Chapter 1 System Specification; Specification; Operating System; Platform - Acer Aspire iDea 500 Series Service Manual

System Specification

Specification

Operating System

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• Microsoft Windows

Platform

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• Intel Core Duo processor (Merom dual core) T5500/T5600/T7200/T7400/T7600 (2MB/4MB L2 cache,
1.66/1.83/2.0/2.16/2.83GHz, FSB 667MHz)
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• Intel i945GT + ICH7M-DH chipset

System Memory

• 256, 512 or 1024MB of DDR2 533/667MHz memory
• Dual channel
• Upgradeable to 2GB using two soDIMM modules

Storage Subsystem

• 250/320/400/500GB 3.5" hard disk drive, SATA-II with NCQ
• Slot-loading optical drive: DVD Dual or DVD Super Multi
• Two card reader slots, XD/ SD/ MMC/ MS/ MS PRO/ MD/ CF-I/ CF-II/ MD support
• Playback media support: CD, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, DVD, DVD-DL, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL,
DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL (DVD-RAM support if with DVD Super Multi)
• Recording media support: CD-R/RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL
(DVD-RAM support if with DVD Super Multi)

Audio

• Controller: Realtek ALC888DD
• HD Audio, Dolby
• 7.1-CH analog output with S/PDIF support for digital output
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• Dolby Digital surround 5.1-CH decoding and DTS digital output support
• DTS Neo PC virtual surround to analog and digital output support
• Audio digital to analog converter: 24bit/193KHz (10 DACs in total)
• Audio playback file format support: CD-Audio (cda), Windows Media (asf/ asx/ wax/ wm/ wma/ wmd),
Windows audio format (wav/ wmp/ wmx/ wvx) and MP3 (mp3/ m3u)

Communication and Receiver

• LAN controller: Intel
• WLAN: 802.11b/g mini-PCI card with external antenna
• WPAN: internal USB Bluetooth module
• IR: internal beam-bag MCE compliant RC6 receiver with dual IR emitters
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XP Media Center Edition 2005 Rollup 2 (Emerald)
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Digital Live and DTS connect support
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82573L (Vidalia), GbE Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
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