Acer Travelmate 8000 Service Guide
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Appendix B103 This computer’s compatibility is tested and verified by Acer’s internal testing department. All of its system functions are tested under Windows® XP Home environment. Refer to the following lists for components, adapter cards, and peripherals which have passed these tests. Regarding configuration, combination and test procedures, please refer to the TravelMate 6000/TravelMate 8000 series Compatibility Test Report released by the Acer Mobile System Testing Department. Test Compatible Components Appendix B
104Appendix B Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro Environment Test ItemSpecifications CRT PortCRT Monitor: Dell 2000FP Dell Trinitron 21” Philips Brilliance 109P 19” Silicon Graphics 21” ViewSonic GS773 ViewSonic GS790 LCD Monitor: LCD Acer AL722 LCD akia KX1 Projector: Acer 7755C Panasonic PT-L556EA Panasonic PT-L757U Parallel PortPrinter: HP Laser Jet 2100 HP Desk Jet 840C HP Desk Jet 930C HP Laser Jet 5M ZIP: IOMega ZIP 100 (LPT Port) Cable: LL5 cable 1394 PortHDD: IEEE 1394 (Fire Wire)/USB 1.1 Combo Hard Drive CCD: StealthFire tm HUB: Aten 1394 HUB/FH-600 Cable: 1394 four to four cable MO: Fujitsu Limited MDF3130EE USB 2.0HUB: Adaptec\4 Port (XHUB4) for Dell Highspeed\4 Port HDD: USB HDD: Easy Box USB HDD: LACIE for Dell CD-ROM: LACIE (16*10*40) for Dell Yamaha CD/RW-70 DVD/CD-RW: Pioneer DVR-104 Picoh MP5125A Cable: Mini-LinQ USB 2.0 File transfer cable Printer: HP3425 Printer
Appendix B105 USB 2.0Handy Drive: USB Drive 256MB USB Drive 128MB USB PortUSB Mouse: Acer USB Mouse M012B0 Microsoft Wireless Optical USB Mouse \MIC:P-LPD1-02-0047 Microsoft Optical Mouse USB & PS/2 Compatible Microsoft Optical USB Mouse \ITE 78CJ Logitech Cordless TrackMan Wheel Mouse T-RA18 Logitech Wheel Mouse M-BD58 Logitech Wheel Mouse M-BE58 Logitech iFEEL Mouse M-UN58a TRAGUS Wheel Mouse USB Keyboard: Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro SILITEK K/B SK-6000 NMB K/B ZIPPY USB K/B TK532 USB KeyPad: ZIPPY USB Keypad KW-610 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse: Acer Keyboard+Mouse+Receiver Logitech Keyboard Mouse+Receiver USB Camera: Petaex optixo 330 USB CCD: Intel YC72 Dlink DSC 350 USB CCD Dlink WebCam DSB-C300 Logitech QuickCam Home Creative WebCam USB HDD: HD 530 Tested to comply with FCC Standards USB Printer: HD DeskJet 930C HP DeskJet 840C USB Multi-Function Office Machine: HP 2110C USB FDD: Teac USB FDD Acer Y-E Data USB FDD MIC USB FDD YD-8U10 Logitec USB FDD USB Handy Drive: USB Drive 128MB Apacer HandyDrive 256MB USB LAN: Buffalo USB-10/100Methernet Billionton USB-10/100 FastEthernet USB-100B ItemSpecifications
106Appendix B USB Port USB Modem: USB Communicator JATON K56/V.90 FAX/Modem USB Zip: IOMEGA USB ZIP 250 IOMEGA USB ZIP 100 USB Scanner: HP ScanJet 5300c HP ScanJet 5200c USB Speaker: Philips USB Speaker dss330 Philips USb Speaker (Digital speaker system) USB HUB: PCI_USB HUB\UH-400 USB HUB NET \UH-124 USB to Serial adapter: USB to serial Adapter UB-75 USB Gamepad: Microsoft Sidewider Precision Pro Logitech WingMan FORMULA FORCE Logitech WingMan GAMEPAD EXTREME USB Card Reader: Pro Compact Flash Card Reader Iwill 6-in-1 Card Reader CARRY 6-in-1 card reader GB LAN HUB 3COM SUPER STACK II \3C16611 24port LAN Hub Accton ChefaHub Power-3016P Accton CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3008A Cnet 8 port switch Netvin 5-port switch S-VideoTV: Sony Trinitron 14”\PVM-14M4U Dell \€0FP PC CardsModem: 3Com 56K Modem (3CXM756) Gold Card Glabal 56K+Fax Billionton 56K Modem (FM56C-BF) 16 bit LAN Card: 3COM 10M CardBus LAN Card (3CCFE589ET) D-Link Fast Ethernet DFE-650 ACCTON EN2228 32 bit LAN Card: D-Link CardBus DFE-660 Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 (CE3B-100) Pci_ Fast Ethernet Card FNW-3602-TX Linksys EtherFast PC Card PCM100 CardBus LAN Card: 3COM 10/100 CardBus LAN Card (3CCFE575CT) Xircom CardBus Ethernet II 10/100 (CBE2-100) SCSI: Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460D Card Adaptec SlimSCSI 1480A CardBus UltraSCSI Card RATOC REX-CB80 ItemSpecifications
Appendix B107 PC CardsLAN+Modem card: Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 56k (CEM56-100) ATA C a r d : PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI Controller(FLASH/32MB) PC CardsMicrodrive: IBM 340MB Microdrive Click: IOMEGA Clik! PC CARD DRIVE Zip Card: IOMEGA USB ZIP 250 1394 CardBus Card: Compaq 1394 CardBus Card VST Fire Wire 1394 CardBus Card Wireless LAN Card: CISCO AIRONET 350 SERIES\AIR-PCM350 Wireless LAN Card WL-211F Card Reader: Apapter PCMCIA 4 in 1 SONY Memory Stick Card Reader \MSAC-PC2 PQI CF CARD Reader PNY PCMCIA 4 in 1 MMC Card: Apacer 32MB SanDisk 64MB PQI 64MB MS Card: Apacer 128MB Sony Memory Stick 128MB \MSA-128A SD Card: Toshiba 128MB Sundisk 128MB SM Card: Transcend 128MB SanDisk 128MB CF Card: SanDisk 128MB Audio JacksSpeaker: JS-100 Jazz 3D Speaker SANYO AMPUFIED Speaker System AIWA STEREO SANYO 3D Speaker/OTTO-301 EarPhone: AIWA HP-X121 Earphone PHILIPS Earphone Labtec Verse 504 Access Point Intel Wlgw2011bak 802.11b Intel 802.11a Intel 802.11a+b SMC wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router a+g ItemSpecifications
Appendix C109 This section describes online technical support services available to help you repair your Acer Systems. If you are a distributor, dealer, ASP or TPM, please refer your technical queries to your local Acer branch office. Acer Branch Offices and Regional Business Units may access our website. However some information sources will require a user i.d. and password. These can be obtained directly from Acer CSD Taiwan. Acers Website offers you convenient and valuable support resources whenever you need them. In the Technical Information section you can download information on all of Acers Notebook, Desktop and Server models including: TService guides for all models TUsers manuals TTraining materials TBios updates TSoftware utilities TSpare parts lists TTABs (Technical Announcement Bulletin) For these purposes, we have included an Acrobat File to facilitate the problem-free downloading of our technical material. Also contained on this website are: TDetailed information on Acers International Travelers Warranty (ITW) TReturned material authorization procedures TAn overview of all the support services we offer, accompanied by a list of telephone, fax and email contacts for all your technical queries. We are always looking for ways to optimize and improve our services, so if you have any suggestions or comments, please do not hesitate to communicate these to us. Online Support Information Appendix C
Index111
A
AFLASH Utility 43
Audio 26
B
Battery Pack 50
BIOS 22
package 22
password control 22
ROM size 22
ROM type 22
vendor 22
Version 22
BIOS Setup Utility 31
BIOS Supports protocol 22
BIOS Utility 31
Basic System Settings 36
Navigating 32
Onboard Device Configuration 38
Startup Configuration 37
System Information 32
System Security 42
Board Layout 4
Bottom View 5
Top View 4
C
Cache
controller 22
size 22
caps lock
on indicator 12
CardBus 27
D
DIMM
external 51
removing 51
Disassembly
Battery Pack 48
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Module 53
Floppy Disk Drive 57
Procedure Flowchart 47
Display 3
DVD-ROM Interface 25
E
Error Symptom-to-Spare Part Index 65External CD-ROM Drive Check 62
External Diskette Drive Check 62
F
Features 1
Flash Utility 43
Floppy Disk
removing the 57
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 83
H
Hard disk 24
HDD 24
Hot Keys 13
I
Indicators 12
Intermittent Problems 76
K
Keyboard 28
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check 62
L
L2 cache 22
M
Memory Check 62
Modem 23
N
num lock
on indicator 12
O
Online Support Information 109
P
Panel 6
Bottom 11
left 6
PC Card 12, 27
PCMCIA 27
Pentium III 22
Power System Check 63
Index
11 2Index
Battery Pack 64
Processor 22
S
Second Level Cache 22
System
Block Diagram 3
Layout 4
System Diagnostic Diskette 43
System Memory 22
System Utilities 31
System Utility Diskette 43
T
Test Compatible Components 103
Touchpad Check 64
Troubleshooting 61
U
Undetermined Problems 77
USB 27
utility
BIOS 31
V
Video 26
W
Windows 2000 Environment Test 104