Acer TravelMate 380 Service Guide
 

Hi! I would appreciate anyone who has the Acer TravelMate 380 (or
TravelMate 370) Service Guide sending it my e-mail address.
Thanks,
Dennis Strickland

On 26 Dec 2004 08:32:51 -0800, "DWStrickland"
wrote:

Hi! I would appreciate anyone who has the Acer TravelMate 380 (or
TravelMate 370) Service Guide sending it my e-mail address.

I have one for the AcerNote Lite 370 series - not a Travelmate though. I wasn't
even aware of a TM370.

Thanks for the response. The TravelMate 370/380 are essentially the
same machine. It is a small, ultraportable notebook from Acer found at
the following link:

http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/tm380.htm
Thanks,
Dennis Strickland

On 26 Dec 2004 21:53:14 -0800, "DWStrickland"
wrote:

Thanks for the response. The TravelMate 370/380 are essentially the
same machine. It is a small, ultraportable notebook from Acer found at
the following link:

http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/tm380.htm

Ahah! Very different to the P1-133/150 AcerNote lite 370 machines!

Nobody have the Acer TravelMate 370/380 Service Guide?
Thanks,
Dennis Strickland

These not even a user guide available, let alone getting the service manual.

"DWStrickland" wrote in message
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Nobody have the Acer TravelMate 370/380 Service Guide?
Thanks,
Dennis Strickland

budgie Wrote:

I have one for the AcerNote Lite 370 series - not a Travelmate though.
I wasn't
even aware of a TM370.
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Hi Budgie,

If you still have it, a copy of the Acernote Light 370 service manual
would be much appreciated by me! I'm trying to slightly speed up mine
so that my 5 year old can play some of his games on it, so knowing
where the dipswitches or jumpers are to change bus speed, voltage, etc
would be great.

Wayne Barnett



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wayneb

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:25:25 +0100, wayneb
wrote:


budgie Wrote:

I have one for the AcerNote Lite 370 series - not a Travelmate though.
I wasn't
even aware of a TM370.
************************************************* *********
Hi Budgie,

If you still have it, a copy of the Acernote Light 370 service manual
would be much appreciated by me! I'm trying to slightly speed up mine
so that my 5 year old can play some of his games on it, so knowing
where the dipswitches or jumpers are to change bus speed, voltage, etc
would be great.

Unless I am very much mistaken, there are no jumpers/dipswitches that change any
of the parameters you describe.

Unless I am very much mistaken, there are no jumpers/dipswitches that
change any
of the parameters you describe.
************************************************** ********
Thanks for looking in on this post. The laptop has a P120 CPU and I
wanted to run at at 133 (a slight overclock) or put in another CPU. I
assumed that I would be able to at least change the bus speed somewhere,
as various comments on boards seem to indicate that this laptop can run a
P133.

I will experiment with AMD K5's or Cyrix CPU's if I can get them.
Do I have to prise the CPU out of the non ZIF socket? Or does the plastic
"bar" on the side of the socket that says "lock" actually slide?

Thanks

Wayne


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wayneb

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:43:25 +0100, wayneb
wrote:


Unless I am very much mistaken, there are no jumpers/dipswitches that
change any
of the parameters you describe.
************************************************* *********
Thanks for looking in on this post. The laptop has a P120 CPU and I
wanted to run at at 133 (a slight overclock) or put in another CPU. I
assumed that I would be able to at least change the bus speed somewhere,
as various comments on boards seem to indicate that this laptop can run a
P133.

I have a 133 and a 150, with the same board.

I will experiment with AMD K5's or Cyrix CPU's if I can get them.
Do I have to prise the CPU out of the non ZIF socket? Or does the plastic
"bar" on the side of the socket that says "lock" actually slide?

Eeek! Of course you don't have to prise it out.

I've just uploaded the 370 User Guide and the Service Manual to my "web page"
(which is used just for transferring files that choke some mailboxes). If you
give me a valid addie I'll email the details.

Eeek! Of course you don't have to prise it out!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, how do I get it out? It's not a ZIF socket. I don't have a CPU
extraction tool of any sort, so gently prising up each corner a bit at
a time seemed the only option...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I've just uploaded the 370 User Guide and the Service Manual to my "web
page"
(which is used just for transferring files that choke some mailboxes).
If you
give me a valid addie I'll email the details.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You can send to: or

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Wayne


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wayneb

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:59:18 +0100, wayneb
wrote:


Eeek! Of course you don't have to prise it out!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, how do I get it out? It's not a ZIF socket. I don't have a CPU
extraction tool of any sort, so gently prising up each corner a bit at
a time seemed the only option...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

from memory, it slides

URL in your mailbox.

He was right! Thanks Peter...

Laptop now runs great with a P166MMX in there....(yes, the MMX does
work correctly)


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wayneb

wayneb Wrote:
He was right! Thanks Peter...

Laptop now runs great with a P166MMX in there....(yes, the MMX does
work correctly)
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Well, it DID, until I played around with the dipswitches too much and
fried something.....
The laptop won't POST at all now, on any setting.
If it ain't broke.......


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wayneb

Laptop has recovered! The CPU was not well enough socketed (although I
checked this several times) and needed the sliding socket to be slid
(more) firmly - I used pliers....

I also enabled DMA for the HDD. This seems ok and speeds up performance
in Sandra 2002 from around 1500 to 1800.
However, the soundcard is erratic in function. The driver can be
reinstalled and updated ok but when I reboot again it stops working and
I get some "Windows has detected that your soundcard is not working
properly..." type messages.
Could this be a DMA problem?


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wayneb

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:09:43 +0100, wayneb
wrote:


Laptop has recovered! The CPU was not well enough socketed (although I
checked this several times) and needed the sliding socket to be slid
(more) firmly - I used pliers....

I also enabled DMA for the HDD. This seems ok and speeds up performance
in Sandra 2002 from around 1500 to 1800.
However, the soundcard is erratic in function. The driver can be
reinstalled and updated ok but when I reboot again it stops working and
I get some "Windows has detected that your soundcard is not working
properly..." type messages.
Could this be a DMA problem?

No idea, but I guess you could always try reverting ...

I KNOW you're having fun ;-)

Acer TravelMate 380 Service Guide
 

budgie Wrote:
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:09:43 +0100, wayneb
wrote:
-

Laptop has recovered! The CPU was not well enough socketed (although I
checked this several times) and needed the sliding socket to be slid
(more) firmly - I used pliers....

I also enabled DMA for the HDD. This seems ok and speeds up
performance
in Sandra 2002 from around 1500 to 1800.
However, the soundcard is erratic in function. The driver can be
reinstalled and updated ok but when I reboot again it stops working
and
I get some "Windows has detected that your soundcard is not working
properly..." type messages.
Could this be a DMA problem?-

No idea, but I guess you could always try reverting ...

I KNOW you're having fun ;-)

Yes, I am! Sound problem is now solved (Windows reinstall and some
tweaking), DMA is enabled and working well, and laptop is now a
P166MMX.
My 3 and 5 year olds are happy....and so am I , as they don't want to
use my own laptop anymore!
Thanks for all the help.


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wayneb

Acer TravelMate 380 Service Guide
 

wayneb Wrote:
Yes, I am! Sound problem is now solved (Windows reinstall and some
tweaking), DMA is enabled and working well, and laptop is now a
P166MMX.
My 3 and 5 year olds are happy....and so am I , as they don't want to
use my own laptop anymore!
Thanks for all the help.
Yes it was




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Cero