Acer Travelmate 6000 Service Guide

Chapter 13
System Block Diagram 

4Chapter 1
Board Layout
Top View
1 S-Video 13 HDD connector
2 CRT 14 Keyboard connector
3 DVI Connector 15 Touchpad board connector
4 Docking 16 IR
5 RJ45 17 Main battery connector
6 RJ11 18 Second battery connector
7 Power jack 19 Swap bay connector
8 CPU socket 20 DDR Dimm 0
9 Fan connector 21 LCD cable connector
10 USB connector 22 LED board connector
11 1394 connector 23 Internal microphone connector
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Bottom View
1 Modem Cable Connector 6 RTC battery connector
2 MDC connector 7 Line-in connector
3 DDR Dimm 1 8 Microphone-in connector
4 Smart card connector 9 Headphone out connector
5 Mini PCI connector
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6Chapter 1
Outlook View
A general introduction of ports allow you to connect peripheral devices, as you would with a desktop PC.
Front Open View
#IconItemDescription
1 Display screen Also called  LCD (liquid-crystal display), 
displays computer output.
2 Power button Turns on the computer.
3 Touchpad Touch-sensitive  pointing device which 
functions like a computer mouse.
Turns on the computer power.
4 Click buttons (left,  center and right)The left and right buttons function like the 
left and right...

Chapter 17
Front Panel
NOTE: 1. Four-in-one card reader is a manufacturing optio n, subject to configuration. Only one card can 
operate at any given time.
NOTE:  2. Bluetooth button and indicator wo rk on models with Bluetooth only.
NOTE:  3. InviLink button and indicator work on models with wireless LAN only.
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1 Left Speaker Outputs sound for the left stereo speaker.
2 4-in-1 memory reader
1Reads cards from Smart Media, Memory 
Stick, MultiMedia, and Secure Digital cards.
3 4-in-1...

8Chapter 1
Left Panel
#IconItemDescription
1 Four (4) USB ports Connect to Universal Serial Bus devices  (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera).
2 IEEE 1394 port Connects to IEEE 1394 devices.
3 Smart Card slot Slot for Smart Card interface with pre-boot  authentication system.
4 Line-in jack Accepts audio line-in devices (e.g., audio 
CD player, stereo walkman).
5 Microphone Jack Accepts input from external microphones.
6 Headphone Jack Connect to headphones for other line-out 
audio devices (speakers).
7 PC...

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Right Panel
 
#IconItemDescription
1 AcerMedia drive Houses a removable media drive module.
2 AcerMedia indicator Lights up  when the AcerMedia drive is 
active.
3 Eject button Ejects the drive tray.
4 Emergency eject slot Ejects the dr ive tray when the computer is 
turned off. 
5 Power jack Connects to an AC adapter. 

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Rear Panel
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1 Modem jack Connects to a phone line.
2 Network jack Connect to an Ethernet 10/100-based  network.
3 Expansion port Connects to I/O  port replicator or EasyPort 
expansion devices.
4 Digital visual interface  portProvide a better qualit
y digital connection 
between a PC and a display device.
5 Connects to a display device (e.g., external  monitor, LCD projector) and display up to 
16.7 million colors and upt 1400X1050 
resolution.
6 S-video Connects t a...

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Bottom Panel
#IconItemDescription
1 AcerMedia bay release  latchUnlatches the AcerMedia drive for removal 
or swapping.
2 AcerMedia bay Houses an AcerMedia drive module.
3 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.
4 Battery  release  latches Unlatches the battery to remove the battery  pack.
5 Battery lock Locks the battery in place.
6 Mini-PCI slot Slot for adding mini-PCI cards.
7 Hard disk protector Protects  the hard disk from accidental 
bumps and vibration.
8 Hard disk bay Houses...

12Chapter 1
Indicators
The computer has seven easy-to-read status icons below the display screen.
The status LCD displays icons that show the  status of the computer and its components.
IconFunctionDescription
Caps lock Lights when Caps Lock is activated.
Num lock Lights when Num Lock is activated.
Media Activity Lights when th e disc or AcerMedia is 
activated.
Power Lights green when the power is on and  orange when the computer is in standby 
mode.
Battery Lights orange when the battery is charging.