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SERVICE MANUAL & TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FOR SERVICE MANUAL & TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FOR SERVICE MANUAL & TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FOR 7170 7170 : : : : : : : : Richard Wang Richard Wang TESTING TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT / TSSC TESTING TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT / TSSC JUL.
1. Hardware Engineering Specification 1.1. Introduction 1.1.1. General Description This document describes the system hardware engineering specification for 7170 portable notebook computer system. The 7170NB is a excellently high performance and highly portable platform. 1.1.2. System Overview The Architecture of 7170NB is based on PCI - ISA structure. It provides a high performance platform on PCI bus up to 33MHz and is fully compatible with IBM PC/AT specification which have standard hardware peripheral interface and supports AGP 4X(133MHz).
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1 .2 . H a rd w a r e S y stem 1 .2 .1 S y ste m b lo c k Int. MIC Mini MODEM 1394 PRINTER TV-OUT ACIN POWER ON/OFF...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.2 System parts CPU : Intel Celeron (700/733/766/800MHz) with FC-PGA package OR Intel Pentium Ⅲ (800EB/866/933/1000/1133MHz) with FC-PGA package Space reserve for VIA CyrixIII CORE LOGIC : VIA VT8603 (North Bridge : 66/100/133 SOCKET 370 CPU...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.3 CPU Intel Celeron Processor for the FC-PGA370 socket Available at 800/ 766/ 733/ 700/ 733/ 700/ 667/ 633/ 600/ 566 /533 /533/ 500/ 466/ 433/ 400/ 366/ 333 / 300 MHz core frequencies with 128KB level-two cache (on die). (300/ 266 MHz core frequencies without level-two cache).
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Pentium Ⅲ Ⅲ Ⅲ Ⅲ Processor for the FC-PGA370 socket Available in 1.133G/ 1.0G/ 933/ 866/ 800EB/ 733/ 667,600EB/ 533EB MHz for 133 MHz system bus. Available in 850/ 800/ 750/ 700/ 650/ 600E/ 550E and 550E MHz for 100 MHz system bus.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Flip Chip pin Grid Array (FC-PGA) packaging technology ;FC-PGA processors deliver high performance with improved handling protection and socketability. Integrated high performance 16KB instruction and 16KB data, nonblocking, level one cache. 256 KB Integrated Full Speed level two cache allows for low latency on read/store operations.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.4 Core Logic Controller : 1.2.4.1 VIA Twister VT8603 (with Mobile VGA Savage4) CPU Interface Socket 370 support for Intel Pentium III, Pentium II, and Celeron processors 66/100/133 MHz CPU FrontSide Bus (FSB) ...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Integrated Savage4 2D/3D/Video Accelerator – Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA) – 8 to 32 MB frame buffer using system memory – Floating point triangle setup engine – Single cycle 128-bit 3D architecture – 8M triangles/second setup engine –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE – Massive 2K x 2K textures – MPEG-2 video textures – Vertex and table fog – 16 or 24-bit Z-buffering – Sprite anti-aliasing, reflection mapping, texture morphing, shadows, procedural textures and atmospheric effects 2D Hardware Acceleration Features –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Extensive LCD Support – 36-bit DSTN/TFT flat panel interface with 256 gray shade support – Integrated 2-channel 110 MHz LVDS interface – Support for all resolutions up to 1280x1024 – ZV-Port Interface – Panel power sequencing –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Advanced System Power Management Support – Dynamic power down of SDRAM (CKE) – Independent clock stop controls for CPU / SDRAM, AGP, and PCI bus – PCI and AGP bus clock run and clock generator control –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.4.2 South Bridge VIA VT8231 Inter-operable with VIA and other Host-to-PCI Bridges – Combine with VT82C694X for a complete 66 / 100 / 133 MHz Socket370 AGP 4x system (Apollo Pro133A) – Combine with VT8601 for a complete 66 / 100 / 133 MHz Socket370 system with integrated 2D/3D graphics (Apollo ProMedia) –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE – Flash EPROM, 32Mbit (4Mbyte) EPROM and combined BIOS support – Fast reset and Gate A20 operation Fast Ethernet Controller – High performance PCI master interface with scatter / gather and bursting capability – Standard MII interface to Ethernet or HomePNA PHYceiver –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE – Support ATAPI compliant devices including DVD devices – Support PCI native and ATA compatibility modes – Complete software driver support Integrated Super IO Controller – Supports IR port, parallel port, and floppy disk controller functions –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE SoundBlaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller – Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels between system memory and AC97 link – PCI master interface with scatter / gather and bursting capability –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Universal Serial Bus Controller – USB v.1.1 and Intel Universal HCI v.1.1 compatible – Eighteen level (doublewords) data FIFO with full scatter and gather capability – Root hub and four function ports – Integrated physical layer transceivers with optional over-current detection status on USB inputs –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Sophisticated PC99-Compatible Mobile Power Management – Supports both ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and legacy (APM) power management – ACPI v1.0 Compliant – APM v1.2 Compliant – CPU clock throttling and clock stop control for complete ACPI C0 to C3 state support –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE – Hot docking support – I/O pad leakage control Plug and Play Controller – PCI interrupts steerable to any interrupt channel – Steerable interrupts for integrated peripheral controllers: USB, floppy, serial, parallel, audio, soundblaster, MIDI –...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.5 PCMCIA/1394 Link Controller: PCI4410 The PCI4410 supports the following features: - A 209-ball MicroStar Ball Grid Array (GHK) package - 3.3-V core logic with universal PCI interfaces compatible with 3.3-V and 5-V PCI signaling environments - Mix-and-match 5-V/3.3-V 16-bit PC Cards and 3.3-V CardBus Cards...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE - PCI Bus Lock (LOCK) - Advanced Submicron, Low -Power CMOS Technology - Internal Ring Oscillator 1.2.6 LAN PHY: LSI80227 features: - Single Chip 100Base-TX / FX/10Base-T Physical Layer Solution - 3.3V Version of SEEQ 8022 1...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE - Many User Features And Options - Few External Components - 3.3V Supply with 5V Tolerant I/O - 64L TQFP 1.2.7 Embedded Controller : Hitachi H8/3437S - Two-way general register configuration Eight 16-bit registers or Sixteen 8-bit registers...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE C bus interface ( one channel ) - Include single master mode and slave mode Host interface ( HIF) - 8-bit host interface port - Three host interrupt requests ( HIRQ1,11,12) - Regular and fast A20 gate output...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE A single chip microcomputer On-chip flash memory Maximum 64-kbyte address space Support three PS/2 port for external keyboard ,mouse and internal track pad. Support SMI,SCI trigger input: Cover switch Battery charging control Smart Battery monitoring...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.8 Audio System 1.2.8.1 AC97 CODEC : ALC200 (or CS4299) -PQFP AC ’97 2.1 Compatible Industry Leading Mixed Signal Technology 20-bit Stereo Digital-to-Analog Converter and 18-bit Ste-reo Analog to Digital Converter with Sample Rate Conversion...
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- Programmable Sample Rates From 4kHz To 44.1kHz For Record And Playback - Microphone in * 1 (3.5 mm phone-jack) - Headphone out * 1: stereo (3.5mm phone-jack) (disable in 7170 NB system) - Built-in Speaker * 2 (1w, 8 ohm)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.9 IR Module : HSDL-3600#007 Fully Compliant to IrDA 1.1 Specifications - 115.2 kb/s to 4 Mb/s operation - excellent nose-to-nose operation Compatible with ASK, HP-SIR IEC825-Class 1 Eye Safe Wide Operating Voltage Range - 2.7 V to 5.25 V...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.10 Memory System 1.2.12.2 Main memory SO-DIMM - - - - Two SO-DIMM sockets on Mother Board for expansion - Supports JEDEC specification : 144 SO-DIMM socket - Supports 3.3V PC100/PC133 SDRAM DIMM - 2 banks on each socket The memory subsystem supports two 3.3V 144-pin SO-DIMM sockets for totally up to 512MB of Main memory.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.11 Mass Storage Sub-system 7170NB system is an two spindles NB. There are one removable 2.5" hard disk drive and 24X CD-ROM or DVD or CDRW installed in it. This IDE interface is compliant with ATA specification and UltraDMA 33/66MB.
Suspend to Dram/HDD Force the computer into either suspend to HDD or suspend to DRAM mode depending on BIOS setup 1.2.13.2. Flash ROM (BIOS) 7170 NB system utilizes the state-of-the-art Flash EEPROM technology. User can upgrade the system BIOS in the future just running the program from MiTAC.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.2.13.3. LED Indicators System has nine status LED indicators to display system activity which include below LCD panel unit and above keyboard: 1. Three LED indicators below LCD panel unit: From left to right that indicate AC POWER, BATTERY POWER and BATTERY STATUS •...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.3 System Power Management 1.3.1 System Management Mode 7170NB system has built in several power saving modes to prolong the battery usage for mobile purpose. User can enable and configure different degrees of power management modes via ROM CMOS setup ( booting by pressing F2 key).
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.3.1.4. Suspend Mode The most chipsets of the system is entering power down mode for more power saving. Suspend to RAM : CPU: off N.B: off S.B: partial off VGA: Suspend PCMCIA: Standby Audio: off Suspend to HDD : All devices are stopped clock and power-off, only EC is lived if battery or ac still plug in .At this time ,...
Also , this function protects system from mal-function while battery capacity is low. 1.3.2.4. Battery Warning State 7170 NB system provides battery management function and gives warning while battery is in It’s low power state. When the battery capacity is below 9% (Battery Warning State), system will generate beep for every 4 seconds (System beeps only if BIOS setup enable Battery Warning Beeping).
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.3.3. Fan Power on/off Management The fan is always on except suspend power off to cool the CPU temperature down. 1.4 Firmware - System BIOS & Keyboard BIOS 7170NB use Phoenix BIOS as the system firmware and keyboard firmware .For further detail information regarding the firmware , please refer to 7170NB software document.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.4.1.2 PCI BUS MASTER REQUEST DEVICE REQ0 CARDBUS REQ1 No Used REQ2 VGA (in North Bridge) REQ3 MINI PCI REQ4 1.4.1.3 IDSEL AD BUS DEVICE AD11 VGA (in North Bridge) AD17 MINI PCI AD21...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE Keytop Strength : ~To withstand 1Kgf at X and Y directions for 5 sec. Power Requirement : ~The keyswitch shall require DC 6V at 0.3 mA maximum. Contact Resistance : ~ The contact resistance is 500 ohm maximum at 200g force.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE - Effective area : 60mm x 44 mm - Operating Temp. : 0 - 60 degree C - Storage Humidity : 5 - 95 %, - Storage Temp. : -40 - + 65 degree C - ESD : 15KV applied to front surface 1.5.5 CD-ROM or DVD-ROM or CD-RW Drive...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 1.5.8 IR port - HSDL-3600#007 IR Module - Meet IrDA Physical Layer Specification - 1 cm to 1 Meter Operating Distance - 30 degree Viewing Angle (± 15 degree ) - Support Two Channels - 2.4 Kb/s to 115.2Kb/s and 1.15Mb/s to 4.0 Mb/s 1.5.9 CMOS Battery...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2 System Disassembly The section discusses at length each major component for disassembly/reassembly and show corresponding illustrations. Use the chart below to determine the disassembly sequence for removing components from the notebook.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.1 Battery Pack Disassembly 1. Carefully put the notebook upside down. 2. Slide the release lever to the “unlock” ( ) position ( ), then slide and hold the release lever outwards and pull the battery pack out of the compartment ( ).
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.2 Keyboard Disassembly 1. Open the top cover. Install a small rod, such as a straightened paper clip, into the eject hole near the power connector of the notebook. (Figure 2-2)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 3. Slightly lift up the keyboard and disconnect the cable from the system board to detach the keyboard. (Figure 2-4) Figure 2-4 Reassembly 1. Reconnect the keyboard cable and fit the keyboard back into place.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.3 CPU Disassembly 1. Remove the LED panel and keyboard to access the CPU compartment. (See section 2.2.2 Disassembly.) 2. Remove four screws fastening the heatsink and disconnect the fan’s power cord to free the heatsink from the CPU module.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.4 HDD Module Disassembly 1. Carefully put the notebook upside down. 2. Remove one screw and slide the HDD module out of the compartment. (Figure 2-7) Figure 2-7 Figure 2-8 3.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.5 CD/DVD-ROM Drive Disassembly 1. Remove the LED panel and keyboard. (See section 2.2.2 Disassembly.) 2. Remove two screws locking the CD/DVD-ROM drive. (Figure 2-9) Figure 2-9 Figure 2-10 3.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.6 SO-DIMM Disassembly 1. Carefully put the notebook upside down. 2. Remove three screws to access the SO-DIMM socket. 3. Pull the retaining clips outwards ( ) and remove the SO-DIMM ( ). (Figure 2-11)
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.7 Mini PCI Card Disassembly 1. Carefully put the notebook upside down. 2. Remove three screws to access the Mini PCI socket. 3. Pull the retaining clips outwards and remove the Mini PCI card. (Figure 2-12)
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.8 LCD Assembly Disassembly 1. Carefully put the notebook upside down and remove three screws to access the Mini PCI socket. 2. Disconnect the antenna from the connector on the Mini PCI socket. (Figure 2-13)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 6. Disconnect the LCD cable from the system board, and remove four screws of the hinges. Now you can separate the LCD assembly from the base unit. (Figure 2-15)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.9 LCD Panel Disassembly 1. Remove the LCD assembly. (See section 2.2.8 Disassembly.) 2. Remove the four rubber pads and four screws on the corners of the panel. (Figure 2-16)
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.10 Inverter Board Disassembly 1. Remove the LCD assembly and detach the LCD frame (see instructions in previous two sections). 2. To remove the inverter board on the bottom of the LCD assembly, disconnect the cable and remove one screw.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.11 System Board Disassembly 1. Remove the battery pack, LED panel, keyboard, CPU, HDD module, CD/DVD-ROM drive and LCD assembly. (See the Disassembly parts in previous sections.) 2. Remove thirteen screws on the bottom of the notebook. (Figure 2-19)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 4. Remove two screws on the rear side of the notebook. Then remove three screws fastening the base unit cover and one screw in the CPU compartment. (Figure 2-21)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 6. Lift up the base unit cover and disconnect the touchpad cable. (Figure 2-23) Figure 2-23 Figure 2-24 7. Remove three screws from the base. (Figure 2-24)
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 8. Disconnect two cables from the system board and lift up the base unit to access the system board. (Figure 2-25) Figure 2-25 Reassembly 1. Reconnect two cables to the system board.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.12 Touchpad Disassembly 1. Remove the base unit cover. (See steps 1-6 in section 2.2.11 Disassembly.) 2. Remove the six screws to lift up the touchpad holder and touchpad panel. (Figure 2-26)
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 2. System Assembly & Disassembly 2.2.13 Modem Card Disassembly 1. Disassemble the notebook to access the system board. (See section 2.2.11 Disassembly.) 2. Remove the two screws fastening the modem card. (Figure 2-27) Figure 2-27 Figure 2-28 3.
SW6 : Programmable Easy Start Button Power Switch. SW6 : Programmable Easy Start Button Power Switch. 3.4 7170 Touch Pad Board ( Side A,B ) J501 : Touch Pad Board To Touch Pad Connector. J501 : Touch Pad Board To Touch Pad Connector.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5. Pin Descriptions Of Major Components 5.1 Pentium III/Celeron µPGA2 CPU-1 Alphabetical Signal Reference Signal Name Signal Description Signal Name Signal Description BERR# The BERR# (Bus Error) signal is asserted to indicate an A[35:3]#...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.1 Pentium III/Celeron µPGA2 CPU-2 Alphabetical Signal Reference Signal Name Signal Description Signal Name Signal Description BPRI# The BPRI# (Bus Priority Request) signal is used to arbitrate for DBSY# I/O- The DBSY# (Data Bus Busy) signal is asserted by the agent GTL+ ownership of the system bus.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.1 Pentium III/Celeron PGA2 CPU-3 µ Alphabetical Signal Reference Signal Name Signal Description Signal Name Signal Description GHI# The GHI# signal controls which operating mode bus ratio is selected INTR The INTR (Interrupt) signal indicates that an external interrupt has 1.5V...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.1 Pentium III/Celeron PGA2 CPU-4 µ Alphabetical Signal Reference PWRGOOD Relationship at Power On Signal Name Signal Description The PWRGOOD signal, which must be supplied to the processor, is used to protect internal circuits against voltage sequencing issues.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.1 Pentium III/Celeron µPGA2 CPU-5 PWRGOOD Relationship at Power On Signal Name Signal Description Signal Name Signal Description RSP# The RSP# (Response Parity) signal is driven by the response agent The TDI (Test Data In) signal transfers serial test data to the...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.1 Pentium III/Celeron µPGA2 CPU-6 PWRGOOD Relationship at Power On Signal Name Signal Description VID[4:0] The VID[4:0] (Voltage ID) pins/balls can be used to support Open- automatic selection of power supply voltages. These pins/balls are not...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-1 VT8603 / Twister OVERVIEW Twister (VT8603) is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient SMA chip set for the implementation of mobile personal computer systems with 66 MHz, 100 MHz and 133 MHz CPU host bus (“Front Side Bus”) frequencies...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-2 Twister integrates VIA’s VT82C694X system controller, S3’s Savage4 2D/3D graphics accelerator and S3’s flat panel interfaces into a single 552 BGA package. The Twister SMA system controller provides superior performance between the CPU, DRAM and PCI bus with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-3 The 352-pin VT8231 BGA PCI-LPC bridge supports four levels (doublewords) of line buffers, type F DMA transfers and delay transaction to allow efficient PCI bus utilization and (PCI-2.2 compliant). The VT8231 also includes an integrated...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-4 DVD Playback and Video Conferencing Twister provides the ideal architecture for high quality MPEG-2 based DVD applications and video conferencing. For DVD playback, Twister’s video accelerator offloads the CPU by performing the planar to packed format conversion and motion compensation tasks, while its enhanced scaling algorithm delivers incredible full-screen video playback.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-5 VT8603 / Twister Pin Descriptions Signal Name PIN # Signal Description CPU Interface HTRDY# IO Host Target Ready. Indicates that the target of the Signal Name PIN #...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-6 DRAM Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description SCASA# O Column Address Command Indicator. For support SCASB# / CKE3 of up to three synchronous DRAM DIMM slots. “A”...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-7 PCI Bus Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description INTA# O PCI Interrupt Out. An asynchronous active low output used to signal an event that requires handling on behalf AD[31:0] (see pinout tables) IO Address/Data Bus.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-8 LCD Panel Interface TV Encoder Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description FPD[35:0] (see pin table) O Panel Data. Internally pulled down during reset. 8mA is the...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-9 Clock / Reset Control Miscellaneous Functions Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Reference Frequency Input. An external 14.318 MHz crystal is HCLK Host Clock.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.2 VIA VT8603 Twister North Bridge Controller-10 Power, Ground, and Test Signal Name PIN # Signal Description VCC3 (see pin list) P Power for I/O Interface Logic (3.3V ±5%). VCC25 (see pin list) P Power for Internal Logic (2.5V ±5%).
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-1 VT8231 OVERVIEW The VT8231 South Bridge is a high integration, high performance, power-efficient, and high compatibility device that supports Intel, AMD, and VIA / Cyrix based processor to PCI bus bridge functionality to make a complete Microsoft PC99-compliant PCI /LPC system.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-2 g) Notebook-class power management functionality compliant with ACPI and legacy APM requirements. Multiple sleep states (power-on suspend, suspend-to-DRAM, and suspend-to-Disk) are supported with hardware automatic wake-up. Additional functionality includes event monitoring, CPU clock throttling and stop (Intel processor protocol), PCI bus clock stop control, modular power, clock and leakage control, hardware-based and software-based event handling, general purpose I/O, chip select and external SMI.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-3 Pin Descriptions PCI Bus Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description PCKRUN# PCI Bus Clock Run. This signal indicates whether the Signal Name PIN # Signal Description PCI clock is or will be stopped (high) or running (low).
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-4 PCI Bus Interface CPU Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description HGNT2#/ GPO9 O / IO High Priority Grant 2. Device 0 Function 4 RxE5[3] = 1.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-5 Strap Options Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) Interface Signal Name PIN # I/O Signal Description Signal Name PIN # I/O Signal Description Strap/SUSA#/ GPO1 I / O CPURST / INIT Polarity WSC#/ GPI14 I / I Internal APIC Write Snoop Complete.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-6 LAN Controller - Media Independent Interface (MII) Universal Serial Bus Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description MCOL MII Collision Detect. From the external PHY.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-7 System Management Bus (SMB) Interface (I 2 C Bus) Signal Name PIN # I/O Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description PDIOW#/ O EIDE Mode: Primary Device I/O Write. Device write strobe PSTOP UltraDMA Mode: Primary Stop.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-8 UltraDMA-33 / 66 Enhanced IDE Interface (continued) Floppy Disk Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # I/O Signal Description PDCS1# O Primary Master Chip Select. This signal corresponds to DRVDEN0 O Drive Density Select 0.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-9 Serial Port and Infrared Interface Parallel Port Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Transmit Data. Serial port transmit data out. PINIT#/ DIR# IO / O Initialize.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-10 Internal Keyboard Controller Conventional BIOS ROM / ISA Bus Interface Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description MSCK/ IRQ1 IO / I MultiFunction Pin (Internal mouse controller enabled by F0 LA21/ USBOC3# System Address Bus.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-11 Hardware Monitoring Signal Name PIN # Signal Description Signal Name PIN # Signal Description LID/ GPI4 I / I Monitor Input - Notebook Computer Display Lid Open / Closed. Used by the Power Management subsystem to UIC1 Analog I Universal Input Channel.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 5.3 VIA VT8231 South Bridge Controller-12 Power Management and External State Monitoring Signal Name PIN # Signal Description SUSST1#/ GPO3 O / O Suspend Status 1 (Function 4 Rx54[4] = 0). Typically connected to the North Bridge to provide information on host clock status.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.1 Introduction Every time the computer is turned on ,the system BIOS runs a series of internal checks on the hardware. This power-on self test (post) allows the computer to detect problems as early as the power-on stage.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.2 Error codes : Following is a list of error codes in sequent display on the PIO debug board. Phoenix BIOS Function Keys The following are the special PhoenixBIOS function keys : Enter SETUP program during POST Ctrl - Alt <- >...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.2 Error codes : Following is a list of error codes in sequent display on the PIO debug board. The routine derives the beep code from the test point error as follows : 1.
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.2 Error codes : Following is a list of error codes in sequent display on the PIO debug board. CODE Beeps POST Routine Description CODE Beeps POST Routine Description Verify Real Mode...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.2 Error codes : Following is a list of error codes in sequent display on the PIO debug board. CODE Beeps POST Routine Description CODE Beeps POST Routine Description Test keyboard...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.2 Error codes : Following is a list of error codes in sequent display on the PIO debug board. CODE Beeps POST Routine Description CODE Beeps POST Routine Description Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7. Maintenance Diagnostic 7.2 Error codes : Following is a list of error codes in sequent display on the PIO debug board. CODE Beeps POST Routine Description Output one beep Boot to Mini DOS...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8. Trouble Shooting 8.1 No Power 8.2 No Display 8.3 VGA Controller Failure 8.4 Memory Test Error 8.5 Keyboard(K/B) , Touch-pad(T/P) , ESB Test Error 8.6 CD-ROM Drive Test Error 8.7 Hard Drive Test Error 8.8 USB Port Test Error...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens ,power indicator does not light up. 1. Check AC Adaptor. 2. Check D/D Board. Power Jack D/D BOARD 22.5V 2.67A OUTLET MOTHER BOARD...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up ty is heard and power indicator is not light up DVMAIN-->PU4-->O/P...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.1 No Power: Symptom: Symptom: When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi When the power button is pressed, nothing happens, no fan activi ty is heard and power indicator is not light up...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.2 No Display There is no display on both LCD and monitor No Display Plug PIO debug board to PIO port and get the 378h error code. 1. Check if power system is O.K .
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.3 VGA Controller Failure There is no display or picture abnormal on LCD or monitor. Q500 VCC3 NDS9410 L502 LCDVCC LCDVCC 120Z/100M TX2CLK+ TXCLK+ C506 C503 C505 C501 TXCLK- TX2CLK- LCDVCC C509 1000P 0.1U...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.3 VGA Controller Failure There is no display or picture abnormal on LCD or monitor VGA Controller Failure Replace motherboard or into board-level Troubleshooting. 1. Confirm LCD panel or monitor is good and check the cable are connected properly.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.4 Memory Test Error Either one or two extend SO-DIMM RAM Module is failure or system hangs up. J501 R548 SDRAMCLK2 SH16 CK0,1 R553 SDRAMCLK3 MA[0..14] RP509,RP510 R252 R254 RP505,RP506,RP512,RP514 U503 C283 C285 RP504,RP507,RP513,RP515 MD[0..63]...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.4 Memory Test Error Either one or two extend SO-DIMM RAM Module is failure or system hangs up. Memory Test Error Board-level Troubleshooting For Memory test error. 1. Check if SO-DIMM Connectors are no cold solder.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.5 Keyboard(K/B) , Touch-pad(T/P) , ESB Test Error Error message of keyboard failure is shown or any key doesn’t work. P10/A0 P11/A1 P12/A2 P13/A3 U502 P14/A4 P15/A5 P16/A6 P17/A7 Micro P20/A8 P21/A9 KO10 Controller...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.5 Keyboard(K/B) , Touch-pad(T/P) , ESB Test Error Error message of keyboard or touch pad failure is shown or any key doesn’t work. Board-level Troubleshooting for Keyboard Test Error K/B or T/P or ESB test error.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.6 CD-ROM Drive Test Error An error message is shown when reading data from CD-ROM drive. SA[0..15] SH11 DD0-2 DD1-2 VCC5 DD2-2 DD3-2 RP48 33*8 DD4-2 RPX8 DD5-2 DD6-2 -PCIRST DD7-2 DTC144WK DD8-2 DD9-2...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.6 CD-ROM Drive Test Error An error message is shown when reading data from CD-ROM drive. CD-ROM Drive Test Error Board-level Troubleshooting for CD-ROM drive test error. 1. Try another known good compact disk.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.7 Hard Drive Test Error Either an error message is shown , or the driver motor continues spinning , while reading data is from or writing data is to hard drive. PD_D[0..15] SH11 DD11-1...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.7 Hard Drive Test Error Either an error message is shown , or the driver motor continues spinning , while reading data is from or writing data is to hard drive. Hard Drive Test Error.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.8 USB Port Test Error An error occurs when a USB I/O device is installed. mircoSMDC110 USBVCC5 SH10 VCC5 MINISMDC110 -USBOC1 120Z/100M 0.1U 1000P GND_USB R161 USBP1- GND1 GND1 200Z/100M GND2 GND2 CORE_ACM2520U GND3...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.8 USB Port Test Error An error occurs when a USB I/O device is installed. USB Test Error Board-level Troubleshooting For USB test error 1. Check if the USB device is installed properly. 2. Confirm USB driver is installed...
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.9 PIO Port Test Error When a print command is issued, printer prints nothing or garbage. VCC5 U501 RP500 BAS32L RP501 RP501 -P_STB -PP_STB -P_AFD -PP_AFD P_LPD0 PP_LPD0 -P_ERR -PP_ERR RP502 DP_LPD0 SH10 P_LPD0...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8. 9 PIO Port Test Error When a print command is issued, printer prints nothing or garbage. PIO test error Board-level troubleshooting for PIO test error 1. Check if PIO device is installed properly.(J1) 2.
7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.10 Audio Failure No sound from speaker after audio driver is installed. LINE_IN_L R694 L534 600Z/100M 6.8K L535 LINE_IN_R 600Z/100M R695 VCC3 VCC5 6.8K R693 C663 L536 C662 R696 Line In AVDDAD 6.8K 6.8K...
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7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 7170 N/B MAINTENANCE 8.10 Audio Failure No sound from speaker after audio driver is installed. Board-level Audio Drive Failure Troubleshooting for audio test error. 1. Check if speaker cables are connected properly. 2. Make sure all the drivers are setting Check the following parts for cold solder or one of the following parts on the properly.
MODEL : 7170 Revision 0A Contexts History of Schematics Title Page Cover Sheet Revision 00 (EVT) System Block Diagram 1.Change S.B.VT8231 2.Del R518 Add R519. Power Block Diagram 3.Del R66 4.Del R106,Add R105. Central Processor Unit CPU Decoupling Capacitor & VTT Termination Resistor...
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7170 System Block Diagram Pentium III Thermal Celeron Resistor C.P.U. AD 1021 FC-PGA SOCKET 370 Thermal Recorder IC CARD CP2211 Socket Power Switch SSOP 16 VSYNC 144 Pin SO-DIMM Socket*2 HSYNC TWISTER 1394 PCI 4410 MD[0..63] NORTH BRIDGE TSB41AB1 PCMCIA/1394 LINK...
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POWER DIAGRAM OF THE 7170 PWR_ON SC1402&MAX1632 VCC3 Shut Down Protecter ADAPTOR Self 3.3V DC to DC Convertor Diode Dischange VCC5 learning 5V DC to DC Convertor VCC12 P Channel D/VMAIN Regulator MOSFET Battery Discharge SI4835DY Pack VCC CORE Vcc Core DC to DC Convertor...
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CENTRAL PROCESSOR UNIT VCC5 -BREQ0 -BREQ0 -RS[0..2] -RS[0..2] -RS0 0.1U -RS1 0603 VCC_CORE -RS2 -BP3 5 Note:1.C should be closed to PLL1 and PLL2 W=12 mils Modify by 12/15 '00 -BP2 5 PLL1 2.PLL2 route should be parallel and next to PLL1(minimize loop -BPM1 5 TEST Modify by 2/21 '01...
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Place two fuses on same location, only use one fuse. mircoSMDC110 USBVCC5 TOUCH_PAD VCC5 MINISMDC110 V00-V0A (R1,R2 from 470K/576K) 0603 Modify by 12/15 '00 -USBOC1 -USBOC1 VCC5 L521 120Z/100M 1608 1000P 120Z/100M 0603 0603 2012 T_DATA 120Z/100M 1608 10U_NA 0.1U T_DATA T_CLK 120Z/100M...
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