Acer Travelmate 250 Service Guide

							Appendix C142
This section describes online technical support services available to help you repair your Acer Systems.
If you are a distributor, dealer, ASP or TPM, please refer your technical queries to your local Acer branch 
office. Acer Branch Offices and Regional Business Units may access our website. However some information 
sources will require a user i.d. and password. These can be obtained directly from Acer CSD Taiwan.
Acers Website offers you convenient and valuable support resources whenever you need them.
In the Technical Information section you can download information on all of Acers Notebook, Desktop and 
Server models including:
TService guides
TUsers manuals
TTraining materials
TMain manuals
TBios updates
TSoftware utilities
TSpare parts lists
TChips
TTABs (Technical Announcement Bulletin)
For these purposes, we have included an Acrobat File to facilitate the problem-free downloading of our 
technical material.
 Also contained on this website are: 
TDetailed information on Acers International Traveller’s Warranty (ITW) 
TReturned material authorization procedures 
TAn overview of all the support services we offer, accompanied by a list of telephone, fax and email 
contacts for all your technical queries.
We are always looking for ways to optimize and improve our services, so if you have any suggestions or 
comments, please do not hesitate to communicate these to us.
Online Support Information
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							Index144
A
AC Adapter 28
AFLASH Utility 46
Audio 19
B
Battery 26
battery pack
charging indicator 12
BIOS 19
package 19
ROM size 19
ROM type 19
vendor 19
Ve r s i o n  1 9
BIOS Setup Utility 34
BIOS Supports protocol 19
BIOS Utility 34
Basic System Settings 39
Navigating 35
Onboard Device Configuration 41
Startup Configuration 40
System Information 35
System Security 45
Board Layout 4
Bottom View 5, 110
Top View 4, 109
brightness
hotkeys 16
C
Cache
controller 19
size 20
caps lock
on indicator 12
CardBus 26
CD-ROM Interface 22
Chipsets 19
computer
on indicator 12, 13
contrast
hotkeys 16
Controllers 19Core logic 19
CPU
core voltage 19
I/O voltage 19
package 19
type 19
D
DC-AC LCD Inverter 27
DC-DC/Charger 26
DIMM 20
Combinations 20
package 20
Speed 20
voltage 20
Disassembly
Machine 48, 74
Disassembly Flowchart 50
Display 1
display
hotkeys 16
Display Standby Mode 29
DMA Channel Assignment 33
DVD-ROM Interface 22
E
Environmental Requirements 29
Error Symptom-to-Spare Part Index 99
External CD-ROM Drive Check 95
F
Features 1
Flash Utility 46
Floppy Disk Drive Interface 21
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 112
H
Hard disk 19, 21
Hard Disk Drive Module
Disassembly 55
Hard Disk Standby Mode 29
Hardware Specifications and Configurations 19
HDD 19, 21
Hibernation Mode 29
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Hibernation mode
hotkey 16
Hot Keys 16
I
I/O Address Map 30
Indicators 12
Intermittent Problems 106
IRQ Assignment Map 32
J
Jumper and Connector Locations 108
SW1 Settings 110
K
Keyboard 19, 26
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check 95
L
L2 cache 19
LCD 27
M
Machine Disassembly 48, 74
Mechanical Specification 29
media access
on indicator 12
Memory
Address Map 30
Memory Address Map 30
Memory Check 96
Modem 21
N
Notebook Manager
hotkey 16
num lock
on indicator 12
O
Online Support Information 142
P
Panel 5, 110
Bottom 11
right 9
Parallel Port 25
PC Card 12, 26PCMCIA 26
Power Management 29
Power System Check 96
Battery Pack 98
Power Adapter 97
Processor 19
R
Removing the Battery Pack 52
RTC 19
S
Second Level Cache 19
speakers
hotkey 16
Standby Mode 29
Super I/O 19
System
Layout 4
System Check Procedures 95
System Diagnostic Diskette 46
System Memory 20
System Utilities 34
System Utility Diskette 46
T
Temperature 29
Test Compatible Components 128
Touchpad 19
touchpad
hotkey 16
Touchpad Check 98
Troubleshooting 94
U
Undetermined Problems 107
USB 26
utility
BIOS 34
V
Video 25
Resolutions 25
Video controller 19
W
Windows XP Environment Test 129, 
Windows 2000 Environment Test 133,  
						

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Windows 98 Environment Test 137