Acer Travelmate 530 Service Guide

							Acer TravelMate 530 Series
Service Guide
  PART NO.: VD.T24V5.001 
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Revision History
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Copyright
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dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential 
damages resulting from any defect in the software.  
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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 be covered 
in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible 
personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.
2.Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information 
available on your regional web or channel. If,  for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will 
not be noted in the printed Service Guide.  For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer 
office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service 
Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and 
service of customer machines. 
						

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Bottom View   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left Panel   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Right Panel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear Panel   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bottom Panel   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Indicators   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lock Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Embedded Numeric Keypad  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Windows Keys   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hot Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Euro Symbol   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Launch Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E-Mail Detection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Touchpad   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Touchpad Basics   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hardware Specifications and Configurations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 2 System Utilities  35
BIOS Setup Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Navigating the BIOS Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Info.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Main   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
System Devices   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exit   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
BIOS Flash Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
System Diagnostic Diskette   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Running Diagnostics Program   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chpater 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement  53
General Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Before You Begin   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Disassembly Procedure Flowchart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing the HDD Module/Memory/FDD Module/Optical Module and the CPU58
Removing the HDD Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Memory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Optical Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the FDD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the CPU  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the Keyboard, the Memory, the Modem Card,
the LCD Module and the Switch Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Keyboard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Memory, the Modem Card (Bluetooth Card)
and the Wireless LAN Card   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Switch Board and the LCD module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Disassembling the Main Unit   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 
						

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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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disassembling the HDD Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disassembling the Floppy Disk Drive Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disassembling the Optical Drive Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  69
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
External CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Memory Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Power System Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Touchpad Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Display Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sound Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Index of Error Messages   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Intermittent Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Undetermined Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Index of AFlash BIOS Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Locations  85
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SW3 Settings   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SW2 Settings   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Bottom View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List  89
Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration 108
TravelMate 530 Series  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Main Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Appendix B Test Compatible Components  111
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Environment Test   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Appendix C Online Support Information  121
Index 123 
						

							Chapter 11
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 DMA-100HDD
THigh-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
TLi-Ion main battery pack
TPower management system with ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) 2.0 supporting 
Standby and Hibernation power saving modes
Display
TThin-Film Transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) displaying 32-bit high true colour up to 
1024X768 eXtended Graphics Array (XGA) resolution for 14.1”/15.0” (specification varies 
depending on models)
T3D capabilities
TShared Memory Architechure (Intel DVMT-Dynamic Video Memory Technology)
TSimultaneous display on LCD and CRT
TSupport S-video(NTSC/PAL) TV-out
T“Automatic LCD dim” feature that automatically decides the best settings for your display and 
conserves pwer
TDual view suupport
Multimedia
T16-bit high-fidelity AC’97 stereo audio
TBuilt-in dual speakers 
TBuilt-in microphone
THigh-speed optical drive
Connectivity
THigh-speed fax/data modem port 
TEthernet/Fast Ethernet port
TUSB (Universal Serial Bus) ports
TIEEE 1394 port
TOptional Invilink 802.11b wireless LAN
TOptional Integrated Bluetooth module
System Specifications
Chapter  1 
						

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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 25-pin parallel port
TOne external 15-pin VGA port
TOne speaker/headphone/line-out jack
TOne microphone/line-in jack
TThree USB 2.0 ports
TOne IEEE 1394 port
TOne S-video (NTSC/PAL) output port
TOne Kensignton lock socket
TFIR (Fast Infred) port
TOne 100-pin docking connector