Acer Travelmate C300 Service Guide

Acer TravelMate C300 Series
Service Guide
  SERVICE CD PART NO.: VD.T28V1.001 
                                                                                                                                     PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available
on the ACER/CSD web; for more information, 
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw 

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on TravelMate C300 service guide.
DateChapterUpdates
2003/10/28 Chapter 1 Delete introduction to front panel on page 8.  

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Copyright
Copyright © 2003 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 MESSAGESDenotes actual messages that appear 
on screen.
NOTEGives bits and pieces of additional 
information related to the current 
topic.
WARNINGAlerts you to any damage that might 
result from doing or not doing specific 
actions.
CAUTIONGives precautionary measures to 
avoid possible hardware or software 
problems.
IMPORTANTReminds 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
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel® Pentium® M processor with 1MB L2 cache
TIntel®  855GM chipset
TCD ROM, DVD, DVD/CD-RW combo, DVD or DVD-dual drive
THigh-capacity Enhanced-IDE hard disk
TAdvanced Configuration Power Interf ace (ACPI) power management system
Display
T14.1” Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal di splay (LCD) supporting pen-based input, with 16M 
color at  1024X768 XGA (eXtended Graphics...

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Expansion
TOne Type II CardBus PC Card slot
TUpgradeable memory
TAcerMedia bay
TAcer EasyPort II
I/O Ports
TOne Card bus type II card slot
TOne smart-card slot
TOne RJ-11 phone jack (V.90/92, 56Kbps modem)
TOne RJ-45 jack (Gigabit Ethernet)
TOne DC-in jack for AC adapter
TOne external monitor (VGA) port
TOne S-video TV out port
TOne 100-pin port replicator connector
TOne line-out (headphone) jack (3.5mm mini jack)
TOne line-in (microphone) jack (3.5mm mini jack)
TOne microphone-in jack
TTwo...