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aHornet Aspire R3600

Service Guide

Service guide files and updates are

available on the AIPG/CSD web; for

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Page 1: ...I aHornet Aspire R3600 Service Guide Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG CSD web for more information please refer to http csd acer com tw PRINTED IN TAIWAN ...

Page 2: ...II Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on aHornet Aspire R3600 Service Guide Date Chapter Updates ...

Page 3: ...espect 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 distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and ...

Page 4: ...s 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 ...

Page 5: ... NOT be covered in this generic service guide In such cases please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel channel to provide you with further technical details 2 Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS that you should check the most up to date information available on your regional web or channel If for whatever reason a part number change is made it will not be noted in the printe...

Page 6: ...t S e t u p 2 2 I n t e g r a t e d P e r i p h e r a l s 2 3 P o w e r M a n a g e m e n t 2 4 P C H e a l t h S t a t u s 2 5 F r e q u e n c y V o l t a g e C o n t r o l 2 6 B I O S S e c u r i t y F e a t u r e s 2 7 L o a d D e f a u l t S e t t i n g s 2 8 S a v e E x i t S e t u p 2 9 E x i t W i t h o u t S a v i n g 3 0 Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 31 G e n e r a l I n f...

Page 7: ...e 8W Chipset Nvidia MCP7A ION PCB 170mm 170mm Proprietary Memory Memory Type DDRII SO DIMM 667 800 Support single channel 64 bit mode with maximum memory size up to 4GB Support SO DIMM MCP7A ION DIMM Slot 2 Memory Max 512MB to 4GB DDRII memory technologies Capacity Up to 2GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 4GB PCI Mini PCIe interface via mini card slot Slot Quantity 1 SATA Slot Type SATA s...

Page 8: ...w HD audio definition S N ratio 90 dB at rear output jack LAN MAC Controller MCP7A ION Should be worked under 10M 100M 1000Mbs environment PHY Intel 8211CL USB Controller Type MCP7A ION Ports Quantity 8 4 back panel ports 2 ports for front daughter board Connector Pin standard Intel FPIO pin definition Data transfer rate support USB 2 0 1 1 BIOS BIOS Type AMI Kernel with Acer skin Size 8Mb Note Bo...

Page 9: ... Mini PCIe slot 1 SATA connectors Board to board design for Power Switch Power Indicator and 2 USB 2 0 audio connector one line out and one MIC 1 5V power ports for HDD 1 4 pin CPU Fan connector 1 3 pin clear CMOS header 1 on board buzzer Color management for on board connecter Power Supply Adapter Mounting Features Universal AC adapter 90 264V AC 47 63HZ 3 pin 65W with 19VDC output Small DC jack ...

Page 10: ...4 Block Diagram ...

Page 11: ...5 Aspire R3600 side cover The computer s side cover consists of the following 4 1 4 2 Label Description 1 Power Button 2 Acer Logo ...

Page 12: ...6 Aspire R3600 Rear Panel Label Description 1 DC in Jack 2 D sub connector 3 HDMI connector 4 USB 2 0 connector 5 LAN connector ...

Page 13: ...S Setup is set to Enabled BIOS Item Specification BIOS code programmer AMI Kernel with Acer skin BIOS version P01 A0 BIOS ROM type SPI Flash BIOS ROM size 8Mb Support protocol SMBIOS DMI 2 4 DMI2 0 Device Boot Support 1st priority HDD SDD 2nd priority CD ROM 3rd priority Removable Device 4th priority LAN Support to LS 120 drive YES Support to BIOS boot block feature YES BIOS Hotkey List ...

Page 14: ...g to enter BIOS Setup Utility Main Board Major Chips Item Specification North Bridge MCP7A ION South Bridge MCP7A ION APG controller MCP7A ION Audio controller Realtek HD audio codec ALC662 HD codec 7 1 co lay with ALC662 LAN controller RTL 8211CL Gigabit Ethernet Phy HDD controller MCP7A ION ...

Page 15: ...cation Memory slot number 2 slot Support Memory size per socket 512MB 1GB 2GB Support memory type DDR2 Support memory interface DDR2 667 800MHz Support memory voltage 1 8V Support to parity check feature Yes Support to error correction code ECC feature No Memory module combinations You can install memory modules in any combination as long as they match the above specifications ...

Page 16: ...ip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High performance audio accelerator and AC 97 support Full native DOS games compatibility Virtual FM enhances audio experience through real time FM to Wavetable conversionMPU 401 UART mode interface for Wavetable synthesizers and MIDI devices Integrated dual game port Meets AC 97and WHQL specifications Music synthesizer Yes internal FM synthesizer Sampling r...

Page 17: ... controller resident bus PCI bus Number of SATA channel SATA X 1 Support bootable CD ROM YES USB Port Item Specification Universal HCI USB 2 0 1 1 USB Class Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode USB Connectors Quantity 4 back panel ports 2 ports for front daughter board ...

Page 18: ...e Operating 5 C 35 C Non operating 20 60 C Storage package Humidity Operating 15 to 80 RH Non operating 10 to 90 RH Vibration Operating unpacked 5 500 Hz 2 20g RMS random 10 minutes per axis in all 3 axes 5 500 Hz 1 09g RMS random 1 hour per axis in all 3 axes ...

Page 19: ... V V V USB Keyboard Mouse V V N A N A PME Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled RCT Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled WOR Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Devices wake up from S3 should be less than Devices wake up from S5 should be less than 10 seconds ...

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Page 21: ...loads configuration values into the battery backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM This memory area is not part of the system RAM NOTE If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages the battery may be bad flat In this case the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS Before you run Setup make sure that you have saved all open files The system reboots immediately after you exit Setup ...

Page 22: ...nd On You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt Delete The Setup Utility main menu then appears Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advance BIOS Features CMOS Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Frequency VoltageControl BIOS Security Features Load Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving KLIJ Move Ent...

Page 23: ...oard peripherals Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage and fan speed Frequency Voltage Control This setup page is the System Frequency Voltage setup BIOS Security Features Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the System Load Optimized Defaults...

Page 24: ...ystem Memory Total memory size for the system Product Name This item lists the product name Product Name This item lists the system BIOS version System Serial Number This item lists the system serial number System BIOS Version This item lists the system BIOS version BIOS Release Date This item lists the BIOS release date Processor Type Genuine Intel R 2 CPU 230 1 60GHz Processor Speed 1 60GHz Syst...

Page 25: ...rity Features KLIJ Move ENTER Select Item Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utiliyt Copyright c 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Features System Date Wed 03 25 2009 Time 11 54 33 8AHCI Port0 Not Detected 8AHCI Port1 Hard Disk Halt on All But Keyboard Item Help Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select A field Use or to configure system Time ...

Page 26: ... only Day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month Year from 1999 to 2099 System Time To set the time following the hour minute second format The items format is hour minute second The time is calculated base on the 24 hour timer clock Halt On This item enables use to select the situation if the BIOS stops the POST process and the notification All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But ...

Page 27: ...ystem Hard Disk Drive Priority Specifies the boot device Priority sequence from available Hard Drives Boot up Num Lock On Select Power on state for Numlock On Off USB Beep Message Enables the beep during USB device enumeration Enabled Disabled Quick Boot Enabled Quiet Boot Enabled 1st Boot Device HDD P0 Hitachi HTS Hard Disk Drive Priority Press Enter Boot up Num Lock On USB Beep Message Disabled ...

Page 28: ...ding Technology For Intel platform Disabled Enabled Advanced Chipset Features Intel XD Bit Enabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled iGPU Frame Buffer Detect Auto iGPU Frame Buffer Size 256MB Item Help KLIJ Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Load Default Settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright c 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Chipset Features ...

Page 29: ... POST no matter what option is set Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Controller Always enabled LAN POST no matter what option is set Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Option ROM This item is only available when onboard LAN controller is enabled Disabled Enabled Onboard SATA Controller Enabled Onboard SATA Mode AHCI Mode Onboard USB Controller Enabled Legacy USB Support Enabled Onboard Audio Controller Enabl...

Page 30: ...PCIE Devices Disabled Enabled Power On by Onboard Lan Control wake up event for S1 S3 S4 S5 Disabled Enabled Wake Up by USB KB Mouse Control wake up event for S1 S3 Disabled Enabled ACPI Aware O S Yes ACPI Suspend Mode S3 STR Power On by RTC Alarm Disabled Power On by PCIE Devices Disabled Power On By Onboard LAN Disabled Wake Up by USB KB Mouse Enabled Restore On AC Power Loss Last State Item Hel...

Page 31: ...rt FAN Control The item displays the system Smart Fan Function status It is always enabled by system CPU Temperature PECI Mode 29 84 System Temperature 41 1105 CPU Fan Speed 1515 RPM 1 8V 1 8048V CPU Core 1 0962V 5 00V 5 1285V VBAT 3 230V MCP Core 1 0140v Smart Fan Enabled Item Help KLIJ Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright c ...

Page 32: ...iption Options Spread Spectrum Always auto detect Spread Spectrum Disabled Enabled Spread Spectrum Enabled Item Help KLIJ Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright c 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc Frequency Voltage Control Enabled Disabled ...

Page 33: ...password should also be cleared All setup items will be view only except user password item when login with user password Press Enter Supervisor Password Not installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Press Enter Item Help KLIJ Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright c 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc BIOS ...

Page 34: ...ens a dialog box that lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility Advance BIOS Features CMOS Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advanced Chipset Features BIOS Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Loab Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving KLIJ Move Enter Select V...

Page 35: ... and exit the Setup Utility Press Y to save and Exit or N to return to the main menu Advance BIOS Features CMOS Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Loab Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving KLIJ Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1...

Page 36: ...ance BIOS Features CMOS Product Information Standard CMOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Loab Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving KLIJ Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Load Default Settings CMOS Setup Utiliyt Copyright c 1985 2008 American...

Page 37: ...trap and conductive mat for preventing electrostatic discharge Wire cutter Phillips screwdriver may require different size NOTE The screws for the different components vary in size During the disassembly process group the screws with the corresponding components to avoid mismatches when putting back the components ...

Page 38: ...fore You Begin Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure make sure that you do the following 1 Turn off the power to the system and all peripherals 2 Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cables from the system ...

Page 39: ...tells you how to disassemble the system when you need to perform system service Please also refer to the disassembly video if available CAUTION Before you proceed make sure you have turned off the system and all peripherals connected to it ...

Page 40: ...34 aHornet Aspire R3600 Standard Disassembly Process Bezel Process 1 According to the requirement paste ATI OS CPU HDMI and marketing label by SKU ...

Page 41: ...35 Remove side cover Process 1 Put the Computer on the worktable lightly 2 Release side cover with 1 screws then remove side cover ...

Page 42: ...36 Remove front D B Process 1 Release the front D B Remove CPU fan Process 1 Release the three screws and fan cable 2 Remove CPU fan ...

Page 43: ...37 Remove CPU Cooler Process 1 Release the four screws 2 Remove CPU cooler ...

Page 44: ...38 Remove wireless LAN Process 1 Remove wireless LAN antenna cable 2 Remove wireless LAN Remove M B Process 1 Release the four screws 2 Remove M B ...

Page 45: ...39 Remove HDD Process 1 Release four screws 2 Remove HDD ...

Page 46: ...40 Remove memory Process 1 Remove Memory from SODIMM 2 Remove the second Memory from SODIMM2 Optional by SKU ...

Page 47: ...oubleshooting Please refer to generic troubleshooting guide for troubleshooting information relating to following topics Power On Self Test POST POST Check Points POST Error Messages List Error Symptoms List ...

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Page 50: ... that you should check the most up to date information available on your regional web or channel For whatever reasons a part number change is made it will not be noted in the printed Service Guide For ACER AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS your Acer office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your ...

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