TravelMate5600 5100 Aspire9400 7100 Laptop Service Guide – PDF DOWNLOAD
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 Acer’s “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 be covered
in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible
personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.
2. Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information
available on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will
not be noted in the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer
office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service
Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and
service of customer machines.
TravelMate5600 5100 Aspire9400 7100 Laptop Service Guide – PDF DOWNLOAD
Chapter1 System Specifications 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Easy-Launch Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Acer Empowering Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hardware Specifications and Configurations 30
Chapter2 System Utilities 40
BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 49
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing the miniPCI/Memory/HDD Module/Keyboard . . . 52
Seperate the LCD module and main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Disassemble the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
LCD Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
HDD Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ODD Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter4 Troubleshooting 67
System Check Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Intermittent Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter5 Jumper and Connector Locations 84
Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 87
Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Spare Part List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89