Acer Aspire ONE 722 User manual

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Aspire One 722
SERVICE GUIDE

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Revision History
Refer to the following table for the updates made to this service guide.
Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER/CSD Website. For more
information, go to http://csd.acer.com.tw.The information in this guide is subject to change
without notice.
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.
Disclaimer
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.
There are 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. The software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should
the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (not the manufacturer,
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.
Date Chapter Updates

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
WARNING:
!
Indicates a potential for personal injury.
CAUTION:
!
Indicates a potential loss of data or damage to equipment.
IMPORTANT:
+
Indicates information that is important to know for the proper completion of a
procedure, choice of an option, or completing a task.
IMPORTANT:
+
Follow local regulations for battery and circuit board disposal. Batteries and
Circuit Boards >10 cm² have been highlighted with a yellow rectangle.
The following typographical conventions are used in this document:
Book titles, directory names, file names, path names, and program/process names are
shown in italics.
Example:
the DRS5 User's Guide
/usr/local/bin/fd
the /TPH15spool_M program
Computer output (text that represents information displayed on a computer screen,
such as menus, prompts, responses to input, and error messages) are shown in
constant width.
Example:
[01] The server has been stopped
User input (text that represents information entered by a computer user, such as
command names, option letters, and words) are shown in constant width bold.
Variables contained within user input are shown in angle brackets (< >).
Example:
At the prompt, type run <file name> -m
Keyboard keys are shown in bold italics.
Example:
After entering data, press Enter.

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General Information 0
This service guide provides all technical information relating to the basic configuration for Acer
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 (such as add-on cards, modems, or extra memory capabilities). These localized
features are not covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, contact your regional
offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide further technical details.
When ordering FRU parts:
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 may not be noted in this printed service
guide.
Acer-authorized Service Providers:
Your Acer office may have a different part number code than those given in the FRU list in this
service guide. The list provided by your regional Acer office must be used to order FRU parts
for repair and service of customer machines.

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CHAPTER 1
Hardware Specifications
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
CPU and Chipset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Webcam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Wireless and Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Privacy Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Dimensions and Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Power Adapter and Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Input and Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Eco compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Options and Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Notebook Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Top View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Left View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Base View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Touchpad Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Windows Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Using the Communication Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Specification Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Computer specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
System Board Major Chips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Processor Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
CPU Fan True Value Table (Tj=100, for Windows mode) . . . . 1-25
CPU Fan True Value Table (Tj=100, for DOS mode) . . . . . . . 1-25
System Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
Memory Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25

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Video Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
Video Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
LAN Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Hard Disk Drive (AVL components). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
LED 11.6”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
Display Supported Resolution (LCD Supported Resolution) . . 1-31
Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
Display Supported Resolution (GPU Supported Resolution). . 1-31
Bluetooth Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
Bluetooth Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
3G Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Audio Codec and Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Audio Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Wireless Module 802.11b/g/n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
VRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
HDMI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
System Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36
Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36
System LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37
System DMA Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37
System Interrupt Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38
System I/O Address Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39
System I/O Address Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40
CHAPTER 2
System Utilities
BIOS Setup Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Navigating the BIOS Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
BIOS Flash Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
DOS Flash Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
WinFlash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

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HDD/BIOS Password Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Clearing HDD Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Clearing BIOS Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Miscellaneous Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Using Boot Sequence Selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Using Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Using DMITools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Using SSID/SVID Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
CHAPTER 3
Machine Maintenance Procedures
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Recommended Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Screw Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Maintenance Flowchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Battery Pack Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Battery Pack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Dummy Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Dummy Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
SIM Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
SIM Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Uniload Door Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Uniload Door Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
HDD Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
HDD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
DIMM Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
DIMM Module Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
WLAN Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
WLAN Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
3G Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
3G Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Keyboard Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Keyboard Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Upper Case Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Upper Case Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
LED Board Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
LED Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Touchpad Board Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Touchpad Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
USB Board Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
USB Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Bluetooth Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

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Bluetooth Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Mainboard Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Mainboard Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Speaker Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Speaker Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
RTC Battery Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
RTC Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Thermal Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Thermal Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
DC-IN Cable Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
DC-IN Cable Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
LCD Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
LCD Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
LCD Bezel Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
LCD Bezel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Camera Module Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Camera Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
LCD Panel Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
LCD Panel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
LCD Brackets Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
LCD Brackets Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Microphone Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Microphone Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
3G Antenna Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
3G Antenna Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
WLAN Antenna Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
WLAN Antenna Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
CHAPTER 4
Troubleshooting
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Power On Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
No Display Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
LCD Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Touch Panel Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Internal Speaker Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Microphone Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
USB Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Wireless Function Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Bluetooth Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
3G Function Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Thermal Unit Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Cosmetic Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

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Other Functions Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Post Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
POST Code Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
CHAPTER 5
Jumper and Connector Locations
Mainboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Clearing Password and BIOS Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Clearing Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
CHAPTER 6
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
Exploded Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Main Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
LCD Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
FRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Screw List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
CHAPTER 7
Model Definition and Configuration
Aspire One 722. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
CHAPTER 8
Test Compatible Components
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Environment Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Aspire One 722 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
CHAPTER 9
Online Support Information
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

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CHAPTER 1
Hardware Specifications

1-2
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Notebook Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Top View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Left View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Base View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Touchpad Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Windows Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Using the Communication Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Specification Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Computer specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
System Board Major Chips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Processor Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
CPU Fan True Value Table (Tj=100, for Windows mode) . . . . 1-25
CPU Fan True Value Table (Tj=100, for DOS mode) . . . . . . . 1-25
System Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
Memory Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
Video Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
Video Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
LAN Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Hard Disk Drive (AVL components). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
LED 11.6”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
Display Supported Resolution (LCD Supported Resolution) . . 1-31
Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
Display Supported Resolution (GPU Supported Resolution). . 1-31
Bluetooth Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
Bluetooth Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
3G Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Audio Codec and Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Audio Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Wireless Module 802.11b/g/n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
VRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
HDMI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35

1-3
System Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36
Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36
System LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37
System DMA Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37
System Interrupt Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38
System I/O Address Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39
System I/O Address Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40

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Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-5
Hardware Specifications and Configurations
Features 0
The following is a summary of the computer’s many features:
Operating System 0
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64-bit
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 32-bit
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-bit
CPU and Chipset 0
AMD C-Series processor C-50 (1 MB L2 cache, 1 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 9 W)
AMD A50M Fusion™ Controller Hub
Memory 0
Single-channel DDR3 SDRAM support with one soDIMM module:
Up to 2 GB of DDR3 system memory
Up to 1 GB of DDR3 system memory (Windows® 7 Starter for small notebook PCs)
Display 0
11.6" HD 1366 x 768 resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™
LED-backlit TFT LCD
11.6" SD 1024 x 600 resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™
LED-backlit TFT LCD
Mercury-free, environment-friendly
16:9 aspect ratio
Graphics 0
ATI Radeon™ HD 6250 Graphics with 256 MB of dedicated system memory,
supporting Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD3), OpenCL® 1.1, OpenGL® 3.1, OpenEXR
High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 5.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 11
Dual independent display support
16.7 million colors
External resolution / refresh rates:6
VGA port up to 1920 x 1200: 60 Hz
HDMI® port up to 1920 x 1080: 60 Hz
MPEG-2 DVD decoding
WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding

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HDMI® (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital
Content Protection) support
Audio 0
High-definition audio support
Two built-in stereo speaker
MS-Sound compatible
Built-in digital microphone
Storage 0
Hard disk drive
160/250 GB or larger
Multi-in-1 card reader, supporting:
Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard™ (MMC), Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory
Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)
Storage cards with adapter: miniSD™, microSD™, Memory Stick Duo™,
Reduced-Size Multimedia Card (RS-MMC), Memory Stick PRO Duo™
Webcam 0
Acer Video Conference, featuring:
Acer Crystal Eye webcam
Acer Video Conference Manager software with Video Quality Enhancement (VQE)
technology, supporting online video calls8
Wireless and Networking 0
WLAN:
Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ (available only in Russia, Pakistan,
Ukraine)
Supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
WPAN:
Bluetooth® 3.0+HS (for Windows® 7 only)
WWAN:
UMTS/HSPA at 850/900/1900/2100 MHz and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE at
850/900/1800/1900 MHz, upgradable to 7.2 Mb/s HSDPA and 5.7 Mb/s HSUPA (for 3G
model)
LAN:
Fast Ethernet
Privacy Control 0
BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords
Kensington lock slot

Hardware Specifications and Configurations 1-7
Dimensions and Weight 0
Dimensions
285 (W) x 202 (D) x 25.4 (H) mm (11.22 x 7.91 x 1 inches)
Weight
1.46 kg (3.21 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack
1.35 kg (2.97 lbs.) with 3-cell battery pack
Power Adapter and Battery 0
Product Safety Electric Appliance and Materials (PSE) certified for battery pack
Power adapter
2-pin 40 W Acer MiniGo AC adapter:
93.2 (W) x 32.2 (D) x 42.5 (H) mm (3.66 x 1.26 x 1.67 inches)
180 g (0.39 lbs.) with 250 cm DC cable
Battery
24.4 W 2200 mAh 3-cell Li-ion battery pack
Battery life: 3.5 hours
48 W 4400 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack
Battery life: 7 hours
Input and Control 0
Keyboard
84-/85-/88-key full-size Acer FineTip keyboard with international language support
Touchpad
Multi-gesture touchpad, supporting two-finger scroll, pinch, rotate, flip
Input and Output 0
Multi-in-1 card reader
Three USB 2.0 ports
External display (VGA) port
Headphone/speaker/line-out jack
Microphone-in jack
Ethernet (RJ-45) port
DC-in jack for AC adapter
HDMI® port with HDCP support

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Environment 0
Temperature
Operating: 5°C to 35°C
Non-operating: -20°C to 65°C
Humidity (non-condensing)
Operating: 20% to 80%
Non-operating: 20% to 80%
Software 0
Productivity
Acer ePower Management
Acer eRecovery Management
Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2
Adobe® Reader® 9.1
Bing™ Bar
Microsoft® Office 2010 preloaded (purchase a product key to activate)
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010
Norton™ Online Backup
Aupeo
newsXpresso
NOOK for PC
NY Times Reader
Acer Crystal eye
Security
McAfee® Internet Security Suite Trial
McAfee® Virus DefinitionMyWinLocker® (except China, Hong Kong)
Gaming
Oberon GameZone (except US, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Korea)
WildTangent® (US, Canada only)
Communication and ISP
Acer Crystal Eye
Acer Video Conference Manager1
Microsoft® Silverlight™
Skype™
Windows Live™ Essentials 2011

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Web links and utilities
Acer Accessory Store (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,
UK only)
Acer Identity Card
Acer Registration
Acer Updater
Customized Internet Explorer® 9
eBay® shortcut 2009 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, UK, US only)
Netflix shortcut (US only)
Eco compliance 0
ENERGY STAR®
WEEE
RoHS
Mercury free
Options and Accessories 0
In-box:
Protective bag
6-cell Li-ion battery pack
Optional:
1 GB / 2 GB DDR3 1066 MHz soDIMM module
6-cell Li-ion battery pack
2-pin 40 W Acer MiniGo AC adapter
External USB HDD
External USB optical disc drive
Warranty 0
One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)

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Notebook Tour 0
Top View 0
Figure 1-1. Top View