Acer Travelmate C100 Service Guide

TravelMate C100
Service Guide
  PART NO.:  49.48R01.001                                                                                                   PRINTED IN TAIWANService guide files and updates are available
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Travelmate C100 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
02/07/2002 Chapter 2 Delete FDD specification under System Information both in  screen and on table.
Chapter 3 Under “Disassembly Procedure Program”  the center hinge  block was deleted.
Under “Removing the Middle Cover” the procedure was 
modified with an additional “Note” under it.
Under “Removing the LCD Hinges with the Center Hinge”  
the procedure was modified and also a...

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Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Acer Incorporated.  All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, 
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in 
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without 
the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.
Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
Acer Incorporated makes no...

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:Screen messages Denotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions 
relevant to the accomplishment of 
procedures. 

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Preface
Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.
1.This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION 
decided for Acers global product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product 
competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. 
add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT...

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Removing the System Board   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Removing the PCMCIA Socket  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the VGA Plate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Heat Sink Plate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Removing the Modem Cable   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® low voltage Tualatin® processor up to 700MHz CPU with on-die 512K cache. CPU is lower 
power, fully static and with SMI feature.
T64-bit memory bus 
TAcerMedia bay (removable CD or DVD drive)
THigh-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk
TLi-Ion main battery pack
TPower management system with ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface)
Display
T10.4” Thin-Film Transistor (TFT)...

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Keyboard and Pointing Device
T84-/85-key Windows keyboard
TErgonomically-centered touchpad pointing device with scroll function
I/O Ports
TOne type II CardBus PC Card slot 
TOne RJ-45 jack for Ethernet
TOne RJ-11 phone jack
TOne DC-in jack (AC adapter)
TOne external monitor port
TOne speaker/headphone-out jack
TOne audio line-in jack
TOne microphone-in jack
TTwo USB ports
TOne FIR port