Contents

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

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

General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 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

21

Strategy for replacing FRUs

21

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive, a

 

solid-state drive, or an mSATA solid-state

 

drive

22

Important notice for replacing a system

 

board

22

How to use error message

22

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and

 

GAV

22

Product definition

22

FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV

 

products

23

Chapter 3. General checkout

25

What to do first

25

Checkout guide

26

Lenovo Solution Center

26

Quick test programs

26

UEFI diagnostic program

27

Bootable diagnostic programs

27

Power system checkout

28

Checking the ac power adapter

28

Checking operational charging

29

Checking the battery pack

29

Checking the backup battery

29

Chapter 4. Related service

 

information

31

Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery

 

Disc Set

31

Using the Windows recovery programs on the

 

Windows 8 operating system

32

Passwords

33

Power-on password

33

Hard-disk password

33

Supervisor password

34

How to remove the power-on password . . .

34

How to remove the hard-disk password . . .

34

Power management

35

Sleep mode

35

Hibernation mode

35

Wireless off mode

36

Symptom-to-FRU index

36

Numeric error codes

36

Error messages

38

No-beep symptoms

38

Beep symptoms

38

LCD-related symptoms

39

Intermittent problems

39

Undetermined problems

39

Chapter 5. Status indicators

41

Chapter 6. Special keys

43

Chapter 7. Locations

45

Locating computer controls, connectors, and

 

indicators

45

Front view

45

Rear view

46

Bottom view

46

Locating FRUs and CRUs

46

Major FRUs and CRUs

48

LCD FRUs

50

Looking up FRU information

51

Chapter 8. FRU replacement

 

notices

53

Screw notices

53

Retaining serial numbers

54

Restoring the serial number of the system

 

unit

54

Retaining the UUID

55

Reading or writing the ECA information . . .

55

Chapter 9. Removing or replacing a

 

FRU

57

Before servicing the computer

58

Disabling the built-in battery

58

Removing the SIM card

58

1010 Hard disk drive or solid-state drive . . . .

58

1020 Keyboard

60

1030 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN . .

62

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