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About this manual

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No-beep symptoms

 

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44

 

 

 

LCD-related symptoms

 

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45

Safety information

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1

Intermittent problems

 

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46

General safety

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2

Undetermined problems

 

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46

 

 

 

 

Electrical safety

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3

ThinkPad X300 . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Safety inspection guide

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5

Specifications

 

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47

Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic

 

 

 

discharge

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6

Status indicators

 

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49

Grounding requirements

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6

FRU tests

 

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51

Safety notices: multilingual translations . . . .

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7

Fn key combinations

 

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53

Laser compliance statement

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14

FRU replacement notices

 

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55

 

 

 

Screw notices

 

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55

Important service information

17

Retaining serial numbers

 

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56

Strategy for replacing FRUs

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17

Removing and replacing a FRU

 

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Before servicing ThinkPad X300

 

. 59

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . . 18

 

1010 Battery pack

 

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60

Important notice for replacing a system board . . 18

 

1020 Second battery or travel cover (some

 

 

 

How to use error message

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18

 

 

 

models)

. 61

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and

 

 

 

 

1030 Solid state drive (SSD)

 

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62

GAV

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19

 

1040 DIMM

 

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64

Product definition

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19

 

1050 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN .

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FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV

 

 

 

 

1060 Wireless USB adapter

 

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69

products

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19

 

1070 Keyboard

 

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72

Important information about replacing RoHS

 

 

 

 

 

1080 Optical drive

 

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76

compliant FRUs

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21

 

1090 Backup battery

 

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77

 

 

 

 

General checkout . . . . . . . . . . 23

1100 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint

 

 

 

reader

 

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78

What to do first

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24

 

1110 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2) . . .

 

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Checkout guide

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25

 

1120 Keyboard bezel

 

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82

Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . .

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1130 Audio FPC and audio sub card . . . .

 

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PC-Doctor for Windows

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28

 

1140 Speaker assembly

 

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87

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . .

. 28

 

1150 LCD assembly

 

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88

Power system checkout

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29

 

1160 VGA cable and DC-in connector . . . .

 

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Checking the AC adapter

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29

 

1170 System board, fan, and base cover assembly

 

93

Checking operational charging

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30

 

2010 LCD bezel assembly

 

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99

Checking the battery pack

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30

 

2020 LCD panel and LCD cable

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Checking the backup battery

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31

2030 Integrated camera

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104

 

 

 

 

Related service information

33

2040 Antenna assembly

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105

2050 Hinge L and hinge R

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Restoring the factory contents by using Product

 

 

2060 LED sub card, LED cable and LCD cover

 

 

 

Recovery discs

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33

assembly

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110

Passwords

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34

Locations

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112

Power-on password

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34

Front view

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112

Hard-disk password

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35

Rear view

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113

Supervisor password

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35

Bottom view

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113

How to remove the power-on password . . .

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35

Parts list

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114

How to remove the hard-disk password . . .

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36

Overall

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115

Power management

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37

LCD FRUs

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120

Screen blank mode

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37

Keyboard

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121

Standby mode

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37

Miscellaneous parts

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122

Hibernation mode

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38

AC adapters

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124

Symptom-to-FRU index

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39

Power cords

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125

Numeric error codes

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39

Recovery discs

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126

Error messages

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43

Common service tools

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129

Beep symptoms

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44

 

 

 

 

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