Acer Aspire R3700 User manual

Acer
Aspire R3700
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 © 2010 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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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 4
System Components 5
Front Panel 5
Rear Panel 6
Hardware Specifications and Configurations 7
Power Management Function(ACPI support function) 10
System Utilities 11
CMOS Setup Utility 11
Entering CMOS setup 12
Navigating Through the Setup Utility 12
Setup Utility Menus 13
System Disassembly 27
Disassembly Requirements 27
Pre-disassembly Procedure 28
Removing the Side Panel 29
Removing the CPU Fan 30
Removing the CPU Cooler 31
Removing the Memory Modules 32
Removing the Front D/B 33
Removing the Wireless Lan Card 34
Removing the S/PDIF Cover 35
Removing the Mainboard 36
Removing the Hard Disk Drive 37
Removing the Battery 38
System Troubleshooting 39
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 39
System Check Procedures 40
Power System Check 40
System External Inspection 40
System Internal Inspection 40
Beep Codes 41
Checkpoints 42
BIOS Recovery 44
Jumper and Connector Information 45
M/B Placement 45
Jumper Setting 46
Setting Jumper 46
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 53
Aspire R3700 Exploded Diagram 54
Aspire R3700 FRU List 55
Table of Contents

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 X86/ X64
•Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic X86/ X64
•Microsoft Windows 7 Starter x86
•Linux x-Window mode
•Free DOS
Processor
•Socket Type: None
•Processor Type:
•Intel Atom D400/D500 series CPU
•Atom D525+GT218
Chipset
•Intel NM10
•Design Criteria:
•Should meet Intel Pine Trial-D platform design guide
•Super I/O: ITE/8721
•Should support SST signal output
PCB
•170mm*170mm (Proprietary)
Memory subsystem
•Socket Type: DDR III SO-DIMM connector
•Socket Quantity: 2
•Only support single channel
•Capacity support:
•1GB / 2 GB DDRIII 800 SO-DIMM support (follow Intel Spec.)
•1GB to 4GB Max memory support(follow Intel Spec.)
•Design Criteria:
•Should follow Pine Trail-D platform design guide
•Should meet Pine Trail-D BIOS Specification
System Tour
Chapter 1

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On-Board Graphic solution
•NV GT218-ION with 512MB VRAM
•1 D-Sub port on rear
•1 HDMI port on rear
•Dual view support
Hard disk
•Support up to one SATA ports
•2.5"
•Capacity and models are listed on FRU
Optical disk
•None
Serial ATA controller
•Slot Type: SATA connector
•Slot Quantity: 1
•Storage Type support: HDD
Audio
•Chip: vendor propose (Realtek 662)
•Connectors support:
•Audio jacks color coding: should meet Microsoft Windows Logo Program Device Requirements:
Audio-0002
•Front 2 jack follow HD audio definition
•Add HD de-pop CKT
LAN
•Controller: Proposed by vender
•Port: 1 x RJ45 rear port for Gigabit Ethernet
•Design Criteria:
•Should be worked under 10/100/1000Mbs environment
•Reserved disable function on both hardware & BIOS side. Default is enabled
•Support network PXE boot
USB ports
•Controller: Intel NM10
•Ports Quantity: 6 for aPluto
•4 back panel ports
•2 ports for front (Daughter board)
•Connector Pin: standard Intel FPIO pin definition
•USB 2.0/1.1Data transfer rate support
Extension slot
•Support one Mini PCIe slot

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All On-Board Connectors
•Rear I/O connectors
•1 HDMI VGA output
•1 D-Sub VGA output
•Two USB stack *2
•1 RJ45 LAN port
•1 DC-in jack
•On-board connectors
•Two DDRIII SO-DIMM memory sockets
•One Mini PCIe slot
•Board to board design for Power Switch, Power Indicator and 2*USB 2.0
•2 audio connector HD
•One SATA sockets (For HDD)
•One 5V power port for HDD
•One 1*4 pin CPU FAN
•One 3 pin clear CMOS header
•One on board buzzer
•Color management for on board connecter(pls refer to Acer spec)
•One S/PDIF port
System BIOS
•BIOS Type: AMI Kernel with Acer skin
•Size: 8Mb(depend on chipset BIOS programming guide)
Adapter
•Universal AC adapter, 90~264V AC, 47~63HZ
•3-pin 65W with 19VDC output
•Small DC jack
•Energy Star5.0 support