side of the computer.
2 Battery bay Houses the computer ’s battery pack. 
3 AcerMedia drive Houses removable media drive modules. 
4 LED indicator Lights up when the AcerMedia drive is active.
5 Eject button Ejects the compact disc from the drive. 
6 Emergency eject slot Ejects the compact discs when the computer  is turned off.
7 Power Jack Connects to an AC...

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Bottom Panel
3 Parallel port Connects to a parallel device (e.g., parallel 
printer)
4 USB port (two) Connects to any Universal Serial Bus 
devices(e.g., USB mouse, USB camera).
5 External display port Connects to a display device (e.g., external 
monitor, LCD projector) and displays up to 
64K colors at 1280x1024
6 Modem jack Connects to the phone line 
#ItemDescription
1 Memory compartment Houses the computer’s main memory.
2 Hard disk anti-shock protection Protects your hard disk against...

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Indicators
The computer has six easy-to-read status icons on the right of the display screen
.
The Power and Standby status icons are visible even when you close the display cover so you can see the 
status of the computer while the cover is closed.
#IconFunctionDescription
1 Power Lights when the computer is on.
2 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Standby 
mode and blinks when it enters into or 
resumes from hebernation mode.
3 Media Activity Lights when the floppy drive, hard disk or...

Chapter 111
 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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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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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-F1 Hotkey help Displays a list of the hotkeys and their functions.
Fn-F2 Setup Accesses the notebook configuration utility. 
Fn-F3 Power Scheme Toggle Switches between the power...

14Chapter 1 
 Launch Keys
Located at the top of the keyboard are four buttons. These buttons are called launch keys. They are 
designated as key 1, key 2, key 3 and key 4. By default, key 1 is used to launch the internet browser and key 2 
is used to launch the e-mail application. Keys 3 and 4 starts the Launch Manager application. All four keys can 
be set by the user. To set the launch keys, run the Acer Launch Manager.