Acer TravelMate 540 Series User Manual

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NOTE: Keep your fingers dry and clean when using the touchpad. Also keep the touchpad dry and clean. The 
touchpad is sensitive to finger movements. Hence, the lighter the touch, the better the response. 
Tapping too hard will not increase the touchpad’s responsiveness.
Scroll Click and hold 
the button in the 
desired 
direction (up/
down/left/right)
FunctionLeft ButtonRight ButtonScroll ButtonTa p 

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations
Processor
ItemSpecification
CPU type Mobile Intel Pentium 4 at 2.40Ghz ~3.06Ghz or higher
CPU package 
/ -FCPGA package
CPU core voltage 1.468V (Full speed)
BIOS
ItemSpecification
BIOS vendor Phoenix
BIOS Version V1.00
BIOS ROM type Flash ROM
BIOS ROM size 512KB
BIOS package PLCC
Supported protocols ACPI 1.0b,PC Card 95, SM BIOS 2.3, EPP/IEEE 1284, ECP/IEEE 1284 
1.7 & 1.9, PCI 2.2, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, USB 
2.0, VGA BIOS,...

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NOTE: Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various 
capacities to form other combinations. On above  table, the configuration of slot 1 and slot 2 could be 
reversed.
  Memory Combinations
Slot 1Slot 2Total Memory
0MB 256MB 256MB
0MB 512MB 512MB
0MB 1024MB 1024MB
256MB 0MB 256MB
256MB 256MB 512MB
256MB 512MB 768MB
256MB 1024MB 1280MB
512MB 0MB 512MB
512MB 256MB 768MB
512MB 512MB 1024MB
512MB 1024MB 1536MB
1024MB 0MB 1024MB
1024MB 256MB 1280MB...

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Data throughput 11M bps
Protocol 802.11b
Interface Mini-PCI type III
Five-in-One Card Reader
ItemSpecification
Chipset Phison PS1006C
Data throughput USB 1.1
Protocol Secure Digital (SD), SmartMedia, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, 
Compact Flash
Hard Disk Drive Interface
ItemSpecification
Vendor & 
Model NameFUJITSU MHT2030AT
               
TOSHIBA NEPTUNE 
MK3021GAS
HGST MORAGA 
IC25N030ATMR04-0TOSHIBA NEPTUNE 
MK4021GAS
HGST MORAGA 
IC25N040ATMR04-0FUJITSU MHT2060AT
TOSHIBA NEPTUNE...

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Performance Specification With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette
Transfer rate (KB/sec) Sustained:
Max 3.6Mbytes/secSustained:
Max 10.8Mbytes/sec
Data Buffer Capacity 128 KBytes
Interface IDE/ATAPI (ATA/ATAPI-5, MMC-3 and SFF8090 Ver5, Revision 
1.2 for Liteon)
Applicable disc format DVD: DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18), DVD-R, 
DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM (optional)
CD:  CD-ROM Mode-1, CD-ROM XA, Mixed Mode CD-ROM 
(Audio and Data Combined), Photo-CD (Single and Multi-
session) CD-1,...

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Interface Integration
Supports ZV (Zoomed Video) port No
Maximum resolution LCD 1600X1200 (UXGA)
Maximum resolution CRT 2048X1536@75HZ
Audio Interface
ItemSpecification
Audio Controller Realtek ALC202A
Audio onboard or optional Built-in
Mono or Stereo Stereo
Resolution 20 bit stereo Digital to analog 
converter
18 bit stereo Analog to Ditial 
converter
Compatibility AC97
Mixed sound source Line-in, CD
Voice channel 8/16-bit, mono/stereo
Sampling rate 44,1 KHz (48K byte for AC97 
interface)...

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Number of parallel port 1
Location Rear side
Connector type 25-pin D-SUB
Parallel port function control Enable/Disable/Auto (BIOS or operating system chooses 
configuration) by BIOS Setup
Note: Depending on your operating system, disabling an unused 
device may help free system resources for other devices.
Supports ECP/EPP/Bi-directional/Output only 
(PS/2 compatible) Yes (set by BIOS setup)
Note: When Mode is selected as EPP mode, “3BCh” will not be 
available.
Optional ECP DMA channel (in...

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VGA ATi M9+X
LAN Realtek 8100C/8110S
IEEE 1394 VIA_VT6301
USB 2.0 VIA_VT6202
Super I/O controller SMC 47N227
MODEM International LU97 Chipset (Scorpio+CSP1037B)
Blue tooth CSR BC02 Bluetooth chip set
Wireless 802.11 b Realtek RTL8180L
PCMCIA ENE CB1420
Audio Realteck ALC202A
Five-in-one card reader Phison PS1006C
Touchpad Synaptic
Keyboard
ItemSpecification
Keyboard controller EC NS87591L
Keyboard vendor & model name DARFON
Total number of keypads 84/85 key
Windows logo key Yes
Internal &...

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Supports colors 262K 262K
Optical Specification
Brightness control keyboard hotkey keyboard hotkey
Contrast control No No
Electrical Specification
Supply voltage for 
LCD display (V)3.3 3.3
LCD Inverter
ItemSpecification
Vendor & model name Ambit/Tamura
Brightness conditions Vadj=3.3V
Input voltage (V) 14.4
Input current (mA) 410 (max)
Output voltage (V, rms) 1400 (no load)
Output current (mA, rms) 5.6~5.4
Output voltage frequency (k Hz) 55~58K Hz
AC Adaptor
ItemSpecification
Model number API...

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000CFFFFh-000C0000h VGA BIOS
00009FFFFh-00000000h 640KB Conventional memory
I/O Address Map
I/O AddressFunction
0000-001F, 0080-008F, 00C0-00DF, 
040B, 04D6DMA controller
0000-0CF7 PCI bus
0020-0021, 00A0-00A1, 0C00-0C01, 
04D0-04D1Programmable interrupt controller
0040-0043 System timer
0060, 0064 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 keyboard
0061 System speaker
0062, 0066 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller
0070-0073 System CMOS/real time clock
00F0-00FE Numeric data...