Acer Aspire 1520 Service Guide

Aspire 1360/1520 Series
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 1360/1520 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
2004/10/20 Chapter 1 Add the most up-to-date system block diagram on page 3.
Change the memory controller to “built-in CPU” on page 18. 

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Copyright
Copyright © 2004 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 Acer 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...

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Chapter 1 System Introduction  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Removing the Thermal Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Removing the Upper Case Assemly  . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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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
TMobile AMD SempronTM processor 2600+ to 3300+ or higher with 128/256 KB L2 cache, 
supporting AMD Power Now! Technology and HyperTransport technology (for Aspire 1360 only)
TAMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ to 3400+ or higher with 1 MB cache, supporting HyperTransport 
technology (for Aspire 1520 only)
TVIA Chipset-integrated Unichrome PRO graphics core, with up to 64MB of shared...