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PCG-F370/F390 (UC)

12. Mouse test

13. Parallel loopback test

14. PC Card test

15. Serial loopback test

16. USB test

17. Port Replicator connector test

18. IrDA test

19. Video test

20. IEEE1394 test

21. PPK test

22. Aging (Short time) HDD test

23. Aging (Long time) HDD test

24. Aging (Short time)

25. Aging (Long time)

The following tests are performed using Windows 98.

A. Audio test group

(1) Audio test (MIC test)

(2) Audio test (Speaker test)

B.

Modem loopback test

2-4-3. Short Descriptions of the Test Items

1. Machine configuration

Selects the type of configuration of the PCG-F3 series computer.

Because some diagnostics operate based on the selected configuration, perform this item first of all.

2. Check system bios revision

Indicates the BIOS which is currently used.

3. Check configuration

Tests clocks and CPUID.

4. Battery test group

Performs charging and discharging test of a battery.

A used battery with 30% to 80% already charged battery is necessary.

(1) Battery 1 test

This tests the battery 1.

(2) Battery 2 test

This tests the battery 2.

Start up the battery 2 test program only from the FD image from the DOS command line of the CD-ROM/DVD-

ROM as described below.

Execute the following procedure and insert both the CD-ROM and FDD.

1.  Selects “3: Quit MAIN MENU” from the main menu.

Summary of Contents for VAIO PCG-F370

Page 1: ...70 F390 UC Sony Corporation xxx Notebook Computer 9 872 006 11 PCG F370 F390 UC 9 872 006 11 99x16xx 1 SERVICE MANUAL US Model Canadian Model English 99x16xx 1 Printed in xxx 1999 x xxx PCG F370 F390 S400 ILLUST PCG F390 ...

Page 2: ... layout 4 Inspect after completing service After servicing inspect to make sure that all screws components and wiring have been returned to their original condition Also check the area around the repair location to ensure that repair work has caused no damage and confirm safety 5 When replacing chip components Never reuse components Also remember that the negative side of tantalum capacitors is ea...

Page 3: ...ch Display Housing Assy Inverter Assy 1 9 2 Hinge Left Hinge Right LCD Cable 1 10 12 LCD Section F370 MODEL Made by Hitachi 1 11 1 Bezel Housing Assy LCD Unit 14 inch Display Housing Assy Inverter Assy 1 11 2 Hinge Left Hinge Right LCD Cable 1 12 to 1 12 Section Title Page Abbreviations UC US model Canadian model Section Title Page CHAPTER 2 SELF DIAGNOSTICS 2 1 Required Tools and Peripheral Devic...

Page 4: ...MODEL Hitachi POWER OFF HOOD KEYBOARD ASSY SO DIMM BATTERY PACK HINGE COVER KEYBOARD UNIT P 1 2 P 1 2 P 1 5 P 1 5 P 1 5 P 1 2 P 1 2 P 1 3 P 1 4 1 through 4 P 1 4 P 1 4 5 through 6 8 through 9 P 1 4 PALM REST ASSY DVD ROM DRIVE P 1 3 DC FAN P3 ASSY CPU MODULE PC CARD CONNECTOR I O BRACKET MBX 30 BOARD P 1 7 P 1 9 P 1 11 P 1 7 P 1 9 P 1 11 P 1 8 P 1 9 P 1 11 P 1 8 P 1 9 P 1 11 P 1 8 P 1 10 P 1 12 P ...

Page 5: ...or I O 3 4 2Hinge Cover 6M2X18 Hood Keyboard Assy Keyboard Unit Palm Rest Assy 4 6M2X4 Special Head 5Screw M2 0 Number P3 Kind X4 7Pull it to the front slightly and raise to remove it 2Pull it up sliding it to the right PWS 8 Board CN6005 MBX 30 Board CN904 MBX 30 Board CN902 1M2X4 Special Head 3M2X4 Special Head ...

Page 6: ...ial Head 8 1Bolt M2X2 Spring 6 B 2 6X5 4Screw M2 0 Number P3 Kind 5M2X6 Special Head X2 2M2X4 Special Head 7M2 6 Cross Hole Bind 7M2 6 Cross Hole Bind X2 9DC Fan 7 MBX 30 Board CN1102 4HDD Assy 2FPC 50 Pin for HDD 1M2X4 Special Head X2 3M2X4 Special Head X4 8M2X6 Special Head X3 MBX 30 Board CN1101 5M2X4 Special Head X2 6GND Plate Hinge ...

Page 7: ...006 PWS 8 Board CN6001 MBX 30 Board CNX 81 Board P3 Assy CPU Module 1 4PC Card Connector 6M2X4 Special Head 7M2X4 Special Head X2 5M2X4 Special Head Nut M2 9 B 2X14 X2 3 B 2X18 X2 2HDD Bracket 5M2X4 Special Head X3 5Bolt M2X4 Spring I O Bracket Screw HEX X6 8 1M2X4 Special Head X4 0 PS 2X4 X3 MBX 30 Board CN531 CNX 81 Board CN102 Nut M2 X2 IFX 86 Board Bracket Bay Connector 5M2X4 Special Head X2 1...

Page 8: ...r Unit SWX 39 Board 8 SO DIMM Speaker Unit Hood Keyboard SWX 39 Board Speaker Unit 2M2X4 X7 1 1 1 3M2X4 X2 3M2X4 X2 SWX 39 Board CN303 SWX 39 Board CN301 SWX 39 Board CN302 b a a Removal of SO DIMM a b 2DIMM Door 1M2X4 Special Head ...

Page 9: ... prepare the following Thermal sheet attachment tool to attach the thermal sheet Method to attach thermal sheet Thermal sheet attachment tool Prepare a thick paper or the like having the following dimensions by writing the thick paper into the actual size of the thermal sheet The pattern is shown in the actual sizes 1 3 2 Heat Sink Thermal Sheet Thermal Sheet Attachment Tool Direction of the Tool ...

Page 10: ...ng Assy Display Housing Assy Display Housing Assy claw part 1Side 15 Screw Cover X3 5Lower Screw Cover 3Cover Screw Shaft 3Cover Screw Shaft 4 P 2 6X6 Lock Precision Type3 4 P 2 6X6 Lock Precision Type3 6M2X4 Special Head 1Side 15 Screw Cover X3 2 P M2X3 X3 2 P M2X3 X3 a a b 7 º 8 9 b c Bezel Housing Assy LCD unit Order of releasing the claws c b a Order of locking the claws a b c ...

Page 11: ... PCG F370 F390 UC 2 Inverter Assy LCD Cable Display Housing Assy 1 LCD Cable 2M2X4 Special Head 3M2X4 Special Head X2 Inverter Bracket Inverter Bracket Inverter Assy Display Housing Assy Inverter Assy CN2 ...

Page 12: ...rew Cover 1Lower Screw Cover 2M2X4 Special Head 2M2X4 Special Head 2M2X4 Special Head 6 PS 2 6X5 6 PS 2 6X5 M2X4 Special Head Display Housing Assy Bezel Housing Assy a Order of releasing the claws c b a Order of locking the claws a b c How to release the claw a Turn the Bezel Housing Assy as shown to release the claw a 5M2X4 Special Head X5 Inverter Assy CN1 Inverter Assy CN2 2M2X4 Special Head 5M...

Page 13: ...1 10 PCG F370 F390 UC 2 Hinge Left Hinge Right LCD Cable Hinge Left LCD Cable LCD Unit Hinge Right 1 P M2X3 Lock 1 P M2x3 Lock 2 ...

Page 14: ...w Cover 1Upper Screw Cover 1Lower Screw Cover 1Lower Screw Cover 2M2X4 Special Head 2M2X4 Special Head 2M2X4 Special Head 2M2X4 Special Head 6 PS 2 6X5 6 PS 2 6X5 M2X4 Special Head X2 5M2X4 Special Head X4 5M2X4 Special Head X4 4M2X4 Special Head Display Housing Assy Bezel Housing Assy a How to release the claw a Order of releasing the claws c b a Order of locking the claws a b c Turn the Bezel Ho...

Page 15: ...1 12 PCG F370 F390 UC END 2 Hinge Left Hinge Right LCD Cable Hinge Left LCD Cable LCD Hinge Right 1M2X4 Special Head X2 1M2X4 Special Head X2 2 ...

Page 16: ... Loopback Tool Loopback tool specified by QA Plus and Factory Refer to next page 2 Parallel Loopback Tool Loopback Tool specified by QA Plus and Factory Refer to next page 3 V 34 Modem and Line Simulator 4 PC Card Tester PCCtest 450 Made by Sycard Corp 5 USB Tester USB Host Production Tester Made by Computer Access Technology Corp 6 PCG N505 XR series VAIO for IrDA Function Test 7 Port Replicator ...

Page 17: ...D6 D7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT STROBE AUTO FD ERROR INT SLCT IN GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND DB25P The serial loopback tool and the parallel loopback tool are necessary for diagnostics of the serial communication line and the parallel communication line Fabricate the serial loopback tool and the parallel loopback tool locally referring to the connection diagrams shown below Reference On Serial Parallel...

Page 18: ...Serial loopback tool Port Replicator Serial I F DVD ROM PPK Button Power SW 3Transmission line simulator 4PC card tester ºDiagnostics CD ROM media AC adaptor 7Port Replicator PCGA PRF1 port 1394 IrDA send receive 6 PCG N505 XR series USB connector 5USB tester jack Phone Serial output Parallel output 8FDD bay 9Diagnostics FD media ...

Page 19: ...hen PASS is displayed as the result of diagnostics the test is ended without any errors When FAIL is displayed as the result of diagnostics the test is ended with some errors 2 4 Test Items The test items are shown below 2 4 1 Start Menu 1 Diagnostics for PCG F3 Series Select the respective test items of the PCG F3 Series Diagnostics from the menu and perform the selected test 2 PASSWORD BYPASS Th...

Page 20: ...of configuration of the PCG F3 series computer Because some diagnostics operate based on the selected configuration perform this item first of all 2 Check system bios revision Indicates the BIOS which is currently used 3 Check configuration Tests clocks and CPUID 4 Battery test group Performs charging and discharging test of a battery A used battery with 30 to 80 already charged battery is necessa...

Page 21: ...FDD test Tests the FDD Note that the diagnostics floppy disk can be damaged when this test ends in fail 7 HDD test Tests the HDD 8 Touch pad test Tests the touch pad Start pressing the keyboard surely from an end of a keyboard The Fn key is disabled Press Fn End instead 9 LED test Check that the LEDs start illuminating from the left of the LEDs 10 Main memory test Tests the memory 11 Main system t...

Page 22: ...ks related to the video display Tests the various video modes 20 IEEE1394 test Executes the data transfer test of the IEEE1394 21 PPK test Tests the PPK 22 Aging Short time HDD test Executes the memory and main system tests repeatedly including the HDD test It takes about four hours Contents of HDD are destroyed when this test is performed 23 Aging Long time HDD test Executes the memory and main s...

Page 23: ...nter the lower seven digits of the serial number of your system Then the following message appears Bypassed pass word Enter the lower seven digits of the serial number of your system into the portion of the password input display A Audio test group Tests the audio related items 1 Audio test MIC test Tests microphone 2 Audio test Speaker test Tests speaker B Modem loopback test Tests the data send ...

Page 24: ...IMM SMB2 3 Bus SW CN SMB2 6 7 SERIAL 2 PS 2 24M 9 VGA 9 Dev 0 Main Memory PC100 SO DIMM 96 64MB Max 256MB SO DIMM Slot A SO DIMM Slot B Row 0 1 Row 2 3 Serial DSUB 9 Parallel DSUB 25 PS2 MDIN 6 i LINK 4 pin USB PORT0 S VIDEO RS232C Buffer VGA 3 8 6 7 9 5 Audio YAMAHA YMF744B DS 1S Dev 9 Int MIC Headphone AC97 AKM AK4543 Amp Speaker Ext MIC SW LCD Panel 15 14 TFT XGA 5 ZV VIDEO Intel Mobile Module ...

Page 25: ...9 CN751 1 2 39 40 1 2 39 40 50 50 49 2 1 10 9 CN904 SWX 39 Side B 1 1 10 2 1 2 CN302 CN7001 CN303 CN301 Speaker L Speaker R 1 2 CN5101 1 2 FPC DVD ROM BAY DVD ROM DRIVE FDD DRIVE PC 100 SO DIMM PC 100 SO DIMM DC FAN CN 151 DIMM 143 144 1 2 RAM CN103 PHONE 1 2 IFX 86 Side A 100 99 1 2 CN2 CN753 K CN352 CN451 i LINK CN152 2 1 CN1102 RAM CN 152 DIMM 143 144 1 2 1 2 1 40 CN1 1 2 8 7 CN2 CN1 7 1 LCD Si...

Page 26: ...tocked since they are seldom required for routine service Some delay should be anticipated when ordering these items The components identified by mark or dotted line with mark are critical for safety Replace only with part number specified Les composants identifiés par une marque sont critiques pour la sécurité Ne les remplacer que par une pièce portant le numéro spécifié ...

Page 27: ...01 SPRING BAY 58 4 640 855 02 BRACKET BOTTOM 59 4 640 857 01 DOOR BATTERY SPRING 60 4 644 345 01 DISPLAY BASE 62 4 640 877 01 LENS IR 63 4 644 338 01 COVER BATTERY CONNECTOR 64 4 641 188 01 SPACER MODEM 65 4 644 664 01 INSULATOR MODEM A 66 4 644 665 01 INSULATOR MODEM B 67 4 641 366 02 LABEL I O 68 4 641 629 01 INSULATOR FDD 69 4 641 763 01 LABEL FD 70 4 641 850 01 SPRING CD ROM PLATE 71 4 641 851...

Page 28: ...B18 4 635 966 11 SCREW HEX B19 7 621 772 70 SCREW B 2X14 B25 3 181 686 01 NUT N3 3X0 35 B27 4 644 790 01 NUT FOR PANEL MOUNT B28 4 644 789 01 GUIDE SOCKET 37 36 B6 B11 B3 B1 B6 35 68 96 95 93 103 90 91 92 94 53 B8 B10 B10 B9 B10 B10 B18 B18 B7 B7 B27 B17 B17 78 24 22 B15 B15 B1 B1 B8 B8 30 70 71 57 56 62 46 63 50 113 51 65 84 64 75 B28 B9 B25 B14 B8 B3 B14 B8 B8 114 81 A A 52 4 11 137 72 6 49 112 ...

Page 29: ... 15 222 4 642 757 01 BRACKET LCD DR 15 223 4 642 758 01 BRACKET LCD BR 15 224 4 642 759 01 COVER SCREW SIDE 15 225 4 635 277 11 COVER SCREW LOWER 226 4 643 549 01 COVER SCREW SHAFT 228 X 4622 448 1 HINGE RIGHT 15G 229 4 643 366 11 EDGE GUARD HINGE 15 231 4 643 837 01 SHIELD LCD 234 4 635 276 11 COVER SCREW UPPER 235 4 642 760 01 CUSHION CENTER 236 4 644 153 11 SHIELD TAPE LCD 237 4 645 496 01 CUSH...

Page 30: ...14G SA 310 4 635 274 01 BRACKET INVERTER 311 4 643 767 11 INSULATOR INVERTER TR 312 X 4622 430 2 ASSY HOU DISPLAY 14 SA 313 4 642 762 11 COVER HINGE 15 314 4 645 491 11 LABEL ID 317 1 791 898 11 PWB LCD FLEXIBLE PRINT 319 3 909 058 01 SHEET D ADHESIVE 321 4 642 040 01 CUSHION LCD 3S 322 4 644 163 01 BRACKET LCD LEFT 14 SA 323 4 644 164 01 BRACKET LCD RIGHT 14 SA 312 311 310 301 302 307 308 306 305...

Page 31: ...514 B1 B1 515 517 522 513 501 1 418 297 22 INVERTER UNIT 502 X 4622 458 1 HINGE LEFT 14G H 503 X 4622 396 1 ASSY HOU BEZEL 14 NH 504 4 635 277 11 COVER SCREW LOWER 505 4 635 276 11 COVER SCREW UPPER 506 4 637 902 31 LATCH 507 A 8045 723 A ASSY LCD XGA 14T S 508 4 635 272 01 SPRING COMPRESSION 509 X 4622 459 1 HINGE RIGHT 14G H 510 4 635 274 01 BRACKET INVERTER 511 4 640 892 11 INSULATOR INVERTER 5...

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