Acer TravelMate 8172 Service Manual

Contents

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Chapter 1 1Chapter 1 System Specifications...............................................................1Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Outlook View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Hardware Specifications and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Chapter 2 System Utilities........................................................................32BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32BIOS Flash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Chapter 3 Machine DIsassembly and Replacement.................................45General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Disassembly Procedure Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Removing the HDD Module and the miniPCI . . . . . . . . . . . 50Disassembling the Main Unit into Upper Case and Lower Case 52Disassembling the Lower Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Disassembling the LCD Module and Upper Case . . . . . . . . . 57Disassembling the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Disassembling the External Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Chapter 4 Troubleshooting.......................................................................63System Check Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Intermittent Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Chapter 5 Jumper and Connector Locations............................................80Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Main Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Chapter 6 FRU(Field Replaceable Unit)List.............................................84Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85FRU List 87Appendix A Model Definition and Configuration............................................95TravelMate 8100 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Appendix B Test Compatible Components..............................................96Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro Environment Test . . . . . . . . . 97Appendix C Online Support Information..................................................99download service manual and resetter printer at http://printer1.blogspot.com