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