Toshiba Preface, Satellite/SatelliteProL510/L515/L517inthismanual

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Preface￿

This￿maintenance￿manual￿describes￿how￿to￿perform￿hardware￿service￿maintenance￿for￿the￿

Toshiba￿Personal￿Computer￿Satellite￿/￿Satellite￿Pro￿L510￿/￿L515￿/￿L517,￿referred￿to￿as￿

Satellite￿/￿Satellite￿Pro￿L510￿/￿L515￿/￿L517￿in￿this￿manual.￿

The￿procedures￿described￿in￿this￿manual￿are￿intended￿to￿help￿service￿technicians￿isolate￿ faulty￿Field￿Replaceable￿Units￿(FRUs)￿and￿replace￿them￿in￿the￿field.￿

SAFETY￿PRECAUTIONS￿

Four￿types￿of￿messages￿are￿used￿in￿this￿manual￿to￿bring￿important￿information￿to￿your￿ attention.￿￿Each￿of￿these￿messages￿will￿be￿italicized￿and￿identified￿as￿shown￿below.￿

DANGER:￿“Danger”￿indicates￿the￿existence￿of￿a￿hazard￿that￿could￿result￿in￿death￿or￿ serious￿bodily￿injury,￿if￿the￿safety￿instruction￿is￿not￿observed.￿

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WARNING:￿“Warning”￿indicates￿the￿existence￿of￿a￿hazard￿that￿could￿result￿in￿bodily￿ injury,￿if￿the￿safety￿instruction￿is￿not￿observed.￿

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CAUTION:￿“Caution”￿indicates￿the￿existence￿of￿a￿hazard￿that￿could￿result￿in￿property￿ damage,￿if￿the￿safety￿instruction￿is￿not￿observed.￿

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NOTE:￿“Note”￿contains￿general￿information￿that￿relates￿to￿your￿safe￿maintenance￿ service.￿

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Improper￿repair￿of￿the￿computer￿may￿result￿in￿safety￿hazards.￿Toshiba￿requires￿service￿ technicians￿and￿authorized￿dealers￿or￿service￿providers￿to￿ensure￿the￿following￿safety￿ precautions￿are￿adhered￿to￿strictly.￿

￿￿ Be￿sure￿to￿fasten￿screws￿securely￿with￿the￿right￿screwdriver.￿If￿a￿screw￿is￿not￿fully￿ fastened,￿it￿could￿come￿loose,￿creating￿a￿danger￿of￿a￿short￿circuit,￿which￿could￿cause￿ overheating,￿smoke￿or￿fire.￿

￿￿ If￿you￿replace￿the￿battery￿pack,￿RTC￿battery￿or￿backup￿battery,￿be￿sure￿to￿use￿only￿the￿ same￿model￿battery￿or￿an￿equivalent￿battery￿recommended￿by￿Toshiba.￿Installation￿of￿ the￿wrong￿battery￿can￿cause￿the￿battery￿to￿explode.￿

Satellite￿/￿Satellite￿Pro￿L510￿/￿L515￿/￿L517￿￿￿￿￿Maintenance￿Manual￿ III￿