Contents

About this manual . . . . . . . . . .v

Safety information . . . . . . . . . .1

General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic

discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .6

Safety notices: multilingual translations . . . . .7

Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . .14

Important service information . . . . .17

Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . .17

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . .18

Important notice for replacing a system board . .18

How to use error message . . . . . . . .18

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and

GAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Product definition . . . . . . . . . . .19

FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV

products . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Important information about replacing RoHS

compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

General checkout . . . . . . . . . .23

What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . . .26

PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . .28

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . .28

Power system checkout . . . . . . . . . .29

Checking the AC adapter . . . . . . . . .29

Checking operational charging . . . . . . .30

Checking the battery pack . . . . . . . .30

Checking the backup battery . . . . . . .31

Related service information . . . . . .33

Restoring the factory contents by using Product

Recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Power-on password . . . . . . . . . .34

Hard-disk password . . . . . . . . . .34

Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . .34

How to remove the power-on password . . . .35

How to remove the hard-disk password . . . .35

Power management . . . . . . . . . . .37

Screen blank mode . . . . . . . . . . .37

Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . .38

Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . .39

Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . .39

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . .44

No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . .44

LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . .45

Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . .46

Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . .46

R61, R61e, and R61i (15.4-inch

widescreen) . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

FRU tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Fn key combinations . . . . . . . . . . .56

FRU replacement notices . . . . . . . . . .59

Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Retaining serial numbers . . . . . . . . .60

Removing and replacing a FRU . . . . . . . .63

1010 Battery pack . . . . . . . . . . .64

1020 Ultrabay Enhanced device for R61 and R61i 65
1030 Hard disk drive cover, hard disk drive, and

hard disk rubber rails . . . . . . . . . .66

1040 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint

reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

1050 DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

1060 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . .72

1070 Optical drive for R61e and R61i . . . . .74

1080 Modem daughter card (MDC-1.5) . . . .75

1090 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN . .77

1100 Backup battery . . . . . . . . . .79

1110 Keyboard bezel and speakers . . . . . .80

1120 Fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . .83

1130 CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

1140 LCD assembly . . . . . . . . . . .87

1150 Base cover, USB sub card with cable, and
PC Card/ExpressCard (or PC Card/Smart Card)

bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . .90

1160 Structure frame and IEEE 1394 sub card . .96

1170 System board, PC Card/ExpressCard (or

PC Card/Smart Card) slots assembly . . . . 101

2010 LCD front bezel . . . . . . . . . . 104

2020 Inverter card . . . . . . . . . . . 105

2030 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2) . . . . 106

2040 LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges . . . 107

2050 LCD rear cover, wireless LAN antenna

cables, and integrated camera . . . . . . .110

Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Bottom view . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Parts list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

LCD FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Miscellaneous parts . . . . . . . . . . 206

AC adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . .211

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