Contents

About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . iii

Chapter 1. Safety information . . . . . 1

General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2. Important service

 

information

19

Strategy for replacing FRUs

19

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . .

20

Important notice for replacing a system

 

board

20

How to use error message

20

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and

 

GAV

20

Product definition

20

FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV

 

products

21

Chapter 3. General checkout

23

What to do first

23

Checkout guide

24

Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS. . . .

24

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox

26

FRU tests

27

Power system checkout

28

Checking the ac power adapter

28

Checking operational charging

29

Checking the battery pack

29

Checking the backup battery

30

Chapter 4. Related service

 

information

31

Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery

 

Disc Set

31

Passwords

32

Power-on password

32

Hard disk password

32

Supervisor password

33

How to remove the power-on password . . .

33

How to remove the hard-disk password . . .

33

Power management

34

Screen blank mode

34

Sleep (standby) mode

34

Hibernation mode

35

Symptom-to-FRU index

35

Numeric error codes

36

Error messages

37

Beep symptoms

37

No-beep symptoms

37

LCD-related symptoms

38

Intermittent problems

38

Undetermined problems

39

Chapter 5. Status indicators

41

Chapter 6. Fn key combinations . . .

43

Chapter 7. FRU replacement

 

notices

45

Screw notices

45

Retaining serial numbers

46

Restoring the serial number of the system

 

unit

46

Retaining the UUID

47

Reading or writing the ECA information . . .

47

Chapter 8. Removing and replacing a

 

FRU

49

Before servicing ThinkPad X121e models . . . .

49

1010

Battery pack

50

1020

Bottom slot cover

51

1030

Memory modules

52

1040

Hard disk drive or solid state drive

 

assembly

53

1050

PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN . .

54

1060

PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN . .

56

1070

Keyboard

57

1080

Power sub card and microphone

59

1090

Top case assembly

60

1100

Bluetooth daughter card

62

1110

Speaker assembly

63

1120

I/O board

64

1130 System board assembly, fan assembly, and

 

backup battery

65

1140

CRT board assembly (with cable)

67

1150

DC-in sub card and base cover assembly . .

68

2010

LCD unit

71

2020

LCD bezel assembly

73

2030

Integrated camera

74

2040

LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges . . . .

75

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