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Chapter 3

Removing the IR Sensor Cable

Release the two locking tabs (1) and gently pull the IR Sensor cable out (2).

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Page 1: ...Acer Revo 70 Service Guide PRINTED IN TAIWAN...

Page 2: ...ii Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on this service guide Date Chapter Updates...

Page 3: ...blication 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...

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 cons...

Page 5: ...itional 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 measure...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...Memory Modules 35 Removing the Daughter Board 36 Removing the Wireless LAN Card 37 Removing the Main board 39 Removing the Hard Disk Drive 41 Removing the LED Lens 42 Removing the Battery 43 Removing...

Page 8: ...em External Inspection 49 System Internal Inspection 49 Beep Codes 50 Checkpoints 51 BIOS Recovery 53 Jumper and Connector Information 54 M B Placement 54 Jumper Setting 56 Internal Header Pin Definit...

Page 9: ...Linux x Window mode Free DOS Processor Socket Type None AMD E300 E450 Chipset ICH Hudson D1 Design Criteria Should meet AMD Brazos platform design guide Super I O ITE8772 Should support SST signal out...

Page 10: ...ot Type SATA connector Slot Quantity 2 Storage Type support HDD SSD ODD Audio Chip vendor propose Realtek 662 Connectors support Audio jacks color coding should meet Microsoft Windows Logo Program Dev...

Page 11: ...DDRIII SO DIMM memory sockets Two Mini PCIe slot 2 audio connector HD One SATA sockets For HDD One SATA sockets For ODD One 5V power port for HDD ODD One 1 4 pin CPU FAN One 3 pin clear CMOS header O...

Page 12: ...4 Chapter 1 Block Diagram...

Page 13: ...the system s interior and exterior components Front Panel No Component 1 USB 2 0 port 2 Optical drive eject button 3 Power button power indicator 4 Media Card Reader 4 in 1 XD SD MMC MS 5 Microphone...

Page 14: ...6 Chapter 1 Rear Panel No Component 1 USB 2 0 port 2 HDMI port 3 S PDIF port 4 D sub port 5 RJ45 LAN Connector 6 DC in Jack...

Page 15: ...A0 BIOS ROM type SPI ROM BIOS ROM size 2MB Support protocol SMBIOS DMI 2 6 Device Boot Support 1st priority SATA HDD SDD 2nd priority CD ROM 3rd priority Removable Device 4th priority LAN Support to...

Page 16: ...Specification Audio controller Realtek ALC662 VC0 GR Audio controller type ALC662 VC0 GR Audio channel 2 channel analog audio Audio function control Enable Disable by BIOS setup Mono or stereo Stereo...

Page 17: ...gacy keyboard for legacy mode USB Connectors Quantity Ports Quantity 6 4 back panel ports 2 ports for front Item Specification Temperature Operating 5 C 35 C Non operating 20 60 C Storage package Humi...

Page 18: ...external switch Button modem ring in keyboard an mouse for APM mode Resume recovery time 7 10sec Suspend Mode Independent power management timer 2 120minutes time step 10minute or pushing extern switc...

Page 19: ...ompted 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 A...

Page 20: ...age 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 select...

Page 21: ...e when the BIOS setup utility was built Processor Type of CPU installed on the system Core Frequency Core speed of the CPU installed on the system Count Physical CPU count Memory Size Total size of sy...

Page 22: ...cess the Miscellaneous submenu Advanced Chipset Configuration Press Enter to access the Advanced Chipset Configuration submenu Integrated Peripherals Press Enter to access the Integrated Peripherals s...

Page 23: ...enable spread spertrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magneticinterface generated by the system and voltage according to its temperature Enabled Disabled Bootup Num lock Selects power on...

Page 24: ...the virus protecting Enabled Disabled AMD V Enables or disables the Virtualization Technology VT availability If enabled a virtual machine manager VMM can utilize the additional hardware virtualizatio...

Page 25: ...Storage Emulation If Auto USB device equal or less than 2GB will be emulated as Floppy and remaining as harddrive Forced FDD option can be used to force a HDD formatted drive to boot as FDD Ex ZIP dri...

Page 26: ...18 Chapter 2 PC Health Status Parameter Description Option Smart Fan Enables or disables the smart system fan control function Enabled Disabled...

Page 27: ...turned off with a software commend If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the PCIE LAN card You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this f...

Page 28: ...d 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 Removing a supervisor password 1...

Page 29: ...ority sequence from available optical drives Removable Device Priority Press Enter to access the Removable Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device priority sequence from available removabl...

Page 30: ...u and press Enter Save Changes Select this option and press Enter to save all the changes and return to the BIOS Setup Utility Discard Changes Use this item enables you to discard any changes that you...

Page 31: ...tools Wrist grounding strap and conductive mat for preventing electrostatic discharge Flat blade screwdriver Philips screwdriver Hex screwdriver Plastic flat blade screwdriver Plastic tweezers NOTE T...

Page 32: ...edure 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 p...

Page 33: ...e to disassemble the computer stand Slide the computer stand 1 and pull the computer stand 2 as the direction indicated 2 If the computer stand install on the bottom of the unit pls follow below pictu...

Page 34: ...e screws securing the top cover 2 Find the two disassembly holes 1 2 and use a flat screwdriver to gently pry off the plastic shell cover 3 Remove top cover WARNING Please be careful when open the top...

Page 35: ...emoving the Optical Disc Drive NOTE If your unit without optical disc drive please ignore below step and refer to Removing the sheet matal on page 32 1 Remove the screw securing the ODD_cover 2 Remove...

Page 36: ...3 3 Disconnect the ODD SATA cable and power cable from the rear of the optical drive Also disconnct the other end of the SATA cable and power cable from the mainboard 4 Remove the screws securing the...

Page 37: ...Chapter 3 29 5 Pull the ODD bracket from the chassis 6 Remove the four screws that secure the optical drive to the ODD bracket 7 Pull the optical drive out of the drive bay...

Page 38: ...30 Chapter 3 Removing the ODD Base Cover 1 Remove the screws securing the ODD base cover 2 Use a flat screwdriver to gently pry off the ODD base cover...

Page 39: ...Chapter 3 31 3 Remove the ODD base cover...

Page 40: ...32 Chapter 3 Removing the Sheet Metal 1 Remove the screws secureing the sheet matal 2 Remove the sheet matal...

Page 41: ...r to loosen the four screws on the heat sink as shown below Note CPU Fan has been highlighted with the yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the CPU Fan and follow local regulations for...

Page 42: ...34 Chapter 3 3 Disconnect fan cable from the motherboard connector...

Page 43: ...ll the memory module to remove it from the SODIMM1 slot Note Circuit boards 10 cm has been highlighted with the yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the Circuit boards and follow local...

Page 44: ...36 Chapter 3 Removing the Daughter Board 1 Remove the screw securing the daughter board 2 Lift the daughter board away from the main board...

Page 45: ...om connector of wireless LAN card 1 and detach the adhesion tape 2 2 Remove the screw securing the wireless LAN card Note Circuit boards 10 cm has been highlighted with the yellow rectangle as above i...

Page 46: ...38 Chapter 3 3 Remove the WLAN module...

Page 47: ...Chapter 3 39 Removing the Main Board 1 Disconnect the IR Sensor cable from main board connector 2 Release the two locking tabs 1 and gently pull the cover out 2...

Page 48: ...Chapter 3 3 Remove the four screws that secure the main board to the chassis 4 Lift the board from the chassis WARNING Please be careful when lift the motherboard in order not to damage the EMI shield...

Page 49: ...Chapter 3 41 Removing the Hard Disk Drive 1 Use screwdriver to loosen the four screws 2 Remove HDD from Main board connector...

Page 50: ...42 Chapter 3 Remove the LED Lens 1 Release the two locking tabs 1 and gently pull the LED lens out 2...

Page 51: ...th the yellow rectangle as above image shows Please detach the Circuit boards and follow local regulations for disposal 2 Disconnector the cable from the motherboard Then remove the battery Note RTC b...

Page 52: ...44 Chapter 3 Removing the IR Sensor Cable 1 Release the two locking tabs 1 and gently pull the IR Sensor cable out 2...

Page 53: ...Chapter 3 45 Removing the WLAN Antennas Cable 1 Release the WLAN antennas cable from the plastic clip 1 then detach the WLAN antennas cable 2...

Page 54: ...46 Chapter 3 Removing the South Bridge Heat Sink 1 Detach the south bridge heat sink...

Page 55: ...r preventing electrostatic discharge Flat blade screwdriver Philips screwdriver Hex screwdriver Plastic flat blade screwdriver Plastic tweezers NOTE The screws for the different components vary in siz...

Page 56: ...48 Chapter 3 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 1 Take thewasher and the mainboard 2 Tear off protective paper of washer Install the washer to the mainboard as below picture shown...

Page 57: ...Chapter 3 49 3 Install the HDD to the SATA slot of main board 4 Upset main board confirm that the MB hole is aligned with the hole of HDD use the four screwto secure the HDD...

Page 58: ...50 Chapter 3 Installing the Wireless Lan Card 1 Install the wireless lan card to the main board MINI PCIE1 slot 2 Press the wireless lan card down and use one screw to secure the wireless Lan card...

Page 59: ...lling the Memory Modules 1 Insert the memory module into the SODIMM1 slot 1 and then press it down until it clicks into place 2 2 If a second memory module is available install it in the DIMM2 slot by...

Page 60: ...52 Chapter 3 Installing the LED Lens 1 Install LED lens on nainboard...

Page 61: ...Chapter 3 53 Installing the South Bridgbe Heat Sink 1 Tear off the paper of South bridge heat sink 2 Paste heat sink on chassis...

Page 62: ...54 Chapter 3 Installing the Antennas Cable of WLAN Card 1 Paste the WLAN antennas cable to the chassis 1 and install the WLAN antennas cable into the plastic clip 2...

Page 63: ...Chapter 3 55 Installing the IR Sensor cable 1 Install the IR Sensor cable as below picture shown...

Page 64: ...mainboard into the chassis with the I O ports of the mainboard extruding from their port holes then lower the mainboard in place 2 Make sure the screw holes on the main board are aligned with those on...

Page 65: ...Connect the the wireless LAN antenna cable to connector of wireless LAN card and use the adhesion tape to stick the wireless LAN antenna cable to mainboard 1 then connect the IR Sensor cable to mainbo...

Page 66: ...3 Installing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 1 Position the heat sink assembly on top of the CPU making sure the screws are aligned with the gaps on the main board 2 Secure the heat sink assembly using fo...

Page 67: ...Chapter 3 59 3 Disconnect fan cable from the motherboard...

Page 68: ...60 Chapter 3 Installing the Daughter Board 1 Install the daughter board to the main board 2 Secure the daughter board using the screw...

Page 69: ...ste 1pc gasket on sheet metal as below picture shown 2 Position the sheet metal on top of the mianboard making sure the screw holes on the sheet metal are aligned with the those on the mainboard then...

Page 70: ...it without optical disc drive please ignore below step and refer to Installing the Top Cover on page 66 1 Slide the optical drive into the drive bay 2 Secure the optical drive to the ODD bracket using...

Page 71: ...Chapter 3 63 4 Secure the ODD bracket to the ODD base cover using two screws 5 Install the ODD base cover...

Page 72: ...ention tabs of ODD base cover are securedly fastened to the chassis interior 7 Connect the ODD SATA cable and power cable to the rear of the optical drive Also connct the other end of the SATA cable a...

Page 73: ...Chapter 3 65 8 Install the ODD_cover 9 Secure the ODD_cover using the screw...

Page 74: ...ver 1 Install TV cap to cover TV card hole of chassisas as below picture shown 2 Install the top cover Make sure the front bezel retention tabs are securedly fastened to the chassis interior 3 Secure...

Page 75: ...f the unit pls follow below picture to assemble the computer stand Slide the computer stand 1 as the direction indicated 2 If you need to install the computer stand on the bottom of the unit pls follo...

Page 76: ...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 re...

Page 77: ...tem 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...

Page 78: ...d has been activated Not all computers using AMIBIOS enable this feature In most cases a checkpoint card is the best tool for viewing AMIBIOS checkpoints Beep Symptom Cause and Description One short b...

Page 79: ...cludingRTC 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 powe...

Page 80: ...loppy 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 F0 Search for p...

Page 81: ...2 Power on the system BIOS recovery will be done Wait for about 3 minutes the system will reboot automatically after flash update completed successfully 3 Press Del Key to enter BIOS Setup 4 Choose Lo...

Page 82: ...Chapter 5 54 M B Placement No Label Description No Label Description 1 REAR_USB0 USB 2 0 PORT0 11 ODD_SATA SATA ODD DATA LINK PORT Jumper and Connector Information Chapter 5...

Page 83: ...OUTPUT PORT 5 AUDIO_HEADER Link Audio daughter board 15 HDMI1 HDMI OUTPUT 6 BAT1 BAT 16 REAR_USB1 2 USB PORT 7 SATA_HDD_CO NN1 SATA HDD DATA POWER LINK PORT 17 U1 CPU 8 DCIN1 System Power Input 18 SO...

Page 84: ...correct pins The following illustration shows the location of CLR_CMOS The following table shows the settings of the 3 pin CLR_CMOS jumper Place the jumper cap on pins 1 and 2 to close or short the ju...

Page 85: ...D 2 POWER 3 SENSE 4 CONTROL CLR_CMOS 3 PIN CLEAR CMOS Header 1 2 NORMAL 2 A_VBAT 2 3 CLEAR_CMOS 3 VBAT_IO F_AUDIO Front Panel Audio header 2X5 1 LINE_OUT_L2 2 LINE_OUT_R5 3 GND_A 4 GND_A 5 FRONT JD 6...

Page 86: ...der Infrared Receiver header 1 3D3V_ALW 3 CIRRX 4 GND Battery Header Battery Header 1 GND 2 NC 3 VBAT 4 5 GND ODD Power Header ODD Power Header 1 VCC5_SATA_ODD 2 GND 3 VCC5_SATA_ODD 4 GND Header Name...

Page 87: ...0 2 MDI_0J 3 Bypass to GND 4 MDI_1 5 MDI_1J 6 Bypass to GND 7 MDI_2 8 MDI_2J 9 Bypass to GND 10 MDI_3 11 MDI_3J 12 Bypass to GND 13 LAN_LED3 EEDO 14 LAN_CON_LED 15 LAN_LED0 16 LAN_LED1 EESK 17 18 19 2...

Page 88: ...P1 3D3V_S0 P2 3D3V_S0 P3 3D3V_S0 P4 GND P5 GND P6 GND P7 VCC5_SATA_HDD P8 VCC5_SATA_HDD P10 GND P11 NC P12 GND P13 NC P14 NC P15 NC VGA VGA CONN 1 L_RED 2 L_GREEN 3 L_BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND...

Page 89: ...4 HDMI_TXDP1_C 5 GND 6 HDMI_TXDN1_C 7 HDMI_TXDP0_C 8 GND 9 HDMI_TXDN0_C 10 HDMI_TXCP_C 11 GND 12 HDMI_TXCN_C 13 NC 14 NC 15 HDMI_DDCCLK_C 16 HDMI_DDCDATA_C 17 GND 18 5V_CONN 19 HDMI_HPD DCIN DCIN CON...

Page 90: ...AR1 2 USB_0_FBJ 3 USB_0_FB 4 GND 5 USB_REAR1 6 USB_1_FBJ 7 USB_1_FB 8 GND 9 10 11 12 GND REAR_USB1 10 USB_REAR1 11 USB_4_FBJ 12 USB_4_FB 4 GND 5 USB_REAR1 6 USB_5_FBJ 7 USB_5_FB 8 GND 9 10 11 12 GND H...

Page 91: ...ard 1 SD_CD 2 SD_WP 3 SD_DAT1 4 SD_DAT0 5 GND 6 GND 7 MS_BS 8 MS_D1 9 SD_CLK 10 MS_D0 11 CARD_3V3 12 MS_D2 13 GND 14 MS_INS 15 MS_D3 16 SD_CMD 17 MS_CLK 18 CARD_3V3 19 SD_DAT3 20 GND 21 SD_DAT2 22 CAR...

Page 92: ...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 l...

Page 93: ...TY 1 MERLOT UP COVER 1 17 MERLOT POWER BTN 1 2 ODD BRACKET 1 18 MERLOT KINGSINGTOLOCK METAL 1 3 SLIM ODD_DEVICE 1 19 MERLOT POWER LENS 1 4 MERLOT ODD BASE COVER 1 20 MERLOT FOOT CONSUMER 1 5 SCREW M3...

Page 94: ...OT DECORATE C 1 11 MERLOT CONSUMER WITH TV 1 27 MERLOT ODD BUTTON 1 12 MERLOT DECORATE A 1 28 ODD SUPPORT 1 13 MERLOT DOWN COVER 1 29 ODD COVER 1 14 FOOT RUBBER 4 30 SCREW M2 2 4 15 MERLOT IR LENS 1 3...

Page 95: ...aMerlot PZ 11900 336 N A Chassis Chassis uLtraSFF HL110A w o ODD w front USB2 0x2 w front CR w foot stand for aMerlot HS 13100 264 N A Cooler CCI AMD FT1 18W cooler for Merlot w i blower fan 4pin PWM...

Page 96: ...12 7mm Slot DL 8X DC 8A2SH LF HF Standard Bezel SATA Win7 KU 0080F 019 N A BD COMBO 12 7mm Slot DL 4X DL 4ETS LF HF Black Bezel SATA Win7 KO 0040F 009 Wireless LAN mini card Lite On WN6602RH Kit DH WL...

Page 97: ...69 Chapter 6 Keyboard Keyboard CHICONY KG 0917 RF2 4 85KS Black US KB RF403 173 N A Category Description Part Number Exploded Diagram Item...

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