Acer Travelmate 510 Service Guide

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9.  Carefully tear off the adhesive tape and remove the LCD FPC cable from 
the LCD.
10.  This completes the disassembly of the LCD module.  

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Disassembling the Main Unit
Removing the Heat Sink and CPU EMI Shield
1.  Remove the 5 screws from the heat sink.
2.  Slide the heat sink to the left side and take out the heat sink from the 
system board using both hands. 
3.  Remove the CPU EMI Shield from the system board.  

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Removing the Hard Disk Drive
1.  Remove the hard disk module from the system board at CN19..
Removing the Upper Case
1.  Disconnect the touch pad cable from the system board. 
2.  Remove the 11 screws as shown below.. 

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4. Disconnect the LCD cover switch from the system board at CN9, then 
remove the upper case. 
Removing the Touchpad 
1.  Disconnect the touchpad cable from the touchpad. .
2.  Remove the 6 screws of the touchpad bracket.
3.  Lift the touchpad bracket together with the touchpad cable and CD-ROM 
control board assembly away from the upper case.  

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4.  To remove the CD-ROM control board from the touchpad bracket, first 
disconnect the touchpad FPC cable, then remove the 3 screws to release 
it. 
5.  Finally, remove the touchpad board from the upper case.
6.  This completes the disassembly procedure for the upper case.  

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Removing the RTC Battery
1.  Use a flat bladed screw driver to remove the RTC battery from its     
socket. 
Note: 
You can also remove RTC battery when the keyboard and CPU 
heat sink are removed. 
Note: To re-install the RTC battery, press the RTC battery into the 
socket.
Disassembling the Lower Case
1.  Gently remove the two speaker nets from the lower case. 

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Removing the CD-ROM/ Diskette Drive Module
1.  Slide out the CD-ROM drive from the CD-ROM and diskette drive module.
2.  Disconnect the CD-ROM cable at CN18 and diskette drive cable at CN17 
from the system board. 

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3.  Remove the two screws from the CD-ROM and diskette drive module.
4.  Gently, pull out the CD-ROM and diskette drive module from the lower 
case.
5.  Peel the tape off.
6.  Release the CD-ROM cable from the CD-ROM and diskette drive module.
7.  Disconnect the floppy drive cable from the floppy drive. 

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8.  Remove the three screws from the floppy drive.
9.  Slide out the floppy drive from the CD/ROM and diskette drive module.
10.  This completes the disassembly procedure of the CD-ROM and diskette 
drive module.
Removing the Speakers
1.  Disconnect the left and right channel speaker cables at CN1 and CN2 
from the audio-I/O and battery connection board. 

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2.  Remove the four screws from the left and right  channel speakers.
3.  Remove the left and right channel speakers from the lower case.
Removing the DC-DC/ Charger Board
1.  Remove the two screws from the audio and battery connection board.
2.  Remove the audio board  on the system board at CN24.