Acer Travelmate 630 Service Guide

TravelMate 630
Service Guide
  PART NO.:  91.43U01.001
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Travelmate 630 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
02/23/2002 Chapter 1 Modify battery specifications.
02/25/2002 Chapter 5 Add PCB number
03/14/2002 Chapter 1 Correct Typo- SmartCard slot
03/19/2002 Chapter 1 Add Note for RF receiver socket
03/22/2002 Chapter 1 Delet “ One PS/2 keyboard/mouse port” in Features and 
item 9 “  speaker-outputs sound in Front View, and correct 
the board layout top view “ Line-out Port”  and “...

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Copyright
Copyright © 2002 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.
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 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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Removing the Battery Pack   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Removing the External DIMM Module   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the External Modem Combo Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing the Hard Disk Drive Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Table of Contents
Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration  107
Appendix B Test Compatible Components  109
Microsoft Windows XP Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Microsoft Windows 2000 Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Appendix C Online Support Information  119
Index  121 

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