Acer Aspire AM5610 User manual

Aspire AM5610-AM3610
Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are available
on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information,
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
System Specifications 1
Overview 1
Size 1
Processor 1
System Chipset 1
Memory 1
Onboard Graphics Solution 1
HDMI 1
PCI Express/PCI Slots 1
Floppy Disk Drive 1
SATA Interface 2
Audio 2
LAN 2
USB 2
1394a 2
Buzzer 2
Front Panel I/O Header 2
CIR & IR Blaster 3
Onboard Connectors 3
Block Diagram 4
Aspire AM5610 5
Front Panel 5
Rear Panel 6
Aspire AM3610 7
Front Panel 7
Rear Panel 8
Acer Empowering Technology 9
Empowering Technology password 9
Acer eRecovery Management 9
Acer eDataSecurity Management 10
Acer ePerformance Management 12
Acer eRecovery 13
Create Backup 13
Restore from Backup 13
Create Factory Default Image CD 13
Re-install Bundled Software without CD 13
Change Password 14
Acer Disc-to-Disc Recovery 15
Restore without a Recovery CD 15
Multilingual Operating System Installation 15
Hardware Specification and Configuration 16
Processor 16
System Main Chipset 16
North Bridge 16
South Bridge 16
Wake-up Event Specification (Default Setting in BIOS) 18
Front Panel LED States 18
System Memory 18
Super I/O 19
USB Interface 19
Audio Interface 20

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1394 Interface 20
Hardware Monitor Function 21
BIOS 21
BIOS Hotkey List 22
Environment Requirements 22
Power Management Function (ACPI Support Function) 23
Device Standby Mode 23
Global Standby Mode 23
Suspend Mode 23
ACPI 23
About the Setup Utility 25
Control Keys 25
Setup Utility 25
Entering the Setup Utility 26
Product Information 27
Standard CMOS Features 28
Date and Time 28
SATA Devices 28
Drive A 28
Video 28
Halt On 29
Base Memory, Extended Memory, and Total Memory 29
Advanced BIOS Features 30
Virus Warning 30
CPU L3 Cache 30
Intel EIST 31
Quick Power On Self Test 31
First / Second / Third Boot Device 31
Boot Other Device 31
Boot Up Floppy Seek 31
Boot Up NumLock Status 31
Gate A20 Option 31
Typematic Rate Setting 31
Security Option 31
APIC Mode 31
MPS Version Control For OS 31
OS Select for DRAM > 64 MB 32
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability 32
Silent Boot 32
Small Logo (EPA) Show 32
Configuration Table 32
Bootblock Write Protect 32
CPU Feature 33
Removable Device Priority 34
Hard Disk Boot Priority 35
CD-ROM Boot Priority 36
Advanced Chipset Features 37
Configuration for NB (North Bridge) 38
Current MRC Version 38
UMA Frame Buffer Size 38
Video Display Devices 38
TV Standard 38
Memory Hole 38
System BIOS Cacheable 39

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Integrated Peripherals 40
Onboard LAN Controller 40
Onboard LAN Boot ROM (Disabled) 40
Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller (Enabled) 40
Init Display First 40
USB EHCI Controller 40
OnChip USB Controller 41
OnChip USB KBC Controller 41
USB Mouse Support 41
IDE HDD Block Mode 41
Onboard FDC Controller 41
Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8/IRQ4) 41
Onboard Parallel Port (378/IRQ7) 41
Parallel Port Mode (SPP) 41
ECP Mode Use DMA 41
South OnChip IDE Device 42
IDE DMA Transfer Access 42
OnChip IDE Channel 42
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO 42
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UltraDMA 42
South OnChip PCI Device 43
ATI Azalia Audio 43
ATI Azalia Clock 43
ATI SATA Controller 43
ATI SATA Type 43
SB600 Spread Spectrum 44
PCI Strength 44
Power Management Setup 45
ACPI Function 45
ACPI Suspend Type 45
Power Management Option 45
Video Off Option 46
Video Off Method 46
Soft-Off by PWRBTN 46
Power On By PCI Card 46
Wakeup BY Onboard LAN 46
USB KB/MS Wakeup Frm S3/S4 46
PowerFail Status 46
PS/2 KB/MS Wakeup 46
HPET Support 46
HPET Mode 46
RTC Alarm Resume 46
PnP/PCI Configurations 47
Resources Controlled By 47
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 47
Assign IRQ For VGA 47
Assign IRQ for USB 47
PCI Latency Timer (CLK) 48
Maximum Payload Size 48
PC Health Status 49
Shut Down Temperature 49
ACER Thermal Profile 50
Frequency & Voltage Control 51
Memory Clock Frequency 51
Spread Spectrum 51

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CPU Host/SRC/ATIG 51
Load Optimized Defaults 52
Set Supervisor Password 53
Enter Password 53
Save and Exit Setup 54
Exit without Saving 55
General Information 57
Before You Begin 57
Machine Disassembly and Replacement 57
Aspire AM5610 Procedures 58
AM5610 Disassembly Procedure 58
AM5610 Reassembly Procedure 65
Aspire AM3610 Procedures 73
AM3610 Disassembly Procedure 73
AM3610 Reassembly Procedure 80
Troubleshooting 89
Introduction of Connectors 91
Main Board Placement 91
Jumper and Connector Information 91
Power Supply 92
Back Panel 94
Connectors 95
Cable Lengths 101
Jumpers 102
Slots 102
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 105
AM5610 Exploded Diagram 106
Aspire AM5610 Parts Lists 106
AM3610 Exploded Diagram 115
Aspire AM3610 Parts Lists 115

Chapter 1 1
Overview
Size
•Max. 244 mm x 244 mm, MicroATX
Processor
•Socket type: Intel®socket T LGA775 pin
•Socket quantity: one
•Processor type: Intel®Celeron/ Celeron D/ Pentium 4/ Pentium D/ Core 2 Duo/ Core 2 Extreme/
Quad Core, core speed 533/ 800/ 1066 MHz
System Chipset
•North bridge: ATI RS600
•South bridge: ATI SB600
•Super I/O: ITE8718
Memory
•Four DDR2 sockets
•DDR2 400/ 533/ 667/ 800 SDRAM support
•256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB/ 2GB DDR2 DIMMs support
•Up to 8GB system memory support
•Dual channel function enabled when plugging in two same memory size DDR2 memory modules
Onboard Graphics Solution
•ATI RS600 on-die graphic solution (ATI Radeon®X700-based graphic core)
•ATI AVIVO technology support
•Multiple display features support
•One D-Sub VGA port on the rear side
•One HDMI port on the rear side (A14)
•SDVO interface which supports hot plug detection
HDMI
•With HDCP solution
•Meets HDMI 1.2a specification
PCI Express/PCI Slots
•One PCI Express x16 slot
•One PCI Express x1 slot
•Two PCI slots
Floppy Disk Drive
•One slot, 1.44MB/3 mode 3.5” devices support
System Specifications
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SATA Interface
•Four slots
•Compliant to SATA 2.0 specification
•IDE/ AHCI mode support
•HDD/ CD-ROM/ CD-RW/ DVD-ROM/ DVD-RW/ DVD+RW/ DVD Dual/ DVD Super Multi Plus support
Audio
•Realtek HD audio codec ALC888 HD codec 7.1 channels
•Six audio jack on the rear side of the unit, compliant to Realtek HD audio definition
•One 2*5 front audio header
•One S/PDIF-out header (1*4)
•One AUX-In header
•S/N ratio: 90 dB for the rear output jack
LAN
•Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet controller
USB
•Five OHCI and one EHCI host controllers to support ten ports
•Three 2*5 onboard headers
•Four ports for front daughter board
•Two ports for internal USB card reader + IR module
•Compliant to standard Intel FPIO pin definition
•USB 2.0/1.1 support
1394a
•Ti TSB43AB23PDTG4 controller
•One 2*5 onboard header
•One 6-pin 1394 port on the rear side of the unit
Buzzer
•One onboard buzzer
Front Panel I/O Header

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CIR & IR Blaster
•Compliant to ITE’s pin definition to support CIR & IR blaster function for Vista home premium SKU
•Power-up feature support
Onboard Connectors
•Rear I/O connectors:
•One PS/2 keyboard port
•One PS/2 mouse port
•One parallel port
•One D-sub VGA port
•One HDMI port (if equipped with RS600L A14)
•One RJ-45 LAN port
•Four USB ports
•7.1 channels phone jack (six audio jacks with MIC-in and Line-in definition)
•One 1394 port
•Onboard connectors:
•One CPU socket
•Four DDR2 memory sockets
•One PCI Express x16 slot
•One PCI Express x1 slot
•Two PCI slots
•One FDD slot
•One PATA slot
•Four SATAII IDE connectors
•Three 2*5 pin USB headers, compliant to Intel FPIO standard specification
•One 2*5 pin front audio header, compliant to Intel FPIO standard specification
•One 2*5 pin serial port connector
•One 1*4 pin AUX-In connector
•One 4-pin CPU fan connector
•One 3-pin system fan connector with linear circuit
•One 24-pin + 4-pin ATX interface PS3/PS2 SPS connector
•One 2*7 pin front panel I/O header
•One 2*5 pin 1394 header

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Block Diagram
MS-7326 BLOCK DIAGRAM
AGTL+ P4 CPU I/F
LGA775 SMITHFIELD
AGTL+ 533/800/1066MHz
4X DATA
ATI NB - RS600
FLASH BIOS
USB 2.0
USB-0 REAR
IDE1
ATA 66/100/133
LPC BUS
PCIE
ATI SB - SB600
CRT
VGA CON
TVOUT/TMDS/SDVO
PCIE x16
PCIE GFX x16 /SDVO
2X ADDRESS
4,5,6
UNBUFFERED DDR2 DIMM
240-PIN DDR II DIMM
DDR II 400/533/667/800
7,8,9,10,11,12,13
A CHANNEL B CHANNEL
14,15,16
PCI SLOT 0
PCI BUS
25
23 33
20, 21, 22, 23, 24
34
28
25 25 25
27
CPU CORE POWER
32
DDR2 DRAM POWER
31
RS600 CORE POWER
31
ITE LPC SIO 8718F LPT KBD
MOUSE
2726 27 27
FLOPPY PORT
26
SERIAL
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS DUAL DDR2/3 CHANNEL 1 X4 PCIE I/F FOR SB
LGA775 PENTIUM D, EE
DDR II 400/533/667/800
UNBUFFERED DDR2 DIMM UNBUFFERED DDR2 DIMM UNBUFFERED DDR2 DIMM
240-PIN DDR II DIMM 240-PIN DDR II DIMM 240-PIN DDR II DIMM
X4
USB-6 HDR
4X1 PCIE INTERFACE
1 X16/2 X8 PCIE VIDEO I/F 4 X1 PCIE I/F
PCI SLOT 1
34
PCIE & SB POWER
SERIAL ATA 2.0
SATA#0 SATA#1
2727
SATA#2
27 27
SATA#3
CLOCK GEN ICS951463
22
14,15,16 14,15,16 14,15,16
AC97 2.3 HD AUDIO 1.0 INTERNAL RTC ATA 66/100/133 ACPI 1.1 USB2.0 (10) SATA2 (4 PORTS) PCI/PCI BRIDGE LPC I/F SPI I/F
HDMI CON
1CH TMDS
23
AZALIA CODEC
29
HD AUDIO HDR
29
AZALIA
USB-1 REAR
USB-2 REAR
USB-3 REAR
USB-7 HDR
USB-8 HDR
USB-9 HDR
CPU VTT POWER
ATX CON & DUAL POWER
35
NB STRAPS E2PROM
11
I2C
LGA775 PRESCOTT
USB-4 HDR
USB-5 HDR
2525
IEEE1394 TSB43AB23PDTG4
30
25 25 25 25
PCIE x1 SLOT1
3324
Gbit ETHERNET
88E8056
LGA775 CONROE
ACPI CONTROLLER
31
CIR Circuit
36

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Aspire AM5610
Front Panel
#Description
1 ODD Door
2 Slide Door
3LANLED
4HDDLED
5 Power Button
6 USB ports
7 MIC Jack
8 Speaker Out Jack

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Rear Panel
#Description #Description
1 6 audio jacks (7.1 HD audio jack) 8 PS/2 Keyboard
2 LAN Port 9 PS/2 Mouse
3 USB Ports 10 Power Cable Port
4 1394 Port 11 SPDIF Bracket
5 CRT/LCD Port 12 SPDIF Port
6 Parallel Port 13 Recovery Switch Holder
7 HDMI Port 14 Lock Handle

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Aspire AM3610
Front Panel
#Description
1 Optical Device
2 3.5” Device
3LANLED
4 HDD LED
5 Power Button
6 USB Port
7 MIC Jack
8 Speaker Out Jack

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Rear Panel
#Description #Description
1 6 audio jacks (7.1 HD audio jack) 8 PS/2 Keyboard
2 LAN Port 9 PS/2 Mouse
3 USB Ports 10 Power Cable Port
4 1394 Port 11 SPDIF Bracket
5 CRT/LCD Port 12 SPDIF Port
6 Parallel Port 13 Recovery Switch Holder
7 HDMI Port 14 Lock Handle

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Acer Empowering Technology
Acer’s innovative Empowering Technology makes it easy for you to access frequently used functions and manage
your new Acer notebook. It features the following handy utilities:
• Acer eRecovery Management backs up and recovers data flexibly, reliably and completely.
• Acer eDataSecurity Management protects data with passwords and advanced encryption algorithms.
• Acer ePerformance Management improves system performance by optimizing disk space, memory and
registry settings.
For more information, press the key to launch the Empowering Technology menu, then click on the appropriate
utility and select the Help or Tutorial function.
Empowering Technology password
Before using Acer eRecovery Management, you must initialize the Empowering Technology password. Right click
on the Empowering Technology toolbar and select Password Setup to do so. If you do not initialize the
Empowering Technology password, you will be prompted to do so when running Acer eRecovery Management for
the first time.
Acer eRecovery Management
Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided by the
manufacturer. The Acer eRecovery Management utility supports Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2,
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Wallop 2, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, Business,
and Ultimate. The Acer eRecovery Management utility occupies space in a hidden partition on your system’s HDD.
User-created backups are stored on D:\ drive.
Acer eRecovery Management provides you with:
•Password protection
•Recovery of applications and drivers
•Image/data backup:
•Back up to HDD (set recovery point)
•Back up to CD/DVD
•Image/data recovery tools
•Recovery from a hidden partition (factory defaults)
•Recovery from the HDD (most recent user-defined recovery point)
•Recovery from CD/DVD

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For more information, please refer to Acer eRecovery Management.
Note: If your computer does not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery
Management’s System backup to optical disk feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. To ensure the
best results when you recover a system by using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals
(except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your Acer ezDock.
Acer eDataSecurity Management
Acer eDataSecurity Management is a handy file encryption utility that protects your files from being accessed by
unauthorized persons. It is conveniently integrated with Windows explorer as a shell extension for quick and easy
data encryption/decryption and also supports on-the-fly file encryption for MSN Messenger and Microsoft Outlook.
Note: The Acer eDataSecurity Management setup wizard will prompt you for a supervisor password and
default encryption. This encryption will be used to encrypt files by default, or you can choose to enter your won
file-specific password when encrypting a file.
Note: The password used to encrypt a file is the unique key that the system needs to decrypt it. If you lose the
password, the supervisor password is the only other key capable of decrypting the file. If you lose both
passwords, there will be no way to decrypt your encrypted file. Be sure to safeguard all related passwords!

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Acer ePerformance Management
Acer ePerformance Management is a system optimization tool that boosts the performance of your Acer notebook.
It provides and expresses optimization method to release unused memory and disk space quickly. The user can
also enable advanced options for full control over the following option:
•Memory optimization: to releases unused memory and check usage
•Disk optimization: to remove unneeded items and files
•Speed optimization: to improve the usability and performance of your Windows XP system
For more information, please refer to Acer eRecovery Management.
Note: If your computer does not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery
Management’s System backup to optical disk feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. To ensure the
best results when recovering your system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals
(except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your Acer ezDock.

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Acer eRecovery
Acer eRecovery is a tool to quickly backup and restore the system. Users can create and save a backup of the
current system configuration to hard drive, CD, or DVD. Acer eRecovery consists of the following functions:
1. Create backup
2. Restore from backup
3. Create factory default image CD
4. Re-install bundled software without CD
5. Change Acer eRecovery password
Create Backup
Users can create and save backup images to hard drive, CD, or DVD. Please follow the steps below to create
backup.
1. Boot to Windows XP.
2. Press <Alt> + <F10> to open the Acer eRecovery utility.
3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros.
4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery settings and click Next.
5. In the Recovery settings window, select Backup snapshot image and click Next.
6. Select the backup method:
•Use Backup to HDD to store the backup disc image on drive D:\
• Backup to optical device to store the backup disc image on CD or DVD. This option is only available on
systems that include an optical disc burner.
7. After choosing the backup method, click Next.
Then follow the instruction on the screen to complete the process.
Restore from Backup
Users can restore backup previously created (as stated in the Create Backup section) from hard drive, CD, or
DVD. Please follow the steps below to restore from backup.
1. Boot to Windows XP.
2. Press <Alt> + <F10> to open the Acer eRecovery utility.
3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros.
4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery actions and click Next.
5. Select the desired restore action and follow the instructions on screen to complete the restore process.
Create Factory Default Image CD
When the System CD and Recovery CD are not available, you can create them by using this feature. Please follow
the steps below to create factory default image CD.
1. Boot to Windows XP.
2. Press <Alt> + <F10> to open the Acer eRecovery utility.
3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros.
4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery settings and click Next.
5. In the Recovery settings window, select Burn image to disc and click Next.
6. In the Burn image to disc image, select Factory default image and click Next.
7. Follow the instruction s on screen to complete the process.
Re-install Bundled Software without CD
Acer eRecovery stores pre-loaded software internally for easy driver and application re-installation.
1. Boot Windows XP.
2. Press <Alt> + <F10> to open the Acer eRecovery Utility.

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3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros.
4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery actions and Next.
5. In the Recovery settings window, select Re-install applications / drivers and click Next.
6. Select the desired driver / application and follow the instructions on screen to re-install.
After the first launch, Acer eRecovery prepared all the needed software and may take few seconds to bring up the
software content window.
Change Password
Acer eRecovery and Acer disc-to-disc recovery are protected by a password that can be changed by users. Follow
the steps below to change the password in Acer eRecovery.
1. Boot to Window XP.
2. Press <Alt> + <F10> to open the Acer eRecovery utility.
3. Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zero.
4. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery settings and click Next.
5. In the Recovery settings window, select Password: Change Acer eRecovery password and click Next.
Follow the instructions on screen to complete the process.