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1-1. Flowchart POWER KEY BOARD UNIT P 1-2 • P XX means pages that appears in this manual. • Remember that hard disk drives are easily damaged by vibration. Always handle with care. 1-2. Main Electrical Parts Location Diagram Cursor Sensor Module MBX-45 Board PC Card Connector...
3. Parm Rest Sub Assy 1 Heatsink (Card Slot) 4 M2X6 5 M2X6 7 FFC (MBX45-SWX62) 8 FFC (MBX-SWX63) 5 M2X6 Parm Rest Sub Assy 9 Claw 2 Undo three claws and remove the main cover (L). 3 Undo three claws and remove the main cover (R).
11. Fan With Heatsink Fan With Heatsink The fan with heatsink must be installed with the thermal sheet (T) in soft state to protect the CPU from the stress. For this purpose, with the thermal sheet (T) pasted, warm the fan with heatsink to about 70 C, and when the thermal sheet (T) has become soft, install the fan with heatsink on the main board.
2-1. Note This diagnostics document covers the checking items and the selftest that can be conducted on the set and the FDD & CD- ROM drive. 2-2. Necessary Equipment • PCG-C1VN set • Floppy disk drive • CD-ROM drive • Battery •...
Select one menu item, and that item will be tested automatically. As some items will prompt you to press a key or hear a sound, perform operation following the instructions. • For the contents of menu items, refer to 2-5. Test Items. (Contents may change a little.) If the test successfully completed, ****** PASS...
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• Keyboard test... The keyboard is tested. Choose “Auto select”, and the test will be executed by judging the type of keyboard following the specifications at the shipment from the model information written to the ROM. Choosing JP, US, or UK allows each type of keyboard to be tested.
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• GUID (IEEE1394) test... Normally, this is not used. GUID (i.LINK ID) value is displayed. Whether this value is correct is not checked. • IEEE1394 Interface test... The communication test of 1394 is executed. Another PC is required as a communication counterpart. The models released after year 2000 will operate normally.
2-6. Windows Test There are two kinds of menus in the Windows test, as follows: Audio Modem Before the test, create the FD from the CD for service diagnostics of the model concerned. The files used for each test are saved in the following directories in the CD. Copy all files in the folder. Audio ¥windiag¥wave Modem ¥windiag¥modem...
EXPLODED VIEWS AND PARTS LIST NOTE: • The mechanical parts with no reference number in the The components identified by mark 0 or dotted line with mark 0 are critical for safety. exploded views are not supplied. Replace only with part number specified. •...