Acer Travelmate 505 Service Guide

TravelMate 505
Service Guide
  PART NO.: 49.43F02.001
  DOC. NO.:  C4225-R01                                                                                       PRINTED IN TAIWANService guide files and updates are available
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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 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.
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.
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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
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Keyboard Ergonomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Touchpad   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Removing the PCMCIA Card   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Removing the Touchpad Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Disassembling the Hard Disk Drive Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Disassembling the Floppy Disk Drive and CD-ROM Combo Module  . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 57
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance

Intel® Celeron™ processor with 128 KB level 2 cache

64-bit/128-bit main memory

Large LCD display and PCI video with 128-bit graphics acceleration

Internal CD-ROM drive

Built-in FDD module

High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

NiMH battery pack

Power management system with hibernation power saving modes
Multimedia

16-bit high-fidelity stereo audio with 3D sound and...

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Display
The large graphics display offers excellent viewing, display quality and desktop performance graphics.  The 
computer supports two different display configurations — High Performance Addressing (HPA) or Thin-Film 
Transistor (TFT).
Video Performance
PCI video with 128-bit graphics acceleration and 2 MB video memory boost video performance.
Simultaneous Display
The computer’s large display and multimedia capabilities are great for giving presentations.  If you prefer, you 
can also...

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Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and 
twelve function keys.
Special Keys
Lock Keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Embedded Numeric Keypad
The embedded numeric keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad.  It is indicated by small characters 
located on the upper right corner of the keycaps.  To simplify the keyboard legend, cursor-control key symbols 
are not printed on the keys.
NOTE:...

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Windows Keys
The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions.
The Euro Symbol
If your keyboard is in any of the following languages -- United States-International, United Kingdom, French, 
German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swiss German, Swiss French, Czech, Belgian, Norwegian, 
Hungarian, Turkish, Swedish or Finnish -- you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard.
IMPORTANT:
(for US keyboard users): The keyboard type is set when you first set up Windows.  For the...