Acer Travelmate 510 Service Guide

TravelMate 510 Notebook
Service Guide
    PART No: 49.45C01.001.
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Copyright
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 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 
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Disclaimer
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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Screen messages
Denotes 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 fol-
lowing 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 competitive-
ness, 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...

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Chapter 1 System Introductions 1
Basic Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Keyboard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Keyboard Ergonomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11...

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Removing the DIMM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
Removing the Modem Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
Removing the LCD Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
Disassembling the LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
Disassembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
Removing the Heat Sink and CPU EMI Shield. . . .  64
Removing the Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . ....

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Appendix A Model Number and Configurations117
Appendix B Test Compatible Components List 119
Appendix C Online Support Information 125
Index 127
Table of Contents 

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Chapter 1 1
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 main memory

Large LCD display and AGP video with 256-bit graphics acceleration

Internal CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive1

Internal 3.5-inch floppy drive

High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk

Lithium-ion battery pack

Power management system with standby and hibernation power saving 
modes
Multimedia

ISA-based 16-bit...

2 System Introductions

CD or DVD player control
Expansion

CardBus PC card (formerly PCMCIA) slots (two type II/I or one type III), 
upper sort with ZV (Zoomed Video) port support2 

Port replicator option for one-step connect/disconnect from peripherals

Upgradeable memory and hard disk
Display
The large graphics display offers excellent viewing, excellent display quality 
and high performance desktop graphics.  The computer supports two 
different display configurations — High Performance Addressing...