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FIC M295 / M296 Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Notebooks M295 / M296 R ef er ence and Ser vice Manual.
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FIC M295/M296 MODEL INTEL ® PENTIUM ® 4 NOTEBOOKS R eference and Ser vice Manual September 2002, Volume 1 First International Computer, Inc. Portable Com puting Group 7F, #266, Wen-Hua 2 Rd.
Pr eface This manual contains operation, specificati ons, technical references, m aintenance and troubleshooting instructions for the FIC M295 / M296 notebook. Intended Audience This manual is primarily intended for use by qualified service technicians assigned to FIC notebook PC repair operations.
Outline of the M295 / M296 FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 1-1 Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction This chapter provides the outline features a nd operation of the M295 / M296 including the BIOS Setup program and other system options.
Outline of the M295 / M296 8-way cache associativity provides L2 Cache (Pentium Processor internal): 512KB Adva nced Transfer Cache,8 wa y associativity 8-way set associative, 32-byte line size, 1 line per sector System Memory Base Memory: 1 SO-DIM M Slot (1.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Complete TV-OUT/Digital Flat Panel Solution VRAM Internal VRAM up to 32MB TV out enco der Embedded AT I M9CSP32 LVDS Transmitter Embedded AT I M9CSP32 CardBus Controll er M2.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Root hub and fou r fu nct i o n p ort s Integrated physical layer transcei vers with optional over-current detection status on USB inputs Legacy keyboard and PS/2 mouse su p.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.3 System Configuration Diag r am Figure 1-1 M296 System Confi gur ati o n Dia gr am FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 1-5.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Figure 1-2 M295 System Confi gur ati o n Dia gr am 1-6 FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.4 Quick Tour of the Notebook Please take a moment to become familiar with the location and purpose of every control, the LED status panel, connectors and ports, which are illustrated in this section.
Outline of the M295 / M296 • TFT color LVDS with 14.1" 1024x768 XGA or 15" 1400x1050 resolution panels. • Capable of displaying 16M colors (32-bit true color) on either size panels. • LVDS display control hot-keys allows you to adjust the brightness of the LCD.
Outline of the M295 / M296 special functions. The following function- key combinations are pre-programmed: Hot Key Function Handler Fn + F3 Toggle Display (LCD/CRT/Simul) BIOS Handler Fn + F5 Display .
Outline of the M295 / M296 Power Status LED Indicator Located just on TFT LED panel assembly, you w ill find three LEDs for the power and battery charge status. These LEDs are positioned to be visible even if the LCD cover is closed. n Power Indicator o Battery Charging LED p Mail LED Figure 1-5 Pow er Status LED Indicator 1.
Outline of the M295 / M296 o RF Access This LED will turn on when the system is accessing the data from wireless device. p Caps Lock This LED will turn on when the Caps Lock key is activated. When activated, all alphabet keys typed in will be in upper case or in capital letters.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Power Button Press the Power button either to power on or power off the system. The Power button is also a “Smart” switch, meaning that it recognizes when the system is in Suspend mode. If in Suspend mode, pressing the Power button will brin g it out of Suspend m ode and resume to the system’s last state.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.4.2 Front Side of the Notebook n Built-in Stereo Speakers o Rewind Button p Forward Button q Stop Button r Play Button s Cover Switch Figure 1-8 Front Side of the Notebook Woofer These speakers produce heavy bass voice output for music listening.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Forward Button Press the button for playing the next music. Press and hold this button to fast forward the audio CD Stop Button Press the button to stop the music.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Audio Port There are Microphone jack, and Headphone jack which are described as follows: • Microphone Jack Allows you t o connect a n external m icrophone fo r monoph onic sound recording directly into your notebook co mputer.
Outline of the M295 / M296 PC Card Slot The PCMCIA slot compartment houses one-card slots that support one PCMCIA Type II cards. The notebook uses a CardBus PCMCIA cont roller that supports 5V and 3V 32-bit CardBus and 16-bit PC cards. The PCMCIA slot compartment comes with sliding dummy plastic with protection.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.4.5 The Rear Side of th e Notebook n AC Power Port o Parallel Port p / TV-Out Port q Air Inhalant r CRT Port s Serial Port t LAN Port u Modem Port v IEEE 1394 Port w USB P.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Serial Port (COM 1) The 9-pin serial port provides a serial interface to which you can connect an RS-232C device such as external serial mouse or modem. This port is commonly referred to as COM1. o When connecting an external se rial mous e, you must first power off the system before connecting the external mouse.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.4.6 T he Under Side of the Notebook n / r Tilt Foot o Memory Compartment p Battery Release Latch q Battery Bay s Mini-PCI Socket Compartment Figure 1-12 Under Side of the Notebook Tilt Foot (Left and Right) Allow you to tilt the rear of the notebook upward for more comfortable typing.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.5 System BIOS SETUP Prog r am The notebook uses the Phoenix BIOS Setup program that allows you to set several system configurations in changing the way the system performs. This includes your sys tem time and date, disk drive configuration, I/O device controls, boot drive sequ ence, and power management settings.
Outline of the M295 / M296 well as CPU and system memory information. PhoenixBIOS S etup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help System Time: [07:24:00] <Tab>, <Shi ft-Tab>, o r System Date: [07/16/2002] <Enter> sel ects field .
Outline of the M295 / M296 Language – Language for each country. Default setting as US language. Boot Display Device – This field allows you to set the output boot display to the LCD, CRT, or Both. Primary Master – This field displays various param eters for the hard disk drive.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Type: [None] / [ATAPI Removable] / [CD-ROM] / [User] / [A uto] Select the drive type corresponding to the fixed disk installed in your s ystem.
Outline of the M295 / M296 NumLock: [On] / [Off] Selects Power-on state for NumLock TV System [NTSC] / [PAL] Switch TV System Mode Sub-System Select [Normal P AL TV] / [PAL –M] / [PAL-N] PAL TV Sub-System select PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] / [Both] / [Auto] [Disabled] pr events an y installed PS/2 mouse from functioning, but frees up IRQ12.
Outline of the M295 / M296 EmbedDed Audio Device – [Enabled] or [Disabled] SiS Em beded Audio ( SiS 7018 AC97 Audio ) Summary Screen – Select the display of configuration on Boot . I/O Device Configuration – Lets you configure input/output device su ch as Serial Port, Parallel Port, and Floppy disk controller.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Interrupt [IRQ 3] / [IRQ4] Set the interrupt for serial port B. Parallel port [Disabled] / [Auto] / [Enabled] Configure parallel port using options: Disabled - No configuration, Enabled - User configuration, Auto - BIOS or OS configuration.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.5.3 Usin g the Security Menu The Security menu allows you to set the system password as well as disk-protection security. PhoenixBIOS S etup Utility Main Advanced Security.
Outline of the M295 / M296 Set Supervisor Password – Specifies if the system prompts you to enter a password when entering Setup. Set User Password – Specifies if the system prompts you to enter a password when accessing the system. The Set User Password function will be enabled once a Supervisor password is set.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.5.4 Using the Boot Menu The Boot menu lets you decide the boot order of booting devices including: PhoenixBIOS S etup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specifi.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.5.5 How to Exit the Setup Progr am There are two choices to escape from the Setup program. PhoenixBIOS S etup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Saving Changes E xit System Setup an d Exit Discarding Changes save your changes to Load Setup Defaults CMOS.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.6 Notebook Accessories and System Options It is also important to understand the accessories that come along with the notebook and the options for fully utilizing the capabilities of the computer. This section describes briefly what these accessories and options are.
Outline of the M295 / M296 1.6.8 Audio-DJ This notebook comes with optional built-in Audi o DJ panel. It can play your Audio CD like the CD player without powering on the whole com puter. 1.6.9 Blue T ooth Module This notebook is ready for Bluetooth technology.
Installation and Upgr ade FIC M295/M296 Se r v i c e M anual 2-1 Chapter 2 2.1 Ov er view This chapter provides guidelines on installing the device drivers for the built-in features of the M295 / M296 Most of the driver installation procedures mentioned here are only for Windows XP.
Installa tion and Upg r ade driver to your computer: 1. Click the Start button, and then point to Run . The Run dialog box appears. 2. Click the Browse button and specify the directory as. "E:DriversWinXPVGASetup.exe" 3. Implement the setup program to install this driver.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 8. Click Yes to restart the computer 2.2.5 Installing Easy Mail Li ght Driv er f or Micr osoft Outlook 98/2000... 1. Installing Easy Mail Light driver for Windows XP 2. Boot Windows from your hard disk and insert the disc containing the Easy Mail Light button driver.
Installa tion and Upg r ade n / p Tilt Foot o Mini-PCI Socket Compartment q Memory Compartment r Battery Compartment s Battery Release Latch Figure 2-1 Mini-PCI Socket Compartmen t Do or Locate the modem module socket. Align the notch with the notch in the socket connector and insert the module as follows: 1.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 5. Click the Start button and then click Run . In the Run dialog b ox, click Browse button and navigate to the directory as "E:DriversWinXPmodemsetup.exe" where the modem driver is located. 6. The system may prompt you the message to restart the computer to finish the installation.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 2.3 System Upgr ades This section provides an easy step in doing system upgrades for your notebook c o mputer. 2.3.1 J umper Settings (For M295 / M296 Model) This section provides a jumper setting lists of configuring the notebook .
Installa tion and Upg r ade Main Board ID Select Main Board ID Pos #5 POS #6 RESERVE OFF OFF RESERVE OFF ON RESERVE ON OFF RESERVE ON ON CD-ROM Master / Slave Select CD-ROM Pos #7 RESERVE OFF RESERVE .
Installa tion and Upg r ade OFF ON ON ON ON 1.450 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 1.475 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 1.500 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 1.525 ON OFF OFF ON ON 1.550 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 1.575 ON OFF ON OFF ON 1.600 ON OFF ON ON OFF 1.625 ON OFF ON ON ON 1.650 ON ON OFF OFF OFF 1.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 2.3.2 CPU Upg rade Pr ocedur e The M295 / M296 features Intel Pentium 4 SFF Processors. It is located on the middle-right side of the system motherboard. How to Access the CPU Socket To install or replace the CP U, follow the steps below: 1.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 2.3.3 Remo ving the T her mal Plate and Cooling F an 1. Release nine screws as shown in the picture below, and then remove Thermal Plate by slightly lifting it up. Screws of Thermal Plate Screws of Thermal Plate Figure 2-8 Remove the Thermal Plate 2.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 2.3.4 Remo ving the CPU The M295 / M296 features Intel Pentium 4 SFF uFCPGA Processors. It is located on the upper left side of the system motherboard. To install or replace the CP U, follow the steps below: 1. Before removing the CPU module, you need first to disassemble keyboard and heat sink plate.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 2.3.6 Memor y Upg r ade Procedur e The notebook computer offers two 64-bit mem ory slot using 144-pin SODIMM (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module) at 128MB and 512MB SDRAM. Two memory slots are found inside the memory compartment.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 4. Locate the memory module socket. Align the notch with the notch in the socket connector and insert the module as follows: − Hold the SODIMM at a 60-degree angle and align the SODIMM connector with the socket in the system.
Installa tion and Upg r ade 2. Remove six screws of frame HDD bracket plate. Two small ones of them are at the front side, and others are at the both sides Figure 2-14 Scre ws Locations of the frame HDD brac ket plate 2.
Software Functional Ov er view FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 3-1 Chapter 3 3.1 Ov er view The M295 / M296M is an IBM PC/AT com patible Notebook PC which supports the Intel uFCPGA Socket Pentium IV processo r family. The following are the major features that M295M supports.
Software Functional Ov er view Controller Chip Description Display System auto detects LCD or CRT presence on boot and lid closed. Support Panning while LCD in a display resolution greater than supported. Support Microsoft Direct 3D. Support AGP 4x BUS Hard Disk Enhanced IDE spec.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.3 Subsystem Software Functions This section provides introduction on the software functions of the notebook subsystems and BIOS related function.
Software Functional Ov er view Base SO-DIMM DRAM slot (Bank 0 & 1) Base SO-DIMM DRAM slot (Bank 2 & 3) Total Size NIL 128MB 128MB NIL 256MB 256MB NIL 512MB 512MB 128MB NIL 128MB 128MB 128MB 25.
Software Functional Ov er view 0Dh 320*200 16 4-bit Planar 0Eh 640*200 16 4-bit Planar 0Fh 640*350 Mono 1-bit Planar Mode Pixel Resolution Colors Memory 10h 640*350 16 4-bit Planar 11h 640*480 2 2-bit Planar 12h 640*480 16 4-bit Planar 13h 320*200 256 8-bit Planar Note: All Standard VGA Modes are limited to the standard VGA refresh rates.
Software Functional Ov er view 11Bh 1280 x 1024 32-bit Unpacked 43(I), 60, 75, 85 8MB 11Dh 640 x 400 16-bit Packed 70 2MB 11Eh 640 x 400 32-bit Packed 70 2MB 120h 1600 x 1200 8-bit Packed 48(I), 60, 7.
Software Functional Ov er view system BIOS to specify the panel type to the VGA BIOS. The system BIOS should get the panel type from GPI pins before the VGA chip initialized, and pass this information to VGA BIOS through INT 15 Function code.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.3.7 Super I/O This controller contains 16550A or FIFO Enabled UART, ECP/Standard/Bi- directional Parallel Port meeting the 1284 specification, and an Infrared port that supports IrDA Super IR. 3.3.8 PCMCIA Individually accessed, dua l-buffer implemented.
Software Functional Ov er view ScrLock Scroll Lock Internet Button Internet Function Key Controlled by Driver Mail Button Mail Function Key Controlled by Driver 3.3.11 Plug & Play The BIOS supports the Plug and Play Speci fication 1.0A. (Include ESCD) This section describes the device management.
Software Functional Ov er view • PCI Device The table below summarizes th e PCI IDSEL Pin Allocation: IDSEL Pin PCI Device Resources Device Connect Typ e I/O IRQ DMA Memory DMA Controller Static 00~.
Software Functional Ov er view Device Number Function Number Dev ice Name AD11 Device 00 Function 0 SIS645DX - Host to PCI bridge Device 01 Function 0 SIS961 – PCI to PCI bridge AD19 Device 08 Funct.
Software Functional Ov er view SIS961 SMBus Connection Devices SMBus Device Master/Slave Addr ess BIOS Need to Initialization SIS645DX - Core Logic Both Host and Slave 02h Enable SMBus interface a nd .
Software Functional Ov er view 1F0 - 1F7 IDE Primary Command Block 200 - 20F Game Port 220 - 22F Sound Blaster 279 ISA PnP Address 330 - 333 MIDI 376 IDE Secondary Control Block 378 – 37F Parallel P.
Software Functional Ov er view z IRQ Map IRQ# Description IRQ 0 System Timer IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 [Cascade ] IRQ 3 PHS (Serial) IRQ 4 Serial Port IRQ 5 Audio/VGA/USB IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Drive IRQ 7 Para.
Software Functional Ov er view GPIO9 N.C. -- -- -- GPIO10 MB_ID1 1 I 0 : Mother Board ID1 Select 1 : normal operation GPIO11 PM_SLP_S10 1 O 0 : When system into S1 1 : normal operation GPIO12 STPCPU0 1 O 0 : Stop CPU Clock 1 : normal operation GPIO13 N.
Software Functional Ov er view GPIOC1 N.C. X GPIOC2 CHGLED O Charge LE D High = T urn ON Charge LED GPIOC3 N.C. X 3.4.2 M38869 GPIO Signal Description Address Bit r/w Description Remark 0060h 7:0 r Re.
Software Functional Ov er view P64 OUT PASS0 P65 IN NC P66 OUT BT_FETON1 P67 OUT BT_SENSE0 PORT 7 P70 I/O PS2 DATA P73 I/O PS2 CLOCK P72 I/O EXTERNAL KB DATA P75 I/O EXTERNAL KB CLOCK P74 I/O EXTERNAL.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.5 P ower Management This section provides the Power Management software function of the notebo ok. 3.5.1 Gener al R equir ements The BIOS meet the following general Power Management requirements: Refers to the portion of the firmware that is compatible with the ACPI 1.
Software Functional Ov er view The CPU clock is slow down and all other devices are full-on. z Stand by mode A suspend state where all motherboa rd components are still powered-on except for the system clock generator device. The PCI and CPU buses are driven to the inactive idle state.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.5.4 P o wer Management Mode T r ansition Flow Power button Lid switch Suspend button Suspend button Suspend button Suspend button Lid switch Lid switch Lid switch Batt.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.5.5 P o wer Management Mode T r ansition Ev ent The following table summarizes the entry events and wake-up events of each power Power State Entry Event Wak e up Ev ent Doze Doze Time out Predefined Mem/IO range access Ring Indicator Keystroke(In t.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.5.7 P o wer button and suspend button St ate Button OFF Full on Doze St and b y STR STD Power Power on Power off Power off Full on Full on Full on Suspend Power on STR/STD* STR/STD STR/STD Full on Full on L As pressed Sleep button over 4~6 sec, the system will force to power off.
Software Functional Ov er view z Device PM control du ring Stand By mode Device Po wer Controlled by Description CPU Hardware Controlled by SUS_STAT1# pin L2 CACHE Hardware Controlled by BIOS SIS645 H.
Software Functional Ov er view AUDIO Hardware Controlled by SIS961 Audio AMP Hardware Controlled by BIOS LCD Backlight Hardware Power off Serial Port Software Controlled by PMU08 GPIO[B3 ] pin IR Modu.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.6 ACP I 3.6.1 Expanding Ev ent T hrough the Embed ded Controller The following figure shows the relationships between the devices that are wired to the embedded contro.
Software Functional Ov er view z SCI Source and Query Event from M38867 PMU08 Input Event GPE Event Handler ADPIN# AC Plug In/Out GPI1 AML Handler BAT0# Battery Plug In/Out GPI1 AML Handler GPIOA0 LID.
Software Functional Ov er view z Battery Control Methods Object Description _BIF Return static information about a battery (i.e., model number, serial number, design voltage, etc.
Software Functional Ov er view An optimally designed system that uses several SCI events can notify the OS of thermal increase or decrease by raising an interrupt every several degrees. This enables the OS to anticipate _AC x , PSV, or _CRT events and incorporate heuristics to better manage the systems temperature.
Software Functional Ov er view resetting cooling temperatures. For example, 1. When the heat increases to the temperature designated by _AC x , the OS will turn on the associated active c ooling device and the hardware will reset the AC x value to a lower temperature.
Software Functional Ov er view • If a standard single-speed fan is the Active cooling device, then the policy is represented by the temperature to which _AC0 evaluates, and the fan is listed in _AL0.
Software Functional Ov er view The granularity of Δ P is determined by the CPU duty width of the s ystem. A detailed explanation of this thermal feedback equati on is beyond the scope of this specification. 3.6.6 Critical Shutdown When the heat reaches the temperature indicated by _CRT, the OS must immediately shutdown the system.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.6.8 T her mal Control Methods Control methods and objects related to thermal management are listed in the table below.
Software Functional Ov er view The result is an integer value that describes up to 0.1 precisions in Kelvin. For example, 300.0K are represented by the integer 3000. z _PSL This object evaluates to a list of processor objects to be used for Passive cooling.
Software Functional Ov er view necessary. 3.6.9 AC Adapter s and P ower Source Objects The Power Source objects describe the pow er source used to run the system. Object Description _PSR Returns present power source device _PCL List of pointers to powered devices.
Software Functional Ov er view − The system will enter Suspend To Disk mode even the power management is disabled. The function of power-on or Resume will be inhibited until the battery l ow condition is removed.
Software Functional Ov er view Controller (QR_EC) #2 EC_DA TA R Query value to host Interrupt on OBF=1 3.8.2 PMU08 EC RAM List The micro controller PMU08 acts as a supplement fo r power management control.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Nu mber Function Address Name R/W 7 6543210 Logic Default Description 1Ah *3 Battery State R(/W) DATA[15:3] *1 All bits are 0 C R I T C H G D C H G - - DCHG.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Number Function Address Name R/W 7 6 543210 Logic Default Description 6Ch PMU_LOW_ ADR R/W DATA [7:0] - - 6Dh PMU_HIG_ ADR R/W DATA [15:8] - - 6Eh CHECK_ SUM R/W DATA [7:0] - - PMU Access 6Fh PMU_DATA R/W DATA [7:0] - - These registers are available when PMU slave mode or charger mode is selected.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Number Function Address Name R/W 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Logic De- fault Description A0h *3 ADP_STS R(/W) RES[7:1] C O N - - CON = 1 : AC adapter is connected A1h *.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Nu mber Function Address Name R/W 7 6 543210 Logic De- fault Description B0h EC_RUN_ ENB R/W 0: Disable 1: Enable 0x00 B1h EC_WAKE_ ENB R/W B T P 2 S M B A L R T RES[4:1] A D P 0: Disable 1: Enable 0x00 BTP2: SMB : ALRT: ADP: BTP2 event SMBus event.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Number Function Address Name R/W 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Logic De- fault Description C0h GPIO-C_ EVT_POL R/W 0 0 0 0 0 0 POL_ C [1:0] 0: Falling edge 1: Rising edge.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Nu mber Function Address Name R/W 7 6 543210 Logic De- fault Description D0h BAT_CHG_ CONT R/W RES[7:5] C H G _ R D Y # RES [3:2] C H G 2 C H G 1 - - CHG_RD.
Software Functional Ov er view Register Bit Nu mber Function Address Name R/W 76543210 Logic De- fault Description E0h PMU_CONT R/W RES[7:3] E C _ R E G B A Y _ L E D P O W _ L E D - 0x00 EC_REG =1 BAY_LED =1: POW_LED =1: PMU does not initialize E register when system power is off.
Software Functional Ov er view 3.9 Miscellaneous 3.9.1 P ow er Button The system may have different action upon pressing the Power Button when the system is in the different state. System Po wer State Action for Pressing Power Button Full-on Power Off Stand by Power Off STR Resume from STR STD Resume from STD SOff/MOff Power On 3.
Software Functional Ov er view supporting a wider bus (32 bits instead of 16 bits), Car dBus also supports bus mastering and operation speeds up to 33MHz. Clock Throttling – South bridge function that allow s the CPU clock to be stopped and started at a known duty cycle using the STPCLK# pin to enter and exit Stop Grant mode.
Har dwar e Functional Ov er view FIC M295 / M296 S e rv ic e M anual 4-1 Chapter 4 4.1 Ov er view The FIC M295 / M296 notebook consists of sev eral im portant functions and subsystems including: • System Processor – implemented on the motherboard using the Intel uFCPGA Pentium 4 1.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view • VRAM –Internal VRAM up to 32MB • PCMCIA Subsystem – M295 ENE CB1410 Singl e Slot PCI-CARDB US BRIDGE controller chip.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view - LAN Mini-PCI (Realtek) - Support for auto-negotiation (10BASE- T and 100BASE-TX) - Wake up On LAN - 3Com Combo Mini-PCI Solution (Type-3A) • Power Subsystem – im plemented on the moth erboard, LCD Inverter Board, Battery Pack, and AC adapter.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view 4 .2 Sy st em H a rdw are Bl oc k D iagra m M295 Block Diagram Figure 4-1 M295 Block Diagram 4-4 FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view M296 Block Diagram Figure 4-2 M296 Block Diagram FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 4-5.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view 4.3 Chipset Summar y The M295 / M296 notebook consists of following major chipsets: Controller Chip Vendor Description Processor Intel Pentium 4 North Bridge SIS SIS.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view running on advanced operating systems such as Windows* 2000, and Windows* XP. Systems based on Pentium 4 processors also include the la test features to simplify system management and lower the total cost of ownership for la rge and small business environments.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view pipeline. There is also an 8 KB data portion of L1 cache. • Rapid Execution Engine: The Integer Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) cl ocked at twice the frequency provides four ALUs of computing bandwidth and allows lower latency execution increasing performance for certain integer operations.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view reduce the number of instructions required to execute a particular program task providin g overall performance increase • Rapid Execution Engine - Arithmetic Logic.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view data w/ 533 MB/s from/to memory sub-system to/from the Multi-threa ded I/O Li nk Packet Layer in SiS962L. The SiS645DX functions and capabilities include: PC2001 Compliance High Performance Host Interface . Support Intel Pentium 4 series CPU with data transfer rate of 400MHz and Over Clocking up to 533MHz.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view . Bi-directional 16 bit data bus . Perform 533MB/s bandwidth in 66MH z x 4 mode . Distributed arbitration strategy with enhanced mode of contiguous DMA data streaming . Packet based, pipelining, and split transaction scheme Dedicated Isochronous Response Queue .
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view integrated power management module incorpor ates the ACPI 1.0b co mpliance functions, the APM 1.2 compliance functions, and the PCI bus power management interface spec. v1.1. Numerous power-up events and power down events are also supported.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view • Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 • ATA/ATAPI 48-bit addressing compliance and support greater than 137Gbytes device. • Silicon Integrated Series Termination Resistors • Silicon Integrated IDE Bus pull up / down resistors • PCI 2.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view Key and Mouse, RTC Alarm, Modem, Ring-In, GPIO7, LAN, PME#, AC’9 7 Wake-Up. • Software Watchdog Timer • PCI Bus Power Management Interface Spec. 1.1 • Support PCI CLKRUN and STP_PCI function (for Mobile onl y) • Support RTC32KHz output from GPIO18 (for Mo bile only).
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view 4.6 Cloc k F requency Generator The notebook utilizes the ICS 952001 chip to su pply the system clock needed to run the computer.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view 4.10 V ideo Subsystem The video subsystem, embedded inside the North Brid ge chip and the LCD panel, controls the display output to both the LCD Panel screen and to th e external VGA port.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view M296 Features summary of the ATI M9CSP32 Video Chip Controller: • 32-bit PCI bus (Rev 2.2), 3.3 V with bus mastering support.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view systems: • Bus mastering of 2D&3D display lists. • Direct walk of Direct3D/OpenGL vertex list. • Ultra-thin driver layer. • Maximizes concurrency between Mobility Radeon 8500 and host. • Triple 10-bit palette DAC supports pixel rates to 350MHz.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view The OZ6912 CardBus controller is compliant with the latest ACPI-PCI Bus Power Management interface Specification. It supports all four power states and the PME# function for maximum power savings and ACPI complian ce.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view • Supports Direct Memory Access for PC/PCI and PCI/Way on PC Card socket • Programmable interrupt protocol: PCI, PC I+ISA, PCI/Way, or PC/PCI interrupt signaling.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view The pointing device subsystem consists of th e built-in S ynaptics touch pad pointing device module on the system top cover assembly and a pre-programmed Mitsubishi 38869M8 micro- controller that interfaces the mouse device to the Motherboard.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view 4.15 P ower Subsystem The Power Subsystem consists of the following major sections: 4.15.1 AC P ower Adapter The computer is equipped with a 60W universal AC power adapter that converts AC voltage (100 to 240VAC, 50 to 60Hz) into DC voltage used t o operate the notebook and charge the batteries.
Har d w ar e Functional Ov er view (Low byte) registers if the system wants to read data from PMU08. Features Summary of the Micro-P: • 5 channels 8-bit analog to digital converter • Timer0: 8-bit tuner/counter with 8-bit pr escaler • Timer1: 16-bit timer/counter.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction Pa r ts R emo val and R eplacement Pr ocedur es This section contains the field service-level re moval/ replacement procedures for the notebook. The notebook is designed for optimum m odularity in order to make field replacement and maintenance easy and efficient.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 3. R emoving the L CD Panel The procedure for removing the LCD Panel is as follows: 1. Follow the steps above in removing the keyboard cover and keyboard. 2. You will find the LCD panel connector with a cover attached to the system unit using two screws.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 5. To remove the LCD panel, you need to di sassemble the LCD bezel and LCD cover back. Remove four screws on the front bezel as shown in the figure below. Then, carefully separate the front bezel cover from the LCD assembly.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 2. To remove the palm rest cover, you need to remove five screws on the under side as indicated on the figure below. Five Screws Bottom Case Palm Rest Cover Screws underneath the under s ide 3. Turn the machine upward.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 5. Remo ving the Inter nal Har d Disk Drive The notebook provides a built-in hard disk for the primary IDE controller. The HDD is an industry standard 2.5” IDE disk drive with a maximum height of 9.5mm, and can be upgraded with another standard 2.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 6. R e mo ving the T her mal Module 1. Release four screws and remove four scr ews as shown in the picture below. Remove 4 Screws Release 4 Screws Remove the Thermal Modul e including the the rmal plate and cooling fan 2.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction Screws of Heat Sink Plate Remove cooling fan module by slightly lifting it up Remove the Cooling Fan 4. Release four screws as shown in the picture a bove and then remove cooling fan module by slightly lifting it up.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 8. R emoving the System T op Co v er The procedure for removing the system top cover is as follows: 1. Before removing the system top case, you need first to disassemble keyboard, L CD panel, palm rest cover, hard disk drive, and therm al module.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 2. Remove the two screws and two hexagonal bolts. Two Hex-bol ts Two Screw s CD-ROM Cover Disassembly 3. After removing the screw, lift up the CD-ROM cover carefully. 10. Remo ving the PCMCIA Slot Cov er The procedures for removing PCMCIA slot cover are as follows: 1.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 11. R emo ving the Build-In Speak er Panel The internal speaker panel is connected on th e front side of the base unit assembly. It’s connected to the main board using wire cable . Follow the procedures below and illustration on how to remove the speaker panel.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction DC-DC Board Disassembly 13. Remo ving the CPU The M295 / M296 models feature Intel Pentium 4 SFF uFC-PGA Processors. It is located on the upper-right side of the system motherboard. To replace the CPU, follows the below steps.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction Remove CMOS RTC Battery P - 1 2 F I C M295 / M296 D i s a s s e m b l y I n s t r u c t i o n.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 15. R emo ving the Motherboar d The motherboard contains the major chipset and components needed to run the notebook. Follow the steps below on how to remove the motherboard:. 1. Before removing the motherboard, you need first to disassem ble the all basis unit modules mentioned in the previous sections.
FIC M295 / M296 Disassembl y Instr uction 16. Remo ving the USB Boar d The procedures for removing USB Board are as follows. 4. Before removing the USB Module Board, you n eed first to remove all basis unit m odules mentioned in the previous sections including m ain board.
T r oubleshooting & R epair FIC M295 / M296 Se rv ic e M anual 6-1 Chapter 6 6.1 Introduction This chapter provides the most common pr oblem encountered with the M295 / M296 notebook computer and some troubleshooting m eans.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-1(a) POST Error Messages Message Possible Cause Action Diskette drive A failure The drive failed or is missing. Floppy Disk Controller is disabled. Check the drive to determine the problem. Enabled the FDD Controller.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-1(b) POST Error Messages Message Possible Cause Action Timer 2 failure The timer chip has failed. Check the system boar d. Turn the power off, then back on again. If the problem persists, contact qualified service personnel.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.2.2 Inf or ma tional Messages This section lists the messages that provide info rmation to the user but require no action. Table 6-2 BIOS Informational Messages Message Meaning nnn K Base Memory The amount of base memor y that tested successfully.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Beep codes for system board errors Table 6-3 (a) BIOS Beep Codes Beep Code Diagnostic Code Description Test Performed none 01h CPU registers test in progress or failure Pattern test of most of the 16-bit CPU registers. Failure will result in a system halt.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-3 (b) BIOS Beep Codes Beep Code Diagnostic Code Description Test Performed 2-1-1 2-1-2 2-1-3 2-1-4 2-2-1 2-2-2 2-2-3 2-2-4 2-3-1 2-3-2 2-3-3 2-3-4 2-4-1 2-4-2 2-4-3 2-4-4 10h-1Fh First 64K RAM chip or data line failure on bit x The first 64K of RAM is tested with a rolling ones test and a pattern test.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-3 (c) BIOS Beep Codes Beep Code Diagnostic Code Description Test Performed 3-3-4 2Bh Screen memory test in progress or failure. The video buffers (B0000h and B8000h) are tested with a pattern test and a rolling ones test.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-3 (d) BIOS Beep Codes Beep Code Diagnostic Code Description Test Performed 4-2-3 36h Gate A20 failure. To test extended memory, the process or must be placed in protected mode and the A20 line must be enabled . F or the memory tests, the BIOS generally uses the keyboard controller to enable A2 0.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.2.4 Run-time Er r or Messa ges Table 6-4 BIOS Run-time Error Messages Message Cause Action I/O card parity interrupt at address . Type (S)hut off NMI, (R)eboot, other keys to continue Memory on a peripheral card has failed.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.3 Quic k T r oubleshooting This section summarizes problems that may de velop during system operation and lists suggested corrective actions to isolate problem properly. Table 6-5 (a) Quick Troubleshooting Problem or Symptoms Corrective Actions No power (Power LED not on) 1.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-5 (b) Quick Troubleshooting Problem or Symptoms Corrective Actions System halts during boot sequence 1. Check condition of selected boot-load dev ice (diskette or hard disk) for bad boot track or incorrect OS files.
T r oubleshooting and R epair Table 6-5 (c) Quick Troubleshooting Problem or Symptoms Corrective Actions Glide pad does not work 1. Check if PS/2 mouse driver is properl y installed. Remove any external PS/2 mouse. 2. Check the glide pad cable in side the s ystem if it is inserted properly.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4 Component-Le vel T r oubleshooting This section provides an easy to follow flowcharts for performing component-level troubleshooting on the M285 / M288 notebook.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.2 Star ting Check Figure 6-1 Starting Check 6.4.3 Memor y Interf ace Chec k Figure 6-2 Memory Interface Check 6-14 FIC M295 / M296 Servic e Manual.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.4 CRT Interface Chec k Figure 6-3 CRT Interface Check 6.4.5 HDD Interface Chec k Figure 6-4 HDD Interface Check FIC M295 / M296 S er vi ce M anual 6-15.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.6 Inter nal Keyboard Chec k Figure 6-5 Internal Keyboard Check 6.4.7 Glidepad Interface Chec k Figure 6-6 Glidepad Interface Check 6-16 FIC M295 / M296 Servic e Manua.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.8 CD-ROM Interf ace Check Figure 6-7 CD-ROM Interface Check 6.4.9 Serial P or t Interf ace Check Figure 6-8 Serial Port Interface Check FIC M295 / M296 S er vi ce M a.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.10 Exter nal K eyboar d Chec k Figure 6-9 Internal Keyboard Check 6.4.11 PS/2 Mouse Interface Chec k Figure 6-10 PS/2 Mouse Inteface Check 6-18 FIC M295 / M296 Servic.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.12 Printer P or t Interface Check Figure 6-11 Printer Port Interface Check 6.4.13 Audio P or t Interface Chec k Figure 6-12 Audio Port Interface Check FIC M295 / M296.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.14 PCMCIA Interface Check Figure 6-13 PCMCIA Interface Check 6.4.15 USB P or t Interface Check Figure 6-14 USB Port Interface Check 6-20 FIC M295 / M296 Servic e Manu.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.16 L CD Panel Interf ace Check Figure 6-15 LCD Panel Interface Check 6.4.17 TV -Out Interface Check Figure 6-16 TV-Ou t Interface Ch ec k FIC M295 / M296 S er vi ce M.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.18 LED Indica tor Function Check Figure 6-17 LED Indicator Function Check 6-22 FIC M295 / M296 Servic e Manual.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.19 Co ver Switc h Function Check Figure 6-18 Cover Switch Function Check 6.4.20 Mini-PCI Modem , LAN, or Combo De vice Check Figure 6-19 Mini-PCI Modem, LAN, or Combo.
T r oubleshooting and R epair 6.4.21 FIR Interface Chec k Figure 6-20 FI R In terface Check 6.4.22 IEEE1394 Interface Chec k Figure 6-21 IEEE1394 Inte rface Ch eck 6-24 FIC M295 / M296 Servic e Manual.
Notebook Specifica tion FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual A-1 Appendix A This appendix provides the technical specification of the M295 / M 296 notebook: A.1 System Specification MICRO PROCESSOR CPU Type Intel Pentium-4 Processor Clock Speed Pentium-4 CPU at 2.
Notebook Specifica tion BIOS ROM ROM Type 512K x 8 CMOS Flash Memor y – 49LF040A (SST) ROM Size 4M-bit Boot Code Sector 64KB Top Sector Package 32-pin lead PLCC Package Erase / Program • 70 ms (ty.
Notebook Specifica tion SOUND SUBSYSTEM Audio Controller Integrated in S outh Bridge Audio Codec ALC 201 CODEC (Analog Devices) Compatibility Sound Blaster 16 (Pro) & AC’97 Revision 2.
Notebook Specifica tion Scroll Lock LED Green color for Scroll Lock activate on keyboard A-4 FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual.
Notebook Specifica tion HOT-KEY DEFINITION Number of hot-key s 8 <Fn> key combinations Display Mode Fn + F3 (LCD/ CRT/ TV/ LCD&CRT) Display Stretch / Normal Fn + F5 PC Speaker On / Off (Mute) Fn + F6 Brightness Up Fn + F8 Brightness Dow n Fn + F9 Internet Function Key Internet Button Mail Function Key Mail Button A.
Notebook Specifica tion A.3 D VD/CD-RW Combo Driv e Specification Drive Manufacturer QSI SBW -161 Physical Dimension 128.0 x 12.7 x 129 [mm] ( W * H * D ) Weight 300g Loading Manual tray loading Eject.
Notebook Specifica tion A.6 Inter nal Modem Specification Modem Type Askey 1456VQL1U Chipset Lucent Mars3 1648 Modem Chipset Interface Mini-PCI Interface (Type 3B) Wake Up Function Supports Ring- in Resume Wake Up function Connection Mode V.
Notebook Specifica tion Charging Efficienc y 100% EVD1 14.0V EVDF 12.0V A.9 In ver ter Specification Input Voltage 5.0V Start Voltage 1200Vrms (min) Output Current 6mA (max) Frequency 30~70KHz Efficiency 75% (min) Brightness Contro l Vo ltag e 0.94~1.
Notebook Specifica tion A.13 En vir onmental R equir ements Temperature Operating Temperature Storage Temperature 0 o C to 40 o C -20 o C to 60 o C Humidity Operating & Storage 40 o C / 85% RH Over 48 hours Shock (Non-operating) Unpacked Acceleration: 50G Duration Tim e : 11ms No.
Pin Assignments FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual B-1 Appendix B B .1 CRT (V GA) Connector The pin assignment of the VGA connector is as follows: No PIN A SSIGEMENT(by: sort) DESCRIPTION 1 RED Video_5 :O (analog) Red this DAC analog output drives the CRT interface .
Pin Assignments B .3 P arallel P or t Connector The pin assignment of the parallel/printer (LPT1) port connector is as follows: No PIN ASSIGMENT(by : sort) Description 1 STB#/DS0#_D14/_P14/_D12:O An active low pulse on this output is used to strobe the printer data into the printer.
Pin Assignments 14 AFD#/DSB#_D14,_P14/_D12:O,O/O Th is output goes lo w to cause t he printer to automatically feed one line after each line is printed. The AFD# output is the compleme nt of bit 1 of the printer control register. Refer to parallel pot description for use of this pin in ECP and EPP mode.
Pin Assignments B .5 USB Connector The pin assignment of the USB port connector is as follows: No Signal Description Type 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12 GND Ground O 2 USBP0+ USB port0 bus signal O 3 USBP0- USB port0 bus signal O 4 +5VS USB port0 po wer 6 USBP1+ USB port1 bus signal 7 USBP1- USB port1 bus signal 8 +5VS USB port1 po wer B .
Pin Assignments B .7 DC-IN J ac k Pin Assignment The pin assignment of the DC-IN connector is as follows: No Signal Description Type 1 ADAPV+ Adapter input voltage I 2 Gnd Ground O B .8 L CD Connector Pin Assignment The pin assignment of the LCD connector is as follows: NO.
Pin Assignments 3 RPDD7 Primary disk data 7 I/O 4 RPDD8 Primary disk data 8 I/O 6 RPDD9 Primary disk data 9 I/O 8 RPDD10 Primary disk data 10 I/O 10 RPDD11 Primary disk data 11 I/O 12 RPDD12 Primary d.
Pin Assignments B .11 Ba tter y Connector The pin assignment for the battery connector is as follows: No Signal Description Type 1 Gnd Ground - 2 B_PMU5V I 3 BAT+ Battery output/input voltage I/O 4 CLK SMBus clock signal I/O 5 DT A SMBus data signal I/O 6 TH1 THERMAL O 7 BIN1 O 8 GND GROUND - B .
FRU P ar ts Listing FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual C-1 Appendix C This appendix provides you with the field re placeable unit (FRU) parts listing of the M295 / M296 Series. Refer to this appendix whenever or dering for spare parts or requesting for RMA (Returned Merchandise Authorization) number.
FR U Par ts Listing PLASTIC-M PALM-REST M odule x 80-40599-10 30 N/A N/A FRAME MODULE x 80-00065-01 30 N/A N/A Module PALM REST (15" ) x 25-03075-00 N/A N/A N/A F-CABLE GLIDE PAD CABLE x 22-21099.
FR U Par ts Listing Keyboard(US) x 71-30411-26 35 24 Mth FIC Keyboard(IT) x 71-30411-28 35 24 Mth FIC FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual C-3.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il FIC M295 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del FIC M295 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso FIC M295 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul FIC M295 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il FIC M295, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del FIC M295.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il FIC M295. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo FIC M295 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
