Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
How to Use Error Messages .......... 4
How to Read POST Error Messages ...... 4
Safety Notices (Multi-lingual Translations) ..... 5
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
General Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Safety Inspection Guide ............ 14
Handling Electrostatic Discharge-Sensitive Devices 16
Grounding Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Laser Compliance Statement ........... 17
Read This First .................. 19
Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Checkout Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Audio Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Diskette Drive Checkout ............ 26
Fan Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Checkout . . 27
Memory Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power Systems Checkout ........... 29
Status Indicator Checkout ........... 32
System Board and CPU Card Checkout ..... 32
TrackPoint III Checkout ............ 32
Optional Device Checkout ............. 33
Port Replicator Checkout ............ 33
External Monitor Self-Test ........... 34
Power Management Features ........... 35
Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Numeric Error Codes .............. 38
Beep Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Function-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 44
Infrared-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Keyboard- or TrackPoint III-Related Symptoms . 45
LCD-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Peripheral-Device-Related Symptoms . . . . . . 46
Power-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Other Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Running the Diagnostics .............. 49
PC Card (PCMCIA) Slots Test ......... 50
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Test ........ 50
Displaying the Error Log ............ 50
Checking the Installed Devices List ....... 50
Diagnostic Error Codes ............ 52
Related Service Procedures ............ 55
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Password Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Running a Low-Level Format .......... 57
Maintenance Diskette Download ........ 57
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