2Troubleshooting 2.2BasicFlowchart
2-2 SatelliteL300D/L305D/SatelliteProL300D/EQUIUML300D/SATEGOL300DMaintenanceManual
2.2 BasicFlowchart
ThebasicflowchartinFigure2-1servesasaguideforidentifyingapossiblyfaultyFRU.
Beforegoingthroughthediagnosticflowchartsteps,verifythefollowing:
Asktheuserifapasswordhasbeenregisteredand,ifso,askhimorhertoenterthe
password.Iftheuserhasforgottenthesystempassword,useajumpwiretomakea
shortcircuitonM/BB500location,thenturnthecomputerpoweron.Whenbooted,
thecomputeroverridespasswordprotectionandautomaticallyerasesthecurrent
password.
MakesuretheWindows®VistaHomeEditionhasbeeninstalledontheHDD.Any
otheroperatingsystemcancausethecomputertomalfunction.
Makesureanypieceofoptionalequipmenthasbeeninstalled.