Toshiba A500D/PRO A500DPRO A500D User Manual

2 Troubleshooting Procedures 

 

                                                                                                            

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Chapter 2 describes how to determine if a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) in the computer is 
causing the computer to malfunction.  The FRUs covered are: 

1. Display 

7. Speaker 

13. Bluetooth 

19. FM Tuner 

2. USB Floppy 
Drive 

8. Optical drive 

14 HDMI 

20. E-SATA 

3. Keyboard 

9. Modem 

15. Display port 

21. Felica 

4. USB ports 

10. Express card 
unit 

16. SPDIF  

22. UWB 

5.TV-Tuner  

11. Wireless LAN 

17. MIC 

23. 3G 

6. Touch Pad 

12.  Camera 

18. Finger 

   

 

 

The Diagnostics Disk operations are described in Chapter 3.  Detailed replacement 
procedures are given in Chapter 4. 

The following tools are necessary for implementing the troubleshooting procedures: 

1.  Diagnostics Disk (Repair and Sound Repair) 

2.  Phillips screwdriver (2 mm) 

3.  6mm nut driver (for the helix screw nuts on the rear ports for CPU door) 

4.  2DD or 2HD formatted work disk for floppy disk drive testing 

5.  Sycard (EXPRESS CARD test card) 

6.  Cleaning kit for floppy disk drive troubleshooting 

7.  Cleaning kit for optical drive troubleshooting 

8.  Multimeter 

9.  External monitor 

10. USB compatible keyboard 

11. Multimedia sound system with line-in and line-out ports