Acer Travelmate 520 Service Guide

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Bottom View
1.   North Bridge (ALi M1621) 7.   Battery Connector
2.   Power Push Switch 8.   South Bridge (ALi M1535)
3.   Audio Connector 9.   LAN Controller(Intel GD82559)
4.   DIMM 1 Socket 10. Modem Card Cable Connector
5.   DIMM 2 Socket (Reverse) 11. Modem Card Cable Connector
6.   Modem Connector 

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Panel
Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.  
Front Panel
#ItemDescription
1 Display  screen Also called LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), displays computer 
output.
2 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a 
computer mouse.
3 Floppy drive Internal diskette drive, accepts 3.5-inch floppy diskette.
4 Click button (left, center and right) The left and right buttons function like the left and right 
mouse buttons, the...

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Left Panel
#IconItem/ PortConnects to...
1 Security keylock Kensington-compatible key-based computer 
security lock.
2 PCMCIA (PC card) Port Two Type I/II or one Type III 16-bit PC card or 32-
bit CardBus PC Card.
3 Eject button Eject PC cards from the card slots.
4 Power switch Turns on the computer power.
5 Infrared port Interfaces with Infrared devices (e.g., infrared 
printer, IR-aware computers).
6 Speaker/ headphone-out jack Audio line-out devices (e.g., speakers, 
headphones)
7 Line-in...

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Right Panel
Rear Panel
#IconItem/ PortConnects to...
1 Video capture kit slot Accepts the video capture kit option on the 
right side of the computer.
2 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.
3 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive Houses removable media drive modules.
4 LED indicator Lights up when the AcerMedia drive is active.
5 Eject button Ejects the compact disc from the drive.
6 Emergency eject slot Ejects the compact discs when the computer 
is turned off.
7 DC-in port AC adapter and...

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Bottom Panel
4 Expansion port EasyPort port replicator
5 USB ports Universal Serial Bus devices (e.g., USB 
mouse, USB camera)
6 External display port Display device (e.g., external monitor, LCD 
projector) and displays up to 64K colors at 
1280x1024 resolution).
7 Modem port Phone line
8 LAN port Ethernet 10/100 based network
#ItemDescription
1 Memory compartment Houses the computer’s main memory.
2 Hard disk anti-shock protection Protects your hard disk against shocks.
3 Personal...

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Indicators
The computer has six easy-to-read status icons below the display screen.
The Power and Sleep status icons are visible even when you close the display cover so you can see the status 
of the computer while the cover is closed.
#IconFunctionDescription
1 Power Lights when the computer is on.
2 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Sleep Mode.
3 Media  Activity Lights when the floppy disk drive, hard disk drive 
or AcerMedia drive is active.
4 Battery Charge Lights when the battery is...

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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.
Lock...

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NOTE: If an external keyboard or keypad is connected to the computer, the Num Lock feature automatically 
shifts from the internal keyboard to the external keyboard or keypad.
Windows keys
The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions.
Hot Keys
The computer employs hot keys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen 
brightness, volume output and the BIOS Utility.
To activate hot keys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key...

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The euro symbol
If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or if you have a keyboard with 
a European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard.
NOTE: For US keyboard users:
  The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows.  For the Euro 
symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-International.
To verify the keyboard type:
1.
Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click on Keyboard
.
3.
Click on...

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5.Click on OK.
To type the Euro symbol:
1.Locate the Euro symbol on your keyboard.
2.Open a text editor or word processor.
3.Hold Alt Gr and press the Euro symbol.
NOTE: Some fonts and software do not support the Euro symbol.  Please refer to  http://www.microsoft.com/
typography/faq/faq12.htm for more information.
Launch Keys
Located at the top of the keyboard are four buttons.  These buttons are called launch keys.  They are 
designated as key 1, key 2, key 3 and key 4.  By default, key 1...