Contents

About this manual

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No-beep symptoms

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65

 

 

 

LCD-related symptoms

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66

Safety information

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1

Intermittent problems

.

67

General safety

.

2

Undetermined problems

.

67

 

 

 

 

Electrical safety

.

3

Status indicators

.

69

Safety inspection guide

.

5

 

 

 

 

Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic

 

 

Fn key combinations

.

71

discharge

.

6

Grounding requirements

.

6

 

 

 

 

Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . .

.

7

FRU replacement notices

.

75

Laser compliance statement (multilingual

 

 

Screw notices

.

75

translations)

28

Retaining serial numbers

.

76

 

 

 

Important service information

39

Restoring the serial number of the system unit

 

76

Retaining the UUID

.

76

Strategy for replacing FRUs

. 39

Reading or writing the ECA information . .

. 77

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . . 40

 

 

 

 

Important notice for replacing a system board .

. 40

Removing and replacing a FRU . . .

. 79

How to use error message

.

40

1010

Battery pack

.

80

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and

 

 

 

 

1020

ExpressCard blank bezel and Media Card

 

 

GAV

.

41

 

 

blank bezel

.

82

Product definition

.

41

1030

Optical drive or travel cover

.

84

FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV

 

 

 

 

1040

Thermal cover

.

85

products

.

41

1050

Hard disk drive (HDD) assembly . . . .

. 86

 

 

 

General checkout

43

1060

DIMM

.

88

1070

Fan assembly

.

89

What to do first

.

44

1080

CPU

.

93

Checkout guide

.

45

1090

SIM slot cover

.

94

Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . .

. 45

1100 Wireless WAN slot cover and PCI Express Mini

 

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox (Lenovo System

 

 

Card for wireless WAN

. 96

Toolbox)

.

48

1110 Palm rest assembly with cables

.

98

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . .

. 48

1120 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN .

. 101

FRU tests

.

49

1130 Backup battery

.

103

Power system checkout

.

51

1140 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2) . . . .

.

104

Checking the ac adapter

. 51

1150 Media Card Reader slot board and Media

 

 

Checking operational charging

.

51

Card Reader cable assembly

.

105

Checking the battery pack

.

52

1160 Keyboard

.

107

Checking the backup battery

.

52

1170 Keyboard bezel

.

110

Related service information

55

1180 LCD unit

.

112

1190 Top shielding assembly

.

117

Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery

 

 

1200

System board assembly

.

121

Disc Set

. 55

1210

USB connector board and USB cable assembly

129

Passwords

.

56

1220

DC-in cable and base cover

.

131

Power-on password

.

57

2010

LCD front bezel

.

136

Hard-disk password

.

57

2020

Speaker assembly

.

137

Supervisor password

.

57

2030

Integrated camera

.

138

How to remove the power-on password . . .

. 57

2040 Antenna assembly

. 139

How to remove the hard-disk password . . .

. 58

2050

Hinges, LCD panel, LCD cable, and LCD rear

 

Power management

.

60

cover assembly

.

141

Screen blank mode

.

60

Locations

145

Sleep (standby) mode

.

60

Hibernation mode

.

61

Front view

.

145

Symptom-to-FRU index

.

62

Rear view

.

146

Numeric error codes

.

62

Bottom view

.

146

Error messages

.

65

 

 

 

 

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