Acer TravelMate 380 Service Guide

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

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

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