Acer Travelmate 4100 Service Guide

TravelMate 4600
TravelMate 4100
Aspire 1690
Service Guide
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               Service guide files and updates are available
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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 4600, TravelMate 4100 and Aspire 1690 
service guide.
Date ChapterUpdates
2005/01/27 CH1 Modify Right Side illustration on page 11
CH3 Modify ODD Disassemble procedures on page 66 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2005 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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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mainboard Placement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Block Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Aspire 1690 Open View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  75
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Memory Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
!Intel®  915PM/915GM PCI Express chipset
!Intel®  Pentium®  M processor 730/740/750/760/770 (2MB L2 cache, 1.6/1.73/1.86/2.0/2.13 GHz, 
533 MHz FSB)
!CPU Package is uFPGA 478 Package
!Integrated Intel®  PRO/Wireless 2200GB network connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi 
CERTIFIEDTM solution
Memory
!256MB or 512MB of DDR 333
!Upgradeable to 2GB Memory by Dual channels of SODIMM...

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Audio
!16-bit  AC’97 stereo audio
!Dual speakers and one internal microphone
!Separate audio ports for headphone--out, line-in, microphone-in and SPDIF devices
!Built-in two 1.5W speakers
!MS-Sound Compatible
!Line-out (SPDIF supported)
Storage
!40/60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disc drive
!4-in-1 card reader, supporting MultiMedia Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick® , and 
Memory Stick PROTM (for TM 4600/AS 1690 only)
!PC card 95 supported with one Type II
!PCI card bus
!no ZV support...

Chapter 13
Mainboard Placement 
Top View