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Acer
Aspire iDea 500/510 Series
Service Guide
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Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates of Desktop Aspire iDea 500/510 service guide. Date Chapter Updates October 30, 2006 first release II
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Copyright © Copyright 2006 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. III
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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 distri
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Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that appear on screen. NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures. V
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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's “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 FEATURE
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Specification 1 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Storage Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Copying to Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Restoring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Other System Restore Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Acer ePerformance Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Acer ePerformance Management Main Page . . . . . . . . 30 Hardware Specification and Configuration . . . . . . . .31 Power Management Function (ACPI Support Function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Removing the MXM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Removing the VFD Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Removing the Wireless Keyboard Module and the Bluetooth Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Removing the CPU Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Removing the Card Reader Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Removing the Main Board and the Split Board . . . . . . . 66
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Chapter 1 System Specification Specification Operating System ® ® • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Rollup 2 (Emerald) Platform ® • Intel Core Duo processor (Merom dual core) T5500/T5600/T7200/T7400/T7600 (2MB/4MB L2 cache, 1.66/1.83/2.0/2.16/2.83GHz, FSB 667MHz) ® • Intel i945GT + ICH7M-DH chipset System Memory • 256, 512 or 1024MB of DDR2 533/667MHz memory • Dual channel • Upgradeable to 2GB using two soDIMM modules Storage Subsystem • 250/320/400/500GB 3.5” hard disk drive,
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• Wireless keyboard: internal 2.4GHz RF wireless keyboard receiver with auto-pairing technology TV Tuner Subsystem • Support up to two hybrid mini-PCI TV tuner cards for simultaneous TV viewing and recording (2x Analog or 2x DVB-T • 3D Y-C comb filter support • World wide tuner all PAL/SECAM and NTSC TV format support • MPEG2 file format real time recording to HDD (200GB free space provides total 160 hours recording with fair quality setting: 71 hours recording with the best quality setting) s
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• One DVI-I: HDCP support, using DVI to VGA adapter for VGA output • One set of component (Y Pb Pr) (RCA) • One S-Video out • One Composite video out (RCA) • Audio/Video input • Two S-Video in (non-EMEA SKU) • Two Composite in (RCA, non-EMEA SKU) • Two Stereo in (RCA, non-EMEA SKU) • SCART ports (EMEA SKU only) • One SCART-in for S-Video, CVBS, Stereo input nd • One SCART-in/out for system’s CVBS, Stereo output and 2 S-Video, CVBS, Stereo input (for dual TV tuner SKU) • Other I/O ports • One RJ
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Dimension and Weight • 430 (W) x 335 (D) x 70 (H) mm with bezel, feet and WLAN antenna • Weight: 5.5 Kg 4 Chapter 1
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Block Diagram Chapter 1 5
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Main Board Placement 6 Chapter 1
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Chapter 1 7
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No. Description No. Description 1 CPU socket 2 North bridge 3 South bridge 4 Azalia codec: Realtek ALC883DD 5 Super I/O controller: ITE8716F 6 USB hub: GL850A 7 IEEE 1394: Ti TSB43AB22A 8 Transmitter for HDMI: Silicon Image 1390 9 Transmitter for DVI-I: Chrontel 7313A 10 Mini PCI 1 slot for TV tuner card 1 11 Mini PCI 2 slot for TV tuner card 2 12 Mini PCI 3 slot for WLAN card 13 YPbPr to main board connector 14 SCART to main board connector 15 Battery 16 MXM connector (optional) 17 System fan
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Front Panel View No. Component Description 1 Power button Press to power on or power off the system. 2 RF (radio frequency) receiver Receives radio frequency from wireless touchpad keyboard. 3 Drive eject button Ejects the optical disk. 4 Multi writable DVD drive Use to access and record data on compact disks (CDs) and digital video disks (DVDs) 5 IR (Infrared) receiver Receives IR signals from the remote control. 6 Playback controls Lets you conveniently play, record, pause, stop, forward, r
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No. Component Description 10 4-pin IEEE 1394 port Connects to an IEEE 1394 device (e.g., digital video camcorder). 11 XD/SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO slot Accepts an XD (eXtreme Digital), SD (Secure Digital), MMC (MultiMediaCard), MS (Memory Stick) or MS PRO (Memory Stick PRO) card. Warning!If you want to read contents from small form factor memory cards, such as mini-SD, RS-MMC, or MS PRO, you should use a suitable adaptor. 12 CF-I/CF-II/MD slot Accepts a CF (Compact Flash) Type I, CF Type II or Mic
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Rear Panel View No. Component Description 1 Power connector Plug the power cable into this connector. 2 SCART input connector Connects to a set-top box or another A/V device. The SCART input connector supports Video, S- Video and Audio (L and R) input signals. SCART input/output connector Connects to a TV or a set-top box. The SCART input/output connector supports Video, S-Video, Audio (L and R) input and Composite Video and Audio (L and R) output signals. 3 IR blaster ports Connects an IR b
