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 representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the 
contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular 
purpose.  Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is.  Should the 
programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not  Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its 
dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential 
damages resulting from any defect in the software.  
Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation.
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Pentium M and Centrino are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 
						

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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 be covered 
in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible 
personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.
2.Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information 
available on your regional web or channel. If,  for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will 
not be noted in the printed Service Guide.  For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer 
office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service 
Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and 
service of customer machines. 
						

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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 Array (XGA) resolution
T3D graphics engine
TSimultaneous LCD and CRT display support
TDual independent display support
TSupports simultaneous display between LCD and CRT display
Multimedia
T16-bit high-fidelity AC’97 stereo audio
TBuilt-in speaker
Connectivity
THigh-speed fax/data modem port
TEthernet/Fast Ethernet port
TFast infrared wireless communication
TTwo USB 2.0 ports
TIEEE 1394 port
TInviLinkTM 802.11 b/g wireless LAN and Wi-Fi®
TBluetooth® wireless communication
T100-pin Acer EasyPort or I/O port replicator connector
Expansion
TOne type II CardBus PC Card slot
TUpgradeable memory
System Specifications
Chapter 1 
						

							2Chapter 1
System Block Diagram
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BB
CC
DD
EE
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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
M38857M8
FWH49LF004A
CONN.LPC
32
33 33
INT KB TOUCH
PAD
29
 RTL8100CLLAN
5,6 3
32
FIR
PCB LAYER
30
L1:COMPONENT
L7:GND L2:GND
L6:SIGNAL3 L5:SIGNAL2 L4:VCC L3:SIGNAL1
L8:COMPONENT
22
15,16,17
PCI7420Cardbus+1394Power Switchs
  TSP2220PCMCA 
SLOT*1
1394
CONN*1
USB*2
MDC
AC-LINK
TXFM
RJ45
RJ11 ITP
pull-H/L
DDR SDRAM
200/266 MHZ 950810CG
USB
NS SIO
PC87392
(NS)
HDDATA100
SPEAKER
IMVP IV(INTERSIL)
 ISL6218
19,20
18 25
26
28 4
13
14
23
23 38
24
21 21
2421
26
(MITSUBISHI) (SST)(LANCOM)
 LF-H80P (TI)
1D5V_S5
1D5V_S0
1D25V_S0 VCC_IO_S0
38
35,37
USB
(Bluetooth)
04. 21.~ 2004-SA
05. 23.~ 2004-SB
06. 29.~ 2004-SC
TFDU6102
(VISHAY)
Project  Code : 91.47I01.001
CPU Thermal
MAX6509
G768D(GMT)
Van Cntl
Temp
Sensor31 31
ALC655G1421B(GMT)(TI)
SEARIAL
PORTLINE IN PS2 CRTPRINTERLINE OUT RJ45MIC USB*2 AC INPort Replicator (100 PIN)
27
(REALTEK) (REALTEK)
AC'97
CODECDC/DC&CHARGER
5V_S3
3D3V_S3
5V_S0
3D3V_S0
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VCC_IO_S0
Skylark II
SC
Block Diagram
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							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 Microphone/Line-in Jack
7 Modem Board Connector 20 Headphone/Speaker/Line-out Jack
8 Battery Connector 21 IEEE 1394 Port
9 North Bridge 22 USB Port
10 Fan Connector 23 Cover Switch Connector
11 CPU 24 DC-In
12 RTC Battery Connector 25 RJ45 Ethernet Connector
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							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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