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Important service information . . . . .17
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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
Note: The use of a grounding system to guard against ESD damage is desirable but not necessary.
Safety notices: multilingual translations
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Safety notice 2
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Safety notice 3
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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:
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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)
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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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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
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Power system checkout
General checkout 29
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Checking the AC adapter
2 1 (20V)
Checking the battery pack
1(+)2(+)3456(-) 7(-)
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Terminal Voltage (V dc) 1 + 0 to + 12.6 7 Ground (-)
Related service information
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 hard-disk password
Power management
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Screen blank mode
Sleep (standby) mode
Hibernation mode
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Symptom-to-FRU index
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Numeric error codes
System board. 0231 System RAM errorSystem RAM fails at offset nnnn.
1. DIMM. 2. System board.
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Error messages
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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
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5 8 10 UXGA, WUXGA, QXGA
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LCD assembly.
Intermittent problems
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Undetermined problems
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Lenovo 3000 N500
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Specifications
The following table lists the specifications of the Lenovo 3000 N500 :
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Status indicators
The system status indicators show the status of the computer, as follows:
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Indicator Meaning 1 Drive in use
Table 8. Status indicators (continued) Indicator Meaning 6 Battery status
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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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1010 Battery pack
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1020 Dummy cards
1030 Hard disk drive (HDD) slot cover and HDD
For access, remove this FRU:
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When installing: Make sure that the HDD connector is attached firmly.
Table 13. Removal steps of HDD slot cover and HDD (continued)
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1040 Optical drive
For access, remove this FRU in order:
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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
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1070 Fan assembly
For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54
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Table 17. Removal steps of fan assembly (continued)
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1080 Heat sink assembly
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Step Screw (quantity) Color Torque 1 to 4
Table 18. Removal steps of heat sink assembly (continued)
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1090 Wireless LAN card slot cover and PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN
For access, remove this FRU in order:
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wireless LAN
Note: Loosen the screws 1, but do not remove them.
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1100 CPU
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1110 Keyboard cover and power board
For access, remove this FRU in order:
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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.
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1120 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1)
For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54
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1130 Keyboard
For access, remove these FRUs in order: v 1010 Battery pack on page 54
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Table 23. Removal steps of keyboard (continued)
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When installing: Make sure that the FPC connector is attached firmly.
1140 LCD unit
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Table 24. Removal steps of LCD unit (continued)
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Table 24. Removal steps of LCD unit (continued)
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1150 Keyboard bezel and LED board L
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Note: LED board L is attached to the keyboard bezel.
Table 25. Removal steps of keyboard bezel and LED board L (continued)
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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)
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1160 LED board R
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1170 System board and ExpressCard slot assembly
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When installing: Make sure that the connector is attached firmly.
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ab b
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1180 Speakers and base cover
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1 1
f
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2010 LCD front bezel
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nylon-coated (6)
Step Screw cap Screw (quantity) Color Torque 1
Black 2.0 Nm (2.5 kgfcm)
2020 Inverter card
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2030 Integrated camera
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Cable routing: When replacing the inverter card, route the connector cable as in this figure:
2040 LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges
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Table 32. Removal steps of LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges (continued)
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Table 32. Removal steps of LCD panel, LCD cable, and hinges (continued)
When installing: Make sure that the LCD cable is attached firmly.
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2050 Antenna assembly and LCD cover
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Locations Front view
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Rear view
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Bottom view
Parts list
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Overall
a
b
Table 34. Parts listOverall No. FRU FRU no. RoHS ID
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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
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43N8390 R *
42W7987 R N 7 CPU assembly, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.80 GHz) v 4233-CTO
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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
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43N8367 R N
15.4-in. WXGA TFT
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Keyboard
Miscellaneous parts
FRU P/N RoHS ID
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43N8385 R N
43N8384 R N
AC adapters
FRU P/N RoHS ID
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Power cords
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Recovery discs
Windows XP Professional DVDs
Windows Vista Home Basic (32 bit) DVDs
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Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) DVDs
Windows Vista Business (32 bit) DVDs
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Common service tools
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Notices
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Trademarks
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