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Acer

Aspire X3910

Service Guide

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Summary of Contents for Aspire X3910

Page 1: ...Acer Aspire X3910 Service Guide PRINTED IN TAIWAN Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER 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 this service guide Date Chapter Updates ...

Page 3: ...ublication 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 ...

Page 4: ... 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 any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Pentium Dual Core Celeron Dual Core...

Page 5: ...ditional information related to the current topic WARNING Alerts you to any physical risk or system 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 ...

Page 6: ...h cases please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel channel to provide you with further technical details FRU Information 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 printed Service Guide For ACER AUTHORIZED SE...

Page 7: ...al Drive 34 Removing the Hard Disk Drive 37 Removing the Power Supply 38 Removing the Memory Modules 40 Removing the TV Tuner Card 41 Removing the VGA Card 42 Removing the Front I O and Card Reader Boards 43 Removing the Mainboard 46 Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 49 Chapter 4 System Troubleshooting 49 System Check Procedures 50 Power System Check 50 System External Inspection 50 System Internal In...

Page 8: ...MPS Table Multi processor eModule Error Messages 63 Online Support Information 64 Chapter 5 System Block Diagram and Board Layout 65 System Block Diagram 65 Board Layout 66 Mainboard 66 System Jumper 68 Chapter 6 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List 69 X3910 Exploded Diagram 70 X3910 FRU List 72 Appendix A Technical Specifications 81 Table of Contents ...

Page 9: ...ual Core E1400 E1500 processor Chipset North bridge Intel G43 G45 Express chipset South bridge Intel ICH10 chipset Memory subsystem Supports up to four 240 pin DDR3 1066 1333 MHz DIMM sockets Supports single channel or dual channel memory mode Media storage DVD ROM SATA drive Combo SATA drive Blu ray disc rewriter Super Multi SATA DVD drive 160 320 640 GB or 1 TB SATA hard disk drive Serial ATA co...

Page 10: ...kers jack Center speaker subwoofer jack Surround L R speaker jack Audio inside speaker jack or side speaker jack S PDIF port HDMI port eSATA port Four USB 2 0 ports Gigabit LAN port VGA monitor port Operating system and software Operating system options Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate 32 64 bit Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 32 64 bit Windows 7 Applications Acer Empowering Technology Acer eReco...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 3 Dimension and weight Dimension DxWxH X3300 265 x 100 x 362 mm with bezel X5300 265 x 100 x 397 mm with bezel Weight estimate 5 6 kg MVB SKU ...

Page 12: ...4 Chapter 1 System Components This section is a virtual tour of the system s interior and exterior components Front Panel 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 1 2 ...

Page 13: ...l drive bay door 3 Drive bay door eject button Press to open drive bay door and access the optical drive 4 Media card reader 5 Headphone Speaker out line out jack 6 USB 2 0 ports 7 Front IO cover 8 Microphone in jack 9 CF I II CompactFlash Type I II slot 10 USB 2 0 port ...

Page 14: ...r out line in jack 4 S PDIF port 5 eSATA port 6 USB 2 0 ports 7 VGA monitor port 8 HDMI port 9 PS2 keyboard port 10 Power connector 11 Voltage selector switch 12 Lock slot 13 Key hole 14 PS2 mouse port 15 Gigabit LAN port 10 100 1000 Mbps 16 Rear speaker surround out jack 17 Center speaker subwoofer jack 18 Audio in or side speaker jack ...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 7 Internal Components No Component 1 HDD drive 2 Optical drive 3 Expansion cards 4 Mainboard 5 Heat sink fan assembly 6 Power supply ...

Page 16: ...em is not powered on HDD activity Green On HDD is installed and functioning correctly Green Blinking Ongoing HDD activity Green Amber Flashing HDD is rebuilding data Amber On HDD failure LAN port network speed LED left Amber On GbE link network access Green On 100 Mbps link network access Off 10 Mbps link network access LAN port network connection LED right Green On Active network link Blinking On...

Page 17: ...rompted Run Setup message to make changes to the CMOS setup NOTE If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages the battery may be bad In this case the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS Ask a qualified technician for assistance CMOS setup loads the configuration values in a battery backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows c...

Page 18: ... to the previous and next page of a multiple page menu Home Move the cursor to the first page of a multiple page menu End Move the cursor to the last page of a multiple page menu and keys Select a value for the currently selected field only if it is user configurable Press these keys repeatedly to display each possible entry or the Enter key to choose from a pop up menu NOTE Grayed out fields are ...

Page 19: ...hout Saving In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Product Information PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Load Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exi...

Page 20: ...ct name of the system System Serial Number Serial number of the system System BIOS Version Version number of the BIOS setup utility BIOS Release Date Date when the BIOS setup utility was released Asset Tag Number Asset tag number of this system Processor Type Intel R Core TM 2 Quad CPU Q9650 3 00GHz Processor Speed System Memory Product Name System Serial Number System BIOS Version BIOS Release Da...

Page 21: ...f the AHCI device Halt on Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST All but keyboard No Errors All Errors System Date Time hh mm ss AHCI Port 0 AHCI Port 3 Halt on Move Enter Select F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Value ESC Exit F10 Save Help Item Wed 08 05 2009 18 07 24 All but keyboard ATAPI CDROM Hard Disk CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Use ENTER TAB ...

Page 22: ...er to access the Removable Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from available removable drives Network Device Priority Press Enter to access the Network Device Priority submenu and specify the boot sequence from available network devices Bootup Num Lock Selects power on state for Num Lock On Off USB Beep Message Enables or disables BIOS to display error beeps or m...

Page 23: ...ided by this technology Note A full reset is required to change the setting Enabled Disabled Memory Hole Remapping Enables or disables remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory Enabled Disabled Primary Video Select a graphic controller as a primary boot device Auto PCIE Onboard VGA Video Memory Size Select the amout of system memory used by the Intel graphics device 32 MB ...

Page 24: ...ontroller Enables or disables the onboard LAN controller Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Option ROM Enables or disables the load of embedded option ROM for onboard network controller Disabled Enabled Onboard Audio Controller Enables or disables the onboard audio controller Enabled Disabled Onboard 1394 Controller Enables or disables the onboard 1394 controller Enabled Disabled Onboard SATA Controller...

Page 25: ...bles to wake up the system from a power saving mode using a PS2 keyboard or mouse Enabled Disabled Wake Up by USB KB Mouse Enables or disables to wake up the system from a power saving mode using a USB keyboard or mouse Enabled Disabled Restore On AC Power Loss Enables or disables the system to reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Power Off Power On Last State ACPI Suspend mode Deep Po...

Page 26: ...Mode System Temperature CPU Fan Speed System Fan Speed CPU Core 1 1V 3 30V 5 00V 12 0V 5VSB VBAT Smart Fan Move Enter Select F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Value ESC Exit F10 Save Help Item 31 C 87 F o o 61 C 141 F 1256 RPM 1 216 V 1 120 V 3 344 V 5 053 V 12 096 V 5 000 V 3 184 V Enabled o o CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Fan configuration mode setting ...

Page 27: ...ble the Spread Spectrum feature if you are overclocking A slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clock speed causing the overclocked processor to lock up Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Move Enter Select F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Value ESC Exit F10 Save Help Item Enabled CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Disabled Enabled Options ...

Page 28: ...n press Enter 3 Type a new password then press Enter 4 Retype the password to verify the first entry then press Enter again 5 Press F10 6 Select Yes to save the new password and close the Setup Utility Parameter Description Supervisor Password Indicates the status of the supervisor password User Password Indicates the status of the user password Change Supervisor Password Supervisor password preve...

Page 29: ...Use the up down arrow keys to select password parameter Change Supervisor Password or Change User Password menu then press Enter 2 Enter the current password then press Enter 3 Press Enter twice without entering anything in the password fields ...

Page 30: ...ystem might not function properly CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Product Information PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Default Settings Move Enter Select F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Value ESC Exit F10 Save v02 6...

Page 31: ...rated Peripherals Power Management Setup Product Information PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Load Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Move Enter Select F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Value ESC Exit F10 Save v02 66 C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Exit system setup with saving the changes Save configuration changes and exit setu...

Page 32: ...ures Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Product Information PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control BIOS Security Features Load Default Settings Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Move Enter Select F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Value ESC Exit F10 Save v02 66 C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Exit system setup without saving the changes Discard changes and exit se...

Page 33: ...n Key DOK and keep it ready in hand 1 Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on your computer 2 Save the AMIBoot ROM to the USB storage device 3 After saving the file unplug the USB storage device 2 Connect the USB storage device containing the DOK to a USB port on the system 3 Press the power button to boot the system then press Ctrl Home The system initializes the BIOS recovery process The...

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Page 35: ...charge Flat blade screwdriver Philips screwdriver Hex screwdriver Plastic flat blade screwdriver Plastic tweezers NOTE The screws for the different components vary in size During the disassembly process group the screws with the corresponding components to avoid mismatch when putting back the components NOTE The disassembling instruction below is based on an X3810 sample You will see a slightly di...

Page 36: ...cedure perform the steps listed below 1 Turn off the system and all the peripherals connected to it 2 Unplug the power cord from the power outlets 3 Unplug the power cord from the system 4 Unplug all peripheral cables from the system 5 Place the system unit on a flat stable surface ...

Page 37: ...0 D M3xL5 BZN 86 5A5B6 012 MAIN UNIT FRONT BEZEL MAIN UNIT DISASSEMBLY SIDE PANEL CPU Ax2 HEAT SINK FAN ASSEMBLY POWER SUPPLY MEMORY MODULES VGA CARD FRONT I O AND CARD READER BOARD BRACKET MAINBOARD OPTICAL DRIVE HDD ODD BRACKET Bx2 HDD MODULE HDD Cx4 Ax3 Bx1 Ax1 Bx1 Dx1 FRONT I O BOARD CARD READER BOARD Bx2 Bx2 Bx2 TV TUNER CARD Ax1 Bx6 ...

Page 38: ...ed on the rear edge of the side panel 3 Slide the side panel toward the back of the chassis until the tabs on the cover disengage with the slots on the chassis 4 Lift the side panel away from the system and put it aside for reinstallation later Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L5 BZN 2 Black 5 7 to 6 3 kgf cm 86 00J07 B60 ...

Page 39: ...l 1 Release the front bezel retention tabs from the chassis interior 2 Detach the bezel slightly away from the chassis 3 Disconnect the LED cable from the bezel and remove the bezel For X5810 model skip this step NOTE Though these steps are applied to X3810 you can also fellow the same instruction to detach X3910 s front cover X3810 ...

Page 40: ...sink then lift the heat sink fan assembly away from the mainboard 4 Lay down the heat sink fan assembly in an upright position on top of the optical drive as shown below then disconnect the fan cable from the mainboard 5 Remove the heat sink fan assembly from the chassis then lay it down in an upright position with the thermal patch facing upward Do not let the thermal patch on the heat sink fan a...

Page 41: ...first before handling 1 See Removing the Side Panel on page 30 2 See Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly on page 32 3 Remove the processor 1 Release the load lever and pull the load lever to the fully open upright position 2 Open the load plate 3 Pull out the processor from the socket IMPORTANT If you are going to install a new processor note the arrow on the corner to make sure the processor is p...

Page 42: ...3 See Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly on page 32 4 See Removing the Processor on page 33 5 Remove the HDD ODD bracket 1 Disconnect the data and power cables from the optical drive 2 Remove the two screws B from the HDD ODD bracket Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 xL6 2 Silver 5 7 to 6 3 kgf cm 86 00J44 C60 X3910 ...

Page 43: ...Chapter 3 35 3 Lift the HDD ODD bracket and turn it over 4 Disconnect the data and power cables from the HDD 5 Remove the HDD ODD bracket 6 Place the bracket on a clean static free work surface ...

Page 44: ...36 Chapter 3 7 Remove the two screws C from the optical drive 8 Slide the optical drive out of the drive bay Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 3 16 NI 2 Silver 5 5 to 6 5 kgf cm 86 1A324 5R0 ...

Page 45: ...ge 32 4 See Removing the Processor on page 33 5 Remove the HDD ODD bracket See Removing the Optical Drive on page 34 1 Place the bracket on a clean static free work surface 2 Remove the four screws C that secure the HDD module to the HDD ODD bracket 3 Slide the HDD out of the bracket Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 3 16 NI 4 Silver 5 7 to 6 3 kgf cm 86 5A5B6 012 ...

Page 46: ...ly on page 32 3 See Removing the Processor on page 33 4 See Removing the Optical Drive on page 34 5 Disconnect the 4 pin and 24 pin power supply cables from the mainboard 6 Remove the screw B that secures the power supply to the chassis Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L6 1 Silver 5 7 to 6 3 kgf cm 86 00J44 C60 ...

Page 47: ...9 7 Remove the three screws A that secure the power supply to the rear panel 8 Lift the power supply module out of the chassis Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L5 BZN 3 Black 5 5 to 6 5 kgf cm 86 00J07 B60 ...

Page 48: ...oving the Heat Sink Fan Assembly on page 32 4 See Removing the Processor on page 33 5 See Removing the Optical Drive on page 34 6 Remove the memory modules 1 Press the holding clips on both sides of the DIMM slot outward to release the DIMM 2 Gently pull the DIMM upward to pull it away from the chassis NOTE The DIMM has been highlighted with a yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach th...

Page 49: ...cures the card to the chassis 3 Gently pull the card to remove it from the mainboard Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L5 BZN 1 Black 5 5 to 6 5 kgf cm 86 00J07 B60 NOTE The card has been highlighted with a yellow box as above image shows Please detach the card and follow local regulations for disposal ...

Page 50: ... the card to the chassis 3 Gently pull the card to remove it from the mainboard Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L5 BZN 1 Black 5 5 to 6 5 kgf cm 86 00J07 B60 NOTE The card has been highlighted with a yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the card and follow local regulations for disposal ...

Page 51: ... the Optical Drive on page 34 6 Disconnect one end of the USB and audio cables from the I O and card reader boards then open the cable retention clip NOTE You can see IEEE1394 cable on the image below this chapter is based on an X3810 sample Please notice that X3910 does not have IEEE1394 port on front panel 7 Open the cable retention clip and disconnect the SATA cable LED cable and the other end ...

Page 52: ...he chassis 2 Remove the bracket 9 Remove the card reader board 1 Remove the two screws B that secure the card reader board to the bracket Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L6 1 Silver 4 75 to 5 2 kgf cm 86 00J44 C60 Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L6 2 Silver 3 5 to 4 5 kgf cm 86 00J44 C60 X3810 X5810 ...

Page 53: ...ket NOTE The card has been highlighted with a yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the card and follow local regulations for disposal Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L6 2 Silver 3 8 to 4 2 kgf cm 86 00J44 C60 NOTE The card has been highlighted with a yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the card and follow local regulations for disposal X3810 X3810 X3810 ...

Page 54: ...ving the Optical Drive on page 34 6 See Removing the Hard Disk Drive on page 37 7 See Removing the Memory Modules on page 40 8 See Removing the TV Tuner Card on page 41 9 See Removing the VGA Card on page 42 10 See Removing the Front I O and Card Reader Boards on page 43 11 Remove the six screws B that secure the mainboard to the chassis Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No 6 32 L6 6 Silver 5 7 to ...

Page 55: ...e board from the chassis Screw Quantity Color Torque Part No M3xL5 BZN 1 Black 5 5 to 6 5 kgf cm 86 5A5B6 012 NOTE The mainboard has been highlighted with a yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the mainboard and follow local regulations for disposal ...

Page 56: ...48 Chapter 3 ...

Page 57: ...er products prototype cards or modified options can give false errors and invalid system responses 1 Obtain the failing symptoms in as much detail as possible 2 Verify the symptoms by attempting to recreate the failure by running the diagnostic tests or repeating the same operation 3 Refer to Power System Check on page 50 and Beep Codes on page 56 to determine which corrective action to perform Sy...

Page 58: ... 4 If the problem is not evident continue with System Internal Inspection System Internal Inspection 1 Turn off the system and all the peripherals connected to it 2 Unplug the power cord from the power outlets 3 Unplug the power cord from the system 4 Unplug all peripheral cables from the system 5 Place the system unit on a flat stable surface 6 Remove the system covers For instructions on removin...

Page 59: ...e including RTC and keyboard controller NMI is disabled D0 Go to flat mode with 4GB limit and GA20 enabled Verify the bootblock checksum D1 Perform keyboard controller BAT test Check if waking up from power management suspend state Save power on CPUID value in scratch CMOS D2 Disable CACHE before memory detection Execute full memory sizing module Verify that flat mode is enabled D3 If memory sizin...

Page 60: ...read from floppy EA Enable ATAPI hardware Attempt to read from ARMD and ATAPI CDROM EB Disable ATAPI hardware Jump back to checkpoint E9 EF Read error occurred on media Jump back to checkpoint EB E9 or EA Determine information about root directory of recovery media F0 Search for pre defined recovery file name in root directory F1 Recovery file not found F2 Start reading FAT table and analyze FAT t...

Page 61: ...1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB MS using AMI KB 5 0A Initializes the 8042 compatible Key Board Controller 0B Detects the presence of PS 2 mouse 0C Detects the presence of Keyboard in KBC port 0E Testing and initialization of different Input Devices Also update the Kernel V...

Page 62: ... during POST 85 Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error 87 Execute BIOS setup if needed requested Check boot password if installed 8C Late POST initialization of chipset registers 8E Program the peripheral parameters Enable Disable NMI as selected 90 Late POST initialization of system management interrupt A0 Check boot password if installed A1 Clean up work needed before bo...

Page 63: ... the BUS concerned 7 func 7 add on ROM initialization for all BUSes 8 func 8 BBS ROM initialization for all BUSes The lower nibble Y indicates the BUS on which the different routines are being executed Y can be from 0 to 5 0 Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager 1 On board System devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA PnP devices 5 PCI devices Checkpoint Description 2A Initialize different...

Page 64: ...t beeps then repeat VGA not installed or VGA error Graphics card error not installed graphics card memory error or graphics card BIOS checksum error One long beep then two short beep BIOS damaged BIOS is damaged BIOS POST jumps to Boot Block to execute the default procedures Two short beeps CMOS damaged CMOS checksum error or CMOS battery loss occurs Number of Beeps Description 1 No media present ...

Page 65: ...rds except the video adapter q If beep codes are generated when all other expansion cards are absent consult your system manufacturer s technical support q If beep codes are not generated when all other expansion cards are absent one of the add in cards is causing the malfunction Insert the cards back into the system one at a time until the problem happens again This will reveal the malfunctioning...

Page 66: ...the hole is set at 512K base memory or when CMOS is corrupted Message Displayed Description Boot Failure This is a generic message indicating the BIOS could not boot from a particular device This message is usually followed by other information concerning the device Invalid Boot Diskette A diskette was found in the drive but it is not configured as a bootable diskette Drive Not Ready The BIOS was ...

Page 67: ...s in POST 5th Master Hard Disk Error The IDE ATAPI device configured as Master in the 5th IDE controller could not be properly initialized by the BIOS This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and configure IDE ATAPI devices in POST 5th Slave Hard Disk Error The IDE ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 5th IDE controller could not be properly initialized by the BIOS ...

Page 68: ... Slave in the 6th IDE controller failed an ATAPI compatibility test This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and configure IDE ATAPI devices in POST S M A R T Capable but Command Failed The BIOS tried to send a S M A R T message to a hard disk but the command transaction failed This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S M A R T error reporting standard...

Page 69: ...rying to use the same non shareable resources Memory or I O NVRAM Ignored The NVRAM data used to store Plug n Play PnP data was not used for system configuration in POST NVRAM Bad The NVRAM data used to store Plug n Play PnP data was not used for system configuration in POST due to a data error Static Resource Conflict Two or more Static Devices are trying to use the same resource space usually Me...

Page 70: ...keyboard controller is initialized PS2 Keyboard not found PS2 Keyboard support is enabled in the BIOS setup but the device is not detected PS2 Mouse not found PS2 Mouse support is enabled in the BIOS setup but the device is not detected Keyboard Interface Error Keyboard Controller failure This may indicate a problem with system hardware Unlock Keyboard PS2 keyboard is locked User needs to unlock t...

Page 71: ...er is disabled because of incorrect data structure This condition occur if the USB host controller needs 64 bit data structure while the USB is ported with 32 bit data structure Message Displayed Description Not enough space in Runtime area SMBIOS data will not be available This message is displayed when the size of the SMBIOS data exceeds the available SMBIOS runtime storage size Message Displaye...

Page 72: ...on materials for all of Acer notebook desktop and server models including q Service guides for all models q User s manuals q Training materials q BIOS updates q Software utilities q Spare parts lists q Technical Announcement Bulletins TABs For these purposes we have included an Acrobat File to facilitate a hassle free downloading of our technical materials The following are also available in the S...

Page 73: ...Chapter 5 65 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram and Board Layout Chapter 5 ...

Page 74: ...F3 Front USB connector 4 USBF2 Front USB connector 5 USBF1 Front USB connector 6 PCIEX1 PCI Express x16 slot 7 AUDIOF1 Front audio connector 8 PCIE1 PCI Express x1 slot 9 AUDJACK1 Audio 7 1 channel 10 USBLAN1 Top Gigabit LAN port Bottom USB ports 11 USBESATA1 Top USB ports Bottom eSATA port 12 VGA1 VGA D sub port 13 HDMI1 HDMI port ...

Page 75: ...rd port 15 PWR1 4 pin ATX power connector 16 U17 Processor socket 17 CPU FAN1 Processor fan connector 18 DIMM 1 4 DIMM slots 19 PWR2 24 pin ATX power connector 20 SATA0 SATA 0 connector 21 FIREH1 1394 connector 22 JBIOS1 Clear CMOS NVRAM jumper No Code Description ...

Page 76: ...68 Chapter 5 System Jumper Name Location Default Settings Clear CMOS NVRAM JBIOS1 1 2 2 3 Normal default Clear CMOS NVRAM ...

Page 77: ...on the printed Service Guide For Acer authorized service providers your Acer office may have a different part number code from those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for service To scrap or to return the defective parts follow the local government ordinance or regulations on how to dispose i...

Page 78: ...70 Chapter 6 X3910 Exploded Diagram ...

Page 79: ...MIDDLE BEZEL 10 ODD DOOR 11 ODD LINK BKT 12 ODD DOOR SPRING 13 POWER BUTTON 14 PROTECTFILM BEZEL CVR 15 PROTECTFILM EJECT 16 PROTECTFILM IO DOOR 17 PROTECTFILM MID BZL 18 PROTECTFILM ODD DOOR 19 PROTECTFILM POWER 20 RUB ODD LINK 21 SPG ODD BUTTON BOXER 22 ASSEMBLY L CASE ASM 23 ASSEMBLY U CASE ASM 24 FRONT IO BRACKET 25 ODD BRACKET 26 HDD BRACKET ...

Page 80: ...300 010 RECEIVER RECEIVER PHILIPS VISTA MCE TRANSCEIVER WITH 1 BLASTER OVU412000 RV 11000 003 RECEIVER SMK RECEIVER VISTA MCE RECEIVER WITH ONE IR BLASTER RV 11000 004 RECEIVER PHILIPS VISTA OVU71 RV 11000 007 RECEIVER SMK VISTA OVU71 RV 11000 011 BOARDS WIRELESS PCI CARD PRO NETS WU61RL USB RALINK CHIPSET 802 11 B G NI 10200 002 WIRELESS LAN BOARD 802 11BGN LITEON WN7600R NI 10200 009 WIRELESS LA...

Page 81: ...HDD SATA CABLE 50 SC101 003 HDD SATA CABLE 50 G8101 002 POWER SWITCH LED CABLE 50 SC101 004 POWER CORD 110V 3PIN UL USA 27 01518 0I1 POWER CORD 250V 3PIN BRAZIL 27 01518 0R1 POWER CORD 125V 7A 3G JAPAN 27 01518 181 POWER CORD 125V 10A BLACK MEXICO 27 01518 A01 POWER CORD 250V 3PIN 1800MM UK 27 03118 031 CASE COVER BRACKET ASSEMBLY FRONT BEZEL W POWER SWITCH LED CABLE 60 SE201 004 FRONT IO BRACKET ...

Page 82: ...8065 SLB5M KC 82001 QQ0 CPU INTELYORKFIELD Q8300 2 5G 4M 1333FSB 95W KC 83001 QQ0 CPU INTEL WOLFDALE E8500 3 16G 6M 1333FSB 65W KC 85001 DEE CPU INTEL WOLFDALE E8600 3 33G 6M 1333FSB 65W KC 86001 DEE CPU INTEL CORE2QUAD Q9300 PGA 2 5G 1333 775 95W 6M KC 93001 QQ0 CPU INTEL CORE2QUAD Q9400 2 66G 6M 1333FSB 95W R0 AT80580PJ0676M 898380 SLB6B KC 94001 QQ0 CPU INTEL YORKFIELD 2 83G Q9650 12M 1333FSB 9...

Page 83: ...52V JAPANESE BLACK KB PS203 106 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY CHICONY KB 07596D12552V GERMAN BLACK KB PS203 107 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY CHICONY KB 07596I02552V ITALIAN BLACK KB PS203 108 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY CHICONY KB 07596F12552V FRENCH BLACK KB PS203 109 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY CHIOCNY KB 07596S02552V SWEDISH BLACK KB PS203 110 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY CHICONY KB 07596GB2552V UK BLACK KB PS203 111 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY ...

Page 84: ...8 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY LITE ON SK 9620 SG 30600 2KW DANISH BLACK VISTA KB PS20B 009 KEYBOARD PS2 104KEY LITE ON SK 9620 SG 30600 XCW CZECH BLACK VISTA KB PS20B 010 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY LITE ON SK 9620 SG 30600 24W SLOVAK BLACK VISTA KB PS20B 011 KEYBOARD PS2 104KEY LITE ON SG 30600 XAW RUSSIAN BLACK VISTA KB PS20B 012 KEYBOARD PS2 105KEY LITE ON SK 9620 SG 30600 2GW HUNGARIAN BLACK VISTA KB PS20B 01...

Page 85: ...5KEY LITE ON SK 9620 SG 30600 38W ARABIC FRENCH BLACK VISTA KB PS20B 039 KEYBOARD WIRELESS 104KEY CHICONY KG 07663US2552V 2 4G US KB RF403 061 KEYBOARD USB 104KEY CHICONY KU 07603US2552V STANDARD WITH EKEY BLACK KB USB03 062 KEYBOARD USB 104KEY CHICONY KU 07603RD2552V T CN BLACK KB USB03 063 KEYBOARD USB 104KEY CHICONY KU 07603RE2552V S CN BLACK KB USB03 064 KEYBOARD USB 104KEY CHICONY KU 07603U42...

Page 86: ...3 095 KEYBOARD USB 104 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 XUW BLACK US VISTA KB USB0B 043 KEYBOARD USB 104 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 XMW BLACK TRADITIONAL CHINESE VISTA KB USB0B 044 KEYBOARD USB 104 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 XLW BLACK SIMPLIFIED CHINESE VISTA KB USB0B 045 KEYBOARD USB 104 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 BLACK US INTERNATIONAL KB USB0B 046 KEYBOARD USB 104 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 X1W BLAC...

Page 87: ... BLACK TURKISH VISTA KB USB0B 074 KEYBOARD USB 105 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 29W BLACK SPANISH VISTA KB USB0B 075 KEYBOARD USB 105 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 28W BLACK TURKISH Q VISTA KB USB0B 076 KEYBOARD USB 105 KEY LITE ON SK 9625 SG 30700 38W BLACK ARABIC FRENCH VISTA KB USB0B 077 MAINBOARD MAINBOARD DIG43L AGREYHOUND W RTC BATTERY MB SC101 001 MEMORY MEMORY NANYA DDR3 1333MHZ 1G NT1GC64B...

Page 88: ... PFC 230V LITEON PE 5221 08AP ROHS PY 2200B 002 POWER SUPPLY 220W 115VAC 230V DELTA NON PFC DPS 220UB A PY 22009 002 POWER SUPPLY 220W PFC 230V DELTA DPS 220UB 1 A PY 22009 003 POWER SUPPLY 220W DELTA DPS 220UB PY 22009 005 POWER SUPPLY 220W LITE ON DPS 220UB PY 2200B 003 SCREWS SCRW I NO6 32 L5 BZN 86 00J07 B60 SCRW PAN 6 32 L6 NI BOXER WZS 86 00J44 C60 SCERW 6 32 L5 PAN NI 86 00J90 B60 SCREW PAN...

Page 89: ... 775 LGA 775 LGA 775 Clock multiplier 9x 7x 7 5x 7 5x 8x 8 5x 9x Voltage V 1 1 1 372 0 85 1 3625 0 85 1 3625 0 85 1 3625 0 85 1 3625 0 85 1 3625 0 85 1 3625 Thermal design power W 95 105 95 95 95 95 95 95 Intel Core 2 Duo Item Specification Model number E7400 E7500 E8500 E8600 Core nm 45 45 45 45 L2 cache size MB 3 3 6 6 Clock speed GHz 2 8 2 93 3 16 3 33 Front side bus MHz 1066 1066 1333 1333 Fre...

Page 90: ...cification Model number E1400 E1500 Architecture nm 65 65 L2 cache size KB 512 512 Clock speed GHz 2 0 2 2 Front side bus MHz 800 800 Frequency MHz 2000 2200 Socket LGA 775 LGA 775 Clock multiplier 10x 11x Voltage V 1 162 1 312 1 162 1 312 Thermal design power W 65 65 Item Specification System core logic Intel G43 G45 Express chipset Intel ICH10 chipset Memory controller Intel G43 G45 Express chip...

Page 91: ...1 MT16JTF25664AY 1G4D1 DDR3 1066 M378B2873DZ1 CF8 M378B5673DZ1 CF8 DDR3 1333 M378B2873DZ1 CH9 M378B2873EH1 CH9 M378B5673DZ1 CH9 M378B5673EH1 CH9 DDR3 1333 GU502203EP0200 GU512303EP0200 DIMM size GB 1 2 1 2 1 2 Pin 240 240 240 Memory clock MHz DDR3 1066 133 DDR3 1333 166 DDR3 1066 133 DDR3 1333 166 DDR3 1066 133 DDR3 1333 166 I O bus clock MHz DDR3 1066 533 DDR3 1333 667 DDR3 1066 533 DDR3 1333 667...

Page 92: ...eed RPM 7200 7200 7200 Capacity GB 160 320 640 1000 160 320 640 160 320 640 Cache MB 160 320 1000 GB 8 640 GB 16 160 320 GB 8 340 GB 16 160 320 GB 8 640 GB 16 Item Specification VGA controller Intel G43 G45 Express chipset Connector VGA monitor port Item Specification PCI controller Intel G43 G45 Express chipset Intel ICH10 chipset Number of slots PCI Express x 1 slot PCI Express x16 slot Item Spe...

Page 93: ...DVD R2x 4x 6x CLV 8x ZCLV 8x 12x PCAV 16x CAV DVD R DL 2x 4x 6x CLV 8x ZCLV DVD RW1x 2x 4x 6x CLV DVD RAM 2x 3x ZCLV 3x 5x PCAV Ver 2 2 DVD R2 4x 4x 6x CLV 8x 12x ZCLV 8x 12x PCAV 16xCAV DVD R DL2 4x 4x 6x CLV 8xZCLV DVD RW2 4x 4x 6x CLV 8xZCLV High Speed DVD RW 6x CLV 8x ZCLV CD R4x 8x 16x CLV 24x 32x 40x PCAV CD RW 4x 10x 16x CLV 24x 32x ZCLV High Speed 10x Ultra Speed 16x 24x US Plus 16x 24x 32...

Page 94: ...x 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x 6 4x 16x CAV DVD ROM dual layer 1 6x 4x 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x CAV DVD R 2 4x 4x CLV 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x 6 4x 16x CAV DVD R 2x 4x CLV 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x 6 4x 16x CAV DVD RW 2 4x 4x CLV 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x CAV DVD RW 2 4x 4x CLV 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x CAV DVD R9 2 4x 4x CLV 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x CAV DVD R9 2 4x 4x CLV 2 4x 6x 3 2x 8x 4 8x 12x CAV DVD RAM 2x...

Page 95: ...ax DVD ROM Video 11 1 Mbytes s max DVD R R R Double 11 1 Mbytes s max DVD RW RW 11 1 Mbytes s max DVD RAM 4 7GB 6 93 Mbytes s max CD ROM Mode1 7 2 Mbytes s max CLV 1 2m s disc CD R Mode1 7 2 Mbytes s max CLV 1 2m s disc CD RW Mode1 6 0 Mbytes s max CD DA D A E 7 2 Mbytes s max DVD ROM outside 20956 KB sec DVD ROM inside 8100 KB sec DVD 9 Disc Outside 10200 KB sec DVD 9 Disc Inside 4050KB sec DVD R...

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