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Aspire T130
Service Guide
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Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire T130 service guide. Date Chapter Updates II
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Copyright Copyright © 2003 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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Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Specifications 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Features and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Aspire T130 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Aspire T130 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Main Board Layou
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Table of Contents Installing the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Install the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 61 Power-On Self-Test (POST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 POST Check Points . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1 System Specifications Overview Aspire T130 will use AK32 (Aspire T310) chassis. It will be a low cost K8 solution with memory card reader and firewire solution. Aspire T130 is a versatile, high-power system, supporting AMD K8 CPUs (754). The computer uses Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) and Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) design. This improves system efficiency and helps the system support varied multimedia and software applications. Aspire T130 has standard I/O interfaces such
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Features & Specifications CPU Support AMD Athlon 64 Processor Front Side Bus: 800MHz Socket type: K8 Socket 754 Chipset North Bridge: SiS755 South Bridge: SiS964(L) AC’97 Audio Codec: ALC655 Memory Module Speed: DDR 200/266/333/400 Socket Type: Two DDR 184-pin unbuffered DIMM sockets Maximum Memory Size: 2GB BIOS BIOS Memory Size:2MB Kernel:Award Kernel with Acer skin PCI Slot PCI Slots Quality: 3 pcs PCI Slot Type:PCI 2.2 5V slot AGP Slot AGP Slot Type: AGP 8x 1.5V slot AGP Slot
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One RJ45 jack at the rear side USB Connectors and Headers Support USB 2.0/1.1 and mixed mode 8 USB ports support Two USB ports at the rear panel Two USB ports at the front through daughter card(on-board) Four on-board USB ports reserved for memory card reader Modem Askey V.92 56K HSF Fax/Modem GVC V.92 56K HSF Fax/Modem Memory Card Reader ECS 6-in-1 Memory Card Reader with 1394 Power Supply 230W in stable mode Misc One 34-pin FDD low profile header Three 3-pin FAN header: CPU, Chassi
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Front Panel The computer’s front panel consists of the following: No. Description No. Description Label Description 1 Optical Drive 2 Floppy Drive 3 6-in-1 Card Reader (Manufacturing Option) 4 Power Button 5 Speaker or Headphone Jack 6 Microphone Jack 7 USB Ports 4 Chapter 1
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Rear Panel The computer’s rear panel consists of the following: No. Description No. Description Label Description 1 Power Cord Socket 2 Voltage Selector Switch 3 Fan Aperture 4 PS/2 Keyboard Port 5 PS/2 Mouse Connector 6 Serial Connector 7 Printer Connector 8 IEEE 1394 Port 9 USB Connectors 10 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector 11 Microphone Jack 12 Line-out Jack 13 Line-In Jack 14 Monitor Connector Chapter 1 5
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Mainboard 6 Chapter 1
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Lable Component AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port (supports 1.5V AGP card only) ATX1 Standard 20-pin ATX power connector ATX2 Standard 4-pin ATX Power Connector AUDIO1 Front Audio Connector CASFAN1 Case fan connector CDIN1 Primary CD-in connector CPU FAN1 Cooling fan for CPU DIMM1~DIMM2 Three 184-pin DDR SDRAM FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector IDE1 Primary IDE channel IDE2 Secondary IDE channel JP1 Clear CMOS jumper PANEL1 Connector for case front panel switches and LED indicators PCI1~ PCI3 Standa
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Block Diagram 鶗廱嚽嚾黦龑顣鰎齙儹黤齝 鰗 齠 麚鼮囃麚龑 DDR SDRAM AMD-ATHLON64-CPU DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Rtt LINK0 16*16 SSTL-2 Termination IN OUT AGP BUS AGP 8X SLOT SIS755 MuTIOL 1GMHz LAN PHY 1394 connector AC'97 Audio Codec 1394 header PCI VT6307 PCI SLOT 3 PCI SLOT 2 PCI SLOT 1 SiS964L PS/2 IDE 1 IDE 2 KEYBOARD /MOUSE USB 0 USB 2 USB 4 USB 6 USB 1 USB 3 USB 5 USB 7 Optional LPC Bus FAN FAN FAN FAN CONTROL VOLTAGE MONITOR 1 2 3 TEMPERATURE MONITOR LPC Super I/O Legacy ISA Bus ROM PARALLEL COM1/2 FLOPPY 8 Chapter 1
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Hardware Specifications and Configurations Processor Item Specification Type AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 Speed 3000+~3400+ or above Voltage 1.40V~1.55V Front Side Bus 800MHz BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programmer Award BIOS vision v6.0 BIOS ROM type Flash ROM BIOS ROM size 2MB BIOS ROM package PLCC Support Protocol ACPI 1.0b, APM1.2, PC Card 95, AC972.3, EPP/IEEE 1284 1.7& 1.9, PCI 2.2, PnP 1.0a,DMI 2.0,USB,DDC-2B,ODD-bootable, Windows keyboard, Microsoft Simple Boot Flag Support to LS-120
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This section has two table lists, system memory specification and the possible combinations of memory module. System Memory Item Specification Memory socket number 2 sockets Memory Controller K8 CPU Support memory size per socket 1G Support maximum memory size 2G Support memoryType DDR SDRAM(Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) Support memory Speed 100/133/166/200 MHz Support memory voltage 2.6 V Support memory module package 184-pin DIMM Support to parity check featur
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This section has two table lists, the video interface specification and its supported display modes. Video Interface Item Specification Video controller N/A Video controller resident bus AGP Bus Video interface support Video YUV texture in all texture formats H/W DVD accelerator Display Display Screen Resolution Refresh Rate (Hz) Hor. Scan (KHz) Pixel Clock (MHz) 640x480 60 31.5 25.2 640x480 72 37.4 32.0 640x480 75 37.5 31.5 640x480 85 43.3 36.0 640x480 120 63.7 55.0 800x600 56 35.2 36.0 800x600
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IDE Interface Item Specification Chip Vendor SiS Chip Name SiS964L Number of IDE channel 2 Support IDE interface Yes Support bootable CD-ROM Yes Floppy Disk Drive Interface Item Specificatoin Vendor & Mode Name Panasoic JU-226A 243FC Floppy Disk Specification Floppy Disk Drive Controlle ITE8705 Floppy Disk Drive Controller Resident Bus ISA Bus Support FDD format 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB Parallel Port Item Specification Parallel port controller ITE8705 Parallel port controller residen
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Modem Item Specification Chipset Agere Scorpio+CSP1037P Fax modem data baud rate (bps) 14.4K Data modem data baud rate (bps) 56K Voice modem V.253 Modem connector type RJ11 Full duplex No USB Port Item Specification USB Compliancy Level USB 1.1/2.0 EHCI USB 2.0 Number of USB Port 8 ( M/B support total 8 USB but there only 4 can be used, another 4 have been occupied by memory card reader) Location Rear Side(2) /Front side(2) Serial Port Function Control Always Enabled PCI INTx# and IDSEL Assig
