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Contents
A360 Model Reference and Service Manual
FIC A360 Intel FC-PGA Pentium-III /Celeron Notebooks
Legal Notice
How to Contact FIC Portable Computing Group
Copyright 2001 FIC, Inc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Printed in Taiwan
Reference and Service Manual
July 2001, Volume
F I C A 3 6 0 M O D E L
Contents
Preface
Intended Audience
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Installation and Upgrade
Preface Chapter 1 Outline of the A360
Table of Contents
Chapter 3 Software Functional Overview
3.3.16 Intel PIIX4M GPO Signal 3.3.17 PMU07 GPIO Signal
Chapter 4 Hardware Functional Overview
Chapter 5 Maintenance & Disassembly
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting and Repair
Appendix A Notebook Specification
Appendix C FRU Parts Listing
Appendix B Pin Assignments
1.2 Feature Highlights
1.1 Introduction
Outline of the A360
Chapter1
Outline of the A360
CD-ROM
DVD-ROM
CD-RW
Power System
Power
LED Indicator
Management
1.3 System Configuration
BlueTooth
Audio DJ OZ168
1.4 Quick Tour of the Notebook
1.4.1 Inside the Notebook
Color LCD Display Panel
Easy Buttons
Power Button
Glide Pad Pointing Device
Power Status LED Indicator
Status LED Panel
Keyboard Panel
o /q
Hot Key
Function
Handler
Fn + F12
Lock On / Off Switch
Cover Switch
1.4.2 Front Side of the Notebook
Woofer
BlueTooth LED
1.4.3 The Right Side of the Notebook
Audio-DJ Display
Forward Button
Thumb-Wheel Volume Control
IR Port
Headphone Jack
Microphone Jack
1.4.4 The Left Side of the Notebook
PS/2 Port
Air Inhalant
Locking Device Keyhole
AC Power Port
1.4.5 The Rear Side of the Notebook
Printer Port LPT1
TV-Out Port
Series Port COM
LAN Port
Modem Port
IEEE1394 Port
Battery Release Latch
Battery Bay
1.4.6 The Under Side of the Notebook
Tilt Foot Left and Right
1.5 Notebook Accessories and System Options
1.5.1 AC Adapter and Power Cord
1.5.2 Battery Pack
1.5.3 Internal Modem Module
1.6 System BIOS SETUP Program
1.5.7 Audio-DJ
1.5.8 Blue Tooth Module
1.6.1 Using the Main Menu
Figure 1-13 BIOS Setup Main Menu
Boot
Advanced
1.44/1.25MB 3½”
Internal HDD Sub-Menu
Internal HDD/CD-ROM Sub-Menu
Auto
− /+
1.6.2 Using the Advanced Menu
Figure 1-15 BIOS Setup Advanced Menu
PhoenixBIOS Setup
Enabled
Silent Boot - Select boot screen during POST
LCD Panel View Expansion
Disabled / Enabled
1.6.3 Using the Security Menu
1.6.4 Using the Boot Menu
Figure 1-18 BIOS Setup Boot Menu
1.6.5 How to Exit the Setup Program
Installation and Upgrade
Chapter
2.1 Overview
2.2 Notebook Drivers and Utilities
Installation and Upgrade
2.2.2 Installing Windows 98 / Me / 2000 from CD / DVD ROM
Installing Windows 98 / Me from CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
Installing Windows 2000 from CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
2.2.3 Installing the VGA Device Driver
Installing VGA Driver for Windows
Installing VGA Driver for Windows Me
5. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device, and click Next
2.2.4 Installing the Audio Device Driver
Installing Audio Driver for Windows
Installing Audio Driver for Windows Me
2.2.5 Installing Touch Pad Driver
2.2.6 Installing PCMCIA Driver
2.2.7 Installing Twister Driver
Installing Touch Pad Driver for Windows 98 / Me
2.2.8 Installing Internal Modem Device Driver
Installing Internal Modem for Windows 98 / Me
Cable
2.2.9 Installing Internal LAN Device Driver
Installing Internal LAN for Windows
Installing Internal LAN for Windows Me
3. Select Specify the location of the driver, and click Next
2.2.10 Installing Internal Modem and LAN Combo Device Driver
Installing Modem Driver of Combo Device for Windows 98 / Me
Installing LAN Driver of Combo Device for Windows
Installing LAN Driver of Combo Device for Windows Me
2.2.11 Installing Easy Button Driver
2.2.12 Installing EzMail Driver
2.2.13 Enabling DMA Channel for Best Performance
Installing Easy Button driver for Windows 98 / Me
Enabling DMA channel for Windows
Æ System Æ Hardware Æ Device Manager
2.3 System Upgrades
2.3.1 Jumper Settings
Password Override CMOS / RTC Data Jumper Setting
Keyboard Type Select
2.3.2 CPU Upgrade Procedure
Keyboard Cover Bend Up
How to Access the CPU Socket
screws
CPU Protective Tooling
Figure 2-5 Remove heat sink plate
Remove CPU
2.3.3 Memory Upgrade Procedure
Using the Memory Slot inside the Memory Compartment
2.3.4 Hard Disk Upgrade Procedure
30 degrees
Figure 2-9 Remove Palm Reset
Figure 2-8 Insert Memory Module
7. Place back the palm rest and secure those screws
2.3.5 System BIOS Upgrade Procedure
BIOS Version 1.0A-0004-3430
3.2 Summary of the BIOS Specification
3.1 Overview
Software Functional Overview
Software Functional Overview
3.3 Subsystem Software Functions
3.3.1 Key Chipset Summary
3.3.2 System Memory
Expansion SO-DIMM
3.3.3 Video
Pixel Resolution
Supported Video Mode
Panel Type Initialization
VESA Mode
Memory Model
Refresh Rates In
Minimum
VT82C686B GPI Pins
Panel TypeInitialization
LCD Panel ID pin Definition
Panel Type
3.3.4 Enhanced IDE
3.3.5 Audio
3.3.6 Super I/O
3.3.7 PCMCIA
3.3.8 LED Indicator
Indicator
IDE accessing LED
FDD accessing LED
3.3.9 Hot Keys Definition
3.3.9-1 Port Replicator
Hot Key
Function
3.3.10 Plug & Play
Device
Connect
Resources
3.3.11 PCI Device
3-11
IDSEL Pin
Function
3.3.12 SMBus Devices
3.3.13 Resource Allocation
BIOS Need to Initialization
SMBus Device
ISA DMAMap
DMA Channel
Memory Map
Address Range
3.3.14 GPIO Pin Assignment
VT82C686BGPI pinassignment
Pin Name
Function Name
3.3.15 VT82C686B GPO pin assignment
3-15
3.3.16 PMU07 GPIO pin assignment
3.3.17 M38867 GPIO pin assignment
Function
Connected
3.4 Power Management
3.4.2 System Power Plane
3.4.1 General Requirements
Power
3.5 ACPI
3.5.1 General Requirements
Global System State Definitions
G0/S0 - Working
3.5.2 System Power Plane
Sleeping State Definitions
S1 Sleeping State
S2 Sleeping State
3.5.4 Device Power State Definitions
3.5.3 Global System State Definitions
G0/S0 - Working
G1 - Sleeping
3.5.5 Sleeping State Definitions
S1 Sleeping State
S2 Sleeping State
S3 Sleeping State STR mode
S4 Sleeping State STD mode
S5 Soft Off State
3.5.6 Power Management Mode Transition Flow Chart
3.5.7 Power States transition event
S1 Sleeping S2 Sleeping
G2 S5
3.5.8 Lid Switch
3.5.9 Power Button and Internet / Mail Button
3.5.10 Device Power Control Methodology
Power States
Device Power control Methodology During S2 Mode
Power Down Controlled
Device Power Control Methodology During S1 Mode
3.5.11 Expanding Event Through the Embedded Controller
EC PMU07
VT82C686B
SCI Source and GPE Event from PMU07
3.5.12 Thermal Control
Control Method Battery Subsystem
Resetting Cooling Temperatures from the User Interface
Active, Passive, and Critical Policies
Dynamically Changing Cooling Temperatures
Resetting Cooling Temperatures to Implement Hysteresis
3.5.13 Hardware Thermal Events
3.5.14 Active Cooling Strength
SCI Events
3.5.15 Passive Cooling Equation
3.5.16 Critical Shutdown
3.5.17 Other Implementation Of Thermal Controllable Devices
3.5.18 Thermal Control Methods
Figure 3-5 Other Thermal Control
Software Functional Overview
Software Functional Overview
3.6 Battery Management
3.5.19 AC Adapters and Power Source Objects
3.6.1 Battery Sub-system
3.6.2 Battery Low Warning
3.7 PMU07
3.6.4 AC Adapter
3.7.1 The System EC RAM with PMU07
3-38
3.7.2 PMU07 EC RAM List
updates the data periodically, or PMU detects the status change
3-39
The register type is word
Same as 1 st Battery CMBatt Data
3-41
3-42
STSX
data
STSX STSX AND Written
3-43
Should be
This register’s response time is 150usec max
Logic
edge
3-45
3-46
3.9 CMOS Setup Utility
3.8 Miscellaneous
3.8.1 Security
4.1 Overview
Hardware Functional Overview Chapter4
4.2 System Hardware Block Diagram
Hardware Functional Overview
Intel
DCIN
4.4.1 Intel Pentium-III Features
4.3 Chipset Summary
4.4 System Processor CPU
4.4.2 Intel Celeron Features
4.5.1 VIA TWISTER Features
4.5 System Core Logic
Define Integrated Solutions for Value PC Mobile Designs
High Performance CPU Interface
3D Rendering Features
Advanced System Power Management Support
Integrated Savage4 2D/3D/Video Accelerator
Motion Video Architecture
4.5.2 VT82C686B Features
Inter-operable with VIA and other Host-to-PCI Bridges
PCI to ISA Bridge
UltraDMA-33 / 66 / 100 Master Mode PCI EIDE Controller
Sophisticated PC99-Compatible Mobile Power Management
Universal Serial Bus Controller
System Management Bus Interface
4.6 Clock Frequency Generator
4.7 Cache Memory
4.8 System Memory
Plug and Play Controller
4.9 System BIOS
4.10 Video Subsystem
4.8.1 System Memory
4.8.2 Video Memory
4.11 PCMCIA Controller
4.10.2 Video Clock
CARDBUS CONTROLLERS
Supports 2 PCMCIA 2.1 and JEIDA 4.2 R2 cards or 2 CardBus cards
4.12 Audio Subsystem
4.13 Keyboard and Pointing Device
4.15 Power Subsystem
4.15.1 AC Power Adapter
4.15.2 Internal Battery Pack
4.14 Disk Drives Subsystem
4.15.4 LCD Inverter Board Assembly
4.15.3 DC-DC Module of Motherboard
4.16 Micro-P Subsystem PMU-07
Maintenance & Disassembly
5.2 Preventive Maintenance
5.2.1 Cleaning the Computer
5.1 Introduction
Maintenance & Disassembly
5.2.5 Handling the Computer Battery Packs
5.2.4 Maintaining the Hard Disk Drive
5.3 Required Tools and Equipment
5.4 Notebook Field-Replaceable Parts and Assemblies
5.4.1 Cover-Display LCD assembly
5.4.2 System Unit Assembly
LCD Power Inverter Board
Glidepad Touch Pad Module Assembly
Keyboard Cover Assembly
Battery Pack
CD-ROM / DVD-ROM / CD-RW Drive Assembly
Floppy Disk Drive Assembly
5.5 Parts Removal and Replacement Procedures
5.5.1 Removing the Battery Pack
5.5.2 Removing the Keyboard
System Base Unit Case
5.5.3 Removing the Palm Rest and Glide Pad
Palm-rest panel/cover Connectors
5.5.4 Removing the Internal Hard Disk Drive
Glidepad module
Two screws of LCD panel connector
5.5.5 Removing the LCD Panel
5.5.6 Removing the Heat Sink Plate
Six Screws Hinges
5.5.7 Removing the CPU
5.5.8 Removing the CD-ROM Module
Figure 5-12 Remove CPU
5.5.9 Removing the Top Cover and System Cover
Ten Screws
Push and slide CD-ROM
5.5.10 Removing the Internal Speakers
Two Hex Bolts Screws
Internal
Speaker
5.5.11 Removing the FDD Module
Screws
Hex bolts Lid Switch Screws
5.5.12 Removing / Replacing the Motherboard
Six Hex bolts at Rear Side of Notebook
Troubleshooting & Repair
6.2 System BIOS Related Problems
6.1 Introduction
6.1.1 Helpful Starters
Troubleshooting and Repair
POST Error Messages
Table 6-1a
Table 6-1b
value , read hex-value
6.2.2 Informational Messages
6.2.3 Beep Codes
Explanation of test terms for beep code table
Beep codes for system board errors
Table 6-3 a BIOS Beep Codes
Table 6-3 b BIOS Beep Codes
Table 6-3 c BIOS Beep Codes
Table 6-3 d BIOS Beep Codes
6.2.4 Run-time Error Messages
BIOS Run-time Error Messages
interrupt at address . Type
6.3 Quick Troubleshooting
Table 6-5 a Quick Troubleshooting
Table 6-5 b Quick Troubleshooting
6-11
Table 6-5 c Quick Troubleshooting
6.4 Component-Level Troubleshooting
6.4.1 General Overview
6-13
6.4.2 Starting Check
6.4.3 Memory Interface Check
Starting Check
Figure 6-2 Memory Interface Check
6.4.4 CRT Interface Check
6.4.5 FDD Interface Check
6-15
6.4.6 HDD Interface Check
6.4.7 Internal Keyboard Check
Figure 6-5 HDD Interface Check
Figure 6-6 Internal Keyboard Check
6.4.8 Glidepad Interface Check
6.4.9 CD-ROM Interface Check
6-17
6.4.10 Charger Board Interface Check
6.4.11 Serial Port Interface Check
Figure 6-9 Charger Board Interface Check
Figure 6-10 Serial Port Interface Check
6.4.12 External Keyboard Check
6.4.13 PS/2 Mouse Interface Check
6-19
6.4.14 Printer Port Interface Check
6.4.15 Audio Port Interface Check
Figure 6-13 Printer Port Interface Check
Figure 6-14 Audio Port Interface Check
6.4.16 PCMCIA Interface Check
6.4.17 USB Port Interface Check
6-21
6.4.18 DC-DC Power Check
6.4.19 LCD Panel Interface Check
Figure 6-17 DC-DC Power Check
Figure 6-18 LCD Panel Interface Check
6.4.20 Suspend Function Check
6-23
Figure 6-19 Suspend Function Check
6.4.21 LED Indicator Function Check
Figure 6-20 Suspend Function Check
6.4.22 Cover Switch Function Check
6.4.23 Internal Modem or LAN Port Check
6-25
6.4.24 Internal Combo Modem / LAN Port Check
6.4.25 SIR Interface Check
Figure 6-23 Internal Combo Modem / LAN Port Check
Figure 6-24 SIR Interface Check
6.4.26 IEEE1394 Interface Check
6.4.27 TV-Out Interface Check
6-27
Notebook Specification
A.1 System Specification
ppendix
MICRO PROCESSOR
Notebook Specification
BIOS ROM
VIDEO SUBSYSTEM
I/O SUBSYSTEM
POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT PMU
STATUS LED INDICATORS
SOUND SUBSYSTEM
POINTING DEVICE SUBSYSTEM
A.2 Display Specification
HOT-KEY DEFINITION
12.1” SVGA TFT LCD HANNSTAR
12.1” SVGA TFT LCD ADI
13.3” XGA TFT LCD UNIPAC
14.1” XGA TFT LCD HANNSTAR
14.1” XGA TFT LCD CPT
A.3 Floppy Disk Drive Specification
CITIZEN X1DE-32R
NEC FD-2238T-220
A.4 CD-ROM Drive Specification
QSI SCR-242 CAA8
MKE CR-177-DPK
A.5 DVD-ROM Drive Specification
A.6 CD-RW Drive Specification
MKE SR-8175-CPK
QSI SDR-081 EFAA
Keyboard Specification
Touch Pad Specification
Internal Modem Specification
A.10 Internal LAN Specification
A.11 Power Supply
AC POWER ADAPTER LITEON
A-10
A.12 Inverter Specification
A.13 DC/DC Specification
NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE NI-MH BATTERY PACK
LITHIUM ION LI-ION BATTERY PACK
A.14 Charger Specification
A.16 Environmental Requirements
A.15 Mechanical Specification
LITHIUM ION LI-ION BATTERY PACK
CRT VGA Connector
Pin Assignments
AppendixB
FIC A550 Service Manual
B.2 Serial Port Connector
B.3 Parallel Port Connector
Pin Assignments
This high active output from the printer indicates that it
Bit 4 of the printer status register read the SLCT input
A low on this input from the printer indicates that there
B.4 PS/2 Mouse / Ext. Keyboard Mini-DIN Connector
B.5 USB Connector
B.6 CD-ROM IDE Connector
Following is the pin assignment of the PS/2 connector
B.8 LCD Connector Pin Assignment
B.7 DC-IN Jack Pin Assignment
The pin assignment of the DC-IN connector is as follows
The pin assignment of the LCD connector is as follows
B.9 FDD Connector
B.10 HDD Pin Assignment
The pin assignment for the FDD connector is as follows
The pin assignment of the internal HDD is as follows
B.11 Internal Keyboard FPC Connector
B.12 Battery Connector
The pin assignment of the internal keyboard connector is as follows
The pin assignment for the battery connector is as follows
B.14 Internal Microphone Connector
B.13 Audio Jack
SPDIF & Headphone Jack
Line-In Jack
FRU Parts Listing
AppendixC
FIC Part Number
FRU Parts Listing
FIC A460Series Service Manual
FRU Parts Listing
FIC Part Number
FRU Parts Listing
FIC Part Number
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