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Windows Vista home edition are subject to the use of Toshiba. Copyright © 2008 by Toshiba Corporation. Toshiba Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual First edition March 2008 Disclaimer The information presented in any succeeding product and this manual. Therefore, Toshiba assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions, or discrepancies between any...
Windows Vista home edition are subject to the use of Toshiba. Copyright © 2008 by Toshiba Corporation. Toshiba Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual First edition March 2008 Disclaimer The information presented in any succeeding product and this manual. Therefore, Toshiba assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions, or discrepancies between any...
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...can cause the battery to fasten screws securely with the right screwdriver. Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual iii The procedures described in the field. Toshiba requires service technicians and authorized dealers or service providers to ensure the ... in safety hazards. Preface This maintenance manual describes how to perform hardware service maintenance for the Toshiba Personal Computer Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300, referred to as shown below. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Four types of the computer may result in death...
...can cause the battery to fasten screws securely with the right screwdriver. Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual iii The procedures described in the field. Toshiba requires service technicians and authorized dealers or service providers to ensure the ... in safety hazards. Preface This maintenance manual describes how to perform hardware service maintenance for the Toshiba Personal Computer Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300, referred to as shown below. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Four types of the computer may result in death...
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...137; Keyboard scan/character codes Key layout BIOS Rewrite Procedures EC/KBC Rewrite Procedures iv Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Procedures explains how to diagnose and resolve FRU problems. Chapter 3 Test and Diagnostics describes how... The appendices describe the following parts: Chapter 1 Hardware Overview describes the Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 system unit and each FRU. Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures describes the removal and replacement of the FRUs.
...137; Keyboard scan/character codes Key layout BIOS Rewrite Procedures EC/KBC Rewrite Procedures iv Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Procedures explains how to diagnose and resolve FRU problems. Chapter 3 Test and Diagnostics describes how... The appendices describe the following parts: Chapter 1 Hardware Overview describes the Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 system unit and each FRU. Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures describes the removal and replacement of the FRUs.
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... the key top symbols separated by the XXXXX that appears on the keyboard is presented in the boldface type below : Format complete System transferred Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual v Key operation Some operations require you must hold down Ctrl and at the same time press the third. For example, Ctrl + Pause...
... the key top symbols separated by the XXXXX that appears on the keyboard is presented in the boldface type below : Format complete System transferred Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual v Key operation Some operations require you must hold down Ctrl and at the same time press the third. For example, Ctrl + Pause...
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... Procedure 1 Message Check 2-11 Procedure 2 Partition Check 2-11 Procedure 3 Format Check 2-12 Procedure 4 Test Program Check 2-13 Procedure 5 Connector Check and Replacement Check 2-14 vi Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
... Procedure 1 Message Check 2-11 Procedure 2 Partition Check 2-11 Procedure 3 Format Check 2-12 Procedure 4 Test Program Check 2-13 Procedure 5 Connector Check and Replacement Check 2-14 vi Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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... 3.6 Memory Test ...35 3.7 Storage...41 3.8 Video ...45 3.9 Communication (COMM 54 3.10 Peripheral ...55 3.11 Error Codes and description 57 3.12 Quick Test Item List i viii Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
... 3.6 Memory Test ...35 3.7 Storage...41 3.8 Video ...45 3.9 Communication (COMM 54 3.10 Peripheral ...55 3.11 Error Codes and description 57 3.12 Quick Test Item List i viii Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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... 4-21 Removing the Keyboard Cover and Keyboard 4-21 Installing the Keyboard Cover and Keyboard 4-24 4.5 Wireless LAN Card 4-26 Removing the Wireless LAN Card 4-26 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual ix
... 4-21 Removing the Keyboard Cover and Keyboard 4-21 Installing the Keyboard Cover and Keyboard 4-24 4.5 Wireless LAN Card 4-26 Removing the Wireless LAN Card 4-26 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual ix
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... and Felica card 4-48 Installing the USB board, Bluetooth Card, FM card and Felica card 4-49 4.15 Display Mask...4-50 Removing the Display Mask 4-50 x Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
... and Felica card 4-48 Installing the USB board, Bluetooth Card, FM card and Felica card 4-49 4.15 Display Mask...4-50 Removing the Display Mask 4-50 x Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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... 4-58 Removing Power board, Switch board, Touch Pad board, Finger print board. 4-58 Installing Power board, Switch board, Touch Pad board, Finger print board .. 4-59 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual xi
... 4-58 Removing Power board, Switch board, Touch Pad board, Finger print board. 4-58 Installing Power board, Switch board, Touch Pad board, Finger print board .. 4-59 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual xi
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Appendices Appendix A Handling the LCD Module A-1 Appendix B Board Layout B-1 Appendix C Pin Assignments C-1 Appendix D Keyboard Scan/Character Codes D-1 Appendix E Key Layout...E-1 Appendix F BIOS Rewrite Procedures F-1 Appendix G EC/KBC Rewrite Procedures G-1 xii Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
Appendices Appendix A Handling the LCD Module A-1 Appendix B Board Layout B-1 Appendix C Pin Assignments C-1 Appendix D Keyboard Scan/Character Codes D-1 Appendix E Key Layout...E-1 Appendix F BIOS Rewrite Procedures F-1 Appendix G EC/KBC Rewrite Procedures G-1 xii Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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Chapter 1 Hardware Overview i Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
Chapter 1 Hardware Overview i Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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1 Hardware Overview ii Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
1 Hardware Overview ii Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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1 Hardware Overview Chapter 1 Contents 1.1 Features ...1 1.2 System Unit Components 9 1.3 2.5-inch HDD...15 1.4 DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer 17 1.5 HD DVD ROM ...19 1.6 HD DVD-RW ...20 1.7 Power Supply ...21 1.8 Batteries ...22 1.1.1 Main Battery 22 1.1.2 Battery Charging Control 22 1.1.3 RTC Battery 23 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual iii
1 Hardware Overview Chapter 1 Contents 1.1 Features ...1 1.2 System Unit Components 9 1.3 2.5-inch HDD...15 1.4 DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer 17 1.5 HD DVD ROM ...19 1.6 HD DVD-RW ...20 1.7 Power Supply ...21 1.8 Batteries ...22 1.1.1 Main Battery 22 1.1.2 Battery Charging Control 22 1.1.3 RTC Battery 23 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual iii
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1 Hardware Overview Figures Figure 1-1 ID Parts Description Placement 6 Figure 1-2 Computer Block Diagram 7 Figure 1-3 System Board Configurations 8 Figure 1-4 System Unit Block Diagram 9 Figure 1-5 SATA HDD ...15 Figure 1-6 DVD Super Multi drive 17 Tables Table 1-1 HDD Specifications 15 Table 1-2 DVD Super Multi Drive Specifications 17 Table 1-3 HD DVD ROM Specifications 19 Table 1-4 HD DVD-RW Specifications 20 Table 1-5 Battery specifications 22 Table 1-6 Quick/Normal charging time 23 iv Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
1 Hardware Overview Figures Figure 1-1 ID Parts Description Placement 6 Figure 1-2 Computer Block Diagram 7 Figure 1-3 System Board Configurations 8 Figure 1-4 System Unit Block Diagram 9 Figure 1-5 SATA HDD ...15 Figure 1-6 DVD Super Multi drive 17 Tables Table 1-1 HDD Specifications 15 Table 1-2 DVD Super Multi Drive Specifications 17 Table 1-3 HD DVD ROM Specifications 19 Table 1-4 HD DVD-RW Specifications 20 Table 1-5 Battery specifications 22 Table 1-6 Quick/Normal charging time 23 iv Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
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... Ion battery that the system can be designed to be battery-operated for a longer period of 1280 by 800 pixels. 1 Hardware Overview 1.1 Features 1.1 Features The Toshiba Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 is the Penryn Processor and Merom Processor.
... Ion battery that the system can be designed to be battery-operated for a longer period of 1280 by 800 pixels. 1 Hardware Overview 1.1 Features 1.1 Features The Toshiba Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 is the Penryn Processor and Merom Processor.
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... types: y 15.4" WXGA CSV 1-Lamp 200nits color display, resolution 1280×800 y 15.4" WXGA 400 CSV WV 72% 2-Lamps display, resolution 1280×800 2 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual Using the following sizes of memory modules: y 512 MB (64M×16×4P)/667 MHZ y 1024 MB (64M×16×...
... types: y 15.4" WXGA CSV 1-Lamp 200nits color display, resolution 1280×800 y 15.4" WXGA 400 CSV WV 72% 2-Lamps display, resolution 1280×800 2 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual Using the following sizes of memory modules: y 512 MB (64M×16×4P)/667 MHZ y 1024 MB (64M×16×...
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The serial data transfer rate is supported to provide memory card read on your computer Toshiba Pointing Device Toshiba Pointing Device has one kind of Normal touchpad and one kind of 127 USB devices. 1.1 Features 1 Hardware Overview ... Mini-SD/ Micro-SD/ SD-IO/ SDHC/ MS/ MS Pro/ MMC/ XD memory cards. The sound system contains the following: y Stereo speakers y Headphone / SPDIF combo jack y Internal microphone y External microphone jack LAN (BTO) Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual 3 It is 480 Mbps or 12 Mbps and 1.5...
The serial data transfer rate is supported to provide memory card read on your computer Toshiba Pointing Device Toshiba Pointing Device has one kind of Normal touchpad and one kind of 127 USB devices. 1.1 Features 1 Hardware Overview ... Mini-SD/ Micro-SD/ SD-IO/ SDHC/ MS/ MS Pro/ MMC/ XD memory cards. The sound system contains the following: y Stereo speakers y Headphone / SPDIF combo jack y Internal microphone y External microphone jack LAN (BTO) Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual 3 It is 480 Mbps or 12 Mbps and 1.5...
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..., enabling connection to a LAN at up on the line quality. The Antenna has two or three wires dual band antenna support for mainstream ID support. 4 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual The root port supports 2.5 Gb/s bandwidth in each direction (5 Gb/s concurrent) and two virtual channels for fax transmission.
..., enabling connection to a LAN at up on the line quality. The Antenna has two or three wires dual band antenna support for mainstream ID support. 4 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual The root port supports 2.5 Gb/s bandwidth in each direction (5 Gb/s concurrent) and two virtual channels for fax transmission.
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... Overview FELICA card reader (for JAPAN BTO) The felica card reader writes and reads data to the HDMI out port on the computer. Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual 5 The computer has HDMI out port and support BTO for physical contact with the card, the reader/writer is immune to external...
... Overview FELICA card reader (for JAPAN BTO) The felica card reader writes and reads data to the HDMI out port on the computer. Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual 5 The computer has HDMI out port and support BTO for physical contact with the card, the reader/writer is immune to external...
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1 Hardware Overview 1.1 Features Figures 1-1/1-2/1-3 and 1-4 show the computer and its system unit configuration, respectively. Figure 1-1 ID Parts Description Placement 6 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual
1 Hardware Overview 1.1 Features Figures 1-1/1-2/1-3 and 1-4 show the computer and its system unit configuration, respectively. Figure 1-1 ID Parts Description Placement 6 Satellite A300/Satellite Pro A300/EQUIUM A300/SATEGO A300 Maintenance Manual