Contents

About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . iii

Chapter 1. Safety information . . . . . . 1

General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2. Important service

 

information

19

Strategy for replacing FRUs

19

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . .

20

Important notice for replacing a system

 

board

20

How to use error message

20

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and

 

GAV

20

Product definition

20

FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV

 

products

21

Chapter 3. General checkout

23

What to do first

23

Checkout guide

24

Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS. . . .

24

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox

27

FRU tests

27

Power system checkout

28

Checking the AC adapter

28

Checking operational charging

29

Checking the battery pack

29

Checking the backup battery

30

Chapter 4. Related service

 

information

31

Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery

 

Disc Set

31

Passwords

32

Power-on password

32

Hard-disk password

32

Supervisor password

33

How to remove the power-on password . . .

33

How to remove the hard-disk password . . .

33

Power management

34

Screen blank mode

34

Sleep mode

34

Hibernation mode

34

Symptom-to-FRU index

35

Numeric error codes

35

Error messages

37

No-beep symptoms

37

LCD-related symptoms

38

Intermittent problems

38

Undetermined problems

39

Chapter 5. Status indicators

41

Chapter 6. Special keys

43

Chapter 7. FRU replacement

 

notices

45

Screw notices

45

Retaining serial numbers

46

Restoring the serial number of the system

 

unit

46

Retaining the UUID

47

Reading or writing the ECA information . . .

47

Chapter 8. Removing and replacing a

 

FRU

49

1010

Battery pack

50

1020

Bottom slot cover

50

1030

DIMM

52

1040

Hard disk drive (HDD)

53

1050

PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN . .

54

1060

PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN . .

55

1070

Keyboard

57

1080 Top case assembly and microphone

 

module

59

1090

Backup battery

62

1100

Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2)

63

1110

Speaker assembly

64

1120

System board and fan assembly

66

1130 I/O card assembly, audio cable, and I/O

 

cable

73

1140

LCD unit

75

1150

Base cover assembly and DC-in cable . . .

78

2010

LCD bezel assembly

80

2020

Integrated camera

81

2030

LCD panel and LCD cable

82

2040

Hinge kit

84

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