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...). If, for repair and service of a machine (such as add-on your regional Acer office to the basic configuration for Acer's global product offering. Acer-authorized Service Providers: Your Acer office may have decided to extend the functionality of customer machines. You must use the ... provides you with all technical information relating to order FRU parts for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it supports, read the following general information. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional office or the responsible...
...). If, for repair and service of a machine (such as add-on your regional Acer office to the basic configuration for Acer's global product offering. Acer-authorized Service Providers: Your Acer office may have decided to extend the functionality of customer machines. You must use the ... provides you with all technical information relating to order FRU parts for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it supports, read the following general information. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional office or the responsible...
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CHAPTER 5 Jumper and Connector Locations Mainboard Layout 5-3 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 5-5 Clearing the BIOS Passwords 5-5 Performing a BIOS Recovery 5-6 CHAPTER 6 FRU List Aspire S3 MS2346 Exploded Diagrams 6-4 Main Assembly 6-4 FRU List 6-6 CHAPTER 7 Test Compatible Components Microsoft Windows 7 Environment Test 7-3 CHAPTER 8 Online Support Information Online Support Information 8-3 viii
CHAPTER 5 Jumper and Connector Locations Mainboard Layout 5-3 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 5-5 Clearing the BIOS Passwords 5-5 Performing a BIOS Recovery 5-6 CHAPTER 6 FRU List Aspire S3 MS2346 Exploded Diagrams 6-4 Main Assembly 6-4 FRU List 6-6 CHAPTER 7 Test Compatible Components Microsoft Windows 7 Environment Test 7-3 CHAPTER 8 Online Support Information Online Support Information 8-3 viii
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... Premium 64-bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64-bit Platform 0 Huron River platform Supports the Second Generation Intel® Core™ Mobile Processor (Sandy Bridge) Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM77 (6MB BIOS ROM...and Configurations Features 0 The following is a summary of dedicated system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Dual independent display support Internal resolutions and refresh rate supported: 800×600, 60 Hz 1024×768...
... Premium 64-bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64-bit Platform 0 Huron River platform Supports the Second Generation Intel® Core™ Mobile Processor (Sandy Bridge) Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM77 (6MB BIOS ROM...and Configurations Features 0 The following is a summary of dedicated system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Dual independent display support Internal resolutions and refresh rate supported: 800×600, 60 Hz 1024×768...
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... Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) technology Supports 720p HD audio/video recording Wireless and networking 0 WLAN: Acer InviLin™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Supports Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology WPAN: Bluetooth® 4.0+HS Privacy Control 0 BIOS...
... Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) technology Supports 720p HD audio/video recording Wireless and networking 0 WLAN: Acer InviLin™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Supports Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology WPAN: Bluetooth® 4.0+HS Privacy Control 0 BIOS...
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...61548;ENERGY STAR compliant Keyboard and Pointing Device 0 Keyboard 0 84-/85-/88-key full-size Acer FineTip keyboard with international language support Overlay numeric keys Inverted "T" cursor keys Hotkeys for volume and brightness ...2-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC) USB ports (2 x 3.0) HDMI™ port with HDCP support Headphone and microphone combo jack Internal microphone DC-in jack for AC adapter Strap slot...
...61548;ENERGY STAR compliant Keyboard and Pointing Device 0 Keyboard 0 84-/85-/88-key full-size Acer FineTip keyboard with international language support Overlay numeric keys Inverted "T" cursor keys Hotkeys for volume and brightness ...2-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC) USB ports (2 x 3.0) HDMI™ port with HDCP support Headphone and microphone combo jack Internal microphone DC-in jack for AC adapter Strap slot...
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... recording and video communication. 5 Keyboard For entering data into your computer. 6 Multi-Touch Pad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a computer mouse. 7 Palmrest Comfortable support area for video communication. Open Front View No. 1 2 Icon Item Integrated webcam Display screen 3 Power button Description Web camera for your hands when you use...
... recording and video communication. 5 Keyboard For entering data into your computer. 6 Multi-Touch Pad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a computer mouse. 7 Palmrest Comfortable support area for video communication. Open Front View No. 1 2 Icon Item Integrated webcam Display screen 3 Power button Description Web camera for your hands when you use...
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Icon Item 1 DC-in power-saving mode. Supports high definition digital video connections. Indicates the computer's battery status. Blue: The computer is in AC mode. Blinking amber: The battery is in ...
Icon Item 1 DC-in power-saving mode. Supports high definition digital video connections. Indicates the computer's battery status. Blue: The computer is in AC mode. Blinking amber: The battery is in ...
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Icon Item 1 2-in-1 card reader Description Supports MMC, MMCplus, and SD cards. Right View 0 Figure 1-4. Right View Table 1-4. Right View No. Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-11 Note: Only one card can operate at any given time.
Icon Item 1 2-in-1 card reader Description Supports MMC, MMCplus, and SD cards. Right View 0 Figure 1-4. Right View Table 1-4. Right View No. Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-11 Note: Only one card can operate at any given time.
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...-specific Keys Key Windows Logo key Description Pressed alone, this key has the same effect as clicking on a network) Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-15 Functions supported by Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7: : Open or close the Start menu +R: Open the Run dialog box +M: Minimizes all applications. Keyboard...
...-specific Keys Key Windows Logo key Description Pressed alone, this key has the same effect as clicking on a network) Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-15 Functions supported by Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7: : Open or close the Start menu +R: Open the Run dialog box +M: Minimizes all applications. Keyboard...
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... the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray) +Tab: Cycle through programs on the taskbar +Break: Display the System Properties dialog box Functions supported by Windows XP: +Break: Display the System Properties dialog box +U: Open the Ease of Access Center window Application This key has the same...
... the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray) +Tab: Cycle through programs on the taskbar +Break: Display the System Properties dialog box Functions supported by Windows XP: +Break: Display the System Properties dialog box +U: Open the Ease of Access Center window Application This key has the same...
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... 4 GB Graphics Controller Chipset Item Specification Intel® HD Graphics 3000 with 128 MB of dedicated system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 System BIOS Item BIOS vendor BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Protocols....01 Simple boot flag specification v2.1 System management bus specification v2.0 AHCI support Microsoft XP/Vista/Windows 7 logo program Microsoft SLP 1.0 support Microsoft OA 2.0 and 2.1 support Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-21 OFF=84 °C OS shuts down at 97 °C;
... 4 GB Graphics Controller Chipset Item Specification Intel® HD Graphics 3000 with 128 MB of dedicated system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 System BIOS Item BIOS vendor BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Protocols....01 Simple boot flag specification v2.1 System management bus specification v2.0 AHCI support Microsoft XP/Vista/Windows 7 logo program Microsoft SLP 1.0 support Microsoft OA 2.0 and 2.1 support Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-21 OFF=84 °C OS shuts down at 97 °C;
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... media playback, wireless and sleep functions, and display and touchpad toggle Windows and Application keys Multilanguage support configurable by OEM customer Hard Disk Drive Item Specification Vendor and models HGST HTS543232A7A384, Seagate ST320LT020/9YG142-188, Seagate ST320LT012/... n/a, n/a, n/a Interface transfer 300 rate (MB/sec, max) 1-22 Hardware Specifications and Configurations Keyboard Item Specification Type Aspire AF1S Flat keyboard Total number of keys 84 keys Windows logo key Yes Internal and external USB Yes keyboard work simultaneously?
... media playback, wireless and sleep functions, and display and touchpad toggle Windows and Application keys Multilanguage support configurable by OEM customer Hard Disk Drive Item Specification Vendor and models HGST HTS543232A7A384, Seagate ST320LT020/9YG142-188, Seagate ST320LT012/... n/a, n/a, n/a Interface transfer 300 rate (MB/sec, max) 1-22 Hardware Specifications and Configurations Keyboard Item Specification Type Aspire AF1S Flat keyboard Total number of keys 84 keys Windows logo key Yes Internal and external USB Yes keyboard work simultaneously?
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...-120GM A-DATA SSD NAND AS511S7-240GM A-DATA SSD NAND AS511S7 Serial ATA-6Gb/s 120 240 550MB / s 510MB / s 550MB / s 520MB / s 5 VDC Card Reader Item Controller Cards supported Manufacturing technology Specification RTS 5209 MultiMediaCard™ (MMC) MultiMediaCard Plus (MMCplus™) Secure Digital™ (SD) 65 nm LCD Panel Item Vendor...
...-120GM A-DATA SSD NAND AS511S7-240GM A-DATA SSD NAND AS511S7 Serial ATA-6Gb/s 120 240 550MB / s 510MB / s 550MB / s 520MB / s 5 VDC Card Reader Item Controller Cards supported Manufacturing technology Specification RTS 5209 MultiMediaCard™ (MMC) MultiMediaCard Plus (MMCplus™) Secure Digital™ (SD) 65 nm LCD Panel Item Vendor...
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... Backlight Weight Physical size Specification 8 ms 16 ms 3 W 1-channel LVDS White LED (WLED) 310 g 306.8 × 189.2 × 3.6 mm Supported Display Resolutions Specification 800×600, 60 Hz, 16:9 1024×768, 60 Hz, 16:9 1280×600, 60 Hz, 16:9 1280×720,...; 98 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighting) for DAC output 90 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighting) for ADC input Internal Digital Power support: 3.3 V digital core power; 1.5-3.3 V digital IO power for HDA link; 3.0-5.0 V analog power; 3.0-5.0 V power stage voltage Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC...
... Backlight Weight Physical size Specification 8 ms 16 ms 3 W 1-channel LVDS White LED (WLED) 310 g 306.8 × 189.2 × 3.6 mm Supported Display Resolutions Specification 800×600, 60 Hz, 16:9 1024×768, 60 Hz, 16:9 1280×600, 60 Hz, 16:9 1280×720,...; 98 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighting) for DAC output 90 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighting) for ADC input Internal Digital Power support: 3.3 V digital core power; 1.5-3.3 V digital IO power for HDA link; 3.0-5.0 V analog power; 3.0-5.0 V power stage voltage Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC...
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... Resolution Specification Lite-On HD_S LT_119_SP Primax PM_S119_SP Suyin SY_S119_SP 1.3 MP HD Wireless LAN Item Module Frequency band Protocols and data rates supported Interface Form factor Antennae Specification Broadcom 4313iPA+20702 Foxconn Atheros WB225 Lite-On Atheros WB225 2.4 GHz 802.11b - 1-11 Mbps ...
... Resolution Specification Lite-On HD_S LT_119_SP Primax PM_S119_SP Suyin SY_S119_SP 1.3 MP HD Wireless LAN Item Module Frequency band Protocols and data rates supported Interface Form factor Antennae Specification Broadcom 4313iPA+20702 Foxconn Atheros WB225 Lite-On Atheros WB225 2.4 GHz 802.11b - 1-11 Mbps ...
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Troubleshooting Introduction 0 This chapter contains information about the problem. 2. If the issue is still not resolved, refer to Table 4-1 for Acer products only. Non-Acer products, prototype cards, or modified options can give false errors and invalid system responses. 1. Table 4-1. Obtain as much detailed information as described. General Information... Failure USB Failure WLAN Failure Card Reader Failure Thermal Unit Failure Other Functions Failure Intermittent Problems Undetermined Problems 4. Refer to the Online Support Information on page 9-3 Troubleshooting 4-3
Troubleshooting Introduction 0 This chapter contains information about the problem. 2. If the issue is still not resolved, refer to Table 4-1 for Acer products only. Non-Acer products, prototype cards, or modified options can give false errors and invalid system responses. 1. Table 4-1. Obtain as much detailed information as described. General Information... Failure USB Failure WLAN Failure Card Reader Failure Thermal Unit Failure Other Functions Failure Intermittent Problems Undetermined Problems 4. Refer to the Online Support Information on page 9-3 Troubleshooting 4-3
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... system does not power on, perform the following, one at intervals, perform the following. 1. Remove all external and non-essential hardware connected to the Online Support Information on page 4-16. 5.
... system does not power on, perform the following, one at intervals, perform the following. 1. Remove all external and non-essential hardware connected to the Online Support Information on page 4-16. 5.
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...and control/mouse wheel zoom feature in the application. If desktop display resolution is still not resolved, refer to the Online Support Information on pages 3-61. 12. Boot the computer. The same goes for when there is properly installed. Readjust if necessary. 4. ... Roll back the video driver to Disassembly Process. 3. If the POST or video appears on the external display only, refer to the Online Support Information on page 4-7. 7. Refer to the previous version if updated. 5. If the computer boots correctly, add the devices one by removing...
...and control/mouse wheel zoom feature in the application. If desktop display resolution is still not resolved, refer to the Online Support Information on pages 3-61. 12. Boot the computer. The same goes for when there is properly installed. Readjust if necessary. 4. ... Roll back the video driver to Disassembly Process. 3. If the POST or video appears on the external display only, refer to the Online Support Information on page 4-7. 7. Refer to the previous version if updated. 5. If the computer boots correctly, add the devices one by removing...
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LCD Failure Troubleshooting 4-7 8. Do not replace a non-defective FRU: Figure 4-3. Run the Windows Memory Diagnostic from the operating system DVD and follow the on page 9-3 LCD Failure 0 If the LCD fails, perform the following, one at a time. If the issue is still not resolved, refer to the Online Support Information on -screen prompts. 9.
LCD Failure Troubleshooting 4-7 8. Do not replace a non-defective FRU: Figure 4-3. Run the Windows Memory Diagnostic from the operating system DVD and follow the on page 9-3 LCD Failure 0 If the LCD fails, perform the following, one at a time. If the issue is still not resolved, refer to the Online Support Information on -screen prompts. 9.
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... not show, right-click on page 9-3 Troubleshooting 4-11 Restore system and file settings from a known good date using System Restore. 10. Navigate to the Online Support Information on the Playback tab and select Show Disabled Devices (clear by default). 7. If the issue is still not resolved, refer to Start Control...
... not show, right-click on page 9-3 Troubleshooting 4-11 Restore system and file settings from a known good date using System Restore. 10. Navigate to the Online Support Information on the Playback tab and select Show Disabled Devices (clear by default). 7. If the issue is still not resolved, refer to Start Control...