Acer Travelmate 8210 Service Guide

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Transfer rate DVD-ROM 16.62Mbytes/sec. 
(12X) max.
CD-ROM 4800 kB/sec. (32X) 
max.DVD-ROM 10.55 Mbytes/sec. 
(8X) max.
CD-ROM 3600 kB/sec. (24X) 
max.
Interface IDE (ATAPI)  IDE (ATAPI) 
Operating voltage +5.0V +/- 5% +5.0V +/- 5%
ItemDescription
Feature •  Mini-card: manufacturing option
•  802.11a/b/g (Intel
® Golan / 3rd party)
•  802.11 pre-n (3
rd party)
•  Built-in two antennas
•  Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
TM solution, WPA2, WMM
•  CCX V3 and above
ItemDescription
Controller ICH7M
Data modem data...

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ItemDescription
Controller PC97551
Model name Travelmate series: New Acer Ergo Keyboard with buttons embedded
Feature
•  88/89-key Acer FineTouch
TM keyboard with five-degree curve
•  Inverted T cursor layout
•  2.5 mm (minimum) key travel, spill proof support
•  Built-in touchpad with four-way integrated scroll button
•  12 function keys
•  Four cursor keys
•  Two Windows
® keys
•  Hotkey controls
•  Embedded numeric keypad
•  International language support
•  Four easy-launch buttons: web...

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 Battery life •  80% charge in one hour
•  two hour rapid charge system-off
•  2.5 hour charge-in-use
Legacy ModeACPI Mode
Off •  Mech. Off (G3): All devices in the system are turned off completely.
•  Soft Off: (G2/S5): All devices in the system are turned off completely 
by OS shutdown.
On •  Working (G0/S0): Individual devices such as the CPU and hard disk 
may be power-managed in this state.
•  S3 Sleeping State: CPU set power down, VGA suspend, PCMCIA 
suspend, Audio power down, HDD...

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Pixel pitch 0.19725 (H) X 
0.19725 (V) mm0.1971 (H) X 0.1971 
(V) mm0.1971 (H) X 0.1971 
(V) mm
Display mode Normally white Normally white Normally white
Surface treatment Haze (25), Hard-
coating (3H)Antiglare and Hard 
Coat (3H min.)Antiglare, Hardness 
3H
ItemSpecification
Model name LiteOn PA-1900-04QB ROHS Delta 90W ADP-
90SB BBAHF
Input feature
Rated voltage for 100Vac or 240Vac input 
AC voltagefor 100Vac or 240Vac input 
AC voltage
Input voltage range from 90Vac to 264Vac from 90Vac...

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BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built in the BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) of 
computer. Generally speaking, the computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to 
run this utility.
However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup. Otherwise, you can also refer to 
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting when problem arises.
Invoking BIOS Setup
To activate the BIOS Utility, press F2 during POST (when...

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Buttons
Hotkeys
•Fn + F1 (Help Menu): This hotkey will cause a help message on the screen that describes the definitions 
and functions of the unit’s hotkeys.
•Fn + F2 (Launch Acer eSetting): This hotkey will launch the Acer eSetting utility.
•Fn + F3 (Launch Acer ePower Management): This hotkey will launch the Acer ePower management 
utility.
•Fn + F4 (Sleep Button): It is assigned as the Sleep Button in ACPI mode. Users can set the definition of 
Sleep Button in Windows Power Options.
•Fn +...

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Power Button
The Power button should act as the ACPI defined Power button and users can determine its policy through the OS 
setting like Windows Power Options.
The override feature should be supported to allow the unconditional shutdown by pressing the Power button for 
more than four seconds.
Lid Switch
The function of Lid switch is defined as below:
•The LCD backlight should be turned off when the Lid switch is pressed. The LCD backlight will be lighted 
when the Lid switch is released...

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Information Menu
•HDD Model Name: This item will show the Model name of HDD installed on Primary IDE master. The hard 
disk model name is automatically detected by the system. If there is no hard disk present or unknown 
type, “None” should be shown on this field.
•HDD Serial Number: This item will show the Serial number of HDD installed on Primary IDE master. If no 
hard disk or other devices are installed on Primary IDE master, it will display a blank line.
•UUID: It shows only when an...

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Main Menu
•System Time and System Date: The hours are displayed with 24-hour format. The changes in these two 
items take effect immediately.
•System Memory: This item reports the memory size of system base memory. The size is fixed to 640KB.
•Extended Memory: It reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. The extended 
memory size is equal to total memory size (one MB).
•Video Memory: It indicates the video memory size.
•Quiet Boot:
•Enabled: Customer Logo is displayed, and...

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device change is only for one-time change. In other words, when the system is rebooted, the boot 
device sequence will be the same as the one defined in the BIOS setup (Boot option).
•D2D Recovery: It allows the users to enable or disable the disk-to-disk recovery.
•Processor Power Management: To save power in working state, the OS leads the CPU to low-power 
states (C1, C2 and C3) when the OS is idle. In the low-power state, the CPU does not run any 
instructions, and wakes up when an...