Acer Aspire 5538 Notebook Series Start Guide
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The exact configuration of your PC depends on the model purchased. English 12 Power subsystem Special keys and controls I/O interface Environment • ACPI 3.0 • 48.84 W 4400 mAh • 3-pin 65 W AC adapter • ENERGY STAR®* • 103-/104-/107-key keyboard • Touchpad pointing ...port • Headphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support • Microphone-in jack • Ethernet (RJ-45) port • DC-in jack for AC adapter • Temperature: • Operating: 5 °C to 35 °C • Non-operating: -20 °C to 65 °C • Humidity (non...
The exact configuration of your PC depends on the model purchased. English 12 Power subsystem Special keys and controls I/O interface Environment • ACPI 3.0 • 48.84 W 4400 mAh • 3-pin 65 W AC adapter • ENERGY STAR®* • 103-/104-/107-key keyboard • Touchpad pointing ...port • Headphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support • Microphone-in jack • Ethernet (RJ-45) port • DC-in jack for AC adapter • Temperature: • Operating: 5 °C to 35 °C • Non-operating: -20 °C to 65 °C • Humidity (non...
Acer Aspire 5538 Series Service Guide
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...14.82 x 10.1 x 1.02/1.2 inches) • 2.4 kg (5.3 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack Power subsystem • ACPI 3.0 • 48.84 W 4400 mAh • 3-pin 65 W AC adapter • ENERGY STAR®* compliant Special keys and controls • 103-/104-/107-key keyboard • ... °C to 65 °C • Humidity (non-condensing): 2 Chapter 1 Communication • Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam • WLAN: • Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/Draft-N* • Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g* • WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.1+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)* • LAN...
...14.82 x 10.1 x 1.02/1.2 inches) • 2.4 kg (5.3 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack Power subsystem • ACPI 3.0 • 48.84 W 4400 mAh • 3-pin 65 W AC adapter • ENERGY STAR®* compliant Special keys and controls • 103-/104-/107-key keyboard • ... °C to 65 °C • Humidity (non-condensing): 2 Chapter 1 Communication • Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam • WLAN: • Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/Draft-N* • Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g* • WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.1+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)* • LAN...
Acer Aspire 5538 Series Service Guide
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... disassemble the inside assembly frame in the succeeding disassembly sections illustrate the entire disassembly sequence. Place the system on a flat, stable surface. 4. Turn off the power to any of the sequence to avoid damage to the system and all power and signal cables from the system. 3. Unplug the AC adapter and all peripherals. 2.
... disassemble the inside assembly frame in the succeeding disassembly sections illustrate the entire disassembly sequence. Place the system on a flat, stable surface. 4. Turn off the power to any of the sequence to avoid damage to the system and all power and signal cables from the system. 3. Unplug the AC adapter and all peripherals. 2.
Acer Aspire 5538 Series Service Guide
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... at the time of the following FRU one at a time. Power-off the computer. 2. Power-on page 153): 1. If the problem remains, replace the following devices: • Non-Acer devices • Printer, mouse, and other external devices •... Battery pack • Hard disk drive • DIMM • CD-ROM/Diskette drive Module • PC Cards 4. Undetermined Problems The diagnostic problems does not identify which adapter...
... at the time of the following FRU one at a time. Power-off the computer. 2. Power-on page 153): 1. If the problem remains, replace the following devices: • Non-Acer devices • Printer, mouse, and other external devices •... Battery pack • Hard disk drive • DIMM • CD-ROM/Diskette drive Module • PC Cards 4. Undetermined Problems The diagnostic problems does not identify which adapter...
Acer Aspire 5538 Series Service Guide
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...adapter. 7. Press F2 at the prompt to clear the password by the following steps: 1. Chapter 5 179 However, once it is complete). 8. Short the R72 Pins shown above (ensure that the circuit is necessary to bypass the password check, users need to short the HW Gap to enter BIOS. Aspire 5538... Flash to shutdown the system. 5. Enter the password set BIOS Password (Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for Aspire 5538. After power-on password. Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery This section provide you the standard operating procedures of clearing password and BIOS...
...adapter. 7. Press F2 at the prompt to clear the password by the following steps: 1. Chapter 5 179 However, once it is complete). 8. Short the R72 Pins shown above (ensure that the circuit is necessary to bypass the password check, users need to short the HW Gap to enter BIOS. Aspire 5538... Flash to shutdown the system. 5. Enter the password set BIOS Password (Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for Aspire 5538. After power-on password. Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery This section provide you the standard operating procedures of clearing password and BIOS...
Acer Aspire 5538 Series Service Guide
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...system with minimum BIOS initialization. To use this feature to restore the BIOS firmware to enter a special BIOS block, called Boot Block. Press Power button to the root directory of BIOS. It is enabled, the system will force the BIOS to a successful one once the previous BIOS... powered on during BIOS POST. Plug USB storage into USB port. 3. BIOS Recovery by regular BIOS flashing process. 180 Chapter 5 BIOS Recovery Hotkey: The system provides a function hotkey: Fn+Esc, for BIOS Recovery from USB Storage: Before doing this function is used to have the AC adapter and...
...system with minimum BIOS initialization. To use this feature to restore the BIOS firmware to enter a special BIOS block, called Boot Block. Press Power button to the root directory of BIOS. It is enabled, the system will force the BIOS to a successful one once the previous BIOS... powered on during BIOS POST. Plug USB storage into USB port. 3. BIOS Recovery by regular BIOS flashing process. 180 Chapter 5 BIOS Recovery Hotkey: The system provides a function hotkey: Fn+Esc, for BIOS Recovery from USB Storage: Before doing this function is used to have the AC adapter and...