No-beepsymptoms
Table5.No-beepsymptoms
SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.
1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.
2.DIMM
3.Systemboard
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.
1.ReseatDIMM.
2.Systemboard
Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.
TypethepasswordandpressEnter.
Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.T ypethepasswordand
pressEnter.
LCD-relatedsymptoms
Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFTs).The
presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT
LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.IftheLCDyouareservicinghas
twoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.However,iftheLCDhasthreeormore
visibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoanditshouldbereplaced.
Note:
•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.
•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethat
anyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.
•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.
Table6.LCD-relatedsymptoms
SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.
Systemboard
•LCDbacklightnotworking
•LCDtoodark
•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.
•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.
1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.
2.LCDassembly
3.Systemboard
•LCDscreenunreadable
•Charactersmissingpixels
•Screenabnormal
•Wrongcolordisplayed
1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”
2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.
3.LCDassembly
4.Systemboard
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCDLCDassembly
Intermittentproblems
Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware
defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe
consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.
Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:
1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.
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