Acer Aspire M3450 User manual

Acer
Aspire M3450
Service Guide
PRINTED IN TAIWAN

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Revision History
Please refer to the table below for the updates made on this service guide.
Date Chapter Updates

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Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Acer Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without
the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated.

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Disclaimer
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.

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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 24
Disassembly Requirements 24
Pre-disassembly Procedure 25
Removing the Side Panel 26
Removing the Front Bezel 27
Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 28
Removing the Processor 30
Removing the VGA Card 32
Removing the TV-Tuner Card 34
Removing the PCI-E Modem Card 35
Removing the Wireless Lan Card 36
Removing the Memory Modules 37
Removing the Hard Disk Drive 38
Removing the Optical Drive 40
Removing the System Fan 42
Removing the Daughter Board 44
Removing the Power Supply 45
Removing the Mainboard 46
Removing the Top Cover 49
Removing the Power Switch and LED Cable Assembly 51
Removing the Card Reader 52
Removing the Top USB and Audio I/O Assembly 53
Assembly Requirements 55
Assembly Procedure 56
Install the Processor 57
Install the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 58
Install the Memory 60
Romoving the Side Panel 61
Removing the Daughter Board 62
Removing the Cage of Hard Disk Drive 63
Removing the PCI Cover 64
Install the Power Supply 65
Install the I/O Shielding 66
Install the Main Board 67
Install the Optical Drive 69
Install the Hard Disk Drive 71
Install the Daughter Board 74
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Install the System Fan 75
Install the Wireless LAN Card 76
Install the PCI-E Modem Card 77
Install the TV-Tuner Card 78
Install the VGA Card 79
Install the Front Bezel 80
Install the Side Panel 81
System Troubleshooting 82
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 82
System Check Procedures 83
Power System Check 83
System External Inspection 83
System Internal Inspection 83
Beep Codes 84
Checkpoints 85
BIOS Recovery 88
Jumper and Connector Information 89
M/B Placement 89
Jumper Setting 91
Setting Jumper 91
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 98
Aspire M3450 Exploded Diagram 99
Aspire M3450 FRU List 101

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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 x64
•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic x64
•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium x86
•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic x86
•Microsoft Windows 7 Starter x86
•Linpus XWindows
•Free DOS
Processor
•Socket Type: AMD Socket AM3+.
•Socket Quantity: 1.
•Processor Type:
•Support AMD AM3 and FX series CPU (Max:95W) with AMD Turbo Core 2.0 Technology.
Chipset
•NB: AMD RS880P.
•SB: AMD SB950.
PCB
•MicroATX Size, 244mm x 244mm
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.
•Speed: 1333MHz.
•Capacity support:
•DDR III un-buffered non-ECC DIMM support.
•1GB to 16GB max. Memory support.
•Should meet AMD chipset platform design guide.
•Dual channel should be enabled always when plug-in 2 same memory size DDRIII. memory module.
•Should meet AMD chipsets family BIOS specification.
System Tour
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Onboard Graphics Solution
•AMD RS880P on die graphic solution
•Dual independent display -- HDMI and D-Sub.
•Meet Microsoft Windows 7 Premium graphic requirement.
•Digital display HDMI with HDMI CTS 1.4 compliance.
•Need to measure VGA follow Acer VGA SOP.
•Support for Cool 'n' Quiet™ via FID/VID change.
•Support for AMD PowerNow!™.
•Monitor compative is requested to the monitor AVL and DQM recommended list.
•Support dual-head display and surround view.
Graphic Card Suppot Requirement
•PCIe x16.
•Latch design should be considered to release the latch from CPU side.
Hard disk drive
•Support up to four SATA ports
•3.5",25.4mm
•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
Audio
•Realtek ALC662 6-Ch 5.1 Channel High Definition audio CODEC.
•Rear IO: 3 jack
•Front IO: 1*Microphone-in, 1*head phone jack
Serial ATA controller
•Slot Type: SATA connector
•SATA ports quantity: 6
•Design requiremnt:
•Supported by AMD RS880P Express Chipset.
•6 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s Host Controllers.
•HDD -- Support RAID mode / AHCI mode / Native IDE mode.
•Native IDE mode in non-Windows OS.
•AHCI/Native IDE mode supported for internal SATA port.
•CD-ROME/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD Dual/DVD SuperMultiPlus/ Blu-Ray
ODD.
LAN
•Realtek 8111E VL Gigabit LAN.
•Port: 1 x RJ45 rear port from Gigabit Ethernet.