Acer Travelmate 6500 Service Guide

TravelMate6500&Aspire9510/9520
Service Guide
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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 TravelMate6500 & Aspire9510 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
6/20/2006CH6 Update FRU list
9/20/2006 CH1 Update Performance for Aspire 9520 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2006 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.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNINGAlerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTIONGives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANTReminds 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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Chapter1 System Specifications 1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Block Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
Aspire 9510 Outlook View   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
TravelMate 6500 Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
Easy-Launch Buttons  . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
Performance
Intel® Centrino® mobile technology, featuring:
TIntel®  coreTM Duo processor at 1.66 ~2.16 GHz
TIntel®  coreTM solo processor at 1.66 GHz
TIntel®  coreTM 2 Duo processor at 1.66 ~1.83GHz
TIntel®  coreTM 2 Duo processor at 2 ~2.33 GHz
Core Logic
TNorth Bridge + South Bridge:
T945PM + ICH7M
Memory
TDDR2 533/667 SDRAM 
TTwo soDIMM slots, 128MB to 1GB per slot 
TMaxium memory up to 2GB with two 1GB SODIMM
Display
T17”WXGA TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 pixel resolution , supporting...

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TInternal microphone x 2 (Stereo MIC)
TTwo speakers (high quality) 12.5cc
TBranded subwoofer (30cc)
THD Audio codec
TCodec specification requires:
THD Audio interface
T10 DAC (7.1ch + 2ch); 2 ADC
TDAC SNR >= 95dB, ADC SNR >= 85dB
TPin 2 pin with Dolby/DTS logo codec
TS/PDIF Out support
TAll DACs support 44.1K/48K/96K/192K sample rate
TAll ADCs support 44.1K/48K/96K sample rate
TAt least 2 GPIOs for customized appllications
Storage subsystem
THDD:
T9.5mm height, 2.5” HDD 
TEasily removable no...

Chapter 13
I/O Ports
T1 x HDMI (Aspire series only)
T4 x USB 2.0 ports
T1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
T1 x Modem (RJ-11) port
T1 x External VGA port
T1 x Infrared (4 pin)
T1 x CIR
T1 x typeII PCMCIA Cardbus slot
T1 x Express card narrow type slot
T1 x 90W DC-in jack for AC adapter
T1 x Line-in jack
T1 x MIC-in jack
T1 x headphones/speakers/line-out jack/SPDIF jack
T1 x S-video port
T1 x Analog cable/DVB-T jack for TV tuner module (mini jack)
T1 x A/V in (7pin)
T1 x DVI-D
T1 x ezDock (TravelMate series only)...

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Block Diagram
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
44
33
22
11
X4 DMI FSB
DDR2
ICH7M
Calistoga
CLK GEN.
400/533/667MHz
KBC
533 MHz
DEBUG
CONN.LPC
34, 5
6,7,8,9,10 11,12
15,16,17,18
36 33
MDC Card
G1421OP AMP
AZALIA
22MODEM
ALC883
KirkiniBlock DiagramINPUTS
SYSTEM DC/DCTPS51120
5V_S5
41OUTPUTS
DCBATOUTG791
FAN*2
19
3D3V_S5
1D8V_S3
42
DCBATOUT1D05V_S0
INPUTS OUTPUTSSYSTEM DC/DC
Mobile CPU   Yonah 478
1.66G/1.83G/2GPCB P/N     : 
REVISION  : 05248-SA
533/667MHz
TPS51100
DDR_VREF_S0 1D8V_S344
Line Out
(SPDIF)...