Acer Aspire 1800 Service Guide

Aspire 1800
Service Guide
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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 1800 service guide.
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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 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 Specifications  1
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Block Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Board Layout   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Chpater 5 Jumper and Connector Locations  64
Top View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Bottom View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Touch Pad Board   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Clear CMOS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Chapter 11
Features
This computer was designed with the user in mind.  Here are just a few of its many features:
Performance
TIntel Grantsdale 915P + ICH6 with PCI-Express technology
TSupport PC3200 (400MHz)
T Intel Prescott CPU 2.8G/3.0G/3.2G/3.4G/3.6G/3.8G
TCPU Package is LGA775 Package
TFSB 800MHz+
TThermal requirement should upgrade to Prescott-T (3.8G,115W)
TAllow to have a new logic lower to support 125W CPU in the further (Z-height will be 47mm ~
                   49mm)
TWireless LAN is integrat...

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Video 
TATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 with 64MB of external DDR video RAM, supporting Microsoft 
                  DirectX 9.0
TSimultaneous LCD and CRT display at 2040x1536 pixel resolution, 75Hz
TDualView Support 
TAspire cinema vision video technology (Aspire Arcade)
TAspire clear vision video optimisation technology (Aspire Arcade)
TS-video/TV-out support (NTSC/PAL)
Audio
TRealtek ALC250
TBuilt-in two 1.5W speakers
T2.1 channel speakers with 2W built-in subwoofer
TMS-Sound Compatible
TBuilt-in...