Acer Travelmate 380 Service Guide

Acer TravelMate 380 Series
Service Guide
  Project Code: T58 
                                                                                                                                     PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available
on the ACER/CSD web; for more information, 
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw 

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate 380 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2004 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.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNINGAlerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTIONGives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANTReminds 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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Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® Pentium® M 715 ~ 755 or higher
TIntel® 855GM chipset
TMemory upgradeable up to 2 GB with 2 slots
THigh-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
TLi-ion main battery pack
TPower management system with ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface)
Display
T12.1” Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) displaying 32-bit high colour up to 
1024*768 eXtended Graphics...

2Chapter 1
System Block Diagram
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CC
DD
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4
3
3
2
2
1
1
CPU DC/DCDCBATOUT
3D3V_S5
INPUTS
INPUTS
2D5V_S3
1D2V_S0
MAX1999/MAX1909
CPU_CORE_S0
INPUTS
Skylark II - SC
OUTPUTS
AD+
ISL6218
OUTPUTS5V_S5
DCBATOUT
PAGE:34,36,37VCC_CORE_S0
Switching Power
MAX1845DCBATOUT
OUTPUTSBT+
Switching PowerOTHER DC/DC
HUB I/FDothan
Mobile CPUHOST BUS
SO-DIMM*2
10,11,12
7,8,9
ICH4-M
LPC BUSPCI BUS
Montara-GM
 (855GM)
CLK GEN.
ICS
MiniPCI
802.11a/b
CRT
CONN
LVDS RGB
LCD
400MHz
66MHz
Line Out
OP AMP
MIC IN
DEBUG KBC
33...

Chapter 13
Board Layout
Top View
NOTE: The board layout is not ready as the service guide released. The board views (bot top and bottom) in 
this chapter are for TravelMate 370. We will update the service guide as soon as we get the main board 
layout.
1 External Display Port 14 3-in1 Card Reader Slot
2 Modem Cable Connector 15 Infrared Port
3 Speaker Connector 16 Microphone Connector
4 LCD FPC Connectors 17 PCMCIA Slot
5 Touchpad Board Connectors 18 Mini-PCI Slot
6 Keyboard Connector 19...

4Chapter 1
Bottom View
13 HDD Connector 26 RJ11 Modem Connector
1 South Bridge 3 DIMM Slot
2 DIMM Slot 4 USB port
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