Acer Travelmate 4210 Service Guide

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AC Adapter
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name ROHS DELTA -90W ADP-90SB BBAHF BLACK 1.7X5.5X12.5
LITEON -90W PA-1900-04 QB BLUE 1.7X5.5X11 LF
LSE-90W SLS0202C19A157 LF BLUE 1.7X5.5X11 LF
Input Requirements
Maximum input current (A, 
@100Vac, full load)1.5A @100Vac input and maximum load
Nominal(Rated) frequency 
(Hz)50 or 60 and single phase
Frequency variation range 
(Hz)47 - 63
Nominal voltages (Vrms) 90 - 265
Efficiency  High efficiency 85% minimum, at 100~240Vac AC input, full load,...

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Capacity (MB) 80000 100000 120000
Bytes per 
sector1024/512 512 512
Data heads 3/4 4 4
Drive Format
Disks222
Spindle speed 
(RPM)5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM
Performance Specifications
Buffer size  8192KB 8192KB 8192KB
Interface Serial ATA Serial ATA
APA7&SATA1.0&SAT
AII(for Toshiba)Serial ATA
Max. media 
transfer rate 
(disk-buffer, 
Mbytes/s)57.6/61.6 57.6/57.6/61.6 57.6
Data transfer 
rate 
(host~buffer, 
Mbytes/s)150 MB/Sec.
SATA 1.0150 MB/Sec. 150 MB/Sec.
DC Power Requirements
Voltage...

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Applicable disc format DVD(Read): DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, 
DVD-Audio, DVD-R, DVD-R 3.95GB, 
DVD-R Multi-Border, DVD-RW, 
DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+R Multi-
Session, DVD+RW
CD(Read): CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode-1, 
CD-ROM/XA Mode-2 Form-1 and 
Mode-2 Form-2, CD-i, CD-i Bridge, 
Video-CD(MPEG-1), Karaoke CD, 
Photo-CD, Enhanced CD, CD Plus, 
CD Extra, itrax CD, CD-Text, CD-R, 
and CD-RW
DVD(Write): DVD Data&Video
CD(Write): CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode-1, 
CD-ROM/XA Mode-2 Form-1 and 
Mode-2 Form-2, CD-i, Video-CD, CD-
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Power Management 
ACPI ModePower Management
Mech. Off (G3) All devices in the system are turned off completely.
Soft Off (G2/S5) OS initiated shutdown. All devices in the system are turned 
off completely.
Working (G0/S0) Individual devices such as the CPU and hard disk may be 
power managed in this state.
Sleeping State (S3) CPU Power Down
VGA Power Down
PCMCIA Suspend
Audio Power Down
Hard Disk Power Down
Super I/O Power Down
Sleeping State (S4) Also called Hibernate state. System saves all...

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BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/
Output System).
Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, 
if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup.  Please also refer to Chapter 4
 Troubleshooting when problem arises.
To activate the BIOS Utility, press 
m during POST (when “Press  to enter Setup” message is prompted
 on the...

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Information 
ParameterDescription
CPU Type This item will show the CPU information of the system.
CPU Speed This item will show the CPU clock speed.
HDD Model Name This item will show the Model name of HDD installed on Primary IDE 
master. The hard disk model name is automatically detected by the 
system. If there is no hard disk present or unknown type, “None” 
should be shown on this field
HDD Serial Number This item will show the Serial number of HDD installed on Primary IDE 
master. If no...

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Product Name This field will show product name.
Manufacturer Name This field will show manufacturer name.
UUID This will be visible only when there is an internal LAN device present. 
ParameterDescription 

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Main
This menu provides you the information of the system.
ParameterDescription
System Time / System 
Date The hours are displayed with 24 hours format. The values set in these two fields 
take effect immediately.
System Memory This field reports the memory size of system base memory.  The size is fixed to 
640KB. 
Extended Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. 
Extended Memory size = Total memory size - 1 MB 
Video Memory VGA Memory size = 128MB...

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F12 Boot Menu When this is selected, users can modify device boot priority by pressing F12 key 
during POST. When this is not selected, device boot priority will not be 
adjustable during POST.
D2D Recovery Allow user to enable/disable the Disk-to-Disk recovery
ParameterDescription 

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Advanced
The Advanced screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides advanced
 settings of the system.
The table below describes the parameters in the screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
 parameter settings.
DescriptionOption
Infrared Port  Configure serial port B using options:
[Disabled]: No configuration
[Enabled]: User configuration
[Auto]: BIOS or OS chooses configuration
(OS Controlled) Displayedd when controlled 
by OSDisabled...