Acer Aspire 1606 Service Guide

Aspire 1606
Service Guide
  PART NO.:  
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 1606 service guide.
Date Chapter Updates
2003/11/18 Chapter 4 Add POST codes 

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

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Removing the LCD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Removing the LCD Hinges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Removing the LCD Coaxial Cable   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Disassembling the Main Unit   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Removing the Keyboard Bracket   . . . ....

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Appendix C Online Support Information  124 

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
T Intel® Pentium® 4/ Northwood socket P478 up to 3.2GHz processor with 512KB cache, supporting 
variable clock design.
T64-bit memory bus
TTwo 200-pin DDR-DRAM with each supporting 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB, upgradable to the total 
maximum of 1GB with SODIMM modules, supporting 2100.
TBuilt-in floppy diskette drive and Hard diskette drive
THigh-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk...