Troubleshooting Introduction - Toshiba Satellite A210 Series Maintenance Manual

2 Troubleshooting Procedures
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Troubleshooting Introduction

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
2. USB Floppy Drive
3. Keyboard
4. USB ports
5. TV-out port
6. TouchPad
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
12. Headphones
13. USB test module and USB cable
14. Music CD
15. MIC module and MIC line
16. Finger print module
17. Support HDMI TV
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7. Speaker
8. Optical drive
9. Modem
10. Express card unit
11. IEEE 1394 port
12. Wireless LAN system
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13. Camera
14. Bluetooth
15 HDMI
16. MIC
17. Finger