Acer Travelmate 260 Service Guide

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Chapter 1
Human-centric Design and Ergonomics
!All-in-one design (CD-ROM, floppy disk drive, hard disk drive) 
!Sleek, smooth and stylish design
!Full-sized keyboard
!Ergonomically centred touchpad pointing device
Expansion
!One Type III or one Type II CardBus PC card (formerly PCMCIA) slot with ZV (zoomed video) 
support
!Upgrageable memory and hard disk
Display
!13.3” or 14.1” TFT LCD displaying 32-bit true-color at 1024x768 XGA resolution
!3D capabilities
!Supports other output display devices such...

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System Block Diagram
PCI BUS PCI BUS
AC-LINK AC-LINKHUB I/F    66MHz HUB I/F    66MHz
HOST BUS    133MHz HOST BUS    133MHz
MAX3243MAX3243 MAX3243
RS232
RS232 RS232
Mobi le CPUTaulatin 1G
Celeron 933, 866
Mobi le CPU Mobi le CPUTaulatin 1G Taulatin 1G
Celeron 933, 866 Celeron 933, 866
Almador MGMCH-MG830MG
Almador M Almador MGMCH-MG GMCH-MG830MG 830MG
ICH3-MICH3-M ICH3-M
CRT
 CONNCRT CRT
 CONN  CONN
LCD LCD
VCH
VCH VCH
CARDBUS
0Z6912CARDBUS CARDBUS0Z6912 0Z6912
LANRTL8100-LLAN LANRTL8100-L...

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Board Layout
To p  V i e w
1 CPU (on board) 12 PS/2 Port 
2 Fan Connector 13 DC-in Port 
3 Inverter connector  14 CD-ROM Connector
4 RJ45+RJ11 15 RTC battery connecto
5 External Display Port 16 Switch
6 USB Port 0 17 Internal Keyboard Cable Connector
7 USB Port 1 18 HDD Connector 
8 LCD Connecto 19 Golden Finger
9 Hot Key Connector 20 TouchPad Cable Connector
10 Parallel Port 21 FDD Connector
11 Serial Port 22 Cardbus Connector
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Bottom View
1 Modem Connector 6 DIMM 1 Socket
2 North Bridge(82830MG) 7 Modem Card Cable Connector
3 Power Switch 8 Battery Connecto
4 Audio Board Connector 9 South Bridge (ICH3-M)
5 DIMM 2 Socket
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Panel
Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.  
Front Panel
#ItemDescription
1 Display screen Also called LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), displays computer 
output.
2 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a 
computer mouse.
3 Floppy activity indicator LED (light-emitting diodes) that turn on and off when the 
floppy is active.
4 Floppy drive Internal diskette drive, accepts 3.5-inch floppy diskettes
5 Floppy disk...

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Left Panel
#IconItem/ PortConnects to...
1 Security keylock Kensington-compatible key-based computer 
security lock.
2 PCMCIA (PC card) Port Connects to one Type II or one Type III 16-bit PC 
card or 32-bit CardBus PC Card.
3 Eject button Eject PC cards from the card slots.
4 Power switch Turns on the computer power.
5 Speaker/ headphone-out jack Connects to audio line-out devices (e.g., 
speakers, headphones)
6 Line-in jack Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g., audio CD 
player, stereo...

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Right Panel 
Rear Panel
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#IconItem/ PortConnects to...
1 Video capture kit slot Accepts the video capture kit option on the 
right side of the computer.
2 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.
3 AcerMedia drive Houses removable media drive modules.
4 LED indicator Lights up when the AcerMedia drive is active.
5 Eject button Ejects the compact disc from the drive.
6 Emergency eject slot Ejects the compact discs when the computer 
is turned off.
7 Power Jack Connects to an AC adapter...

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Bottom Panel
5 External display port Connects to a display device (e.g., external 
monitor, LCD projector) and displays up to 
64K colors at 1280x1024 resolution
6 Modem jack Connects to the phone line 
7 Network jack Connects to an Ethernet 10/100-based 
network
#ItemDescription
1 Memory compartment Houses the computer’s main memory.
2 Hard disk anti-shock protection Protects your hard disk against shocks.
3 Personal identification slot Insert a business card or similar-sized identification...

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Indicators
The computer has six easy-to-read status icons on the right of the display screen.
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The Power and Standby status icons are visible even when you close the display cover so you can see the 
status of the computer while the cover is closed.
#IconFunctionDescription
1 Power Lights when the computer is on.
2 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Standby 
mode and blinks when it enters into or 
resumes from hibernation mode.
3 Media Activity Lights when the floppy drive, hard disk or...

Chapter 111
 Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and 
twelve function keys.
Special keys
Lock keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Embedded numeric keypad
The embedded numeric keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad. It is indicated by small characters 
located on the upper right corner of the keycaps. To simplify the keyboard legend, cursor-control key symbols 
are not printed on the keys.
Lock...