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MODEL: G WA - 4 1 6 4 B / G WA - 4 1 6 6 B / G S A - 4 1 6 6 B P/NO : 3828HS1049D J u l y, 2005 Printed in Korea MODEL : GWA-4164B/GWA-4166B/GSA-4166B...
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................3 FEATURES....................................4 SPECIFICATIONS................................5~14 LOCATION OF CUSTOMER CONTROLS ........................15~16 DISASSEMBLY .................................17~18 1. CABINET and CIRCUIT BOARD DISASSEMBLY ......................17 2. MECHANISM ASSY DISASSEMBLY..........................17 EXPLODED VIEW ................................19~20 MECHANICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS LIST ........................21~23 GLOSSARY .....................................24 THE DIFFERENCES OF CD-R/CD-RW DISCS AND GENERAL CD-ROM..............25~29 1.
PCs without compatible computer. It can write as much as 700 the need of an additional interface card. Mbytes of digital data into CD-R/RW disc, and can GSA-4164B series Design Specfications • Write GWA-4164B GWA-4166B GSA-4166B Light Scribe CD-R 40x w...
FEATURES 1 General 1) Enhanced IDE (ATAPI) interface. 2) Internal Half-height Drive. 3) CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW/+R/+R DL(Double Layer)/+RW read and write compatible CD Family and DVD- ROM read compatible. 4) Buffer Under-run prevention function embedded. 5) 2MB buffer memory. 6) Power loading and power eject of a disc. Bare media loading. 7) MTBF : 100,000 POH 8) Vertical and Horizontal installable.
SPECIFICATIONS I. MODEL : GWA-4164B 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -CPU: IBM Compatible Pentium4 1.6GHz (or faster) (For High speed, 2GHz or faster recommended.) -128MB Memory or greater • SUPPORTING OPERATING SYSTEM * Operating System * Recording tool Window 98 Second Edition (Not supported in...
3.7 LightScribe Label Printing * Note (1) DRF Parameters for this spec : LV=250mm/sec, TrackShift=85, Laser Power=34mW 3.7.1 Printing Time 1070TPI * 12cm Entire Disc........less than 36 minutes 800TPI * 12cm Entire Disc.........less than 28 minutes 530TPI * 12cm Entire DIsc ........less than 20 minutes 3.7.2 Image Contrast complying to the colorimetry standard CIE L*a*b, defined as Delta L( ∆L) 1070TPI * LS CD-R Media (973423 : 795973)...higher than 28 800TPI * LS CD-R Media (973423 : 795973).....higher than 20...
3. Ambient temperature : Normal temperature 4. Except loading, unloading and seek 8. Dimensions External dimensions (W x H xD) 146x41.3x184.7mm Front bezel (WxHxD) 148x42x5 mm 9. Mass ..........880g+/-10g(net) * Please Contact the friendly staff of LG Service Care at: Website http: //www.LGEservice.com...
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SPECIFICATIONS II. MODEL : GWA-4166B 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -CPU: IBM Compatible Pentium4 1.6GHz (or faster) (For High speed, 2GHz or faster recommended.) -128MB Memory or greater • SUPPORTING OPERATING SYSTEM * Operating System * Recording tool Window 98 Second Edition (Not supported in (1) RecordNow (Sonic) LightScribe) (2) DLA (sonic)
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3.7 LightScribe Label Printing * Note (1) DRF Parameters for this spec : LV=250mm/sec, TrackShift=85, Laser Power=34mW 3.7.1 Printing Time 1070TPI * 12cm Entire Disc........less than 36 minutes 800TPI * 12cm Entire Disc.........less than 28 minutes 530TPI * 12cm Entire DIsc ........less than 20 minutes 3.7.2 Image Contrast complying to the colorimetry standard CIE L*a*b, defined as Delta L( ∆L) 1070TPI * LS CD-R Media (973423 : 795973)...higher than 28 800TPI * LS CD-R Media (973423 : 795973).....higher than 20...
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3. Ambient temperature : Normal temperature 4. Except loading, unloading and seek 8. Dimensions External dimensions (W x H xD) 146x41.3x184.7mm Front bezel (WxHxD) 148x42x5 mm 9. Mass ..........880g+/-10g(net) * Please Contact the friendly staff of LG Service Care at: Website http: //www.LGEservice.com...
LOCATION OF CUSTOMER CONTROLS Front Panel Emergency Eject Hole Disc Tray Stop/Eject Button Drive Activity Indicators 1. Disc tray 3. Emergency Eject Hole This is the tray for the disc. Place the disc on the Insert a paper clip here to eject the Disc tray ejected disc tray, then lightly push the tray (or manually or when there is no power.
Rear Panel IDE Interface Connector Analog Audio Output Connector Jumper Connector Power Connector Digital Audio Output Connector 1. Power Connector 3. Jumper Connector Connects to the power supply (5-and 12-V DC) of This jumper determines whether the drive is the host computer. configured as a master or slave.
DISASSEMBLY 1. CABINET and CIRCUIT BOARD 1-3. Cabinet and Main Circuit Board A. Remove the Cabinet in the direction of arrow (4). DISASSEMBLY (See Fig. 1-3) 1-1. Bottom Chassis B. When the CD tray has been opened completely, lift A. Release 4 screws (A) and remove the Bottom Chassis 2 points (a) and remove the CD tray while drawing in the direction of arrow (1).
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2-2. Pick-up A. Release 1 screw (C) and remove the Pick-up. Pick-up Unit Pick-up Fig. 2-2...
GLOSSARY ATIP Absolute Time in Pre-groove. With an additional modulation of the “Wobble”, the “Groove” contains a time code information. Wobble The pre-groove in the Disc is not a perfect spiral but is wobbled. With : – A typical amplitude of 30 nm –...
The differences of CD-R/CD-RW discs and General CD-ROM 1. Recording Layer Recordable CD has a wobbled pre-groove on the surface of disc for laser beam to follow track. Track pitch(p) a=30nm Read-only Disc CD-ROM (READ-ONLY DISC) Radial Direction Radial Error Signal 0.4~0.5 um Groove Land...
3. Disc Materials 1) CD-ROM disc • It is composed of Silver _ colored aluminum plate and Reflective layer. • Groove (Pit) of aluminum plate make a track. • Laser wavelength : 780 nm, Laser Power (Read): 0.5mW • Signal is detected by the difference of reflective beam intensity between “pit”...
3) CD-RW Disc Label Printing Protective Layer Dielectric Layer(TL) Recording Layer Dielectric Layer(UL) Substrate (Polycarbonate) Groove Laser Beam • It is composed of polycarbonate layer, alloy(silver, arsenic) layer, aluminum reflectivity layer, protective layer. • An crystalized alloy layer is transformed into noncrystalized by the laser heat. Therefore, writing and reading is enabled by the difference of reflectivity.
5. Writing Process of CD-R Disc Incident (Write) Laser Power (Read) (Read) Laser Spot a b c d e f Position (Time) Laser Below "ORP"– Mark Too Short Spot Reflected At Optimum Record Power ("ORP") Light Signal Above "ORP" – Mark Too Long Recorded Mark Time...
7. Organization of the PCA, PMA and Lead-in Area 1) Layout of CD-ROM disc Disc Center Diameter 120 mm Diameter 46 mm Diameter 15 mm Center hole Clamping and Label Area Information Area Read Only Disc Lead-in Area Program Area Lead-out Area 2) Layout of CD-R/RW disc Disc Center...
8. Function of PCA and PMA area 1) PCA (Power Calibration Area) • PCA area is used to determine the correct Laser Power for a disc. – Method 1 : PCA area is divided by a track. – Method 2 : The previous Calibration value is referred. –...
2) ROPC (Running Optimum Power Control) • Variable primary factor of Optimum Power – Change of Power sensitivity on the Disc. (limited to 0.05 *Po) – Wavelength shift of the laser diode due to the operating temperature change. – Change of the Spot aberration due to the Disc skew, Substrate thickness, Defocus.
The differences of DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW discs and DVD-ROM 1. Recording Layer DVD-ROM (Read Only Disc) 0.4 um DVD-R/RW Disc (Land Pre-Pit) DVD+R/RW Disc...
2. Disc Specification DVD-ROM DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW Single-Layer Dual-Layer Media Type Read Only Read Only Phase change Phase change User data capacity 4.7GB 8.54GB 4.7GB 4.7GB 4.7GB 4.7GB Wavelength 650nm 650nm 650nm 650nm 650nm 650nm Reflectivity 45~85% 18~30nm 45~85% 18~30% 45~85% 18~30nm...
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2) Recording format using organic dye material (DVD-R/DVD+R) * The format that records data through the creation of recorded marks by changing the organic dye material with a laser beam. > Disc structure DVD-R DVD+R Adhesive layer Adhesive layer Protective layer Protective layer Reflective layer Reflective layer...
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3) Recording format using phase-change recording material (DVD-RW/DVD+RW) * Data is recorded by changing the recording layer from the amorphous status to the crystalline status, and played back by reading the difference of the reflection coefficient. [ Amorphous : Non-crystalline ] >...
4. Writing Pulse Wave Form of DVD+R For different speed ranges, different write strategies can be used. This document specifies 2 options: - a pulsed write strategy, where each single mark is created by a number of subsequent separated short pulses.
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2) 2 Method : Using Blocked Write Strategy NRZI Channel bits 1.25T top,3 1.25T 3T mark top,3 top,4 1.25T 4T mark top,4 1.25T 5T mark top,4 1.25T Etc. top,4 N = 3 : T (cm = 3) can be optimized individually. N >...
6. Organization of the Inner Drive Area, Outer Drive Area, Lead-in Zone and Lead-out Zone 1) Layout of DVD-ROM disc Disc Center Diameter 120 mm Diameter 44 mm Diameter 33 mm Diameter 22 mm Diameter 16 mm Diameter 15 mm Clamping Center 3rd transtion...
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3) Layout of DVD+RW disc Disc Center Diameter 120 mm Diameter 44 mm Diameter 33 mm Diameter 22 mm Diameter 16 mm Diameter 15 mm Clamping Center 3rd transtion Information Zone Zone hole area 1st transition area Rim area 2nd transition area Unrecorded Disc Lead -out Zone Lead-in Zone...
LightScribe Media 1. LightScribe Media DiscOD Label Zone Control Feature Zone Clamping/Logo Zone Center Hole Screen Printed Imaging Layer Clear Protective Coating Reflective/Thermal Layer Dye Data Layer Polycarbonate Substrate...
2. Copy Protection and Regional Code Management Block Block Diagram Change the "KEY" HOST DVD MN103SA6G PLAYER (EMPEG2 B/D) Scrambled MPEG Data KEY Management Control Brief Process 1. Regional Code for DVD Disc – DVD-ROM drive transfers the regional code of the control data to host by the command of host, the DVD player of host reads the regional code, and plays title in the case of allowed regional code only.
3. About Prevention the DVD-ROM from to be copy A data is able to encode and record in the disc, if a copyright holder wants to prevent the disc from copying. In case of a disc enhanced movie of 3 titles..DISC KEY (2048 Bytes) is used to encode the whole contents in the disc and TITLE KEY (5 Bytes) is used to encode the title respectively.
4. About the DVD-ROM Regional Code Regional code U.S.A PRI. VIR DISC ROM - DRIVE MPEG-2 BOARD VGA CARD MONITOR Transfer to Receiving If the board is setting to the regional The disc has MPEG-2 board data from the code 1 for the U.S.A..the regional reading the MPEG-2...
3. Signal detection of the P/U Infrared Iaser Pick-Up module Focusing Tracking Photo Diode 1) Focus Error Signal ==> (A+C)-(B+D) This signal is generated in RF IC (IC121 : AN22113A) and controls the pick-up’s up and down to focus on Disc.
DESCRIPTION OF CIRCUIT 1. ALPC (Automatic Laser Power Control) Circuit 1-1. Block Diagram IC 121 CN 101 AN22113A IC 201 VREFPD Optical MN103SA6G Pick-up S/H2 LPC-812R 127 FPDM Erase S/H3 Space S/H1 Write Strategy Signal Serial ADSC 1-2. ALPC (Automatic Laser Power Control) Circuit Operation The ALPC block detects the laser output power of the front monitor.
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• Pin Assignment Pin no. Pin Name Type Function GND3 Ground pin for APC/OPC & ASENV ROPCIN Input pin after OPC addition APCAAF1 Capacitor connection pin for APC mark system AAF APCAAF2 Capacitor connection pin for APC average DC detection system AAF APCAAF3 Capacitor connection pin for APC bottom detection system AAF.
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Pin no. Pin Name Type Function OFTR OFTR signal output BDO output VCC51 Power supply pin for CMOS I/F & internal current source power supply pin 1(3.3V) GND5 Ground pin for CMOS I/F WTGT Light gate signal input (pull-down) FEPIDGT/SH6 CAPA through signal input pin/ servo sampling signal input pin(pull-dowm) WIDGT/SH4 VFO through signal input pin...
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Pin no. Pin Name Type Function RFIN2 RFAGC signal input pin 2 RFIN1 RFAGC signal input pin 1 HDVREF 2.2V reference voltage output pin CWBLBUF Capacitor connection pin for WBLDIF VCC2 Power supply pin for RFGene/RFEQ/WBL/LPP (5.0V) RFOUT RFGene signal output pin CLPPPH Capacitor connection pin for LPP peak hold CLPPHPF...
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Pin no. Pin Name Type Function CD main signal input pin 1 CD main signla input pin 2 N.C. N.C. CD sub signal input pin 1 CD sub signll input pin 2 N.C. N.C. DACOUT Wide Use DAC output pin VREF08 0.8V referece Voltage output (for APC) pin DVD front monitor signal input pin (for APC)
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• Block Diagram (SODC:MN103SA6G) HOST HOST SDRAM SERVO 16 Mbit ADSC ANALOG 64 Mbit 16.9MHz PERIPHERAL Falsh 32 bit CPU 2 Mbyte...
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• Pin Table Pin Name Connection Description Number Target BSMD BIAS modulation signal differential current output NBSMD NBIAS modulation signal differential current output PKMD PEAK1 modulation signal differential current output NPKMD NPEAK1 modulation signl differential current output PK2MD PEAK2 modulation signal differential current ouptut NPK2MD NPEAK2 modulation signal differential current ouptut PK3MD...
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Pin Name Connection Description Number Target FMSW Power monitor detector multiplier conversion signal General-purpose I/O WTGT Write gate Wobble binary signal FEPIDGT CAPA punch out signal, main beam sampling signal Write WOBBLE sample and hold sampling signal WIDGT VFO punch out signal, ROPC mark detection sampling signal Sample timing signal for PCA mean value detection, APC space detection, read power detection, and erase detection Sample timing signal for PCA peak, bottom detection, APC peak...
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Pin Name Connection Description Number Target VDD3 Power supply Power supply I/O pad V (3.3) HDD1 HOST ATAPI data I/O HDD14 HOST ATAPI data I/O HDD0 HOST ATAPI data I/O HDD15 HOST ATAPI data I/O DMARQ HOST DMA request to ATAPI host NIOWR HOST ATAPI host write signal...
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Pin Name Connection Description Number Target MDQ8 SDRAM SDRAM data Digital Vss VDD12 Power supply Power supply Internal logic Vpp(1.2V) VDD3 Power supply Power supply I/O pad V (3.3V) MDQML SDRAM SDRAM DQML signal MNWE SDRAM SDRAM write enable signal MDQMU SDRAM SDRAM DQMU signal...
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Pin Name Connection Description Number Target FADR6 FLASH Flash ROM address FADR7 FLASH Flash ROM address FADR8 FLASH Flash ROM address FADR17 FLASH Flash ROM address FADR18 FLASH Flash ROM address FADR19 FLASH Flash ROM address General-purpose I/O FADR20 FLASH Flash ROM address General-purpose I/O FLASH...
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Pin Name Connection Description Number Target FLASH Flash ROM chip enable signal IEC958-compliant digital output, debugging serial TX General-purpose I/O NEJECT Mecha Tray eject signal (SODC external interrupt) TRYLOAD Mecha Tray eject signal (SODC external interrupt) General-purpose I/O SDATA Debugger data, DRC monitor 0 SCLOCK Debugger clock, DRC monitor 1 DASPST...
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Reset or Power Check. Check it after connecting the power cable only on interface cable for NO Reset or Power ON. Are the pin 44 of • Check the power(5V/12V) short. CN271+5V, pin41 of CN271+12V • Check the PC power cable. respectively after the power cable •...
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System Check. Load tray without inserting disc. Does Tray operate normally? Go to “Tray operating is abnormal” Does Pick-up move to inside? Go to “Sled operating is abnormal” Go to “Focus Actuator operating is Does Pickup lens move abnormal” up/down? Go to “Laser operating is Does Laser turn on? abnormal”...
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Tray operating is abnormal. Tray open doesn’t work. Is the • input voltage 0V at IC201 Check the connction of IC201 pin 203. • pin203 when push the Replace the EJECT SW. EJECT SW? • Check the connction of IC201 pin 66. Is there Tray •...
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Sled operating is abnormal. Is there Sled control signal output? Replace the IC201. (IC201 pin 68,69) Is there Sled drive voltage input? • Check the R316, R317. (IC301 pin 29,30) Is there Check the connection of IC121 Sled drive voltage output? Is DRVMUTE2 signal ‘H’? pin 32.
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Spindle operating is abnormal Is there Spindle control DSP output? • Replace the IC201. (IC201 pin70) Is there • Is there Check the output of IC301 pin 43. Spindle drive voltage output? • FG signal input? Check the connector CN301. (IC301 pin 11, 13, 16) •...
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Focus Servo is unstable Is FE signal output normal in Focusing Check Pickup Read Power Replace the Pick up. Up/Down? is 1.3~1.7mW? (IC121 pin25*) Replace the IC121. Is FDRV signal output normal in Focusing • Replace the IC201. Up/Down? (IC201 pin 62) * IC121 pin25 is MOUT2(FEP Monitor2).
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Track Servo is unstable Is TE signal Is PICK UP • Check the PICK UP FFC. output normal in Focusing (E, F, G, H) output normal? • Replace the PICK UP. ON and Tracking OFF? (CN101 pin 8, 5, 9, 4) (IC121 pin 24*) Replace the IC121.
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Recognition Fail Case 1: CD-ROM Fail Check Pickup Read Power Go to “LD CHECK”. was 1.3 ~1.7mW? Does Focus Servo Go to “Focus Servo is unstable”. operate normally? Check Pickup Check the Pick-up FFC and CN101. RF signal IC121(Pin81) Replace the Pick-up. RFOUT was 2~2.5V? Check EQOUTP Replace IC121.
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Recognition Fail Case 3 : DVD Disc Check Pick-up Read Power Go to ‘LD CHECK’. was 1.1~1.3mW. Replace the Pickup. Is there RF signal at IC121 Pin81? Is there RF signal at IC121 Pin95(RFP) Replace the IC121. and Pin96 (RFN)? Check again after the replace Replace the IC201.
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Dust, Scratch, Scratch, change it. Fingerprint...? Is the write Use LG bundle Software Tool(version) supported by (Write Tool & Version) LG DVD+RW Drive? Check disc information on Writng Tool. [If you get some data information with “Non Recordable Disc”...
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No audio output Insert the audio Disc. AUDMUTE : ‘L’? • Check and replace the IC121. (IC121 Pin 33) Audio Play : AUDMUTE ‘H’. • DSP ROUT,LOUT signals output? Check and replace the IC201. (IC201 Pin 10, 11) Do audio Line •...
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LS Media Recognition Fail: LS CD, DVD Check the Cleanness of Media. Change the Media. Check 3pin FFC and Q501. Check Encoder IC Power. Check Enc Assy’s Alignment and Check the OFG Signal. Grease on it. Check P/U Read Power Go to ‘LD CHECK’.
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1. Install GWA-4164B –> PC Power ON –> Execute Windows. 2. Execute Dragon_JW3.exe on Windows (Dragon_JW3.exe & Dragon.cfg should be on same Directory). 3. If you use GWA-4164B, “Dragon(2005/04/08, 14:00)” will be displayed on the window Frame. 4. Select I/F Setup on the menu bar.
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B. Check ALPC Parameters 1. Select About on the menu bar. 2. Click Addition Func. on About window -> New frame will be displayed. 3. Click ALPC Para tab and verify the specification. [ALPC Parameters] 1) CD VRDC : 117~153 2) CD VWDC_NMP : 100~135 3) CD VWDC_MP...
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C. Laser Power Setup 1. Remove disc on the tray. 2. Select ALPC/OPC on the menu bar, and then select Setup Laser Power(Manual) menu. 3. First, select CD and setup wave length of LD Power meter (780nm) (Wave Length : CD(780nm), DVD(660nm), Measure Range : 0.01mW unit). 4.
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[CD Laser Power Setup Result] [HC_CD Laser Power Setup Result] [DVD Laser Power Setup Result]...
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Power Supply System Diagram Drive IC (spindle, sled, load) power 12V_source BD7956FS 5V_source Drive IC (Actuator) BD7956 Reset IC (IC271) BD5233 RF IC (IC121) AN22113A DSP IC (IC201) MN103SA6G Pick-up LPC-812R IC401 3.3V RF IC (IC121) 3.3/1.2V-Reg AN22113A BA3259 DSP IC (IC201) MN103SA6G SDRAM (IC261) M12L16161A...