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ThinkPad Hardware Maintenance Manual
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ThinkPad Hardware Maintenance Manual
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Contents
Common service tools Trademarks
ThinkPad
About this manual
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Safety information
General safety
Electrical safety
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Safety inspection guide
Grounding requirements
Safety notice
Safety notices multilingual translations
Safety notice
Safety notice
Safety notice
Safety notice
Safety notice
Safety notice
Laser compliance statement
Safety information
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Strategy for replacing FRUs
Before replacing parts
Select Downloads and drivers
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive
How to use error message
Important notice for replacing a system board
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products
Dynamic Configure To Order CTO
Using eSupport
Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs
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General checkout
What to do first
Following are not covered under warranty
Checkout guide
Testing the computer
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS
Diagnostics Interactive Tests
PC-Doctor for Windows
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery
Hardware Info
Utility
Checking the AC adapter
Power system checkout
Pin Voltage V dc
Checking operational charging
Checking the battery pack
Terminal Voltage V dc
Wire Voltage V dc
Checking the backup battery
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Service Web site
Related service information
Power-on password
Passwords
Hard-disk password
Supervisor password
How to remove the hard-disk password
How to remove the power-on password
Select Power-On Password
Select Master HDP
Screen blank mode
Power management
Standby mode
Hibernation mode
Numeric error codes
Symptom-to-FRU index
0191 Run Bios Setup Utility, and then save
0190 Charge the battery pack
0199 Run Bios Setup Utility, and then save
Installed or press Esc to ignore
0260 Charge the backup battery for more
0252 Reset the password by running Bios Setup
0270 Charge the backup battery for more
0271 Run Bios Setup Utility to reset the time
For the authentication
1820 Remove all but the reader that you set up
1830 Install Dimm in Slot-0, but not in Slot-1
Run Diagnostics --ThinkPad Devices
Error messages
No-beep symptoms
Beep symptoms
LCD-related symptoms
Undetermined problems
Intermittent problems
Feature Description
Specifications
Bluetooth wireless
Status indicators
Blinking green
Indicator Meaning
Orange
Blinking orange slow
FRU tests
Interactive Tests --Mouse
Run Diagnostics --ThinkPad Devices --Fan
Key combination Description
Fn key combinations
Key combination Description
Screw notices
FRU replacement notices
Plastic to plastic
Logic card to plastic
Select 2. Read S/N data from Eeprom
Retaining serial numbers
MTM on rear label
Product ID on rear label
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Reading or writing the ECA information
Removing and replacing a FRU
Removing the SIM card
Before servicing ThinkPad
Battery pack
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Optical drive or second battery or travel cover
Solid state drive SSD or hard disk drive HDD
Removal steps of SSD or HDD
Dimm
Removal steps of Dimm
PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN
M2 ⋅ 3 mm, small-head, nylon-coated Silver 167 Nm Kgfcm
When installing
Wireless USB adapter or Intel Turbo Memory
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Removal steps of wireless USB adapter or Intel Turbo Memory
Keyboard
Removal steps of keyboard
When installing the keyboard, do as follows
Installation of the keyboard
Backup battery
PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
Removal steps of PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint reader
Removal steps of palm rest
Bluetooth daughter card BDC-2
Keyboard bezel
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Pull the cables out from the cable guide hole
Audio FPC and audio sub card
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Speaker assembly
LCD assembly
M2 ⋅ 3 mm, small-head, nylon-coated Silver 167 Nm Kgfcm
When installing
VGA cable and DC-in connector
Removal steps of VGA cable and DC-in connector
Important notices for handling the system board
System board, fan, and base cover assembly
CPU
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Application of the thermal grease
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Step Screw cap Screw quantity Color Torque
LCD bezel assembly
Important notice on handling the LCD panel
LCD panel and LCD cable
Removal steps of LCD panel and LCD cable
Step Screw quantity Color Torque
Removal steps of LCD panel and LCD cable
Integrated camera
Antenna assembly
Removal steps of antenna assembly
Removal steps of antenna assembly
M2 ⋅ 3 mm, small-head Silver 167 Nm Nylon-coated Kgfcm
Hinge L and hinge R
Removal steps of hinge L and hinge R
LED sub card, LED cable and LCD cover assembly
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Locations Front view
Bottom view
Rear view
Self-service CRUs
Parts list
Optional-service CRUs
Overall
CRU
FRU no RoHS
FRU
FRU
FRU
FRU
FRU
Thermal grease 91P8835 AC adapter see AC adapters on
Inch WXGA+ TFT
LCD FRUs
FRU
Language RoHS
Miscellaneous parts
FRU
AC adapters
Region RoHS
Power cords
Windows XP Professional DVDs
Recovery discs
Windows Vista Business 32 bit DVDs
Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit DVDs
Tool
Common service tools
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