Product Service Manual V173

Service Manual for acer: V173 P/N: 9J.0K614.xxx

Applicable for All Regions

Version: 001 Date:08/04/18 Notice: - For RO to input specific Legal Requirement in specific NS regarding to responsibility and liability statements.

First Edition (January, 2008) Copyright Acer Corporation 2007. All Right Reserved.

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Content Index Abbreviations & Acronyms .............................................................................. 3 1. About This Manual........................................................................................ 3

1.1. Trademark ........................................................................................................ 3

2. Introduction ................................................................................................... 4
2.1. RoHS (2002/95/EC) Requirements ................................................................. 4 2.2. Safety Notice ................................................................................................... 4 2.3 .Compliance Statement.................................................................................... 4 2.4. General Descriptions ...................................................................................... 4

3. Product Overview ......................................................................................... 5

3.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 5 3.2. Operational Specification ............................................................................... 6 3.3. Operational & Functional Specification ...................................................... 10 3.4. LCD Characteristics ...................................................................................... 13 3.5. User Controls ................................................................................................ 14 3.6. Mechanical Characteristics .......................................................................... 15 3.7. Pallet & Shipment.......................................................................................... 16 3.8. Certification ................................................................................................... 17

4. Disassembly /Assembly ............................................................................. 18

4.1. Exploded View ............................................................................................... 18 4.2. Disassembly /Assembly ............................................................................... 19

5. Level 1 Cosmetic / Appearance / Alignment Service ............................... 25

5.1 Alignment procedure (for function adjustment) .......................................... 25 5.2 Software / Firmware Upgrade Process......................................................... 27 5.3 EDID Upgrade Procedure .............................................................................. 31 5.4 OSD Operation Guide .................................................................................... 35

6. Level 2 Circuit Board and Standard Parts Replacement ......................... 41

6.1. Trouble Shooting Guide................................................................................ 41 6.2 Circuit Operation Theory ............................................................................... 47 6.3 Spare Parts List .............................................................................................. 50

Appendix 1 Screw List / Torque.................................................................. 51 Appendix 2 Physical Dimension Front View and Side view..................... 52 Appendix 3 Control Board .......................................................................... 53 Appendix 4 Interface Board ........................................................................ 54 Appendix 5 Power Board ............................................................................ 56

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

1. About This Manual
This manual contains information about maintenance and service of acer products. Use this manual to perform diagnostics tests, troubleshoot problems, and align the acer product.

1.1. Trademark
The following terms are trademarks of Acer Inc. : Acer

Importance
Only trained service personnel who are familiar with this Acer Product shall perform service or maintenance to it. Before performing any maintenance or service, the engineer MUST read the Safety Note.

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2. Introduction
This section contains general service information, please read through carefully. It should be stored for easy access place for quick reference.

2.1. RoHS (2002/95/EC) Requirements Applied to all countries require RoHS.

The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substance in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive) is a legal requirement by EU (European Union) for the global electronics industry which sold in EU and some counties also require this requirement. Any electrical and electronics products launched in the market after June 2006 should meet this RoHS requirements. Products launched in the market before June 2006 are not required to compliant with RoHS parts. If the original parts are not RoHS complaints, the replacement parts can be non ROHS complaints, but if the original parts are RoHS compliant, the replacement parts MUST be RoHS complaints. If the product service or maintenance require replacing any parts, please confirming the RoHS requirement before replace them.

2.2. Safety Notice

1. Make sure your working environment is dry and clean, and meets all government safety requirements. 2. Ensure that other persons are safe while you are servicing the product.
DO NOT perform any action that may cause a hazard to the customer or make the product unsafe.

3. Use proper safety devices to ensure your personal safety. 4. Always use approved tools and test equipment for servicing. 5. Never assume the products power is disconnected from the mains power supply. Check that it is disconnected before opening the products cabinet. 6. Modules containing electrical components are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Follow ESD safety procedures while handling these parts. 7. Some products contain more than one battery. Do not disassemble any battery, or expose it to high temperatures such as throwing into fire, or it may explode. 8. Refer to government requirements for battery recycling or disposal.

2.3 .Compliance Statement

Caution: This Optical Storage Product contains a Laser device. Refer to the product specifications and your local Laser Safety Compliance Requirements.

2.4. General Descriptions

This Service Manual contains general information. There are 3 levels of service: Level 1: Cosmetic / Appearance / Alignment Service Level 2: Circuit Board or Standard Parts Replacement Level 3: Component Repair to Circuit Boards

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3. Product Overview
3.1. Introduction
V173 is defined as 17 LCD Monitor supports SXGA resolution with DPMS (Display Power Management System) and acer eColor function. There are dual input types, D-sub, DVI. V173 adopts AUO panel, M170EG01 VD. The features summary is shown as below, *All panel spec. in C201 definition depends on the variance of panel source. *All spec. of monitor need to warm up at least 1hr. * To test the Contrast Ratio and Luminance functions, the color status must be User preset mode. * 1. Contrast Ratio: Set brightness at 100, and contrast at 50. * 2. Luminance: Set brightness at 100, and contrast at 100.
Feature items Panel supplier & module name Screen diagonal Display Format Pixel Pitch Specifications AUO M170EG01 VD 17 1280(H) x 1024 (V) 0.264 mm x 0.264 mm R/L:85/85 degrees (typ) Viewing Angle (@ Contrast Ratio >= 10) and U/D: 80/80 degrees (typ) Analog interface with Scaling supported DVI interface with Scaling supported Max resolution mode supported Number of Display Colors supported Remark TN, Normally white 337.920(H) x270.336(V) Panel Display information per one triad

Yes Yes 1280 (H) x 1024 (V)@75Hz 16.7 Millions RGB 6-bit +HiFRC Test Condition: Set Contrast at 50, Brightness Contrast Ratio 1000:1 (typ.),600:1(min) at 100, Color at User preset Test Condition: Set 300 cd/m2 (typ.),240 cd/m2 contrast at 100, brightness 1. Luminance (min) at 100 , color at User preset. AC power input Yes 90-264 Volts, 47-63 Hz. DC power input (with AC power adapter) No DPMS supported Yes <1W LED indicator for power status showed Yes Blue/Amber/None OSD for control & information supported Yes EMEA Multi-language supported for OSD Yes Non-EMEA 6 buttons including 1 Buttons control supported Yes monitor power on/off control button. Flywheel control supported No Scaling function supported Yes
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With 15-pin D-sub connector For 1A1D model

Auto adjustment function supported DDC function supported (EDID ver. 1.3) DDC-CI support version 1.1 or later Audio speakers supported Audio Jack (input connector) supported Earphone Jack (input connector) supported Microphone function supported Mechanical Tilt base design VESA wall mounting design Mechanical Rotate design Mechanical Lift base design Kensington compatible lock design

Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Auto-Key function DDC2B DDC-CI

From -4 to +18 degree

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3.2. Operational Specification 3.2.1 Power supply

Item Input Voltage range Input Current range Power Consumption DPMS DPMS Inrush Current Earth Leakage Current Hi-Pot Power Line Transient

Condition
Universal input full range 90 ~ 264VAC Normal On operation DPMS Sleep state DPMS Off state 110 VAC 220 VAC 264 VAC/50Hz 1. 1500VAC, 1 sec 2. Ground test: 30A, 1sec IEC1000-4-4 IEC1000-4-5 (Surge)

Spec
90~264VAC /47~63Hz 2.0 Arms 40 W 2W 1W < 30 A (peak) < 60 A (peak) < 3.5 mA Without damage < 0.1 ohm 1KV Common: 2KV, Differential: 1KV 3~8mA 40KHz ~ 80KHz

OK N.A Remark
Depends on panel source Depends on panel source (on-line test) (in-lab test) LED: Blue LED: Amber LED: OFF Cold-start

CCFL operation range CCFL Frequency Power cord

90 ~ 264VAC 90 ~ 264VAC

Color: Black Length: 1800 +/- 50 mm

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3.2.2 Signal interface

Item Signal Cable

Condition
15-pin D-Sub 24-pin DVI-D

Spec
Color: Black Length: 1800 +/- 30 mm Color: Black Length: 1800 +/- 50 mm See Note-1 See Note-2 See Note-3 Separate analog R/G/B 700 mV (peak to peak) 75 Ohms +/- 1.5 Ohms Separate H/V-sync Composite H/V-sync (Positive/Negative) Logic High: 2.4V ~ 5.5V Logic Low: 0V ~ 0.5V (TTL level)

OK N.A Remark

For 15-pin D-sub For 24-pin DVI-D For 19-pin HDMI For 15-pin D-sub

Pin assignment Analog input

15-pin D-sub connector 24-pin DVI-D connector 19-pin HDMI connector Signal type Level Impedance Signal type

For 15-pin D-sub Refer to VESA VSIS Standard V1R1 10K for application

Sync input

Level

Digital input

Minimum 2.2K(pull down) Impedance Sync Pulse Width (SPW) 0.7s < H-SPW 1H < V-SPW 600mV for each Level differential line 50 Ohm TDR Scan Impedance needed for DVI cable and interface board

Note-1: The pin assignment of 15-pin D-sub connector is as below,

Pin
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Signal Assignment
Red video Green video Blue video Ground Cable Detected Red Ground Green Ground Blue Ground

Pin
9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Signal Assignment
PC5V (+5 volt power) Sync Ground Ground SDA H-Sync (or H+V) V-sync SCL

Note-2: The pin assignment of 24-pin DVI-D connector is as below,

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Pin
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Signal Assignment
TMDS RX2TMDS RX2+ TMDS Ground Floating Floating DDC Clock DDC Data Floating TMDS RX1TMDS RX1+ TMDS Ground Floating

Pin
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Signal Assignment
Floating +5V Power Ground Hot Plug Detect TMDS RX0TMDS RX0+ TMDS Ground Floating Floating TMDS Ground TMDS Clock+ TMDS Clock-

3.2.3 Video performance

Item Max. support Pixel rate Max. Resolution Rise time + Fall time Settling Time after overshoot /undershoot Overshoot/Undershoot

Condition

Spec
135 MHz 1280 x 1024 < 5 ms (50% of minimum pixel clock period)

OK N.A Remark

Both for analog and digital inputs Both for analog and digital inputs 1280 x 1024 @ 75Hz (max. support timing) Refer to VESA VSIS Standard V1R1 Refer to VESA VSIS Standard V1R1

< 5% final full-scale value < 12% of step function voltage level over the full voltage range

3.2.4 Scan range

Item Horizontal Vertical

Condition

Spec
31-80KHz 56-76 Hz

OK N.A Remark

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3.2.5 Plug & Play DDC2B DDC-CI Support

Item DDC channel type EDID DDC-CI

Condition

Spec
DDC2B Version 1.3 Version 1.1 or Later

OK N.A Remark

Refer to S/W spec. document to see the detailed EDID data definition. Refer to S/W spec

3.2.6 Support Timings

Mode VGA MAC VESA SVGA MAC XGA MAC VESA SXGA

Resolution (active dot) 640x480@60Hz 640x480@72Hz 640x480@75Hz 640x480@66.66Hz 720x400@70Hz 800x600@56Hz 800x600@60Hz 800x600@72Hz 800x600@75Hz 832x624@74.55Hz 1024x768@60Hz 1024x768@70Hz 1024x768@75Hz 1152x870@75Hz 1152x864@75Hz 1280x960@60Hz 1280x1024@60Hz 1280x1024@75Hz

Resolution Horizontal Vertical Nominal Pixel (total dot) Frequency (KHz) Frequency (Hz) Clock (MHz) 800 x 525 31.469 59.941 25.175 832 x 520 37.861 72.809 31.500 840 x 500 37.500 75.000 31.500 864x525 35 66.66 30.24 900x449 31.469 70.087 28.322 1024 x 625 35.156 56.250 36.000 1056 x 628 37.879 60.317 40.000 1040 x 666 48.077 72.188 50.000 1056x625 46.875 75.000 49.500 1152x667 49.722 74.55 57.28 1344x806 48.363 60.004 65.000 1328x806 56.476 70.069 75.000 1312x800 60.023 75.029 78.750 1568x909 68.700 75.000 84.520 1600x900 67.5 75 108 1800x1000 60 60 108 1688x1066 63.981 60.020 108.000 1688x1066 79.976 75.025 135.000

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3.3. Operational & Functional Specification 3.3.1 Video performance

*All spec. of monitor need to warm up at least 1hr.

Item Resolution Contrast ratio

Condition
Any input resolution modes which are under 1680x1050

Spec
1280x1024

OK N. Remark A

Test Condition: Set Contrast at 50, Brightness at 100, Color at User preset.

600(min),1000(typ)

Brightness

At R/G/B saturated condition

300 cd/m2 (typ.),240(min)

Response time

Rising + Falling time At Contrast ratio = 10 At Contrast ratio = 10

On/off:5 ms (typ.),8ms(max) R/L: 85/85 degrees (typ.) 70/70 degrees (min) U/D: 80/80 degrees (typ.) 70/70 degress(min) (0.31, 0.33) +/- (0.03, 0.03) 16.7 Millions colors

Test Condition : Set contrast at 100 , brightness at 100 , color at User preset. Test Equipment: Westar TRD 100 or equal level equipment ;

Viewing angle CIE coordinate of White Display colors

6 bit+HiFRC

3.3.2 Brightness Adjustable Range

Item Brightness range

Condition adjustable (saturate point) & Fullwhite color pattern At default contrast level

Spec (Max. brightness value

Min. brightness value) 100 cd/

OK N. Remark A

3.3.3 Acoustical Noise

Item

Condition
At 30cm distance

Spec
22dB/A

OK N. Remark A

Need to test if system acoustic test is failed. Monitor internal key components (power, inverter, panel...)

Acoustical Noise

At 5cm distance

35dB

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3.3.4 Environment

Item Temperature Humidity Altitude

Condition
Operating Non-operating Operating Non-operating Operating Non-operating

Spec
0 ~ +40 -20 ~ +60 10 ~ 90% 10 ~ 90% 0~3048m (10,000ft) 0~12,192m (40,000ft)

OK N. Remark A
Non-condensing Non-condensing Without packing With packing

3.3.5 Transportation

Item

Condition

Spec

OK N. Remark A

(1) Vibration

Test Specification: 1. Frequency Hertz 5 ~ 250 HZ , PSD Level 0.0054 (G2/Hz) Package, Non-Operating 2. Grms = 1.146 3. Sweep Time : 30 minutes per Axis 4. Axes : X,Y,Z
Unpackaged, NonOperating Test Spectrum: 20 Hz 0.0185(g2/Hz) 200Hz 0.0185(g2/Hz) Duration : 5 Minutes Axis : 3 axis ( Horizontal and Vertical axis ,Z axis)
76 cm Height (MP stage) (1 corner, 3 edges, 6 faces) 1. Amplitude : Half sine-wave 50G 2. Duration : 10 ms 3. Test Times : 1 4.Test Sides : All 6 Sides

(2) Unpackaged Vibration

(3) Drop (4) Shock

Package, Non-Operating Wooden package, NonOperating

3.3.6 Electrostatic Discharge Requirements

Item Electrostatic Discharge

Condition
IEC801-2 standard

Spec
Contact: 8KV Air: 15KV

OK N. Remark A

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3.3.7 EMC

Item

Condition
Electric Magnetic FCC part 15J class B

Spec
Band 1 < 10 V/m Band 2 < 1 V/m Band 1 < 200nT Band 2 < 25nT After Mass production under 1dBuv for constant measure. Besides DNSF and VCCI class-2 are optional.

OK N. Remark A

TCO03

EMI

EN55022 class B

3.3.8 Reliability

Item MTBF Prediction CCFL Life time

Condition
Refer to MIL-217F At 252, under 7.0mA

Spec
> 60,000 Hours 40,000 Hours (min)

OK N. Remark A

Excluding CCFL See Note-4

Note-4: CCFL lifetime is determined as the time at which brightness of lamp is 50%. The typical lifetime of CCFL is on the condition at 7.0mA lamp current.

3.3.9 Audio performance

Item

Condition

Spec

OK

N.A Remark

Preamp + Power amp (1)Output power (2)THD (@ 1W) (3)S/N ratio

Speaker Driver

1 W rms/CH @ 1KHz <1% >40dB 8 ohm 1 W/CH 500~20KHz SPL-10dB 80 3 dB (1W 0.5M) 63x25x13mm2 0 ~100 levels On/Off

(1)Nominal impedance (2)Rated input power (3)Frequency response (4)Output sound pressure level (5)Dimension of box
Audio Control

(1)Volume range (2)Mute

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3.4. LCD Characteristics 3.4.1-1 The Physical definition & Technology summary of LCD panel
AUO M170EG01 V.D

Item LCD Panel Supplier Panel type of Supplier Screen Diagonal Display area Physical Size Weight Technology Pixel pitch Pixel arrangement Display mode Support color

Condition

Spec
AUO M170EG01 VD 17 337.920(H) x270.336(V) 358.5(H) x296.5(V) x 15.8(D) 1990(typ.) TN type 0.264(H) x 0.264(W) R/G/B vertical stripe Normally White 16.7Millions colors

OK N.A Remark

Unit=mm Unit=mm Unit=gram Unit=mm

Per one triad

6 bit + HiFRC

3.4.2-1 Optical characteristics of LCD panel

AUO M170EG01 V.D

Item Viewing Angle Contrast ratio Response Time

Unit
[degree] [degree] [degree] [degree] [msec] [msec] [msec]

Conditions
Horizontal (Right) CR = 10 (Left) Vertical (Up) CR = 10 (Down) Normal Direction Rising Time Falling Time Rising + Falling Red x Red y Green x Green y Blue x Blue y White x White y 9 points measurement

Min.
70 70 70 70 600 0.618 0.309 0.262 0.573 0.113 0.040 0.283 0.299 75

Typ.
85 85 80 80 1000 3.5 1.5 5 0.648 0.339 0.292 0.603 0.143 0.070 0.313 0.329 80

Max.
6 3 9 0.678 0.369 0.322 0.633 0.173 0.100 0.343 0.359

Remark

Color / Chromaticity Coordinates (CIE) Color White Coordinates (CIE)

[%]
2

Luminance Uniformity

White Luminance @ CCFL [cd/m ] 240 300 7.50mA (center) [%] 1.5 Crosstalk (in 75Hz) * The test methods for the above items definition, please refer to the relative panel specification.

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3.5. User Controls 3.5.1 Users hardware control definition

Item Power button Auto button(Exit button) Right/Inc. button Left/Dec. button Menu button Mode button Input Select button E-Key button Mute button

Condition

Spec

OK N.A Remark

3.5.2 OSD control function definition

Item Auto Adjust Brightness Contrast Horizontal Position Vertical Position Pixel Clock Phase Color

Condition

Spec
Auto-Geometry

OK N.A Remark

Cool: 9300 Warm: 6500 User: Separate R/G/B adjustment Reset Color

OSD Position OSD Time OSD Lock Language Recall Mode Input Select Sharpness Display Information Volume Mute Hot key for Auto Hot key for Contrast Hot key for Volume Hot key for Input Select
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OSD Horizontal position OSD Vertical position

From 5 sec to 120 sec

EMEA/Non-EMEA languages for Asia/Europe Version Recall All Acer Empower Mode D-sub DVI For input timing

Hot key for Mode

The detailed firmware functions specification, please refer to C212 S/W spec. document.

3.6. Mechanical Characteristics 3.6.1 Dimension

Item Bezel opening Monitor without Stand Monitor with Stand Carton Box (outside) Tilt and Swivel range

Condition
W x H x D mm W x H x D mm L x W x H mm

Spec
339.72*272.14 mm 369.72*308.77*64mm 369.72*374.84*185.05 mm 420*128*417mm Tilt: -4 ~ +18 degree Swivel: 0 degree

OK N.A Remark

3.6.2 Weight

Item Monitor (Net) Monitor with

(Gross)

Condition packing

Spec
4.5Kg 5.5Kg

OK N.A Remark

3.6.3 Plastic

Item Flammability Heat deflection To UV stability

Condition
ABS ABS

Spec

OK N.A Remark

Resin

Texture Color

>ABS<,94-HB 65 Delta E < 8.0 BEZEL: PMMA+ABS UC,BASE:ABS (Bezel:Cheil/BF-0677F, LG/XG586,BASF/ BX13036) Other: HF380/SD0150) Uc:AT-IM-D02; Bezel: Polish #10000 BEZEL : DB20A; UC: DB19A

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3.6.4 Carton

Item Color Material Compression strength Burst Strength Stacked quantity

Condition

Spec
Kraft B Flute 200KGF 2 16 KGF/cm 4 Layers Vertical +2 layers H

OK N.A Remark

3.7. Pallet & Shipment 3.7.1 Container Specification

Stowing Type

Quantity of products (sets) Container (Every container)

Quantity of Products (sets) (Every Pallet)

Pallet A: 110 Pallet B:

Quantity of pallet (sets) (Every Container)

Pallet A: 10 Pallet B: Pallet A: 21 Pallet B: X X X X

20'
With pallet
40' 20'

1100

2310

Pallet A: 110 Pallet B: X X

Without pallet
40'

X X

3.7.2 Carton Specification

3.7.2.1 Product:
Dimension w/o Base W*H*D (mm)
369.72*368.74*64mm

Net Weight (Kg)

4.5Kg

Gross Weight (Kg)

5.5Kg

Dimension w/ Base W*H*D (mm)

369.72*374.84*185.05 mm

3.7.2.2 Package:
Carton Interior Dimension (mm) L*W*H
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Carton External Dimension (mm) L*W*H

420*128*417mm

3.8. Certification
Item Condition
Green design Blue Angel

Spec
API Doc. 715-C49 German Standard Switzerland USA Standard

OK N.A Remark
ISO14000 Requirement

Environment

E-2000 EPA TCO99 TCO03 MPR2 Green Mark Microsoft Windows DPMS DDC 2B USB UL (USA) CSA (Canada) Nordic / D.N.S.F FIMKO CE Mark

PC-Monitor

PC98/99 VESA Version 1.3 External UL60950 3rd edition CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 EN60950 EN60950 73/23/EEC IEC60950 EN60950 EN60950 / EK1-ITB 2000:2003 CB4943 EN60950 IEC60950 89/336/EEC FCC Part 15 B Class B Class B VCCI Class B CNS 13438 AS/ NZS CISPR22 USA X- Ray Standard German X- Ray standard

Safety

CB CB TUV/GS CCC (China) GOST TUV type-approved SASO CE Mark FCC (USA) EN55022 CISPR 22 VCCI (Japan) BSMI (Taiwan) C-Tick (Australia) DHHS (21 CFR) DNHW PTB TUV / Ergo ISO 13406-2 prEN50279

EMC

X- Ray Requirement Ergonomics

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4. Disassembly /Assembly
4.1. Exploded View

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4.2. Disassembly /Assembly

Assembly Procedure
A. Add an AL tape on the left side of panel

B. Add 3 Screw On ctrl BD(with FFC) & FC(Bezel)

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C .Connect power board and interface boardassembly LVDS wire

D Screw power board and interface board

E. Assembled Speaker and assembled speaker wire within the power board.

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F. Assembly LVDS wire within the Panel.

G. Add an AL tape on right side of main bracket.

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H. 1.Add an AL tape on left side of main bracket. 2. Fixed backlight wire 3. Assembly backlight wire within the power board.

I. Add an AL tape on top side of main bracket.

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J. Add 2 AL tape on bottom side of main bracket

K. Assembly ctrl wire(FFC) within the I/F board.

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L. Assembly back cover and fasten 4 screws for hinge and RC

Q. Assembled hinge-cover

* Disassembly flow would be working the flow backwards.

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5. Level 1 Cosmetic / Appearance / Alignment Service

5.1 Alignment procedure (for function adjustment)

A list of necessary alignments for the LCD monitor: Items Description Remark 1 Timing adjustment Preset timing 2 White balance adjustment 1. Burn In: On 2. User Mode 3. SXGA 1024 1280X1024@75Hz Pattern 42(5-Mosaic) Cool (9300K) Warm(6500K) User Analog and Digital

Color temperature adjustment Writing EDID file

5.1.1 Preparation: 1. Setup input timing to any preset mods or patterns. 2. Enter factory mode (press e-Key then press power button to turn on monitor). 3. Move Black cursor into BURN IN MODE tag and select ON to enable burn-in mode. 4. Power off the monitor, remove the input source and then power on again. 5. Setup unit and keep it warm up for at least 30 minutes. 5.1.2 Timing adjustment: (Analog only, it is not required for DVI-D input source) 1. Enter factory mode (press e-Key then press power button to turn on monitor). 2. Select timing mode from table 1 and input full screen display pattern to monitor. 3. Press Auto-Key to run AUTO adjustment function for geometry adjustment. 4. Clear user area in EEPROM. 5. Check if the position, phase and clock of the image are ok or acceptable to make sure function and performance are ok. 6. Turn off the monitor power. 7. Turn on the monitor power again to check if monitors image settings are ok and with following settings.
CONTRAST = 50 BRIGHTNESS = 85 COLOR = Warm (default setting)

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Preset Timing
Mode VGA MAC VESA SVGA MAC XGA MAC VESA SXGA Resolution (active dot) 640x480@60Hz 640x480@72Hz 640x480@75Hz 640x480@66.66Hz 720x400@70Hz 800x600@56Hz 800x600@60Hz 800x600@72Hz 800x600@75Hz 832x624@74.55Hz 1024x768@60Hz 1024x768@70Hz 1024x768@75Hz 1152x870@75Hz 1152x864@75Hz 1280x960@60Hz 1280x1024@60Hz 1280x1024@75Hz Resolution Horizontal Vertical Nominal Pixel (total dot) Frequency (KHz) Frequency (Hz) Clock (MHz) 800 x 525 31.469 59.941 25.175 832 x 520 37.861 72.809 31.500 840 x 500 37.500 75.000 31.500 864x525 35 66.66 30.24 900x449 31.469 70.087 28.322 1024 x 625 35.156 56.250 36.000 1056 x 628 37.879 60.317 40.000 1040 x 666 48.077 72.188 50.000 1056x625 46.875 75.000 49.500 1152x667 49.722 74.55 57.28 1344x806 48.363 60.004 65.000 1328x806 56.476 70.069 75.000 1312x800 60.023 75.029 78.750 1568x909 68.700 75.000 84.520 1600x900 67.5 75 108 1800x1000 60 60 108 1688x1066 63.981 60.020 108.000 1688x1066 79.976 75.025 135.000

5.1.3 Auto color balance adjustment: (Analog only, it is not required for DVI-D input source) 1. Setup input timing SXGA (1280x1024@75), pattern 42(5-Mosaic pattern with white color frame) with Analog signals from Chroma video pattern generator. 2. Enter factory mode (press e-Key then press power button to turn on monitor). 3. Move black cursor into BURN IN MODE tag and select ON to enable burn-in mode, then left OSD menu. 4. Press Left Key button to do white balance for auto color balance adjustment (will get optimal gain / offset (clamp) values). 5.1.4 Color adjustment: (Analog only) 1. Setup input timing to any preset modes, pattern 41(full white color pattern) with Analog signals from Chroma video pattern generator. 2. Enter factory mode (press e-Key then press power button to turn on monitor). 3. Confirm auto color balance adjustment had already been done. 4. Measure each color temperature (Cool&Warm) by Minolta CA-110 (or equivalent equipment). 5. Two methods can be used to adjust RED, GREEN, BLUE value of each color temperature, Cool&Warm to meet following spec requirement, the 1st method is by using external PC and IIC alignment protocol to do automatic adjustment, and the 2nd method is by manually and must be in factory mode. X+0.283+(-) 0.03 Color temperature (Cool set on OSD) Y+0.297+(-) 0.03 Color temperature X+0.313+(-) 0.03 (Warm set on OSD) Y+0.329+(-) 0.03 6. Turns off the monitor power.

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5.2 Software / Firmware Upgrade Process 5.2.1 Hardware prepared: Hardware Requirement:
1. ISP board x 1
VGA signal input from 15pin D-sub cable of PC or NB. Connect to target monitor

Check the Jumpers on the ISP Circuit Board (make sure J5, J6, J7, J8 are set at ping 1,2 )

Connect ISP board and PC with printer port cable

2. DSUB VGA cables x 2 3. Printer cable (with one male connector and another female connector) x 1. 4. PC or Notebook with parallel (printer) port x1.

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5.2.2 Firmware Upgrade Procedure

Step 1: Un-zip Port95nt and install into your computer. Step 2: Un-zip ISP application tool (RTDTool) Step 3: Press RTD 2120 ISP button to execute firmware program application.

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Step 4: Press 64K button to load *series*.hex file and press 64~96 button to load *extend*.hex file from your computer.

Step 5: Select Erase option and execute lightning button first, and then select Auto option and execute lightning button to start upgrade firmware to the monitor.

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Note: you can change program speed bar to meet your equipment speed if program firmware fail.

5.2.3 Turn Off Burn In IF the monitor without signal input has Burn In pattern. As the following figure
ENTER and RIGHT to Burn In Off

Press MENU and > key at the same time to exit Burn in mode(factory mode),and soft power key off/on restart the monitor.

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5.3 EDID Upgrade Procedure Step 1: Run the program Q-EDID-V012.exe, when the UI popped up

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Note: If VGA choose 128bytes, and HDMI choose 256bytes

Step 2: Click Open File and select VGA or HDMI EDID file

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Step 3: If load file is successful, it shows Open EDID Table OK... And then, Click Write EDID button to update EDID

Step 4: If write EDID is successful, it showsWrite EDID OK And then, Click Read EDID button to check if successful or not.

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Step 5: If read EDID is successful, it showsRead EDID OK

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5.4 OSD Operation Guide

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6. Level 2 Circuit Board and Standard Parts Replacement

6.1. Trouble Shooting Guide

TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE A. No Display or display is unstable (Interface Board):

Screen is Blank and Power LED is blue.

OSD shown when key pressed? No Keypad OK? Yes Backlight turned ON? Yes Scalar output Data ? Yes Check LCD Module

Yes

Follow instructions from OSD dialog

No

Proceed to
Check Control Board.

No

Proceed to
Check Power Board.

No

Proceed to
Check Scalar

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B. Check Control Board

Checking Contorl Board Yes

Working ? Yes Button switch and traces OK ? Yes Transistors and Bead to Control board OK ? Yes Replace a new interface board

No

Replug the control wire, then retry

No

Replace the Control Board, then retry

No

Replace the components, then retry

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C. Check Scalar

Scalar failed to output data

Are all the power and ground pins at the correct NO voltage level?

Power or the ground pins has bad contacts

YES

Are the correct RGB and Hsync signal fed to Scalar ?

NO

Are the signals presented on DSub connector?

NO

DSUB Connector or PC failure

YES

YES

Bad wiring between DSUB and Scalar

Is the correct Sinusoidal wave appeared on Crystal

NO

Capacitors of Crystal have damaged

Measure the signal pairs on LVDS data output and clock from Scalar

YES

Are the pixel output correct?

NO

Scalar failed

YES

Check the remaining circuits

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D. Check LCD Module

LCD module fail To display image

No Picture

White Screen

Lamp connector OK ?

Connection between LVDS cable and LCM connector OK ?

NO

Bad Connection or connector, LVDS cable

YES NO YES Bad Connection or connector, Lamp wire OK ?

Connection between LVDS cable and LVDS connector OK?

NO

Bad Connection or connector, LVDS cable

YES

YES Inverter board failed

Is Q3 3.3V?
Is Q6 5V?

NO
Check CheckQ3 Q6 1.1.1

NO

YES

LCM failed

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E. Power no work troubleshooting Power no output troubleshooting

No Backlight

V-inverter ok?

No

Check FP801?

No

Replace FP801

Yes

Yes

Replace F851

No

Check F851?

No

+5V ok?

Check D701/D702? Yes Check F601,Q601,R612,R 615,R623 OK?

No

Replace D701/D702

Yes Replace Q852,FD852,FD853 ,L852 Check Q852,FD852,FD8 53,L852? Yes Yes

No

No

Replace F601,Q601,R612, R615,R623

Yes

Replace IC851 relative components

No

Check IC851 relative signals?

Reaplce IC601

Yes Check CN701 pin2 (BL-ON) is Hi?

Check I/F BD

No

Yes

No

Check CN701 pin1 (BRT-ADJ) exist?

Yes

Replace ZD805,IC801

No

Check ZD805 and IC801? Yes

Replace Q808,Q809,T801,T 802

No

Check Q808,Q809,T80 1,T802? Yes

Check Panel

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F. Audio Functions:
Audio dont work

Plug Audio input

No

Was Audio input plugged?

Yes

Was Audio VDD existed

Yes No Check MCU if send VOL_ON control signal No Check VOL_ON signal

Yes

Adjust volume control

Yes

Check volume control if is Min.

Return Power function step

No

Plug CN551

No

Was CN551 plugged

Yes Plug Speaker No

Was Speaker plugged

Yes Replace IC551

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6.2 Circuit Operation Theory

I. Introduction: V173 is a 17 inch and 24bits color TFT LCD monitor, which can support the resolution up to SXGA(1280x1024). It has VGA input and compliant with VESA specification to offer a smart power management. The monitor has DDC/CI function to make the monitor communicate with PC by Acer ADM DDC/CI software, and also it has ACM function to let the monitor contrast ratio up to 1000:1. It also offers OSD Menu for users to control the adjustable items and get some information about this monitor. II. Block diagram V173 consists of a main body and a stand (base). The main body contains a AUO TFT LCD module with 4 CCFL lamps, a power board (includes AC/DC DC/DC inverter and panel power source), a control board and an interface board. The block diagram is shown as below.

Fig. Block diagram for V173 LCD monitor

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III. Circuit Implementations: A.) THE MAIN BODY: A-1.) Interface board block diagram:

(a) Circuit operations: The scaling IC has OSD and auto detecting input timing functions. OSD offers adjustable functions to the end-users. Auto detecting timing function can detect change modes. It outputs the digital R-G-B data, pixel clock and control signal to TCON of the LCD module. A MCU, build in scaling IC (Realtek2525LH), is responsible for the system processing. There are two external storing units, one is 24C16 to store the OSD function data and user preset timings. (b) IC introduction: 1.) Realtek2525LH SCALER IC: Realtek2545L series products are all-in-one LCD monitor controller with analog (RGB), DVI and video inputs, supporting UXGA/ WXSGA+WXGA+/SXGA(optional),and integrate Realtek high performance ADC,scaling engine,LVDS Tx,and so on.Moreover,all products are pin compatible in QFN 48-pin package to save cost and make the design easier. The RTD also includes an ITU656 video format input port with color space converter that makes it an attractive solution for low cost MFM and TV applications. The output section contains a 24-bit TTL output interface and a channel LVDS transmitter for direct interfacing of commercially available LVDS LCD panel modules. In addition, RTD2525LH embedded 16.5KSRAM dynamically stores OSD command and fonts, compatible advanced color control features.
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2.) EEPROM: We use 24C16 EEPROM to store monitor user data and user preset timings. There are 16 user timing modes are automatically saved in it. Each timing mode is allocated with 22 bytes of memory space for information such as Sync frequencies, polarities etc. PC can access the EEPROM data indirectly through the SDA and SCL channels of DVI and D-sub (IIC communication). The digital and analog DDC data are stored in two 24C02s EEPROM. A-2.) Power board diagram:
Rectifier and filter Isolation power transformer Rectifier and filter

EMI Filter

Inverter circuit

PWM contrller

Switching element

Rectifier and filter

Audio circuit

LDO regulator Feedback Isolation

Fig.1

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6.3 Spare Parts List

Ship To Area Acer

99 Part Number 9J.0k61X.XXX

Description 17 MNT ANALOG W/O SPK EMEA (V173)

LEVEL

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

OEM PART NO.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

LCD BOARD BOARD BOARD CABLE CABLE CABLE CABLE CABLE CASE/COVER/BRACKET ASSEMBLY CASE/COVER/BRACKET ASSEMBLY CASE/COVER/BRACKET ASSEMBLY CASE/COVER/BRACKET ASSEMBLY

6K.0BF19.001/5F.LU7V0.001 ASSY LCD MDL M170EG01 D0B/0C Z 6K.0BF19.011/5F.LU7AP.001 5F.LU7VP.001/5F.LU7A0.001 PCBA I/F BD MI V173 ANALOG PCBA SPS BD MI V173 W/O AUDIO ASSY CTRL BD B173 5E.0K601.001 5E.0K602.002 6K.0K513.001

CABLE SIGNAL/C H+V OD_5.5 1.8M 5K.L2H06.511 WIRE 10/11P 90MM B173 FFC WIRE 7P CTRL/BD B173 B173 FFC LVDS 30/30P T/B 240MM B173 CORD H05VV-F 10A250V EUR 1.8M ASSY BZL DB27A V173 ASSY RC DB27A D-SUB V173 ASSY CLM DB27A V173 ASSY BASE W/P DB27A ANA V173 5K.0K501.001 5K.0K502.001 5K.0K503.001 2G.00921.001 6K.0K615.001 6K.0K605.001 6K.0K612.001 6K.0K614.001

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Appendix 1 Screw List / Torque

(A) STANDARD SCREW TORQUE SPEC. ITEM P/N DESCRIPTION SCRW MACH HEX #440*0.3" N Color Mounting Material Metal; Ni D-SUB;DVI Connector 5.00.6 #4-40 X TORQUE (KG-CM) HOLE SIZE (MM) Screw Head

8F.205B4.01 9

8F.00518.10 0

SCRW TAP W/FL M3*10L(S3.8) ZN

NI

Metal

None tread 810 Have tread: 2.680.0 3 6 8 Aluminum: 4~5

#2

8F.1A556.8R SCRW MACH PH M4*8L NI 0 NYL

NI

Metal

11.01.0

M4*0.7

#2

8F.5A356.8R SCRW MACH FH M4*8L B0 ZN NYL

B-Zn

Metal

9.01.0

M4*0.7

#2

8F.5A422.2R 4

SCRW MACH FLAT-P M2*2.4L ZN

Zn

Plastic

1.00.1 None tread 810 Have tread: 6 8 Aluminum: 4~5 None tread 810 Have tread: 6 8 Aluminum: 4~5 11.01.0

1.70.05

#1

8F.00273.6R 0

SCRW TAP PH F/10WSH M3*6L C-ZN

C-Zn

Metal

2.680.0 3

#2

8F.VZ524.6R 0

SCRW TAP FLAT+EXT M3*6L C-ZN

Metal

2.680.0 3

#2

8F.5A356.12 SCRW MACH FH M4*12L B0 ZN NYL

B-Zn

Metal

M4*0.7

#2

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Appendix 2 Physical Dimension Front View and Side view

Fig. 1 Physical Dimension Front View and Side view

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Appendix 3 Control Board

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Appendix 4 Interface Board

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Appendix 5 Power Board

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