Product overview

FRU

Applicable test

 

 

 

Keyboard

1.

Diagnostics -->Systemboard -->Keyboard

 

2.

Interactive Tests -->Keyboard

 

 

Hard disk drive

Enter the BIOS Setup Utility and change Serial ATA (SATA) setting

 

to Compatibility, and run Diagnostics -->Fixed Disks

 

 

 

You can also diagnose the hard disk drive without starting up the

 

operating system. To diagnose the hard disk drive from the BIOS

 

Setup Utility, do as follows:

 

1.

Remove any diskette from the diskette drive, and then turn off

 

 

the computer.

 

2.

Turn on the computer.

 

3.

While the message, “To interrupt normal startup, press the

 

 

blue ThinkVangate button,” is displayed at the lower left of the

 

 

screen, press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.

 

4.

Using cursor keys, select HDD diagnostic program. Press

 

 

enter.

 

5.

Using cursor keys, select Main hard disk drive or Ultrabay

 

 

hard disk drive.

 

6.

Press Enter to start the diagnostic program.

 

 

 

Diskette drive

1.

Diagnostics -->Diskette Drives

 

2.

Interactive Tests -->Diskette

 

 

 

DVD drive or

1.

Diagnostics -->Other Devices -->CD-ROM/DVD

DVD/CD-RW combo

2.

Interactive Tests -->CD-ROM/DVD Test

drive

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

1.

If two DIMMs are installed, remove one of them and run

 

 

Diagnostics -->Memory Test—Quick.

 

2.

If the problem does not recur, return the DIMM to its place,

 

 

remove the other one, and run the test again.

 

3.

If the test does not detect the error, run Diagnostics -->

 

 

Memory Test—Full.

 

 

 

Fan

1.

Turn on the computer and check the air turbulence at the

 

 

louver near the PC Card slot.

 

2.

Run Diagnostics -->ThinkPad Devices -->Fan.

 

 

TrackPoint or pointing

If the TrackPoint does not work, check the configuration as

device

specified in the BIOS Setup Utility. If the TrackPoint is disabled,

 

select Automatic to enable it.

 

After you use the TrackPoint, the pointer may drift on the screen

 

for a short time. This drift can occur when a slight, steady

 

pressure is applied to the TrackPoint pointer. This symptom is not

 

a hardware problem. If the pointer stops after a short time, no

 

service action is necessary.

 

If enabling the TrackPoint does not correct the problem, continue

 

with the following:

 

v Interactive Tests -->Mouse

Touch Pad

If the Touch Pad does not work, check the configuration as

 

specified in the BIOS Setup Utility. If the Touch Pad is disabled,

 

select Automatic to enable it. If enabling the Touch Pad does not

 

correct the problem, continue with the following:

 

v Interactive Tests -->Mouse

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IBM MT 9442 manual Diagnostics -- Systemboard -- Keyboard, Interactive Tests -- Keyboard, Hard disk drive, Memory Test-Full