Acer Travelmate 4650 Service Guide

TravelMate 4650
TravelMate 4150
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate 4650 and TravelMate 4150 service guide.
Date ChapterUpdates 

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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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly  55
General Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the HDD and ODD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List  97
Exploded Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Parts    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration  113
Appendix B Test Compatible Components  114
Microsoft Windows XP(Home/Professional)  Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Appendix C Online...

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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®  915PM/915GM PCI Express chipset
TIntel®  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)
TCPU Package is uFPGA 478 Package
TIntegrated Intel®  PRO/Wireless 2200GB network connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi 
CERTIFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology
Memory
T256MB or 512MB of DDR II 400/533...