4.1General  4ReplacementProcedures
SatelliteL300D/L305D/SatelliteProL300D/EQUIUML300D/SATEGOL300D
MaintenanceManual
4-3
CAUTION: 
1. Beforereplacingacomponent,makesurethatthereplacementcomponentmeets
therequiredspecifications.Toavoidcomputerfailures,neverusecomponents
thatdonotmeetthespecifications.
2. Toavoidinternaldamagesuchasshortcircuitsandfire,neverdropmetal
objectssuchasscrews,pins,paperclips,etc.intothecomponents.Whenascrew
isremoved,besuretoreplaceascrewthatisthesamesizeastheoriginalscrew.
Makesurethatallthescrewsarefastenedsecurely.Loosescrewscancause
shortcircuits,overheating,smoke,orfire.
3. BeforeraisingaFRUorothercomponent,makesurethatallthecomponent
cableshavebeendisconnectedtoavoidtheriskofelectricalshockcausedby
accidentalcontactwiththeenergizedcomponents.
4. ForACinput,besuretousetheACadapterandACpowercablethatcomewith
yourcomputerorToshiba-recommendedequivalents.
5. Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,makesurethatallthereplacement
componentsmeetthespecificationsofthecomputerandthatallthecablesand
connectorsarefastenedsecurely.
6. InsidethePCarecomponentsthatbecomehotduringoperation(suchasthe
CPUandcoolingmodule).Toavoidburns,letthehotcomponentscooldown
beforestartinginspectionorrepairtask.