Acer Aspire M3410 User manual

Acer

Aspire M3410/M3410G

Service Guide

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Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the

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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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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 27

Disassembly Requirements 27

Pre-disassembly Procedure 28

Removing the Side Panel 29

Removing the Front Bezel 30

Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 31

Removing the Processor 33

Removing the Memory Modules 35

Removing the Hard Disk Drive 36

Removing the Optical Drive 38

Removing the System Fan 40

Removing the Daughter Board 42

Removing the Power Supply 43

Removing the Mainboard 44

Removing the Top Cover 47

Removing the Power Switch and LED Cable Assembly 49

Removing the Card Reader 50

Removing the Top USB and Audio I/O Assembly 51

Assembly Requirements 53

Assembly Procedure 54

Install the Processor 55

Install the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 56

Install the Memory 58

Romoving the Side Panel 59

Removing the Daughter Board 60

Removing the Cage of Hard Disk Drive 61

Removing the PCI Cover 62

Install the Power Supply 63

Install the I/O Shielding 64

Install the Main Board 65

Install the Optical Drive 67

Install the Hard Disk Drive 69

Install the Daughter Board 71

Install the System Fan 72

Install the Wireless LAN Card 73

Install the VGA Card 74

Install the Front Bezel 75

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Install the Side Panel 76

System Troubleshooting 77

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 77

System Check Procedures 78

Power System Check 78

System External Inspection 78

System Internal Inspection 78

Beep Codes 79

Checkpoints 80

BIOS Recovery 83

Jumper and Connector Information 84

M/B Placement 84

Jumper Setting 86

Setting Jumper 86

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 97

Aspire M3410/M3410G Exploded Diagram 98

Aspire M3410/M3410G FRU List 100

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 SP1 64bit

•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32bit

•Microsoft Window 7 Home Basic SP1 64bit

•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic SP1 32bit

•Microsoft Windows 7 Starter SP1 32bit

•Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit

•Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 32bit

•Free DOS

•Linpus XWindows 9.5

•Lipus Linux console

Processor

•Socket Type: AMD Socket AM3

•Socket Quantity: 1

•Processor Type:

•Support AM3 CPU (95W)

Chipset

•NB: RS880P

•SB: AMD SB810

•Design Criteria:

•Should meet AMD RS880 family + SB810 platform design guide.

•Should meet AMD BIOS specification.

•Super I/O: ITE8721 support TSI sense CPU.

PCB

•4 Layer uATX form factor 9.6in X 9.6in (24.38cm X 24.38cm)

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

•Dual channel support

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•Speed support: 1333MHz

•Capacity support:

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

•1GB to 16GB max. Memory support.

•Design Criteria:

•Should meet AMD chipset platform design guide.

•Dual channel should be enabled always when plug-in 2 same memory size DDR III memory

module.

•Should meet AMD chipsets family BIOS specification.

Hard disk drive

•Support up to two SATA ports

•3.5"

•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

Graphics card

•No mechanical retriction to support for double slot, full length graphics cards in the single PCIe X16 slot

Vedio

•AMD RS880P on die graphic solution

•Meet Microsoft Vista Premium graphic requirement

•1 HDMI port and 1 D-sub port for Consumer model

•1 D-sub port and 1 DVI-D port for Commercial model

•Need to measure VGA follow Acer SOP

Audio

•Chip : HD audio codec ALC662-VC HD codec 5.1

•Connectors support:

•Rear 3 jack follow HD audio definition (ALC662-VC)

•Audio jacks color coding: should meet Microsoft Windows Logo Program Device Requirements:

Audio-0002

•1 S/PDIF-out header (1*4)

•1 front panel audio header (2*5)

•1 internal speaker header (2*4)

•Add HD de-pop CKT

Serial ATA controller

•Slot Type: SATA connector

•SATA ports quantity: 6

•Transfer rate support: 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s

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