Acer Travelmate 6460 Service Guide

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Advanced
The Advanced menu screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides advanced 
settings of the system.
ParameterDescriptionOption
Serial Port Configure serial port A using options:
[Disabled]: No configuration
[Enabled]: User configuration
[Auto]: BIOS or OS chooses configuration
(OS Controlled) Displayed when controlled by OSDisabled
Enabled
Auto
Infrared Port  Configure serial port B using options:
[Disabled]: No configuration
[Enabled]: User configuration
[Auto]: BIOS or OS chooses configuration
(OS Controlled) Displayed when controlled by OSDisabled
Enabled
Auto
Parallel Port Configure serial port B using options:
[Disabled]: No configuration
[Enabled]: User configuration
[Auto]: BIOS or OS chooses configuration
(OS Controlled) Displayed when controlled by OSDisabled
Enabled
Auto
Mode Set the mode for the parallel port  Output only
Bi-directional
EPP
ECP 
						

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Security
The system supports three levels of password protection. The password support consists of a Supervisor 
Password, User Password, and Hard Disk Password. All the passwords are stored in a non-volatile storage device 
(EEPROM). 
All the passwords obeys the following rules:
•Password Policy
•All the passwords can be set or cleared in BIOS Setup Security screen.
•The password entry consists of eight alphanumeric characters. At least one character must be 
assigned.
•The valid keys are listed in the table below:
Symbol CharacterSymbol Name
A-Z letters A to Z (not case sensitive)
0-9 numerical characters
- dash
= equal sign
[ left bracket
] right bracket
. period
, comma
; semi-colon 
						

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•The users can not change or remove password during resuming from S4.
•The max. number of times to retry the password is limited to three.
•Supervisor Password:
•Supervisor Password controls the access of the whole BIOS Setup Utility. If the Supervisor Password 
is set, the system will pop up the password dialog box to ask for the password when the users press 
 for entering BIOS Setup Utility.
•If the Supervisor Password is set and Password on boot is enabled, the system will pop up the 
password dialog box to ask for the password when the system is powered on or resumes for S4 state.
•If the users fail three times consecutively in password verification, the system will be hung up and the 
users need to manually power off the system. 
•User Password:
•If the User Password is set, the system will pop up the password dialog box to ask for the password 
when the users press  for entering BIOS Setup Utility.
•If the Supervisor Password is not set at first, the User Password can not be set. If the Supervisor 
Password is cleared, the User Password will be cleared, too.
•If the User Password is set and Password on boot is enabled, the system will pop up the password 
dialog box to ask for the password when the system is powered on or resumes for S4 state.
•If the users fail three times consecutively in password verification, the system will be hung up and the 
users need to manually power off the system.
•Set Supervisor Password / User Password:
•Highlight the item and press “Enter”, a dialog box will be shown to ask the users to enter new 
password and confirm new password.
•If the users want to reset password, a current password will be required to be tapped in at first. If the 
current password is correct, the users are permitted to enter new password and confirm new 
password for verification. If the verification is OK, the password setting will be complete after the users 
press “Enter”.
•If the password entered does not match the current password, a dialog box will be shown to ask to re-
enter the password.
•Set HDD Password: When shown as “Locked”, the hard drive password currently can not be changed or 
disabled. To change or disable it, turn off the system and enter Setup immediately after turning it back on. 
Press “Enter” to input change, or disable hard drive password.
•Password on Boot: It allows the user to specify whether or not a password is required to boot. /slash
\ back slash
Symbol CharacterSymbol Name 
						

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Boot
This menu allows the users to decide the order of bootable devices to load the operating system. It identifies all the 
bootable devices in the system and attempts to boot them in the order specified. Bootable devices include the 
diskette drive in module bay, the hard disk and the CD-ROM/DVD drive in module bay and onboard LAN device.
ParameterDescription
Boot priority order Keys used to view or configure devices: Up and Down arrows select a device. 
 and  move the device up or down.  and  specifies the device fixed 
or removable.  exclude or include the device to boot.  enables or 
disables a device.  Loads default boot sequence. 
						

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Exit
ParameterDescription
Exit Saving Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS
Exit Discarding 
ChangesExit utility without saving Setup data to CMOS
Load Setup Default Load default values for all SETUP items
Discard Changes Load previous values from CMOS for all SETUP items
Save Changes  Save Setup Data to CMOS 
						

							Chapter 360
General Information
This chapter contains step-by-step procedures on how to disassemble the Aspire 6460/6410 for maintenance and 
troubleshooting.
To disassemble the notebook, you need the tools below:
•Wrist ground strap and conductive mat for preventing electrostatic discharge
•Small Philips screw driver
•Flat headed screw driver
•Tw e e z e r s
Note: The screws for the different components vary in size. During the disassembly process, group the 
screws with the corresponding components to avoid mismatch when putting back the components. When you 
remove the stripe cover, please be careful not to scrape the cover.
Before You Begin
Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure, you have to make sure that:
•The system and all peripherals are powered off.
•The AC adaptor and all power and signal cables from the system are unplugged.
•The battery pack is removed.
Note: There are several types of screws used to secure the main unit. The screws vary in length. Please refer 
to the screws table after the flowchart. Group the same type of screws together during service disassembling. 
Please also remember the screw location for each screw type. If you fasten the screws on the wrong location, 
the long screws may cause irrecoverable damage to the main board.
Machine Disassembly and Replacement
Chapter 3 
						

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Disassembly Procedure Flowchart
The flowchart gives you a graphic representation on the entire disassembly and reassembly and instructs you how 
to remove the components.
#DescriptionAcer Part No.
al SCREW-I20040M-BK-PATCH 86.TCXVN.001
b SCREW-I25025M (4.5Dx0.8T) -BK-PATCH 86.TCXVN.002
c SCREW-I250100M (4.5DX0.8T) -BK-PATCH 86.TCXVN.003
d SCREW-I20050M (4.5Dx0.5T) -BK-PATCH 86.TCXVN.004
e SCREW-I25040M (4.5Dx0.8T) -BK-PATCH 86.TCXVN.005
f SCREW-I-M2.0-3.0-M-4.0Dx0.3T-BK-PATCH 86.TCXVN.006
g SCREW, I, M2.5, 3.0mm, M, 4.5mm, 0.8mm, BNI, PAT 86.TCXVN.007
h SCREW, I, M2.5, 5mm, M, 0.45mm, 0.8mm, BNI, PATC 86.D03VN.004
i SCREW-WI30030M (5.0Dx1.5T) -NI-HARDEN 86.AAMVN.001
j SCREW-I25060M (4.5Dx0.8T) -BK-PATCH 86.AAMVN.002 
						

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Disassembly Procedure
Removing Battery Pack
1. Unlock the battery lock to the end as the arrow indicates.
2. Slide the battery latch to the end as the arrow indicates and hold it. The battery pack will pop up then remove 
the battery pack.
Removing HDD Module
1. Release the two screws fastening the HDD module cover then detach the HDD module cover.
2. Pull the HDD module backwards as the arrow indicates then detach the HDD module. 
						

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Removing RAM Modules and Mini PCI Card
1. Release the two screws holding the RAM modules and mini PCI card cover then remove the cover.
2. Disconnect the wireless LAN antennae. Release the two screws holding the mini PCI card then detach the mini 
PCI card as the arrow indicates.
3. Press the RAM module locks at the same time as the arrows indicate. The RAM module will pop up then 
detach the RAM module. Repeat this step to detach another RAM module. 
						

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Removing Optical Disk Drive and PCMCIA
1. Push the optical disk drive latch forwards to bring out the optical disk drive.
2. Remove the optical disk drive.
3. Push the PCMCIA eject button to bring out the PCMCIA. Then detach the PCMCIA. When you do the 
assembly, at first you have to push the eject button to the end then insert the PCMCIA into the slot.