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Aspire L300/Veriton 2800

Service Guide

                                                                                                                                         PRINTED IN TAIWAN

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Summary of Contents for Veriton 2800

Page 1: ...Aspire L300 Veriton 2800 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: ...4 Revision History Please refer to the table below for the updates made on Aspire L300 Veriton 2800 service guide Date Chapter Updates 8 30 2005 First release...

Page 3: ...pect 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 licens...

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: ...res 26 Integrated Peripherals 27 Power Management Setup 31 PnP PCI Configuration 33 PC Health Status 34 Frequency Control 35 Load Optimized Defaults 36 Set Supervisor User Password 37 Save Exit Setup...

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Page 8: ...945G ICH7 Lakeport chipset architecture The combination can run at 800 1066 MHz FSB which gives more performance than other processors We also provide 1 PCI Express x16 slot for add on graphic solutio...

Page 9: ...667 MHz T Support dual channel function Graphic Solution T Intel Lakeport G on die graphic solution T DVMT technology support T Dual View function support T PCI E x16 VGA Add On Card Slots T 1 PCI Ex...

Page 10: ...y T Support 1394a T One port on the back T One 2 5 internal header On Board Connector T Rear I O Connectors T 1 PS 2 Keyboard Port 1 PS 2 Mouse Port T 1 Parallel Port 1 Serial Port T 1 RJ45 GigaLAN Po...

Page 11: ...nnector with linear circuit T 1 4 pin System FAN connectors with linear circuit T 1 intrusion alarm connector T 1 2pin LAN activity monitor connector T 1 Intrusion Alarm connector T 1 2 5 pin Intel FP...

Page 12: ...nt Panel VRD 10 1 DIMM1 Back Panel Firmware HUB PS2 4 Phase PWM DIMM2 ATA100 Socket T USB2 0 Port 6 4Mb or 8Mb 4 Lanes USB2 0 Port 2 ICH7RW Keyboard Mouse CK 410 Clock DDR2 533 667 IDE CONN 1 PCI Expr...

Page 13: ...Chapter 1 Aspire L300 Front Panel No Description No Description 1 Optical drive 2 Power button 3 Indicators 4 Microphone in jack 5 USB ports 6 Speaker Headphone jack 7 Media card reader 8 IEEE 1394 po...

Page 14: ...Chapter 1 7 Veriton 2800 Front Panel No Description No Description 1 5 25 drive bay 2 3 5 drive bay 3 Microphone in jack front 4 Speaker out 5 USB ports 6 Indicator 7 Power button No Icon Component...

Page 15: ...ire L300 Rear Panel No Description No Description 1 Power supply 2 Audio jack 3 USB ports 4 CRT LCD monitor port 5 Parallel printer port 6 Serial ports 7 PS 2 keyboard port 8 PS 2 mouse port 9 LAN por...

Page 16: ...cription 1 Power supply 2 Power cord socket 3 PS 2 mouse port 4 PS 2 keyboard port 5 Serial port 6 Parallel printer port 7 CRT LCD monitor port 8 USB ports 9 Network port 10 Audio jack 11 Expansion sl...

Page 17: ...10 Chapter 1 Mainboard Layout...

Page 18: ...Mill LGA 775 processor Slot Socket T LGA 775 Speed Depends on CPU up to3 8 GHz Bus Frequency 533 800 1066 MHz Voltage Processor voltage can be detected by any system without setting any jumper BIOS I...

Page 19: ...tions VRM Voltage Regulator Module Function VRM Specification Typical Voltage Power Source Maximum Output CPU VRM VRM10 1 0 8375 1 6v 12 Voltage 101A CPU VRM VRM 9 0 1 1 1 85 Voltage 12 Voltage 70A Ca...

Page 20: ...Device Type Support HDD CD ROM CD RW DVD ROM DVD RW DVD RW DVDDual DVD Supermultiplus Supports LS 120 Yes Supports bootable CD ROM Yes Function Control Enable Disable by BIOS setup Diskette Drive Inte...

Page 21: ...ption Thermal Design T Provision for optional secondary fan T Adequate venting in the front of chassis T Adequate venting in the rear of chassis Environmental Requirements Item Specifications Temperat...

Page 22: ...rd Package Cross Weight Drop Height Not of Drop KGs lbs CM Inch 0 9 1 0 20 76 30 10 9 1 18 2 20 40 61 24 10 18 2 27 3 40 60 46 18 10 27 3 45 4 60 100 31 12 10 10 drops one corner three edges six surfa...

Page 23: ...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...

Page 24: ...doesn t required users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet NOTE Main Menu This is the online description of the highlighted setup functions is...

Page 25: ...ced option hidden As for the hidden options we have annotations following those with further setting screen menu Esc Quit KLIJ Select XPnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Set Supervisor Passwor...

Page 26: ...function features PnP PCI Configuration This setup page includes all configurations of PCI PnP ISA resources PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage fan and spee...

Page 27: ...BIOS version SMBIOS Version This item lists the system SMBIOS version System BIOS ID This item lists the system BIOS ID BIOS Release Date This item lists the BIOS release date Help Item System Product...

Page 28: ...nnel 0 Slave None XIDE Channel 1 Master HL DT ST RW DVD GCC Extended Memory 252928K F6 Load Optimized Defaults F7 Load Fail Safe Defaults Halt On All But Keyboard Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility...

Page 29: ...nter The IDE CD ROM is always automatically detected IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE Device Setup You can...

Page 30: ...s Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value All But Dis...

Page 31: ...n Self Test Enabled APIC Mode Enabled F6 Load Optimized Defaults F7 Load Fail Safe Defaults Gate A20 Option Fast Third Boot Device Enabled Boot Other Device Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On KLIJ Mov...

Page 32: ...Enabled Disabled First Second Third Boot Device The item allows you to set the sequence of boot device where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CD ROM ZIP USB FDD...

Page 33: ...and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the syste 2 3 4 5 6 Auto Precharge Delay This option is used to set up the timing delay between th...

Page 34: ...s X SuperIO Device Press Enter Help Item Menu Level X Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto Help I...

Page 35: ...Keyboard Support Enabled Azalia Select Auto Onboard 1394 Enabled Help Item Menu Level X USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard P...

Page 36: ...m if the system supports USB 2 0 Enabled Enable USB 2 0 Controller Disabled Disable USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onbo...

Page 37: ...to BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 or 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 default 2F8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 default 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Diabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 or 2 Parallel Port Mode T...

Page 38: ...ent Features Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Help Item Menu Level X X PCI Express PM Function Press Enter Sleep Mode S3 STR PWRON After PWR Fail For...

Page 39: ...CPU THRM Throttling 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 87 5 Wake Up by PCI card This item allows the activity of the PCI devices to wake up the system from S3 sleep state Enabled Disabled Power On by Ring An in...

Page 40: ...anually IRQ Resource When resource are controlled by manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt PCI Device Assign this IRQ for PCI device Reserved...

Page 41: ...CPU System Temperature automatically CPU FAN Speed RPM Detect CPU Fan Speed status automatically Hidden Setting Shutdown Temperature 80 C 176 F 85 C 185 F 90 C 194 F 95 C 203 F Disabled Phoenix AwardB...

Page 42: ...rum This feature allows to enable disable the Spread Spectrum modulate Enabled Disabled Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Utility Frequency Control Spread Spectrum Enabled Help Item Menu Level X CPUID Maximum...

Page 43: ...ssword XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults XAdvanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Default Y N Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility XProduct Information XPC Health Status XStandard CMOS...

Page 44: ...an be used to start the system or modify the CMOS settings The User password can also start the system While the User password XIntegrated Periphera Password XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Def...

Page 45: ...ss N to return to the main menu XIntegrated Periphera Save to CMOS and Exit Y N N XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults XAdvanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Phoenix AwardBIOS C...

Page 46: ...that you do not want to save use the Exit Without Saving item and press Y to discard any changes you have made XIntegrated Periphera Password XAdvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults XAdvanced...

Page 47: ...ding strap and conductive mat for preventing electrostatic discharge T Wire cutter T Phillips screwdriver may require different size NOTE The screws for the different components vary in size During th...

Page 48: ...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 49: ...off the system and all peripherals connected to it Opening the System 1 Place the system unit on a flat steady surface 2 Turning the housing back turn the three screws securing the side cover and rem...

Page 50: ...3 DIsconnect the USB connectors from the Mainbaord 4 Disconnect the Audio connector from the Mainboard 5 Disconnect the ODD IDE connector from the Mainboard 6 Disconnect the ATX Power connector from...

Page 51: ...TX 12V power connector from mainboard 10 Disconnect the system fan and CPU fan connector from the Mainboard 11 Disconnect the LED connector from mainboard Removing the Front Bezel 1 Release the three...

Page 52: ...bracket 2 Push the bracket outward and remove it 3 Remove the four screws securing the ODD and remove the ODD from the bracket 4 Remove the four screws securing the HDD and remove it from the bracket...

Page 53: ...he heatsink module and remove it Removing the Fan Duck 1 Release the two screws securing the fan duck and remove it Removing the System Fan 1 Remove the four screws securing the system fan and remove...

Page 54: ...ard 2 Remove the PCI riser card from the mainboard PCI slot 3 Remove the PCI express riser card from the mainboard PCI express slot Removing the Mainboard 1 Remove the eight screws securing the mainbo...

Page 55: ...Chapter 3 48 Removing the CPU from the MB 1 Release the CPU latch and remove the CPU from the MB Removing the System Power 1 Remove the four screws securing the system power and remove it...

Page 56: ...Chapter 4 49 This chapter provides troubleshooting information T Power On Self Test POST T Index of Error Message T Index of Error Symptoms T Undetermined Problems Chapter 4 Troubleshooting...

Page 57: ...ard disk interface and one diskette drive interface T Keyboard and auxiliary device controllers T 1 44M floppy controller T I O ports T One parallel port T One PS 2 compatible mouse port T One PS 2 co...

Page 58: ...ropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status a...

Page 59: ...put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium...

Page 60: ...che for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each...

Page 61: ...g to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to...

Page 62: ...e 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91...

Page 63: ...battery is no longer functional Contact your system dealer for a replacement the BIOS CMOS Checksum Error defaults loaded Checksum of CMOS is incorrect so the system loads the default equipment config...

Page 64: ...about the type and location of the memory error Override enabled Defaults loaded If the system cannot boot using the current CMOS configuration the BIOS can override the current configuration with a s...

Page 65: ...See Memory 2 Main board Incorrect memory size shown or repeated during POST 1 Insert the memory modules in the DIMM sockets properly then reboot the system 2 Memory module 3 Main board System works b...

Page 66: ...Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard disk drive cable 3 Hard disk drive 4 Main board Hard disk drive has write error 1 Enter BIOS Setup and Load default settings 2 Hard disk drive Hard disk drive L...

Page 67: ...PCI modem card is used reinsert the modem card to PCI slot firmly or replace the modem card 3 In Win 98 ensure the telephone application is configured correctly for your modem and set to receive mess...

Page 68: ...Chapter 4 61 Display problem not listed above including blank or illegible monitor 1 Monitor 2 Load default settings if screen is readable 3 Main board Error Symptom Action FRU...

Page 69: ...er switch does not turn off system Only unplugging the power cord from electrical outlet can turn off the system 1 Ensure the Soft off by PWR BTTN in BIOS Setup of Power Management is not set to Insta...

Page 70: ...problem FRU 4 Load default settings in setup 5 Check all main board jumper positions and switch settings 6 Check all adapter card jumper positions 7 Check all device jumper positions 8 Check all cable...

Page 71: ...64 Chapter 4...

Page 72: ...Intrusion header 3 CPU_FAN CPU fan header 4 SYSTEM_FAN System fan header 5 ATX12V CPU power connector 6 FRONT_PANEL Front panel header 7 JSPDIFOUT1 S PDIF output header 8 F_AUDIO Front panel audio hea...

Page 73: ...SATA2 data transfer connector 13 SATA1 SATA1 data transfer connector 14 J3 GPIO header 15 J2 GPIO header 16 JUSB_HEADER2 Front panel USB header2 17 JUSB_HEADER1 Front panel USB header1 18 JCMOS1 Clear...

Page 74: ...er connector is not connected the system will not start CAUTION Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements It is recommemded that a power supply that can withstan...

Page 75: ...inition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand by 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V Only for 24pins ATX 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 GND 16 PS_ON soft On Off 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 5V optio...

Page 76: ...27 I O RDY 8 Device data 10 28 Pull down for always master 9 Device data 4 29 IDE ACK 10 Device data 11 30 GND 11 Device data 3 31 IIDEIRQ 12 Device data 12 32 NC 13 Device data 2 33 Device address 1...

Page 77: ...re to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connectoed to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardwa...

Page 78: ...nition 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send...

Page 79: ...No Signal Pin No Signal 1 SVCC1 2 USBD_T3 3 USBD_T3 4 GND 5 SVCC2 6 USBD_T2 7 USBD_T2 8 GND 9 2D5V_LAN 10 MDIP_0 11 MDIN_0 12 MDIP_1 13 MDIN_1 14 MDIP_2 15 MDIN_2 16 MDIP_3 17 MDIN_3 18 GND 19 LED_AC...

Page 80: ...A3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTOFEED AutomaticFeed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SL...

Page 81: ...ity and clear the record Serial ATA Connectors Serial ATA can provide 150MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly...

Page 82: ...is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using f...

Page 83: ...In Connector Audio Line Out IEEE 1394 Connectors The mainboard provides two 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports via an external IEEE 1394 bracket 3 MIC2 R 4 PRESENCE_L 5 LINE2...

Page 84: ...boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the SW1 Clear CMOS Button to clear data Press the button in the middle of the connector rop side to clear the data...

Page 85: ...FRU Field Replaceable Unit listing in global configurations of Aspire L300 and Veriton 2800 Refer to this chapter whenever ordering for parts to repair or for RMA Return Merchandise Authorization FRU...

Page 86: ...and_2 3 H200 bottom cover 4 H200 top cover 5 Rest holder 6 V251 I O shield 7 H200 PCI EMI 8 BTX PSU 9 Intrusion switch 10 H200 ODD BKT 11 ODD 12 HDD C R stand 14 V251 bezel 15 H200 C R shield 16 HDD 1...

Page 87: ...200 rubber foot 2 H200 stand_2 3 H200 bottom cover 4 H200 top cover 5 Rest holder 6 A251 I O shield 7 H200 PCI EMI 8 BTX PSU 9 Intrusion switch 10 H200 ODD BTK 11 ODD 12 HDD C R stand 13 6 in 1 card r...

Page 88: ...80 Chapter 6 17 H200 daughter board 18 H200 left foot 19 Chassis stand 20 H200 stand_1 21 H200 stand_3 Item Description...

Page 89: ...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 provide...

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