Acer Aspire 1600 Service Guide
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12Aspire 1600 Indicators The computer has seven easy-to-read status icons on the right of the display screen. The Power and Standby status icons are visible even when you close the display cover so you can see the status of the computer while the cover is closed. #IconFunctionDescription 1 Wireless LAN This button is used to enable or disable the wireless LAN (optional) function 2 Power Lights when the computer is on. 3 Sleep Lights when the computer enters Standby mode and blinks when it enters into...
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Chapter 1 13 7 Num Lock (Fn-F11)Lights when Numeric Lock is activated. #IconFunctionDescription
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14Aspire 1600 Keyboard The keyboard has full-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and twelve function keys. Special keys Lock keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off. Embedded numeric keypad The embedded numeric keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad. It is indicated by small characters located on the upper right corner of the keycaps. To simplify the keyboard legend, cursor-control key symbols are not printed on the keys....
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Chapter 1 15 NOTE: If an external keyboard or keypad is connected to the computer, the Num Lock feature automatically shifts from the internal keyboard to the external keyboard or keypad. Windows keys The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions. Desired accessNum lock onNum lock off Number keys on embedded keypadType numbers in a normal manner. Cursor-control keys on embedded keypadHold Shift while using cursor-control keys. Hold Fn while using cursor-control keys. Main keyboard...
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16Aspire 1600 Hot Keys The computer employs hot keys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen contrast and brightness, volume output and the BIOS Utility. To activate hot keys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hot key combination. Hot KeyIconFunctionDescription Fn- lHotkey help Displays a list of the hotkeys and their functions. Fn- mSetup Accesses the notebook configuration utility. Fn- nPower Scheme Toggle Switches between the power...
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Chapter 1 17 The Euro symbol If your keyboard layout is set to United States-International or United Kingdom or if you have a keyboard with a European layout, you can type the Euro symbol on your keyboard. NOTE: for US keyboard users: The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows. For the Euro symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-international. To verify the keyboard type: Fn-rTouchpad Toggle Turns the internal touchpad on and off. Fn- sSpeaker on/off Turns the...
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18Aspire 1600 1.Click on Start, Control Panel. 2.Double-click on Regional and Language Options. 3.Click on the language tab and click on Details. 4.Verify that the keyboard layout used for “EN English (United States) is set to United States-International. If not, select and click on ADD, then select United States-International and click on OK. 5.Click on OK. To type the Euro symbol: 1.Locate the Euro symbol on your keyboard. 2.Open a text editor or word processor. 3.Hold aGr and press the Euro...
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Chapter 1 19 3 Web browser Internet browser application 4 P1 User-programmable 5 P2 User-programmable 6 P3 User-programmable #IconFunctionDescription
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20Aspire 1600 Hardware Specifications and Configurations System Board Major Chips Item Controller System core logic SiS645DX Super I/O controller NS87392 Audio controller Codec Sigmatel STAC9766 Video controller ATI M9CSP32 Hard disk drive controller ATA100 Keyboard controller Mitsubishi M38857 CardBus Controller TIPCI1520 RTC SiS645DX Processor ItemSpecification CPU type Desktop CPU Northwood 2.4~3.06GHz/ Intel Pentium ® 4 socket P478 processor CPU package To 3.06GHz uFCBGA CPU core voltage 1.7V CPU...
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Chapter 1 21 Above table lists some system memory configurations. You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to form other combinations. System Memory ItemSpecification Memory controller SiS645DX Onboard memory size 0MB DIMM socket number 2 Sockets Supports memory size per socket 512MB Supports maximum memory size 1024MB Supports DIMM type DDR-DRAM SODIMM Supports DIMM Speed 266 MHz Supports DIMM voltage 3.3 V Supports DIMM package 200-pin so-DIMM Memory module combinations You can install memory...