Ifthesystemstilldoesnotresponding,removetheacpoweradapterandresetthesystemby
insertingoneendofaneedleorastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergencyresethole.Tolocate
theemergencyresethole,refertoBottomview.
2.Whilethemachineisturnedoff,r emoveallsourcesofpowerfromthecomputer(acpoweradapterand
ThinkPadBattery+39).Holddownthepowerbuttonfor10seconds.Reattachtheacpoweradapter.If
thecomputerdoesnotturnbackon,continuetostep3.
Note:Ifthecomputerstartswithacpowerbutdoesnotstartwhenacpowerisremoved,callthe
CustomerSupportCenterforsupport.
3.Whilethemachineisoff,removeallsourcesofpowerfromthemachine(acpoweradapterandThinkPad
Battery+39).Removeallexternaldevicesthatareattachedtoyourcomputer(keyboard,mouse,printer,
scanner,etc.).Repeatstep2.Ifstep2isunsuccessful,continuetostep4.
Note:Thefollowingstepsinvolveremovingstaticsensitivecomponentsfromyourcomputer.Please
makesurethatyouareproperlygroundedandremoveallsourcesofpowerattachedtothecomputer.If
youareuncomfortableorunsureaboutremovingcomponents,pleasecalltheCustomerSupport
Centerforassistance.
4.Whilethecomputerisoff,removeallsourcesofpowerandexternalhardware.Refertotheprocedure
inReplacingmemoryonhowtoremoveandreseatthememorymodules.Removeanynon-original
memorymoduleaddedtoyourcomputer.Afterremovingtheextramemorymoduleandreseatingthe
originalmemorymodule,repeatstep2.Ifthecomputerstilldoesnotturnon,refertoReplacingdevices
toreseatothercustomer -replaceablecomponentsthatareattachedtoyourcomputer
Ifthecomputerstilldoesnotstartup,calltheCustomerSupportCenterandaCust omerSupportSpecialist
willassistyou.
Spillsonthekeyboard
Withamobilecomputer,thereareincreasedchancesofspillingliquidsonthekeyboard.Becausemost
liquidsconductelectricity,liquidspilledonthekeyboardcouldcreatenumerousshortcircuits,potentially
causingirreparabledamagetoyourcomputer.
Ifyouspillsomethingonyourcomputer:
Attention:Besurethatnoliquidcreatesashortcircuitbetweenyouandtheacpoweradapter(ifinuse).
Althoughyoumightlosesomedataorworkbyturningoffthecomputerimmediately,leavingthecomputer
onmightmakeyourcomputerunusable.
1.C arefullyunplugtheacpoweradapterimmediately.
2.T urnoffthecomputerimmediately.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnoff,resetthesystembyinsertingone
endofaneedleorastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergencyresethole.Themorequicklyyoustopthe
currentfrompassingthroughthecomputerthemorelikelyyouwillreducedamagefromshortcir cuits.
3.W aituntilyouarecertainthatalltheliquidisdrybeforeturningonyourcomputer.
Note:Ifyouwanttoreplaceyourkeyboard,youcanpurchaseanewone.
Errormessages
Message:0176:Syst emSecurity-TheSystemhasbeentamperedwith.
Solution:ThismessageisdisplayedifyouremovetheSecurityChipandr einstallit,orinstallanewone.To
cleartheerror,entertheThinkPadSetup.Ifthisdoesnotsolvetheproblem,havethecomputerserviced.
Message:0177:BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask.
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