Acer Travelmate 530 Service Guide

Acer TravelMate 530 Series
Service Guide
  PART NO.: VD.T24V5.001 
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate 530 service guide.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2003 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.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WA R N I N GAlerts 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 following 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 
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
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Separate the main unit into the logic upper
and the logic lower assembly   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Disassembling the logic lower assemby  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Disassembling the Logic Upper Assembly  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Disassembling the LCD Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Disassembling the External Modules  . . ....

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Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TMobile Intel® Pentium®4 processor-M at 1.8GHz or higher
TBuilt-in 0.13 micron technology; includes 512KB L2 cache; supports Enhanced Intel® 
SpeedStepTM technology; 400MHz processor system bus
TStandard 256MB DDR-266 SDRAM, upgradeable up to 1GB on dual SoDIMM sockets
TIntegrated 24x CD-ROM/8x DVD-ROM or 24/10/8/24x DVD/CD-RW combo drive
T20/30/40GB or higher-capacity Ultra...

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Keyboard and Pointing Device
T5 Launch keys, including Internet Browser and email and 3 user-programmable keys
T4-way scroll button
TSleek, smooth and stylish design
TFull-sized keyboard
TErgonomically-centered touchpad pointing device
Expansion
TTwo type II or one type III cardBus PC Card slots
TUpgradeable memory
I/O Ports
TTwo Type II or One Type III PCMCIA Cardbus sockets
TOne RJ-11 jack for 56Kbps fax/modem
TOne RJ-45 jack for LAN 
TOne DC-in jack for AC adapter
TOne ECP/EPP compliant...