Acer TravelMate 4220 2480 Aspire 5600 User Manual

      TravelMate4220/2480 & Aspire5600
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate4220/2480 & Aspire5600 service 
guide.
Date Chapter Updates 

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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, magne tic, 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.
NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANT Reminds 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 offi ce MAY have decided to extend the  functionality of a machine (e.g. 
add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability ). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will...

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Chapter1 System Specifications 1
Features 1
Block Diagram 3
TM 4220/2480 Outlook View 4
Aspire 56
00 Outlook View 9

Indicators 14
Easy-Launch Buttons 15
Touchpad 16
Using the Keyboard 17
Using the System Utilities 22
Acer Empowering Technology 25
Hardware Specifications and Configurations 35
Chapter2 System Utilities 46
BIOS Setup Utility 46
Information 47
Main 48
Security 50
Boot 53
Exit 54
BIOS Password Removal 55
Chapter3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 57
General Information 58
Disassembly...

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Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel®  Pentium®  M YonahProcessor dual core at 1.66~2.16 GHz 
TIntel®  Pentium®  M Yonah Processor single core at 1.66~1.83 GHz  
TIntel®  Celeron®  M Yonah Processosr at 1.66~1.83 GHz
Chipset
TNorth Bridge:
T945GM/945PM/940GML
TSouth Bridge:
TICH7M
Memory
T256MB or 512MB of DDRII 533/667 SDRAM 
TTwo DDR SODIMM slots
TUpgradeable to 2GB Memory for 32bit OS
Display
T15.4” TFT...

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TTwo speakers, at lease 1W/9cc for each
TEnable VoIP function
Storage
TPATA(SATA ready)
T9.5mm height, 2.5” HDD 
TEasily removable
T60/80/100/120GB
TPCI Bus Master Enhanced IDE
TSupport Ultra DMA100, S.M.A.R.T
Communication
T56Kbps V.90/V.92 AC-Link modem card (MDC1.5) 
T10/100Mbps on board 
TWLAN 802.11b/g or 802.11 a/b/g dual-band tri-mode Wireless with Mini-card/Mini-PCI interface 
TBuilt-in 2 Antenna (which has to be placed on the top of LCD on the sides of LCD latch)
I/O Ports
T3...

Chapter 13
Block Diagram
DDR-II
ATA 66/100 HD Audio
AUDIO CODEC
DDR-II SODIMM1
DDR-II SODIMM2
IDE-ODD
PATA HDD ATA 66/100
RJ11
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Page:2, 3
Page: 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 10
Page: 13,14,15,16
Page:4
DMI I/F
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Touchpad
KBC
NS
PC97551/541V
Keyboard PCI BUS 33MHZ
RJ45
REALTEK
RTL8100CL
USB 2.0
Page: 26
MINI-PCI
Wireless LAN
Realtek
Page: 29
ALC883 (ALC260)LPC 33MHZ
TI PCI7412
ZB2
REQ2# / GNT2# REQ0#
GNT0#
AD19 AD25
INTC# , INTD# INTE#
INTF#
INTG#
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FLASHPage: 31FAN...

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TM 4220/2480 Outlook View
A general introduction of ports allow you to connect peripheral devices, as you would with a desktop PC.
Open View
#ItemDescription
1 Built-in camera 1.3/0.31 megapixel web camera for video communication(for  selected models)
2 Display screen Also called Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD), displaying computer  output. 
3 Microphone Internal microphone for sound recording.
4 Keyboard Inputs data into your computer. 
5 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions...