Lenovo SL400c, SL500c manual Contents

Contents

About this manual	. v		No-beep symptoms		.	45
			LCD-related symptoms		.	46
Safety information	.	1	Intermittent problems		.	47
General safety	.	2	Undetermined problems		.	47
Electrical safety	.	3	ThinkPad SL400, SL400c, SL500, and
Safety inspection guide	.	5
			SL500c			49
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge	.	6	Specifications		.	49
Grounding requirements	.	6	Status indicators		.	52
Safety notices: multilingual translations . . . .	.	7	FRU tests		.	54
Laser compliance statement	.	14	Fn key combinations		.	56
			FRU replacement notices		.	58
Important service information	17		Screw notices		.	58
Strategy for replacing FRUs	.	17	Retaining serial numbers		.	59
			Removing and replacing a FRU		. 62
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . . 18
			1010	Battery pack	.	63
Important notice for replacing a system board . . 18
			1020	Optical drive	.	64
How to use error message	.	18
			1030	Hard disk drive (HDD) cover and HDD . . 65
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and
			1040	DIMM slot cover (for ThinkPad SL400 and
GAV		19
			SL400c)		.	67
Product definition	.	19
			1050	DIMM slot cover (for ThinkPad SL500 and
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
			SL500c)		.	67
products	.	19
			1060	DIMM	.	68
Important information about replacing RoHS
			1070	PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
compliant FRUs	.	21
			LAN/WiMAX . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . 23			1080	PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
			(for ThinkPad SL400 and SL400c)		. 72
What to do first	.	24
			1090	Wireless WAN slot cover and PCI Express
Checkout guide	.	25
			Mini Card for wireless WAN (for ThinkPad
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . .	. 26
			SL500 and SL500c)		.	74
PC-Doctor for Windows	.	28
			1100 Thermal door (for ThinkPad SL400 and
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . .	. 28
			SL400c)		.	76
Power system checkout	.	29
			1110 Thermal door (for ThinkPad SL500 and
Checking the AC adapter	.	29
			SL500c)		.	77
Checking operational charging	.	30
			1120 Fan assembly		.	78
Checking the battery pack	.	30
			1130 CPU thermal module		. 81
Checking the backup battery	.	31
			1140 CPU		.	83
Related service information	33		1150 Palm rest (for ThinkPad SL400 and SL400c)			84
			1160 Palm rest (for ThinkPad SL500 and SL500c)			86
Restoring the factory contents by using Product
			1170 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) . . .		. 88
Recovery discs	.	33	1180 Intel Turbo Memory Minicard or Wireless
Passwords	.	34	USB adapter		.	89
Power-on password	. 34		1190 Backup battery (for ThinkPad SL400 and
Hard-disk password	.	34	SL400c)		.	91
Supervisor password	. 34		1200	Backup battery (for ThinkPad SL500 and
How to remove the power-on password . . .	.	35	SL500c)		.	92
How to remove the hard-disk password . . .	. 35		1210	Keyboard	. 93
Power management	. 37		1220	Top case sub assembly (for ThinkPad SL400
Screen blank mode	.	37	and SL400c)		.	95
Standby mode	. 37		1230	Top case sub assembly (for ThinkPad SL500)		97
Hibernation mode	. 38		1240	LCD unit (for ThinkPad SL400 and SL400c)		100
Symptom-to-FRU index	. 39		1250	LCD unit (for ThinkPad SL500 and SL500c)		105
Numeric error codes	. 39		1260	Frame L (magnesium frame assembly) . . 109
Error messages	. 44		1270	SATA-ODD connector board (for ThinkPad
Beep symptoms	.	45	SL500 and SL500c)			111
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