Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Processor

Item

 

Specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU type

 

Intel

 

 

 

 

Intel

Intel

 

Intel

 

 

Intel

 

Intel

Intel

 

Intel

 

 

Intel

Intel

 

 

 

Core 2

 

 

Core 2

Core 2

 

Core 2

 

Core 2

 

Core 2

Core 2

 

Celero

 

Celero

Celero

 

 

 

Duo

 

 

 

 

Duo

Duo

 

Duo

 

 

Duo

 

Duo

Duo

 

n M

 

 

n M

n M

 

 

 

T7200

 

 

T7400

T7600

 

T5300

 

T5500

 

T5600

T2080

 

440

 

 

 

520

530

 

 

 

Mobile

 

 

Mobile

Mobile

 

Mobile

 

Mobile

 

Mobile

Mobile

 

Mobile

 

Mobile

Mobile

 

 

 

Proces

 

 

Proces

Proces

 

Proces

 

Proces

 

Proces

Proces

 

Proces

 

Proces

Proces

 

 

 

sor

 

 

 

 

sor

sor

 

sor

 

 

sor

 

 

sor

sor

 

sor

 

 

sor

 

sor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clock

 

2 GHz

 

 

2.16

2.33

 

 

1.73

 

 

 

1.66

 

1.83

1.73

 

 

1.86

 

 

 

1.6

 

1.73

 

Speeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GHz

GHz

 

GHz

 

 

GHz

 

GHz

GHz

 

GHz

 

 

GHz

GHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L2 Cache

 

4 MB

 

 

4 MB

4 MB

 

2 MB

 

 

2 MB

 

2 MB

1 MB

 

1 MB

 

 

1 MB

1 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front Side

 

667

 

 

 

 

667

667

 

 

533

 

 

 

667

 

 

667

533

 

 

533

 

 

 

533

533

 

Bus

 

MHz

 

 

MHz

MHz

 

MHz

 

 

MHz

 

MHz

MHz

 

MHz

 

 

MHz

MHz

 

System Board Major Chips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

 

 

 

 

Specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System core logic

 

 

 

Intel 945PM Express + Intel ICH7M chipsets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD controller

 

 

 

 

 

Intel ICH7M chipset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory controller

 

 

 

Intel 945PM Express chipset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video controller

 

 

 

Intel 945PM Express chipset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio controller

 

 

 

Codec ALC268

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCMCIA controller

 

 

 

OZ129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN controller

 

 

 

 

 

Intel ICH7M + Broadcom 5787MKMLG chipsets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modem controller

 

 

 

Intel ICH7M chipset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bluetooth controller

 

 

 

Intel ICH7M chipset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard controller

 

 

Winbond WPC8768L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk Drive Interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

 

Specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product

 

 

Hitachi Travelstar

 

Toshiba

 

 

 

 

 

Western Digital

 

Seagate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5K160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Model Name

 

 

HTS

 

 

HTS

HTS

 

MK8

 

MK1

 

MK1

 

WD8

WD1

 

WD1

 

ST9

 

ST9

 

ST9

 

 

 

 

 

5416

 

5416

5416

 

037

 

237

 

637

 

 

00B

200B

 

600B

 

8081

 

1208

 

1608

 

 

 

 

 

80J9

 

12J9

16J9

 

GSX

 

GSX

 

GSX

 

EVS

EVS

 

EVS

 

1AS

 

22A

 

21A

 

 

 

 

 

SA0

 

 

SA0

SA0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity (GB)

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

120

160

 

80

 

120

 

160

 

 

80

120

 

160

 

80

 

 

 

120

 

160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form factor and

 

2.5 inch Serial ATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bytes per sector

 

512

 

 

 

 

 

 

512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data heads

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data disks

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spindle speed

 

 

5400

 

 

 

 

5400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5400

 

 

 

 

 

5400

 

 

 

 

 

(RPM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acer 4310 Hardware Specifications and Configurations, Processor Specification, System Board Major Chips Specification

4310 specifications

The Acer 4310 is a versatile and compact laptop that gained popularity in the mid-2000s, catering primarily to students, professionals, and casual users seeking a balance between performance and portability. This laptop series is known for its user-friendly design and solid performance for day-to-day tasks.

One of the standout features of the Acer 4310 is its Intel Core Duo processor, which delivers adequate power for multi-tasking and running everyday applications. With its dual-core architecture, users can expect improved performance compared to its single-core predecessors. The processor is paired with sufficient RAM options, typically ranging from 1GB to 2GB, allowing for smooth operation of basic programs and web browsing.

The Acer 4310 houses a 15.4-inch display that strikes a good balance between usability and portability. With a resolution of 1280x800, it offers decent clarity and color accuracy for watching videos, viewing images, or working on documents. Its widescreen format makes it convenient for multitasking and side-by-side application use.

In terms of connectivity, the Acer 4310 is equipped with multiple ports, including USB 2.0 ports, a VGA output for connecting to external displays, and an Ethernet port for wired internet connections. Wireless connectivity is enhanced with built-in Wi-Fi, enabling users to easily connect to home or public networks.

The laptop's storage options are quite flexible, with varying hard drive capacities that cater to different user needs. Commonly, users would find hard drives ranging from 80GB to 160GB, providing ample space for storing documents, music, and photos.

The Acer 4310's build quality is commendable for a budget-friendly laptop, featuring a durable chassis designed to withstand daily wear and tear. The keyboard is comfortable for typing, and the touchpad is responsive, further enhancing user experience.

Battery life on the Acer 4310 is satisfactory for its class, often providing several hours of usage on a single charge, making it a suitable companion for on-the-go users.

In conclusion, the Acer 4310 is a capable laptop that combines performance, portability, and affordability. Its reliable specifications and practical features make it ideal for students and everyday users, representing a solid choice for those seeking a dependable device for basic computing tasks.