Acer Aspire X1301 User manual

Acer

Aspire X1300/X1301

Service Guide

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Service guide files and updates are available

on the ACER/CSD web; for more information,

please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw

Revision History

Please refer to the table below for the updates made on ASX1300 service guide.

Date Chapter Updates

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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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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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Table of Contents vii

System Tour 1

Features 1

Aspire X1300/X1301 Tour 3

Front Pane 3

Rear Panel 5

Internal Components 6

System LED Indicators 7

System Utilities 9

Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility 9

Entering BIOS setup 10

Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10

Setup Utility Menus 11

System Disassembly 33

Disassembly Requirements 33

Pre-disassembly Procedure 34

Main Unit Disassembly 35

External Modules Disassembly Flowchart 35

Removing the Side Panel 36

Removing the Font Bezel 37

Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 38

Removing the Processor 40

Removing the Optical Drive 42

Removing the Hard Disk Drive 44

Removing the Power Supply 48

Removing the Memory Modules 51

Removing the PCI Card 53

Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 55

Removing the Mainboard 59

System Troubleshooting 61

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 61

System Check Procedures 62

Power System Check 62

System External Inspection 62

System Internal Inspection 62

POST Error and Beep Codes 63

Online Support Information 69

System Block Diagram and Board Layout 71

System Block Diagram 71

Board Layout 72

Mainboard 72

System Jumpers 73

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 75

Aspire X1300/X1301 Exploded Diagram 76

Aspire X1300/X1301 FRU List 77

Technical Specifications 87

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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 server

depends on the model purchased.

Processor

•AMD Athlon LE-1600/1620/1640 processor

•AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core BE-2300/2350/2400 or 4200+/4400+/4800+/5000+/5200+/5600+ processor

•AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 8400/8450/8600/8650 processor

•AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9100e/9150e/9500/9550/9600/9650 processor

•AMD Sempron LE-1250/1300 or 2100 processor

Processor (for Eup)

•AMD Athlon LE-1640/1660 processor

•AMD Athlon 2650e AM2+ processor

•AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2240/2245/2250 processor

•AMD Athlon X3 Triple-Core 3400e/3405e

•AMD Athlon X4 Quad-Core 4600e/4605e

•AMD Phenom X2 Dual-Core 545/550 processor

•AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 700e/705e/710/720/740 processor

•AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 805/810/820/900e/905e/910/925/945 processor

•AMD Sempron LE-1250/1300 or Sempron Dual Core 2200/2300 processor

Chipset

•NVIDIA nForce MCP78

Memory subsystem

•Supports up to two DDR2-667 registered ECC modules

Media storage

•DVD-ROM SATA drive

•Super-Multi SATA DVD drive

•160 GB SATA hard disk drive

Serial ATA controller

•Embedded SATA2 controller

•Two SATA ports

Networking

•One Gigabit Ethernet LAN port (RJ-45)

System Tour

Chapter 1

2Chapter 1

PCI I/O

•One PCI Express x16 bus slot

•One PCI Express x1 bus slot

I/O ports

•Front

•Three USB 2.0 ports

•Memory Stick

•Memory Stick PRO

•Secure Digitial (SD) Card

•miniSD Card

•Headphone/speaker-out/line-out jack

•Microphone-in jack

•CFI/II (CompactFlash Type i/II) slot

•IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)

•Rear

•PS/2 keyboard port

•PS/2 mouse port

•Line-out jack

•Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack

•Rear speaker/surround out jack

•Center speaker/subwoofer jack

•Line-in jack

•S/PDIF port

•Four USB 2.0 ports

•eSATA port

•CRT/LCD monitor port

•HDMI port

•Gigabit LAN ports

•VGA/monitor port

•Two USB 2.0 ports

•Two Ethernet LAN ports (RJ-45)

Operating system and software

•Operating system options:

•Genuine Windows Vista®Ultimate (32/64-bit)

•Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32/64-bit)

•Applications

•Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eRecovery Management)

•Acer Arcade Live

•McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008 Trial version

•Adobe Reader

•eSobi

•NTI MediaMaker

Power supply

•220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply/220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply Eup

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