Acer AL1711 Service Guide
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Preface

Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information. 1. This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for Acer's "global" product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g.add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Monitor Features 8
Monitor Features.8 Factory Preset Timing Table.10 Block Diagram. 11 Mainboard Diagram. 12 Software Flowchart. 13 Mainboard Layout. 15 Invertor Board Layout. 17 Front Bezel View. 18 Rear Bezel View. 19

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Operating Instructions
External Controls. 20 Front Panel Control. 20 OSD Menu. 22 Hot-Key Menu. 25 OSD Message. 26 LOGO. 27
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Machine Disassembly and Replacement Troubleshooting Connector Information FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List

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Analog Input. Input. Scaler MST 8001A/MST8111A. Panel Interface. MCU.

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1. Initialize MCU settings, including I/O, Timer, ISR and Serial Port settings. 2. Read EEPROM content to recover monitor settings, including brightness, contrast, color temperature and OSD position. etc. 3. Initialize system variable, including system flag, OSD timeout counter, burin mode status etc. 4. Initialize OSD menu variable for user operation 5. Initialize device on the board, now only MST scaler chip will be initialized 6. Check if system is in power off status from first AC power up. If yes, then go to 7, else go to 8. 7. If yes, system will be forced to enter power off status 8. Mode detection 9. Check if input timing has been changed, if yes then go to 10, else go to 11 10. Setup MST scaler for display according input timing 11. OSD handler for OSD operation. 12. Debug handler, only debug only

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This chapter contains step-by-step procedures on how to assemble the monitor for maintenance and troubleshooting.
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