Acer ASPIRE X5400 User manual

Acer
Aspire X3400/X5400
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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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
System Components 4
Front Panel 4
Rear Panel 6
Internal Components 8
System LED Indicators 9
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
Main Unit Disassembly 29
Removing the Side Panel 31
Removing the Front Bezel 32
Removing the Heatsink Fan Assembly 34
Removing the Processor 35
Removing the Optical Drive 36
Removing the Hard Disk Drive 38
Removing the Power Supply 39
Removing the Memory Modules 41
Removing an Expansion Card 42
Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 44
Removing the Mainboard 47
Removing the Top Bezel 49
System Troubleshooting 51
Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 51
System Check Procedures 52
Power System Check 52
System External Inspection 52
System Internal Inspection 52
Checkpoints 53
Viewing BIOS checkpoints 53
Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints 53
Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints 54
POST Code Checkpoints 55
DIM Code Checkpoints 57
Beep Codes 58
Boot Block Beep Codes 58
POST BIOS Beep Codes 58
Error Messages 60
Memory 60
Boot 60
Storage Device 61
Virus Related 62
System Configuration 63
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CMOS 64
Miscellaneous 64
USB eModule Error Messages 65
SMBIOS eModule Error Messages 65
CPU eModule Error Messages 65
MPS Table (Multi-processor) eModule Error Messages 65
BIOS Recovery 66
Undetermined Problems 68
System Block Diagram and Board Layout 69
System Block Diagram 69
Board Layout 70
Mainboard 70
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 73
Exploded Diagram 74
X3400 FRU List 76
X5400 FRU List 79
Technical Specifications 83

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Features
Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many features.
NOTE: The features listed in this section is for your reference only. The exact configuration of the system
depends on the model purchased.
Processor
One AM2+ socket
AMD Phenom II X4 805/810/820/900E/905E/910/925 processor
AMD Phenom II X3 545/550/700E/705E/710/720/740 processor
Chipset
nVIDIA GeForce 8200 (MCP78PV) chipset
Memory subsystem
Four DDR3-667/800/1066/1333 MHz DIMM sockets
Supports single channel or dual-channel memory mode
Maximum of 8 GB supported
Media storage
Super-Multi DVD drive
BD Combo, BD-ROM, BD-RW drive
SATA hard disk drive
Serial ATA controller
Embedded SATA controllers
Two SATA ports
eSATA port
Audio
HD audio codec ALC888S
Five audio jacks
Networking
Marvell 88E1116 Intel WG82567V Gigabit NIC
One Gigabit Ethernet LAN port (RJ-45)
PCI I/O
PCI Express x16 bus slot
PCI Express x1 bus slot
System Tour
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I/O ports
Front
Five USB 2.0 ports
Headphone/speaker-out/line-out jack
Microphone-in jack
9-in-1 media card reader — CompactFlash® (Type I and II), CF+™ Microdrive, MultiMediaCard
(MMC), Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC), Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, xD-Picture
Card™, Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™
Rear
PS/2 keyboard port
PS/2 mouse port
Five audio jacks
HDMI port
eSATA port
Four USB 2.0 ports
Gigabit LAN port
VGA/monitor port
Operating system and software
Operating system
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Windows 7 Home Premium X86
Windows 7 Home Basic X86,
FreeDOS
Linux LL95
Applications
Acer eRecovery Management
Acrobat Reader
Acrobat Flash Player
Arcade Deluxe
Cyberlink Power Director
McAfee Internet Security
MyWinLocker
Microsoft Works
Nero 9 Essentials
Power supply
220-watts (115/230 V AC) PFC or non-PFC 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)
X3400: 367.8 x 100 x 281.5 mm (with bezel)
X5400: 367.8 x 100 x 281.5 mm (with bezel)