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ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Third Edition April Copyright Lenovo
Contents
Locations
About this manual
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General safety
Safety information
Electrical safety
Safety inspection guide
Grounding requirements
Safety notices multilingual translations
Safety information
ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Perigo
Perigo
Safety information
Vorsicht
Vorsicht
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Safety information
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Safety information
ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Laser compliance statement multilingual translations
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Safety information
ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Safety information
ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Strategy for replacing FRUs
Important service information
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive
How to use error message
Important notice for replacing a system board
General Announce Variant GAV
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products
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What to do first
General checkout
Checkout guide
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS
Testing the computer
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox
Diagnostics Interactive Tests
Hardware Info
Utility
Applicable test
FRU tests
Power system checkout
Checking the ac adapter
Checking the battery pack
Checking operational charging
Pin Voltage V dc
Wire Voltage V dc
Checking the backup battery
Terminal Voltage V dc
Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery Disc Set
Related service information
Power-on password
Passwords
Hard-disk password
How to remove the power-on password
Supervisor password
How to remove the hard-disk password
Screen blank mode
Power management
Sleep standby mode
Symptom-to-FRU index
Hibernation mode
Numeric error codes
Error messages
Beep symptoms
LCD-related symptoms
No-beep symptoms
Intermittent problems
Undetermined problems
Supported RAID configurations
Installing and configuring RAID
Creating RAID volumes
RAID Level 0 RAID 0 Striped disk array
Deleting RAID volumes
Status indicators
Indicator Meaning
Indicator Meaning
ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Key combination Description
Fn key combinations
For Windows Vista and Windows XP
For Windows
Power Option in the Control Panel or use the Power Manager
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Screw notices
FRU replacement notices
Restoring the serial number of the system unit
Retaining serial numbers
Retaining the Uuid
MTM on rear label
Eeprom
Reading or writing the ECA information
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Removing and replacing a FRU
Before servicing ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520
Battery pack
Serial Ultrabay Enhanced device or travel bezel
For access, remove this FRU Battery pack
Dimm slot cover
Dimm bottom slot
For ThinkPad T520 and T520i
For ThinkPad W520
ThinkPad T520, T520i, and W520 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Keyboard
When installing the keyboard, do as follows
Removing and replacing a FRU
Dimm upper slot
Installation steps of keyboard
Removal steps of Dimm upper slot
PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN
Removal steps of PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN
When installing
Removal steps of PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
Removal steps of mSATA
Removal steps of ExpressCard blank bezel or ExpressCard
Keyboard bezel assembly
Removal steps of keyboard bezel assembly
Bluetooth daughter card BDC-3.0
Backup battery
Smart Card or Smart Card dummy spacer
Removal steps of Smart Card
Speaker assembly
Removal steps of speaker assembly
Removal steps of thermal module
Thermal module
For Switchable Graphics models
For Integrated Graphics models For Workstation models
1160 CPU
Removal steps of CPU
LCD unit
Step Screw cap Screw quantity Color Torque
M2 × 4 mm, wafer-head, nylon-coated Black 181 Nm Kgfcm
Base cover assembly
Removal steps of base cover assembly
1190 I/O sub card
Removal steps of I/O sub card
Important notices for handling the system board
Important notices for RAID setting
Location of major sensitive components on the system board
Removal steps of system board and magnesium structure frame
LCD bezel assembly
LED sub card
LCD cable, camera cable, LCD panel, and hinges
Integrated camera
LCD unit LCD bezel assembly
Removing and replacing a FRU
Antenna kit and LCD rear cover assembly
Removal steps of antenna kit and LCD rear cover assembly
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Front view
Locations
Rear view
Bottom view
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Self-service CRUs
Parts list
Optional-service CRUs
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LCD FRUs
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Miscellaneous parts
AC adapters
Power cords
Region
Recovery discs Windows 7 Home Basic 32 bit DVDs
Language
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit DVDs
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit DVDs
4281-CTO 4282-CTO, 29x, 3Px 4284-CTO
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit DVDs
Tool
Common service tools
Appendix A. Notices
Trademarks
Electronic emissions notices
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