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

Safety inspection guide

5

Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive

 

devices

5

Grounding requirements

6

Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)

6

Chapter 3. General information. . . .

29

The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . .

29

Additional information resources

29

Specifications

29

Chapter 4. General Checkout

31

Checking for power problems

31

Problem determination tips

32

Chapter 5. Diagnostics

33

PC-Doctor for Windows

33

PC-Doctor for Windows PE

33

Running diagnostics from the Rescue and

 

Recovery workspace

33

PC-Doctor for DOS

34

Creating a diagnostic CD image

34

Creating diagnostic diskettes

34

Running diagnostics from the CD or

 

diskettes

34

Navigating through the diagnostics

 

programs

35

Running tests

35

Viewing the test log

36

Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . .

39

Starting the Setup Utility program

39

Viewing and changing settings

39

Using passwords

39

Password considerations

39

User Password

40

Administrator Password

40

Setting, changing, and deleting a password .

40

Selecting a startup device

40

Selecting a temporary startup device . . . .

40

Selecting or changing the startup device

 

sequence

41

Advanced settings

41

Exiting from the Setup Utility program

41

Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index .

43

Hard disk drive boot error

43

Diagnostic error codes

43

Beep symptoms

59

POST error codes

60

Miscellaneous error messages

61

Undetermined problems

62

Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs

65

Locations

65

Connectors on the front of the computer . .

65

Connectors on the rear of the computer . . .

66

Locating components

66

System board locations

68

Opening the cover

68

Replacing the CMOS battery

69

Replacing the microprocessor

70

Replacing the system board

72

Replacing a hard disk drive

73

Replacing an optical drive

74

Replacing a memory module

75

Replacing the modem

76

Replacing the Express card assembly

77

Replacing the Media Card Reader

78

Replacing the system fan assembly

79

Completing the FRU replacement

81

Chapter 9. FRU lists

83

Machine Type 6393

83

Machine Type 6394

93

Machine Type 6395

103

Machine Type 6396

117

Machine Type 6397

127

Chapter 10. Additional Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Hardware controlled Passwords . . . . . . 139 Operating system password . . . . . . . 139 Vital product data. . . . . . . . . . . . 139 BIOS levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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