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.... No part of this manual is sold or licensed "as is a registered trademark of Acer Incorporated. Disclaimer The information in this guide is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any defect in this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval ...following their respective holders. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of...
.... No part of this manual is sold or licensed "as is a registered trademark of Acer Incorporated. Disclaimer The information in this guide is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any defect in this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval ...following their respective holders. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of...
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IV Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
IV Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen. NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Specifications 1 Features 1 System Block Diagram 4 Board Layout 5 Top View 5 Bottom View 6 Your Acer Notebook tour 8 Front view 8 Closed ...Acer ePower Management 22 Acer ePresentation Management 24 Acer eDataSecurity Management 25 Acer eLock Management 27 Acer eRecovery Management 28 Acer eSettings Management 29 Acer ePerformance Management 29 Acer OrbiCam 30 Enabling the Acer VisageON (for 1.3 megapixel camera models only 33 Using the System Utilities 36 Acer GridVista (dual-display compatible 36 Launch Manager 37 Hardware Specifications...
Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Specifications 1 Features 1 System Block Diagram 4 Board Layout 5 Top View 5 Bottom View 6 Your Acer Notebook tour 8 Front view 8 Closed ...Acer ePower Management 22 Acer ePresentation Management 24 Acer eDataSecurity Management 25 Acer eLock Management 27 Acer eRecovery Management 28 Acer eSettings Management 29 Acer ePerformance Management 29 Acer OrbiCam 30 Enabling the Acer VisageON (for 1.3 megapixel camera models only 33 Using the System Utilities 36 Acer GridVista (dual-display compatible 36 Launch Manager 37 Hardware Specifications...
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...chipset t Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG or 3945 BG network connection (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTILFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer SignalUpTM wireless technology T Mobile Intel® 945GM/PM Express chipset+ICH7M T Up to 2 GB of DDR2 533/677 MHz ...displays, Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, PCI Express ( for TravelMate 2470 models) Chapter 1 1 Chapter 1 System Specifications Features Below is a brief summary of shared system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, PCI Express ( for TravelMate 3250 UMA models) T Mobile Intel® 940GML Express chipset with ...
...chipset t Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG or 3945 BG network connection (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTILFIEDTM solution, supporting Acer SignalUpTM wireless technology T Mobile Intel® 945GM/PM Express chipset+ICH7M T Up to 2 GB of DDR2 533/677 MHz ...displays, Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, PCI Express ( for TravelMate 2470 models) Chapter 1 1 Chapter 1 System Specifications Features Below is a brief summary of shared system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, PCI Express ( for TravelMate 3250 UMA models) T Mobile Intel® 940GML Express chipset with ...
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...over Internet Protocol (VVoIP) support via Acer OrbiCamTM and optional Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone T Acer OrbiCamTM integrated 1.3 megapixel or 310,000 pixel CMOS camera (for selected models), featuring: t 225 degree ergonomic rotation t Acer VisageONTM technology (for TravelMate 3250) Input devices T 88-/89-key ...specific software to "wake on LAN-on ring ready; T 16.7 million colors T Simultaneous LCD and CRT display, with LCD panel resolution at 70 Hz T MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability Storage subsystem T 60/80/100/120/160 GB hard disk drive (5400 rpm) (for TravelMate 3250...
...over Internet Protocol (VVoIP) support via Acer OrbiCamTM and optional Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone T Acer OrbiCamTM integrated 1.3 megapixel or 310,000 pixel CMOS camera (for selected models), featuring: t 225 degree ergonomic rotation t Acer VisageONTM technology (for TravelMate 3250) Input devices T 88-/89-key ...specific software to "wake on LAN-on ring ready; T 16.7 million colors T Simultaneous LCD and CRT display, with LCD panel resolution at 70 Hz T MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability Storage subsystem T 60/80/100/120/160 GB hard disk drive (5400 rpm) (for TravelMate 3250...
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... can toggle on the keys. Scroll Lock does not work with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Windows Keys The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions. 16 Chapter 1 When Num Lock is in a normal manner. A better solution would be to do a lot of the keycaps. The embedded numeric keypad functions...
... can toggle on the keys. Scroll Lock does not work with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Windows Keys The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions. 16 Chapter 1 When Num Lock is in a normal manner. A better solution would be to do a lot of the keycaps. The embedded numeric keypad functions...
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... for power users. removes unneeded items and files. Chapter 1 29 T Disk optimization - Acer ePerformance Management Acer ePerformance Management is a system optimization tool that boosts the performance of your Windows XP system. Furthermore, Acer eSettings Management enables you to inspect hardware specifications and to monitor the system health status. improves the usability and performance of...
... for power users. removes unneeded items and files. Chapter 1 29 T Disk optimization - Acer ePerformance Management Acer ePerformance Management is a system optimization tool that boosts the performance of your Windows XP system. Furthermore, Acer eSettings Management enables you to inspect hardware specifications and to monitor the system health status. improves the usability and performance of...
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... Configurations Processor CPU type Item Core logic CPU package CPU core voltage Specification Intel® CoreTM Duo processor T2300/T2400/T2500/T2600 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.66/1.83/2/2.16 GHz, 667 MHz FSB) for TravelMate 3250 Intel® Celeron® M Processor 410/420/430 (1MB L2 cache, 1.46/1.60/1.73 GHz..., 533 MHz FSB) or higher for TravelMate 2470 Intel 945GM/PM+ICH7M (for TravelMate 3250) Intel 940GML+ICH7M (for Intel® Celeron® M Processor Always enabled Always enabled Fixed in CPU 2MB for Intel® ...
... Configurations Processor CPU type Item Core logic CPU package CPU core voltage Specification Intel® CoreTM Duo processor T2300/T2400/T2500/T2600 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.66/1.83/2/2.16 GHz, 667 MHz FSB) for TravelMate 3250 Intel® Celeron® M Processor 410/420/430 (1MB L2 cache, 1.46/1.60/1.73 GHz..., 533 MHz FSB) or higher for TravelMate 2470 Intel 945GM/PM+ICH7M (for TravelMate 3250) Intel 940GML+ICH7M (for Intel® Celeron® M Processor Always enabled Always enabled Fixed in CPU 2MB for Intel® ...
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... Supports maximum memory size Supports DIMM type Supports DIMM Speed Supports DIMM voltage Supports DIMM package Memory module combinations Specification Built-in Intel® 945GM/PM (for TravelMate 3250) Built-in Intel® 910GML (for TravelMate 2470) 0MB (no on-board memory) 2 sockets 1024MB 2GB (by two 1024MB SO-DIMM modules...) TravelMate 3250 4GB (by two 2048MB SO-DIMM modules) TravelMate 2470 DDR 2 Synchronous DRAM 533/677 MHz 1.8V and 0.9V 200-pin soDIMM You can install memory modules in any combinations as ...
... Supports maximum memory size Supports DIMM type Supports DIMM Speed Supports DIMM voltage Supports DIMM package Memory module combinations Specification Built-in Intel® 945GM/PM (for TravelMate 3250) Built-in Intel® 910GML (for TravelMate 2470) 0MB (no on-board memory) 2 sockets 1024MB 2GB (by two 1024MB SO-DIMM modules...) TravelMate 3250 4GB (by two 2048MB SO-DIMM modules) TravelMate 2470 DDR 2 Synchronous DRAM 533/677 MHz 1.8V and 0.9V 200-pin soDIMM You can install memory modules in any combinations as ...
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... Modem connector type Modem connector location 56K V.92 RJ11 Right side Specification Bluetooth Interface Item Chipset Data throughput Protocol Interface Connector type Specification Built-in Intel® ICH7M 11~54 Mbps 802.11b+g PCI bus Specification Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Vendor & Model Name WD WD400UE-22HCT0... throughput Protocol Interface Built-in Intel® ICH7M 723 bps (full speed data rate) Bluetooth 1.1 (Upgradeable to Bluetooth 1.2 when SIG specification is ratified). Class Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Power (mW) 100 mW 2.5 mW 1 mW Power (dBm)DeciBels below .
... Modem connector type Modem connector location 56K V.92 RJ11 Right side Specification Bluetooth Interface Item Chipset Data throughput Protocol Interface Connector type Specification Built-in Intel® ICH7M 11~54 Mbps 802.11b+g PCI bus Specification Hard Disk Drive Interface Item Vendor & Model Name WD WD400UE-22HCT0... throughput Protocol Interface Built-in Intel® ICH7M 723 bps (full speed data rate) Bluetooth 1.1 (Upgradeable to Bluetooth 1.2 when SIG specification is ratified). Class Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Power (mW) 100 mW 2.5 mW 1 mW Power (dBm)DeciBels below .
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...100 MB/Sec. Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(DC) +/- 5% Combo Drive Interface Item Vendor & model name Performance Specification Transfer rate (KB/sec) Buffer Memory Interface Specification HLDS GCC-4244N Philips SCB5265 Panasonic UJDA770 With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette Sustained: Max 3.6Mbytes/sec Sustained: ... Drive Interface Item Capacity (MB) Bytes per sector Data heads 40000 512 2 Drive Format Disks 1 Spindle speed 4200 RPM (RPM) Performance Specifications Buffer size 2048KB Interface ATA/ATAPI-6; Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(DC) +/- 5% 80000 512 4 (for Samsung/WD) 3 (for Seagate) 2 ...
...100 MB/Sec. Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(DC) +/- 5% Combo Drive Interface Item Vendor & model name Performance Specification Transfer rate (KB/sec) Buffer Memory Interface Specification HLDS GCC-4244N Philips SCB5265 Panasonic UJDA770 With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette Sustained: Max 3.6Mbytes/sec Sustained: ... Drive Interface Item Capacity (MB) Bytes per sector Data heads 40000 512 2 Drive Format Disks 1 Spindle speed 4200 RPM (RPM) Performance Specifications Buffer size 2048KB Interface ATA/ATAPI-6; Ultra DMA mode-5 5V(DC) +/- 5% 80000 512 4 (for Samsung/WD) 3 (for Seagate) 2 ...
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...(a) Electrical Release (Release Button) (b) Release by ATAPI command (c) Emergency Release 5 V +/- 5 % (Operating) DVD-Super Multi Interface Item Vendor & model name Performance Specification Transfer rate (KB/sec) Buffer Memory Interface Specification HLDS GMA-4082N PIONEER DVR-K16RA With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette Sustained: Max 3.6Mbytes/sec Sustained: Max 10.08Mbytes/sec Max... to "Orange Book Part 3" 6. Reads and writes standard CD-DA 4. Combo Drive Interface Item Applicable disc format Loading mechanism Power Requirement Input Voltage Specification For HDLS GCC-4244N: 1.
...(a) Electrical Release (Release Button) (b) Release by ATAPI command (c) Emergency Release 5 V +/- 5 % (Operating) DVD-Super Multi Interface Item Vendor & model name Performance Specification Transfer rate (KB/sec) Buffer Memory Interface Specification HLDS GMA-4082N PIONEER DVR-K16RA With CD Diskette With DVD Diskette Sustained: Max 3.6Mbytes/sec Sustained: Max 10.08Mbytes/sec Max... to "Orange Book Part 3" 6. Reads and writes standard CD-DA 4. Combo Drive Interface Item Applicable disc format Loading mechanism Power Requirement Input Voltage Specification For HDLS GCC-4244N: 1.
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... VSR (Variable Sampling Rate) Yes Yes/2 (1W speakers) Video Interface Item Chipset Package Interface Supports ZV (Zoomed Video) port Specification ATI Radeon X1300 (for TravelMate 3250 discrete models) Built-in Intel® 945GM (for TravelMate 3250 UMA models) Built-in Hybrid type) 7. Support to "Orange Book Part 2" 8. Reads and writes CD-RW discs conforming to...
... VSR (Variable Sampling Rate) Yes Yes/2 (1W speakers) Video Interface Item Chipset Package Interface Supports ZV (Zoomed Video) port Specification ATI Radeon X1300 (for TravelMate 3250 discrete models) Built-in Intel® 945GM (for TravelMate 3250 UMA models) Built-in Hybrid type) 7. Support to "Orange Book Part 2" 8. Reads and writes CD-RW discs conforming to...
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... VGA LAN USB 2.0 Super I/O controller MODEM Bluetooth Wireless 802.11 b+g 44 Specification ATI Radeon X1300 (for TravelMate 3250 discrete models) Built-in Intel® 945GM (for TravelMate 3250 UMA models) Built-in Intel® 910GML (for TravelMate 2470) 128MB dedicated memory->ATI Radeon X1300 (for TravelMate 3250 discrete models) 224 shared system memory->Built-in Intel® 945GM...
... VGA LAN USB 2.0 Super I/O controller MODEM Bluetooth Wireless 802.11 b+g 44 Specification ATI Radeon X1300 (for TravelMate 3250 discrete models) Built-in Intel® 945GM (for TravelMate 3250 UMA models) Built-in Intel® 910GML (for TravelMate 2470) 128MB dedicated memory->ATI Radeon X1300 (for TravelMate 3250 discrete models) 224 shared system memory->Built-in Intel® 945GM...
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... Vertial: Upper/Lower Temperature Range( ° C) Operating Storage (shipping) 420 (440max) 320x206x5.5 1 channel LVDS 262,144 40/40 15/30 0 to +50 -20 to +60 Specification 185 200 N/A N/A 500 300 5/11 25 (rising+falling) +3.3V 4.02 (for backlight unit only) 425 319.5x205.5x5.2 1 channel LVDS 262,144 3.3V N/A 425 319... Support Color Viewing Angle (degree) Horizontal: Right/Left Vertial: Upper/Lower 420 (440max) 320.0x317.3x242.0x6.0 1 channel LVDS 262,144 40/40 10/30 Specification AUO B141EW01 V1 14.1 inches 303.36x189.6 1280x800 WXGA 0.237x0.237 R.G.B.
... Vertial: Upper/Lower Temperature Range( ° C) Operating Storage (shipping) 420 (440max) 320x206x5.5 1 channel LVDS 262,144 40/40 15/30 0 to +50 -20 to +60 Specification 185 200 N/A N/A 500 300 5/11 25 (rising+falling) +3.3V 4.02 (for backlight unit only) 425 319.5x205.5x5.2 1 channel LVDS 262,144 3.3V N/A 425 319... Support Color Viewing Angle (degree) Horizontal: Right/Left Vertial: Upper/Lower 420 (440max) 320.0x317.3x242.0x6.0 1 channel LVDS 262,144 40/40 10/30 Specification AUO B141EW01 V1 14.1 inches 303.36x189.6 1280x800 WXGA 0.237x0.237 R.G.B.
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... (G0/S0) Suspend to RAM (S3) Save to Disk (S4) 0 to +50 -20 to +60 Specification 0 to +50 -25 to +60 Specification Darfon/V189-301GP N/A 9~21 2.56 (max) 780V (2000V for kick off) 6.5 (max) 65K Hz (max) Specification 90V AC to 264V AC, 47Hz to power off completely. CPU set power down VGA...
... (G0/S0) Suspend to RAM (S3) Save to Disk (S4) 0 to +50 -20 to +60 Specification 0 to +50 -25 to +60 Specification Darfon/V189-301GP N/A 9~21 2.56 (max) 780V (2000V for kick off) 6.5 (max) 65K Hz (max) Specification 90V AC to 264V AC, 47Hz to power off completely. CPU set power down VGA...
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... t. T In any menu, you are six menu options: Info., Main, System Devices, Security, Boot, and Exit. Navigating the BIOS Utility There are in the Item Specific Help part of a parameter if it is subject to expand this carefully when making changes to save any changes made and exit the BIOS Setup...
... t. T In any menu, you are six menu options: Info., Main, System Devices, Security, Boot, and Exit. Navigating the BIOS Utility There are in the Item Specific Help part of a parameter if it is subject to expand this carefully when making changes to save any changes made and exit the BIOS Setup...
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... Boot Exit System Time: System Date: System Memory: Extended Memory: Video Memory Quiet Boot: Power on display: Network boot F12 Boot Menu D2D Recovery Item Specific Help [20:03:49] [06/05/2006] , , or 640 KB selects field. It allows the user to specify standard IBM PC AT system parameters. F9...
... Boot Exit System Time: System Date: System Memory: Extended Memory: Video Memory Quiet Boot: Power on display: Network boot F12 Boot Menu D2D Recovery Item Specific Help [20:03:49] [06/05/2006] , , or 640 KB selects field. It allows the user to specify standard IBM PC AT system parameters. F9...
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.... Settings in BIOS. Information Main PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Security Serial Port Parallel port: Mode Infrared port (FIR): [Auto] [Auto] [ECP] [Enabled] Boot Exit Item Specific Help Configure Infrared Port using options: [Disable] No configuration [Enabled] User configuration [Auto] BIOS or OS chooses configuration (OS Controlled) Displayed when controlled by OS...
.... Settings in BIOS. Information Main PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Security Serial Port Parallel port: Mode Infrared port (FIR): [Auto] [Auto] [ECP] [Enabled] Boot Exit Item Specific Help Configure Infrared Port using options: [Disable] No configuration [Enabled] User configuration [Auto] BIOS or OS chooses configuration (OS Controlled) Displayed when controlled by OS...
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... when Password on boot is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Set HDD Password Password on Boot Clear Clear Clear [Enter] [Enter] [Enter] [Disabled] Item Specific Help Supervisor Password controls accesses of the whole setup utility. Security The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized...
... when Password on boot is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Set HDD Password Password on Boot Clear Clear Clear [Enter] [Enter] [Enter] [Disabled] Item Specific Help Supervisor Password controls accesses of the whole setup utility. Security The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized...