Acer AL1511 User manual

Acer AL1511
Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are
available
on the CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw

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Copyright © 2003 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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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.
Acer is a registered trademark of Acer Corporation.
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Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual
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Preface
Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general
information.
1. 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.
2. 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 Aceroffice 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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VII
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Monitor Features 8
Monitor Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Factory Preset Timing Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Mainboard Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mainboard Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Invertor Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Front Bezel View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Rear Bezel View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2 Operating Instructions 20
External Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Front Panel Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
OSD Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hot-Key Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
OSD Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
LOGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 28
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 31
Chapter 5 Connector Information 34
Chapter 6 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 35
Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 7 Schematic Diagram 40
Analog Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scaler MST 8001A/MST8111A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Panel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
MCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Appendix Online Support Information 45

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
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1. Initialize MCU settings, including I/O, Timer, ISR and Serial Port
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contrast, color temperature and OSD position …. etc.
3. Initialize system variable, including system flag, OSD timeout counter,
burin mode status… etc.
4. Initialize OSD menu variable for user operation
5. Initialize device on the board, now only MST scaler chip will be
initialized
6. Check if system is in power off status from first AC power up. If yes,
then go to 7, else go to 8.
7. If yes, system will be forced to enter power off status
8. Mode detection
9. Check if input timing has been changed, if yes then go to 10, else go
to 11
10. Setup MST scaler for display according input timing
11. OSD handler for OSD operation.
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Front Bezel
Item Description
1 Auto Adjust Key/Exit
2 >/ Volume up(option)
3 </ Volume down(option)
4 MENU/ENTER
5 LED
6 POWER

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Rear Bezel
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2 Signal Cable
3 Audio Cable
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