Apx.GEC/KBCRewriteProcedures Appendices
SatelliteL300D/L305D/SatelliteProL300D/EQUIUML300D/SATEGOL300DMaintenanceM anual G-1
AppendixH 
AppendixG EC/KBCRewriteProcedures
ThisAppendixexplainshowtorewritetheEC/KBCsystemprogramwhenyouupdatethe
EC/KBCsystem.

Tools

TorewritetheEC/KBC,youneedthefollowingtool:
BIOS/EC/KBCrewritingdiskforthecomputer

RewritingtheEC/KBC

1.Setthesystemtobootmode.
2.Turnoffthepowertothecomputer.
3.RemovetheexternalcableandPCCard.
4.ConnectanexternalFDDandinserttheBIOS/EC/KBCrewritingdiskintoeitherthe
externalFDD.
5.Turnonthepowerwhileholdingdownthe[F12]key.(Keepholdingdownthekey
untilamessageappearsonthescreen.)TheEC/KBCrewritingstarts.
6.WhentheEC/KBCrewriteiscompleted,thesystemisautomaticallyturnedoff.
Note: 1. RewritetheEC/KBSonlywheninstructedbyadiagnosticdiskrelease
notice.
2. ConnecttheACadaptertothecomputerwhenyourewritetheEC/KBC.
3. DonotturnoffthepowerwhileyouarerewritingtheEC/KBC.Ifthe
rewritefails,itmightbeimpossibletostartupthecomputer.
4. IfyoufailtorewriteEC/KBC,thenwhenyounextturnonthepower,a
messagemaybedisplayedthatthecontentsoftheEC/KBChavebeen
erased.Inthiscase,inserttheBIOS/EC/KBCrewritingdisk,andthe
EC/KBCwillberewritten.
5. Normallyittakesabout30secondstorewritetheEC/KBC.Itmaytake3
minutes(maximum),dependingontheconditionsofthecomputerorICs.
Thecomputerisnothungup.Allowsufficienttime.Neverrebootorturn
offthepowertothecomputerbeforetherewritingiscompleted.