Acer Aspire 1650 Series User Manual

44 Chapter 3
General Information
Before You Begin
Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure, make sure that you do the following:
1. Turn off the power to the system and all peripherals.
2. Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cables from the system.
3. Remove the battery pack.
NOTE: The screws used to secure bottom case and upper case are more than one type. Please group same
type of screw together as you disassemble the system for service purpose. The image below is for your
reference. Please pay attention to the explanation below.
The screws that secure heatsink cover, MIni PCI cover and HDD cover are with the covers. There is no need
to worry about mix them up. However, please notice that you have to group the screws on the following
locations together. There are twenty screws holding the bottom case to upper case but some screws are inside
the system. You may have to remove the HDD, the heatsink cover to see these screws. Mini PCI cover here
also called RAM/Wireless cover.
IO Bezel
Battery
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Acer Aspire 1650 Series Specifications

General

Operating System	Windows XP Home or Professional
RAM	Up to 2GB DDR
Storage	40/60/80GB Hard Disk Drive
Optical Drive	DVD/CD-RW combo or DVD±RW
Battery	6-cell Li-ion
Memory Type	DDR
Display Resolution	1024 x 768 (XGA)
Hard Drive Interface	ATA-100
Networking	10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet; 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Ports	RJ-45, RJ-11, Headphone, Microphone
Weight	2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)