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Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual | 1 |
Important Safety Information | 1 |
Important information about replacing RoHS |
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compliant FRUs | 1 |
Chapter 2. Safety information | 3 |
General safety | 3 |
Electrical safety | 3 |
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Safety inspection guide | 5 |
Handling electrostatic |
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devices | 6 |
Grounding requirements | 6 |
Safety notices | 6 |
Chapter 3. General information . . . . | 29 |
Online Books folder | 29 |
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools | 29 |
Lenovo Welcome | 29 |
Additional information resources | 29 |
Specifications | 30 |
Chapter 4. General Checkout | 31 |
Problem determination tips | 31 |
Chapter 5. Diagnostics | 33 |
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox | 33 |
Lenovo System Toolbox | 33 |
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Creating a diagnostic disc | 34 |
Running the diagnostic program from a |
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diagnostic disc | 34 |
Navigating through the diagnostics |
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programs | 35 |
Running tests | 35 |
Viewing the test log | 36 |
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility |
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program | 39 |
Starting the Setup Utility program | 39 |
Viewing and changing settings | 39 |
Using passwords | 39 |
Password considerations | 39 |
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Administrator Password | 40 |
Hard Disk Password | 40 |
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . | 40 |
Enabling or disabling a device | 40 |
Selecting a startup device | 41 |
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . | 41 |
Selecting or changing the startup device |
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sequence | 41 |
Advanced settings | 41 |
Exiting from the Setup Utility program | 41 |
Chapter 7. Configuring RAID | 43 |
RAID Level | 43 |
Configuring the system BIOS to enable SATA RAID |
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functionality | 43 |
Creating RAID volumes | 43 |
Deleting RAID volumes | 44 |
Chapter 8. | 45 |
Hard disk drive boot error | 45 |
Power Supply Problems | 45 |
Diagnostic error codes | 46 |
Beep symptoms | 63 |
POST error codes | 64 |
Miscellaneous error messages | 65 |
Undetermined problems | 67 |
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs | 69 |
Locations | 69 |
Locating connectors on the front of your |
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computer | 69 |
Locating connectors on the rear of your |
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computer | 69 |
Locating components | 70 |
Locating parts on the system board . . . . | 71 |
Locating internal drives | 72 |
Removing the computer cover | 73 |
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . | 74 |
Installing or replacing a PCI card | 75 |
Installing or replacing a memory module . . . . | 78 |
Installing or replacing the optical drive | 80 |
Replacing the power supply assembly | 82 |
Replacing the battery | 83 |
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . . | 85 |
Replacing the microprocessor | 86 |
Replacing the system board | 88 |
Replacing the primary hard disk drive | 91 |
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive . . . . | 93 |
Replacing the card reader | 95 |
Replacing the front fan assembly | 96 |
Replacing the rear fan assembly | 98 |
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