Acer Extensa 500 Service Manual

Acer

Extensa 500 Service Guide

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Startup Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Onboard Devices Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sy stem Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Load Default Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

AFlash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Executing AFlash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Quick Way to Execute AFlash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

System Utility Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Set LCD Panel ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Set Thermal Sensor Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

System Diagnostic Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Running PQA Diagnostics Program. . . . . . . . . 45
Diagnostic Program Error Code and Messages47

Machine Disassembly

General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connector Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Disassembly Procedure Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the Modem Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Disassembling the LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Disassembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing the HDD & PCMCIA Heat Sink. . . . 61
Removing the Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the CPU Heat Sink and CPU Board62
Removing the RTC Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Disassembling the Upper Case . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing the Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Disassembling the Lower Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing the CD-ROM/Diskette Drive Module66
Removing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Removing the DC-DC/Charger Board . . . . . . . 69
Removing the DC-DC/Charger Board . . . . . . . 70
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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