Compaq Presario 1900 XL1 User manual

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Compaq Presario 1900 Series Maintenance and Service Guide Home Page
United States June 27, 2004
Maintenance & Service Guide
Presario 1900 Series
Models: XL1, XL160, XL161, XL162, XL163, and XL165
Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments Index
Presario 1900 Series
Welcome to the Maintenance & Service Guide (MSG). This
online guide is designed to serve the needs of technicians
whose job it is to repair Compaq products. The Notice
contains the copyright and trademark information. The
Preface shows symbol conventions, Technician Notes and
Serial Number locations on the unit. The Table of Contents
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Specifications Section
United States June 27, 2004
Maintenance & Service Guide
Presario 1900 Series
Models: XL1, XL160, XL161, XL162, XL163, and XL165
Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments Index
Specifications
This chapter covers the following specifications of Compaq Presario 1900 Series Portable
Computers:
●Physical and Environmental
●System Interrupts
●System DMA
●System I/O Addresses
●System Memory Catalog
●Display Information
●Diskette Drive or LS-120 Drive
●Hard Drive
●CD ROM or DVD Drive
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Specifications Section
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Parts Catalog Section
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Maintenance & Service Guide
Presario 1900 Series
Models: XL1, XL160, XL161, XL162, XL163, and XL165
Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments Index
Illustrated Parts Catalog
System Unit
Boards
Display
Assembly
Mass Storage
Devices
Miscellaneous
Hardware and
Plastics Kit
Miscellaneous
Parts
Documentation
and Software
Configure to
Order
This
section
provides
an
illustrated
parts
breakdown
and a
reference
for spare
parts for
the
Presario
1900
Series
Portable
Computer.
The
computer
serial
number
should be
provided to
Compaq
whenever
requesting
information
or ordering
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Parts Catalog Section
spare
parts. The
serial
number is
located on
bottom of
unit.
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Removal & Replacement Section
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Maintenance & Service Guide
Presario 1900 Series
Models: XL1, XL160, XL161, XL162, XL163, and XL165
Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments Index
Removal and Replacement Procedures
This section explains the removal and replacement procedures for the computer.
Electrostatic
Discharge
Service
Considerations
Cables and
Connectors
Preparing the
Computer for
Disassembly
Battery Pack
Hard Drive
Keyboard
Memory
Module
Modem
Heatspreader
Processor
Display Panel
Assembly
Serial
Number
Report the
computer
serial
number to
Compaq
when
requesting
information
or ordering
spare
parts. The
serial
number is
located on
bottom of
unit.
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Removal & Replacement Section
Upper CPU
Cover with
Palmrest and
TouchPad
Hard Drive/
Battery
Charger
Board
Converter
Board
Low Voltage
Differential
Signal Board
Fan Assembly
System Board
Speaker
Assembly
DVD or CD
Drive
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Troubleshooting Section
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Presario 1900 Series
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Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments Index
Troubleshooting
Preliminary
Steps
Clearing the
Power-On
Password
Power-On Self
Test (POST)
Compaq
Diagnostics
Diagnostic Error
Codes
Troubleshooting
Without
Diagnostics
Solving Minor
Problems
Contacting
Compaq
Support
This section covers troubleshooting information for the
Compaq Presario 1900 Series Portable Computers. The basic
steps in troubleshooting include:
1. Follow the Preliminary Steps .
2. Run the Power-On Self-Test
(POST).
3. Follow the recommended
actions described in the
diagnostic tables, if you are
unable to run POST or if
POST displays an error
message.
When following the recommended
actions in the Sections on POST and
Diagnostic Error Codes perform
them in the order listed. Rerun
POST after each recommended
action until the problem is solved
and no error message occurs. Once
the problem is solved, do not
complete the remaining
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