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Aspire 3300S
Service Guide
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Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire 3300S service guide. Date Chapter Updates ii
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Copyright Copyright © 2002 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 r
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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. iv
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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 FEATURES
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel Aspire 3300S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Rear Panel Aspire 3300S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 System Block Diagram (Aspire 3300S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Main Board Layout (Aspire 3300S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Chapter 1 System Specifications Overview ® The Aspire 3300S supports Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette 478/Northwood) Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array 2 processor (FC-PGA2) based Micro ATX, IBM PC/AT compatible system with PCI/AGP bus. Chapter 1 1
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Features Performance Intel Pentium® IV processor with Intel NetBurst™ micro-architecture and integrated 256KB/512KB on-die L2 cache memory in Flip Chip 2 (FC)-mPGA 478 socket form factor, with supporting CPU clock up to 2.4GHz+. System Front Side bus speed:400 MHz. Maximum of 2GB DDR RAM within 2 DIMM sockets. Integrated LAN Controller. 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch floppy disk drives. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM /CD-RW drives 1x/2x/4x AGP slot High capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk Power management f
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Expansion 3 PCI slots + 2 DIMM slots + 1 AGP slot Upgradeable memory and hard disk Human-centric design and ergonomics Slim desktop form factor Separate computer stand and rubber stands for quick and easy positioning Accessible I/O ports Smooth and stylish design Low emission and low radiation Chapter 1 3
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Front Panel Aspire 3300S The computer’s front panel consists of the following: Label Icon Color Description 1 Floppy drive light-emitting diode (LED) 2 3.5-inch floppy drive 3 Floppy drive eject button 4 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW Headphone/Ear- phone jack. 5 Volume control tuner 6 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW LED 7 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW tray 8 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW emergency eject hole 9 Stop/Eject button 10 Black USB ports 11 Pink Microphone-in port (front)* 12 Lime Headphone-out port 4 Chapter 1
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Label Icon Color Description 13 Hard disk drive activity LED 14 LAN Activity LED 15 Power LED 16 Power switch NOTE: *The system has two microphone-in ports (front and rear). However, you cannot use both of them at the same time. The default setting for your system enables the microphone-in port in front and disables the one at the back. Chapter 1 5
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Rear Panel Aspire 3300S Label Icon Color Description 1 Power supply 2 Voltage selector switch 3 Keyhole 4 PS/2 mouse port Green 5 Network port Gray 6 Parallel/Printer port Burgundy 7 Game/MIDI port Gold 8 * VGA port 9 Black Handset/telephone line ports (optional) 10 Power cord socket 6 Chapter 1
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Label Icon Color Description 11 Purple PS/2 keyboard port 12 Black USB ports 13 Teal or Serial port Turquoise 14 Lime Audio-out/Line-out jack 15 Light blue Audio-in/Line-in jack 16 Microphone-in port (rear)** 17 Expansion slots NOTE: * The CRT monitor port is automatically disabled when an add-on VGA card is installed into the system. Connect the monitor to the VGA port instead. ** The system has two microphone-in ports (front and rear). However, you can not use both of the
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System Block Diagram (Aspire 3300S) INTEL P4 CPU Willamette / Northwood X86 Legacy Signals (FC-PGA2_478) 400 MHz Host Bus 4X AGP Bus 133MHz AGP Slot 66-MHz SIS 650 64-bit DDRAM North Bridge 2XDIMMs VGA connector 33MHz,32-bit Primary PCI Bus SIS 961 South Bridge LPC SUPER I/O PCI Slot K E PCI Slot Y B H H O D D LAN P S S A D D RTL8100L PCI Slot A E E R D R R R F / A I I C C D USB FWH M USB L A A 3 X PCI Slot D D (BIOS) D O L L L R R AC' 97 U USB O O USB E S Audio Codec M M L A B 1 X
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Main Board Layout (Aspire 3300S) Component Function ATX Power Supply/JPW1 ATX power connectors JKBMS1 Mouse/keyboard connector USB Connectors Connecting to USB devices COM A & COM B Serial port connector VGA DB 15-pin Connecting to VGA monitor LAN Jack (optional) Connecting to LAN devices LPT1 Parallel port connector FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector J8 Chassis intrusion switch connector 10 Chapter 1
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Component Function IDE 1~IDE 2 Hard disk connector JCD1/JAUX1/JMD1 CD/AUX/Modem-in connectors CPUFA/SYSFA Fan power connectors JFP1/JFP2 Front panel connectors JAUD Front panel audio connector JUSB1/JUSB2 USB front connector JIR1 IrDA infrared module connector JBAT1 Clear CMOS jumper AGP Slot Connecting to AGP cards PCI Slot Connecting to expansion cards CNR Slot Connecting to expansion cards Chapter 1 11
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Keyboard The keyboard has full-sized keys that include separate cursor keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function keys. No. Component Description 1 Programmable keys Help you directly access a URL (Web site) or launch any program, file, or application in your system. The fifth key is set to launch the media player. To configure the settings of each key, right-click on the Magic Keyboard icon located on your Windows desktop. 2 Internet/Suspend keys Consist of three buttons: •Email : launch
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No. Component Description 4 Volume control/Mute Controls the speaker volume. Turn it clockwise or counterclockwise to knob adjust the volume. Press it to toggle between mute and sound. 5 Scroll Lock When activated, the screen moves one line up or down when you press the up arrow or down arrow respectively. Take note that [may not work [ with some applications. 6 When activated, the keypad is set to numeric mode, i.e., the keys function Num Lock as a calculator (complete with arithmetic opera
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Hardware Specifications and Configurations Processor Item Specification Type Intel® Pentium IV processors with mPGA478 package Slot Socket mPGA478 Speed Internal : 1.5~2.4GHz+ External: 400MHZ Data Bus Frequency Minimum operating speed 0 MHz (If Stop CPU Clock in Sleep State the BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) Voltage Processor voltage can be detected by the system without setting any jumper. BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programmer Award BIOS version V6.0 BIOS ROM size 2MB Support protocol P
