Acer Travelmate 260 Service Guide

TravelMate 220/260
Service Guide
  PART NO.:  49.49S01.021
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Travelmate 220/260 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
01/03/2002 Chapter 1 Revised CPU Type from Celeron 933 to celeron 1.06 GHz  with 256KB cache 
Revised Super I/O Controller to Mitsubishi 38859F 
Revised CPU package to PIII 1 GHz uFCBGA2 
and to Celeron 1.06 GHz UFPGA2 
Revised BIOS version to AOEO
Delete IBM(IC25N030ATD) Specifications for HDD  
Interface 
Changed TEAC to Mitsubishi and its specifications in CD- 
ROM...

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Copyright
Copyright © 2001 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.
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 Acers 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...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Introduction  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Removing the Video Capture Kit Covers   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Removing the 14.1” TFT LCD Bezel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Removing the 13.3” TFT LCD Bezel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Removing the Speakers (14.1” TFT LCD)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Speakers (13.3” TFT LCD)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the...

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Table of Contents
Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration  110
Appendix B Test Compatible Components  112
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Environment Test   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Appendix C Online Support Information  114
Index  116 

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
!Intel® Mobile Pentium®  III with 512KB cache or Celeron® CPU 1.06 GHz processor with 256KB 
cache
!64-bit memory bus
!  Acer Media  ba y (r em ova b le  CD-R OM , DVD-R OM,  CD-R W  or DVD/CD -R/RW  driv e)
!Built-in floppy drive
!High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
!Power management system with ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface)
Multimedia
!16-bit high-fidelity AC’97...