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

Laser compliance statements (multilingual

translations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 2. Important service
information	25
Strategy for replacing FRUs	25
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive, a solid
state drive, or an mSATA solid state drive . .	25
Important notice for replacing a system
board	26
How to use error codes	26
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and
GAV	26
Product definition	26
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products	27

Chapter 3. General checkout	29
What to do first	29
Checkout guide	30
Lenovo Solution Center	30
Quick test programs	30
UEFI diagnostic program	31
Bootable diagnostic programs	31
Power system checkout	32
Checking the ac power adapter	32
Checking operational charging	33
Checking the battery pack	33
Checking the backup battery	34
Chapter 4. Related service
information	35
Restoring the factory contents by using the
product Recovery Disc Set	35
Using the Windows recovery programs on the
Windows 8 operating system	36
Passwords	38
Power-on password	39
Hard disk password	39

Supervisor password	39
How to remove the power-on password . . .	39
How to remove the hard disk password . . .	40
Power management	40
Screen blank mode (for the Windows 7
operating system only)	40
Sleep mode	40
Hibernation mode	41
Symptom-to-FRU index	41
Numeric error codes	42
Error messages	43
Beep symptoms	43
No-beep symptoms	44
LCD-related symptoms	44
Intermittent problems	45
Undetermined problems	45

Chapter 5. Installing and configuring
RAID	47
Supported RAID levels	47
Configuring the system UEFI BIOS to enable
embedded SATA RAID functionality	47
Creating RAID volumes	48
Deleting RAID volumes	48
Chapter 6. Status indicators	49
Chapter 7. Fn key combinations . . .	53
Chapter 8. Locations	55
Locating computer controls, connectors, and
indicators	55
Front view	55
Rear view	56
Bottom view	56
Locating FRUs and CRUs	56
Major FRUs and CRUs	58
LCD FRUs and CRUs	60
Miscellaneous kits and other FRUs	61
Looking up FRU information	61
Chapter 9. FRU replacement
notices	63
Screw notices	63
Retaining serial numbers	64
Restoring the serial number of the system
unit	64
Retaining the UUID	65

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244723U, 2394F1U, T530, T530i, W530 specifications