Acer Travelmate 210 Service Guide

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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 eject button Push this button to eject the foppy disk
6 Click button (left, center and right) The left and right buttons function like the left and right 
mouse buttons, the center button serves as a scroll up/
down button.
7 Palmrest Comfortable support area for your hands when you use the 
computer.
8 Keyboard Inputs data into your computer.
9 Status indicators LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) that turn on and off to show 
the status of the computer and its functions and 
components. 
						

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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 walkman).
7 Microphone-in jack Accepts a mono/stereo condenser microphone.
8 Volume control Controls the volume of the speakers.
9 Video capture kit slot Accepts the video capture kit option on the left 
side of the computer. 
						

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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 adapter 
#IconPortConnects to...
1 PS/2 port  Connects to any PS/2-compatible devices  (e.g., PS/2 keyboard/mouse/keypad)
           2 Serial port Connects to a serial device (e.g., serial  mouse) 
						

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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 shocks.
3 Personal identification slot Insert a business card or similar-sized identification card to 
personalize your computer.
4 AcerMedia bay release latch Unlatches the AcerMedia drive for removal or swapping.
5 AcerMedia bay Houses an AcerMedia drive module.
6 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.
7 Battery release latch Unlatches the battery to remove the battery pack.
8 Hard disk bay Houses the computer’s hard disk (secured by a screw).
#IconPortConnects to... 
						

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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 
AcerMedia drive is active.
4 Battery Charge Lights when the battery is being charged.
5 Caps Lock Lights when Caps Lock is activated.
6Num Lock
(Fn-F11)Lights when Numeric Lock is activated. 
						

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 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 keyDescription
Caps Lock When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase.
Num Lock (Fn-F11) When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric mode. The keys 
function as a calculator (complete with the arithmetic operators ), -, *, and /). Use 
this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A better solution would 
be to connect an external keypad.
Scroll  Lock (Fn-F12) When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you press the 
up or down arrow keys respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some 
applications. 
						

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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 keys Hold Fn while typing letters on embedded 
keypad.Type the letters in a normal manner.
KeysDescription
Windows logo key
!!!!!
Start button. Combinations with this key perform shortcut functions. Below 
are a few examples:
 + Tab (Activates next taskbar button)
 + E (Explores My Computer)
 + F (Finds Document)
 + M (Minimizes All)
Shift + 
 + M (Undoes Minimize All)
  + R (Displays the Run... dialog box)
Application key Opens a context menu (same as a right-click). 
						

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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 management scheme 
used by the computer (function available if supported 
by operating system). 
Fn-F4 Sleep Puts the computer in Sleep mode.
Fn-F5 Display toggle Switches display output between the display screen, 
external monitor (if connected) and both the display 
screen and external monitor.
Fn-F6 Screen blank Turns the display screen backlight off to save power. 
Press any key to return.
Fn-F7 Touchpad Toggle Turns the internal touchpad on and off.
Fn-F8 Speaker on/off Turns the speakers on and off; mutes the sound.
Fn-
↑Contrast up Increases the screen contrast (available only for 
models with HPA displays).
Fn-
↓Contrast down Decreases the screen contrast (available only for 
models with HPA displays).
Fn-
→Brightness up Increases the screen brightness.
Fn-
←Brightness down Decreases the screen brightness. 
						

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 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.