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 on the language tab and click on Details.
4.Verify that the keyboard layout used for “En English (United States)” is set to United States-International.
If not, select and click on ADD, then select United States-International and click on OK.
5.Click on OK.
To type the Euro symbol:
1.Locate the Euro symbol on your keyboard.
2.Open a text editor or word processor.
3.Hold 
aGr and press the Euro symbol. 
						

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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 Internet browser application
3 P1 User-programmable
4 P2 User-programmable
5 Bluetooth Starts (optional) Bluetooth functionality and 
indicates that (optional) Bluetooth is enabled.
6 Wireless Enables your 802.11b or 802.11b/g Wireless 
LAN 
						

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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
Intel
® Celeron® Precott 2.53 to 3.2GHz, 533MHz FSB
CPU package  uFCBGA
CPU core voltage High speed: 1.35V
Low speed: 1.2V
CPU I/O voltage High speed: 1.35V or 1.55V
Low speed: 1.2V
Processor (for TravelMate 2600)
ItemSpecification
CPU type
Intel
® Pentium® 4 processor at 2.60GHz, 400Mhz FSB
Intel
® Pentium® 4 Northwood processor at 2.80 to 3.06GHz; 533 MHz FSB
Intel
® Pentium® 4 Northwood processor at 3.0 to 3.4GHz; 800 MHz FSB
Intel
® Pentium® 4 Prescott processor at 3 to 3.8GHz; 800 MHz FSB
Mobile Pentium
® 4 3.06 to 3.20GHz, 533 Mhz FSB
CPU package  uFCBGA
CPU core voltage 1.35V
CPU I/O voltage High speed: 1.35V or 1.55V
Low speed: 1.2V
BIOS
ItemSpecification
BIOS vendor Phoenix BIOS
BIOS Version
BIOS ROM type Flash ROM
BIOS ROM size 512K
BIOS package 32 Pin PLCC 
						

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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® Prescott CPU; 1MB for Intel® Prescott CPU
1st level cache control Always Enabled
2nd level cache control Always Enabled
Cache scheme control Fixed-in write back
System Memory
ItemSpecification
Memory controller ATI RC300M
Onboard memory size 0MB 
DIMM socket number 2 Sockets
Supports memory size per socket 128MB
Supports maximum memory size 2048MB
Supports DIMM type DDR-DRAM
Supports DIMM Speed 333 MHz
Supports DIMM voltage 2.5 V
Supports DIMM package 200-pin so-DIMM
Memory module combinations You can install memory modules in any combinations as long as they 
match the above specifications.
Memory Combinations
Slot 1Slot 2To ta l  M e m o r y
0MB 128MB 128 MB
128MB 0MB 128 MB
128MB 128MB 256 MB
256MB 0MB 256MB
0MB 256MB 256MB
256MB 128MB 384MB
128MB 256MB 384MB
256MB 256MB 512MB
0MB 512MB 512MB
512MB 128MB 640MB
256MB 512MB 768MB
128MB 512MB 640MB
512MB 256MB 768MB
256MB 128MB 384MB
BIOS
ItemSpecification 
						

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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 rate (bps) 14.4K
Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K
Supports modem protocol V.90/V.92MDC
Modem connector type RJ11
Modem connector location Rear side
Floppy Disk Drive Interface
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name Mitsumi D353G 4515
MCI JU-226A033FC
Floppy Disk Specifications
Media recognition 2DD (720KB) 2HD (1.2 MB, 3 mode) 2HD (1.44MB)
Sectors/track 9 15 18
Tracks 80 80 80
Data transfer rate 
(Kbit/s)1 MB 1.6 MB 2 MB
Rotational speed (RPM) 300 360 300
Read/write heads 2
Encoding method MFM
Power Requirement
Input Voltage (V) +5V
Memory Combinations
Slot 1Slot 2To ta l  M e m o r y 
						

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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 show/2 2/Not show/2/2 3/4
Disks 1/Not show/1 1/Not show/1/1 2
Spindle speed (RPM) 4200RPM 4200RPM 4200RPM
Performance Specifications
Buffer size  2MB 2MB/8MB for Toshiba 2MB/8MB for HGST
Interface ATA-5 for other vendors /ATA-
6 for HGST and ToshibaATA-5 for other vendors /ATA-
6 for HGSTATA-5 for other vendors /ATA-
6 for HGST
Data transfer rate 
(disk-buffer, Mbytes/
s)350 350 350
Data transfer, rate 
(host~buffer, Mbytes/
s)100 MB/Sec 100 MB/Sec 100MB/Sec
DC Power Requirements
Voltage tolerance 5 +/- 5% 5 +/- 5%
CD-ROM Interface
ItemsSpecification
Vendor & Model Name QSI SCR242
Mitsumi SR244W1
Performance Specification
Brust Data Transfer rate  PIO mode 4:
           16.7 MB/sec Max. (Mode 0~4)
Multi-word DMA mode 2:
           16.7 MB/sec Max. (Mode 0~2)
Ultra DMA mode 2:
           33.3MB/sec Max.
Access time (typ.) QSI-
Random: 90 ms
Full Stroke: 180 ms
Mitsumi-
Random: 100 ms
Full Stroke: 240 ms 
						

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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 EXTRA), Enhanced 
CD, CD-RW, CD-R, CD-TEXT
Loading mechanism Drawer with soft eject and emergency eject hole
Power Requirement
Input Voltage +5V[DC]+/-5%
DVD-ROM Interface
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name MKE SR-8177
Performance Specification With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette
Transfer rate (KB/sec) Average Sustained:
CAV mode 
775~1800 blocks/sec 
(10.3X to 24X)
1550~3600kBytes/sec (Mode 1)  
1768~4106 kBytes/sec (Mode 2)DVD-5:
Normal Speed (1X) 11.08 Mbits/sec
CAV mode 36.67~88.64 Mbits/sec
DVD-9/DVD-R:
Normal Speed (1X) 11.08 Mbits/sec
CAV mode 36.67~88.64 Mbits/sec
CD-ROM Interface
ItemsSpecification 
						

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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 (4.7G)
Random
   180 msec typical
   300 msec average max
Full Stroke
   320 msec typical
   700 msec average max
Data Buffer Capacity 512 kBytes
Interface IDE
Applicable disc format DVD: DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-R (3.95G), DVD-RAM (2.6G), DVD-
RAM (4.7G)
CD: CD-Audio, CD-ROM (mode 1 and mode 2), CD-ROM XA (mode 2, form 
1 and form 2), CD-I (mode 2, form 1 and form 2), CD-I Ready, CD-I Bridge, 
CD-WO, CD-RW, Photo CD, Video CD, Enhanced Music CD, CD-TEXT
Loading mechanism Soft eject (with emergency eject hole)
Power Requirement
Input Voltage +5V[DC]+/-5%
Combo Drive Interface
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name KME UJDA750
Performance Specification
DVD-ROM Interface
ItemSpecification 
						

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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. (1/3 stroke)
CD-ROM 130 ms typ. (1/3 stroke)
Start up time less than 15s
Stop time less than 6s
Acoustic noise less than 50 dBA
Interface Enhanced IDE (ATAPI) compatible
Master/Slave Set by Cable Select (By host)
PC compatible PC2001 compatible
Applicable disc format CD: 
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-R, CD-RW, PhotoCD (multiSession), 
Video CD, CD-Extra(CD+), CD-text
DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW (Ver.1.1), DVD-VIDEO, DVD-RAM 
(2.6GB, 4.7GB)
Slope 15 degree (Any direction)
Dimensions, Weight 128X129X12.7mm (WXDXH)
                         (except protrusion)
200g+- 10g
Eject Soft Eject (with emergency eject hole)
DVD Dual Interface
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name Liteon DVD-Dual SDW-431S
Disc type for read/write application
Applicable Formats CD-DA, CD-TEXT, CD ROM Mode-1, CD-ROM/XA Mode-2 Form-1 and 
Form-2, CD-I Ready, Video-CD (MPEG-1), Karaoke-CD, Photo-CD, 
Enhance CD, CD extra, I-Trax CD and UDF DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-
Audio,
DVD-R single/multi border(s)
DVD+R single/multi session(s)
DVD-RW
DVD+RW
Applicable Media Type CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW
DVD-ROM (4.7G/8.54G) single layer on single/double side (read only), 
DVD-ROM dual layer (PTP/OTP) on single/double side (read only)
DVD-R (3.9G, 4.7G for General and Authoring), 
DVD-RW, DVD+RW (4.7G)
DVD+R 
Combo Drive Interface
ItemSpecification