Acer Travelmate 5000 Maintenance Manual

							Maintenance Manual
TravelMateÔ 5000 Series
Notebook Computers
9786166-0001
March 1995 
						

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TravelMate
TM 5000 Series Notebook Computers 
Maintenance Manual 
TI Part No. 9786166-0001
Original Issue: March 1995
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							Contents
Preface
1  General Description
1.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 . . . .  Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.2.1 . . .  MultiMedia Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.2.2 . . .  Dual Intelligent Battery Packs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
1.2.3 . . .  Standard Peripherals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.2.4 . . .  Preloaded Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
1.2.5 . . .  Preloaded Online Documentation  . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
1.2.6 . . .  Expansion Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.3 . . . .  Notebook Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
1.3.1 . . .  CPU/RAM Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
1.3.2 . . .  ROM Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
1.3.3 . . .  Hard Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
1.3.4 . . .  Floppy Diskette Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
1.3.5 . . .  Keyboard Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
1.3.6 . . .  Video Display Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
1.3.7 . . .  Sound Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
1.3.8 . . .  External Ports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
1.4 . . . .  Notebook Expansion Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
1.4.1 . . .  Memory Expansion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
1.4.2 . . .  Headset and Microphone Option Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
1.4.3 . . .  PS/2 Numeric Keypad Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
1.4.4 . . .  External Battery Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
1.4.5 . . .  Extra Battery Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
1.4.6 . . .  Notebook Carrying Case Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
1.4.7 . . .  PCMCIA Card Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
1.5 . . . .  Standard Test Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
1.5.1 . . .  Built-In Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
1.5.2 . . .  Diagnostics Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
1.6 . . . .  Product Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
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							1.7 . . . .  Notebook Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
1.7.1 . . .  Cover -Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
1.7.2 . . .  System Base Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
1.8 . . . .  Notebook Functional Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
1.8.1 . . .  System Processor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
1.8.2 . . .  Memory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
1.8.3 . . .  I/O Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
1.8.4 . . .  AT Peripherals Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
1.8.5 . . .  Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
1.8.6 . . .  External VGA Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
1.8.7 . . .  Sound Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
1.8.8 . . .  Pointing Device Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
1.8.9 . . .   Keyboard Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
1.8.10 . .  Hard Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37
1.8.11 . .  Floppy Diskette Drive Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38
1.8.12 . .  Power Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38
1.9 . . . .  TravelMate 5000 Series Notebook Specifications . . . . 1-41
2 Installation
2.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 . . . .  Unpacking Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.3 . . . .  Installing Internal Notebook Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.3.1 . . .  Installing RAM Expansion (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.3.2 . . .  Installing PCMCIA Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.4 . . . .  Installing External Notebook Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.1 . . .  Installing the Optional Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.2 . . .  Installing External Mic and Headphone Kit 
. . . . . . .  Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.4.3 . . .  Installing the EZ-Dock /EZ-Dock Plus Port 
. . . . . . .  Replicator (Option)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2.5 . . . .  Removing/Installing Battery Packs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
2.6 . . . .  Installing Desktop Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2.6.1 . . .  Installing an External Keyboard/Mouse/Keypad . 2-13
2.6.2 . . .  Installing External Parallel Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.6.3 . . .  Installing External Serial Port Device  . . . . . . . . . 2-15
2.6.4 . . .  Installing External VGA Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
  
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							2.6.5 . . .  Installing External Headphone/Microphones . . . . 2-17
2.6.6 . . .  Installing Devices With IR Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
2.7 . . . .  Installing the AC Power Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
2.8 . . . .  Initial System Checkout  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
2.9 . . . .  Configuring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
2.10 . . .  Making Backups of System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
2.11 . . .  Loading Application Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
2.12 . . .  Securing Notebook to Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
3  Operating Instructions
3.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 . . . .  Notebook Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2.1 . . .  Notebook Switches and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2.2 . . .  Cover Release Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.2.3 . . .  Notebook LED Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.3 . . . .  Internal Speaker/Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.4 . . . .  Operating Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.4.1 . . .  Adjusting Sound Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.4.2 . . .  Using Sound Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.4.3 . . .  Warm Start or Warm Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.4.4 . . .  Responding to Low Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.4.5 . . .  Minimizing Power Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.4.6 . . .  Removing Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.4.7 . . .  Recharging the Battery Packs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.4.8 . . .  Running the DOS-Based Setup Program . . . . . . . 3-10
3.4.9 . . .   Backing Up Your System Software . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.4.10 . .  Restoring Missing System Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.4.11 . .  Rebuilding the System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
4 Troubleshooting Procedures
4.1 . . . .  Overview of Fault Isolation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 . . . .  Troubleshooting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2.1 . . .  Troubleshooting a Power Supply Problem. . . . . . . 4-4
4.2.2 . . .  Troubleshooting a Display Problem . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2.3 . . .  Fault Isolation Using Selftest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
  
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							4.2.4 . . .  PCMCIA Modem Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
4.2.5 . . .  Fault Isolation Using Diagnostics  . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
5 Field Service
5.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 . . . .  Preventive Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2.1 . . .  Cleaning the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2.2 . . .  Protecting the Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2.3 . . .  Handling the Computer Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.2.4 . . .  Restoring System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.3 . . . .  Required Tools and Equipment   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.4 . . . .  Notebook Field-Replaceable Parts and Assemblies . . . 5-3
5.4.1 . . .  Cover -Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5.4.2 . . .  System Base Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5.5 . . . .  Notebook Sub-Assembly Removal and 
. . . . . . .  Replacement Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5.5.1 . . .  Removing/Replacing the Notebook 
. . . . . . .  Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5.5.2 . . .  Removing/Replacing PCMCIA Options . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.5.3 . . .  Removing/Replacing the Keyboard Assembly . . . . 5-10
5.5.4 . . .  Removing/Replacing the Hard Drive Assembly . . . 5-12
5.5.5 . . .  Removing/Replacing Expansion RAM Boards. . . . 5-13
5.5.6 . . .  Opening/Replacing the Base Cover Assembly. . . . 5-14
5.5.7 . . .  Removing/Replacing the Keyscan Board . . . . . . . 5-16
5.5.8 . . .  Removing/Replacing the IR Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
5.5.9 . . .  Removing/Replacing the Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . 5-18
5.5.10 . .  Removing/Replacing the LED Board . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
5.5.11 . .  Removing/Replacing the Sleep Switch Board . . . . 5-20
5.5.12 . .  Removing/Replacing the Sound/PCMCIA Board . 5-21
5.5.13 . .  Removing/Replacing the Main Board . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
5.5.14 . .  Removing/Replacing the Display Bezel. . . . . . . . . 5-24
5.5.15 . .  Removing and Replacing the DAB Board . . . . . . . 5-25
5.5.16 . .  Removing and Replacing the LCD
. . . . . . .  Cover Assembly  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
5.6 . . . .  Removing/Replacing the Inverter Board . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
  
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							6  Illustrated Parts Listing
6.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.2 . . . .  TM5000 Pentium, 10.4 TFT 810HD, Domestic
. . . . . . .  Notebook with Pack, P/N 9798842-0001 . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.2.1 . . .  TM5000, 10.4 TFT Color, 810HD, Domestic 
. . . . . . .  Unit Assembly, P/N 9798843, Parts Listing   . . . . 6-4
6.2.2 . . .  10.4 Inch TFT Cover Display Assembly. . . . . . . . . 6-9
6.3 . . . .  Assessory Kit Parts Listing for TM5000 
. . . . . . .  Series Notebooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
6.4 . . . .  Board Level Illustrated Parts Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
7  Schematic Diagrams
7.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
A  Character Sets
A.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
B Keyboard Layouts
B.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
C PC-Doctor Diagnostics
C.1 . . . .  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.2 . . . .  Starting PC-Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.3 . . . .  Keyboard Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
C.4 . . . .  Mouse Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
C.5 . . . .  PC-Doctor Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
C.5.1 . . .  Online Help (?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
C.5.2 . . .  Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
C.5.3 . . .  Interactive Tests Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
C.5.4 . . .  Hardware Info Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
C.5.5 . . .  Utility Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
C.6 . . . .  Quitting PC-Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
C.7 . . . .  Remote Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
D  Configuring Memory
D.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
  
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							D.2 . . . .  Memory Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
D.2.1 . . .  Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
D.2.2 . . .  Expanded Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
D.3 . . . .  Memory Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
D.3.1 . . .  Installing Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
D.3.2 . . .  EMM386.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
E  Screen Standards
E.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
E.2 . . . .  Standard VGA Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
E.3 . . . .  Extended VGA Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
E.4 . . . .  Standard LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5
E.5 . . . .  Extended LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6
E.6 . . . .  Standard SimulSCAN Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6
E.7 . . . .  Extended SimulScan Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7
F  Added Interrupt 15 Functions
F.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
F.2 . . . .  Function 46h - Subfunction 00h 
. . . . . . .  Read Power/Modem Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
F.3 . . . .  Function 46h - Subfunction 01h
. . . . . . .  Modify Power/Modem Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2
F.4 . . . .  Function 46h - Subfunction 03h
. . . . . . .  Get/Set Battery Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3
F.5 . . . .  Function F7h - Get CPU Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-4
F.6 . . . .  Function F8h - Set CPU Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5
F.7 . . . .  Function F9h - Subfunction 5Eh 
. . . . . . .  Get Model Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5
F.8 . . . .  Function F9h - Subfunction 60h
. . . . . . .  Get Standby Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7
F.9 . . . .  Function F9h - Subfunction 61h
. . . . . . .  Set Standby Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7
F.10 . . .  Function F9h - Subfunction 63h
. . . . . . .  Get Extended Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-8
F.11 . . .   Function FAh - Subfunction 00h
. . . . . . .   Get RAM Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-9
  
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							F.12 . . .   Function FAh - Subfunction 03h
. . . . . . .   Get Video Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-9
F.13 . . .   Function FAh - Subfunction 05h
. . . . . . .   Get Setup Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-12
G   BIOS Updates
G.1 . . . .  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
G.2 . . . .  Updates Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
Illustrations
Figure Title Page No.
1-1 . . . .  TravelMate 5000 Series Notebook Computers . . . . . . 1-2
1-2 . . . .  TM5000 Pentium Notebook, Simplified Diagram . . . . 1-3
1-3 . . . .  TM5000 Pentium Series Notebook Features. . . . . . . . 1-5
1-4 . . . .  TM5000 Intelligent Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
1-5 . . . .  TM5000 Notebook Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1-6 . . . .  TM5000 Software Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
1-7 . . . .  Notebook Expansion Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
1-8 . . . .  EZ-Dock Plus Port Replicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1-9 . . . .  RAM Expansion Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
1-10  . . .  Internal Keyboard for TM5000 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
1-11  . . .  Notebook External Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
1-12  . . .  Infrared Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
1-13  . . .  Notebook Major Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
1-14  . . .  Cover Display Assembly FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
1-15  . . .  Exploded View of Notebook Base Assembly . . . . . . . . 1-28
1-16  . . .  TM5000 Series, Functional Block Diagram . . . . . . . . 1-30
1-17  . . .  Notebook Pointing Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
1-18  . . .  Keyboard Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
1-19 . . .  Notebook Controls/Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37
2-1 . . . .  TM5000 Series Notebook Packaging Diagram . . . . . . 2-2
2-2 . . . .  TM5000 Series Accessory Kit Packaging . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-3 . . . .  Installing RAM Expansion Module (Option) . . . . . . . . 2-5
  
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2-4 . . . .  Installing PCMCIA Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2-5 . . . .  Installing the Optional PS/2 Numeric Keypad . . . . . . 2-7
2-6 . . . .  Installing the External Microphone and . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2-7 . . . .  Opening the Notebook Connector Covers . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2-8 . . . .  Installing the EZ-Dock Port Replicator/Plus . . . . . . . 2-10
2-9 . . . .  Battery Pack Removal/Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
2-10  . . .  Notebook Computer External Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2-11  . . .  External Mouse/Numeric Keypad Port . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-12  . . .  Parallel Printer Connector Pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2-13  . . .  Serial Port Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
2-14  . . .  External VGA Monitor Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . 2-16
2-15  . . .  Notebook Audio Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
2-16  . . .  Installing Devices with Infrared Interface. . . . . . . . . . 2-18
2-17  . . .  Installing the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
2-18  . . .  Notebook Security Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
3-1 . . . .  Notebook Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3-2 . . . .  The Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-3 . . . .  Battery/Indicators Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3-4 . . . .  Internal Speaker/Microphone Locations . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
4-1 . . . .  Notebook Computer Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-2 . . . .  Notebook Detailed Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
5-1 . . . .  Notebook Major Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-2 . . . .  Cover Display Assembly, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5-3 . . . .  TM5000P Base Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5-4 . . . .  Battery Pack Removal/Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5-5 . . . .  PCMCIA Device, Removal/Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5-6 . . . .  Keyboard Assembly, Removal/Replacement . . . . . . . 5-11
5-7 . . . .  Hard Drive Assembly, Removal/Replacement . . . . . . 5-12
5-8 . . . .  Expansion RAM Board(s), Removal/Replacement . . . 5-13
  
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