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Chapter 3: Machine Disassembly and Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disassembly Procedure Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the HDD and RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing FFC of Main Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Removing Wireless Card and Thermal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing the Main Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing I/O Board and Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Disassembling the LCM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Disassembling the External Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Disassembling the HDD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
System Check Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
External Diskette Drive Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
External CD-ROM Drive Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Memory Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Touchpad Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Error Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Error Message List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
No-beep Error Message List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
InsydeH2O BIOS Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
LCD-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Power-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
PCMCIA-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Memory-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Speaker-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Power Management-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Peripheral-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Keyboard/Touchpad-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Modem-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Summary of Contents for EC38
Page 1: ... Gateway EC38 SERVICEGUIDE ...
Page 6: ...Contents iv ...
Page 14: ...CHAPTER 1 System Specifications 8 System Block Diagram ...
Page 30: ...CHAPTER 1 System Specifications 24 ...
Page 31: ...CHAPTER2 25 System Utilities BIOS Setup Utility BIOS Flash Utility ...
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Page 51: ...www gateway com 45 10 Remove screws on the upper case 11 Remove the dummy card ...
Page 62: ...CHAPTER 3 Machine Disassembly and Replacement 56 ...
Page 83: ...CHAPTER5 77 Jumper and Connector Locations Top View Bottom View ...
Page 86: ...CHAPTER 5 Jumper and Connector Locations 80 ...
Page 89: ...www gateway com 83 Exploded Diagram ...
Page 90: ...CHAPTER 6 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List 84 ...
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Page 92: ...CHAPTER 6 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List 86 ...
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Page 113: ...APPENDIXC 107 Online support information ...
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