Acer Travelmate 730 Service Guide
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Chapter 15 Bottom View 1 Keyboard Controller 7 Power Switch Connector 2 DC-DC Board Connector 8 DIMM Socket 1 3 DC-DC Board Connector 9 DIMM Socket 2 4 Modem Connector 10 FDD FPC Connector 5 Docking Station Connector 11 South Bridge 6 North Bridge 12 FAX/Modem Board Socket 730sg-1.book Page 5 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
6Chapter 1 Panel Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC. Left Panel #IconPortConnects to... 1 Infrared port Infrared device (e.g., infrared printer, IR- aware computers) 2 PC Card slot 16-bit PC Cards and 32-bit CardBus PC Cards (ZV support) 3 Speaker-out jack Speakers or headphones 4 Audio line-in jack Audio line-in device with a 3.5mm mini jack (e.g., audio CD player, stereo walkman) 5 Microphone-in jack 3.5mm mini jack condenser microphone 730sg-1.book Page 6 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
Chapter 17 Rear Panel #IconPortConnects to... 1 DC-in jack AC adapter and power outlet 2 PS/2 port PS/2-compatible devices (e.g., PS/2 keyboard/mouse/keypad) 3 Modem jack Phone line (only for models with an internal fax modem) 4 Serial port Serial devices (e.g., serial mouse) 5 Parallel port Parallel devices (e.g., parallel printer) 6 Network jack Ethernet-based network 7 USB port USB devices (e.g., USB mouse) 8 External monitor port Display monitor (up to 1024x768 resolution, 64K-colors) 9 S-video output jack Television with S-video input jack 730sg-1.book Page 7 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
8Chapter 1 Bottom Panel #IconPortConnects to... 1 Mini docking connector DockMate V mini docking station 730sg-1.book Page 8 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
Chapter 19 Right Panel #IconPortConnects to... 1 N/A Notebook Camera N/A 2 N/A Battery CN28 3 N/A DVD/CD-ROM drive CN15 1 3 2 730sg-1.book Page 9 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
10Chapter 1 Indicators The computer has six easy-to-read status icons on the right of the display screen. The Power and Standby status icons are visible even when you close the display cover so you can see the status of the computer while the cover is closed. #IconFunctionDescription 1 Power Lights when the computer is on. Blinks when a battery-low condition occurs. 2 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Sleep mode. 3 Media Activity Lights when the floppy drive, hard disk or CD-ROM drive is active. 4 Battery Charge Lights when the battery is being charged. 5 Caps Lock Lights when Caps Lock is activated. 6Num Lock (Fn-F11)Lights when Numeric Lock is activated. 730sg-1.book Page 10 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
Chapter 111 Hot Keys The computer employs hot keys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen contrast and brightness, volume output and the BIOS Utility. To activate hot keys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hot key combination. Hot KeyIconFunctionDescription Fn-F1 Hotkey help Displays a list of the hotkeys and their functions. Fn-F2 Setup Accesses the notebook configuration utility. Fn-F3 Power Scheme Toggle Switches between the different Power Management schemes. Fn-F4 Sleep Puts the computer in Sleep mode, which can be defined via the advanced section of the Power Management Properties in the Windows Control Panel. Fn-F5 Display toggle Switches display output between the display screen, external monitor (if connected) and both the display screen and external monitor. Fn-F6 Screen blank Turns the display screen backlight off to save power. Press any key to return. Fn-F7 Touchpad on/off Turns the internal touchpad on and off. When you connect an external PS/2 mouse, the computer automatically disables the touchpad. Fn-F8 Speaker on/off Turns the speakers on and off; mutes the sound. Fn- Contrast up Increases the screen contrast (available only for models with HPA displays). Fn- ¯Contrast down Decreases the screen contrast (available only for models with HPA displays). Fn- ®Brightness up Increases the screen brightness. Fn- ¬Brightness down Decreases the screen brightness. 730sg-1.book Page 11 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 6:03 PM
12Chapter 1 Hardware Specifications and Configurations System Board Major Chips Item Controller System core logic Intel 440BX / PIIX4M Super I/O controller NS PC97338VJG Audio controller ESS Solo-1E (ES1946) Video controller ATI Rage Mobility - M1 BGA Hard disk drive controller PIIX4M Keyboard controller M38867 RTC BQ3285LF Processor ItemSpecification CPU type Intel Pentium III 450/500/550/600/650/700/750 MHz processor with 256KB L2 on-die Cache CPU package MBGA2 package CPU core voltage 1.60V/1.35V CPU I/O voltage 1.50V BIOS ItemSpecification BIOS vendor Acer BIOS Version V 3.0 BIOS ROM type Flash ROM BIOS ROM size 512KB BIOS package 32-pin TSOP Supported protocols ACPI 1.0a, APM 1.2, PC Card 95, SM BIOS 2.1, EPP/IEEE 1284, ECP/ IEEE 1284 1.7 & 1.9, IrDA, PCI 2.1, PnP 1.0a, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, USB, VESA VGA BIOS, DDC-2B, CD-ROM bootable, Windows keyboard Microsoft Simple Boot Flag BIOS password control Set by switch, see SW4(SW4) setting Second Level Cache ItemSpecification Cache controller Built-in CPU Cache size 256KB 1st level cache control Always enabled 2st level cache control Always enabled Cache scheme control Fixed in write-back System Memory ItemSpecification Memory controller Built-in Intel 440BX Onboard memory size 0MB DIMM socket number 2 sockets (2 banks) Supports memory size per socket 32/64/128 MB Supports maximum memory size 256MB (128MB x 2) 730sg-1.fm Page 12 Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:59 AM
Chapter 113 Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to form other combinations. NOTE: The shipping specification for DIMM combination is 64MB in slot 1. Supports DIMM type Synchronous DRAM Supports DIMM Speed 100MHz Supports DIMM voltage 3.3V Supports DIMM package 144-pin DIMM Memory module combinations You can install memory modules in any combinations as long as they match the above specifications. Memory Combinations Slot 1Slot 2To t a l M e m o r y 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB 0 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 0 MB 64 MB 32 MB 64 MB 96 MB 64 MB 32 MB 96 MB 0 MB 128 MB 128 MB 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB 128 MB 0 MB 128 MB 32 MB 128 MB 160 MB 128 MB 32 MB 160 MB 64 MB 128 MB 192 MB 128 MB 64 MB 192 MB 128 MB 128 MB 256 MB LAN/Modem Combo Interface ItemSpecification Chipset Ambit T60.082.C.00 Fax modem data baud rate (bps) 14.4K Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K Supports modem protocol V.90 data modem 56K, V.90 fax modem 14.4K and digital line protection operation Supports LAN protocol 10/100 Mbps Modem/LAN connector type RJ11/RJ45 Modem/LAN connector location Rear side Modem Interface ItemSpecification Chipset Ambit J07.M039.00 Fax modem data baud rate (bps) 14.4K Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K Supports modem protocol V.90 data modem 56K, V.90 fax modem 14.4K and digital line protection operation Modem connector type RJ11 System Memory ItemSpecification 730sg-1.fm Page 13 Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:59 AM
14Chapter 1 Modem connector location Rear side Floppy Disk Drive Interface ItemSpecification Vendor & model name Mitsumi D353G Floppy Disk Specifications Media recognition 2DD (720KB) 2HD (1.2MB, 3-mode) 2HD (1.44MB) Sectors/track 9 15 18 Tracks 80 80 80 Data transfer rate (Kbit/s)1 MB 1.6 MB 2 MB Rotational speed (RPM) 300 360 300 Read/write heads 2 Encoding method MFM/FM Power Requirement Input Voltage (V) +5V ±10% Hard Disk Drive Interface ItemSpecification Vendor & Model Name IBM DARA-206000 IBM DARA-209000 IBM DARA-212000 IBM DARA-218000 Capacity (MB) 6000 9000 12000 18000 Bytes per sector 512 512 512 512 Logical heads 15 16 16 16 Logical sectors 63 63 63 63 Drive Format Logical cylinders 12416 16383 16383 16383 Physical read/write heads2346 Disks 1223 Spindle speed (RPM) 4200 4200 4200 4200 Performance Specifications Buffer size 418 418 418 418 Interface IDE(ATA-4) IDE(ATA-4) IDE(ATA-4) IDE(ATA-4) Data transfer rate (disk- buffer, Mbytes/s)85.5-161.6 85.5-161.6 85.5-161.6 85.5-161.6 Data transfer, rate (host~buffer, Mbytes/s)16.6 (PIO mode 4) 66.6 (Ultra DMA mode 4) DC Power Requirements Voltage tolerance 5+-5% 5+-5% 5+-5% 5+-5% CD-ROM Interface ItemSpecification Vendor & Model Name MKE/CD-176 24X Performance Specification Transfer rate (KB/sec) 1550KB/sec ~ 3,600KB/sec (FULL - CAV) Modem Interface ItemSpecification 730sg-1.fm Page 14 Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:59 AM