Acer Travelmate 8200 Service Guide

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Disassembling the Main Unit
1. To remove the middle cover, you have to remove the two screws on the rear side.
2. Open the notebook as shown. Detach the middle cover carefully because the cable of LED board and main 
board is under the middle cover.
3. Disconnect the middle cover side cable then remove the middle cover.
4. Release the connector then disconnect the main board side cable as shown.
5. Remove the two screws fastening the keyboard.
6. Detach the keyboard carefully then turn it...

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10. Disconnect the microphone line and take it out from the main unit carefully.
11. To detach the LCD module, you have to remove the four screws fastening the LCD hinges and the main unit.
12. There is a metal ring fastened on the right hinge. Do not mismatch when reassembling.
13. Then detach the LCD module.
14. Disconnect the touchpad cable. 

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15. To separate the upper case from the main unit, you have to remove seven screws fastening the upper and 
lower case assembly.
16. Then remove the 18 screws on the bottom side of the main unit holding the upper and lower cases. One of 
these 18 screws secures the fan (marked in red).
17. Finally, remove the two hexagonal screws on the rear side of the main unit.
18. Now detach the upper case from the main unit.
19. Release the connector and disconnect the Smart Card reader cable.
20....

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24. Remove the two screws fastening the fan.
25. Then detach the fan.
26. Remove the two screws fastening the modem board.
27. Detach the modem board from the main board carefully then disconnect it.
28. Remove the screw fastening the main board.
29. Separate the main board from the lower case carefully.
30. Disconnect the RTC battery on the main board then detach it.
31. Release the five screws fastening the heatsink then detach the heatsink.
32. Release the screw fastening the CPU by...

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34. Remove the three screws fastening the Smart Card reader then detach the Smart Card reader from the lower 
case.
35. Pull the latch backwards softly and detach the USB board from its position. 
36. Then disconnect carefully the four-pin USB cable, 10-pin USB cable and modem cable.
37. Detach the bluetooth module from the upper case. 

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38. Disconnect the click-button cable then remove it.
39. Disconnect the cable linking the click buttons and touchpad then remove it.
40. Remove the three screws fastening the click-button bracket then detach the click-button bracket.
41. Remove the four screws fastening the touchpad bracket then detach the touchpad bracket.
42. Then detach the touchpad.
43. Finally, remove the three screws securing the LED board then detach the LED board from the middle cover. 

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Disassembling the LCD Module
1. Detach the six LCD screw rubber cushions and remove the six screws fastening the LCD bezel.
2. Then carefully detach the LCD bezel.
3. Detach inverter board then disconnect the LCD backlight cable and the inverter cable.
4. Remove the four screws securing the LCD bracket.
5. Disconnect the CCD module.
6. Detach the LCD. 

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7. Remove the two screws fastening the LCD right bracket and detach the bracket.
8. Remove the two screws fastening the LCD left bracket and detach the bracket.
9. Carefully detach the tapes then disconnect the LCD cable.
10. Remove the two screws fastening the antenna set.
11. Then carefully detach the antenna set from the LCD panel.
12. Remove the two screws fastening the LCD panel latch.
13. Take out the left LCD panel latch lock with tweezers.
14. Take out the right LCD panel latch lock...

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16. Remove the screw fastening the CCD module.
17. Detach the CCD module carefully from the LCD panel.
Disassembling the ODD Module
1. Remove the four screws fastening the ODD holder and detach the ODD holder.
2. Insert a screwdriver or a clip into the emergency eject hole to eject the optical disk drive as shown 
3. Then detach the ODD bezel. 

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Disassembling the CCD Module
1. Detach the CCD module holder.
2. Separate the cases of the CCD module.
3. Remove the two screws fastening the CCD board and detach the CCD board.
Disassembling the HDD Module
1. Remove the two screws securing the HDD bracket and detach the HDD bracket.