Acer ASPIRE X5300 User manual

Acer

Aspire X3300/X5300

Service Guide

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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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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

System Components 3

Front Panel 3

Rear Panel 5

Internal Components 6

System LED Indicators 7

System Utilities 9

CMOS Setup Utility 9

Entering CMOS setup 10

Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10

Setup Utility Menus 11

BIOS Recovery 25

System Disassembly 27

Disassembly Requirements 27

Pre-disassembly Procedure 28

Main Unit Disassembly 29

Removing the Side Panel 30

Removing the Front Bezel 31

Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 32

Removing the Processor 33

Removing the Optical Drive 34

Removing the Hard Disk Drive 37

Removing the Power Supply 38

Removing the Memory Modules 40

Removing the TV Tuner Card 41

Removing the VGA Card 42

Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 44

Removing the Mainboard 47

System Troubleshooting 49

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 49

System Check Procedures 50

Power System Check 50

System External Inspection 50

System Internal Inspection 50

Checkpoints 51

Viewing BIOS checkpoints 51

Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints 51

Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints 52

POST Code Checkpoints 53

DIM Code Checkpoints 55

Beep Codes 56

Boot Block Beep Codes 56

POST BIOS Beep Codes 56

Error Messages 58

Memory 58

Boot 58

Storage Device 59

Virus Related 60

Table of Contents

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System Configuration 61

CMOS 62

Miscellaneous 62

USB eModule Error Messages 63

SMBIOS eModule Error Messages 63

CPU eModule Error Messages 63

MPS Table (Multi-processor) eModule Error Messages 63

Online Support Information 64

System Block Diagram and Board Layout 65

System Block Diagram 65

Board Layout 66

Mainboard 66

System Jumper 68

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 69

X3300/X5300 Exploded Diagram 70

X3300 FRU List 72

X5300 FRU List 82

Technical Specifications 93

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.

Processor

AMD Phenom II X4 925/910/810/805 processor

AMD Phenom II X3 720/710 processor

Chipset

nVIDIA GeForce 8200 (MCP78PV) chipset

Memory subsystem

Supports up to four 240-pin DDR3-1066/1333 MHz DIMM sockets

Supports single channel or dual-channel memory mode

Media storage

DVD-ROM SATA drive

Combo SATA drive

Blu-ray disc rewriter

Super-Multi SATA DVD drive

160/320/640 GB or 1 TB SATA hard disk drive

Serial ATA controller

Embedded SATA controllers

Two SATA ports

eSATA port

Audio

HD audio codec ALC888S-VC HD codec 7.1

Networking

Marvell 88E1116 Intel WG82567V Gigabit NIC

One Gigabit Ethernet LAN port (RJ-45)

PCI I/O

One PCI Express x16 bus slot

One PCI Express x1 bus slot

System Tour

Chapter 1

2Chapter 1

I/O ports

Front

Five USB 2.0 ports

2 HD audio jacks

14-in-1 card reader ( SD, MMC, Mini-SD, Micro-SD (T-flash), RS-MMC, Mobile -MMC, MMC-

micro, MS, MS-PRO, MS Duo, MS-PRO Due, Micro-MS(M2), xD type M and Type H card, CF type

I and II, Microdrive)

Rear

PS/2 keyboard port

PS/2 mouse port

Microphone jack

Headphone/analog speakers jack or front speakers jack

Center speaker/subwoofer jack

Surround L/R speaker jack

Audio inside speaker jack or side speaker jack

S/PDIF port

HDMI port

eSATA port

Four USB 2.0 ports

Gigabit LAN port

VGA/monitor port

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

NTI MediaMaker

System BIOS

SPI Flash ROM

Power supply

220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply

Active PFC 220V for EMEA and China

Non-PFC 110V and 220V with select switch.

Active PFC 220V with Energy Star 5.0

Dimension and weight

Dimension (LxWxH)

X3300: 352 x 270.8 x 105.8 mm (with bezel)

X5300: 397 x 265 x 100 mm (with bezel)

Weight (estimate): 5.6 kg (MVB SKU)

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