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3  Tests and Diagnostics 

3.23  SETUP 

(d)

 

Dynamic CPU Frequency mode  

Use this option to choose a setting from the followings. When the CPU of the 
computer is Celeron, this option is not displayed. 

Dynamically Switchable

 

 

Enables Pentium 4 processor featuring Intel SpeedStep 
technology. (Default) 

Always High

 

Disables Pentium 4 processor featuring Intel SpeedStep 
technology and always runs the processor at its 
maximum speed.

 

Always Low

 

Disables Pentium 4 processor featuring Intel SpeedStep 
technology and always runs the processor at its default 
speed. 

(e)

 

Hyper-Threading Technology 

This option sets the Enable/Disable of the Hyper-Threading Technology. 

Disabled

 

Disables the Hyper-Threading Technology function.

 

Enabled

 

Enables the Hyper-Threading Technology function. 
(Default)

 

(f)

 

Auto Power On 

This option shows the setting for the Auto Power On function. 

Disabled

 

Parameters for the Auto Power On function and Wake-
up LAN function are not set. (Default)

 

Enabled

 

Parameters for the Auto Power On function and Wake-
up LAN function are set. 

 

When the “Enable” is selected, the following menu appears. 

Alarm Time

= 00:00:00

Alarm Date Option

= Disabled

Ring Indicator

= Disabled

OPTIONS

 

Set the parameters for the Auto Power On (automatic power on) function and 
the Wake-up on LAN in the “OPTIONS” window. To set the time, use 

Space

 or 

BackSpace

. Press 

↓

 to move the cursor to the right and 

↑

 to move 

the cursor to the left when you set the date and time. 

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Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual (960-458)

 

Summary of Contents for Satellite A40 Series

Page 1: ...Toshiba Personal Computer Satellite A40 Series Maintenance Manual TOSHIBA CORPORATION File Number 960 458 ...

Page 2: ...re subject to change without notice Therefore Toshiba assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors omissions or discrepancies between any succeeding product and this manual Trademarks Intel Intel SpeedStep Pentium and Celeron are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries regions Windows and ...

Page 3: ...y if the safety instruction is not observed CAUTION Caution indicates the existence of a hazard that could result in property damage if the safety instruction is not observed NOTE Note contains general information that relates to your safe maintenance service Improper repair of the computer may result in safety hazards Toshiba requires service technicians and authorized dealers or service provider...

Page 4: ...3 Test and Diagnostics describes how to perform test and diagnostic operations for maintenance service Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures describes the removal and replacement of the FRUs Appendices The appendices describe the following Handling the LCD module Board layout Pin assignments Keyboard scan character codes Key layout Wiring diagrams BIOS Rewrite Procedures Reliability iv Satellite A40 Ma...

Page 5: ...e Key operation Some operations require you to simultaneously use two or more keys We identify such operations by the key top symbols separated by a plus sign For example Ctrl Pause Break means you must hold down Ctrl and at the same time press Pause Break If three keys are used hold down the first two and at the same time press the third User input Text that you are instructed to type in is shown...

Page 6: ... Supply 1 32 1 13 Batteries 1 34 Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Procedures 2 1 Troubleshooting 2 1 2 2 Troubleshooting Flowchart 2 2 2 3 Power Supply Troubleshooting 2 6 2 4 System Board Troubleshooting 2 18 2 5 FDD Troubleshooting 2 34 2 6 HDD Troubleshooting 2 37 2 7 Keyboard Troubleshooting 2 42 2 8 Display Troubleshooting 2 44 2 9 Optical Drive Troubleshooting 2 47 2 10 Modem Troubleshooting 2 49 2...

Page 7: ... ROM Test 3 33 3 15 LAN Test 3 34 3 16 Error Code and Error Status Names 3 35 3 17 Hard Disk Test Detail Status 3 38 3 18 Head Cleaning 3 40 3 19 Log Utilities 3 41 3 20 Running Test 3 43 3 21 Floppy Disk Drive Utilities 3 45 3 22 System Configuration 3 50 3 23 Setup 3 52 3 24 Repair initial config set 3 68 3 25 Wireless LAN Test Program Agere 3 69 3 26 Wireless LAN Test Program Atheros 11b g or 1...

Page 8: ...io play button 4 33 4 12 Display assembly 4 34 4 13 Touch pad 4 38 4 14 LED board 4 40 4 15 RTC battery 4 42 4 16 Sound board 4 44 4 17 System board Bat con cover 4 46 4 18 Fan 4 49 4 19 Modem cable 4 51 4 20 Wireless LAN cover 4 52 4 21 Battery lock assembly 4 53 4 22 Speaker 4 54 4 23 Display mask LCD unit FL inverter 4 57 4 24 LCD cable Sensor switch Wireless LAN antenna 4 61 4 25 Hinge 4 65 4 ...

Page 9: ...pendix C Pin Assignments C 1 Appendix D Keyboard Scan Character Codes D 1 Appendix E Key Layout E 1 Appendix F Wiring Diagrams F 1 Appendix G BIOS Rewrite Procedures G 1 Appendix H EC KBC Rewrite Procedures H 1 Appendix I Reliability I 1 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ix ...

Page 10: ...x Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Overview ...

Page 12: ...1 Hardware Overview 1 ii Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 13: ...W DVD ROM Drive 1 20 1 7 DVD R RW Drive 1 22 1 8 DVD RW DVD Dual Drive 1 25 1 9 DVD Multi CD R RW DVD RAM R RW Drive 1 27 1 10 Keyboard 1 29 1 11 TFT Color Display 1 30 1 11 1 LCD Module 1 30 1 11 2 FL Inverter Board 1 31 1 12 Power Supply 1 32 1 13 Batteries 1 34 1 13 1 Main Battery 1 34 1 13 2 Battery Charging Control 1 35 1 13 3 RTC battery 1 36 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 1 iii ...

Page 14: ... 12 LCD module 1 30 Tables Table 1 1 3 5 inch FDD specifications 1 12 Table 1 2 2 5 inch HDD dimensions 1 13 Table 1 3 2 5 inch HDD specifications 1 15 Table 1 4 DVD ROM drive specifications 1 18 Table 1 5 CD RW DVD ROM drive specifications 1 20 Table 1 6 DVD R RW drive specifications 1 23 Table 1 7 DVD RW drive specifications 1 26 Table 1 8 DVD Multi drive specifications 1 27 Table 1 9 LCD module...

Page 15: ...ion Intel Mobile Celeron A 2 40GHz 2 50GHz 2 60GHz 2 70GHz or 2 80GHz Celeron processor with a 2 40GHz 2 50GHz 2 60GHz 2 70GHz or 2 80GHz internal clock 400MHz bus and 1 525V core operation Chipset The Satellite A40 is equipped with Intel Montara GT Intel ICH4 M and YEBISU SS Cache Memory Intel Mobile Pentium 4 Processor Northwood 12KB primary cache in CPU and 512KB secondary cache in CPU Intel Mo...

Page 16: ... lets you record data to rewritable CD DVD as well as run either 12 cm 4 72 inch or 8 cm 3 15 inch CD DVD without using an adaptor It is a high performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8 speed writes DVD R RW at 1 speed and reads CD at maximum 24 speed 3 600 KB per second DVD RW Drive This full size DVD RW drive module lets you record data to rewritable CD DVDs as well as run either 12 cm 4 72 ...

Page 17: ...l USB Universal Serial Bus The computer has four USB ports which support USB2 0 IEEE 1394 port The computer comes with one IEEE 1394 port It enables high speed data transfer directly from external devices such as digital video cameras Parallel port The parallel port enables connection of parallel printer or other parallel devices ECP compatible External monitor port The port enables connection of ...

Page 18: ...tures AC 97 Link Sound CODEC Analog Devices 1981B Stereo speakers Volume control knob Stereo Headphone jack External microphone jack Video out jack in some models there is no Video out jack The video jack enables to transfer NTSC or PAL data to external devices connected with S Video cable LAN Intel made MODEM Askey made Connectors for LAN and Modem are separately mounted Wireless LAN Mini PCI slo...

Page 19: ...erview The front of the computer is shown in figure 1 1 and the system unit configuration is shown in figure 1 2 Figure 1 1 Front of the computer Figure 1 2 System unit configuration Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 1 5 ...

Page 20: ...rdware Overview 1 2 System Unit Block Diagram 1 2 System Unit Block Diagram Figure 1 3 is a block diagram of the system unit Figure 1 3 System unit block diagram 1 6 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 21: ...46GHz Bus 533MHz Core voltage 1 35 1 15V Battery Optimized Mode at 1 15V Built in NDP Internal cache memory 12KB in CPU Secondary cache memory 1024KB in CPU Intel Mobile Celeron 2 40 2 50 2 60 2 70 2 80GHz Internal clock 2 40 2 50 2 60 2 70 2 80GHz Bus 400MHz Core voltage 1 525V Built in NDP Internal cache memory 12KB in CPU Secondary cache memory 128KB in CPU Memory Two memory slots are provided ...

Page 22: ...H4 M South Bridge One Intel 82801DBM is used This gate array has the following features Hub Link Interface PCI Rev2 2 Interface 6 PCI REQ GNT Pairs Enhanced DMA Controller Interrupt Controller and Timer Functions BusMaster IDE Controller Ultra ATA 100 66 33 USB 1 1 2 0 Controller 6 Ports EHCI Enhanced Host Controller I O APIC SMBus2 0 Controller Firmware Hub FWH Interface BIOS Low Pin Count LPC In...

Page 23: ...tMedia controller SMHC Ver 01 SMIL1 0 SIO UART controller MS Debug Port Specification Ver 1 0 Docking station interface Q switch control reset control External device interface BIOS ROM 8Mbit Flash memory 64KB used for logo 32KB used for setup and checksum 128KB used for system BIOS 64KB used for VGA BIOS 64KB used for ACPI 8KB used for PnP 8KB used for password security 16KB used for booting 128K...

Page 24: ... conditions LEDs Beep Device ON OFF Fan speed Universal I O port Docker Docking Sequence Battery capacity check Forced reset Flash rewriting EC interface I2C communication EC access Slim Select Bay Control KBC This controller has the following functions Scan controller to check status of keyboard matrix Interface controller between the keyboard scan controller and the system Control of switching a...

Page 25: ...92 56k Modem Fax Internal LAN Controller One Kinnereth ED82562 chip is used Supports 100Base TX and 10Base T Controls LAN Wireless LAN Mini PCI Type III 1slot Supports Kill SW Supports Wireless LAN through PCMCIA 802 11b Agere made 802 11a b g 802 11b g Atheros made Super I O One SMSC LPC 47N259 chip is used Floppy Disk Controller Serial Port Controller IEEE1394 One TSB43AB22 is used Sensor Therma...

Page 26: ...is shown in figure 1 4 The specifications for the FDD are listed in Table 1 1 Figure 1 4 3 5 inch FDD USB External Table 1 1 3 5 inch FDD specifications Items 720KB mode 1 44MB mode FDD part 250K bits second 500K bits second Data transfer rate USB Full speed mode 12M bits second Disk rotation speed 300rpm 360rpm Track density 5 3 track mm 135TPI 1 12 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 27: ...n in figure 1 5 Specifications are listed in Table 1 2 and 1 3 Figure 1 5 2 5 inch HDD Table 1 2 2 5 inch HDD dimensions 1 2 Parameter Specifications TOSHIBA HDD2181B TOSHIBA HDD2190B TOSHIBA HDD2183B Outline Width mm 69 85 dimensions Height mm 9 5 Depth mm 100 Weight g 99 max 95 max 99 max Parameter Specifications TOSHIBA HDD2184B TOSHIBA HDD2194B TOSHIBA HDD2188B Outline Width mm 69 85 dimension...

Page 28: ... Outline Width mm 69 85 69 85 dimensions Height mm 9 5 9 5 Depth mm 100 2 100 2 Weight g 102 max 99 max Parameter Specifications HITACHI G8BC00017310 HITACHI G8BC00017410 HITACHI G8BC00017610 Outline Width mm 69 85 dimensions Height mm 9 5 Depth mm 100 Weight g 91 95 Parameter Specifications HITACHI G8BC00013610 HITACHI G8BC00017810 HITACHI G8BC00014810 Outline Width mm 70 1 MAX 69 85 dimensions H...

Page 29: ...sfer rate MB s 100 max Ultra DMA mode Track density Ktpi 78 9 88 1 78 9 Access Time Average seek sec 12 Start time sec 4 typ Specifications Parameter TOSHIBA HDD2184B TOSHIBA HDD2194B TOSHIBA HDD2188B Storage size formatted 60GB 80GB Speed RPM 5400 4200 Data transfer speed Mb sec 202 9 373 3 258 394 175 0 341 78 Interface transfer rate MB s 100 max Ultra DMA mode Track density Ktpi 78 9 88 8 88 1 ...

Page 30: ...00 max Ultra DMA mode Track density Ktpi 63 Access Time Average seek Read Average seek Write 12 typ 14 typ Start time sec 5 Specifications Parameter IBM G8BC00014610 IBM G8BC0000Z810 Storage size formatted 60GB 80GB Speed RPM 5400 4200 Data transfer speed Mb sec 450 350 Interface transfer rate MB s 100 max Ultra DMA mode Track density Ktpi 96 96 Access Time ms Average seek Read Average seek Write ...

Page 31: ...sity Ktpi 80 Access Time Average seek Read Average seek Write 13 typ Start time sec 5 typ Power on Specifications Parameter HITACHI G8BC00013610 HITACHI G8BC00017810 HITACHI G8BC00014810 Storage size formatted 60GB 80GB 80GB Speed RPM 5400 4200 5400 Data transfer speed Mb s 263 2 407 2 187 2 351 2 450 max Interface transfer rate Mb s 100 max Ultra DMA mode Track density Ktpi 85 5 80 96 Access Time...

Page 32: ...ecifications Toshiba G8CC0000R810 Item DVD ROM CD ROM DVD RAM Burst data transfer rate MB s 16 7 PIO Mode 4 16 7 Multi word DMA Mode 2 33 3 Ultra DMA Mode 2 Average random access time ms 100 95 170 Average random seek time ms 95 90 120 Average random full strike access time ms 160 160 350 Data buffer capacity KB 192 DVD DVD ROM DVD 5 DVD 9 DVD 10 DVD 18 DVD R read DVD RW read DVD RAM read Version ...

Page 33: ...yer 3 6 2 7 2 6GB 4 7GB Disc Average random access time ms 90 Single 130 Dual 85 250 4 7 GB Disc Data buffer capacity KB 256 DVD DVD ROM DVD RAM 2 6GB 4 7GB read only DVD R 3 95GB 4 7GB read only DVD RW 4 7GB read only Supported formats CD CD ROM Mode 1 Mode 2 CD ROM XA CD I Digital Video Photo CD Multisession CD Audio disc Mixed mode CD ROM CD EXTRA CD TEXT CD R read only CD RW read only Satellit...

Page 34: ...pecifications are listed in Table 1 5 Figure 1 7 CD RW DVD ROM drive Table 1 5 CD RW DVD ROM drive specifications 1 3 Specifications Item TEAC G8CC0001D810 For read CD ROM 1 545 to 3 600KB sec Transfer rate For read DVD ROM 4 469 to 10 816KB sec CD ROM 90 Average access time ms DVD ROM 110 Data buffer capacity 2MB CD CD DA CD ROM Mode 1 CD ROM XA Mode 2 Form 1 Form 2 Multi session Photo CD CD I Vi...

Page 35: ...ombined Photo CD Single and Multi session CD I Video CD CD Plus CD Extra CD TEXT Supported formats DVD DVD ROM DVD R General Authoring DVD RW DVD RAM DVD R DVD RW Specifications Item Panasonic G8CC0001C810 For read CD ROM MAX 24 CAV MAX 3600KB s Transfer rate For read DVD ROM MAX 8 CAV MAX 10800KB s CD ROM 130 Average access time ms DVD ROM 180 Data buffer capacity 2MB CD CD DA CD ROM XA CD R CD E...

Page 36: ...OM 120 DVD RAM 130 Typ Average random seek time ms CD ROM 105 DVD ROM 120 DVD RAM 130 Typ Average full stroke access time ms CD ROM 105 DVD ROM 120 DVD RAM 130 Typ Data buffer capacity 2 048KB CD CD DA CD E G CD MIDI CD TEXT CD ROM CD ROM XA CD I CD I Bridge Photo CD Video CD Multisession CD Photo CD CD EXTRA CD R CD RW Portfolio CD R CD RW Supported formats for play DVD DVD ROM DVD 5 DVD 9 DVD 10...

Page 37: ...cm 4 72 inch or 8 cm 3 15 inch CD DVDs without using an adaptor It is a high performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8 speed writes DVD R RW at 1 speed and reads CD at maximum 24 speed 3 600 KB per second The DVD R RW drive is shown in figure 1 8 Specifications are listed in Table 1 6 Figure 1 8 DVD R RW drive Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 1 23 ...

Page 38: ... Data buffer MB 2 Speed Read DVD ROM DVD RAM CD ROM 8x 1x 24x Speed Write CD R CD RW DVD R DVD RW 4x 16x 4x 10x High Speed 1x 2x 1x Supported format Read CD CD DA CD E G CD MIDI CD TEXT CD ROM CD ROM XA CD I CD I Bridge Photo CD Video CD Multisession CD Photo CD CD EXTRA CD R CD RW Portfolio CD R CD RW DVD DVD ROM DVD 5 DVD 9 DVD 10 DVD 18 DVD R Ver 1 0 Ver 2 1 DVD RW Ver 1 0 Ver 1 1 DVD RAM Ver 2...

Page 39: ...8 cm 3 15 inch CD DVD without using an adaptor It is a high performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8 speed writes DVD R RW at 2 speed DVD R RW at 2 4 speed and reads CD at maximum 24 speed 3 600 KB per second The DVD multi drive is shown in Figure 1 9 Specifications for the DVD multi drive are described in table 1 7 Figure 1 9 DVD RW drive Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 1 25 ...

Page 40: ... MB 2 Speed Read DVD ROM CD ROM 8x 24x Speed Write CD R CD RW DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW 4x 8x 12x 16x 4x 10x High Speed 1x 2x 4x 1x 2x 2 4x 4x 2 4x 4x Supported format Read CD Photo CD single and multiple session CD ROM mode1 CD ROM XA mode2 form1 form2 Video CD CD DA CD Extra Mixed CD CD Text CD R CD RW DVD DVD ROM DVD 5 DVD 9 DVD 10 DVD 18 DVD R Ver 1 0 Ver 2 0 DVD RW Ver 1 0 Ver 1 1 DVD R DVD R...

Page 41: ... in Figure 1 10 Specifications for the DVD multi drive are described in table 1 8 Figure 1 10 DVD Multi drive Table 1 8 DVD Multi drive specifications 1 2 Specifications Panasonic G8CC00019810 Item DVD ROM CD ROM DVD RAM Burst data transfer rate MB s 33 3 Ultra DMA mode 2 16 6 PIO Mode 4 Multi word DMA mode 2 Access time ms 1 3 Stroke Access typ 180 130 Data buffer capacity 2MB DVD DVD VIDEO DVD R...

Page 42: ...te MB s 33 3 Ultra DMA mode 2 16 7 PIO Mode 4 Multi word DMA mode 2 Access time ms 1 3 Stroke Access typ 130 110 Data buffer capacity 2MB DVD DVD VIDEO DVD ROM DVD R General Authoring DVD RW DVD RAM 4 7GB 2 6GB Read only Supported formats CD CD DA CD ROM Mode1 CD ROM XA Mode2 Form1 Form2 CD I Photo CD Multi session Video CD Enhanced CD CD TEXT 1 28 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 43: ...st of character key and control key The keyboard is connected to membrane connector on the system board and controlled by the keyboard controller Figure 1 11 is a view of the keyboard See Appendix E about a layout of the keyboard Figure 1 11 Keyboard Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 1 29 ...

Page 44: ...ith 1 024 x 768 or 1 400 x 1 050 resolution North Bridge can control both internal and external XGA or SXGA support displays simultaneously Figure 1 12 shows a view of the LCD module and Table 1 9 lists the specifications Figure 1 12 LCD module Table 1 9 LCD module specifications 14 1 inch XGA TFT 1 3 Specifications Item G33C00014110 VF2093P01 VF2058P01 G33C00015110 Number of Dots 1 024 W x 768 H ...

Page 45: ... TFT 3 3 Specifications Item G33C0000P110 G33C0000R110 Number of Dots 1 400 W x 1 050 H Dot spacing mm 0 2175 H x 0 2175 V Display range mm 304 5 H x 228 375 V 1 11 2 FL Inverter Board The FL inverter board supplies a high frequency current to illuminate the LCD module FL Table 1 10 lists the FL inverter board specifications Table 1 10 FL inverter board specifications Specifications Item G71C00011...

Page 46: ...hutdown if needed Logic Power supply to various circuits Charging current to PWM control IC for battery pack charging 3 Controls the following aspects of the logic system Power supply to gate arrays Power on off 4 Indicates the following DC IN sets LED to orange or blue Battery icon sets LED to orange or blue Faulty power supply by low battery 5 Interface for the following BIOS via EC KBC Function...

Page 47: ...34M 2R5 B2V 2 5 GMCH DDR SDRAM P3V 3 3 Clock Generator Thermal Sensor GMCH SDRAM SPD TV LCD ICH4 M LAN Power KINNERETH AD1981B Mini PCI EC KBC FIR E3V 3 3 YEBISUSS PC Card Power mini PCI MDC S3V 3 3 ICH4 M EC KBC Flash Memory PSC P5V 5 CRT ICH4 M FL inverter LEDs HDD ODD KB PAD Parallel SND P5V 5 MM1517A Amp A4R7 P4V 4 7 AD1981B Amp Int Ext Mic Head Phone E5V 5 PC Card Power USB Power M5V 5 ICH4 M...

Page 48: ...e Material Output voltage Capacity Main battery G71C00023510 G71C00023610 Lithium Ion 12 cell 10 8 V 8 400mAh RTC battery P71035017110 Nickel metal hydride 3 0 V 17mAh 1 13 1 Main Battery The removable main battery pack is the computer s main power source when the AC adaptor is not attached The main battery maintains the state of the computer when the computer enters in resume mode 1 34 Satellite ...

Page 49: ...r off About 3 5 hours Quick charge 2 Power on About 7 0 to 20 0 or longer NOTE The time required for quick charge 2 is affected by the amount of power the system is consuming Use of the fluorescent lamp and frequent disk access diverts power and lengthens the charge time If any of the following occurs the battery quick charge process stops 1 The battery becomes fully charged 2 The AC adaptor or ba...

Page 50: ...er to keep the current date time and other setup information in memory while the computer is turned off Table 1 14 lists the charging time and data preservation period of the RTC battery Table 1 14 RTC battery charging data preservation time Status Time Charging Time power on 8 hours Data preservation period full charge 1 month ...

Page 51: ...Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Procedures ...

Page 52: ...2 Troubleshooting Procedures 2 ii Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 53: ...tion Check 2 32 Procedure 4 Replacement Check 2 33 2 5 FDD Troubleshooting 2 34 Procedure 1 FDD Head Cleaning Check 2 34 Procedure 2 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check 2 35 Procedure 3 Connector Check and Replacement Check 2 36 2 6 HDD Troubleshooting 2 37 Procedure 1 Message Check 2 37 Procedure 2 Partition Check 2 38 Procedure 3 Format Check 2 39 Procedure 4 Diagnostic Test Program Executio...

Page 54: ...ector Check and Replacement Check 2 50 2 11 LAN Troubleshooting 2 51 Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check 2 51 Procedure 2 Connector Check and Replacement Check 2 51 2 12 Wireless LAN Troubleshooting 2 52 Procedure 1 Transmitting Receiving Check 2 52 Procedure 2 Antennas Connection Check 2 53 Procedure 3 Antenna Check 2 54 Procedure 4 Replacement Check 2 55 2 13 Sound Troubleshootin...

Page 55: ... 2 21 Figure 2 4 Antenna test cable 2 54 Tables Table 2 1 Battery icon 2 6 Table 2 2 DC IN icon 2 7 Table 2 3 Error code 2 9 Table 2 4 Diagnostics test result code 2 16 Table 2 5 Printer port LED status 2 23 Table 2 6 FDD error code and status 2 35 Table 2 7 Hard disk drive error code and status 2 40 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 2 v ...

Page 56: ...2 Troubleshooting Procedures 2 vi Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 57: ... 2 Phillips screwdriver 2 mm 3 LH STIX screwdriver in some models 4 Toshiba MS DOS system disk s You must install the following onto the disk SYS COM FORMAT COM FDISK COM and FDISK EXE 5 Formatted work disk for floppy disk drive testing 6 Cleaning kit for floppy disk drive troubleshooting 7 Parallel port wraparound connector 8 PC card wraparound connector 9 Multimeter 10 External USB FDD 11 Extern...

Page 58: ...ered and if it is ask him or her to enter the password If the user has forgotten the system password perform the following procedure at the appropriate step in the flowchart in Figure 2 1 Verify with the customer that Toshiba Windows is installed on the hard disk Non Windows operating systems can cause the computer to malfunction Make sure all optional equipment is removed from the computer Make s...

Page 59: ...2 2 Troubleshooting Flowchart 2 Troubleshooting Procedures Figure 2 1 Troubleshooting flowchart 1 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 2 3 ...

Page 60: ...2 Troubleshooting Procedures 2 2 Troubleshooting Flowchart Figure 2 1 Troubleshooting flowchart 2 2 2 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 61: ...ection 2 6 4 If an error is detected on the keyboard test perform the Keyboard Troubleshooting Procedures in Section 2 7 5 If an error is detected on the display test perform the Display Troubleshooting Procedures in Section 2 8 6 If an error is detected on the Optical Drive test perform the Optical Drive Troubleshooting Procedures in Section 2 9 7 If an error is detected on the modem test perform...

Page 62: ...C IN icon The power supply controller displays the power supply status through the Battery icon and the DC IN icon as listed in the tables below To check the power supply status install a battery pack and connect an AC adapter Table 2 1 Battery icon Battery icon Power supply status Lights orange Quick charge Lights green Battery is fully charged and AC adapter is connected Blinks orange even inter...

Page 63: ... a malfunction the DC IN LED blinks and an error code is displayed If the icon blinks execute the followings 1 Remove the battery and AC adapter to cut power supply to the computer 2 Reinstall the battery and AC adapter If the LED still blinks perform the followings Check 1 If the DC IN icon blinks orange go to Procedure 2 Check 2 If the DC IN icon does not light blue go to Procedure 3 Check 3 If ...

Page 64: ...blinks orange The blink pattern indicates an error as shown below Start Off for 2 seconds Error code 8 bit 1 On for one second 0 On for a half second Interval between data bits Off for a half second The error code begins with the least significant digit Example Error code 12h Error codes are given in hexadecimal format 2 8 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 65: ...ficant digit Error code Table 2 3 Error code Error code Where Error occurs 1 h DC Power AC Adapter 2 h 1st battery 3 h 2nd battery 4 h S3V output 3 3V 5 h 1R5 C1V output 1 5V 6 h 1R5 C1V output 1 5V 7 h FAN12V PXP output 8 h PPV output 9 h E5V output 5 0V A h E3V output 3 3V B h FAN12V PXP output C h 1R25 B1V output 1 25V D h 1R25 B1V output 1 25V E h 2R5 B2V output 2 5V Satellite A40 Maintenance ...

Page 66: ... is over 0 5 A when there is no load 23h Main battery charge current is over 4 3 A when the AC adapter is not directly connected 24h Current sensing IC is not normal when there is no load 25h Main battery charge current is over 0 3 A 2nd Battery Error code Meaning 30h Over voltage has been detected 31h 2nd battery charge current is over 15 4 A 32h 2nd battery discharge current is over 0 5 A when t...

Page 67: ...er 1 80 V when the computer is powered on off 61h 1R5 C1V voltage is 1 275V or under when the computer is powered on 62h 1R5 C1V voltage is 1 275V or under when the computer is booting up 63h 1R5 C1V voltage is 1 275V or under when the computer is suspended 64h 1R5 C1V voltage is not normal when the computer is shutdown 65h 1R5 C1V voltage is 1 275V or under when the computer is booting up FAN12V ...

Page 68: ...tage is 4 50 V or over when the computer is powered off 94h E5V voltage is 4 50 V or under when the computer is suspended E3V output Error code Meaning A0h E3V voltage is over 3 96 V when the computer is powered on off A1h E3V voltage is 2 81 V or under when the computer is powered on A2h E3V voltage is 2 81 V or under when the computer is booting up A3h E3V voltage is 2 81 V or over when the comp...

Page 69: ...r is powered on off D1h 1R25 B1V voltage is 1 063 V or under when the computer is powered on D2h 1R25 B1V voltage is 1 063 V or under when the computer is booting up D3h 1R25 B1V voltage is 1 063 V or over when the computer is powered off D4h 1R25 B1V voltage is 1 063 V or under when the computer is suspended 2R5 B2V output Error code Meaning E0h 2R5 B2V voltage is over 3 00 V when the computer is...

Page 70: ... following step Connect a new AC adaptor and or AC power cord if necessary If the error still exists go to Procedure 5 Check 3 In the case of error code 2Xh Make sure the battery pack is correctly installed in the computer If the battery pack is correctly installed go to the following step Replace the battery pack with a new one If the error still exists go to Procedure 5 Check 4 For any other err...

Page 71: ...adaptor cord is firmly connected to the DC IN jack W8800 and the DC IN jack is firmly secured to the system board If the DC IN jack loose go to Procedure 5 If it is not loose go to Check 4 Check 4 Use a multimeter to make sure the AC adaptor output voltage is close to 15 V If the output is several percent lower than 15 V go to Check 5 If the output is close to 15 V go to Check 6 Check 5 Connect a ...

Page 72: ...k 1 4 The battery is not installed Check 2 5 The battery s output voltage is not normal Check 3 6 The battery s temperature is not normal Check 4 7 A bad battery is installed Check 2 8 Any other problems Check 5 Check 1 Make sure the AC adaptor and AC power cord are firmly plugged into the DC IN socket and the wall outlet If these cables are connected correctly replace the AC adaptor and or AC pow...

Page 73: ...er 4 Replacement Procedures Check the connection between the AC adaptor and system board After checking the connections perform the following Check 1 Check 1 Replace the AC adaptor with a new one If the AC adaptor still does not function properly perform Check 2 Check 2 Replace the system board with a new one following the steps described in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures Satellite A40 Maintenan...

Page 74: ... system board is defective or not Start with Procedure 1 and continue with the other procedures as instructed The procedures described in this section are Procedure 1 Message Check Procedure 2 Printer Port LED Check Procedure 3 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check Procedure 4 Replacement Check 2 18 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 75: ... the SETUP screen appears to set the system configuration If any other error message is displayed perform Check 2 a Bad HDD type Check system Then press F1 key b Bad configuration Check system Then press F1 key c Bad memory size Check system Then press F1 key d Bad time function Check system Then press F1 key e Bad check sum CMOS Check system Then press F1 key f Bad check sum ROM Check system Then...

Page 76: ...on 2 6 If error message 22 or 23 is displayed go to the 3 5 FDD Troubleshooting Procedures in Section 2 5 1 PIT ERROR 2 MEMORY REFRESH ERROR 3 TIMER CH 2 OUT ERROR 4 CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR 5 CMOS BAD BATTERY ERROR 6 FIRST 64KB MEMORY ERROR 7 FIRST 64KB MEMORY PARITY ERROR 8 VRAM ERROR 9 SYSTEM MEMORY ERROR 10 SYSTEM MEMORY PARITY ERROR 11 EXTENDED MEMORY ERROR 12 EXTENDED MEMORY PARITY ERROR 13 DMA P...

Page 77: ...ing lights on and off as an eight digit binary value for boot mode Figure 2 2 shows the printer port LED Figure 2 2 Printer port LED Figure 2 3 shows the function of the printer port LED board Binary notation Hexadecimal notation Lighting ON Not lighting OFF Printer port LED status 35 H Figure 2 3 Printer port LED board Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 2 21 ...

Page 78: ...ary to hexadecimal notation 7 If the final LED status is FFh normal status go to Procedure 4 8 If the final LED status matches any of the test status values in Table 2 3 perform Check 1 NOTE If an error condition is detected by the IRT test the printer port LED displays the status for the last test item which ended correctly For example when the printer port LED displays 0Ch and halts the IRT test...

Page 79: ...oot block skip when returned to S3 EC KBC rewrite check B1h KBC initialization If rewrite is requested go to BIOS rewrite process Transition of process to System BIOS IRT when returned to S3 Key input Check of Tilde key key and Tab key if a key is pressed B2h BIOS rewrite request check BIOS rewrite request check if Checksum check error occurred on except Boot Block or rewrite is required by user B...

Page 80: ...s the directory start header and sector Reads one sector of the root directory Retrieval the entry of CHGBIOSA EXE and CHGFIRMA EXE from the sector read Reading of EXE header of CHGBIOSA EXE and CHGFIRMA EXE key input when error occurred Execution of CHGBIOSA EXE and CHGFIRMA EXE B3h Prohibition of cache Initialization of special register Cache control for Hyper Threading Prohibition of cache Init...

Page 81: ...OS data initialization 1 IRT status setting Setting of Boot status and IRT busy flag and 0 to the remaining bits Storing of DRAM size 03h Resume branch check at Cold boot only In the case of CMOS error no resume occurs If resume status code is not set no resume occurs Resume error check ICH Power Failure error Resume error 7AH SM RAM checksum check Resume error 73H Memory configuration change chec...

Page 82: ...0 before PCI bus initialization Check whether the set test pattern can be read Initialization of PIT channel 0 Setting of timer interruption interval to 55ms Initialization of PIT channel 2 Setting of the sound generator frequency to 664Hz Test of PIT channel 1 Check whether the refresh signal works normally in 30 micro s refresh interval The system halts when the time is out Test of PIT channel 2...

Page 83: ...erature control information KBC initialization VGA display off Reset control Sound initialization PC multi box status acquisition HC initialization USB Device recognition and initialization Control of built in LAN permission prohibition PIC initialization PIC test Check if self test is executed or not at Cold boot only space key and printer loop back connector check Password Initialization 07h PCI...

Page 84: ...ion Task generation for waiting PCI_CONFIGURATION completion Initialization of H W needed after PCI configuration Printer port setting for models supporting printer port HDD initialization sequence start FDD initialization built in support machine only Enabling power off Output code generation 0Bh FIRST_64KB_CHECK Check of first 64KB memory 0Ch INIT_INT_VECTOR Initialization of vectors 0Dh INIT_ND...

Page 85: ...the case of Reboot Waiting for HDD initialization completion Check of key input during IRT waiting for KBC initialization completion ATA priority initialization In the case of Boot BM loading process Initialization of BM Check of key input during IRT waiting for KBC initialization completion Input of password BM open 1Dh EX_IO_ROM_CHECK Check of option I O ROM 1Eh PRE_BOOT_SETUP Saving of value in...

Page 86: ...de Hibernation branch Initialization of Bluetooth Check of existence of object maintenance cards Prohibition of unused PC cards HW initialization before Boot Waiting for initialization completion Notifies the DVI connection status to VGA BIOS Setting of battery save mode Setting of date Waiting for Bluetooth initialization completion Update of DMI Wakeup factor Update of SM BIOS structure table PC...

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Page 88: ...ed and an error occurred during initialization of vector Check 1 If the following error codes are displayed go to Procedure 5 B0h B1h B2h B5h B6h B3h 00h 01h 02h 03h 04h 05h 06h 07h 08h 09h 0Bh 0Ch 0Dh 0Eh 0Fh 10h 11h 12h 13 14h 15h 16h 17h 18h 19h 1Ah 1Bh 1Ch 1Eh Check 2 If error code 0Ah is displayed go to the following Sections Section 2 5 3 5 FDD Troubleshooting Section 2 6 2 5 HDD Troubleshoo...

Page 89: ...ostics for more information on how to perform these tests 1 System test 2 Memory test 3 Keyboard test 4 Display test 5 Floppy Disk test 6 Printer test 7 Hard Disk test 8 Real Timer test 9 NDP test 10 Expansion test 11 CD ROM DVD ROM test 12 LAN 13 Wireless LAN test 14 Sound LAN Modem test 15 IEEE1394 If an error is detected during these tests go to Procedure 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 ...

Page 90: ...acement Procedures and perform Check 1 Check 1 Visually check for the following a Cracked or broken connector housing b Damaged connector pins If connectors are in good condition but there is still a problem go to Check 2 Check 2 The system board may be damaged Replace the system board with a new one following the steps described in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures 2 34 Satellite A40 Maintenance M...

Page 91: ...st Program Execution Check Procedure 3 Connector Check and Replacement Check Procedure 1 FDD Head Cleaning Check FDD head cleaning operation details are given in Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics Insert the Diagnostics Disk in the computer s floppy disk drive turn on the computer and run the test Clean the FDD heads using the cleaning kit If the FDD still does not function properly after cleaning go...

Page 92: ...y other errors occur while executing the FDD diagnostics test go to Check 1 Table 2 6 FDD error code and status Code Status 01h Bad command 02h Address mark not found 03h Write protected 04h Record not found 06h Media removed 08h DMA overrun error 09h DMA boundary error 10h CRC error 20h FDC error 40h Seek error 60h No FDD 80h Time out error Not ready EEh Write buffer error Check 1 If the followin...

Page 93: ...600 or PJ4601 on the system board If any of the connections are loose reconnect firmly and repeat Procedure 2 If any connector is damaged replace it with a new one and repeat Procedure 2 If there is still an error go to Check 2 Check 2 The FDD cable may be defective or damaged Replace it with a new one If the FDD is still not functioning properly perform Check 3 Check 3 Replace the System board wi...

Page 94: ...perly some of the following error messages may appear on the display Start with Check 1 below and perform the other checks as instructed Check 1 If any of the following messages appear go to Procedure 5 If the following messages do not appear perform Check 2 HDC ERROR After 5 seconds this message will disappear or IDE 0 ERROR After 5 seconds this message will disappear or IDE 1 ERROR After 5 secon...

Page 95: ... C is listed go to Check 3 If drive C is not listed return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to create a DOS partition on drive C Restart the computer from the Toshiba MS DOS system disk If the problem still exists go to Procedure 3 Check 3 If drive C is listed as active in the FDISK menu go to Check 4 If drive C is not listed as active return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to set t...

Page 96: ...rmat complete If an error message appears on the display refer to the Toshiba MS DOS Manual for more information and perform Check 2 Check 2 Using the Diagnostics Disk format the HDD with a low level format option Refer to Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics for more information about the diagnostic program If the following message appears on the display the HDD low level format is complete Partition ...

Page 97: ...apter 4 Replacement Procedures The error codes and statuses are listed in Table 2 7 If an error code is not generated and the problem still exists go to Procedure 5 Table 2 7 Hard disk drive error code and status Code Status 01h Bad command 02h Address mark not found 04h Record not found 05h HDC not reset 07h Drive not initialized 08h HDC overrun DRQ 09h DMA boundary error 0Ah Bad sector error 0Bh...

Page 98: ... 1 Make sure the HDD is firmly connected to the system board If the connection is loose reconnect firmly and repeat Procedure 1 If there is still an error go to Check 2 Check 2 The HDD may be damaged Replace it with a new one following the instructions in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures If the problem still exists perform Check 3 Check 3 The system board may be damaged Replace it with a new one f...

Page 99: ...structed Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check Procedure 2 Connector and Replacement Check Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check Execute the Keyboard Test in the Diagnostic Program Refer to Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics for more information on how to perform the test program If an error occurs go to Procedure 2 If an error does not occur the keyboard is functioning pr...

Page 100: ...l an error go to Check 2 Check 2 The keyboard or its cable may be damaged Replace it with a new one following the instructions in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures If the problem still exists perform Check 5 Check 3 Make sure the PAD cable is firmly connected to the system board If the connection is loose reconnect firmly and repeat Procedure 2 If there is still an error go to Check 4 Check 4 The P...

Page 101: ...t the computer The computer automatically detects the external monitor If the external monitor works correctly the internal LCD may be damaged Go to Procedure 3 If the external monitor appears to have the same problem as the internal monitor the system board may be damaged Go to Procedure 2 Procedure 2 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check The Display Test program is stored on the computer s Dia...

Page 102: ...D FL cable And the FL is connected to the FL inverter board by the HV cable The connectors may be disconnected from the system board or the FL inverter board or they may be damaged Disassemble the computer following the steps described in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures If the connection is loose reconnect firmly and restart the computer If there is still an error go to Procedure 4 2 46 Satellite...

Page 103: ...roblem still exists perform Check2 Check 2 The LCD FL cable or HV cable may be defective or damaged Replace the FL LCD or HV cable with a new one following the instructions in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedure and test the display again If the problem still exists perform Check3 Check 3 The FL inverter board may be defective or damaged Replace the FL inverter board with a new one following the instr...

Page 104: ...nector Check and Replacement Check Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check The CD ROM DVD ROM test program is stored in the Diagnostics Disk For the test prepare a test CD ROM DVD ROM music CD and CD RW Media Then insert the Diagnostics Disk in the computer s floppy disk drive turn on the computer and run the test Refer to Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics for more information about the ...

Page 105: ...acement Procedures and perform the following checks Check 1 Make sure the Optical Drive is firmly connected to the system board If the connection is loose reconnect firmly and repeat Procedure 1 If there is still an error go to Check 2 Check 2 The Optical Drive may be defective or damaged Replace the drive with a new one If there is still an error go to Check 3 Check 3 Replace the system board wit...

Page 106: ...e 2 Connector Check and Replacement Check Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check The Sound LAN Modem test program is stored in the Diagnostics Disk For the test prepare a test Sound LAN Modem Then insert the Diagnostics Disk in the computer s floppy disk drive turn on the computer and run the test Refer to Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics for more information about the diagnostics test...

Page 107: ...Make sure the MDC cable is firmly connected to the MDC and make sure the MDC is firmly connected to PJ3000 on the System Board If a connector is disconnected connect it firmly and repeat Procedure 1 If the Modem is still not functioning properly perform Check 2 Check 2 The MDC may be defective or damaged Replace it with a new one following the steps in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures If the Modem...

Page 108: ... stored in the Diagnostics Disk For the test prepare a test Sound LAN Modem Then insert the Diagnostics Disk in the computer s floppy disk drive turn on the computer and run the test Refer to Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics for more information about the diagnostics test procedures If any errors occur while executing the Sound LAN Modem test go to Procedure 2 Procedure 2 Connector Check and Replac...

Page 109: ...cedure 1 Transmitting Receiving Check Make sure the wireless communication switch on the front side of the computer is turned ON If it is not slide the switch toward the back of the computer to turn it on Check 1 Execute test program to check the transmitting receiving function of the wireless LAN You will need a second computer that can communicate by the wireless LAN Perform the test following t...

Page 110: ... is still not functioning properly perform Check 2 Check 2 Make sure the wireless LAN board is firmly connected to PJ2200 on the system board If the connector is disconnected connect it firmly and perform Procedure 1 If the wireless LAN board is still not functioning properly perform Check 3 Check 3 Make sure the wireless LAN antenna cables black and white are firmly connected to the wireless LAN ...

Page 111: ...If it is more than 5Ω the antenna cable fails the test 6 Change the antenna cable Perform from step 3 to check the black antenna cable Figure 2 4 Antenna Test cable NOTE 1 The resistances determined with the steps above may not be stable with other machines because of cable loss which varies according to the length of the cable The impedance of the antenna itself is about 0 5 0 8Ω 2 The above step...

Page 112: ...ing checks Check 1 Replace the wireless LAN board with a new one following the instructions in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures and test the display again If the problem still exists perform Check2 Check 2 The power board may be defective or damaged Replace it with a new one following the steps in Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures If the problem still exists perform Check3 Check 3 Replace the syste...

Page 113: ...ed Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check Procedure 2 Connector Check Procedure 3 Replacement Check Procedure 1 Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check The Sound LAN Modem test program is stored on the computer s diagnostic disk Insert the Diagnostics disk in the computer s floppy disk drive turn on the computer and run the test Refer to Chapter 3 Tests and Diagnostics for details If ...

Page 114: ...e still not functioning properly go to Procedure 3 Check 2 If headphones do not work properly the SD board may be disconnected or the headphone cable may be disconnected firmly Make sure the SD board is firmly connected to PJ9550 on the system board and the headphone cable is connected to the headphone jack PJ6000 on the SD board If the sound function still does not work properly replace it with a...

Page 115: ...be defective Replace the SD board with a new one If the headphone still does not work properly go to Check 4 Check 3 If the recording function by the external microphone does not work properly the external microphone jack may be defective or damaged or the SD board may be defective Replace the SD board with a new one If the recording function still does not work properly go to Check 4 Check 4 The ...

Page 116: ...ized or data are not read go to Procedure 2 Procedure 2 Connector Replacement Check The SD card is connected to the connector PJ2130 on the system board Check 1 The SD card and the system board may be disconnected Make sure the SD card is firmly inserted to PJ2130 on the system board If not insert it firmly If the SD card is still not functioning properly perform Check 2 Check 2 The SD card may be...

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Page 119: ...3 Tests and Diagnostics 3 ii Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 120: ...Test 3 31 3 14 CD ROM DVD ROM Test 3 33 3 15 LAN Test 3 34 3 16 Error Code and Error Status Names 3 35 3 17 Hard Disk Test Detail Status 3 38 3 18 Head Cleaning 3 40 3 18 1 Function Description 3 40 3 18 2 Operations 3 40 3 19 Log Utilities 3 41 3 19 1 Function Description 3 41 3 19 2 Operations 3 42 3 20 Running Test 3 43 3 20 1 Function Description 3 43 3 20 2 Operations 3 43 3 21 Floppy Disk Dr...

Page 121: ...ir initial config set 3 68 3 25 Wireless LAN Test Program Agere 3 69 3 26 Wireless LAN Test Program Atheros 11b g or 11a b g 3 73 3 27 Sound LAN Modem Test Program 3 76 3 28 IEEE1394 Test Program 3 80 3 29 Thermal Radiation Control Test 3 81 Tables Table 3 1 Subtest names 3 8 Table 3 2 Error codes and error status names 3 35 Table 3 3 Hard disk controller status register contents 3 38 Table 3 4 Er...

Page 122: ...sing and close Windows Test and Diagnostic consists of the following two functions Repair Main T D Repair initial config set The DIAGNOSTIC MENU consists of the following eight functions DIAGNOSTIC TEST HEAD CLEANING LOG UTILITIES RUNNING TEST FDD UTILITIES SYSTEM CONFIGURATION EXIT TO MS DOS SETUP The DIAGNOSTIC TEST MENU contains the following twelve functional tests SYSTEM TEST MEMORY TEST KEYB...

Page 123: ...ive heads Head Cleaning A PC card wraparound connector for the I O card test Expansion test A printer wraparound connector for the printer wraparound test Printer test A CD test media TOSHIBA CD ROM TEST DISK ZA1217P01 P000204190 CD ROM DVD ROM test A DVD test media Toshiba EMI DVD ROM TEST DISK TSD 1 External CRT Display test Headphone Sound test CD ROM DVD ROM drive CD ROM test A microphone A mo...

Page 124: ...ssing U key The Diagnostics Disk contains the MS DOS boot files The following menu will appear 1 Repair Main T D 2 Repair initial config set Enter a choice 1 To execute Repair Main T D select 1 Repair Main T D with or key and press Enter key To execute Repair initial config set select 2 Repair initial config set with or key and press Enter key The followings are described on the Repair Main T D Th...

Page 125: ...nu will appear Refer to sections 3 18 through 3 23 for detailed descriptions of item 4 through 8 and 0 Service programs NOTE To exit the DIAGNOSTIC TEST MENU press the Esc key If a test program is in progress press Ctrl Break to exit the test program or press Ctrl C to stop the test program 3 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 126: ... 4 DISPLAY TEST 5 FLOPPY DISK TEST 6 PRINTER TEST 7 8 HARD DISK TEST 9 REAL TIMER TEST 10 NDP TEST 11 EXPANSION TEST 12 13 CD ROM DVD ROM TEST 14 LAN TEST 88 ERROR RETRY COUNT SET FDD HDD 99 EXIT TO DIAGNOSTICS MENU Select items Enter Specify Esc Exit Refer to sections 3 4 through 3 15 for detailed descriptions of each Diagnostic Tests 1 through 14 Function 88 sets the floppy disk drive and hard d...

Page 127: ...serville 03 04 Fan ON OFF 05 06 Quick charge 07 DMI read 08 DMI write 09 Thermister Check 99 Exit to DIAGNOSTIC TEST MENU Select items Enter Specify Esc Exit NOTE The menu displayed by your computer may be slightly different from the one shown above 4 Select the desired subtest number from the subtest menu and press Enter The following message will appear TEST LOOP YES NO Selecting YES increases t...

Page 128: ...ollowing functions respectively 1 Terminates the test program and exits to the subtest menu 2 Continues the test 3 Restarts the test from the error Selecting NO keeps the test running even if an error is found Use or key to move a cursor of the TEST LOOP and ERROR STOP 6 Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired option and press Enter Table 3 1 in section 3 3 describes the function of e...

Page 129: ...onventional memory Protected mode Stress 3 KEYBOARD 01 02 04 05 06 07 Pressed key display Pressed key code display Touch pad USB Port 0 Port 1 test USB Port 2 Port 3 test CD function key test 4 DISPLAY 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 VRAM read write for VGA Gradation for VGA Gradation for LCD Gradation mode test for VGA All dot on off for LCD H pattern display LCD brightness 5 FLOPPY DISK 01 02 03 04 05 Sequ...

Page 130: ...ess data Cross talk peak shift Partial read Write specified address Read specified address Sequential write W R C specified address 9 REAL TIMER 01 02 03 Real time Backup memory Real time carry 10 NDP 01 NDP test 11 EXPANSION 01 03 PCMCIA wraparound RGB monitor ID 13 CD ROM DVD ROM 01 02 03 05 Sequential read Read specified address Random address data RW 1Point W R C 14 LAN 01 LAN MAC ADDRESS DISP...

Page 131: ...t 04 Fan ON OFF This subtest turns on off the fan motor by force with Fan ON OFF commands and displays the max speed of the fan The following message will appear Make sure the fan does not rotate and press Enter Test Fan OFF Start Press Enter KEY The following message will appear Make sure the fan rotates at max speed and press Enter Test Fan MAX Start Press Enter KEY The following message will ap...

Page 132: ... not replace the PCB the DMI information should not be changed 1 Enter Model Name is displayed Input the computer s model name and press Enter e g DynaBook 2 Enter Version Number is displayed Input the computer s version number and press Enter e g PC18070C313S 3 Enter Serial Number is displayed Input the computer s serial number and press Enter e g 12345678 4 Enter Model Number is displayed Input ...

Page 133: ... data is written to the Floppy disk etc Subtest 09 Thermister check This subtest reads the status normal open short of the Thermister connect check of the PS micon When it is not normal an error message is displayed When it is normal the display returns to the main menu 3 12 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 134: ...igured without expanded memory manager programs such as EMM386 EXE EMM386 SYS or QEMM386 SYS Also the HIMEM SYS must be deleted from the CONFIG SYS file This subtest writes constant data FFh Aah 55h 00h and address data FFFFh FFFEh 0000h to the area of 1MB to maximum MB and reads the new data and compares the result with the original data Subtest 06 Stress Data from 1MB to the maximum MB is writte...

Page 135: ...o repeat function which causes the key s display character to blink Press Del Enter to end the test Press Key Display IF test OK Press Del Enter Key Fn Subtest 02 Pressed key code display When a key is pressed the scan code character code and key top name are displayed on the screen in the format shown below The Ins Lock Caps Lock Num Lock Scroll Lock Alt Ctrl Left Shift and Right Shift keys are d...

Page 136: ...lustration If a touch pad switch is pressed the BUTTONS displays appear on the right side one by one The parameters appear above the BUTTONS 1 or 2 corresponding to the pressed touch pad switch highlights If two touch pad switches are pressed at the same time the subtest menu appears IPS PAD TEST PROGRAM Vx xx POINTING PARAMETER STATUS 0000h X RATE 0000h Y RATE 0000h BUTTON 1 2 Press BUTTON1 BUTTO...

Page 137: ...P02 must be connected to the computer The following message will appear Select a port to test and press Enter Test port number select 1 Port2 2 Port3 0 Port2 3 If the test ends successfully OK is displayed If there is a problem with the USB port an error message appears Check the wraparound connection and repeat the test Subtest 07 CD function key test This subtest checks the Play Pause Stop rewin...

Page 138: ...btest 02 Gradation for VGA This subtest displays four colors red green blue and white from left to right across the screen from black to maximum brightness The display below appears on the screen when this subtest is executed To exit this subtest and return to the DISPLAY TEST menu press Enter Subtest 03 Gradation for LCD This subtest displays bands of gradations for mixed colors then for red gree...

Page 139: ...ode 117 1024 768 64K Mode 118 1024 768 16M The display below appears on the screen when this subtest is executed Display example Mode 12 To exit this subtest and return to the DISPLAY TEST menu press Enter after displaying the Mode 118 Subtest 05 All dot on off for LCD This subtest displays an all white screen then an all black screen The display changes automatically every three seconds then retu...

Page 140: ...HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH To exit this subtest and return to the DISPLAY TEST menu press Enter...

Page 141: ... will appear Select the drive number media mode and start track to be tested then press Enter Test drive number select 1 FDD 1 2 FDD 2 0 FDD1 2 Media in drive 1 2 mode 0 2DD 1 2D 2 2D 2HD 2DD 3 2HD 2HD media mode 1 1 1 20MB 2 1 44MB Test start track Enter 0 dd 00 79 1 If 2 or 3 is selected in the Media in drive 1 2 mode 2 The Floppy Disk test contains five subtests that test the FDD The floppy dis...

Page 142: ...ad This subtest performs a Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC that continuously reads all the tracks track 0 to 39 0 to 79 on a floppy disk Subtest 02 Sequential read write This subtest continuously writes data pattern B5ADADh to all the tracks track 0 to 39 0 to 79 on a floppy disk The data is then read and compared to the original data Subtest 03 Random address data This subtest writes random data to r...

Page 143: ...nnected to the system to execute this test The following message will appear after selecting the subtest 01 to 03 of the printer test channel 1 XXXXh channel 2 XXXXh channel 3 XXXXh Select the channel number 1 3 The printer I O port address is specified by the XXXXh number The computer supports three printer channels Select the printer channel number and press Enter to execute the selected subtest...

Page 144: ...he various print types shown below Subtest 03 Wrap around NOTE To execute this subtest a printer wraparound connector must be connected to the computer s printer port The connector wiring diagram is described in Appendix F This subtest checks the output and bi directional modes of the data control and status lines through the parallel port wraparound connector 34M741986G01 Both output and bi direc...

Page 145: ...e System Tools Folder This tool can be used only once If it exists use it to back up the pre installed software then use the Backup utility in the System Tools folder to back up the entire disk including the user s files Refer to the operating system instructions The following messages will appear after selecting the hard disk test from the DIAGNOSTIC TEST MENU Test drive number select 1 HDD 1 2 H...

Page 146: ...ing tested and the last two digits indicate the error status code as explained in table 3 2 of the section 3 16 Subtest 01 Sequential read This subtest is a sequential reading of all the tracks on the HDD starting at track 0 When all the tracks on the HDD have been read the test starts at the maximum track and reads the tracks on the HDD sequentially back to track 0 Subtest 02 Address uniqueness T...

Page 147: ...data Cylinder B5ADAD 0 cylinder 4A5252 1 cylinder EB6DB6 2 cylinder 149249 3 cylinder 63B63B 4 cylinder 9C49C4 5 cylinder 2DB6DB 6 cylinder D24924 7 cylinder Subtest 05 Partial read This subtest reads 1GB data just before the first middle and maximum of the HDD filed T D Test Area 1GB T D Test Area 1GB T D Test Area 1GB Subtest 06 Write specified address This subtest writes specified data to a spe...

Page 148: ...ads data which has been written to a specified cylinder and head on the HDD Subtest 09 Sequential write This subtest writes specified 2 byte data to all of the cylinders on the HDD Subtest 10 W R C specified address This subtest writes data to a specified cylinder and head on the HDD then reads the data and compares it to the original data ...

Page 149: ...urrent date is not correct input the correct date at the Enter new date prompt and press Enter 3 The following messages will appear Current date XX XX XXXX Current time XX XX XX Enter new time PRESS ENTER KEY TO EXIT TEST 4 If the current time is not correct input the correct time in 24 hour format To enter press Shift The time is updated To exit press Enter Subtest 02 Backup memory This subtest c...

Page 150: ...the real time clock increments making sure the date and time are displayed in the following format Current date 12 31 1999 Current time 23 59 58 The real time increments are automatically executed and the following is displayed Current date 01 01 2000 Current time 00 00 00 PRESS Enter KEY TO EXIT TEST Press Enter to exit Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 3 29 ...

Page 151: ...he NDP Test select 10 from the DIAGNOSTICS TEST MENU press Enter and follow the directions on the screen Subtest 01 NDP This test checks the following functions of NDP Control word Status word Bus Addition Multiplication 3 30 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 152: ...his subtest checks the following signal line of the PC card slot Address line REG CE 1 CE 2 line Data line Speaker line Wait line BSY BVD1 line This subtest is executed in the following order Sub Address Good Bad Contents 01 00001 00001 nn nn xx xx Address line REG CE 1 CE 2 nn A0 90 80 00 02 00002 ww rr Data line ww write data rr read data 03 00003 Speaker line 04 00004 40 80 xx Wait line 40 xx 8...

Page 153: ...o check whether the ID is acquired or not is judged by the data from the monitor Therefore this test will fail when it is performed in simultaneously display mode or panel display mode Make sure the CRT used for this test is the one with ID and only the CRT is selected for display device before the test 3 32 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 154: ...SK ZA1217P01 P000204190 for CD ROM and DVD ROM TEST DISK TSD 1 for DVD ROM For the subtest 05 use a CD RW on the market Subtest 01 Sequential read This subtest is a sequential reading of one block units 2K bytes of all the logical addresses Subtest 02 Read specified address This subtest reads one block data from a specified address Subtest 03 Random address data This subtest reads one block data a...

Page 155: ...t select 14 from the DIAGNOSTICS TEST MENU press Enter and follow the directions on the screen The LAN Test contains one subtest Subtest 01 LAN MAC ADDRESS DISPLAY This subtest reads MAC ADDRESS and displays it Press Enter to exit 3 34 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 156: ...ery ROM Sensing Error For 2nd Battery ROM Thormistor Error 1 ROM Thormistor Error 2 ROM Thormistor Error 3 Memory 01 02 0D RAM Parity Error RAM Protected Mode Not Changed RAM Cache Memory Error Keyboard FE FD F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA EF ED USB GET Descr Error First USB GET Address Error HUB GET Descr Error Top88 HUB GET Descr Error Whole HUB SET Configuration Error HUB GET Descr Error Desc...

Page 157: ...me Out Error FDD Write Buffer Error Printer 01 08 10 20 40 80 PRT Time Out PRT Fault PRT Select Line PRT Out Of Paper PRT Power Off PRT Busy Line HDD 01 02 04 05 07 08 09 0A 0B 10 11 20 40 80 AA BB CC E0 EE DA HDD Bad Command Error HDD Address Mark Not Found HDD Record Not Found Error HDD HDC Not Reset Error HDD Drive Not Initialized HDD Overrun Error DRQ HDD DMA Boundary Error HDD Bad Sector HDD ...

Page 158: ...ansion C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 CB CC CE CF Address Line Error CE 1 Line Error CE 2 Line Error DATA Line Error WAIT Line Error BSY Line Error BVD1 Line Error ZV Port Error No PCMCIA Card Type Error ZV_Cont Error CD DVD ROM 01 02 03 04 05 06 09 11 20 40 80 90 B0 Bad Command Illegal Length Unit Attention Media Change Request Media Detected Additional Sense Boundary Error Corrected Data Error Drive Not R...

Page 159: ... 3 and 3 4 Table 3 3 Hard disk controller status register contents Bit Name Description 7 BSY Busy 0 HDC is ready 1 HDC is busy 6 DRY Drive ready 0 Hard disk drive is not ready to accept any command 1 Hard disk drive is ready 5 DWF Drive write fault 0 DWF error is not detected 1 Write fault condition occurred 4 DSC Drive seek complete 0 The hard disk drive heads are not settled over a track 1 The ...

Page 160: ...ctable data error 1 Uncorrectable data error has been detected 5 Not used 4 IDN Identification 0 Not used 1 There is no ID field in the requested sector 3 Not used 2 ABT Abort 0 Not used 1 Illegal command or command abort 1 TK0 Track 0 0 The hard disk found track 0 during a recalibrate command 1 The hard disk could not find track 0 during a recalibrate command 0 Not used Satellite A40 Maintenance ...

Page 161: ...t 4 from the DIAGNOSTIC MENU and pressing Enter displays the following messages DIAGNOSTICS FLOPPY DISK HEAD CLEANING VX XX Mount cleaning disk s on drive s Press any key when ready 2 Remove the Diagnostics Disk from the FDD then insert the cleaning disk and press Enter 3 When the cleaning start message appears the FDD head cleaning has begun 4 The display automatically returns to the DIAGNOSTIC M...

Page 162: ... a floppy disk or output the data to a printer The error information is displayed in the following order 1 Error count CNT 2 Test name Subtest number TS No 3 Pass count PASS 4 Error status STS 5 FDD HDD or memory address ADDR 6 Write data WD 7 Read data RD 8 HDC status HSTS 9 Error status name ERROR STATUS NAME If the power switch is turned off the error information will be lost Satellite A40 Main...

Page 163: ... 6 FD Log Read 7 FD Log Write 2 The error information displayed on the screen can be manipulated by the following number keys The 1 key scrolls the display to the next page The 2 key scrolls the display to the previous page The 3 key returns to the Diagnostic Menu The 4 key erases all error log information in RAM The 5 key outputs the error log information to a printer The 6 key reads the log info...

Page 164: ...rk disk is not loaded an error will be generated during the FDD testing 1 Remove the diagnostics disk from the floppy disk drive and insert the formatted work disk 2 Select 6 from the Diagnostic Menu and press Enter the following message displays Printer wrap around test Y N Selecting Y yes executes the printer wraparound test A printer wraparound connector must be connected to the parallel port o...

Page 165: ...er The following message will appear Mount the work disk s on the drive s then press Enter key Warning The contents of the disk s will be destroyed 5 This program is executed continuously To terminate the program press Ctrl Break 3 44 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 166: ...ouble sided double density 48 67 5 TPI MFM mode 512 bytes 9 sectors track b 2DD Double sided double density double track 96 135 TPI MFM mode 512 bytes 9 sectors track c 2HD Double sided high density double track 96 135 TPI MFM mode 512 bytes 18 sectors track 2 COPY This program copies data from a source floppy disk to a target floppy disk 3 DUMP This program displays the contents of the floppy dis...

Page 167: ...ia drive type number and press Enter A message similar to the one below will be displayed Warning Disk data will be destroyed Insert work disk into drive A Press any key when ready d Remove the Diagnostics Disk from the FDD insert the work disk and press any key The following message will be displayed when the FDD format is executed FD TYPE TRACK XXX FD TYPE HEAD X FD TYPE SECTOR XX Format start t...

Page 168: ...PE SECTOR XX Copy start track head XXX X d The following message will appear Insert target disk into drive A Press any key when ready e Remove the source disk from the FDD then insert a formatted work disk and press any key The following message will appear and start copying to the target disk track head XXX X f When the amount of data is too large to be copied in one operation the message from st...

Page 169: ... mode 1 1 20MB 2 1 44MB 3 1 23MB e The following message will appear Insert source disk into drive A Press any key when ready f Insert a source disk and press any key and the following message will appear Max address Track XXXX Head XX Sector XX Track number g Set the track number head number and sector number you want to dump The system will access the disk and dump a list Then the message shown ...

Page 170: ...ing HDD ID displays the following HDD ID configuration HDD ID Read VX XX Drive X ID code h XXXX No of Cylinders XXXXXXXX Removable Cylinders XXXXXXXX No of Heads XXXXXXXX Unformat Bytes Track XXXXXXXX Unformat Bytes Sector XXXXXXXX Sectors Track XXXXXXXX Gap Length XXXXXXXX Sync Bytes XXXXXXXX Reserved h XXXX Serial No YYYY Controller Type h XXXX Sector Buffers XXXXXXXX ECC Bytes XXXXXXXX Firmware...

Page 171: ...rsion 4 BIOS ROM version 1st ID 2nd ID 5 Boot ROM version 6 KBC version 7 PS Micon version EC Version 8 Total memory size Conventional Memory 9 Battery code 10 Sound System 11 The number of printer ports 12 The number of ASYNC ports 13 The number of math co processors 14 The number of PC Card PCMCIA Slot 15 Modem LAN Type 16 The number of floppy disk drives 17 The number of hard disk drives 18 Dat...

Page 172: ... XX KBC Version VX XX PS Micon Version V1 XX EC Version VX XX Total Memory Size XXXXXXMB Conventional Memory XXXXXKB Battery Code XXXXX Sound System XXXXX X Printer Adapter LPT1 XXXX LPT2 XXXX LPT3 XXXX X ASYNC Adapter COM1 XXXX COM2 XXXX COM3 XXXX X Math CO Processor X PCMCIA Slot MODEM XXXXX LAN XXXXX X Floppy Disk Drive s Track XX Head XX Sector XX X Hard Disk Drive s 1 Sectors XXXXX XX GB 2 Se...

Page 173: ...riority a Boot Priority b HDD Priority c Network Boot protocol 6 Display a Power On Display b LCD Display Stretch c TV Type 7 Others a Power up Mode b CPU Cache c Level 2 Cache d Dynamic CPU Frequency Mode e Hyper Threading Technology f Auto Power On g Panel Power On Off 8 Configuration 9 I O Ports a Parallel 10 Drives I O a Built in HDD b CD ROM 11 PCI Bus 12 PC Card 3 52 Satellite A40 Maintenanc...

Page 174: ...iagnostics 13 Peripheral a Internal Pointing Device b Parallel Port Mode c Hard Disk Mode 14 LEGACY Emulation a USB KB Mouse Legacy Emulation b USB FDD Legacy Emulation 15 PCI LAN Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 3 53 ...

Page 175: ... 170H IRQ15 DRIVERS I O PCI BUS IRQ10 IRQ11 PCI BUS Parallel LPT1 378H IRQ7 CH3 I O PORTS Device Config Setup by OS CONFIGURATION Controller Mode Auto Selected PC CARD Date M X XXXX Time HH MM SS XX XX XX M DD YY XX X SYSTEM DATE TIME Select items Space BkSp Change values PgDn PgUp Change pages Esc Exit without saving Home Set default values End Save changes and Exit Battery Save Mode Full Power B...

Page 176: ...ing message is displayed Are you sure Y N The changes you made will cause the system to reboot 2 To make other changes press N Repeat the steps above 3 To accept the changes press Y NOTE You can press Esc to quit at any time without saving changes SETUP asks you to confirm that you do not want to save your changes When SETUP is displayed at the next time the current configuration appears The Facto...

Page 177: ...ry This option is used to select Full Power Low Power or User Setting of the battery save mode When you select the battery save mode the followings will appear Full Power The following shows full power settings Processing Speed High CPU Sleep Mode Enabled Display Auto off 30Min HDD Auto off 30Min System Auto off Disabled 1 LCD Brightness Bright 2 Super Bright 3 Cooling Method Maximum Performance B...

Page 178: ...ron Default in Full Power Mode Low CPU operates at half processing speed Default in Low Power Mode CPU Sleep Mode Use this option to enable or disable the CPU sleep function Enabled Enables sleep mode Default Disabled Disables sleep mode Display Auto Off Use this option to disable or set the duration of the display automatic power off function This function causes the computer to turn the LCD pane...

Page 179: ...t the level of LCD brightness Super Bright Full brightness for maximum visibility Bright Full brightness for high visibility Semi Bright Less than full brightness for saving power Cooling Method Maximum Performance If the CPU becomes too hot the fan turns on automatically in a high speed to cool down the CPU Performance If the CPU becomes too hot the fan turns on automatically When the CPU tempera...

Page 180: ...s in the following order FDD HDD CD ROM 1 and LAN HDD CD ROM LAN FDD The computer looks for bootable files in the following order HDD CD ROM LAN and FDD FDD CD ROM LAN HDD The computer looks for bootable files in the following order FDD CD ROM LAN and HDD CD ROM LAN HDD FDD The computer looks for bootable files in the following order CD ROM LAN HDD and FDD CD ROM LAN FDD HDD The computer looks for...

Page 181: ...y when booting up Auto Selected Selects an external monitor if one is connected Otherwise it selects the internal LCD Default LED AnalogRGB Selects both the internal LCD and the external CRT for simultaneous display NOTE When starting the computer in Resume mode the last configuration is remembered If data does not appear on the display you are using after starting in Resume mode pressing Fn F5 Pr...

Page 182: ...e Use this option to choose between resume and boot mode This potion can also be set by hotkeys Boot Turns on boot mode Default Resume Turns on resume mode b CPU Cache Use this option to enable or disable the CPU cache Enabled Enables the CPU cache Default Disabled Disables the CPU cache c Level 2 Cache Use this option to enable or disable the level 2 cache When CPU Cache is set to Disabled this o...

Page 183: ...ng Technology Disabled Disables the Hyper Threading Technology function Enabled Enables the Hyper Threading Technology function Default f Auto Power On This option shows the setting for the Auto Power On function Disabled Parameters for the Auto Power On function and Wake up LAN function are not set Default Enabled Parameters for the Auto Power On function and Wake up LAN function are set When the...

Page 184: ...ou must also reset this option 2 If you have set a password and the computer boots by the Auto Power On function and Resume is on the computer will start with the instant security function enabled The password message is not displayed however you must enter the password to use the computer 3 This option is enabled only once the setting is reset after booting up g Panel Power On Off This option is ...

Page 185: ...port When the parallel port mode see settings below is set to ECP the DMA channel can also be set to 1 or 3 The default is 3 LPT setting Interrupt level I O address DMA channel LPT 1 7 378H 3 Default LPT 2 5 278H 3 LPT 3 7 3BCH 3 Not Used Disables port When you select one of the above options except for Not Used a subwindow similar to the one below appears to let you set the DMA The options for th...

Page 186: ...C Card This option displays the PC Card Controller mode Auto Selected Use this setting for all PC Card if you are using Windows 98 2000 XP which support Plug Play Default CardBus 16 bit If you are using Windows for Workgroups or Windows NT 4 or lower or if the card does not work properly with the Auto Selected setting use this setting for Card Bus PC card PCIC Compatible If you are using Windows f...

Page 187: ...al Select this mode when the HDD is used for MS DOS Windows 95 98 2000 XP or OS 2 Default Standard IDE Select this mode when using an OS which does not support the Enhanced IDE When this mode is selected up to 528MB is logically available and the rest of the capacity is not usable NOTE Formats for Enhanced IDE and Standard IDE are different so if you change the setting you will have to reformat th...

Page 188: ...support Default USB floppy disk is available without the driver To start the computer by FD set this option to Enabled Disabled Disables LEGACY support 15 PCI LAN This option sets the Enable Disable of the built in LAN functions Enabled Enables built in LAN functions Default Disabled Disables built in LAN functions Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 3 67 ...

Page 189: ...SC Setting UUID When any abnormal is detected it waits for any key input If the problem is solved execute it again To make all the setting effective turns off the power Subtest 02 Region write This subtest sets the DVD region code Executing or not is selectable This subtest judges the destination based on the DMI information of the computer and sets the appropriate region code to the DVD drive If ...

Page 190: ...ation LED lights orange 2 Release the write protection of the floppy disk for the test Turn off the computer and connect a USB FDD to the computer Insert a floppy disk containing the test program into the floppy disk drive of the target machine and turn on the target machine while pressing U The Wireless LAN test menu will appear Wireless LAN sub system repair test VX XX 1 Transmit Receive test Re...

Page 191: ...To prepare the tester machine for the Wireless LAN test program insert a floppy disk containing the test program into the floppy disk drive of the tester machine and turn on the tester machine The Wireless LAN test menu will appear Press 0 to select the test and press Enter in the initiator machine The following message will appear Wireless LAN sub system repair test VX XX 1 Transmit Receive test ...

Page 192: ...e tester machine and turn on the tester machine The Wireless LAN test menu will appear Press 1 to select the test and press Enter The following message will appear Wireless LAN sub system repair test VX XX 1 Transmit Receive test Responder 2 MAC Address test Mini PCI Wireless LAN 3 Wireless LAN WEP64 128 test 0 Transmit Receive test Initiator Press test number 1 3 0 1 RESPONDER SET ORiWL EXE Rev 0...

Page 193: ...r Mode MAC address XXXXXXXXXXXX Ad hoc mode SS ID PHN Test Channel 10 Tx ratio 2 Mbps When the machine has passed the test OK message will appear in the target machine Then press Enter in the test machine the OK message will appear also in the test machine Press Enter to return to the main menu Subtest 02 Mac Address test This subtest reads Mac Address If there is no problem the OK message Subtest...

Page 194: ...sted Test PC side 1 SKU destination code check 2 Mac Address check 3 Communication test 802 11a mode main antenna 4 Communication test 802 11a mode sub antenna 5 Communication test 802 11b mode This program conducts the above test items continuously and displays results for each item during the test However only the last result for the whole test shall be checked The message OK or NG is displayed ...

Page 195: ... is updated ever 3 seconds Waiting for transmitter to ring the bell in 11a mode Input or output error EIO rxDatBegin nothing receive within 3000millisecs waitTime The responder machine is ready for the test Setting the tester machine NOTE Release the write protection of the floppy disk for the test Insert a floppy disk containing the test program into the floppy disk drive of the tester machine an...

Page 196: ...n to the main menu When the tester machine has not passed the test NG message will appear in the tester machine Pressing Enter on the screen shows the following message 8 02 11a Tx Test AUX Antenna NG Then the test returns to the main menu automatically NOTE The menu displayed by your computer may be slightly different from the one shown above Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 3 75 ...

Page 197: ...oned recording play 2 SIN WAVE 3 LAN 4 Modem Press test number 1 4 Press the number you want to test and press Enter NOTE The system is capable of producing high volume sound so when you use the headphones be careful to set the volume low and adjust it as necessary Using the headphones at full volume could damage your ears To execute a subtest continuously select the test number and press Enter To...

Page 198: ...ested Sampling Rate is 22025 Hz Volume requested is 0 000dB Record to buffer is BUFFER0 Record Time requested is 5 000 seconds Actual record time will be 5 000 When the above message is displayed the screen is fixed for a while Then record the sound with the microphone When the following message appears make sure the recorded sound is replayed Play to destination is LINEOUT Volume requested is 0 0...

Page 199: ... any key to continue Press any key and the following message appears Then sin wave is expanded from 16KB to 64KB data and is beeped Press test number 1 4 call sin Subtest 03 LAN This subtest checks the operation of mini PCI I F by the loopback in the chip Select 3 to execute and press Enter The following message will appear XXXX XXXXXXX LAN test Rev XX COMPLETED Repeat count 00000 Error count 0000...

Page 200: ... X Scorpio Modem Initialize OK Digital Loopback Test OK RJ11 Connector Check LED Operator s Check After a few seconds the following message will appear Press Key Y OK N NG If you hear the modem sound from the speakers press Y otherwise press N NOTE The menu displayed by your computer may be slightly different from the one shown above After you press Y or N the RJ11 Connection Check LED Operator s ...

Page 201: ...rn on the computer The Diagnostics Disk contains the MS DOS boot files The following menu will appear IEEE1394 XXXXX test menu For Repair V1 00 1 IEEE1394 test 2 Responder tool 3 ID Check Press test number 1 3 To execute the TEST select the test number you want to execute and press Enter Subtest 01 IEEE1394 test Specifies the data size and transfer speed between the responder connected with a resp...

Page 202: ...double click the THERMAL bat file in the diagnostic disk 4 The input field appears on the screen Then input the temperature around the computer and click OK button The thermal radiation control test starts 5 The test result is displayed 15 minutes later When the test ends normally the following message appears in the display Status pass When an error is found the following message appears in the d...

Page 203: ...3 Tests and Diagnostics 3 29 Thermal Radiation Control Test 3 82 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 204: ...Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures ...

Page 205: ...4 Replacement Procedures 4 ii Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 206: ...play assembly 4 34 4 13 Touch pad 4 38 4 14 LED board 4 40 4 15 RTC battery 4 42 4 16 Sound board 4 44 4 17 System board Bat con cover 4 46 4 18 Fan 4 49 4 19 Modem cable 4 51 4 20 Wireless LAN cover 4 52 4 21 Battery lock assembly 4 53 4 22 Speaker 4 54 4 23 Display mask LCD unit FL inverter 4 57 4 24 LCD cable Sensor switch Wireless LAN antenna 4 61 4 25 Hinge 4 65 4 26 Fluorescent Lamp 4 69 4 2...

Page 207: ...Figure 4 6 Removing the CPU slot cover and heat sink slot cover 4 16 Figure 4 7 Removing the CPU holder and heat sink 4 17 Figure 4 8 Installing the CPU 4 18 Figure 4 9 Applying new grease 4 19 Figure 4 10 Removing the optical drive 4 20 Figure 4 11 Disassembling the optical drivel 4 21 Figure 4 12 Removing the keyboard holder and keyboard hold plate 4 23 Figure 4 13 Removing the keyboard support ...

Page 208: ...4 61 Figure 4 40 Removing the hinge cap on the LCD cable side and sensor switch 4 62 Figure 4 41 Removing the sensor switch cable 4 62 Figure 4 42 Removing the hinge cap on the other side 4 63 Figure 4 43 Removing the wireless LAN antenna 4 63 Figure 4 44 Removing the screws 4 65 Figure 4 45 Removing the hinge 1 4 66 Figure 4 46 Removing the hinge 2 4 66 Figure 4 47 Removing the LCD latch hook and...

Page 209: ...t Procedures 4 vi Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 Figure 4 121 to 4 128 15 0 Inch SXGA LG Philips Fluorescent Lamp 4 127 to 4 132 Figure 4 129 to 4 153 15 0 Inch SXGA Sharp Fluorescent Lamp 4 133 to 4 148 ...

Page 210: ...ays start by removing the battery pack next optional items such as the optional PC card and optional SD card then follow the line on the chart to determine which FRU you must remove next in order to repair the one you think is causing the computer to operate improperly Refer to the example at the bottom of the page How to See the Chart An example of referring to the chart is shown below Removing t...

Page 211: ...ewelry or accessories such as necklaces bracelets or rings in order to reduce the risk of electric shock Never work with wet or damp hands 3 Be careful of edges and corners as these may cut CAUTION 1 When you change a component be sure the replacement component meets the required specifications Never use foreign parts to avoid any risk of damage to the computer 2 To avoid any risk of short circuit...

Page 212: ...manual 5 Do not perform any operations that are not necessary and use only the described procedures for disassembling and installing FRUs in the computer 6 After removing parts from the computer place them in a safe place away from the computer so they will not be damaged and will not interfere with your work 7 You will remove and replace many screws when you disassemble the computer When you remo...

Page 213: ... connectors can be connected and disconnected by simply pulling them apart or pushing them together Assembly Procedures After you have disassembled the computer and fixed or repaired the problem that was causing the computer to operate abnormally you will need to reassemble the computer Install all the removed FRUs following the steps described in the corresponding sections in this chapter While a...

Page 214: ...e and reassemble the computer One M2 point size 0 Phillips screwdriver to remove and replace screws One M2 5 M3 point size 1 Phillips screwdriver to remove and replace screws One 4 mm flat blade screwdriver Tweezers to lift out screws that you cannot grasp with your fingers ESD mats for the floor and the table you are working on An ESD wrist strap or heel grounder Anti static carpeting or flooring...

Page 215: ...ws or components come loose NOTE Toshiba recommends that you use an electric screwdriver for quick and easy operations M2 0 17 N m 1 7 kgf cm M2 5 0 30 N m 3 0 kgf cm M3 0 57 N m 5 6 kgf cm NOTE The computer contains several flat head screws These screws have less contact area with the screwdriver so be careful to press firmly enough to prevent the screwdriver from slipping out and damaging the sc...

Page 216: ...of Screws on the Computer Body To make maintenance of the computer easier markings of the kinds of the screws including the types and lengths of the screws are indicated on the computer body Kind of screws Symbol BIND screw B FLAT HEAD screw F SUPER FLAT HEAD screw S TAPPING screw T Other screws U Unique screws STUD etc Examples 6 mm BIND screw B6 12 mm BIND screw B12 5 mm FLAT HEAD screw F5 Indic...

Page 217: ...o not scratch break twist or bend the battery pack 1 Turn off the computer 2 Disconnect the AC adapter and other external devices from the computer 3 Turn the computer face down 4 Release the battery lock Lift up the battery pack while sliding the battery latch NOTE For environmental reasons do not throw away a spent battery pack Collect the spent battery packs Battery latch Battery lock Battery F...

Page 218: ...aced used handled or disposed of For environmental reasons collect the spent battery packs Use only batteries recommended by Toshiba as replacements NOTE Check the battery s terminals visually If they are dirty wipe them clean with a dry cloth 1 Install the battery pack into the battery slot Make sure the battery pack is installed securely 2 Slide the battery lock into the lock position Satellite ...

Page 219: ...ard refer to the card s documentation and your operating system documentation for proper procedures and precautions 1 Turn the computer face up 2 Push the eject button It will pop out 3 Press once more the eject button to eject the PC card 4 Grasp the PC card and pull it out PC card Eject button Figure 4 2 Removing the PC card 4 10 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 220: ...ling the PC card To install the PC card follow the steps below and refer to figure 4 2 1 Make sure the eject button does not stick out 2 Insert the PC card and press it until it is securely connected Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 11 ...

Page 221: ...cumentation and to your operating system documentation for proper procedures and precautions 1 Push the SD card It will pop out partly 2 Pull out the SD card SD card Figure 4 3 Removing the SD card Installing the SD card To install the SD card follow the steps below and refer to figure 4 3 1 Insert the SD card and press it until it is securely connected 4 12 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 45...

Page 222: ...DD To remove the HDD follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 4 and 4 5 1 Turn the computer upside down 2 Remove the following screw securing the HDD cover Remove the HDD cover by lifting it up M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD HDD cover HDD pack M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD Tab Figure 4 4 Removing the HDD cover Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 13 ...

Page 223: ...eps describe how to disassemble the HDD pack however do not disassemble if the HDD is working properly 4 Remove the following screws M3 4S FLAT HEAD screw 4 5 Detach the HDD from the HDD bracket CAUTION Do not apply pressure to the top and bottom of the HDD HDD HDD bracket M3 4S FLAT HEAD M3 4S FLAT HEAD Figure 4 5 Detaching the HDD bracket and HDD 4 14 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 224: ...t may damage the HDD 1 Secure the HDD to the HDD bracket with the following screws M3 4S FLAT HEAD screw 4 CAUTION Hold the HDD pack by the sides 2 Insert the HDD pack into the slot and secure it with the following screws M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 1 3 Seat the HDD cover and secure it with the following screws M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 15 ...

Page 225: ...ng repair work 1 Remove the following screws securing the CPU slot cover Remove the CPU slot cover by lifting it up M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 2 Remove the following screws securing the heat sink slot cover Remove the heat sink slot cover by lifting it up M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 Heat sink slot cover CPU slot cover M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD Figure4 6 Removing the CPU slot cover and heat ...

Page 226: ...the lock lever lift the lock lever vertically and lift up the heat sink M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD CPU holder Heat sink Lock lever Figure4 7 Removing the CPU holder and heat sink 6 Remove the CPU from the heat sink CAUTION As silicon grease is applied between the heat sink and CPU the CPU is removed with the heat sink If the CPU has been left on the CPU socket remove the CPU Satellite A40 Maintenance Manua...

Page 227: ...ion as shown below Pay attention to the position of the triangle mark on the CPU Make sure the lock lever is lifted up before installing the CPU 1 Seat the CPU in the CPU socket and lock the lock lever by pressing it down Make sure the position is exact to avoid damaging pins of the CPU CPU CPU socket Lock lever Mark Figure 4 8 Installing the CPU 4 18 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 228: ...h Figure 4 9 Applying new grease 3 Install the heat sink CAUTION When installing the heat sink make sure the bottom of the heat sink covers the top of the CPU 4 Place the CPU holder and secure it with the following screws in the order of the number marked on the holder M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 3 5 Place the heat sink slot cover and secure it with following screws M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 6 Place t...

Page 229: ... 10 and 4 11 CAUTION Do not apply excessive force to the top of an optical drive 1 Turn the computer upside down 2 Remove the following screws securing the optical drive M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 3 Pull the optical drive outward to disconnect it M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD Optical drive Figure 4 10 Removing the optical drive 4 20 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 230: ...lowing screws and detach the optical drive from the plastic frame M2 3C S FLAT HEAD screw 2 Stepping screw 1 M2 3C S FLAT HEAD Stepping screw Plastic frame Optical drive Figure 4 11 Disassembling the optical drivel Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 21 ...

Page 231: ...to figures 4 10 and 4 11 1 Seat the optical drive on the plastic frame and secure them with the following screws M2 3C S FLAT HEAD screw 2 Stepping screw 1 2 Insert the optical drive into the slot to connect it 3 Secure the optical drive with the following screws M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 4 22 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 232: ...d refer to figures 4 12 and 4 13 1 Turn the computer face up and open the display 2 Hold the both ends of the keyboard holder and lift it up to remove 3 Remove the following screws securing the keyboard and keyboard hold plate Then remove the keyboard hold plate M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 3 M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD Keyboard holder Keyboard hold plate Figure 4 12 Removing the keyboard holde...

Page 233: ...the following screw and keyboard support plate M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 1 6 Disconnect the keyboard cable from the connector PJ3200 on the system board and remove the keyboard M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD PJ3200 Keyboard support plate Keyboard cable Figure 4 13 Removing the keyboard support plate 4 24 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 234: ...d 3 Place the keyboard support plate and secure it with the following screw M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 1 4 Turn the keyboard face up and set it Make sure that there is no gap between the keyboard and the edge of palm rest 5 Place the keyboard hold plate Then secure the keyboard hold plates and the keyboard with the following screws M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 3 6 Install the keyboard holder by pressing i...

Page 235: ...minals may cause memory access problems Never press hard or bend the memory module Removing the memory module To remove the memory module confirm that the computer is in boot mode Then perform the following procedures See Figure 4 14 1 Peel the insulator 2 Open the left and right latches and remove the memory module from slot A or slot B on the system board Insulator Latch Memory module Memory slo...

Page 236: ...ff when you insert the memory module Inserting a memory module with the power on might damage the module or the computer itself Do not install a memory module in slot B only Use slot A prior to slot B Otherwise the computer or the memory may be damaged Never press hard or bend the memory module 2 When the power of the computer is turned on the computer checks automatically the memory size Confirm ...

Page 237: ...self Never press hard or bend the wireless LAN board Removing the wireless LAN board To remove the wireless LAN board follow the steps below and refer to figure 4 15 and 4 16 1 Remove the screw fixing the wireless LAN board cover M2 4Z BIND screw 1 or M2 4 LH STICK screw 1 Athelos a b g 2 Slide the wireless LAN board cover to the left and lift it up to remove M2 4Z BIND or M2 4 LH STICK Wireless L...

Page 238: ...ss LAN antenna cables black and white from the wireless LAN board 4 Open the left and right latches and remove the wireless LAN board Glass tape Wireless LAN board Wireless LAN antenna cable black Latch Wireless LAN antenna cable white Figure 4 16 Removing the wireless LAN board Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 29 ...

Page 239: ... terminals slantwise into the connector on the computer and press the wireless LAN board until it is securely in place 2 Connect the wireless LAN cables black and white to the terminals on the wireless LAN board and fix them with the glass tape 3 Install the wireless LAN board cover and secure it with the following screw M2 4Z BIND screw 1 or M2 4 LH STICK screw 1 Athelos a b g 4 30 Satellite A40 ...

Page 240: ...fer to figure 4 17 1 Remove the following screws securing the modem daughter card M2 4Z BIND screw 2 2 Lift up gently the modem daughter card perpendicularly to disconnect it from the connector PJ3000 on the system board CAUTION When removing installing the modem daughter card be sure to hold the modem daughter card by both the edges right above the connector PJ3000 3 Disconnect the modem cable fr...

Page 241: ...elow and refer to figures 4 17 1 Connect the modem cable to the connector on the modem daughter card 2 Connect the modem daughter card to the connector PJ3000 on the system board CAUTION Be careful not to damage the card and connector 3 Secure the modem daughter card with the following screws M2 4Z BIND screw 2 4 32 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 242: ...s fixing the CD DVD audio play button M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 2 Disconnect the CD DVD audio play button cable and remove the CD DVD audio play button M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD CD DVD audio play button CD DVD audio play button cable Figure 4 18 Removing the CD DVD audio play button Installing the CD DVD audio play button To install the CD DVD audio play button follow the steps below and refer to figure 4...

Page 243: ...er to figures 4 19 to 4 21 1 Turn the computer upside down 2 Remove the following screws M2 5 16B FLAT HEAD screw 12 16 in the figure below M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 7 6 in the figure below M2 5 3B S FLAT HEAD screw 5 3 in the figure below 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 3 3 3 3 3 Figure 4 19 Removing the display assembly 1 4 34 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 244: ...able from the connector PJ5600 on the system board 6 Disconnect the speaker cables from the connectors PJ6001 blue and PJ6002 red on the system board 7 Disconnect the panel sensor cable from the connector PJ3302 on the system board M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD Speaker cable blue Panel sensor cable LCD cable Speaker cable red Figure 4 20 Removing the display assembly 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458...

Page 245: ...e the display assembly from the base assembly while unhooking the latches Display assembly Figure 4 21 Removing the display assembly 3 NOTE When removing the display assembly be careful not to damage any cables 4 36 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 246: ...e panel sensor cable to the connector PJ3302 on the system board 4 Connect the speaker cables to the connectors PJ6001 blue and PJ6002 red on the system board 5 Connect the LCD cable to the connector PJ5600 on the system board 6 Secure the display assembly with the following screws M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 7 Turn the computer face down and secure the display assembly with the following screws M2 ...

Page 247: ...xible cable from the connector PJ3260 on the system board 2 Remove the following screws securing the touch pad M2 5 3B S FLAT HEAD screw 2 3 Remove the touch pad M2 5 3B S FLAT HEAD Touch pad Touch pad flexible cable PJ3260 Figure 4 22 Removing the touch pad 4 Disconnect the touch pad flexible cable from the connector on the touch pad 4 38 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 248: ...d refer to figures 4 22 1 Connect the touch pad flexible cable to the connector on the touch pad 2 Install the touch pad and secure it with the following screws M2 5 3B S FLAT HEAD screw 2 3 Connect the touch pad flexible cable to the connector PJ3260 on the system board Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 39 ...

Page 249: ... Figure 4 23 1 Remove the following screw and LED board from the system board M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 1 2 Disconnect the LED cable from the connector PJ9500 on the system board 3 Disconnect the LED cable from the LED board M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD LED board LED cable PJ9500 Figure 4 23 Removing the LED board 4 40 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 250: ... 23 1 Connect the LED cable to the LED board and to the connector PJ9500 on the system board NOTE When connecting the LED cable the bent portion of the cable must be connected to the connector on the LED board 2 Fix the LED board to the system board with the following screw M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 1 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 41 ...

Page 251: ...Corrosion greenish color on the battery connector or cable Corrosion on the computer s battery connector White powder on any part of the battery White powder in the battery tray Clear liquid on the battery Clear liquid in the battery tray Clear liquid on any board near the battery 2 Damage to the connection cable 3 Damage to the connector housing If any powder or liquid is found in or around the b...

Page 252: ...insulators and remove the RTC battery Insulator RTC battery cable RTC battery Insulator PJ8490 Figure 4 24 Removing the RTC battery Installing the RTC battery To install the RTC battery follow the steps below and refer to figure 4 24 1 Place the RTC battery into the slot 2 Connect the RTC battery cable to the connector PJ8490 on the system board 3 Fix the RTC battery with the insulators Satellite ...

Page 253: ...nnect the sound board I F cable from the connector PJ9550 on the system board and from the connector on the sound board 2 Remove the following screws securing the sound board M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 3 Remove the sound board M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD Sound board I F cable Sound board PJ9550 Figure 4 25 Removing the sound board 4 44 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 254: ...to figure 4 25 1 Connect the sound board I F cable to the connector on the sound board 2 Install the sound board slantwise to fit the guide and secure it with the following screws M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 3 Connect the sound board I F cable to the connector PJ9550 on the system board Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 45 ...

Page 255: ... board Bat con cover To remove the system board bat con cover follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 26 and 4 27 1 Remove the following screw and bat con cover M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 1 M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD Bat con cover Figure 4 26 Removing the bat con cover 4 46 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 256: ...ct the fan cable 1 from the connector PJ8450 on the system board 4 Peel of the glass tape and disconnect the fan cable 2 from the connector PJ8425 on the system board 5 Lift up the system board to remove M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD System board Fan cable 1 Fan cable 2 Glass tape Glass tape PJ8450 PJ8425 Figure 4 27 Removing the system board Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 47 ...

Page 257: ...oard be careful not to pinch or damage the fan cables 2 Connect the fan cable 2 to the connector PJ8425 on the system board and stick the glass tape 3 Connect the fan cable 1 to the connector PJ8450 on the system board and stick the glass tape 4 Secure the system board with the following screw M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 1 5 Install the bat con cover and secure it with the following screw M2 5 6B FLAT...

Page 258: ...ure 4 28 1 Remove the following screws securing the fan 1 M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 2 Remove the fan 1 3 Remove the following screws securing the fan 2 M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 4 Remove the fan 2 M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD Fan 2 Fan 1 Figure4 28 Removing the fan Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 49 ...

Page 259: ...fan follow the steps below and refer to figure 4 28 1 Install the fan 2 and secure it with the following screws M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 2 Install the fan 1 and secure it with the following screws M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw 2 4 50 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 260: ... and refer to figures 4 29 1 Remove the RJ11 jack while unlatching the hooks RJ11 jack Modem cable Figure 4 29 Removing the modem cable Installing the Modem cable To install the modem cable follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 29 1 Install the RJ11 jack while latching the hooks Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 51 ...

Page 261: ...and refer to figure 4 30 1 Remove the wireless LAN cover while unlatching Wireless LAN cover Figure 4 30 Removing the wireless LAN cover Installing the Wireless LAN cover To install the wireless LAN cover follow the steps below and refer to the figure 4 30 1 Install the wireless LAN cover in the slot while latching 4 52 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 262: ...he battery lock assembly M2 5 6 Tapping screw 2 M2 5 6 Tapping screw Battery lock assembly Figure 4 31 Removing the battery lock assembly 2 Remove the battery lock assembly Installing the Battery lock assembly To install the Battery lock assembly follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 31 1 Install the battery lock assembly and secure it with the following screws M2 5 6 Tapping screw 2 Satel...

Page 263: ...aker 4 22 Speaker Removing the Speaker To remove the speaker follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 32 and 4 33 1 Peel off the insulator Insulator Figure 4 32 Removing the insulator 4 54 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 264: ...owing screws fixing the speakers M2 5 6 Tapping screw 4 M2 5 6 Tapping M2 5 6 Tapping Speaker Speaker Figure 4 33 Removing the speakers 3 Take out the speakers from the slots and the cables from the guides holes Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 55 ...

Page 265: ...o figures 4 32 to 4 34 1 Set both the speakers in the slot and pass the cables through the hole and guide Left Speaker cable Figure 4 34 Installing the left speaker cable 2 Secure the following screws to fix the speakers M2 5 6 Tapping screw 4 3 Stick the insulator in place 4 56 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 266: ...play mask LCD unit and FL inverter See Figure 4 35 to 4 37 1 Peel off two mask seals and remove the following screws M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD screw x2 2 Insert your finger between the upper edge of the display mask and the LCD and remove the display mask while unlatching the display mask M2 5 6B FLAT HEAD Mask seal Display mask LCD Figure 4 35 Removing the display mask Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 96...

Page 267: ...following screws fixing the LCD unit M2 5C S FLAT HEAD screw x4 7 With the bottom edge of the LCD unit on the display cover lift the top edge of the LCD unit 8 After peeling off the glass tape disconnect the LCD cable from the connector on the back of the LCD Remove the LCD unit M2 5C S FLAT HEAD M2 5C S FLAT HEAD M2 5C S FLAT HEAD Glass tape Insulator FL inverter LCD cable HV cable FL cable Figur...

Page 268: ...nt Procedures 9 Remove the following screws and right and left LCD supports from the LCD unit M2 3C S FLAT HEAD screw x4 M2 3C S FLAT HEAD M2 3C S FLAT HEAD LCD support Figure 4 37 Removing the LCD supports Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 59 ...

Page 269: ...d connect the LCD cable to the connector on the back of the LCD Stick the glass tape on the LCD cable 3 Fix the LCD unit with the following screws M2 5C S FLAT HEAD screw x4 4 Connect the FL cable and HV cable to the FL inverter 5 Insert one insulator under the LCD unit over the FL cable and stick the other one to the FL inverter 6 Secure the FL inverter with the following screw M2 5C S FLAT HEAD ...

Page 270: ...less LAN antenna follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 38 to 4 43 1 Remove the following screws and LCD cable holder on the back M2 5 4 Tapping screw 2 LCD cable holder M2 5 4 Tapping Figure 4 38 Removing the LCD cable holder 2 Remove the following screw and cable holder on the front M2 5 4 Tapping screw 1 M2 5 4 Tapping Cable holder Figure 4 39 Removing the cable holder Satellite A40 Main...

Page 271: ... while unhooking the latches Hinge cap Sensor switch Figure 4 40 Removing the hinge cap on the LCD cable side and sensor switch 6 Peel off the acetate tape on the back and take out the sensor switch cable from the guide and hole Acetate tape Acetate tape Wireless LAN antenna Sensor switch cable Figure 4 41 Removing the sensor switch cable 4 62 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 272: ...off the five acetate tapes on the front figure4 43 and one acetate tape figure4 41 on the back fixing the wireless LAN antenna cable 9 Peel off both the wireless LAN antennas and pull out the cables through the hole under the hinge cap Acetate tape Wireless LAN antenna Acetate tape Acetate tape Figure 4 43 Removing the wireless LAN antenna Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 63 ...

Page 273: ...he six acetate tapes one tape at the back five tapes at the front 4 Install the hinge cap on the opposite side of the LCD cable side 5 Install the sensor switch while hooking the latches 6 Pass the sensor switch cable through the holes and guides and stick the acetate tape 7 Pass the LCD cable through the holes and guides 8 Set the LCD cable holder and secure it with the following screw M2 5 4 Tap...

Page 274: ...e the hinge follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 44 to 4 47 1 Remove the following screws M2 5 6 Tapping screw 2 M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 M2 5 6 Tapping M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD Figure 4 44 Removing the screws Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 65 ...

Page 275: ...wing screws and hinge while turning it M2 5 6 Tapping screw 2 M2 5 6 Tapping Figure 4 45 Removing the hinge 1 3 Remove the following screws and hinge while turning it M2 5 6 Tapping screw 2 M2 5 6 Tapping Figure 4 46 Removing the hinge 2 4 66 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 276: ...es 4 Pull out the LCD latch hook 5 Remove the LCD latch knob LCD latch knob LCD latch hook Figure 4 47 Removing the LCD latch hook and LCD latch knob NOTE Be careful not to lose the spring Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 67 ...

Page 277: ... below and refer to figures 4 37 to 4 45 1 Install the LCD latch knob and LCD latch hook Be careful not to lose the spring 2 Set both the hinges on the base side and secure them with the following screws M2 5 6 Tapping screw 4 3 Secure the hinges on the display cover with the following screws M2 5 4B FLAT HEAD screw 2 M2 5 6 Tapping screw 2 ...

Page 278: ...24 1 Remove the outside tape and cover shield 1 Remove the adhesive tape fixing the B L wire Be careful not to apply excessive force to the B L wire 2 Remove the cover shield G Be careful not to apply excessive force to the gate TCP 3 Remove the cover shield C Be careful not to apply excessive force to the source PCB CAUTION Wear anti static gloves to prevent circuit damage caused by ESC 4 Remove ...

Page 279: ...p SXGA 2 3 Remove the source PCB and gate PCB 1 Remove the source PCB Be careful not to apply excessive force to the PCB or TCP when removing double sided tape 2 Remove the gate PCB Be careful not to apply excessive force to the PCB or TCP when removing double sided tape Source PCB Gate PCB Figure 4 123 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp SXGA 3 4 128 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 9...

Page 280: ...ints 3 Remove the sheets and light guide NOTE No penetration of foreign object is indispensable not to scratch on the surface of each sheet 4 Remove the two screws fixing the cover assembly bottom L NOTE Maximum value of torque is 1 5kg cm Board assembly Adhesive tape Sheets and light guide Double sided tape Adhesive tape Double sided tape Adhesive tape Adhesive tape Screw Cover assembly bottom L ...

Page 281: ...e light guide and sheets Secure the reflection sheet with double sided tape NOTE No penetration of foreign object is indispensable not to scratch on the surface of the sheets and light guide 4 Stick the adhesive tape to fix the sheets 5 Install the board assembly Secure the gate PCB with double sided tape NOTE Be careful not to apply excessive force to the PCB and TCP Board assembly Adhesive tape ...

Page 282: ... Install the gate PCB Be careful not to apply excessive force to the TCP Source PCB Gate PCB Figure 4 126 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp SXGA 6 3 Install the top case Be careful not to apply excessive force to the gate TCP Top case Figure 4 127 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp SXGA 7 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 131 ...

Page 283: ...ve force to the control PCB CAUTION Wear anti static gloves to prevent circuit damage caused by ESC 3 Install the cover shield G Be careful not to apply excessive force to the gate TCP 4 Stick the adhesive tape to fix the B L wire Be careful not to apply excessive force to the B L wire Cover shield C Tape shield Adhesive tape Cover shield G Adhesive tape Figure 4 128 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips...

Page 284: ...rescent lamp To disassemble the 15 0 inch SXGA Sharp fluorescent lamp follow the steps below and refer to Figures 4 129 to 4 138 1 Turn the LCD module face down and remove the protection cover S A protection cover G B fixing tape C and fixing tape for lead wire D NOTE 1 Be careful not to damage the TCP or chips 2 Discard the tapes removed Do not reuse them A Protection cover S C Fixing tape B Prot...

Page 285: ...ch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 2 3 Turn the LCD module face up and remove the bezel E E Bezel 1 Release the bezel from the four latches of the lamp cover 2 Release the two latches on the P chassis 3 Release the hook of the bezel from the lamp cover Side view Hook Figure 4 131 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 3 4 134 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 286: ... remove the backlight Screw Screw Screw Screw G FPC Screw loosening torque 0 9kg cm Open the cap of the connector and remove the FPC Figure 4 132 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 4 Do not hold the edge Do not hold the edge Raise the board and make this condition Figure 4 133 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 5 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 135 ...

Page 287: ...ight unit H Backlight unit I LCD panel Figure 4 134 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 6 6 Turn the backlight unit H removed face down and remove two screws D and lamp cover J NOTE Be careful not to scratch or soil the sheets Screw loosening torque 1 1kg cm H Backlight unit J Lamp cover D Screw D Screw Figure 4 135 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 7 4 136 Satellite A40 ...

Page 288: ...the reflection sheet under the light guide K Upper diffusion sheet M Light guide L Lens sheet Figure 4 136 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 8 8 Remove the four double sided tapes N O P Q NOTE Discard the removed tapes Do not reuse them P Double sided tape 3 Q Double sided tape 4 N Double sided tape 1 O Double sided tape 2 Figure 4 137 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA ...

Page 289: ...own and remove the lamp unit R from the P chassis CAUTION When removing the lamp unit be careful not to break the lamp or bend the reflection sheet P chassis R Lamp unit Figure 4 138 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 10 4 138 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 290: ...rp fluorescent lamp follow the steps below and refer to Figures 4 139 to 4 153 1 Stick four double sided tapes N O P Q on the P chassis P Q O Standard for edge of P chassis Do not make the P chassis over this line 0 to 1 mm N Figure 4 139 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 11 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 139 ...

Page 291: ...orescent lamp SXGA 12 NOTE When install the lamp unit be careful not to bend or damage the reflection sheet Z Z Cross section drawing of Z Z Install the lead wire into this groove Install the reflection sheet as it is placed inside the reflector Install the lamp unit without floating Figure 4 141 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 13 4 140 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 292: ...stall the lamp cover J on the backlight unit and secure it with the two screws D J Lamp cover D Screw D Screw Screw tightening torque 0 9kg cm Figure 4 142 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 14 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 141 ...

Page 293: ...143 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 15 5 Place the lens sheet L and upper diffusion sheet K on the backlight unit with light guide M Make sure there is no dust or scratch Do not make any sheet over the edge of P chassis K Upper diffusion sheet M Light guide L Lens sheet Figure 4 144 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 16 4 142 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 294: ... and backlight unit If any dust is found remove it with crepe tape or others which has no remaining of paste H Backlight unit I LCD panel Guide rib Guide rib Guide rib Guide rib Make sure the LCD panel is installed in the guide rib surely Figure 4 145 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 17 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 143 ...

Page 295: ... Screw G Fit the pin and the hole Screw Fit the pin and the hole Do not cover the projection Fit the pin and the hole Fold the gate board Screw tightening torque 0 9kg cm Fold the source board Check the condition after mating Check the condition of the concave portion of the FPC and the outline of the connector Insert the FPC to the end There shall be no out of position in θ Lock surely the connec...

Page 296: ...the hook of the bezel on the rib of the P chassis Side view Hook Lamp cover side Figure 4 148 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 20 Make sure of mating of the bezel and the rib of the P chassis Make sure of mating of the bezel and the latch of the P chassis Make sure of mating of the bezel and the latch of the P chassis Figure 4 149 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 21 S...

Page 297: ...crews Screw Screw Screw Screw Figure 4 150 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 22 10 Stick the protection cover G B B Protection cover G Outline standard for the gate board Figure 4 151 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 23 4 146 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 298: ... not appear on the side of the module Do not make the tape over the top of the module 0 to 1 mm The tape MUST NOT appear on the display Make sure the lead wire is closely attached to the bezel D A Fit the cover according to the outline of the screw Stick to the side of the bezel Stick the fixing tape at the center of the module C 0 to 0 5 mm Figure 4 152 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp ...

Page 299: ... Maintenance Manual 960 458 0 to 1 mm 0 to 1 mm Standard for the outline of screw left and right Standard for the outline of board Make sure the edge of plastic resin is between 0 5 Edge of plastic resin Figure 4 153 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp SXGA 25 ...

Page 300: ...h XGA CHIMEI Fluorescent lamp To disassemble the 15 0 inch XGA CHIMEI fluorescent lamp follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 75 to 4 80 1 Remove the CU tape yellow tape and protector film X Tape CU tape Protector film X Figure 4 75 Replacing 15 0 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp XGA 1 4 92 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 301: ...ews B fixing the X PCB Then remove the eight screws C fixing the metal frame Release the two hooks A B Screw Screw B Detail A A hook A hook C C C C C Screw C C C Figure 4 76 Replacing 15 0 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp XGA 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 93 ...

Page 302: ...26 Fluorescent lamp 3 Release the latch NOTE Remove the metal frame parallel not to damage it Latch Backlight Metal frame Figure 4 77 Replacing 15 0 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp XGA 3 4 94 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 303: ...acement Procedures 4 Remove the X PCB When removing the X PCB be careful not to damage the TCP X PCB Panel Back light unit Figure 4 78 Replacing 15 0 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp XGA 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 95 ...

Page 304: ...in order When removing the sheets be careful not to damage them Tape Tape BEFIII M diffuser sheet Spacer BEFIII T diffuser sheet LGP Diffuser sheet Reflector sheet Backlight unit Figure 4 79 Replacing 15 0 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp XGA 5 6 Remove the two screws Screw Screw Lamp assembly Housing Figure 4 80 Replacing 15 0 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp XGA 6 4 96 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 9...

Page 305: ...t Procedures Assembling the 15 0 Inch XGA CHIMEI fluorescent lamp To assemble procedure of the 15 0 inch XGA CHIMEI fluorescent lamp follow the reverse steps of the disassembling steps above Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 97 ...

Page 306: ...4 84 1 Remove the outside tape and cover shield 1 Remove the adhesive tape fixing the B L wire Be careful not to apply to the B L wire 2 Remove the cover shield G Be careful not to apply excessive force to the gate TCP 3 Remove the cover shield C Be careful not to apply excessive force to the source PCB CUATION Wear anti static gloves to prevent circuit damage caused by ESC 4 Remove the tape shiel...

Page 307: ...acement Procedures 2 Remove the top case Be careful not to apply excessive force to the top case and gate TCP Top case Figure 4 82 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp XGA 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 99 ...

Page 308: ...o apply excessive force to the PCB or TCP when removing the double sided tape 2 Remove the gate PCB Be careful not to apply excessive force to the PCB or TCP when removing the double sided tape Source PCB Gate PCB Figure 4 83 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp XGA 3 4 100 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 309: ...etration of foreign object is indispensable not to scratch the sheets 4 Remove the screw and cover assembly bottom L NOTE Maximum value of torque is 1 5kg cm Board assembly Double sided tape Adhesive tape Sheets and LGP Double sided tape Adhesive tape Double sided tape Adhesive tape Double sided tape Adhesive tape Screw Cover assembly bottom L Screw Figure 4 84 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluor...

Page 310: ...ly 1 Remove the protect film from the cover assembly bottom L 2 Secure the cover assembly bottom L with the two screws NOTE Maximum value of torque is 2 0kg cm 3 Install the light guide and sheets Secure the reflection sheets with double sided tape NOTE No penetration of foreign object is indispensable not to scratch the surface of the sheets 4 Stick the adhesive tape to fix the sheets 5 Install t...

Page 311: ...ard assembly Double sided tape Adhesive tape Sheets and LGP Double sided tape Adhesive tape Double sided tape Adhesive tape Double sided tape Adhesive tape Screw Cover assembly bottom L Screw Figure 4 85 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp XGA 5 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 103 ...

Page 312: ... 2 Install the gate PCB Be careful not to apply excessive force to the TCP Source PCB Gate PCB Figure 4 86 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp XGA 6 3 Install the top case Be careful not to apply excessive force to the gate TCP Top case Figure 4 87 Replacing 15 0 Inch LG Philips fluorescent lamp XGA 7 4 104 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 313: ...essive force to the control PCB CAUTION Wear anti static gloves to prevent circuit damage to the source PCB 3 Install the cover shield G NOTE Be careful not to apply excessive force to the gate TCP 4 Stick the adhesive tape to fix the B L wire NOTE Be careful not to apply excessive force to the B L wire Cover shield C Tape shield Adhesive tape Cover shield G Adhesive tape Figure 4 88 Replacing 15 ...

Page 314: ...ung Fluorescent lamp To disassemble the 15 0 inch XGA Samsung fluorescent lamp follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 89 to 4 97 1 Remove the PCB cover NOTE When removing the PCB cover be careful not to damage the COF PCB cover Figure 4 89 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 1 4 106 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 315: ...o screws Screw Screw Figure 4 90 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 2 3 Remove the four screws from the top chassis Screw Screw Screw Screw Figure 4 91 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 3 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 107 ...

Page 316: ... S id e h ook S id e h ook B ottom h ook Figure 4 92 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 4 5 Remove the panel assembly from the mold frame NOTE When removing the panel assembly be careful not to damage the COF Panel assem bly M old fram e Figure 4 93 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 5 4 108 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 317: ...n sheet LGP and reflection sheet C lip C lip S h e e ts Figure 4 94 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 6 7 Remove the lamp back cover 1 Remove the two screws from the lamp back cover 2 Remove the lamp back cover L a m p b a c k c o v e r S c r e w S c r e w Figure 4 95 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 7 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 109 ...

Page 318: ...ire guide of the mold frame Lamp wire Figure 4 96 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 8 9 Remove the lamp assembly from the mold frame Lamp assembly Mold frame Figure 4 97 Replacing 15 0 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp XGA 9 4 110 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 319: ...ent Procedures Assembling the 15 0 inch XGA Samsumg Fluorescent lamp The assembly procedure of the 15 0 inch XGA Samsung fluorescent lamp is the reverse of the above disassembly procedure Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 111 ...

Page 320: ...es 4 98 to 4 107 1 Turn the LCD module face down and remove the protection cover S A protection cover G B fixing tape C and fixing tape for lead wire D NOTE 1 Be careful not to damage the TCP or chips 2 The protection cover G is reused Discard the other tapes removed A Protection cover S C Fixing tape B Protection cover G D Fixing tape for lead wire Figure 4 98 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescen...

Page 321: ...p fluorescent lamp XGA 2 3 Turn the LCD module face up and remove the bezel E E Bezel 1 Release the bezel from the four latches of the lamp cover 2 Release the two latches left and right on the P chassis 3 Release the hook of the bezel from the lamp cover Side view Hook Figure 4 100 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 3 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 113 ...

Page 322: ...on of the TCP of the board and remove the backlight Screw Screw Screw loosening torque 1 2kg cm Figure 4 101 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 4 Do not hold the edge Do not hold the edge Raise the board and make this condition Figure 4 102 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 5 4 114 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 323: ...e the LCD panel I from the backlight unit H CAUTION Wear finger sacks or gloves during the work not to soil or scratch the LCD panel or backlight unit H Backlight unit I LCD panel Figure 4 103 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 6 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 115 ...

Page 324: ...e down and remove the two screws D and lamp cover J NOTE Be careful not to scratch or soil the sheets Screw loosening torque 1 2kg cm H Backlight unit J Lamp cover D Screw D Screw Figure 4 104 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 7 4 116 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 325: ...ove the reflection sheet under the light guide K Upper diffusion sheet L Lens sheet M Light guide Figure 4 105 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 8 8 Remove the four double sided tapes N O P Q NOTE Discard the removed tapes Do not reuse them P Double sided tape 3 Q Double sided tape 4 N Double sided tape 1 O Double sided tape 2 Figure 4 106 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XG...

Page 326: ...down and remove the lamp unit R from the P chassis CAUTION When removing the lamp unit be careful not to break the lamp or bend the reflection sheet P chassis Lamp unit R Figure 4 107 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 10 4 118 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 327: ...fluorescent lamp follow the steps below and refer to figures 4 108 to 4 120 1 Stick the four double sided tapes N O P Q on the P chassis P Q N O Standard for edge of P chassis Do not make the P chassis over this line 0 to 1 mm Figure 4 108 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 11 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 119 ...

Page 328: ...ge the reflection sheet P chassis R Lamp unit Figure 4 109 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 12 Z Z Cross section drawing of Z Z Install the lead wire into this groove Install the reflection sheet as it is placed inside the reflector Install the lamp unit without floating Figure 4 110 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 13 4 120 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 329: ... D Screw Screw tightening torque 1 0kg cm Figure 4 111 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 14 4 Install the light guide M on the backlight unit Insert the light guide straight not to deform the reflector M Light guide Backlight unit Figure 4 112 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 15 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 121 ...

Page 330: ...lacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 16 6 Place the LCD panel I on the backlight unit H NOTE Make sure there is no dust between the LCD panel and backlight unit If any dust is found remove it with crepe tape or others which has no remaining of paste H Backlight unit I LCD panel Guide rib Guide rib Guide rib Guide rib Make sure the LCD panel is installed in the guide rib surely Figure 4 114 ...

Page 331: ...the source board and secure it with the two screws Do not hold the edge Do not hold the edge Figure 4 115 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 18 Screw Screw Figure 4 116 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 19 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 123 ...

Page 332: ...tch the hook of the bezel on the rib of the P chassis Side view Hook Lamp cover side Figure 4 117 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 20 Make sure of mating of the bezel and the rib of the P chassis Make sure of mating of the bezel and the latch of the P chassis Make sure of mating of the bezel and the latch of the P chassis Figure 4 118 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 21...

Page 333: ...t lamp 4 Replacement Procedures 9 Secure the sides of the unit with the four screws Screw Screw Screw Screw Figure 4 119 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 22 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 125 ...

Page 334: ...g tape for lead wire D Fit the cover according to the outline of the screw Stick the tape according to the outline of the LCD module Make sure the tape does not appear on the side of the module Do not make the tape over the top of the module 0 to 1 mm The tape MUST NOT appear on the display 0 to 0 5 mm C D B A Figure 4 120 Replacing 15 0 Inch Sharp fluorescent lamp XGA 23 ...

Page 335: ...ilips 4 26 8 15 0 inch SXGA G33C0000P110 Sharp 4 26 9 NOTE When working with a LCD module always use a flat grounded table Handle the backlight unit in the environment without dust such as on the clean bench Keep the worktable free from any screws or other material that may scratch the LCD surface Use an anti static or protective sheet When replacing the FL unit cover with a finger protector or si...

Page 336: ...ing describes the procedure for replacing the fluorescent lamp See Figure 4 48 to Figure 4 54 1 Remove the tapes labels and films 1 to 8 Figure 4 48 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 1 2 Remove the latch Figure 4 49 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 2 4 70 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 337: ...d PCB cover Figure 4 50 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 3 4 Loosen the X PCB connector and disconnect the FPC from the Y PCB 5 Remove the X PCB and Y PCB Figure 4 51 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 71 ...

Page 338: ... spacer from the protector sheet 7 Remove the sheets 2 to 5 Figure 4 52 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 5 8 Remove the LGP and reflection sheet Figure 4 53 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 6 4 72 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 339: ... 4 Replacement Procedure 9 Remove the screw Figure 4 54 Replacing 14 1 Inch CHIMEI fluorescent lamp 7 10 The assembly procedure is the reverse of the above disassembly procedure Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 73 ...

Page 340: ...t lamp The following describes the procedure for replacing the fluorescent lamp See Figure 4 55 to Figure 4 62 1 Remove the PCB cover and tapes from the LCD module Be careful not to damage the PCB Figure 4 55 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 1 4 74 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 341: ...nt lamp 4 Replacement Procedure 2 Remove two screws fixing the PCB Be careful not to damage the PCB Screw Screw Figure 4 56 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 75 ...

Page 342: ...ing the top hooks side hooks and bottom hooks Figure 4 57 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 3 4 Remove the panel from the backlight unit Be careful not to damage the TCP Backlight Unit Panel Figure 4 58 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 4 4 76 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 343: ...t diffusion sheet light guide and reflection sheet Figure 4 59 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 5 6 Remove two screws fixing the lamp cover and remove the lamp cover Screw Screw Figure 4 60 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 6 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 77 ...

Page 344: ...rocedure 4 26 Fluorescent lamp 7 Remove the GND cable of the FL lamp from the plastic chassis GND cable Hot wire Figure 4 61 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 7 4 78 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 345: ...lamp unit from the plastic chassis and replace the lamp with a new one Lamp ASSY Figure 4 62 Replacing 14 1 Inch Samsung fluorescent lamp 8 9 The assembly procedure is the reverse of the above disassembly procedure Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 79 ...

Page 346: ...objects 2 In the order 1 2 and 3 shown in Figure 4 63 remove the tape for fixing the FL tube cable two pieces of tape on the bezel that are close to the FL tube and the X PCB insulation sheet CAUTION 1 Be careful not to damage the TAB 2 Leave the insulation sheet on the bezel to allow the reuse of the sheet F 9 4 0 2 製品 ラベル P C GF 1 3 Ｂ Ｌ Ｓ Ｎ ラベル Ｆ Ｌ破棄 ラベル Ｃ ＡＵ Ｔ ＩＯＮ ラベル 3 2 2 1 Product label CAUT...

Page 347: ...he screws from the left and right hand sides of the module CAUTION To unfasten the screws use an insert bit of point size 0 for Philips screwdrivers 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 F 9 4 0 2 製 品 ラベル P C GF 1 3 Ｂ Ｌ Ｓ Ｎ ラベル Ｆ Ｌ破棄ラベル ＣＡＵ Ｔ ＩＯＮ ラベル FL disposal label CAUTION label BL S N label Product label Label cautions for disposal of FL tubes Figure 4 64 Replacing 14 Inch TMD fluorescent lamp 2 Satellite A40 Maint...

Page 348: ... tape from the cell at the reverse side of the bottom of the bezel and remove the bezel 4 Remove the double sided tape remaining at the bottom of the cell and on the reverse side of the bezel CAUTION Do not damage the TAB when releasing the latches on the upper area When removing the bezel gently remove the top double sided tape at the bottom of the surface of the bezel to prevent cell damage Be c...

Page 349: ...he PCB 1 Spread out the PCB horizontally as shown in Figure 4 66 CAUTION Be careful not to damage the TAB ＸＰＣＢを裏面から開 く 1 Open the X PCB from the reverse side Figure 4 66 Replacing 14 Inch TMD fluorescent lamp 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 4 83 ...

Page 350: ...ee areas are bonded to the frame with the double sided tape as shown in Figure 4 67 one area is at the top and two areas are at the bottom of both sides Remove the cell gently taking care not to damage it Be careful not to peel off the masking tape in the three areas on the cell セルをはずす 両面テープ ３箇所はがしなが ら 1 Remove the cell by peeling off the three pieces of double sided adhesive tape Figure 4 67 Repl...

Page 351: ...幅 0 0 2 1 公差 ０ ０ ５の範囲で貼付す る こ と ベゼル開口部 よ り ベゼル裏面 Reverse side of the bezel Requirements for attaching double sided tape The end of tape must not go beyond the opening of bezel Tape must not go beyond the opening of the bezel Double sided tape 4597 Sumitomo 3M Attach tape within tolerances from 0 0 to 0 5 from the opening of the bezel tape width tape length Tapes must not be overlapped The end of t...

Page 352: ... こ と フレームの リブに突きあてて貼る A The sheet must not be dislocatedfromtheframe The sheet must not be dislocated fromtheframe The sheet must not be dislocatedfromtheframe Theframemust not beoverlaid with the prism sheet etc The frame must not be overlaid with the prism sheet etc Sheet retaining tape Align the tape with the rib of frame Theframe must not beoverlaid The frame must not be overlaidwiththesheet F...

Page 353: ... or damage Perform this check also for the reverse side of the cell Then install the cell of the PCB assembly in the backlight unit CAUTION Align the top left corner of the cell with the corresponding corner of the backlight unit as indicated by in Figure 4 70 Be careful not to damage the TAB 2 1 両面テープ剥離紙 とる ３箇所 左上突き当て ＰＣＢ付きセル バ ッ ク ライ ト Cell of PCB Backlight Align the top left corner Remove the p...

Page 354: ... PCB 1 Fold down the TAB PCB toward the reverse side of the backlight unit as shown in Figure 4 71 CAUTION Be careful not to damage the TAB 1 ＸＰＣＢを裏面に折 り曲げ For the X PCB toward the reverse side Figure 4 71 Replacing 14 Inch TMD fluorescent lamp 9 4 88 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 355: ...hes on the top edge and two latches on the bottom edge ラ ッチ ２箇所有 り をはめる と 2 2 2 2 2 1 Two latches ベゼルの 外に出ない こ リ フレ ク タ折 り曲げ有 り The fold of reflector must not go beyond the bezel s edge ベゼルの外に出ない こ と ＧＮＤ ＣＵ折 り曲げ有 り The fold of GND CU must not go beyond the ケーブルをキズつけないよ うに注 意 ベゼルを ランプ 側か らはめる First fit the bezel s edge close to the lamp Use care not to damage the bl ラ ッチ ５か所 次にた ＴＡＢ側をはめる Next fit t...

Page 356: ...nd 4 shown in Figure 4 73 CAUTION Fasten the screws in the orders shown in Figure 4 73 No loose fastening is allowed The tightening torque must not exceed 0 147Ｎ m 1 5kgf cm for all the eight screws For the Philips screwdrivers use an insert bit of point size 0 8 7 6 5 2 3 ネジ Ｍ２ Ｘ２ ２ ８箇所しめる 4 1 Fasten the eight M2 2 2 screws Figure 4 73 Replacing 14 Inch TMD fluorescent lamp 11 4 90 Satellite A40 ...

Page 357: ...ブル 引き出し口を 覆 う こ と ゴムキ ャ ップ モジ ュール端を目安に貼る 貼 り基準 ベゼル端か ら 出ない こ と 貼 り 基準 Attaching the insulation sheet Attach the sheet after removing slack The frame must not be overlaid with the PCB Align the sheet with the module s edge Align the sheet with the reflector s edge Align the sheet with the reflector s edge Align the sheet with the module s edge The tape edge must not protrude from the surface of the...

Page 358: ...Appendices ...

Page 359: ...Appendices App ii Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 360: ...C 6 PJ2200 Mini PCI I F connector 124 pin C 8 C 7 PJ3000 MDC I F connector 30 pin C 10 C 8 PJ3200 Keyboard I F connector 34 pin C 11 C 9 PJ3260 PAD I F connector 8 pin C 11 C 10 PJ3302 Sensor Switch Connector 2 pin C 12 C 11 PJ3510 Parallel I F Connector 25 pin C 12 C 12 PJ4100 Network I F connector 8 pin C 12 C 13 PJ4200 1394 I F connector 4 pin C 13 C 14 PJ4600 USB 0 1 I F connector 8 pin C 13 C...

Page 361: ...9 SD Board C 30 PJ9555 System Board I F connector 30 pin C 20 C 31 PJ6000 External microphone connector 5 pin C 21 C 32 PJ6003 Headphone connector 6 pin C 21 CD Board C 33 PJ9605 System Board I F connector 10 pin C 22 Appendix D Keyboard Scan Character Codes D 1 Appendix E Key Layout E 1 E 1 United Kingdom UK Keyboard E 1 E 2 United States US Keyboard E 2 Appendix F Wiring Diagrams F 1 F 1 Paralle...

Page 362: ...yout B 5 Figure B 4 LE Board FLM1L layout B 6 Figure E 1 UK keyboard Fujitsu E 1 Figure E 2 UK keyboard ALPS E 1 Figure E 3 US keyboard Fujitsu E 2 Figure E 4 US keyboard ALPS E 2 Figure E 5 US keyboard NMB E 3 Figure F 1 Parallel port wraparound connector F 1 Figure F 2 LAN loopback connector F 1 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 App v ...

Page 363: ... F connector 34 pin C 11 Table C 9 PAD I F connector 8 pin C 11 Table C 10 Sensor Switch Connector 2 pin C 12 Table C 11 Parallel I F Connector 25 pin C 12 Table C 12 Network I F connector 8 pin C 12 Table C 13 1394 I F connector 4 pin C 13 Table C 14 USB 0 1 I F connector 8 pin C 13 Table C 15 USB 2 3 I F connector 8 pin C 13 Table C 16 LCD connector 40 pin C 14 Table C 17 CRT I F connector 15 pi...

Page 364: ... Table C 31 External microphone connector 5 pin C 21 Table C 32 Headphone connector 6 pin C 21 Table C 33 System Board I F connector 10 pin C 22 Table D 1 Scan codes set 1 and set 2 D 1 Table D 2 Scan codes with left Shift key D 5 Table D 3 Scan codes in Numlock mode D 6 Table D 4 Scan codes with Fn key D 6 Table D 5 Scan codes in overlay mode D 7 Table D 6 No 124 key scan code D 7 Table D 7 No 12...

Page 365: ...Appendices App viii Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 366: ...D module in the LCD cover be sure to seat it so that it is properly aligned and maximum visibility of the display is maintained 2 Be careful to align the holes at the four corners of the LCD module with the corresponding holes in the LCD cover before securing the module with screws Do not force the module into place because stress can affect its performance Also the panel s polarized surface is ea...

Page 367: ...nd wipe it again If the surface is very dirty we recommend a CRT cleaning agent Apply the agent to a cloth and then wipe the panel s surface Do not apply cleanser directly to the panel CRT Cleaner 4 If water or other liquid is left on the panel s surface for a long period it can change the screen s tint or stain it Be sure to quickly wipe off any liquid A 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458...

Page 368: ... not to drop it or let it strike a hard object which could cause breakage or cracks 6 CMOS LSI circuits are used in the module so guard against damage from electrostatic discharge Be sure to wear a wrist or ankle ground when handling the module Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 A 3 ...

Page 369: ...dule to direct sunlight or strong ultraviolet rays for long periods 8 Do not store the module at temperatures below specifications Cold can cause the liquid crystals to freeze lose their elasticity or otherwise suffer damage A 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 370: ...ule Disassembly can cause malfunctions 10 If you transport the module do not use packing material that contains epoxy resin amine or silicon glue alcohol or oxime These materials can release gas that can damage the panel s polarization Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 A 5 ...

Page 371: ...Appendices Appendix A Handling the LCD Module A 6 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 372: ...B Board Layout Appendices Appendix B Board Layout B 1 System Board FLM1M Front View A B C F G H I J D E K L M N O P Q R T S Figure B 1 System board FLM1M layout front Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 B 1 ...

Page 373: ...n connector 1 G PJ9500 LE board I F connector H PJ8490 RTC battery connector I PJ9550 SD board I F connector J PJ3203 Debugging connector K PJ3302 Sensor switch connector L PJ9600 CD board I F connector M PJ5600 LCD I F connector N PJ2130 SC card I F connector 0 IC3200 EC KBC P PJ2200 Wireless LAN I F connector Q PJ3260 Touch pad I F connector R PJ8425 Fan connector 2 S IC1600 ICH4 M T PJ3000 MDC ...

Page 374: ...Appendix B Board Layout Appendices B 2 System Board FLM1M Back View A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Figure B 2 System board FLM1M layout back Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 B 3 ...

Page 375: ...ed Reserved D PJ4200 IEEE1394 I F connector E PJ3510 Parallel port I F connector F PJ5620 CRT connector G PJ4600 USB port 0 1 connector H PJ1801 HDD I F connector I PJ1800 CD ROM I F connect J PJ8810 Main Battery connector K PJ2110 PC card I F connect L IS1050 CPU socket M IC1200 Montara GT N IC2000 YEBISUSS O IC4200 1394 PHY LINK B 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 376: ...C D Back Figure B 3 Sound board FLM1S layout Table B 3 Sound board FLM1S ICs and connectors Mark Number Name A PJ9555 System board I F connector B VR6000 Volume C PJ6003 Headphone connector D PJ6000 External microphone connector Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 B 5 ...

Page 377: ...rd Layout B 6 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 B 4 LE Board FLM1L Front View Front A Back Figure B 4 LE Board FLM1L layout Table B 4 LE Board FLM1L ICs and connectors Mark Number Name A PJ9505 System board I F connector ...

Page 378: ... O 15 GND 16 GND 17 SDQ07 2P I O 18 SDQ03 2P I O 19 SDQ09 B2P I O 20 SDQ13 B2P I O 21 2R5 B2V 22 2R5 B2V 23 SDQ08 B2P I O 24 SDQ12 B2P I O 25 SDQ51 B2P I O 26 SDM01 B2P I 27 GND 28 GND 29 SDQ14 B2P I O 30 SDQ10 B2P I O 31 SDQ11 B2P I O 32 SDQ15 B2P I O 33 2R5 B2V 34 2R5 B2V 35 SCK0 B2P I 36 2R5 B2V 37 SCK0 B2N I 38 GND 39 GND 40 GND 41 SDQ20 B2P I O 42 SDQ21 B2P I O 43 SDQ17 B2P I O 44 SDQ16 B2P I...

Page 379: ...P I O 78 GND 79 SCB2A B2P I O 80 SCB3A B2P I O 81 2R5 B2V 82 2R5 B2V 83 SCB6A B2P I O 84 SCB7A B2P I O 85 N C 86 N C 87 GND 88 GND 89 2R5 B2V 90 GND 91 GND 92 2R5 B2V 93 2R5 B2V 94 2R5 B2V 95 SCKE1 B2P I 96 SCKEO B2P I 97 N C 98 N C 99 SMA12 B2P I 100 SMA11 B2P I 101 SMA09 B2P I 102 SMA08 B2P I 103 GND 104 GND 105 SMA07 B2P I 106 SMA06 B2P I 107 SMA05 B2P I 108 SMA04 B2P I 109 SMA03 B2P I 110 SMA0...

Page 380: ... 151 SDQ43 B2P I O 152 SDQ47 B2P I O 153 SDQ40 B2P I O 154 SDQ42 B2P I O 155 2R5 B2V 156 2R5 B2V 157 2R5 B2V 158 SCK1 B2N I 159 GND 160 SCK1 B2P I 161 GND 162 GND 163 SDQ53 B2P I O 164 SDQ52 B2P I O 165 SDQ48 B2P I O 166 SDQ53 B2P I O 167 2R5 B2V 168 2R5 B2V 169 SDQ56 B2P I O 170 SDM06 B2P I 171 SDQ50 B2P I O 172 SDQ51 B2P I O 173 GND 174 GND 175 SDQ55 B2P I O 176 SDQ54 B2P I O 177 SDQ60 B2P I O 1...

Page 381: ...D08 P3P O 5 PDD06 P3P I 6 PDD09 P3P O 7 PDD05 P3P I 8 PDD10 P3P O 9 PDD04 P3P I 10 PDD11 P3P O 11 PDD03 P3P I 12 PDD12 P3P O 13 PDD02 P3P I 14 PDD13 P3P O 15 PDD01 P3P I 16 PDD14 P3P O 17 PDD00 P3P I 18 PDD15 P3P O 19 GND 20 N C 21 PDDREQ P3P I 22 GND 23 PDIOW P3N I 24 GND 25 PDIOR P3N I 26 GND 27 PIORDY P3P I 28 GND 29 PDDACK P3N I 30 GND 31 PDIRQ P3P I 32 N C 33 PDA1 P3P I 34 N C 35 PDA0 P3P I 3...

Page 382: ...2 SDD11 P3P I O 13 SDD04 P3P I O 14 SDD12 P3P I O 15 SDD03 P3P I O 16 SDD13 P3P I O 17 SDD02 P3P I O 18 SDD14 P3P I O 19 SDD01 E5P I O 20 SDD15 P3P I O 21 SDD00 P3P I O 22 SDDREQ P3P I 23 GND 24 SDIOR P3N O 25 SDIOW P3N O 26 GND 27 SIORDY P3P I 28 SDDACK P3N O 29 IRQ15 P3P I 30 N C 31 SDA1 P3P O 32 N C O 33 SDA0 E3P O 34 SDA2 E3P O 35 SDCS1 P3P O 36 SDCS3 P3N O 37 SDASP P5N I O 38 P5V I 39 P5V 40 ...

Page 383: ... O 21 ACCBE2 EYN I O 22 ACAD18 EYP I O 23 ACAD20 EYP I O 24 ACAD21 EYP I O 25 ACAD22 EYP I O 26 ACAD23 EYP I O 27 ACAD24 EYP I O 28 ACAD25 EYP I O 29 ACAD25 EYP I O 30 ACAD27 EYP I O 31 ACAD29 EYP I O 32 ACD02 EYP I O 33 ACCLKR EYN I O 34 GND 35 GND 36 ACCD1 E3N I O 37 ACAD02 EYP I O 38 ACAD04 EYP I O 39 ACAD06 EYP I O 40 ACD14 EYP I O 41 ACAD08 EYP I O 42 ACAD10 EYP I O 43 ACVS1 E3P I O 44 ACAD13...

Page 384: ...SC EYP I 64 ACAD28 EYP I O 65 ACAD30 EYP I O 66 ACAD31 EYP I O 67 ACCD2 E3N I 68 GND C 5 PJ2130 SD card I F connector 12 pin Table C 5 SD card I F connector 12 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 SDAT3 E3P I O 2 SDCMD E3P I O 3 GND 4 SD E3V 5 SDCLK E3P O 6 GND 7 SDAT0 E3P I O 8 SDAT1 E3P I O 9 SDAT2 E3P I O 10 SDCD E3N I 11 SDWP E3P I 12 GND Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458...

Page 385: ... GND 24 E3V 25 X33MPC P3P O 26 PCIRS1 S3N O 27 GND 28 P3V 29 PREQ2 P3N I 30 PGNT2 P3N O 31 P3V 32 GND 33 AD31 P3P I O 34 PME S3N I O 35 AD29 P3P I O 36 N C 37 GND 38 AD30 P3P I O 39 AD27 P3P I O 40 P3V 41 AD25 P3P I O 42 AD28 P3P I O 43 N C 44 AD26 P3P I O 45 CBE3 P3N I O 46 AD24 P3P I O 47 AD23 P3P I O 48 AD26 P3P I O 49 GND 50 GND 51 AD21 P3P I O 52 AD22 P3P O 53 AD19 P3P I O 54 AD20 P3P O 55 GN...

Page 386: ...AD13 P3P I O 79 AD12 P3P I O 80 AD11 P3P I O 81 AD10 P3P I O 82 GND 83 GND 84 AD09 P3P I O 85 AD08 P3P I O 86 CBE0 P3N I O 87 AD07 P3P I O 88 P3V 89 P3V 90 AD06 P3P I O 91 AD05 P3P I O 92 AD04 P3P I O 93 N C 94 AD02 P3P I O 95 AD03 P3P I O 96 AD00 P3P I O 97 P5V 98 N C 99 AD01 P3P I O 100 N C 101 GND 102 GND 103 N C 104 GND 105 N C 106 N C 107 N C 108 N C 109 N C 110 N C 111 N C 112 N C 113 GND 11...

Page 387: ...me I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 N C 2 GND 3 GND 4 N C 5 N C 6 N C 7 N C 8 GND 9 N C 10 N C 11 N C 12 N C 13 N C 14 N C 15 GND 16 E3V I 17 E3V 18 N C 19 GND 20 GND 21 N C 22 M97SY2 P3P I 23 M97OT2 P3P I 24 N C 25 M97RS2 S3N I 26 M97IN2 E3P O 27 GND 28 GND 29 GND 30 X97BC2 P3P I O C 10 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 388: ...S3N I 13 KBSC07 S3N O 14 KBSC08 S3N O 15 KBSC09 S3N O 16 KBRT01 S3N I 17 KBRT02 S3N I 18 KBRT03 S3N I 19 KBSC10 S3N O 20 KBSC11 S3N O 21 KBRT04 S3N I 22 KBRT05 S3N I 23 KBSC12 S3N O 24 KBSC13 S3N O 25 KBRT06 S3N I 26 KBRT07 S3N I 27 KBSC14 S3N O 28 KBSC15 S3N O 29 P5V 30 N C 31 N C 32 N C 33 N C 34 P5V C 9 PJ3260 PAD I F connector 8 pin Table C 9 PAD I F connector 8 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin ...

Page 389: ...DB00 P5P I O 3 PDB01 P5P I O 4 PDB02 P5P I O 5 PDB03 P5P I O 6 PDB04 P5P I O 7 PDB05 P5P I O 8 PDB06 P5P I O 9 PDB07 P5P I O 10 ACK P5N I 11 BUSY P5P I 12 PE P5P I 13 SELCT P5P I 14 AUTFD P5N O 15 ERROR P5N I 16 PINIT P5N O 17 SLIN P5N O 18 GND 19 GND 20 GND 21 GND 22 GND 23 GND 24 GND 25 GND C 12 PJ4100 Network I F connector 8 pin Table C 12 1 Network I F connector 8 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pi...

Page 390: ...B 0 1 I F connector 8 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O A1 USBPOV E5V O A2 USBP2 S3N I O A3 USBP2 S3P I O A4 GND B1 USBPOV E5V O B2 USBP3 S3N I O B3 USBP3 S3N I O B4 GND C 15 PJ4601 USB 2 3 I F connector 8 pin Table C 15 USB 2 3 I F connector 8 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O A1 USBPOV E5V O A2 USBP0 S3N I O A3 USBP0 S3P I O A4 GND B1 USBPOV E5V O B2 USBP1 S3N I O...

Page 391: ...8 FL P5V 9 TXDTA0 PYN O 10 FL P5V 11 TXCLKA PYP O 12 FL P5V 13 TXCLKA PYN O 14 BRT2DA S3P O 15 TXDAT2 PYP O 16 GND 17 TXDTA2 PYN O 18 GND 19 GND 20 GND 21 TXDTBO PYP O 22 GND 23 TXDTB0 PYP O 24 GND 25 TXDTB2 PYP O 26 GND 27 TXDTB2 PYN O 28 PNL0 P3P I 29 TXCLKB PYP O 30 PNL1 P3P I 31 TXCLKB PYN O 32 PNL2 P3P I 33 TXDTB1 PYP O 34 GND 35 TXDTB1 PYN O 36 GND 37 PNL P3V 38 GND 39 PNL P3V 40 GND C 14 Sa...

Page 392: ...DDC P5V 10 GND 11 N C 12 DDCDA O 13 HSYNC O 14 VSYNC O 15 DDCACK O C 18 PJ5640 TV connector 4 PIN Table C 18 TV connector 4 pin Pin No Signal name I O PinNo Signal name I O 1 CHROMA PYP O 2 LUMINA PYP O 3 GND 4 GND C 19 PJ6001 Speaker Connector Left 3 pin Table C 19 Speaker Connector Left 3 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 SPOTL PXP O 2 N C 3 SPOTL PXN O Satellite A40 Maintenanc...

Page 393: ... name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 ADPDC O 2 ADPDC O 3 GND 4 GND C 22 PJ8810 1st Battery connector 10 pin Table C 22 1st Battery connector 10 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 PVBL1 2 BTMP1 O 3 DCHG 4 M5V 5 PSCL S5P I O 6 PSDA S5P I O 7 GND 8 DBT10V S5N O 9 GND 10 GND C 23 PJ8490 RTC Battery Connector 3 pin Table C 23 RTC Battery connector 3 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Sign...

Page 394: ...AN 2 connector 3 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 FAN VCC 2 GND 3 FANG1 P3P I C 26 PJ9500 LE Board I F connector 13 pin Table C 26 LE Board I F connector 13 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 GND 2 CDRLED P5N O 3 HDDLED P5N O 4 P5V 5 BAT1GR S5N O 6 BAT1OR S5N O 7 M5V 8 PWLEGR S3N O 9 PWLEOR S3N O 10 GND 11 DCINGR S5N O 12 DCINOR S5N O 13 M5V Satellite A40 Mainte...

Page 395: ...BTSWON S3P I 16 GND 17 VROUTR PXP I O 18 VROUTL PXP I O 19 MMREFV P2V I O 20 LOUTL PXP I O 21 LOUTR PXP I O 22 A GND 23 MICIN PXP I O 24 A GND 25 A GND 26 SPKEN P5P I 27 HEDL PXP I O 28 HEADR PXP I O 29 A4R7 P4V 30 A4R7 P4V C 28 PJ9600 CD Board I F connector 10 pin Table C 28 CD Board I F connector 10 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 GND 2 N C 3 CDBDET S3N O 4 N C 5 CDNEXT S3N I...

Page 396: ...n Table C 29 System Board I F connector 13 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 GND 2 CDRLED P5N I 3 HDDLED P5N I 4 P5V 5 BAT1GR S5N I 6 BAT1OR S5N I 7 M5V 8 PWLEGR S3N I 9 PWLEOR S3N I 10 GND 11 DCINGR S5N I 12 DCINOR S5N I 13 M5V Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 C 19 ...

Page 397: ... 3 P3V 4 P3V 5 P3V 6 IRMODE P3P I O 7 IRTX P3P I 8 IRRX P3N O 9 FIR GND 10 FIR GND 11 FIR GND 12 GND 13 BTLED S3N I 14 S3V 15 BTSWON S3P O 16 GND 17 VROUTR PXP I O 18 VROUTL PXP I O 19 MMREFV P2V I O 20 LOUTL PXP I O 21 LOUTR PXP I O 22 A GND 23 MICIN PXP I O 24 A GND 25 A GND 26 SPKEN P5P O 27 HEDL PXP I O 28 HEADR PXP I O 29 A4R7 P4V 30 A4R7 P4V C 20 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 398: ... 5 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 GND 2 MICIN PXP I 3 MMREFV P2V O 4 GND 5 GND C 32 PJ6003 Headphone connector 6 pin Table C 32 Headphone connector 6 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 GND 2 HEADL PXP O 3 HEADR PXP O 4 GND 5 SPKEN P5P I 6 N C Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 C 21 ...

Page 399: ...e Manual 960 458 CD Board C 33 PJ9605 System Board I F connector 10 pin Table C 33 System Board I F connector 10 pin Pin No Signal name I O Pin No Signal name I O 1 GND 2 N C 3 CDBDET S3N I 4 N C 5 CDNEXT S3N O 6 CDPREV S3N O 7 CDSTOP S3N O 8 CDPLAY S3N O 9 GND 10 BND ...

Page 400: ...0 25 06 5 06 86 2E F0 2E 07 6 07 87 36 F0 36 08 7 08 88 3D F0 3D 2 09 8 09 89 3E F0 3E 2 10 9 0A 8A 46 F0 46 2 11 0 0B 8B 45 F0 45 12 _ 0C 8C 4E F0 4E 13 0D 8D 55 F0 55 15 BkSp 0E 8E 66 F0 66 16 Tab 0F 8F 0D F0 0D 17 Q 10 90 15 F0 15 18 W 11 91 1D F0 1D 19 E 12 92 24 F0 24 20 R 13 93 2D F0 2D 21 T 14 94 2C F0 2C 22 Y 15 95 35 F0 35 23 U 16 96 3C F0 3C 2 24 I 17 97 43 F0 43 2 25 O 13 98 44 F0 44 2 ...

Page 401: ...2 A2 34 F0 34 36 H 23 A3 33 F0 33 37 J 24 A4 3B F0 3B 2 38 K 25 A5 42 F0 42 2 39 L 26 A6 4B F0 4B 2 40 27 A7 4C F0 4C 2 41 28 A8 52 F0 52 43 Enter 1C 9C 5A F0 5A 3 44 Shift L 2A AA 12 F0 12 45 No 102 key 56 D6 61 F0 61 46 Z 2C AC 1A F0 1A 47 X 2D AD 22 F0 22 48 C 2E AE 21 F0 21 49 V 2F AF 2A F0 2A 50 B 30 B0 32 F0 32 51 N 31 B1 31 F0 31 52 M 32 B2 3A F0 3A 2 53 33 B3 41 F0 41 2 54 34 B4 49 F0 49 2...

Page 402: ...CB E0 6B E0 F0 6B 1 80 Home E0 47 E0 C7 E0 6C E0 F0 6C 1 81 End E0 4F E0 CF E0 69 E0 F0 69 1 83 E0 48 E0 C8 E0 75 E0 F0 75 1 84 E0 50 E0 D0 E0 72 E0 F0 72 1 85 PgUp E0 49 E0 C9 E0 7D E0 F0 7D 1 86 PgDn E0 51 E0 D1 E0 7A E0 F0 7A 1 89 E0 4D E0 CD E0 74 E0 F0 74 1 110 Esc 01 81 76 F0 76 112 F1 3B BB 05 F0 05 113 F2 3C BC 06 F0 06 114 F3 3D BD 04 F0 04 115 F4 3E BE 0C F0 0C 116 F5 3F BF 03 F0 03 117 ...

Page 403: ...7 7 7 7 7 202 Fn 4 203 Win E0 5B E0 DB E0 1F E0 F0 1F 204 App E0 5D E0 DD E0 2F E0 F0 2F Notes 1 Scan codes differ by mode 2 Scan codes differ by overlay function 3 Combined with the Fn key makes different codes 4 Fn key does not generate a code by itself 5 This key corresponds to key No 42 in a 102 key model 6 Refer to Table D 6 No 124 key scan code 7 Refer to Table D 7 No 126 key scan code D 4 S...

Page 404: ... C8 E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 75 E0 F0 75 E0 12 84 E0 AA E0 50 E0 D0 E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 72 E0 F0 72 E0 12 85 PgUp E0 AA E0 49 E0 C9 E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 7D E0 F0 7D E0 12 86 PgDn E0 AA E0 51 E0 D1 E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 7A E0 F0 7A E0 12 89 E0 AA E0 4D E0 CD E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 74 E0 F0 74 E0 12 203 Win E0 AA E0 5B E0 DB E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 1F E0 F0 1F E0 12 204 App E0 AA E0 5D E0 DD E0 2A E0 F0 12 E0 2F E0 F0 2F E0 1...

Page 405: ... F0 75 E0 F0 12 84 E0 2A E0 50 E0 D0 E0 AA E0 12 E0 72 E0 F0 72 E0 F0 12 85 PgUp E0 2A E0 49 E0 C9 E0 AA E0 12 E0 7D E0 F0 7D E0 F0 12 86 PgDn E0 2A E0 51 E0 D1 E0 AA E0 12 E0 7A E0 F0 7A E0 F0 12 89 E0 2A E0 4D E0 CD E0 AA E0 12 E0 74 E0 F0 74 E0 F0 12 203 Win E0 2A E0 5B E0 DB E0 AA E0 12 E0 1F E0 F0 1F E0 F0 12 204 App E0 2A E0 5D E0 DD E0 AA E0 12 E0 2F E0 F0 2F E0 F0 12 Table D 4 Scan codes w...

Page 406: ... 74 F0 74 26 P 4A CA 7B F0 7B 37 J 1 4F CF 69 F0 69 38 K 2 50 D0 72 F0 72 39 L 3 51 D1 7A F0 7A 40 4E CE 79 F0 79 52 M 0 52 D2 70 F0 70 54 53 D3 71 F0 71 55 E0 35 E0 B5 40 4A E0 F0 4A Table D 6 No 124 key scan code Code set 1 Code set 2 Key top Shift Make Break Make Break Prt Sc Common E0 2A E0 37 E0 B7 E0 AA E0 12 E0 7C E0 F0 7C E0 F0 12 Ctrl E0 37 E0 B7 E0 7C E0 F0 7C Shift E0 37 E0 B7 E0 7C E0 ...

Page 407: ...odes D 8 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 Table D 7 No 126 key scan code Code set 1 Code set 2 Key top Shift Make Make Pause Common E1 1D 45 E1 9D C5 E1 14 77 E1 F0 14 F0 77 Ctrl E0 46 E0 C6 E0 7E E0 F0 7E This key generates only make codes ...

Page 408: ...ut Appendices Appendix E Appendix E Key Layout E 1 United Kingdom UK Keyboard Figure E 1 UK keyboard made by Fujitsu G83C0001K110 Figure E 2 UK keyboard made by ALPS UE2024P136 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 E 1 ...

Page 409: ...pendices Appendix E Key Layout E 2 United States US Keyboard Figure E 3 US keyboard made by Fujitsu G83C0001K210 Figure E 4 US keyboard made by ALPS UE2024P137 E 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 410: ...Appendix E Key Layout Appendices Figure E 5 US keyboard made by NMB G83C0000E510 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 E 3 ...

Page 411: ...Appendices Appendix E Key Layout E 4 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 412: ...Wiring Diagrams F 1 Parallel Port Wraparound Connector SELECT PINT Figure F 1 Parallel port wraparound connector F 2 LAN Loopback Connector 1 BIBAP TX 2 BIDAN TX 3 BIDBP RX 6 BIDBN RX Figure F 2 LAN loopback Connector Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 F 1 ...

Page 413: ...Appendices Appendix F Wiring Diagrams F 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 414: ...e BIOS 1 Set the system to boot mode 2 Turn off the power to the computer 3 Remove the external cable and PC card 4 Connect an USB FDD and insert the BIOS EC KBC rewriting disk into the USB FDD 5 Turn on the power while holding down the No 01 key For example US Keyboard UK Keyboard Keep holding down the key until a message appears on the screen The BIOS rewriting starts 6 When the process is compl...

Page 415: ...Appendices Appendix G BIOS Rewrite Procedures G 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 416: ...ay be displayed that the contents of the EC KBC have been erased In this case insert the BIOS EC KBC rewriting disk and the EC KBC will be rewritten 5 Normally it takes about 30 seconds to rewrite the EC KBC It may take 3 minutes maximum depending on the conditions of the computer or ICs The computer is not hung up Allow sufficient time Never reboot or turn off the power to the computer before the...

Page 417: ...Appendices Appendix H EC KBC Rewrite Procedures H 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

Page 418: ...ix I Reliability Appendices Appendix I Appendix I Reliability The following table shows MTBF Mean Time Between Failures Table I 1 MTBF MTBF Time hours System 5 109 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 I 1 ...

Page 419: ...Appendices Appendix I Reliability I 2 Satellite A40 Maintenance Manual 960 458 ...

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