Acer Travelmate 230 Service Guide

TravelMate 230/ 280
Service Guide
  PART NO.:  49.46W01.001
                                                                                                                                       PRINTED IN TAIWAN 

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on HP Lapin service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
01/20/2003 Cover page Correct typo on page II
Dual high quality stereo speakers on page 2
Modify item 3 media activity on page 12
Supports memory size per socket: 512MB on page 19
USB Compliancy Level: USB 2.0 on page 25
Chapter 2 Modify Flash BIOS procedures
Delete Removing HDD password procedures
Chapter 3 Mark the size of the flat-bladed screwdriver and hexed 
screwdriver
Correct...

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Copyright
Copyright © 2003 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 messages Denotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANT Reminds 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...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Introduction  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Appendix C  Online Support Information  151
Index  153 

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
T Intel® Mobile Celeron Pentium® 4 series processors from 1.6G up tp 2.0G with 512KB cache 
(TravelMate 230)
TIntel® Mobile Northwood Pentium® 4 series processors from 1.6G up tp 2.4G with 512KB cache 
(TravelMate 280)
T64-bit memory bus
TTwo 200-pin DDR-DRAM with each supporting 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB, upgradable to the total 
maximum of 1024MB with SODIMM modules, supporting...

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Expansion

One CardBus PC Card (formerly PCMCIA) Type III slot.

Upgrageable memory and hard disk
I/O Ports

One VGA port, I2 C compatible (Optional)

One DC-in port (AC adapter)

Dual high quality stereo speakers

One line-in

One line-out

One CardBus type III slot (3.3V, 5V, 12V support)

Four USB ports (2 ports optional)

Two IEEE 1394 ports (optional)

One ECP parallel port

One RJ-11 port

One RJ-45 jack
Display

14.1” and 15”  TFT LCD displaying 32-bit true-color at 1024x768 XGA...