4.1 General

4 Replacement Procedures

Color of Screw Shaft

To avoid mistakes on the screw length, screw shafts are colored as follows:

Even number length screw:

brown

Odd number length screw:

white

Special length screw:

blue

Screws whose lengths are indicated to one or more decimal places such as 2.5 mm or 2.8 mm.

Marking of Screws on the Computer Body

To make maintenance of the computer easier, markings of the kinds of the screws including the types and lengths of the screws are indicated on the computer body.

Kind of screws

Symbol

BIND screw

B

FLAT HEAD screw

F

SUPER FLAT HEAD screw

S

TAPPING screw

T

Other screws

U

(Unique screws, STUD, etc.)

 

Examples:

6 mm BIND screw

B6

12 mm BIND screw

B12

5 mm FLAT HEAD screw

F5

(Indicates the screwed length in round number regardless the length of the stud.)

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Toshiba tecra m1 manual Color of Screw Shaft, Marking of Screws on the Computer Body