Acer Travelmate 4670 Service Guide
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TravelMate4210/4270/4670&Aspire5620/5670
Service Guide
PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available
on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw
2 Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate4270/4670/4210 & Aspire5620/5670 service guide. Date Chapter Updates
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4 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.
5 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.
1 Chapter1 System Specifications ..............................................1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 TM 4670/4270/4210 Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Aspire 5670/5620 Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Easy-Launch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using the System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Acer Empowering Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chapter2 System Utilities ..........................................................48 BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Chapter3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement ..........59 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Disassembly Procedure Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Removing the Adapter and Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Removing the TV Tuner, Heatsink Module, CPU, and HDD Module 64 Removing the Memory and Wireless Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Removing the Bluetooth Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Disassembling the Main Unit into Upper Case and Lower Case 69 Remove the Touchpad Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Remove the Mainboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Disassembling the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Reassembling the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 HDD disassembly & Reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ODD disassembly & Reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Main Unit Reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Chapter4 Troubleshooting .......................................................93 System Check Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Chapter5 Jumper and Connector Locations ......................110
2 Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Chapter6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List ......................113 Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Aspire 5670 Part List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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 YonahProcessor dual core at 1.66~2.33 GHz or higher TIntel® Pentium® M Yonah Processor single core at 1.66~1.83 GHz higher TIntel® Celeron® M Yonah Processosr 430/420/410 Chipset TNorth Bridge: T915GM/915PM TSouth Bridge: TICH7M-DH/ICH7M Memory T256MB or 512MB of DDRII 533/667 SDRAM TTwo DDR SODIMM slots TUpgradeable to 2GB Memory for 32bit OS, 4G for 64bit OS Display T15.4” TFT WXGA, WXGAG, WSXGA+ T15” TFT XGA Graphics TUMA TDiscrete TAT I M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X1400(M54P), X1600(M56P) TAT I M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X1300(M52P) VRAM TUMA TDVMT3.0, share 8MB, up to 128MB in OS TDiscrete TM56P: 64MB/128MB/256MB TM54P: 64MB/128MB/256MB TM52P: 64MB/128MB/256MB System Specifications Chapter 1
2Chapter 1 TV Tuner ( for Aspire only) TMiniPCI type TReserve necessary thermal solution T3 TV tuner modules at lease TAnalog w/ HW MPEG2 TAnalog+Digital w/ HS MPEG2(Hybrid) TAnalog+Digital w/o HW MPEG2(Hybrid) TLocation of the TV tuner card has to be very close to the connector TWorldwide version supoprt Audio TRealtek ALC883 Audio Codec THD(High Definition) AUdio TSNR > 85 TInternal Microphone TTwo speakers, at lease 1W/2.5cc for each TEnable VoIP function Storage TPATA and SATA co-lay 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 or Giga LAN 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 T4 external USB 2.0 ports TIEEE 1394 port (4-pin) TEthernet (RJ-45) port TModem (RJ-11) port TExternal display (VGA) port(15-pin) TS-video port(7-pin) TMicrophones-in/Line-in jack THeadphones/Speaker/Line-out jack with SPDIF support TInfrared (FIR) port TDC-in jack for AC adaptor
Chapter 13 T1 PCMCIA T1 Express Card T1 CIR(for Aspire) T1 ezDock port T1 DVI-D T1 TV-in connector(for TV SKU) T1 7-pin miniDin connector(for TV SKU) Battery T8-cell of 18650 Li-ion battery pack, (2400mAh) T4-cell of 18650 Li-lon battery pack, (2000mAh) T6-cell of 18650 Li-lon battery pack, (2000mAh) T3-pin 90W AC adaptor