Acer Travelmate 2100 Service Guide

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Fn-
¨zBrightness down Decreases the screen brightness.
Fn-
{Home
Functions as the g key.
Fn-
}End
Functions as the d key.
 
aGr-EuroEuro Types the Euro symbol.
Hot KeyIconFunctionDescription 

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The Euro symbol
If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or if you have a keyboard with a 
European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard.
NOTE: for US keyboard users: The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows.  For the Euro 
symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-international.
To verify the keyboard type:
1.Click on Start, Control Panel.
2.Double-click on Regional and Language Options.
3.Click...

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Launch Keys
Located at the top of the keyboard are six buttons. These buttons are called lauch keys. They are designated 
as mail button, Web browser button, P1, P2, Bluetooth and Wireless buttons. The Wireless and Bluetooth 
buttons cannot be set by the user. To set the other four launch keys, run the Acer Launch Manager.
 
CAUTION: It is important that Bluetooth and Wireless LAN are turned off before boarding an airplane.
#IconFunctionDescription
1 Mail Email application
2 Web browser...

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations
System Board Major Chips
Item Controller
System core logic ATI RC300M+ATI IXP150
Super I/O controller NS PC87392
Audio controller Realtek ALC655
Video controller ATI Radeon 9000
Hard disk drive controller Embedded in ATI IXP 150
Keyboard controller Mitsubish LPC keyboard controller M38857
CardBus Controller TI 1520
RTC ATI IXP 150
Processor (for TravelMate 2100)
ItemSpecification
CPU type
Intel
® Cerelon® processor at 2.40 to 2.80 GHz; 400 MHz FSB...

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Supported protocols ACPI 1.0b, SMBIOS 2.3, PCI 2.2, Boot Block, PXE 2.0, Mobile PC2001, 
Hard Disk Password, INT 13h Extensions, PCI Bus Power Management 
interface Specification, EI Torito-Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification 
V1.0, Simple Boot Flag 1.0
BIOS password control Set by switch, see SW5 settings on Chapter 5.
Second Level Cache
ItemSpecification
Cache controller Built-in CPU
Cache size
128KB for Cerelon
® CPU; 512KB for Intel® Northwood CPU, Mobile 
Pentium® 4 CPU and Cerelon®...

Chapter 121
Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to 
form other combinations.
512MB 512MB 1024MB
0MB 512MB 512MB
LAN Interface
ItemSpecification
Chipset RealTek 8100C
Supports LAN protocol 10/100Mbps
LAN connector type RJ45
LAN connector location Rear side
Modem Interface
ItemSpecification
Chipset International Agere LU97 chipset (Scorpio+CSP1037B)--chipset on 
modem board
Built-in ATI IXP150--controller on the main board
Fax modem data baud...

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Hard Disk Drive Interface
Item
Vendor & Model 
NameHGST Moraga 
IC25N030ATMR04
Fujitsu V-40 MHT2030AT
Seagate N1 ST93015AHGST Moraga 
IC25N040ATMR04-
TOSHIBA Pluto 40G 
MK4025GAS
Fujitsu V40+ MHT2040AT
Seagate N1 ST94019AHGST Moraga 
IC25N060ATMR04-0
HGST Fresno DK23FA-60
TOSHIBA Neptune 
MK6021GAS 
Capacity (MB) 30000 40000 60000
Bytes per sector 512 512 512
Logical heads 16 16 16
Logical sectors 63 63 63
Drive Format
Logical cylinders 16383 16383 16383
Physical read/write 
heads2/Not...

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Rotation speed 5100 rpm for QSI
5400 rpm for Mitsumi 24X CAV mode
Data Buffer Capacity 128 KB (built-in)
Interface Compliant to ATA/ATAPI-6
Applicable disc format QSI:
CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode-1, CD-ROM/XA Mode-2, Form-1 and Mode-2 Form-2, CD-i 
Ready, Video-CD (MPEG-1), Karaoke CD, Photo-CD, Enhanced CD, CD Plus, CD 
Extra, i-trax CD, CD-Text, CD-R and CD-RW
Mitsumi:
CD-DA, CD-ROM (Mode 1 and Mode2) CD-ROM XA (Mode 2 Form 1 and Form2), 
CD-I (Mode2 Form 1 and Form 2), CD-I Bridge (Photo CD, CD...

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Average Full Access time (typ.) Random
CAV mode 110 msec typical 150 
msec average max
Full Stroke
CAV mode 200 msec typical 260 
msec average maxDVD-5:
Random
  120 msec typical
  160 msec average max
Full Stroke
  270 msec typical
  350 msec average max
DVD-9:
Random
  150 msec typical
  200 msec average max
Full Stroke
  340 msec typical
  450 msec average max
DVD-RAM (2.6G)
Random
   200 msec typical
   300 msec average max
Full Stroke
   300 msec typical
   600 msec average max
DVD-RAM...

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Transfer rate (KB/sec) Read Sustained:
           DVD-ROM  MAX 8X CAV (MAX 10800 KB/sec)
           CD-ROM    MAX 24X CAV (MAX 3600 KB/sec)
Write:
           CD-R          4X, 8X (CLV), Max 16X, MAX 24X (ZCLV)
           CD-RW       4X (CLV)
           HS-RW       4X,8X, 10X (CLV)
ATAPI Interface:
           PIO mode  16.6 MB/sec :PIO Mode 4
           DMA mode 16.6 MB/sec:Multi word mode 2
           Ultra DMA mode 33.3MB/sec: Ultra DMA mode 2
Buffer rate 2MB
Access time DVD-ROM 180 ms typ....