Lenovo 3000 N500 Locations Front view

Locations

Front view

1 Integrated camera (for some models)

2 Touch sensor/volume control buttons

3 Status indicators

Note: For the description of each indicator, see “Status indicators” on page

45.

4 AC power jack

5 Optical drive

6 USB (Universal serial bus) connectors

7 RJ-11 (modem) jack

8 Stereo speakers

9 Multi-media reader slot

10 Stereo headphone jack

11 Microphone jack

12 Wireless radio switch

13 Touch pad buttons

14 Touch pad

15 Power button

16 Lenovo Care button

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Contents

Main Page Page Page Contents About this manual . . . . . . . . . .v Safety information . . . . . . . . . .1 Copyright Lenovo 2008 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Important service information . . . . .17 Page About this manual Copyright Lenovo 2008 Page Safety information Copyright Lenovo 2008 General safety 2 Electrical safety Observe the following rules when working on electrical equipment. Safety information 3 4 Safety inspection guide Safety information 5 Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge 6 Grounding requirements Note: 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 8 Safety notice 3 Safety information 9 Safety notice 4 10 Safety information Safety notice 6 12 Safety notice 7 Safety notice 8 Safety information 13 Laser compliance statement 14 CAUTION: Safety information 15 Page Important service information Copyright Lenovo 2008 Strategy for replacing FRUs Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive 18 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 20 Using the HMM Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs Important service information 21 Current or original part Replacement FRU Current or original part Page General checkout Copyright Lenovo 2008 What to do first 24 Checkout guide General checkout 25 Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS 26 Creating the PC-Doctor diagnostics diskette Testing the computer The options on the test menu are as follows: Detecting system information with PC-Doctor Use the cursor keys and ESC to move in menus.Press ENTER to select. InteractiveTests Hardware Info Utility Quit F1=Help PC-DOCTOR 2.0 Copyright 2008 PC-Doctor, Inc. All Rights Reser ved. PC-Doctor for Windows 28 Power system checkout General checkout 29 3 Checking the AC adapter 2 1 (20V) Checking the battery pack 1(+)2(+)3456(-) 7(-) 30 Terminal Voltage (V dc) 1 + 0 to + 12.6 7 Ground (-) Related service information Restoring the factory contents by using Product Recovery discs Passwords 32 Power-on password Hard-disk password Supervisor password How to remove the hard-disk password Power management 34 Screen blank mode Sleep (standby) mode Hibernation mode Related service information 35 Symptom-to-FRU index 36 Numeric error codes System board. 0231 System RAM errorSystem RAM fails at offset nnnn. 1. DIMM. 2. System board. Page Error messages 38 Device Error. 1. The device you want to boot from. Beep symptoms Related service information 39 System board (security chip) Five short beeps and a blank screen. System board No-beep symptoms LCD-related symptoms 40 5 8 10 UXGA, WUXGA, QXGA 5 13 13 LCD assembly. Intermittent problems Related service information 41 Undetermined problems Page Lenovo 3000 N500 Copyright Lenovo 2008 Specifications The following table lists the specifications of the Lenovo 3000 N500 : 44 Status indicators The system status indicators show the status of the computer, as follows: Lenovo 3000 N500 45 Indicator Meaning 1 Drive in use Table 8. Status indicators (continued) Indicator Meaning 6 Battery status 46 FRU tests The following table shows the test for each FRU. Lenovo 3000 N500 47 Fn key combinations 48 FRU replacement notices Lenovo 3000 N500 49 (Cross-section) Screw notices 90degrees more Retaining serial numbers 50 Restoring the serial number of the system unit Retaining the UUID Lenovo 3000 N500 51 Reading or writing the ECA information 52 Removing and replacing a FRU Lenovo 3000 N500 53 1010 Battery pack 54 1020 Dummy cards 1030 Hard disk drive (HDD) slot cover and HDD For access, remove this FRU: 56 When installing: Make sure that the HDD connector is attached firmly. Table 13. Removal steps of HDD slot cover and HDD (continued) Lenovo 3000 N500 57 1040 Optical drive For access, remove this FRU in order: 58 Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque 1 M2.5 10 mm, wafer-head, nylon-coated (1) Black 2.0 Nm (2.5 kgfcm) 1050 Thermal slot cover 1060 DIMM For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54 60 1070 Fan assembly For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54 Lenovo 3000 N500 61 Table 17. Removal steps of fan assembly (continued) 62 1080 Heat sink assembly Lenovo 3000 N500 63 Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque 1 to 4 Table 18. Removal steps of heat sink assembly (continued) 64 1090 Wireless LAN card slot cover and PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN For access, remove this FRU in order: Lenovo 3000 N500 65 wireless LAN Note: Loosen the screws 1, but do not remove them. 66 1100 CPU Lenovo 3000 N500 67 1110 Keyboard cover and power board For access, remove this FRU in order: 68 Note: Power board is attached to the keyboard cover. Table 21. Removal steps of keyboard cover and power board (continued) When installing: Make sure that the FPC connector is attached firmly. Lenovo 3000 N500 69 1120 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54 70 1130 Keyboard For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54 Lenovo 3000 N500 71 Table 23. Removal steps of keyboard (continued) 72 When installing: Make sure that the FPC connector is attached firmly. 1140 LCD unit Lenovo 3000 N500 73 Table 24. Removal steps of LCD unit (continued) 74 Table 24. Removal steps of LCD unit (continued) Lenovo 3000 N500 75 1150 Keyboard bezel and LED board L 76 Note: LED board L is attached to the keyboard bezel. Table 25. Removal steps of keyboard bezel and LED board L (continued) Lenovo 3000 N500 77 When installing: Make sure that all the FPC connectors and the cable are attached firmly. Table 25. Removal steps of keyboard bezel and LED board L (continued) 78 1160 LED board R Lenovo 3000 N500 79 1170 System board and ExpressCard slot assembly 80 When installing: Make sure that the connector is attached firmly. Lenovo 3000 N500 81 ab b 82 Lenovo 3000 N500 83 1180 Speakers and base cover 84 1 1 f Lenovo 3000 N500 85 e d 2010 LCD front bezel 86 nylon-coated (6) Step Screw cap Screw (quantity) Color Torque 1 Black 2.0 Nm (2.5 kgfcm) 2020 Inverter card Lenovo 3000 N500 87 2030 Integrated camera 88 Cable routing: When replacing the inverter card, route the connector cable as in this figure: 2040 LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges Lenovo 3000 N500 89 Table 32. Removal steps of LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges (continued) 90 Table 32. Removal steps of LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges (continued) When installing: Make sure that the LCD cable is attached firmly. Lenovo 3000 N500 91 2050 Antenna assembly and LCD cover 92 Locations Front view Lenovo 3000 N500 93 94 Rear view Lenovo 3000 N500 95 Bottom view Parts list 96 Overall a b Table 34. Parts listOverall No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID 98 43N8352 R N 43N8340 R N 6 System board assembly with HDMI, AMD M86 Hybrid 256 MB v 4233-CTO, 3Dx, 3Ex 43N8348 R N 7 CPU assembly, Intel Celeron M processor575 v 4233-CTO, 32x 42W8034 R N 7 CPU assembly, Intel Celeron M processor585 v 4233-CTO Table 34. Parts listOverall (continued) No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID CRU ID 7 CPU assembly, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9400 (2.53 GHz) v 4233-CTO Lenovo 3000 N500 99 43N8390 R * 42W7987 R N 7 CPU assembly, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.80 GHz) v 4233-CTO 100 CRU ID 14 SATA Hard disk drive assembly, 120 GB 5,400 rpm v 4233-CTO 43N8399 R * 14 SATA Hard disk drive assembly, 320 GB 5,400 rpm v 4233-CTO 43N8401 R * 14 SATA Hard disk drive assembly, 320 GB 5,400 rpm v 4233-CTO 43N8373 R N 17 Heat sink assembly (discrete) v 4233-CTO, 3Dx, 3Ex LCD FRUs In Lenovo 3000 N500, there are following types of LCDs. v 15.4-in. WXGA TFT Lenovo 3000 N500 101 43N8367 R N 15.4-in. WXGA TFT 102 Keyboard Miscellaneous parts FRU P/N RoHS ID 104 43N8385 R N 43N8384 R N AC adapters FRU P/N RoHS ID Lenovo 3000 N500 105 Power cords 106 Recovery discs Windows XP Professional DVDs Windows Vista Home Basic (32 bit) DVDs 108 Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) DVDs Windows Vista Business (32 bit) DVDs 110 Common service tools Lenovo 3000 N500 Page Notices Copyright Lenovo 2008 113 Trademarks 114