Acer Travelmate 740 Service Guide

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System Block Diagram
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4Chapter 1
Board Layout
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1 Volume Control 16 Serial Port
2 Microphone-in Port 17 Modem Connector (RJ11)
3 Line-in Port 18 PS/2 Port
4 Line-out Port 19 LCD Cover Switch Connector
5 O2 OZ6933T 20 LED/Inverter Board Connector
6 Cardbus Socket 21 External CD/DVD-ROM Module Connector
7 FAN Connector 22 VGA Chip, Rage Mobility-M6-S
8 FIR 23 Internal Keyboard Connector
9 USB Port 24 SW1 Setting
10 VGA Port 25 Finger Print Check
11 CPU Socket 26 HDD Connector
12 LAN Connector (RJ45) 27 Battery...

Chapter 15
Bottom View
1 Docking Station Connector 8 Battery Connector
2 Intel FW82830M 9 Intel FW82801CAM
3 Power Switch Connector 10 Modem board socket
4 DIMM Socket 2 11 External CD/DVD-ROM Module Connector
5 DIMM Socket 1 12 DC-DC Board Connector
6 FDD FPC Connector 13 DC-DC Board Connector
7 SST 49LF004 14 Modem Connector
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6Chapter 1
Outlook View
A general introduction of ports allow you to connect peripheral devices, as you would with a desktop PC.  
Front View
#ItemDescription
1 Display screen Also called LCD (liquid-crystal display), 
diplays computer output.
2 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which 
functions like a computer mouse.
3 Click buttons (left, 
center and right)The left and right uttons function like the 
left and right mouse buttons; the center 
button serves as a scroll up/down button.
4 Palmrest...

Chapter 17
Left Panel
#IconItemDescription
1 Infrared port Interfaces with infrared devices (e.g., 
infrared printer, IR-aware computer).
2 PC Card slots Accept one type III or two Type II 16-bit PC 
Card(s) or 32-bit CardBus PC Card(s).
3 Eject buttons Eject the selected PC Card from the slot.
4 Power switch Turns on the computer power.
5 Floppy activity 
indicatorLED that turns on and off when the floppy 
drive is active.
6 Speaker/Headphone-
out jackConnects to audio line-out devices (e.g., 
speakers,...

8Chapter 1
Right Panel
 
#ItemDescription
1 Video capture kit slot Accepts the video capture kit option on the 
right side of the computer.
2 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.
3 AcerMedia drive Houses a removable media drive module.
4 AcerMedia indicator Lights up when the AcerMedia drive is 
active.
5 Eject button Ejects the drive tray.
6 Emergency eject slot Ejects the drive tray when the computer is 
turned off.  
7 Security keylock Connects to a Kensington-compatible 
coputer security...

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Rear Panel
#IconItemDescription
1 Power jack Connects to an AC adapter
2 PS/2 port Connects to any PS/2-compatible device 
(e.g., PS/2 mouse).
3 Modem jack Connects to a phone line.
4 Serial port Connects to a serial device (e.g., serial 
mouse).
5 Parallel port Connects to a parallel device (e.g., parallel 
printer).
6 Network jack Connects to an Ethernet 10/100-based 
network
7 External display port Connects to a display device (e.g., external 
monitor, LCD projector) and displays up to 
64K...

10Chapter 1
Bottom Panel
#IconItemDescription
1 AcerMedia bay Houses an AcerMedia drive module.
2 Battery bay Houses the computer’s battery pack.
3 Hard disk bay Houses the computer’s hard disk (secured 
by a screw).
4 Battery release latch Unlatches the battery to remove the battery 
pack.
5 Memory compartment Houses the computer’s main memory.
6 Mini docking connector Connects to DockMate V mini docking 
station.
7 AcerMedia bay release 
latchUnlatches the AcerMedia drive for removal 
or swapping. 

Chapter 111
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 Standby 
mode and blinks when it enters into or 
resumes from hibernation mode.
3 Media Activity...

12Chapter 1
Lock Keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Lock KeyDescription
Caps  Lock When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed 
are in uppercase.
Num Lock 
(Fn-F11)When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in 
numeric mode.  The keys function as a calculator 
(complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /).  
Use this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric 
data entry.  a better solution would be to connect an 
external keypad.
Scroll Lock...