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Aspire M5640
Aspire M3640
Aspire M1640
Service Guide
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Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire M5640/Aspire M3640/ Aspire M1640 service guide. Date Chapter Updates II
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Copyright Copyright © 2007 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 Incorporate
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Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN Denotes actual messages that appear on screen. MESSAGES 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 Remind 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 F
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Chapter 1 System Specifications 1 Features……………………………………………………………………………………………... 1 Main board Placement…………………………………………………….……..……………..7 Block Diagram…………………………………………………………..………………...………..8 Aspire M5640 Front Panel………………………………………..…….………..…..……....9 Aspire M5640 Rear Panel…………………..…………………………….……………………10 Aspire M3640 Front Panel……………………………………………………………………..11 Aspire M3640 Rear Panel……………………….…………………………………..……….12 Aspire M1640 Front Panel……………………………………………………………………..13 Aspire M1640 Rear P
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System Specifications Features Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business) Processor Socket Type: Intel® Socket T LGA 775 pin Processor Type: Intel Celeron / Celeron D / Pentium D /Pentium Dual Core/ Core 2 Duo / Core2 Quad / Yorkfield / Wolfdale CPUs FSB 533/800/1066/1333 MHz CPUs Chipset NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE PCB Form Factor: Micro ATX Dimension/Layer: 244mm x244mm Memory Memory Type: DDR2 533/667/800 Support single channel
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PCI Slot Type: PCI 2.3 5V slots PCI Slot Quantity: 2 FDD Slot Quantity: 1 Design Criteria: Should support 1.44MB/3 mode 3.5” Devices IDE Slot Type: 40pin PATA IDE slot Slot Quantity: 1 Transfer rate support: PIO Mode: 0/1/2/3/4 ATA mode: 33/66/100/133 Storage Type support: HDD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+ RW/DVD Dual/DVD SuperMultiPlus/HD DVD/BlueRay DVD SATA Slot Type: SATA slot Slot Quantity: 4 Storage Type support: HDD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW
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Rear 6 jack follow HD audio definition, example as below Audio jacks color coding: should meet Microsoft Windows Logo Program Device Requirements: Audio-0002 1 S/PDIF-out header (1*4) 1 AUX-In header (1*4) 1 front panel audio header (2*5) Add HD de-pop CKT (the attachment is the reference, please propose your solution) S/N ratio: 90 dB at rear output jack LAN MAC Controller: NV MCP73PV/S Intel 82566DC (10M/100M/1000M LAN) PHY: Realtek 8211BL Gigabit Ethernet Phy. USB C
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1 rear 6pin IEEE1394 port 1 2x5pin onboard jumper BIOS BIOS Type: Phoenix Award or AMI Kernel with Acer skin Size: 4Mb Note: Boot ROM should be included (PXE function should be built in with default and RPL function is optional by service BIOS) BIOS shall auto detect FDD to avoid checksum error when boot I/O Connector Controller: Super I/O ITE 8718FX (F stepping or after; must full support Intel platform) Rear I/O Connector 1 PS/2 Keyboard port, 1 PS/2 Mouse port, 1
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1 PCI Express x 1 slot 2 PCI slots 1 FDD slot 1 PATA connector 4 SATA connectors 3 2*5 pin Intel FPIO specification USB pin connectors (follow Intel FPIO standard Specification) 1 2*5 pin IEEE1394 jumper (reserve header on all SKU) 1 2*5 pin Intel FPIO spec. Microphone In/ Headphone Out pin connectors 1 serial port 2*5 pin connector (reserve header on all SKU) 1 AUX-In 4pin connector 1 1*4 S/PDIF out header (reserve header on all sku) 1 4 pin CPU Fan connector 1
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Design for Intel Broadwater/ICH8 series chipset compatible system Voltage design should be covered +5V, +3.3V, +12V, +5VSB, -12V (attention to 12V output capability) Demand for both PFC/Non-PFC solutions (two different quotations are needed) Minimum 2 Serial ATA power connector solution should be included (by default) Minimum 3 big 4-pin power connector included Minimum 1 small 4-pin power connector included PFC version will not provide switch selector for 115/230V AC input but
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Main board Placement 7
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Block Diagram 8
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Aspire M5640 Front Panel The computer’s front panel consists of the following: Label Description 1 Optical drive 2 Card reader 3 Power and HDD LED 4 Power button 5 Speaker or headphone 6 Microphone jack 7 USB ports 9
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Aspire M5640 Rear Panel Label Description Label Description 1 Power card socket 9 PS/2 mouse connector 2 Voltage selector switch 10 HDMI port 3 PS/2 keyboard connector 11 System Fan connector 4 COM port 12 IEEE 1394 port 5 Monitor connector 13 SPDIF port 6 USB 2.0 ports 14 LAN port 7 Audio port 15 Lock Handle 8 Fan aperture 10
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Aspire M3640 Front Panel Label Description 1 USB ports 2 Floppy disk drive 3 Card reader cover 4 Acer Logo 5 Microphone jack 6 Speaker or headphone 7 Optical drive 8 Power button 9 LED module 11
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Aspire M3640 Rear Panel Label Description Label Description 1 Power card socket 9 PS/2 mouse connector 2 Voltage selector switch 10 HDMI port 3 PS/2 keyboard connector 11 System Fan connector 4 COM port 12 IEEE 1394 port 5 Monitor connector 13 SPDIF port 6 USB 2.0 ports 14 LAN port 7 Audio port 15 Lock Handle 8 Fan aperture 12
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Aspire M1640 Front Panel Label Description 1 Optical drive 2 Floppy disk drive 3 Speaker or headphone 4 USB Ports 5 Acer Logo 6 Power button 7 LED Module 8 Microphone jack 13
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Aspire M1640 Rear Panel Label Description Label Description 1 Power card socket 8 Fan aperture 2 Voltage selector switch 9 PS/2 mouse connector 3 PS/2 keyboard connector 10 System Fan connector 4 COM port 11 IEEE1394 port 5 Monitor connector 12 SPDIF port 6 USB 2.0 ports 13 LAN port 7 Audio port 14 Lock Handle 14
