Lenovo W500 manual Contents

Contents

About this manual	. v		Symptom-to-FRU index		.	62
			Numeric error codes		.	62
Safety information	.	1	Error messages		.	66
General safety	.	2	Beep symptoms		.	67
			No-beep symptoms		.	67
Electrical safety	.	3
			LCD-related symptoms		.	68
Safety inspection guide	.	5
			Intermittent problems		.	69
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
			Undetermined problems		.	69
discharge	.	6
Grounding requirements	.	6	Status indicators		.	71
Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . .	.	7
Laser compliance statement (multilingual			Fn key combinations		.	75
translations)	.	28
Important service information	39		FRU replacement notices		.	79
Strategy for replacing FRUs	.	39	Screw notices		.	79
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . .	.	40	Retaining serial numbers		.	80
Important notice for replacing a system board .	. 40		Restoring the serial number of the system unit			80
How to use error message	.	40	Retaining the UUID		.	80
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and			Reading or writing the ECA information . .		. 81
GAV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Product definition	.	41	Removing and replacing a FRU . . .		. 83
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV			1010	Battery pack	.	84
products	.	41
			1020	Serial Ultrabay Slim device	.	85
General checkout	43		1030	Hard disk drive (HDD) cover, HDD and HDD
			rubber rails or solid state drive (SSD) and storage
What to do first	.	44	converter		.	86
Checkout guide	.	45	1040	Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint reader		88
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . .	.	45	1050	DIMM	.	91
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox (Lenovo System			1060	Keyboard	. 92
Toolbox)	.	48	1070	Modem daughter card (MDC-3.0) . . . .	.	94
PC-Doctor for Windows	. 48		1080	PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . .	. 49		LAN/WiMAX		. 96
FRU tests	. 50		1090	Intel Turbo Memory Minicard or Wireless USB
Power system checkout	.	52	adapter		.	98
Checking the AC adapter	.	52	1100 Backup battery		.	100
Checking operational charging	.	53	1110 SIM card slot		.	101
Checking the battery pack	.	53	1120 Keyboard bezel		.	102
Checking the backup battery	. 54		1130 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN .		. 104
Related service information	55		1140 Speaker assembly		.	106
			1150 Fan assembly		.	108
Restoring the factory contents by using Product			1160 CPU		.	112
Recovery discs	.	55	1170 LCD unit		.	113
Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery			1180 Base cover and USB sub card with cable. .		. 116
Disc Set	.	56	1190 Structure frame		.	121
Passwords	. 57		1200	System board and ExpressCard slot assembly		124
Power-on password	.	57	2010	LCD front bezel (LCD cover kit) . . . .	. 127
Hard-disk password	.	57	2020	LCD rear cover (LCD cover kit) . . . .	. 129
Supervisor password	.	58	2030	Inverter card or LED control card . . . .	.	130
How to remove the power-on password . . .	. 58		2040	Integrated camera	. 131
How to remove the hard-disk password . . .	. 59		2050	Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) . . .	. 132
Power management	.	60	2060 Antenna assembly		.	133
Screen blank mode	.	60	2070	LCD panel and LCD cable	.	136
Sleep (Standby) mode	. 60		2080	Hinges and LCD magnesium frame . . .	. 139
Hibernation mode	.	61

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