Acer Travelmate 340 Service Guide

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1 DIMM Socket 2 5 BIOS Flash ROM
2 Super I/O Controller NS PC97338 6 South Bridge ALI M1533
3 PCI Audio Controller ESS ES1946 7 Keyboard Controller M38867
4 PCI CardBus Controller  OZ6812
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2 3
4
5
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Panel
Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.  
Left Panel
Rear Panel
#PortConnects to...
1 EasyLink™ Combo Drive connector EasyLink™ Combo Drive.
#IconPortConnects to...
1 Power jack AC adapter and power outlet
2 USB jack Universal Serial Bus device (e.g., USB mouse, USB 
camera)
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Universal Serial Bus
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) port is a high-speed serial bus which allows you to connect and daisy-chain 
USB peripherals without taking up precious system resources.
Fax/data modem
Some models have a built-in V.90 56Kbps PCI fax/data modem.
WARNING:
This modem port is not compatible with digital phone lines.  Plugging this modem into a digital 
phone line will damage the modem.
To use the fax/data modem port, connect a phone cable from the modem port to a telephone...

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To use the network feature, connect an Ethernet cable from the network jack on the rear of the computer to a 
network jack or hub on your network.  Then configure network settings for your computer.
NOTE: Contact your network or system administrator for information on how to configure your computer to 
work in your network environment.
Fast infrared
The computer’s fast infrared (FIR) port allows you to do wireless data transfer with other IR-aware computers 
and peripherals such as infrared...

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PC Card slot
There is a type II/I CardBus PC Card slot found on the right panel of the computer.  This slot accepts a credit-
card-sized card that enhances the usability and expandability of the computer.
PC Cards (formerly PCMCIA) are add-on cards for portable computers, giving you expansion possibilities long 
afforded by desktop PCs.  Popular type II cards include flash memory, SRAM, fax/data modem, LAN and SCSI 
cards.  CardBus improves on the 16-bit PC card technology by expanding the...

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3.Press the slot eject button (1) to pop out the eject button (2); then press it again to eject the card (3).
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Indicators
The computer has six easy-to-read status icons on the right of the display screen.
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 Sleep mode.
3 Media Activity Lights when the floppy drive, hard disk or 
EasyLink™ Combo Drive is active.
4 Battery Charge Lights when the...

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Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and 
twelve function keys.
Hot Keys
The computer employs hot keys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen 
contrast and brightness, volume output and the BIOS Utility.
To activate hot keys, press and hold the Fn
 key before pressing the other key in the hot key combination.
Hot KeyIconFunctionDescription
Fn-F1 Hot Key Help Displays help on hot keys.
Fn-F2...

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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
, Settings
, Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click on Keyboard
.
3.
Click on...

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Hardware Configuration and Specification
System Board Major Chips
Item Controller
System core logic ALI M1621/M1533
Super I/O controller NS PC97338VJG
Audio controller KB 9525
Hard disk drive controller M5229
Keyboard controller M38867
RTC BQ3285LD
Processor
ItemSpecification
CPU type Intel Pentium III 450/500 MHz processor with 256KB L2 on-die Cache 
CPU package BGA package
CPU core voltage 1.60V
CPU I/O voltage 1.50V
BIOS
ItemSpecification
BIOS vendor Acer 
BIOS Version V 3.0
BIOS ROM type...