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Card Reader Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Thermal Unit Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
HDMI and CRT Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
CD-ROM/DVD Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Other Functions Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Post Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
POST Code Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
CHAPTER 5
Jumper and Connector Locations
Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Clearing Password Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Clear CMOS Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
CHAPTER 6
FRU List
MA50_HX Exploded Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Main Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
LCD Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Top Case Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Bottom Case Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
FRU List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
CHAPTER
7
Test Compatible Components
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Environment Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
M3 581T/581TG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
CHAPTER 8
Online Support Information
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Summary of Contents for Aspire M3-581T
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Page 11: ...CHAPTER 1 Hardware Specifications...
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Page 32: ...1 22 Hardware Specifications and Configurations System Block Diagram...
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Page 51: ...CHAPTER 2 System Utilities...
Page 61: ...System Utilities 2 11 Figure 2 9 Setup Warning...
Page 83: ...System Utilities 2 33 13 Key in q to exit Broadcom program Figure 2 37 Exit Broadcom program...
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Page 85: ...CHAPTER 3 Machine Maintenance...
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Page 99: ...3 15 3 Pull the WLAN module out and away Figure 3 14 WLAN Module...
Page 102: ...3 18 5 Pry the ODD bezel off the ODD module Figure 3 19 ODD Bezel...
Page 109: ...3 25 11 Remove the keyboard from the top case Figure 3 31 Keyboard module...
Page 112: ...3 28 Figure 3 37 Battery module...
Page 121: ...3 37 3 Lift the thermal module and take it away Figure 3 54 Thermal Module...
Page 124: ...3 40 3 Remove the speakers and cable Figure 3 58 Speakers...
Page 129: ...3 45 Figure 3 67 LCD Bezel...
Page 137: ...3 53 Replacing the Bluetooth 0 1 Place the Bluetooth into the socket Figure 3 81 Bluetooth...
Page 167: ...CHAPTER 4 Troubleshooting...
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Page 195: ...CHAPTER 5 Jumper and Connector Locations...
Page 203: ...CHAPTER 6 FRU List...
Page 222: ...6 20 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List...
Page 223: ...CHAPTER 7 Test Compatible Components...
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Page 231: ...CHAPTER 8 Online Support Information...
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