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(TFT s).Thepresenceofa
smallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFTLCDtechnology,but
excessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.
IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.However,ifthe
LCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoanditshouldbereplaced.
Notes:
•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.
•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethatany
replacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.
•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.
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.
Intermittentproblems

Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware

defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe

consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.

Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:

1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.

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