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Model 6X00 Preliminary Service Manual November 1996...
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Notice Updating or revising this manual or making any changes to the information herein will be initiated when the company deems it necessary. The company reserves the right to take the above-mentioned actions and is under no obligation to notify any person of such actions in advance or afterwards.
Table of Content Chapter 1: Introduction Overview ........................1 Specifications......................2 LED Indicators....................3 Power Switch Button..................3 Microphone 3 System Status LCD Bar ................4 Top-Front View ....................6 LCD Panel..................6 System Status LCD Bar ..............6 Dual Stereo Speakers................6 Trackpad Pointing Device..............6 Windows 95 Keyboard...............6 Right View ....................8 Right-Side Stand................8 Microphone-in Jack................8...
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CPU ....................19 Speed of CPU................19 Power of CPU................19 MPEG Accelerator Card (Option) ............19 RAM Configuration................21 TV Output...................22 The Keyboard....................24 System Function Key.................24 Cursor Control Keys ................24 Embedded Numeric Keypad.............25 Hot Keys.....................26 Expanded Display Mode............26 Display Type................26 Contrast Control..............26 Brightness Control ..............26 Volume Control ..............26 Contrast/Brightness Saved............26 Suspend Mode ...............26...
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Chapter 2: Utilities Overview........................41 Power On Self Test (POST) ..................41 POST Messages - Normal operation ............42 POST Messages - Error Detected ..............43 System Configuration Utility (SCU)................44 Invoking the System Configuration Utility............44 Working with the Menu Bar of the SCU............45 Working with the Pull-Down Menu of the SCU..........45 Features of the System Configuration Utility..........46 System Menu..................46 Devices Menu..................47...
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Chapter 3: Technical View Overview........................55 System Block Diagram ....................56 Chips ..........................57 SiS5101 PCI Cache memory Controller ............58 SiS5102 PCI Local Data Buffer..............59 SiS5103 System I/O & PMU ................60 SMC FDC37C669FR I/O FDD Controller with IR..........62 Omega 82C094 PCMCIA Host Adapter Controller........64 ESS ES1788 AudioDrive................65 ESS ES690....................66 ESS ES981 Wavetable Sample Set ROM ............67...
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Chapter 4: Parts List & Circuit Diagram Parts List ........................85 Top Case & Assemblies................86 Bottom Case & Assemblies ................88 10.4” Display Panel & Assemblies ..............90 12.1” Display Panel & Assemblies ..............92 CD-ROM......................94 FDD........................95 HDD........................96 Battery Pack....................97 Circuit Diagrams......................98...
Chapter 1: Introduction Overview The Notebook Computer has many advanced features to help you with your computing work. This chapter describes each of the Notebook Computer’s hardware features in detail and shows you how to use them. It covers: : Specifications. : The LED Indicators.
Specifications The state-of-the-art Notebook Computer offers a host of features specially designed to enhance performance and usability: Architecture PCI local bus 2.1 Intel Pentium 75/90/100/120/133/150/166/200 MHz Plug & Play 1.0a BIOS 256KB flash ROM Second Memory 256KB synchronous cache Two banks DRAM 8MB up to 72MB (8/16/32/40MB) APM 1.1...
LED Indicators Two LED indicators are integrated to alert you of the system’s power status. Color of Light Status Green System power on (either by AC or by battery) Battery in charge Orange Battery in charge when system power on Color of Light Status Green...
System Status LCD Bar The Notebook Computer features a LCD panel bar to display the system’s operation status. AC Power in Use The system is using AC power for operation. Battery Low (Flash) The battery power is reaching a critically low level.
Top-Front View Opening the hinged top cover of the system unit will reveal the followings: LCD Panel This is the Notebook Computer’s flat panel display. It is VGA compatible and driven by a PCI local bus controller for high performance. System Status LCD Bar The LCD panel bar will display the system status indicating the respective concerned icons.
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LCD panel Dual Stereo speakers LCD bar Windows 95 keyboard Trackpad and buttons...
Right View On the right side panel, you will find the followings: Right-Side Stand Slide this stand outward (together with the left-side stand) to adjust the viewing angle. Microphone-in Jack This audio port accepts sound source to record or to playback when externally connected microphone is used instead of the built-in one.
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PC card Type III Infrared Headphone Line-in Microphone-in CD-ROM drive Ventilation Right-side stand...
Rear View The rear panel of the Notebook Computer offers several ports for the electrical connection to peripheral devices. DC-in Socket This socket is where the Notebook Computer’s universal AC/DC power adapter is connected to the system. To disconnect the power adapter, pull the plug (not the cord) directly back.
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DC-in socket Expansion port CRT port Parallel port Serial port RCA jack MIDI/Game port PS/2 port...
Left View The left side of the Notebook Computer features the followings: Left-Side Stand Slide this stand outward (together with the right-side stand) to adjust the viewing angle. Battery Latch Sliding the battery latch upward will unload the battery pack. PC Card Type II Slot The PC Card slot will accommodate a Type II format for system expansion capability.
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Battery latch PC card Type II 2.5” hard disk drive Left-side stand Internal battery pack 3.5” floppy diskette drive...
Power Before using the Notebook Computer, you must supply it power. If this is the first time the Notebook Computer is operated, you should use the AC power source since the internal battery pack may have self-discharged during shipment. AC Power The Notebook Computer features a universal, auto-switching power adapter.
Internal Battery Power The Notebook Computer is equipped with an internal, rechargeable battery pack which provides continuous portable operation. Proper care is required for optimum performance: • Do not attempt to disassemble the battery under any circumstances. • The battery may explode if exposed to fire or high temperatures. •...
Duracell Smart Battery at Retail You may replace with Duracell Smart Battery, available at retail outlets around the world, to accurate indicate a fuel gauge of the predicted available charge for the present state information. Recharged by AC Power The system’s battery pack will recharge whenever the system is plugged into the AC power supply, regardless if the system is being operated or not.
Second Battery Power (Option) The Second Battery comes designed, in addition to the system’s internal one, to prolong the battery life for the unit’s portable use. You may need to replace the floppy disk out of the 3.5” drive bay with the Second Battery pack for longer power life.
Duracell Smart Battery at Retail You may replace with Duracell Smart Battery, available at retail outlets around the world, to accurate indicate a fuel gauge of the predicted available charge for the present state information. Recharged by AC Power The Second battery is charged the same way you do the internal one.
Operation Hardware Configuration Disconnect all power supply both AC adapter and battery pack before work on any hardware setting. The system is upgradeable with a wide range of speed and voltages of the Intel Pentium processors, providing user with a Zero-Insertion-Force (ZIF) socket to facilitate removal of the Pentium processor and installation of an upgraded one.
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Heat sink & fan for CPU Power of CPU MPEG Card (option) Slotted screwdriver Index corner 1. Unlock the CPU. 2. Install an upgraded CPU. 3. Lock the CPU.
RAM Configuration The system features an expandable Dynamic RAM in small outline 144-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) package. Bank 0 (64 bit) Bank 1 (64 bit) Power Access RAM Size Voltage Time (1Mx16)x4 None None (1Mx16)x4 (1MX16)X4 (1Mx16)x4 16MB (1MX16)X8 None 16MB...
TV-Output Select the TV standard for video output if a TV set is connected for Games or MPEG playback, for example. The system display will improve video quality for screen flicker caused by an interlaced TV monitor. NTSC S1-1 S1-2 S1-3 S1-4 Provided herein is the international TV system for reference.
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Kenya Yugoslavia Korea South NTSC Zambia Kuwait...
The Keyboard The Notebook Computer utilizes an 86 key keyboard detachable for various language versions. It is laid out slightly differently from a standard AT keyboard, but it offers all of the sa me functions plus some special specific features of the system. System Function Key Located on the bottom-left edge of the Notebook Computer keyboard is an Fn key.
Embedded Numeric Keypad The colored keys in the middle of the keyboard are capable of providing numeric keypad functions. Press the NumLock key to lock the numeric keypad. The NumLock indicator will be displayed on the system status LCD bar. Press the Fn key with the keys of the embedded numeric keypad to operate with the colored number and symbol keys.
Hot Keys Located along the top of the keyboard are 12 numbered “F” keys. The functions of these “F” keys are defined as the followings: Expanded Display Mode The aspect ratio of display panels is not the same as CRT monitors.
New Keys for Windows 95 Application Key When the user presses the unmodified Application key, the application brings up the Context menu (a pop-up menu) at the current selection, much as pressing the right mouse button does in some applications today. Pressing the Application key does not disturb the current cursor position.
Storage Disks The Notebook Computer comes equipped with several data storage drives: • 3.5” Floppy Drive. • 2.5” Hard Drive. • 5.25” CD-ROM Drive.
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3.5” Floppy Drive and Diskettes The Notebook Computer’s floppy diskette drive is labeled drive A: It is capable of starting the system when a bootable diskette is placed in it. The floppy diskette drive comes designed to be removable for the desired replacement in the Second Battery pack 3.5”...
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Inserting/Removing Diskettes With the label side up, and the metal shutter toward the disk drive, gently insert the diskette into the drive until the diskette is properly seated. To remove the diskette from the drive, press the ejection button on the top-right side of the drive and remove the diskette.
2.5” Hard Diskette Drive The 2.5” hard diskette drive supports the LBA mode which o vercomes the capacity of 528MB constraint as well as high performance data transfer rate at speed up to 16.6 MB/second. The system will automatically configure the hard disk parameters for any supported IDE drive. If the hard disk drive is not bootable, you must start the system with a bootable diskette in floppy diskette drive A.
5.25” CD-ROM Drive An IDE 5.25” CD-ROM drive is internally mounted in the system, using the tray loading mechanism for ease of use. The CD-ROM drive provides the performance required for the multimedia applications in a variety of disc types, such as CD-DA, CD-ROM (Mode-1, Mode-2), CD-ROM XA Mode-2 (Form-1, Form-2), Multi-session Photo CD, and CD-I, Video CD compatible.
PC Card Slots The Notebook Computer includes the expansion slots for a variety of PC Cards. • Type III x 1 (equivalent to Type II x 2) on the right panel. Slot 0 located on the lower socket. Slot 0 supports the Zoomed Video (ZV) port, a direct connection between a PC card and a VGA controller.
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Configuring and Operating PC Cards The Notebook Computer’s PC Card socket requires the use of software drivers, and the device specific drivers, to control the operation of the socket and any PC Cards inserted into it. All slots may be used to install: LAN.
LCD Panel The Notebook Computer’s features the LCD panel display with the followings: • PCI local bus controller. • 2MB video DRAM. • Capability to support 800x600 (SVGA) resolution DSTN/TFT display. • Super-VGA resolution output to an external monitor. • Ability to output the video to other video display device: VGA monitor (CRT) or RGB projector.
Power Management The Notebook Computer provides users with power management to manage power consumption while maintain optimal system performance. Standby Mode Standby Mode is the device level power management. Most controllable peripheral devices, such as hard disk and LCD display, will be powered off. If the STANDBY timer expires before any system activity is detected, the system will change from Standby Mode to Suspend Mode.
System Resume The system operation can be returned from exactly where it was suspended when a resume event occurs. However, the system may not resume successfully from the Suspend Mode when connected to some external devices, such as PC Card. Resume from Suspend-to-Memory Mode The system may be resumed from Suspend-to-Memory mode by: •...
Advanced Power Management The system provides the Advanced Power Management (APM) support to further reduce power consumption especially for battery operation. The installation of Advanced Power Management (APM) varies depending on the Operating System (OS) and the software application you are using. Refer to their respective manuals for detailed information.
Chapter 2: Utilities Overview The Notebook Computer has several built-in software utilities to help you get the most from the system hardware. This chapter discusses: : Power-On-Self - Test (POST). : The System Configuration Utility (SCU). Power On Self Test (POST) The BIOS performs a series of power-on-self-test (POST) to diagnose hardware errors when the system first starts up.
POST Messages - Normal Operation If no configuration errors are detected, the system will be operated after the POST process is completed. You may press the Spacebar key to skip the memory test. System PCI BIOS for SiS-510X Version 1.01.26 Copyright 1983 - 1996 SystemSoft Corp.
POST Messages - Error Detected If a configuration is detected as a non-fatal error, a WARNING message will be displayed. You should either press F1 key to continue, or press Ctrl-Alt-S key combination to enter the System Configuration Utility. System PCI BIOS for SiS-510X Version 1.01.26 Copyright 1983 - 1996 SystemSoft Corp.
System Configuration Utility (SCU) The System Configuration Utility (SCU) is a ROM-based configuration utility that displays the system’s configuration status and provides users with a tool to set their system parameters. The settings are stored in non-volatile battery-backed CMOS RAM which saves the information even when the power is turned off, and retains that when the system is turned back on.
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Working with the Menu Bar of System Configuration Utility Press simultaneously the Ctrl-Alt-S key combination to enter the menu bar of the System Configuration Utility. Action Keys Used Description Activate menus Activate the System Configuration Utility. Select menu bar item Left arrow (←) Move to a menu bar item on the left.
Features of the System Configuration Utility System Menu Clicking an option will enable the specific capability. Item Setting Function Date and Time Day/month/year Sets the current date and time. Hour/minute/second Fast Boot Initializes and quickly boot the system in a few seconds by passing certain diagnostic tests.
Devices Menu Clicking an option will enable the specific capability. Item Setting Function Diskette Drive None Specifies a drive type 1.44MB for diskette drive A. Hard Disk Disk Type None No hard disk is installed in the system. Custom Modifies the values for cylinders, heads, sectors per track, landing zone, write precomposition and size (MB).
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Item Setting Function Audio Port Port setting 220H Specifies the system’s 230H audio I/O port address. 240H 250H IRQ setting IRQ9 Specifies the system’s IRQ5 audio IRQ configuration. IRQ7 IRQ10 DMA setting DMA0 Specifies the system’s DMA1 audio DMA channel DMA3 configuration.
Power Menu Clicking an option will enable the specific capability. Item Setting Function Power Management Power saving mode Disabled Disables the system’s power saving features. Battery only Enables the system’s power saving features only during battery operation. Always on Enables the system’s power saving features during either battery or AC operation.
Exit Menu Clicking an option will enable the specific capability. Item Function Save and Reboot Saves the current settings and reboots the system. Exit (No Save) Exits the SCU without saving any of the current changes. Default Settings Changes the current setup to the system default values.
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POST.EQU -- Power On Self-Test Definitions DEBUG_MISC_RESET EQU 10H ; Some Type Of Long Reset DEBUG_CS_FAST_A20_RESET EQU 11H ; Turn off FASTA20 for POST DEBUG_POST_SIGNAL_POR EQU 12H ; Signal Power On Reset DEBUG_CS_CHIP_INIT EQU 13H ; Initialize the Chipset DEBUG_OEM_ISA_VGA_SEARCH EQU 14H ;...
DEBUG_BEGIN_BOOT_CODE EQU 49H ; Jump Into Bootstrap Code DEBUG_CDROM_INIT EQU 0FAh ; Initialize CD-ROM Type DEBUG_S2D_INIT EQU 0FBh ; Initialize S2D Partition DEBUG codes for PNP BIOS DEBUG_PNP_ENABLE_VERIFY_RTDATA EQU 0A1H ;Enable/Verify R/W Status Runtime Data Area DEBUG_PNP_GET_VERIFY_NVRAM EQU 0A2H ;Get/Verrify R/W Stattus NVRAM data area DEBUG_PNP_SYSTEM_NODES EQU 0A3H ;Resolve System Nodes with the CMOS settings...
Chapter 3: Technical View Overview This chapter outlines the architecture of the Notebook Computer. The purpose of this chapter is not to elaborate upon the internal working theories of the components that make up the Notebook Computer, but to explain all the features that these chips offer though may not necessarily supported by the system.
Chips The following chips have been implemented in the Notebook Computer to interface the microprocessors to I/O devices and memory chips. SiS5101 PCI Cache Memory Controller. SiS5102 PCI Local Data Buffer. SiS5103 System I/O & PMU. SMC FDC37C669FR PC95/96 Compatible Super I/O Floppy Disk Controller with Infrared Support.
SiS5101 PCI Cache Memory Controller • Supports Pentium, K5 and M1 processors. • Integrated Second Level (L2) Cache Controller. ∗ Write through and write back cache modes. ∗ 8 bits or 7 bits tag with Direct Mapped Organization. ∗ Supports standard and burst SRAMs. ∗...
SiS5102 PCI Local Data Buffer • Supports full 64-bit Pentium processor data bus. • Provides a 64-bit interface to DRAM memory. • Provides a 32-bit interface to PCI. • Three integrated posted write buffers and two read buffers increase system performance.
SiS5103 System I/O & PMU • Integrated bridge between PCI bus and ISA bus. ∗ Translates PCI bus cycles into ISA bus cycles. ∗ Translates ISA master or DMA cycles into PCI bus cycles. ∗ Provides PCI-to-ISA memory one Double Word Posted Write Buffer. •...
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• Battery Management ∗ AC power indicator. ∗ Multi-level low battery monitor: LB, LLB. ∗ Battery low SMI generation. • Supports suspend to hard disk. ∗ Read only shadow register. • Supports suspend to memory. • Supports doze, standby and suspend modes status output pin. •...
SMC FDC37C669FR I/O FDD Controller with IR • 5 volt operation. • Intelligent auto power management. • 16 bit address qualification (option). • 2.88MB super I/O floppy disk controller. ∗ Licensed CMOS 7658 floppy disk controller. ∗ Software and register compatible with SMC’s proprietary 82077AA compatible core.
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• General purpose address decoder. ∗ 16 byte block decode. ∗ 48 base I/O address options. • 100 pin QFP and TQFP package.
Omega 82C094 PCMCIA Host Adapter Controller Small Form Factor • Single-chip PCMCIA host controller. • Legacy DMA and serial IRQ to directly support advanced PCI core logic. • Serial power co ntrol to support the designs with most PCMCIA power switch IC. •...
ESS ES1788 AudioDrive The ES1788 AudioDrive can record, compress, and playback voice, sound and music with built- in mixer controls. It consists of an embedded microprocessor, a game compatible 16-bit stereo A/D and D/A, music 16-bit stereo D/A, 20-voice 72 operator FM music synthesizer, MIDI serial port compatible with MPU401 UART mode, dual joystick timers, hardware volume control, DMA control, and ISA bus interface logic.
ESS ES690 • 32 voices. • General MIDI instrument set - 128 melodic and 47 percussion. • Chorus and reverb effects. • Integrated general MIDI interrupt. • MIDI serial interface. • Supports 512Kx16 up to 8Mx16 ROM’s. • No DAC required. •...
ESS ES981 Wavetable Sample Set ROM • 512Kx16 bit CMOS ROM. • General MIDI instrument set - 128 melodic and 47 percussion. • Single +5V power supply. • 150 ns fast access time. • Total static operation. • Operating current 60 mA. •...
Trident Cyber9385 Flat Panel Controller The Cyber9385 is a DRAM based, fully integrated LCD, CRT & TV 64 bit multimedia flat panel controller for PCI systems. It provides a flexible, high performance solution for various color depths and solutions. It supports these displays with options for 1, 1.5, 2 and 4 MB, and allows many memory configurations including unified or shared frame buffer architectures.
Extended Video Modes Mode Resolution/ Pixel Vert Addr Text Font Type Feature Colors Freq Freq Freq 640X480-16 31.5 D800 80X30 8x16 Text NI,N,P 640X473-16 31.5 D800 80X43 Text NI,N,P 640X480-16 31.5 D800 80X60 Text NI,N,P 1056X350-16 31.3 D800 132X25 8x14 Text 1056X480-16 31.3...
Video Mode Cross Reference Resolution Color Refresh Scan Video Clock Memory Clock Minimum Acceleration Depth Rate Order Frequency Frequency DRAM Scheme I/NI V/A/H 640x480 25.175 58.000 ½ 640x480 31.500 58.000 ½ 640x480 25.175 58.000 ½ 640x480 31.500 58.000 ½ 640x480 15/16 25.175 58.000...
Accessories Battery Pack Toshiba Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery Item Specifications Type 10TH-3000AEG Nominal Voltage 1.2V Nominal Capacity 3000mAh Standard Charging 0.1C mA x 15 hours Fast Charging Maximum 1.0 CmA Standard Discharge Current 0.2 CmA Maximum Discharge Current 1.5 CmA Discharge Final Voltage 1.0 V 0 ∼...
CD-ROM TEAC CD-46E-900 CD-ROM Average Random Access Time 190msec average (6X speed) Full stroke Access Time 450msec average (6X speed) Disk Speed Inner circumstance 3,180rpm Outer circumstance 1,200rpm Data Transfer Rate Average sustained 900KB/sec Programmed I/O 16.7MB/sec. Max. (Mode 0∼4) Multi-word DMA 16.7MB/sec.
TEAC CD-36E-900 CD-ROM Average Random Access Time 230msec average (6X speed) Full stroke Access Time 480msec average (6X speed) Disk Speed (at 6X speed) Inner circumstance 3,180rpm Outer circumstance 1,200rpm Data Transfer Rate Average sustained 900kB/sec (at 6X speed) Programmed I/O 13.3 MB/sec max.
TEAC CD-38E-900 CD-ROM Average Random Access Time 200msec average (8X speed) Full stroke Access Time 470msec average (8X speed) Disk Speed (at sextuple speed) Inner circumstance 4,240rpm Outer circumstance 1,600rpm Data Transfer Rate Average sustained 1,200kB/sec Programmed I/O 16.7MB/sec max. (mode 0∼4) Multi-word DMA 16.7MB/sec max.
3.5” Floppy Disk Drive Panasonic JU-226A03F FDD Capacity Normal Density High Density (in bytes) (MFM) (MFM) Unformatted Per Disk 1,000,000 1,666,666 2,000,000 Per Surface 500,000 833,333 1,000,000 Per Track 6,250 10,416 125,000 Formatted (16 sectors/track, 32 sectors/track) Per Disk 655,360 1,310,720 Per Track 4,096...
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TEAC FD-04HF-1300 FDD 2MB Mode Recording Method Data Transfer Rate (k bits/sec) Tracks/Disk Innermost Track Bit Density (bpi) 8,717 17,434 Innermost Track Flux Density (frpi) 17,434 17,434 Unformatted K bytes/track 6.25 12.50 K bytes/track 1,000 2,000 Formatted K bytes/track 0.128 0.256 Data 32 sectors/track...
Hosiden HLD1201-0151XX 12.1” TFT Item Specification Display mode Normally white mode with positive image (black image, white background) Viewing direction Optimum viewing lobe direction is 6 o’clock Backlight CCFL edge-light system Display format 800x600 dots Screen area 251mmx189.5mm Color arrangement RGB vertical stripes Driving method 6 b its parallel (64 gray levels=262,144 colors)
Chapter 4: Parts & Circuit This chapter provides both the parts list and the circuit diagrams for engineers to maintain the Notebook system. : Parts List. Top Case & Assemblies. Bottom Case & Assemblies. Display Panel & Assemblies. CD-ROM. Floppy Disk Drive. Hard Disk Drive.
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