Acer Travelmate 610 Service Guide

TravelMate 610
Service Guide
  PART NO.: 49.41Q04.001 
  DOC. NO.: SG363-0103A                                                                                         PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available
on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information, 
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 TravelMate 610 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates
04/172001 Chapter 1 Change video memory “Up to 11MB SDRAM (4MB 
dedicated display cache combined with Intel(R) DVMT) 

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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 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.
NOTE
Gives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WA R N I N G
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 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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Disassembling the CD-ROM drive Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing the Extended Memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Removing the Modem Board   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Disassembling the LCD   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Removing the Middle Cover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Microsoft Windows 2000 Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Windows ME Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Appendix C Online Support Information  119
Index  121 

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