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Important service information . . . . .17
General checkout . . . . . . . . . .23
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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About this manual
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Safety information
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General safety
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Electrical safety
Observe the following rules when working on electrical equipment.
Safety information 3
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Safety inspection guide
Safety information 5
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge
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Grounding requirements
The use of a grounding system to guard against ESD damage is desirable but not necessary.
Safety notices: multilingual translations
Safety information 7
Safety notice 2
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Safety notice 3
Safety information 9
Safety notice 4
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Safety information
Safety notice 6
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Safety notice 7
Safety notice 8
Safety information 13
Laser compliance statement
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CAUTION:
Safety information 15
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Important service information
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Strategy for replacing FRUs
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive
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Important notice for replacing a system board
How to use error message
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GA V Product definition
Dynamic Configure To Order (CTO)
Important service information 19
Custom Model Variant (CMV)
General Announce Variant (GAV)
Using eSupport
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Using the HMM
Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs
Important service information 21
Current or original part
Replacement FRU Current or original part
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General checkout
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What to do first
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Checkout guide
General checkout 25
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS
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Testing the computer
The options on the test menu are as follows:
General checkout 27
Wireless LAN
Use the cursor keys and ESC to move in menus.Press ENTER to select.
InteractiveTests Hardware Info Utility Quit F1=Help
PC-Doctor for Windows
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery
Power system checkout
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Checking the AC adapter
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Checking operational charging
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1(+)2(+)3456(-) 7(-)
Checking the battery pack
Terminal Voltage (V dc) 1 + 0 to + 12.6 7 Ground (-)
Checking the backup battery
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Black (-)
Wire Voltage (V dc) Red +2.5 to +3.2 Black Ground
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Related service information
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Restoring the factory contents by using Product Recovery discs
Passwords
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Power-on password
Hard-disk password
Supervisor password
How to remove the power-on password
Related service information 35
How to remove the hard-disk password
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Power management
Related service information 37
Screen blank mode
Standby mode
Hibernation mode
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Symptom-to-FRU index
Related service information 39
Numeric error codes
System board. 0176 System SecurityThe system has been tampered with.
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Error messages
Related service information 43
Device Error. 1. The device you want to boot from.
Beep symptoms
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System board (security chip) Five short beeps and a blank screen. System board
No-beep symptoms
LCD-related symptoms
Related service information 45
5 8 10 UXGA, WUXGA, QXGA
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LCD assembly .
Intermittent problems
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Undetermined problems
ThinkPad X301
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Specifications
The following table lists the specifications of the ThinkPad X301 :
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Status indicators
The system status indicators show the status of the computer, as follows:
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2 3 4
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Green: The computer is connected to the ac power supply. 4 Battery status
FRU tests
The following table shows the test for each FRU.
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Fn key combinations
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FRU replacement notices
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(Cross-section)
Screw notices
90degrees more
Retaining serial numbers
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Restoring the serial number of the system unit
Retaining the UUID
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Reading or writing the ECA information
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Removing and replacing a FRU
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Before servicing ThinkPad X301
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1010 Battery pack
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1020 Optical drive or second battery or travel cover
For access, remove this FRU:
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Note: For models with the travel cover, skip step 1.
Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque
1030 Solid state drive (SSD) or hard disk drive (HDD)
For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 61
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Table 13. Removal steps of SSD or HDD (continued)
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When installing: Make sure that the SSD connector or HDD connector is attached firmly.
1040 DIMM
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Table 14. Removal steps of DIMM (continued)
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1050 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN
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1060 Wireless USB adapter or Intel Turbo Memory
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1070 Keyboard
For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 61
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Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque
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When installing the keyboard, do as follows:
1. Attach the keyboard connector.
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Table 18. Installation of the keyboard (continued)
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1080 Backup battery
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When installing: Make sure that the battery connector is attached firmly.
1090 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
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Table 20. Removal steps of PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN (continued)
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1100 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint reader
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Table 21. Removal steps of palm rest (continued)
1110 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2)
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Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque
(1.7 kgfcm) When installing: Make sure that connector is attached firmly.
1120 Keyboard bezel
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Table 23. Removal steps of keyboard bezel (continued)
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Table 23. Removal steps of keyboard bezel (continued)
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1130 Audio FPC and audio sub card
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When installing: Make sure that the connectors are attached firmly.
Note: Step from 1 to4 are for the audio FPC, and step 5 to7 are for the audio sub card.
Table 24. Removal steps of audio FPC and audio sub card (continued)
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1140 Speaker assembly
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1150 LCD assembly
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Table 26. Removal steps of LCD assembly (continued)
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Table 26. Removal steps of LCD assembly (continued)
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1160 VGA cable and DC-in connector
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Table 27. Removal steps of VGA cable and DC-in connector (continued)
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1170 System board, fan, and base cover assembly
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Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque
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When installing: Make sure that the fan connector is attached to the system board firmly.
Table 29. Application of the thermal grease
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2010 LCD bezel assembly
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2020 LCD panel and LCD cable
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Table 31. Removal steps of LCD panel and LCD cable
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Table 31. Removal steps of LCD panel and LCD cable (continued)
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Table 31. Removal steps of LCD panel and LCD cable (continued)
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Cable routing: When you install the LCD cable, route the cable as shown in this figure.
2030 Integrated camera
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2040 Antenna assembly
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Table 33. Removal steps of antenna assembly (continued)
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2050 Hinge L and hinge R
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nylon-coated (2)
Step Screw cap Screw (quantity) Color Torque 1
Silver 0.167 Nm (1.7 kgfcm) 2 M2 3 mm, small-head, nylon-coated (2)
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2060 LED sub card, LED cable and LCD cover assembly
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Locations Front view
ThinkPad X301
Rear view
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Bottom view
Parts list
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Overall
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Table 36. Parts listOverall No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID
ThinkPad X301
42W8039 R N
42T0961 R **
43Y6477 R **
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42T0997 R **
42W8114 R N
42W8143 R N
42W8144 R N
Table 36. Parts listOverall (continued) No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID
ThinkPad X301
43Y6459 R **
42T0965 R **
42T0975 R **
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42T4518 R *
42T2509 R **
42T4520 R *
42X5137 R *
Table 36. Parts listOverall (continued) No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID
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41W0519 R **
42T4522 R *
42T1898 R **
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42T1323 R **
43R1775 R **
43R1989 R **
43R1969 R **
Table 36. Parts listOverall (continued) No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID
CRU ID Thermal grease 91P8835 R N AC adapter (see AC adapters on page 129.)
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LCD FRUs
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13.3-inch WXGA+ TFT
Table 37. Parts list13.3-inch WXGA+ TFT (continued) No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID
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42T3564 R N
8 Hinge L 42X5135 R N 9 LED cable 43Y9802 R N 10 LED sub card 43Y9172 R N
Keyboard
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Miscellaneous parts
FRU P/N RoHS ID
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45N3051 R N
42X5129 R N
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AC adapters
Power cords
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Recovery discs
Windows XP Professional DVDs
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Language P/N RoHS ID
Windows Vista Business (32 bit) DVDs
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Language P/N RoHS ID
Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit) DVDs
Common service tools
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Notices
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Trademarks
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