Acer Travelmate 6000 Service Guide

Acer TravelMate 6000/TravelMate 8000 Series
Service Guide
Project Code: T41 for TravelMate 6000
Project Code: T42 for TravelMate 8000 
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Service guide files and updates are available
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please refer to  http://csd.acer.com.tw 

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate6000/8000 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates
2004/03/26 Chapter 1 Change the left and front panel image on p.7 and p.8 Update keyboard informatin on p.28 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2004 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, magne tic, 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 MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANT Reminds 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 offi ce MAY have decided to extend the  functionality of a machine (e.g. 
add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability ). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will...

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Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Disassembling the HDD Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Disassembling the Optical Drive Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  61
System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . ....

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Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® Pentium® M processor at 1.4~1.7GHz with 1MB  L2 Cache or 1.5~2.0GHz with 2MB L2 
Cache
TIntel® 855GME chipset
TMemory expandable up to 2GB with 2 slots
TInternal removable optical drive (AcerMedia bay)
THigh-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
TLi-Ion main battery pack
TPower management system wit h ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface)
TSmart Card interface with...

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TBluetooth ready (manufacturing optional)
TSD/MMC/SM/MS memory slot (manufacturing optional)
Keyboard and Pointing Device
T84-/85-/86-key Windows keyboard
TInternet 4-way scroll button
TSleek, smooth and stylish design
TAcer FinTouch full-sized curved keyboard
TErgonomically-centered touchpad pointing device
Expansion
TOne type II CardBus PC Card slot
TUpgradeable memory
I/O Ports
TOne Card bus type II slot
TOne RJ-11 phone jack (V.90/92)
TOne RJ-45 jack for LAN (Ethernet 10/100/1000)
TOne...