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Aspire T180/E380

AcerPower M8

Service Guide

PRINTED IN TAIWAN

Service guide files and updates are available

on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information,

please refer to

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Summary of Contents for Aspire T180

Page 1: ...Aspire T180 E380 AcerPower M8 Service Guide PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG CSD web for more information please refer to http csd acer com tw...

Page 2: ...II Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire T180 E380 and AcerPower M8 service guide Date Chapter Updates...

Page 3: ...spect 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 licen...

Page 4: ...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...

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 OR...

Page 6: ...g Setup 25 Product Information 27 Standard CMOS Features 28 Advanced BIOS Features 30 Advanced Chipset Features 34 Integrated Peripherals 35 Onboard I O Chip Setup 38 Power Management Setup 39 PnP PCI...

Page 7: ...high performance we choose AMD Athlon 64 X2 Athlon64 Sempron AM2 Socket with NVIDIA MCP61 chipset architecture This combination can run HyperTransport technology and provide On Board VGA which provide...

Page 8: ...T Memorry Size Max Up to 1 GB Graphics T Onboard graphic solution nVidia MCP61 integrated graphics device solution T One VGA port on rear PCI T One PCI Express x16 slot T One PCI Express x1 slot T Tw...

Page 9: ...upports 10 100 1000MB Ethernet environment IEEE 1394 T IEEE 1394 Controller TI TSB43AB23PDTG4 T IEEE 1394 Port One rear 6pin IEEE 1394 port USB T Controller nVidia MCP61 T USB Type 2 0 1 1 T Connector...

Page 10: ...slot T 1 PCI Express x1 slot T 2 PCI slots T 1 FDD connector T 1 PATA IDE slot T 2 4 SATA IDE connectors T 2 3 2 5 pin Intel FPIO sepcification USB pin connectors T 1 2 5 pin IEEE 1394 jumper T 1 CD I...

Page 11: ...6 USBLAN1 USB Dual Port LAN Connector 7 JS1 Rear Audio Connector 8 FDD1 Floppy Connector 9 IDE1 HDD Primary Connector 10 CPU_FAN CPU Fan 11 SYS_FAN System Fan 12 PWR_FAN Power Fan 13 AUX_IN1 CD in low...

Page 12: ...6 Chapter 1 19 COM2 Serial Port2 20 SATA1 4 Serial ATA Header No Name Description...

Page 13: ...USB2 HDA 4MB FLASH USB2 PORTS 4 5 DDRII SDRAM CONN 1 PCI 33MHZ SUPPLY MII RGMII BACK PANEL CONN VREG MII RGMII AC131 RTL8110SC RTL8211B DDRII SDRAM CONN 0 7 1 AUDIO LPC BUS 33MHZ PCI SLOT 2 PCI SLOT...

Page 14: ...Front Panel The computer s front panel consists of the following Label Description 1 Optical drive 2 Floppy disk drive 3 Power button 4 Speaker or headphone jack 5 Microphone jack 6 USB ports No Desc...

Page 15: ...ltage selector switch 3 Fan aperture 4 PS 2 keyboard connector 5 PS 2 mouse connector 6 Serial port 7 Printer connector 8 Monitor connector 9 USB 2 0 ports 10 RJ 45 Ethernet connector 11 Microphone ja...

Page 16: ...Front Panel Label Description 1 Power Button 2 Speaker out Line out Port 3 Microphone in out Front 4 USB Ports 5 Optical drive eject button 6 Optical drive 7 Power LED 8 HDD LED 9 Floppy drive eject b...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 11 Label Description 1 Power Button 2 USB ports 3 Microphone in Speaker out Line out Port 4 Optical drive eject button 5 Optical drive 6 Indicators 7 Card reader 8 HDD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 18: ...oltage selector switch 3 Fan aperture 4 PS 2 keyboard connector 5 PS 2 mouse connector 6 Serial port 7 Printer connector 8 Monitor connector 9 USB 2 0 ports 10 RJ 45 Ethernet connector 11 Microphone j...

Page 19: ...on provides a brief description of the basic system peripherals Mouse PS 2 or USB manufacturing option The included mouse is a standard two button wheel mouse Connect the mouse to the PS 2 mouse port...

Page 20: ...the speaker cable to the audio out external speaker port on the back panel of the system For more detailed information about the speakers please refer to the included operating instructions NOTE spea...

Page 21: ...r DVD only available on systems that include an optical disc burner 7 After choosing the backup method click Next Follow the instruction on screen to complete the process Restore from backup Users can...

Page 22: ...ication and follow the instructions on screen to re install At first launch Acer eRecovery prepares all the needed software and may take few seconds to bring up the software content window Change Pass...

Page 23: ...ion Please enter 000000 is displayed 4 Enter six zeros and continue 5 The Acer Recovery main page appears 6 Use the arrow keys to scroll through the items operating system versions and press Enter to...

Page 24: ...t protocol ACPI 2 0 APM 1 2 SMBIOS 2 3 WFM support ASD 1 03 PXE boot ROM PCI 2 3 Boot from CD ROM feature Yes Support to LS 120 FDD drive Yes Support to BIOS boot block feature Yes BIOS Hotkey List Ho...

Page 25: ...emory modules in any combination as long as they match the specifications Cache Memory Item Specification First Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable Disable by BIOS Setup Second Le...

Page 26: ...mode interface for wavetable synthesizers and MIDI devices Integrated dual game port Meets AC 97and WHQL specifications Music synthesizer Yes internal FM synthesizer Sampling rate DACs 44 1k 48k 96k...

Page 27: ...9 pin D type female connector Features Support IrDA1 0 ASKIR protocols smart card reader protocols USB Port Item Specification Universal HCI USB 2 0 USB Class Support legacy keyboard for legacy mode U...

Page 28: ...bled Enabled Disabled N A LAN Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled RTC Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Modem Ring Disabled Disabled Disabled N A Power Management Devices S1 Idle S3 Suspend to RAM S4...

Page 29: ...witch button modem ring in keyboard and mouse for APM mode T Resume recovery time 7 10 sec Suspend Mode T Independent power management timer 2 120 minutes time step 10 minutes or pushing external swit...

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Page 31: ...tion 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 t...

Page 32: ...l the desired setting is found T Press to return to the main menu If you are already in the main menu press again to exit Setup The parameters on the screens show default values These values may not b...

Page 33: ...onboard peripherals can be set up through this menu T Power Management Setup All the items of Green function features can be set up through this menu T PnP PCI Configurations The system s PnP PCI set...

Page 34: ...umber System BIOS Version Specifies the version of your BIOS utility SMBIOS version The System Management Interface SM BIOS allows you to check your system hardware components without actually opening...

Page 35: ...nually configure the drive by entering the characteristics of the drive in the items described below IDE Device Model Number Not Detected Drive A Allows you to configure your floppy drive A None 360 K...

Page 36: ...ect and configure an IDE device on the IDE channel Access Mode Auto This item defines ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA Large Block Addressing Leave this value at Auto and the...

Page 37: ...s the boot sequence from the available devices Press Enter Boot Other Device This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence Enabled Disabled Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS...

Page 38: ...racters Enabled Disabled Security Option This item determines when the users enter the assword in the setup page or before system boot up Setup APIC Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the...

Page 39: ...y Disks Use m or n to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority mnlk 2 B...

Page 40: ...BIOS CMOS Setup Utility CD ROM Boot Priority Item Help ff MenuLevel Use m or n to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu 1 Ch0 S LITE ON DVD S...

Page 41: ...specify the Onboard VGA share memory size Auto Enabled Disabled HT Spread Spectrum This item when enabled can significantly reduce the EMI Center SSE SSE2 Instructions This item allows you to enable o...

Page 42: ...ts Item Help f MenuLevel f f IDE Function Setup Press Enter Onboard Device Setup Press Enter Super IO Device Press Enter f mnlk F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F...

Page 43: ...transactions do not Enabled Disabled Serial ATA Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the onboard SATA controller All enabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interface supports...

Page 44: ...rt Enable this item if you plan to use a mouse connected through the USB port in a legacy operating syste such as DOS that does not support Plug and Play Enabled Disabled HD Audio Enables and disables...

Page 45: ...ll Duplex Onboard Parallel Port This option is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard parallel port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Enables you to set the data transfer p...

Page 46: ...ation and Power management Interface you can create a software power down In a software power down the system can be resumed by Wake Up Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is...

Page 47: ...2 K B Wake up from S1 S3 mode Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm This item allows users to enable or disable the alarm to wake up the system if set to Enabled users can specify the specific day of month...

Page 48: ...ESC to close the IRQ Resources submenu In the Memory Resources submenu use the first item Reserved Memory Base to set the start address of the memory you want to reserve for the ISA expansion card Use...

Page 49: ...mperature at which you want the system to send out a warning message to the PC speakers of when the temperature goes beyond either limit Disabled Smart FAN Control SPU SYS Smart Fan Function This item...

Page 50: ...will confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter BIOS Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED If you have selected System in Security Option of BIOS...

Page 51: ...etects THis option opens a dialog box that lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility Press OK and then Enter to install the defaults Press Cancel and then Ente...

Page 52: ...Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press...

Page 53: ...in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit or press N to return to the main menu NOTE If you have made settings...

Page 54: ...electrostatic discharge T Wire cutter T Phillips screwdriver may require different size NOTE The screws for the different components vary in size During the disassembly process group the screws with...

Page 55: ...n Before You Begin Before proceeding with the disassenbly 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...

Page 56: ...ion 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...

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Page 63: ...refer to generic troubleshooting guide for trougleshooting information relating to following topics T Power On Self Test POST T POST Check Points T POST Error Messages List T Error Symptoms List Chapt...

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Page 65: ...e numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins Description Illustration The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins...

Page 66: ...er Type Description Setting Default Illustration CLR_CMOS 3 pin CLEAR CMOS 1 2 Clear 2 3 Normal Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn off the system BIOS_WP 3 pin BIOS PROTECT Open Write Enable S...

Page 67: ...N Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor 4 PWM CPU FAN control PWR_FAN Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor SPK1 Internal sp...

Page 68: ...Ground 17 COM 6 5V 18 COM 7 Ground 19 COM 8 PWRGD 20 5V 9 5VSB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 COM ATX_12V Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V Illustration Pin Signal Function Pi...

Page 69: ...0 MTR0 11 Ground 12 DS0 13 Ground 14 DS1 15 Ground 16 MTR1 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 WDATA 23 Ground 24 WGATE 25 Ground 26 TRK0 27 Ground 28 WP 29 Ground 30 RDATA 31 Ground 32 HD...

Page 70: ...15 DD1 16 DD14 17 DD0 18 DD15 19 Ground 20 Keypin 21 DMARQ 22 Ground 23 DIOW 24 Ground 25 DIOR 26 Ground 27 IORDY 28 PSYNC CSEL 29 DMACK 30 Ground 31 INTRQ 32 IOCS16 33 DA1 34 PDIAG 35 DA0 36 DA2 37...

Page 71: ...rn Right Aux in 3 RET_L Return Left Aux in 4 AUX_L AUX In left channel Pin Signal Name Function 1 USBPWR Front panel USB power 2 USBPWR Front panel USB power 3 USB_FP_P0 USB port 0 negative signal 4 U...

Page 72: ...1R 4 PRESENCE 5 PORT 2R 6 SENSE1_RETURN 7 SENSE_SEND 8 KEY No pin 9 PORT 2L 10 SENSE2_RETURN Pin Signal Name 1 VCC 2 No Pin 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX Pin Signal Name Function 1 SPDIF SPDIF digital outpu...

Page 73: ...devices T Serial Port COM1 Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice fax or modems T VGA Port Connect your monitor to the VGA port T LAN Port optional Connect and RJ 45 jack to the LAN...

Page 74: ...und 4 VCC 14 VCC 5 KBCLK 15 MCLK 6 NC 16 NC Illustration Pin Signal Name 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 Ground 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI Front Side View Pinout Top View Figure 1 16 14 12 11 15 13 6 4 2 1 5 3...

Page 75: ...nal Name 1 STROBE 13 SLCT 2 PD0 14 ALF 3 PD1 15 ERROR 4 PD2 16 INIT 5 PD3 17 SLCTIN 6 PD4 18 Ground 7 PD5 19 Ground 8 PD6 20 Ground 9 PD7 21 Ground 10 ACK 22 Ground 11 BUSY 23 Ground 12 PE 24 Ground 2...

Page 76: ...8 HOLE_LAN U3 DATA0 L1 TX U4 GND L2 TX U5 VCC L3 RX U6 DATA0 L4 NC U7 DATA0 L5 NC U8 GND L6 RX G1 HOLE_USB L7 NC G2 HOLE_USB L8 NC G3 HOLE_USB L9 LINK G4 HOLE_USB L10 VCC G5 HOLE_LAN L11 ACT G6 HOLE_L...

Page 77: ...1 VCC 9 VP 2 DATA0 10 VG 3 DATA0 11 TPB 4 GND 12 TPB 5 VCC 13 TPA 6 DATA1 14 TPA 7 DATA1 8 GND G1 HOLE_USB G2 HOLE_USB G3 HOLE_USB G4 HOLE_USB G2 TA G3 G5 G4 G8 G6 G7 PWR TB TB GND D1 GND PWR D1 PWR...

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Page 79: ...U list of this printed Service Guide You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines IMPORTANT Please note that Ace...

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Page 83: ...Chapter 6 87 FRU List The FRU list will be updated later...

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