System Upgrade Procedure

Base Unit to Wireless Unit

1. See “Removing the Battery” on page 62 2. See “Removing the Middle Cover” on page 68 3. See “Removing the Keyboard” on page 69 4. See “Removing the Heat Plate” on page 70 (Remove three screws here) 5. Note that the one with the white RF cable is for the right antenna and the one with the black RF cable is for the left antenna.

6. Insert the wireless LAN board into its socket and press it down to secure well.

7. Attach the right antenna to the upper case and secure it with a screw. Route the cable as shown below.

8. Attach the left antenna to the upper case and secure it with a screw. Route the cable as shown below.

9. Be careful to arrange the right and left RF cables well.

10. Connect the RF cables into the Wireless LAN board.

NOTE: Please note that the black RF cable should be routed beneath the coaxial cable.

Troubleshooting

Use the following procedure as a guide for computer problems. NOTE: The diagnostic tests are intended to test only Acer products. Non-Acer products, prototype cards, or modified options can give false errors and invalid system responses. 1. Obtain the failing symptoms in as much detail as possible. 2. Verify the symptoms by attempting to re-create the failure by running the diagnostic test or by repeating the same operation. 3. Use the following table with the verified symptom to determine which page to go to.

Symptoms (Verified)

Power failure. (The power indicator does not go on or stay on.) POST does not complete. No beep or error codes are indicated.

POST detects an error and displayed messages on screen. The diagnostic test detected an error and displayed a FRU code. Other symptoms (i.e. LCD display problems or others). Symptoms cannot be re-created (intermittent problems).

Go To

“Power System Check” on page 95.

“Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message” on page 98 “Undetermined Problems” on page 106 “Error Message List” on page 99

“System Diagnostic Diskette” on page 54

“Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message” on page 98 Use the customer-reported symptoms and go to “Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message” on page 98 “Intermittent Problems” on page 105 “Undetermined Problems” on page 106