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    							Aspire 1690
    Aspire 3510
    Service Guide
                                                                                                                                         PRINTED IN TAIWAN
    NOTE: Please refer to Kestrel Service CD P/N:VD.A27V7.001
                   Service guide files and updates are available
    on the ACER/CSD web; for more information, 
    please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw 
    						
    							II
    Revision History
    Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire1690 and Aspire 3510 service guide.
    Date ChapterUpdates 
    						
    							III
    Copyright
    Copyright © 2005 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 representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the 
    contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular 
    purpose.  Any Acer Incorporated software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is.  Should the 
    programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not  Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its 
    dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential 
    damages resulting from any defect in the software.  
    Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation.
    Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
    Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
    Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 
    						
    							IV
    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. 
    						
    							V
    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 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. 
    						
    							VII
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1 System Specifications  1
    Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
    Mainboard Placement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
    Block Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
    Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
    Open View   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
    Front Panel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
    Left View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
    Right View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
    Rear View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
    Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
    Using the Keyboard   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
    Embedded Numeric Keypad  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
    Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
    Windows Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
    Launch Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
    Hot Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
    Special Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
    Using a Computer Security lock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
    Using System Utilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
    Launch Manager  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
    Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
    Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
    Ejecting the optical (CD or DVD) drive tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
    Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
    Chapter 2 System Utilities  45
    BIOS Setup Utility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
    Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
    Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47
    Advanced   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
    Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
    Boot   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
    Exit   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
    Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement  56
    General Information   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
    Disassembly Procedure Flowchart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
    Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
    Removing the HDD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
    Removing the Memory and the Wireless LAN Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
    Removing the Thermal Module and CPU  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
    Removing the ODD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
    Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
    Disassembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
    Disassembling the Upper Case Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
    Disassembling the Lower Case Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
    Disassembling the LCD Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
    Disassembling the External Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
    Disassembling the Optical Drive Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 
    						
    							VIII
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  73
    System Check Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
    External Diskette Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
    External CD-ROM Drive Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
    Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
    Memory Check   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
    Power System Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
    Power Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
    Check the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
    Touchpad Check  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
    PhoenixBIOS POST Tasks and Beep Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
    Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
    POST Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
    Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
    Intermittent Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
    Undetermined Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
    Use NAPP CD to Build Master Hard Disc Drive  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
    Chpater 5 Jumper and Connector Locations  95
    Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
    Rear View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
    RTC Jumper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
    Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List  99
    Exploded Diagram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
    Parts    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
    Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration  113
    Appendix B Test Compatible Components  114
    Microsoft Windows XP(Home)  Environment Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
    Appendix C Online Support Information  118 
    						
    							Chapter 11
    Features
    This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
    Performance
    TIntel®  Celeron®  M Processor at 1.3 ~ 1.5 GHz or higher (for Aspire 3510 series only) 
    TIntel®  Celeron®  M Processor at 1.5 ~ 2.13 GHz or higher (for Aspire 1690 series only)
    TCPU Package is uFPGA 478 Package
    TIntegrated Intel®  PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi 
    CERTIFIEDTM solution
    Memory
    T256MB or 512MB of DDRII 400/533 
    TUpgradeable to 2GB Memory by Dual channels of SODIMM
    Display
    T15” XGA TFT LCD, supporting 1024x768 pixel resolution
    T15.4” WXGA+TFT LCD, supporting 1280x800 pixel resolution
    T15” SXGA +TFT LCD supporting 1400x1050 pixel resolution (for Aspire 1690 series only)
    Graphics
    TAT I  M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X600 with 64/128MB of video memory (for Aspire 1690 series only)
    TAT I  M O B I L I T YTM RADEON® X700 with 64/128MB of video memory (for Aspire 1690 series only)
    TMicrosoft® DirectX® 9.0 support
    TAT I  P O W E R P L AYTM 5.0 support
    TDualViewTM support
    TExternal resolution/refresh rate
    T2048x1536: 60/75 Hz
    T1600x1200: 120/100/85/75/60 Hz
    T1400x1050: 60 Hz
    T1280x1024: 60/75/85/100/120/160 Hz
    T1024x768: 200/160/120/100/85/75//60 Hz
    T800x600: 200/160/120/100/85/75/60 Hz
    TMPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability
    TS-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) support
    TAspire CinemaVisionTM video technology (for Aspire 1690 only)
    Console display for Arcade media playback status
    System Specifications
    Chapter  1 
    						
    							2Chapter 1
    Audio
    T16-bit  AC’97 stereo audio
    TDual speakers and one internal microphone
    TSeparate audio ports for headphone--out, line-in, microphone-in and SPDIF devices
    TBuilt-in two 1.5W speakers
    TMS-Sound Compatible
    TLine-out (SPDIF supported for Aspire 1690 series only)
    Storage
    T40/60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disc drive
    T4-in-1 card reader, supporting MultiMedia Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick® , and 
    Memory Stick PROTM (for Aspire1690 series only)
    TPC card 95 supported with one Type II
    TPCI card bus
    Tno ZV support 
    Communication
    T56Kbps V.90/V.92 AC-Link modem card (MDC) 
    T10/100Mbps or Giga LAN on board (for Aspire1690 series only) 
    T10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet connection  (for Aspire 3510 series only) 
    TWLAN 802.11b/g or 802.11 a/b/g dual-band tri-mode Wireless
    Twith Mini-PCI interface (for Aspire1690 series only) 
    TBuilt-in 2 Antenna (which has to be placed on the top of LCD on the sides of LCD latch)
    I/O Ports
    TThree USB 2.0 ports
    TIEEE 1394 port (4-pin, for Aspire1690 series only )
    TEthernet (RJ-45) port
    TModem (RJ-11) port
    TExternal display (VGA) port
    TS-vide/TV-out port
    TMicrophones/Line-in jack
    THeadphones/Speaker/Line-out jack
    TInfrared (FIR) port
    TType II PC card slot
    T4-in-1 card reader 
    TDC-in jack for AC adaptor
    Battery
    T8-cell of Li-ion battery pack, (4400mAh)
    T4-cell of Li-ion battery pack, (2200mAh)
    T65W AC adaptor
    T3-hours battery life when support ATI X600 / 4-hours battery life when support Intel GFX 
    						
    							Chapter 13
    Mainboard Placement 
    Top View 
    						
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