Contents

Chapter 1. About this manual

1

Important safety information

1

Important information about replacing RoHS

 

compliant FRUs

1

Chapter 2. Safety information

3

General safety

3

Electrical safety

3

Voltage-selection switch

5

Safety inspection guide

5

Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive

 

devices

6

Grounding requirements

6

Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)

6

Chapter 3. General information. . . .

29

Online Books folder

29

Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools

29

ThinkVantage Productivity Center

29

Lenovo Welcome

30

Access Help

30

Additional information resources

30

Specifications

30

Chapter 4. General checkout

33

Checking for power problems

33

Problem determination tips

34

Chapter 5. Diagnostics

37

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox

37

Lenovo System Toolbox

37

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery

38

PC-Doctor for DOS

38

Creating a diagnostic disc

38

Running the diagnostic program from a

 

diagnostic disc

38

Navigating through the diagnostics

 

programs

39

Running tests

39

Viewing the test log

40

Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . .

41

Starting the Setup Utility program

41

Viewing and changing settings

41

Using passwords

41

Password considerations

41

Set User Password

42

Change Supervisor Password

42

Setting, changing, and deleting a password .

42

Enabling or disabling a device

42

Selecting a startup device

43

Selecting a temporary startup device . . . .

43

Selecting or changing the startup device

 

sequence

43

Exiting from the Setup Utility program

43

Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index .

45

Hard disk drive boot error

45

Diagnostic error codes

45

Beep symptoms

61

POST error codes

61

Miscellaneous error messages

62

Undetermined problems

64

Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs

65

Locations

65

Locating connectors on the front of your

 

computer

65

Locating connectors on the rear of your

 

computer

65

Locating components

66

Locating parts on the system board . . . .

67

Removing the computer cover

68

Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . .

69

Installing or replacing a memory module . . . .

70

Replacing the battery

72

Replacing the hard disk drive

73

Replacing the optical drive

74

Replacing the heat sink

76

Replacing the system fan assembly

77

Replacing the microprocessor

79

Replacing the system board

82

Replacing the ac power adapter

83

Completing the parts replacement

84

Chapter 9. FRU lists

87

Machine Type 3425

87

Machine Type 3980

90

Machine Type 5214

93

Machine Type 5354

96

Chapter 10. Additional service

 

information

99

Security features

99

Hardware controlled passwords

99

Operating system password

99

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5354, 3980, 5214, 3425 specifications

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