Acer Travelmate 2100 Service Guide

Acer TravelMate 2100/2600 Series
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate 2100/2600 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
2004/08/20 Chapter 3 Replace someof the disassembling images
2004/09/30 Chapter 2 Correct BIOS parameter description on page 38
2004/10/18 Chapter 6 Correct part number on page 103 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2004 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 Acer 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 be...

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® Pentium® 4 processors, 2.8GHz and above (for TravelMate 2600)
TIntel® Celeron® processors, 2.6GHz and above (for TravelMate 2100)
TIntel® Hyper-ThreadingTM technology
T256/512 MB of DDR333 SDRAM standard, upgradeable to 2048MB with dual soDIMM modules
T30 GB and above high-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disc drive
TAdvanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) power management...

2Chapter 1
Expansion
TOne Type III or two Type II CardBus PC Card slots
TUpgrageable memory modules
Keyboard and pointing device
T84/85/88-key Windows device
TErgonomically-centered touchpad pointing device with scroll function
I/O Ports
TOne Type III or two Type II PC Card slot
TOne RJ-11 phone jack (V.92, 56K)
TOne RJ-45 network jack (Ethernet 10/100 Base-T)
TOne DC-in jack (AC Adapter)
TOne parallel port (ECP/EPP compliant)
TOne external monitor port
TOne line-out jack (3.5mm mini jack)
TOne line-out...

Chapter 13
System Block Diagram
AA
BB
CC
DD
EE
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
DDR*2
ATI
IXP150
LPC BUS 33MHz PCI BUS
33MHz
ATI
RC300M
CLK GEN.ICS951402AGT
FSB
400/533/800MHz
ALIK I/F
66MHz
KBCM38857
PC87392
NS SIO
DEBUG
CONN.LPC
3
4, 5
6,7,8,9,10 11,12
16,17,18,19
32 32 33 34
HDD
21
PIDE
MDC CardG1421 OP AMP
31
22
MODEM/BT
USB
X 4
YUHINA3A Block Diagram
22
INT.SPKRMini-PCI
25
802.11A/B/G
Intel CPU/NorthwoodCD ROM
21
SIDE
266/333/400MHz
31
31
Line OutINVERTER
14
L1:
L6: L4:
L5: L2:
L3:VCC/GND
Signal 3 Signal 1
Signal 2...

4Chapter 1
Board Layout
Top View
1 Line-in Port 15 CPU Socket
2 Line-out Port 16 North Bridge
3 RJ45+RJ11 17 Fan Connector
4 LCD  Inverter Cable Connector 18 Second Fan Connector
5 USB Port 19 Touchpad Cable Connector
6 USB Port 20 HDD Connector
7 USB Port 21 Keyboard Connector
8 USB Port 22 Speaker Cable Connector
9 VGA Port 23 Optical Drive Connector
10 S-Video Port 24 South Bridge
11 LCD Coaxial Cable Connector 25 RTC Battery Connector
12 Parallel Port 26 Launch Board Cable Connector
13 DC-in Port 27...

Chapter 15
Bottom View
1 Wireless LAN Card Connector 5 FIR Port
2 Modem Board Connector 6 DIMM Socket 1
3 Modem Cable Connector 7 DIMM Socket 2
4 IEEE 1394 Port 8