Acer Aspire M3450 Manuale utente

Acer

Aspire M3450

Service Guide

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Revision History

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Disclaimer

The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.

Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect 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 licensed "as is". Should the

programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not Acer Incorporated, its distributor, or its

dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential

damages resulting from any defect in the software.

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Pentium Dual-Core, Celeron Dual-Core, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Celeron, and combinations thereof, are

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

SCREEN

MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.

NOTE Gives additional information related to the current topic.

WARNING Alerts you to any physical risk or system damage that might result from doing

or not doing specific actions.

CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software

problems.

IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of

procedures.

Service Guide Coverage

This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION

decided for Acer's "global" product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product

competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. add-on

card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will 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.

FRU Information

Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information available

on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will not be noted in

the printed Service 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

list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines.

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System Tour 1

Features 1

Block Diagram 5

System Components 6

Front Panel 6

Rear Panel 7

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 8

Power Management Function(ACPI support function) 11

System Utilities 12

CMOS Setup Utility 12

Entering CMOS setup 13

Navigating Through the Setup Utility 13

Setup Utility Menus 14

System Disassembly and Assembly 24

Disassembly Requirements 24

Pre-disassembly Procedure 25

Removing the Side Panel 26

Removing the Front Bezel 27

Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 28

Removing the Processor 30

Removing the VGA Card 32

Removing the TV-Tuner Card 34

Removing the PCI-E Modem Card 35

Removing the Wireless Lan Card 36

Removing the Memory Modules 37

Removing the Hard Disk Drive 38

Removing the Optical Drive 40

Removing the System Fan 42

Removing the Daughter Board 44

Removing the Power Supply 45

Removing the Mainboard 46

Removing the Top Cover 49

Removing the Power Switch and LED Cable Assembly 51

Removing the Card Reader 52

Removing the Top USB and Audio I/O Assembly 53

Assembly Requirements 55

Assembly Procedure 56

Install the Processor 57

Install the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 58

Install the Memory 60

Romoving the Side Panel 61

Removing the Daughter Board 62

Removing the Cage of Hard Disk Drive 63

Removing the PCI Cover 64

Install the Power Supply 65

Install the I/O Shielding 66

Install the Main Board 67

Install the Optical Drive 69

Install the Hard Disk Drive 71

Install the Daughter Board 74

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Install the System Fan 75

Install the Wireless LAN Card 76

Install the PCI-E Modem Card 77

Install the TV-Tuner Card 78

Install the VGA Card 79

Install the Front Bezel 80

Install the Side Panel 81

System Troubleshooting 82

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 82

System Check Procedures 83

Power System Check 83

System External Inspection 83

System Internal Inspection 83

Beep Codes 84

Checkpoints 85

BIOS Recovery 88

Jumper and Connector Information 89

M/B Placement 89

Jumper Setting 91

Setting Jumper 91

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 98

Aspire M3450 Exploded Diagram 99

Aspire M3450 FRU List 101

Chapter 1 1

Features

Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature:

NOTE: The features listed in this section is for your reference only. The exact configuration of the system

depends on the model purchased.

Operating System

•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium x64

•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic x64

•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium x86

•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic x86

•Microsoft Windows 7 Starter x86

•Linpus XWindows

•Free DOS

Processor

•Socket Type: AMD Socket AM3+.

•Socket Quantity: 1.

•Processor Type:

•Support AMD AM3 and FX series CPU (Max:95W) with AMD Turbo Core 2.0 Technology.

Chipset

•NB: AMD RS880P.

•SB: AMD SB950.

PCB

•MicroATX Size, 244mm x 244mm

Memory subsystem

•Socket Type: DDR III connector.

•Socket Quantity: 4 DIMMs.

•Channel A: Slot 2, 4; Channel B: Slot 1, 3.

•Different colors for slot 1/2 and slot 3/4.

•Speed: 1333MHz.

•Capacity support:

•DDR III un-buffered non-ECC DIMM support.

•1GB to 16GB max. Memory support.

•Should meet AMD chipset platform design guide.

•Dual channel should be enabled always when plug-in 2 same memory size DDRIII. memory module.

•Should meet AMD chipsets family BIOS specification.

System Tour

Chapter 1

2Chapter 1

Onboard Graphics Solution

•AMD RS880P on die graphic solution

•Dual independent display -- HDMI and D-Sub.

•Meet Microsoft Windows 7 Premium graphic requirement.

•Digital display HDMI with HDMI CTS 1.4 compliance.

•Need to measure VGA follow Acer VGA SOP.

•Support for Cool 'n' Quiet™ via FID/VID change.

•Support for AMD PowerNow!™.

•Monitor compative is requested to the monitor AVL and DQM recommended list.

•Support dual-head display and surround view.

Graphic Card Suppot Requirement

•PCIe x16.

•Latch design should be considered to release the latch from CPU side.

Hard disk drive

•Support up to four SATA ports

•3.5",25.4mm

•Capacity and models are listed on AVLC

Optical disk drive

•Support one SATA 5.25" standard ODD

•Support DVD-ROM, DVD-SuperMulti, BD-combo, BD-rewrite

•Maximum ODD depth to 185mm with bezel

•Models are listed on AVLC

Audio

•Realtek ALC662 6-Ch 5.1 Channel High Definition audio CODEC.

•Rear IO: 3 jack

•Front IO: 1*Microphone-in, 1*head phone jack

Serial ATA controller

•Slot Type: SATA connector

•SATA ports quantity: 6

•Design requiremnt:

•Supported by AMD RS880P Express Chipset.

•6 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s Host Controllers.

•HDD -- Support RAID mode / AHCI mode / Native IDE mode.

•Native IDE mode in non-Windows OS.

•AHCI/Native IDE mode supported for internal SATA port.

•CD-ROME/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD Dual/DVD SuperMultiPlus/ Blu-Ray

ODD.

LAN

•Realtek 8111E VL Gigabit LAN.

•Port: 1 x RJ45 rear port from Gigabit Ethernet.

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