IBM THINKPAD T410S, ThinkPad T410s 2901, THINKPAD T410SI, ThinkPad T400s 2815, ThinkPad T410s 2904 Hardware Maintenance Manual

HardwareMaintenanceManual

ThinkPadT400s,T410s,andT410si

Contents

Aboutthismanual...........iii

Chapter1.Safetyinformation.....1

Generalsafety................1

Electricalsafety...............2

Safetyinspectionguide............3

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic

discharge..................3

Groundingrequirements............4

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......4

Lasercompliancestatement(multilingual

translations)................21

Chapter2.Importantservice

information..............31

StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........31

Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive...32
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem

board................32

Howtouseerrormessage........32

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,and

GAV...................32

Productdenition............32

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAV

products...............33

Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....35

Whattodorst..............35

Checkoutguide..............36

DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS....36

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystem

Toolbox)...............39

PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery....40

FRUtests...............40

Powersystemcheckout...........41

CheckingtheACadapter.........41

Checkingoperationalcharging......42

Checkingthebatterypack........42

Checkingthebackupbattery.......43

Chapter4.Relatedservice

information..............45

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingProduct

Recoverydiscs..............45

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery

DiscSet.................45

Passwords................47

Power-onpassword...........47

Hard-diskpassword...........47

Supervisorpassword..........47

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...47
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...48

Powermanagement............48

Screenblankmode...........49

Sleep(standby)mode..........49

Hibernationmode...........49

Symptom-to-FRUindex...........50

Numericerrorcodes..........51

Errormessages............55

Beepsymptoms............56

No-beepsymptoms...........57

LCD-relatedsymptoms.........57

Intermittentproblems..........58

Undeterminedproblems.........58

Chapter5.Statusindicators.....61

Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations...65

Chapter7.FRUreplacement

notices................69

Screwnotices...............69

Retainingserialnumbers...........70

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem

unit.................70

RetainingtheUUID...........71

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...71

Chapter8.Removingandreplacinga

FRU..................73

BeforeservicingThinkPadT400s,T410s,and

T410si..................74

1010Batterypack.............75

1020SerialUltrabaySlimdeviceortravelbezel..75
1030Solidstatedrive(SSD)orharddiskdrive

(HDD)..................76

1040DIMM................78

1050PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..80
1060PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN..83

1070Keyboard..............85

1080Backupbattery............89

1090WirelessUSBadapterorIntelTurbo

Memory.................90

1100Palmrestorpalmrestwithngerprint

reader..................91

1110Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2).....93

1120Keyboardbezelandspeakerassembly...94

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11305-in-1MediaCardReaderadapter....98

1140Bluetooth–wirelessradioswitchFPC...98

1150LCDunit...............100

1160Systemboard,fanassembly,and34-mm

ExpressCardslotframe...........103

1170I/Osubcardandbasecoverassembly...110

2010LCDbezelassembly..........112

2020LCDlatchLandR...........114

2030Integratedcameraormicrophonesub

card...................114

2040LEDsubcard.............116

2050LCDpanel..............118

2060LCDcable..............120

2070Hingekit...............121

2080LEDcable..............123

2090AntennakitandLCDrearcoverassembly..124

Chapter9.Locations........127

Frontview................127

Rearview.................128

Bottomview...............129

Chapter10.Partslist........131

Overall..................132

LCDFRUs................160

Keyboard.................174

Miscellaneousparts............175

ACadapters...............178

Powercords...............178

Recoverydiscs..............179

WindowsXPProfessional(32bit)DVDs...179
WindowsVistaStarterEdition(32bit)

DVDs................181

WindowsVistaHomeBasic(32bit)DVDs..182
WindowsVistaHomePremium(32bit)

DVDs................183

WindowsVistaBusiness(32bit)DVDs...184
WindowsVistaBusiness(64bit)DVDs...185

WindowsVistaUltimate(32bit)DVDs....186

Windows7HomeBasic(32bit)DVDs....187

Windows7HomePremium(32bit)DVDs..188
Windows7HomePremium(64bit)DVDs..190

Windows7Professional(32bit)DVDs....191

Windows7Professional(64bit)DVDs....194

Commonservicetools...........195

Notices................cxcvii

Trademarks.............cxcviii

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Aboutthismanual

ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad

®

products.

ThinkPadT400sMT2801,2808,2809,2815,2823,2824,and2825
ThinkPadT410sandT410siMT2901,2904,2907,2912,2924,2926,and2928

Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.

Important:ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPad
products.Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems
effectively.BeforeservicingaThinkPadproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safety
information”onpage1andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage31.

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Chapter1.Safetyinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingsafetyinformationthatyouneedtobefamiliarwithbeforeyouservice
aThinkPadNotebook.

•“Generalsafety”onpage1

•“Electricalsafety”onpage2

•“Safetyinspectionguide”onpage3

•“Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge”onpage3

•“Groundingrequirements”onpage4

•“Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)”onpage4

•“Lasercompliancestatement(multilingualtranslations)”onpage21

Generalsafety

Followtheserulestoensuregeneralsafety:

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareaofthemachinesduringandaftermaintenance.

•Whenliftinganyheavyobject:

1.Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

2.Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

3.Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouattempttolift.

4.Liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles;thisactionremovesthestrainfromthe
musclesinyourback.Donotattempttoliftanyobjectthatweighsmorethan16kg(35lb)orthat

youthinkistooheavyforyou.

•Donotperformanyactionthatcauseshazardstothecustomer,orthatmakestheequipmentunsafe.

•Beforeyoustartthemachine,makesurethatotherservicetechniciansandthecustomer'spersonnelare
notinahazardousposition.

•Placeremovedcoversandotherpartsinasafeplace,awayfromallpersonnel,whileyouareservicing
themachine.

•Keepyourtoolcaseawayfromwalkareassothatotherpeoplewillnottripoverit.

•Donotwearlooseclothingthatcanbetrappedinthemovingpartsofamachine.Makesurethatyour
sleevesarefastenedorrolledupaboveyourelbows.Ifyourhairislong,fastenit.

•Inserttheendsofyournecktieorscarfinsideclothingorfastenitwithanonconductiveclip,about8
centimeters(3inches)fromtheend.

•Donotwearjewelry,chains,metal-frameeyeglasses,ormetalfastenersforyourclothing.

Attention:Metalobjectsaregoodelectricalconductors.

•Wearsafetyglasseswhenyouarehammering,drilling,soldering,cuttingwire,attachingsprings,using
solvents,orworkinginanyotherconditionsthatmightbehazardoustoyoureyes.

•Afterservice,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.Replaceanysafetydevice
thatiswornordefective.

•Reinstallallcoverscorrectlybeforereturningthemachinetothecustomer.

•Fanlouversonthemachinehelptopreventoverheatingofinternalcomponents.Donotobstructfan
louversorcoverthemwithlabelsorstickers.

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Electricalsafety

Observethefollowingruleswhenworkingonelectricalequipment.

Important:Useonlyapprovedtoolsandtestequipment.Somehandtoolshavehandlescoveredwithasoft
materialthatdoesnotinsulateyouwhenworkingwithliveelectricalcurrents.Manycustomershave,near
theirequipment,rubberoormatsthatcontainsmallconductiveberstodecreaseelectrostaticdischarges.
Donotusethistypeofmattoprotectyourselffromelectricalshock.

•Findtheroomemergencypower-off(EPO)switch,disconnectingswitch,orelectricaloutlet.Ifanelectrical
accidentoccurs,youcanthenoperatetheswitchorunplugthepowercordquickly.

•Donotworkaloneunderhazardousconditionsornearequipmentthathashazardousvoltages.

•Disconnectallpowerbefore:
–Performingamechanicalinspection
–Workingnearpowersupplies
–Removingorinstallingmainunits

•Beforeyoustarttoworkonthemachine,unplugthepowercord.Ifyoucannotunplugit,askthecustomer
topower-offthewallboxthatsuppliespowertothemachine,andtolockthewallboxintheoffposition.

•Ifyouneedtoworkonamachinethathasexposedelectricalcircuits,observethefollowingprecautions:
–Ensurethatanotherperson,familiarwiththepower-offcontrols,isnearyou.

Attention:Anotherpersonmustbetheretoswitchoffthepower,ifnecessary.

–Useonlyonehandwhenworkingwithpowered-onelectricalequipment;keeptheotherhandinyour

pocketorbehindyourback.

Attention:Anelectricalshockcanoccuronlywhenthereisacompletecircuit.Byobservingtheabove
rule,youmaypreventacurrentfrompassingthroughyourbody.

–Whenusingtesters,setthecontrolscorrectlyandusetheapprovedprobeleadsandaccessoriesfor

thattester.

–Standonsuitablerubbermats(obtainedlocally,ifnecessary)toinsulateyoufromgroundssuchas

metaloorstripsandmachineframes.
Observethespecialsafetyprecautionswhenyouworkwithveryhighvoltages;Instructionsforthese
precautionsareinthesafetysectionsofmaintenanceinformation.Useextremecarewhenmeasuring
highvoltages.

•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.

•Donotusewornorbrokentoolsandtesters.

•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.First,checkthatithasbeenpoweredoff.

•Alwayslookcarefullyforpossiblehazardsinyourworkarea.Examplesofthesehazardsaremoistoors,
nongroundedpowerextensioncables,powersurges,andmissingsafetygrounds.

•Donottouchliveelectricalcircuitswiththereectivesurfaceofaplasticdentalmirror.Thesurfaceis
conductive;suchtouchingcancausepersonalinjuryandmachinedamage.

•Donotservicethefollowingpartswiththepoweronwhentheyareremovedfromtheirnormaloperating
placesinamachine:
–Powersupplyunits
–Pumps
–Blowersandfans
–Motorgenerators
–Similarunitstolistedabove
Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.

•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs:
–Usecaution;donotbecomeavictimyourself.
–Switchoffpower.

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–Sendanotherpersontogetmedicalaid.

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Youshouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotential
safetyhazardsduetoattachmentofnon-ThinkPadfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutrstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercorddisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Poweroffthecomputer.Disconnectthepowercord.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:
a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.
b.Thepowercordshouldbethetypespeciedinthepartslist.
c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkPadalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkPadalterations.

7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetallings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsofreorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge

Anycomputerpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD.)ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.

Notes:

1.Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation3

WhenhandlingESD-sensitiveparts:

•Keepthepartsinprotectivepackagesuntiltheyareinsertedintotheproduct.

•Avoidcontactwithotherpeople.

•Wearagroundedwriststrapagainstyourskintoeliminatestaticonyourbody.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Selectagroundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecic
servicerequirement.

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.
–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usetheroundgroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedcomputers.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingofthecomputerisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeveriedbyacertiedelectrician.

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)

Thesafetynoticesinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Japanese

•Korean

•Spanish

•T raditionalChinese

DANGER

BeforethecomputerispoweredonafterFRUreplacement,makesureallscrews,springs,andothersmall
partsareinplaceandarenotleftlooseinsidethecomputer.Verifythisbyshakingthecomputerandlistening
forrattlingsounds.Metallicpartsormetalakescancauseelectricalshorts.

DANGER

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Somestandbybatteriescontainasmallamountofnickelandcadmium.Donotdisassembleastandbybattery,
rechargeit,throwitintoreorwater,orshort-circuitit.Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinances
orregulations.Useonlythebatteryintheappropriatepartslisting.Useofanincorrectbatterycanresult
inignitionorexplosionofthebattery.

DANGER

Thebatterypackcontainssmallamountsofnickel.Donotdisassembleit,throwitintoreorwater,or
short-circuitit.Disposeofthebatterypackasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.Useonlythe
batteryintheappropriatepartslistingwhenreplacingthebatterypack.Useofanincorrectbatterycanresult
inignitionorexplosionofthebattery.

DANGER

Thelithiumbatterycancauseare,anexplosion,orasevereburn.Donotrechargeit,removeitspolarized
connector,disassembleit,heatitabove100°C(212°F),incinerateit,orexposeitscellcontentstowater.
Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.Useonlythebatteryintheappropriate
partslisting.Useofanincorrectbatterycanresultinignitionorexplosionofthebattery.

DANGER

IftheLCDbreaksandtheuidfrominsidetheLCDgetsintoyoureyesoronyourhands,immediatelywash
theaffectedareaswithwaterforatleast15minutes.Seekmedicalcareifanysymptomsfromtheuidare
presentafterwashing.

DANGER

Toavoidshock,donotremovetheplasticcoverthatprotectsthelowerpartoftheinvertercard.

DANGER

Thoughthemainbatterieshavelowvoltage,ashortedorgroundedbatterycanproduceenoughcurrentto
burnpersonnelorcombustiblematerials.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation5

DANGER

UnlesshotswapisallowedfortheFRUbeingreplaced,doasfollowsbeforeremovingit:poweroffthe
computer,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,removethebatterypack,anddisconnectany
interconnectingcables.

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Chapter1.Safetyinformation7

PERIGO

AntesdeligarocomputadorapósasubstituiçãodaFRU,certique-sedequetodososparafusos,molase
outraspeçaspequenasestejamnolugarenãoestejamsoltosdentrodocomputador.Veriqueissosacudindo
ocomputadoreprocurandoouvirsonsdepeçassoltas.Peçasmetálicasoulascasdemetalpodemcausar
curto-circuito.

PERIGO

Algumasbateriasreservacontêmumapequenaquantidadedeníquelecádmio.Nãodesmonteumabateria
reserva,recarregue-a,jogue-anofogoounaágua,oudeixe-aentraremcurto-circuito.Descarteabateria
conformerequeridopelasleisouregulamentoslocais.Usesomenteabaterianasparteslistadasapropriadas.
Ousodeumabateriaincorretapoderesultaremcombustãoouexplosãodabateria.

PERIGO

Opacotedabateriacontémumapequenaquantidadedeníquel.Nãoodesmonte,jogue-onofogoouna
água,oudeixe-oentraremcurto-circuito.Descarteopacotedabateriaconformerequeridopelasleisou
regulamentoslocais.Usesomenteabaterianasparteslistadasapropriadasaosubstituiropacotedabateria.
Ousodeumabateriaincorretapoderesultaremcombustãoouexplosãodabateria.

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PERIGO

Abateriadelítiopodecausarincêndio,explosãoougravesqueimaduras.Nãoarecarregue,removaseu
conectorpolarizado,desmonte-a,aqueça-aacimade100°C(212°F),incinere-a,ouexponhaoconteúdode
suacélulaàágua.Descarteabateriaconformerequeridopelasleisouregulamentoslocais.Usesomente
abaterianasparteslistadasapropriadas.Ousodeumabateriaincorretapoderesultaremcombustão
ouexplosãodabateria.

PERIGO

SeoLCDquebrareouidodedentrodeleentraremcontatocomseusolhosoucomsuasmãos,laveas
áreasafetadasimediatamentecomáguadurantepelomenos15minutos.Procurecuidadosmédicossealgum
sintomacausadopelouidosurgirapósalavagem.

PERIGO

Paraevitarchoqueelétrico,nãoremovaacapaplásticaqueprotegeaparteinferiordaplacainversora.

PERIGO

Emboraasprincipaisbateriaspossuambaixavoltagem,umabateriaemcurto-circuitoouaterradapode
produzircorrenteobastanteparaqueimarmateriaisdepessoalouinamáveis.

PERIGO

AmenosqueumahotswapsejapermitidaparaaFRUqueestásendosubstituída,façaoseguinteantesde
removê-la:desligueocomputador,desconectetodososcabosdeenergiadastomadas,removaopacotede
bateriasedesconectequaisquercabosdeinterconexão.

DANGER

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Avantderemettrel'ordinateursoustensionaprèsremplacementd'uneunitéenclientèle,vériezquetousles
ressorts,visetautrespiècessontbienenplaceetbienxées.Pourcefaire,secouezl'unitéetassurez-vous
qu'aucunbruitsuspectneseproduit.Despiècesmétalliquesoudescopeauxdemétalpourraientcauser
uncourt-circuit.

DANGER

Certainesbatteriesdesecourscontiennentdunickeletducadmium.Nelesdémontezpas,nelesrechargez
pas,nelesexposezniaufeuniàl'eau.Nelesmettezpasencourt-circuit.Pourlesmettreaurebut,
conformez-vousàlaréglementationenvigueur.Lorsquevousremplacezlapiledesauvegardeoucellede
l'horlogetempsréel,veillezàn'utiliserquelesmodèlescitésdanslalistedepiècesdétachéesadéquate.Une
batterieouunepileinappropriéerisquedeprendrefeuoud'exploser.

DANGER

Labatteriecontientdunickel.Neladémontezpas,nel'exposezniaufeuniàl'eau.Nelamettezpasen
court-circuit.Pourlamettreaurebut,conformez-vousàlaréglementationenvigueur.Lorsquevousremplacez
labatterie,veillezàn'utiliserquelesmodèlescitésdanslalistedepiècesdétachéesadéquate.Eneffet,une
batterieinappropriéerisquedeprendrefeuoud'exploser.

DANGER

Lapiledesauvegardecontientdulithium.Elleprésentedesrisquesd'incendie,d'explosionoudebrûlures
graves.Nelarechargezpas,neretirezpassonconnecteurpolariséetneladémontezpas.Nel'exposezpasà
unetemperaturesupérieureà100°C,nelafaitespasbrûleretn'enexposezpaslecontenuàl'eau.Mettezla
pileaurebutconformémentàlaréglementationenvigueur.Unepileinappropriéerisquedeprendrefeuou
d'exploser.

DANGER

Silepanneaud'afchageàcristauxliquidessebriseetquevousrecevezdanslesyeuxousurlesmainsune
partieduuide,rincez-lesabondammentpendantaumoinsquinzeminutes.Consultezunmédecinsides
symptômespersistentaprèslelavage.

DANGER

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And'évitertoutrisquedechocélectrique,neretirezpaslecacheenplastiqueprotégeantlapartieinférieure
delacarted'alimentation.

DANGER

Bienquelevoltagedesbatteriesprincipalessoitpeuélevé,lecourt-circuitoulamiseàlamassed'une
batteriepeutproduiresufsammentdecourantpourbrûlerdesmatériauxcombustiblesoucauserdes
brûlurescorporellesgraves.

DANGER

Sileremplacementàchaudn'estpasautorisépourl'unitéremplaçablesursitequevousremplacez,
procédezcommesuitavantderetirerl'unité:mettezl'ordinateurhorstension,débrancheztousles
cordonsd'alimentationdesprisesdecourant,retirezleblocdebatterieetdéconnecteztouslescâbles
d'interconnexion.

VORSICHT

BevornacheinemFRU-AustauschderComputerwiederangeschlossenwird,mußsichergestelltwerden,daß
keineSchrauben,FedernoderandereKleinteilefehlenoderimGehäusevergessenwurden.DerComputermuß
geschütteltundaufKlappergeräuschegeprüftwerden.Metallteileoder-splitterkönnenKurzschlüsseerzeugen.

VORSICHT

DieBereitschaftsbatterie,diesichunterdemDiskettenlaufwerkbendet,kanngeringeMengenNickel
undCadmiumenthalten.SiedarfnurdurchdieVerkaufsstelleoderdenIBMKundendienstausgetauscht
werden.Siedarfnichtzerlegt,wiederaufgeladen,kurzgeschlossen,oderFeueroderWasserausgesetzt
werden.DieBatteriekannschwereVerbrennungenoderVerätzungenverursachen.BeiderEntsorgungdie
örtlichenBestimmungenfürSondermüllbeachten.BeimErsetzenderBereitschafts-oderSystembatterienur
BatteriendesTypsverwenden,derinderErsatzteillisteaufgeführtist.DerEinsatzfalscherBatterienkann
zuEntzündungoderExplosionführen.

VORSICHT

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AkkusenthaltengeringeMengenvonNickel.Siedürfennichtzerlegt,wiederaufgeladen,kurzgeschlossen,
oderFeueroderWasserausgesetztwerden.BeiderEntsorgungdieörtlichenBestimmungenfürSondermüll
beachten.BeimErsetzenderBatterienurBatteriendesTypsverwenden,derinderErsatzteillisteaufgeführt
ist.DerEinsatzfalscherBatterienkannzuEntzündungoderExplosionführen.

VORSICHT

DieSystembatterieisteineLithiumbatterie.Siekannsichentzünden,explodierenoderschwereVerbrennungen
hervorrufen.BatteriendiesesTypsdürfennichtaufgeladen,zerlegt,über100Cerhitztoderverbranntwerden.
AuchdarfihrInhaltnichtmitWasserinVerbindunggebrachtoderderzurrichtigenPolungangebrachte
Verbindungssteckerentferntwerden.BeiderEntsorgungdieörtlichenBestimmungenfürSondermüll
beachten.BeimErsetzenderBatterienurBatteriendesTypsverwenden,derinderErsatzteillisteaufgeführt
ist.DerEinsatzfalscherBatterienkannzuEntzündungoderExplosionführen.

VORSICHT

DieLeuchtstoffröhreimLCD-BildschirmenthältQuecksilber.BeiderEntsorgungdieörtlichenBestimmungen
fürSondermüllbeachten.DerLCD-BildschirmbestehtausGlasundkannzerbrechen,wennerunsachgemäß
behandeltwirdoderderComputeraufdenBodenfällt.WennderBildschirmbeschädigtistunddiedarin
bendlicheFlüssigkeitinKontaktmitHautundAugengerät,solltendiebetroffenenStellenmindestens15
MinutenmitWasserabgespültundbeiBeschwerdenanschließendeinArztaufgesuchtwerden.

VORSICHT

AusSicherheitsgründendieKunststoffabdeckung,diedenunterenTeilderSpannungswandlerplatineumgibt,
nichtentfernen.

VORSICHT

ObwohlHauptbatterieneineniedrigeSpannunghaben,könnensiedochbeiKurzschlußoderErdunggenug
Stromabgeben,umbrennbareMaterialienzuentzündenoderVerletzungenbeiPersonenhervorzurufen.

VORSICHT

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WenneinAustauschderFRUbeilaufendemBetriebnichterlaubtist,gehenSiebeimAustauschderFRUwie
folgtvor:SchaltenSiedenComputeraus,ziehenSiealleNetzkabelvondenNetzsteckdosenab,entfernen
SiedenAkkuundziehenSieallemiteinanderverbundenenKabelab.

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Chapter1.Safetyinformation17

AntesdeencenderelsistemadespuesdesustituirunaFRU,compruebequetodoslostornillos,muellesy
demáspiezaspequeñasseencuentranensusitioynoseencuentransueltasdentrodelsistema.Compruébelo
agitandoelsistemayescuchandolosposiblesruidosqueprovocarían.Laspiezasmetálicaspuedencausar
cortocircuitoseléctricos.

Algunasbateríasdereservacontienenunapequeñacantidaddeníquelycadmio.Nolasdesmonte,ni
recargue,nilasechealfuegooalaguanilascortocircuite.Deséchelastalcomodisponelanormativalocal.
Utilicesólobateríasqueseencuentrenenlalistadepiezas.Lautilizacióndeunabateríanoapropiada
puedeprovocarlaigniciónoexplosióndelamisma.

Lasbateríascontienenpequeñascantidadesdeníquel.Nolasdesmonte,nirecargue,nilasechealfuego
oalaguanilascortocircuite.Deséchelastalcomodisponelanormativalocal.Utilicesólobateríasquese
encuentrenenlalistadepiezasalsustituirlabatería.Lautilizacióndeunabateríanoapropiadapuede
provocarlaigniciónoexplosióndelamisma.

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Labateríaderepuestoesunabateríadelitioypuedeprovocarincendios,explosionesoquemadurasgraves.
Nolarecargue,niquiteelconectorpolarizado,niladesmonte,nicalienteporencimadelos100°C(212°F),ni
laincinereniexpongaelcontenidodesusceldasalagua.Deséchelatalcomodisponelanormativalocal.

SilaLCDserompeyeluidodesuinteriorentraencontactoconsusojososusmanos,laveinmediatamente
lasáreasafectadasconaguadurante15minutoscomomínimo.Obtengaatenciónmedicasisepresenta
algúnsíntomadeluidodespuesdelavarse.

Paraevitardescargas,noquitelacubiertadeplásticoquerodealapartebajadelatarjetainvertida.

Aunquelasbateríasprincipalestienenunvoltajebajo,unabateríacortocircuitadaoconcontactoatierra
puedeproducirlacorrientesucientecomoparaquemarmaterialcombustibleoprovocarquemadurasen
elpersonal.

Salvoquesepermitaelintercambioencalienteparalaunidadsustituiblelocalmente,realicelosiguienteantes
deextraerla:apagueelsistema,desconectetodosloscablesdealimentacióndelastomasdealimentación
eléctrica,extraigalabateríaydesconecteloscablesdeinterconexión.

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Lasercompliancestatement(multilingualtranslations)

Thelasercompliancestatementsinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Japanese

•Korean

•Spanish

•T raditionalChinese

SomemodelsofThinkPadNotebookareequippedfromthefactorywithanopticalstoragedevicesuch
asaCD-ROMdriveoraDVD-ROMdrive.Suchdevicesarealsosoldseparatelyasoptions.Ifoneof
thesedrivesisinstalled,itiscertiedintheU.S.toconformtotherequirementsoftheDepartmentof
HealthandHumanServices21CodeofFederalRegulations(DHHS21CFR)SubchapterJforClass1laser
products.Elsewhere,thedriveiscertiedtoconformtotherequirementsoftheInternationalElectrotechnical
Commission(IEC)60825-1andCENELECEN60825-1forClass1laserproducts.

IfaCD-ROMdrive,aDVD-ROMdrive,oranotherlaserdeviceisinstalled,notethefollowing:

CAUTION:Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecied
hereinmightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

OpeningtheCD-ROMdrive,theDVD-ROMdrive,oranyotheropticalstoragedevicecouldresultinexposure
tohazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethosedrives.Donotopen.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation21

ACD-ROMdrive,aDVD-ROMdrive,oranyotherstoragedeviceinstalledmaycontainanembedded
Class3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

DANGER

Emitsvisibleandinvisiblelaserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywith
opticalinstruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

AlgunsmodelosdecomputadorThinkPadsãoequipadosnafábricacomumdispositivodearmazenamento
ótico,comoumaunidadedeCD-ROMoudeDVD-ROM.Taisdispositivostambémsãovendidos

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separadamentecomoopcionais.Seumadessasunidadesestiverinstalada,elaécerticadanosEstados
UnidosemconformidadecomosrequisitosdoDepartmentofHealthandHumanServices21Codeof
FederalRegulations(DHHS21CFR),SubcapítuloJ,paraprodutosalaserdaClasse1.Emoutrospaíses,a
unidadeécerticadaemconformidadecomosrequisitosdaInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC)
60825-1eCENELECEN60825-1paraprodutosalaserdaClasse1.

SeumaunidadedeCD-ROM,umaunidadedeDVD-ROM,ououtrodispositivodelaserestiverinstalado,
observeoseguinte:

CUIDADO:Ousodecontroles,ouajustes,ouaexecuçãodeprocedimentosdiferentesdos
especicadosnestadocumentaçãopoderesultaremexposiçãoperigosaàradiação.

AbriraunidadedeCD-ROM,aunidadedeDVD-ROM,ouqualqueroutrodispositivodearmazenamento
óticopoderesultaremexposiçãoperigosaàradiaçãodelaser.Nãohápeçasquepermitammanutenção
dentrodessasunidades.Nãoabra.

UmaunidadedeCD-ROM,umaunidadedeDVD-ROM,ouqualqueroutrodispositivodearmazenamento
instaladopodeconterumdiododelaserdaClasse3AouClasse3Bintegrado.Observeoseguinte:

PERIGO

Emiteradiaçãodelaservisíveleinvisívelquandoaberto.Nãoolhediretamenteparaofeixeaolhonuoucom
instrumentosóticos,eeviteexposiçãodiretaaofeixe.

Certainsmodèlesd'ordinateurThinkPadsontéquipésd'origined'uneunitédestockageoptiquetellequ'une
unitédeCD-ROMoudeDVD-ROM.Cesunitéssontégalementvenduesséparémententantqu'options.Si
l'unedecesunitésestinstallée,elleestcertiéeconforme,auxEtats-Unis,auxnormesindiquéesdansle
sous-chapitreJduDHHS21CFRrelatifauxproduitsàlaserdeclasse1.Danslesautrespays,l'unitéest
certiéeêtreunproduitàlaserdeclasse1conformeauxnormesCEI60825-1etCENELECEN60825-1.

SiuneunitédeCD-ROM,uneunitédeDVD-ROMouuneunitéàlaserd'unautretypeestinstallée,veuillez
tenircomptedesinformationssuivantes:

ATTENTION:Pourévitertoutrisqued'expositionaurayonlaser,respectezlesconsignesderéglageet
d'utilisationdescommandes,ainsiquelesprocéduresdécritesdansleprésentmanuel.

L'ouverturedel'unitédeCD-ROM,del'unitédeDVD-ROMoudetouteautreunitédestockageoptiquepeut
entraîneruneexpositionàdesradiationsdangereuses.Aucunepiècedecesunitésn'estréparable.Ne

pasouvrir.

UneunitédeCD-ROMoudeDVD-ROM,outouteautreunitédestockageoptiquepeutcontenirunediodeà
laserdeclasse3Aou3B.Veuilleztenircomptedesinformationssuivantes:

Chapter1.Safetyinformation23

DANGER

Emetunrayonnementlaservisibleetinvisiblelorsquel'unitéestouverte.Eviteztouteexpositiondirecteau
rayonlaser.Evitezderegarderxementlefaisceauoudel'observeràl'aided'instrumentsoptiques.

EinigeThinkPad-ModellesindwerkseitigmiteinemCD-ROM-oderDVD-ROM-Laufwerkausgestattet.CD­undDVD-LaufwerkekönnenauchgesondertalsZusatzeinrichtungerworbenwerden.DieLaufwerkeerfüllen
dieAnforderungengemäßIEC60825-1(InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission)undgemäßCENELEC
EN60825-1fürLaserproduktederKlasse1.

BeiderInstallationvonCD-ROM-Laufwerken,DVD-ROM-LaufwerkenoderanderenLasereinheiten
Folgendesbeachten:

VORSICHT:DieBedienungdesGerätsaufeineanderealsdiehierbeschriebeneWeiseoderdie
NichteinhaltungderhierbeschriebenenEinstellungenoderBedienschrittekannzurFreisetzung
gefährlicherLaserstrahlungführen.

BeimÖffneneinesCD-ROM-Laufwerks,DVD-ROM-LaufwerksoderanderenoptischenSpeicherlaufwerks
könnengefährlicheLaserstrahlungenfreigesetztwerden.DieLaufwerkeenthaltenkeinezuwartenden
Teile.Laufwerkenichtöffnen!

EininstalliertesCD-ROM-Laufwerk,DVD-ROM-LaufwerkoderanderesoptischesSpeicherlaufwerkkann
eineLaserdiodederKlasse3Aoder3Benthalten.Folgendesbeachten:

GEFAHR

SichtbareundnichtsichtbareLaserstrahlung,wenngeöfnet.NichtindenStrahlblicken.KeineLupenoder
Spiegelverwenden.Strahlungsbereichmeiden.

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AlgunosmodelosdesistemasThinkPadestánequipadosdefábricaconundispositivodealmacenamiento
óptico,comounaunidaddeCD-ROModeDVD-ROM.Estasunidadestambiénsevendenporseparado
comoopciones.Siestáinstaladaalgunadedichasunidades,secerticaqueenlosEstadosUnidos
cumplelosrequisitosdelDepartmentofHealthandHumanServices21CodeofFederalRegulations
(DHHS21CFR)SubchapterJparaproductosláserdeClase1.Enotrospaíses,secerticaquecumple
losrequisitosparaproductosláserdeClase1delasnormativas60825-1yCENELECEN60825-1de
InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC).

SiestáinstaladaalgunaunidaddeCD-ROM,DVD-ROMuotrodispositivoláser,tengaencuentalosiguiente:

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PRECAUCIÓN:Lautilizacióndecontroles,ajustesolarealizacióndeprocedimientosdiferentesalos
especicadospuededarcomoresultadounaexposiciónpeligrosaaradiaciones.

SiabrelaunidaddeCD-ROM,DVD-ROMocualquierotrodispositivodealmacenamientoóptico,podría
quedarexpuestoaunaradiaciónláserpeligrosa.Nohaypiezasquerequieranserviciodentrodeestas
unidades.Nolasabra.

LasunidadesdeCD-ROM,DVD-ROMuotrodispositivodealmacenamientoinstaladopuedencontenerun
diodoláserdeClase3AoClase3Bincorporado.T engaencuentalosiguiente:

PELIGRO

Emiteradiaciónláservisibleeinvisiblecuandoestáabierto.Nojelavistaenelrayo,nolomiredirectamente
coninstrumentosópticosyevitelaexposicióndirectaalrayo.

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Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupportedby
thismanual:

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage31

–“Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage32
–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage32
–“Howtouseerrormessage”onpage32

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV ,andGAV”onpage32

–“Productdenition”onpage32
–“FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts”onpage33

Important:BIOSanddevicedriverxesarecustomer-installable.TheBIOSanddevicedriversareposted
onthecustomersupportsitehttp://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/

SystemDisassembly/ReassemblyvideosthatshowtheFRUremovalsorreplacementsfortheLenovo

®

authorizedservicetechniciansareavailableinthefollowingsupportsite:

AdvisecustomerstocontacttheCustomerSupportCenterat800-426-7378iftheyneedassistancein
obtainingorinstallinganysoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloads.

CustomersinCanadashouldcalltheCustomerSupportCenterat800-565-3344forassistanceordownload
information.

StrategyforreplacingFRUs

Beforereplacingparts:

Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacinganyFRUs

listedinthismanual.

Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestBIOSisloadedtothesystemboardbefore
completingtheserviceaction.

Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOS,doasfollows:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.EntertheproductnumberofthecomputerorpressAuto-detectbuttononthescreen.

3.SelectDownloadsanddrivers.

4.Followthedirectionsonthescreenandinstallthenecessarysoftware.

UsethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingandservicingFRUs:

•IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceaFRUbutthereplacementdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,reinstall
theoriginalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.

•Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyouareinstructedtoreplaceeither
theprocessorboardorthesystemboard,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,
reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.

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•IfanadapteroradeviceconsistsofmorethanoneFRU,anyoftheFRUsmaybethecauseoftheerror.
Beforereplacingtheadapterordevice,removetheFRUs,onebyone,toseeifthesymptomschange.
ReplaceonlytheFRUthatchangedthesymptoms.

Attention:Thesetupcongurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeencustomized.Running
AutomaticCongurationmayalterthesettings.Notethecurrentcongurationsettings(usingtheView
Congurationoption);then,whenservicehasbeencompleted,verifythatthosesettingsremainineffect.

Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive

Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatbeforereplacingaharddiskdrive.Thiswillcauseallcustomerdataon
theharddisktobelost.Besurethatthecustomerhasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforedoingthistask.

Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeenchanged.Be
extremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrect
drive,dataorprogramscanbeoverwritten.

Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard

Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan
causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.

Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:

•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.

•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.

Howtouseerrormessage

Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,
beginthediagnosiswiththersterrorcode.Whatevercausesthersterrorcodemayalsocausefalseerror
codes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedintheSymptom-to-FRU
Indexforthecomputeryouareservicing.

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,andGAV

Productdenition

DynamicCongureToOrder(CTO)

ThisprovidestheabilityforacustomertocongureanIBM

®

oraLenovosolutionfromaneSite,andhave
thiscongurationsenttofulllment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachine
label,ProductEntitlementWarehouse(PEW),eSupport,andtheHMMwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-digit
MTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

CustomModelVariant(CMV)

ThisisauniquecongurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenIBMorLenovoandthecustomer.Aunique
4-digitMTand3-digitmodelisprovidedtothecustomertoplaceorders(Example:1829-W15).ACMV
isaspecialbidoffering.Therefore,itisNOTgenerallyannounced.

•TheMTMportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”

(Example:1829-CTO).ThePRODUCTIDportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitCMV
model(Example:1829-W15).

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•ThePEWrecordisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

•eSupportwillshowboththeCTOandCMVmachinetypemodels(Example:1829-CTOand1829-W15
willbefoundontheeSupportsite.)

•TheHMMwillhavethe4-digitMTand3-digitCTOmodelonly(Example:1829-CTO).Again,CMVsare
custommodelsandarenotfoundintheHMM.

GeneralAnnounceVariant(GAV)

Thisisastandardmodel(xedconguration).GAVsareannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTM
portionofthemachinelabelisa4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not
“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).Also,PEW,eSupport,andtheHMMwilllisttheseproductsunderthesame
xedmodelnumber.

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts

TherearethreeinformationresourcestoidentifywhichFRUsareusedtosupportCTO,CMV,andGAV
products.ThesesourcesarePEW,eSupport,andtheHMM.

UsingPEW

•PEWistheprimarysourceforidentifyingFRUpartnumbersandFRUdescriptionsforthekeycommodities
forCTO,CMVandGAVproductsataMT-serialnumberlevel.Anexampleofkeycommoditiesarehard
diskdrives,systemboards,microprocessors,LiquidCrystalDisplays(LCDs),andmemory.

•Remember,allCTOandCMVproductsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,where
model=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).GAVsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,
wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).

•PEWcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=LOOK-WARNTY
SelectWarrantylookup.InputtheMTandtheSerialnumberandthelistofkeycommoditieswillbe
returnedinthePEWrecordunderCOMPONENTINFORMATION.

•BusinessPartnersusingEclaimwillaccessPEWwhenperformingEntitlementLookup.Business
PartnerswillenterLocID,MTandSerial,andthekeycommoditieswillbereturnedintheEclaimrecord
underSYSTEMDETAILS.

•AuthorizedIBMBusinessPartnerscanaccessEclaimatthefollowingWebsite:
https://wca.eclaim.com

UsingeSupport
ForKeyCommodities(Examples-harddiskdrive,systemboard,microprocessor,LCD,andmemory)

•eSupportcanbeusedtoviewthelistofkeycommoditiesbuiltinaparticularmachineserial(thisisthe
samerecordfoundinPEW).

•eSupportcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

•T oviewthekeycommodities,clickonPARTSINFORMATION,thenPARTSLOOKUP.Typeinthemodel
typeandserialnumber.ThekeycommoditieswillbereturnedintheeSupportrecordunderPARTS
SHIPPEDWITHYOURSYSTEM.

FortheRemainingFRUs(thecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel)

•eSupportcanbeusedtoviewthecompletelistofFRUsforamachinetypeandmodel.

•T oviewthecompletelistofFRUs,typeinthemachinetypeandmodel(Example:1829-CTO)under
QUICKPATH.Under“ViewbyDocumentType”selectPARTSINFORMATION.Under“FilterbyCategory”
selectSERVICEPARTS.Under“PartsInformationbyDate”selectSYSTEMSERVICEPARTS.Thelistof
servicepartsbydescription,withapplicablemachinetypemodelandFRUwillbedisplayed.

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UsingtheHMM
ForKeyCommodities(Examples-harddiskdrive,systemboard,microprocessor,LCD,andmemory)

UsetheHMMasaback-uptoPEWandeSupporttoviewthecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel.

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Chapter3.Generalcheckout

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“Whattodorst”onpage35

•“Checkoutguide”onpage36

–“DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS”onpage36
–“LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox)”onpage39
–“PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery”onpage40
–“FRUtests”onpage40

•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage41

ThedescriptionsinthischapterapplytoanyThinkPadmodelthatsupportsthePC-Doctor

®

forDOS

diagnosticsprogram.Somedescriptionsmightnotapplytoyourparticularcomputer.

Beforeyougotothecheckoutguide,besuretoreadthefollowingimportantnotes.

Importantnotes:

•Onlycertiedtrainedpersonnelshouldservicethecomputer.

•BeforereplacinganyFRU,readtheentirepageonremovingandreplacingFRUs.

•WhenyoureplaceFRUs,usenewnylon-coatedscrews.

•Beextremelycarefulduringsuchwriteoperationsascopying,saving,orformatting.Drivesinthe
computerthatyouareservicingsequencemighthavebeenaltered.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,
dataorprogramsmightbeoverwritten.

•ReplaceaFRUonlywithanotherFRUofthecorrectmodel.WhenyoureplaceaFRU,makesurethat
themodelofthemachineandtheFRUpartnumberarecorrectbyreferringtotheFRUpartslist.

•AFRUshouldnotbereplacedbecauseofasingle,unreproduciblefailure.Singlefailurescanoccur
foravarietyofreasonsthathavenothingtodowithahardwaredefect,suchascosmicradiation,
electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.ConsiderreplacingaFRUonlywhenaproblemrecurs.Ifyou
suspectthataFRUisdefective,cleartheerrorlogandrunthetestagain.Iftheerrordoesnotrecur,do
notreplacetheFRU.

•BecarefulnottoreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Whattodorst

WhenyoudoreturnaFRU,youmustincludethefollowinginformationinthepartsexchangeformor
partsreturnformthatyouattachtoit:

1.Nameandphonenumberofservicetechnician

2.Dateofservice

3.Dateonwhichthemachinefailed

4.Dateofpurchase

5.Failuresymptoms,errorcodesappearingonthedisplay,andbeepsymptoms

6.ProcedureindexandpagenumberinwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected

7.FailingFRUnameandpartnumber

8.Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber

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9.Customer'snameandaddress

Note:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthecomputerdamage
wascausedbymisuse,accident,modication,unsuitablephysicaloroperatingenvironment,orimproper
maintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthatarenotcoveredunderwarranty
andsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjectedtostressbeyondnormaluse.

Beforecheckingproblemswiththecomputer,determinewhetherthedamageiscoveredunderthewarranty
byreferringtothefollowinglist:

Thefollowingarenotcoveredunderwarranty:

•LCDpanelcrackedfromtheapplicationofexcessiveforceorfrombeingdropped

•Scratched(cosmetic)parts

•Distortion,deformation,ordiscolorationofthecosmeticparts

•Plasticparts,latches,pins,orconnectorsthathavebeencrackedorbrokenbyexcessiveforce

•Damagecausedbyliquidspilledintothesystem

•DamagecausedbytheimproperinsertionofaPCCardortheinstallationofanincompatiblecard

•Improperdiscinsertionoruseofanopticaldrive

•Diskettedrivedamagecausedbypressureonthediskettedrivecover,foreignmaterialinthedrive,
ortheinsertionofadiskettewithmultiplelabels

•Damagedorbentdisketteejectbutton

•Fusesblownbyattachmentofanonsupporteddevice

•Forgottencomputerpassword(makingthecomputerunusable)

•Stickykeyscausedbyspillingaliquidontothekeyboard

•Useofanincorrectacadapteronlaptopproducts

Thefollowingsymptomsmightindicatedamagecausedbynonwarrantedactivities:

•Missingpartsmightbeasymptomofunauthorizedserviceormodication.

•Ifthespindleofaharddiskdrivebecomesnoisy,itmayhavebeensubjectedtoexcessiveforce,
ordropped.

Checkoutguide

UsethefollowingproceduresasaguideinidentifyingandcorrectingproblemswiththeThinkPadNotebook.

Note:ThediagnostictestsareintendedtotestonlyThinkPadproducts.Theuseofnon-ThinkPadproducts,
prototypecards,ormodiedoptionscanleadtofalseindicationsoferrorsandinvalidsystemresponses.

1.Identifythefailingsymptomsinasmuchdetailaspossible.

2.Verifythesymptoms.T rytore-createthefailurebyrunningthediagnostictestorbyrepeatingthe
operation.

DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS

TheThinkPadNotebookhasatestprogramcalledPC-DoctorforDOS(hereaftercalledPC-Doctor.)Youcan
detecterrorsbyrunningthediagnosticstestincludedinPC-Doctor.

Note:PC-DoctorforDOSisavailableatthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/supportTocreate
thePC-DoctordiagnosticCD,followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

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Forsomepossiblecongurationsofthecomputer,PC-Doctormightnotruncorrectly.Toavoidthisproblem,
youneedtoinitializethecomputersetupbyuseoftheBIOSSetupUtilitybeforeyourunPC-Doctor.

ToenterBIOSSetupUtility,doasfollows:

1.T urnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toentertheBIOSSetupUtility.

Note:Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetbythecustomer,BIOSSetupUtilitymenuappearsafterthe
passwordisentered.YoucanstarttheutilitybypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthesupervisorpassword;
however,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.

OntheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen,pressF9,Enter,F10,andthenEnter.

Note:Whenyouinitializethecomputerconguration,somedevicesaredisabled,suchastheserialport.If
youtestoneofthesedevices,youwillneedtoenableitbyusingCongurationutilityforDOS.Theutilityis
availableonthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support

PC-Doctorcannotbeusedtotestadevicethatisinthedockingstation,evenifthecomputersupportsthe
dockingstation.TotestaUSBdevice,connectittotheUSBconnectorofthecomputer.

Testingthecomputer

Note:ThePC-DoctordiagnosticCDdoesnotsupportanyopticaldrivesconnectedthroughUSBdevicesor

anyothers.ItsupportsonlytheinternalopticaldriveoftheThinkPadNotebook.

Torunthetest,doasfollows:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.Makesurethattheinternalopticaldrivethatissupportedasastartupdeviceisattachedtothecomputer.

3.T urnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbepoweredon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
41,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeappears,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage50.

4.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF12toentertheBootMenu.

5.InsertthePC-DoctorCDintotheinternalopticaldrive.

6.PresscursorkeystoselectA T APICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.

7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

8.ThemainpanelofPC-Doctorappears.

9.SelectDiagnosticswiththearrowkeys,andpressEnter.

Note:Youcanselectanitemnotonlywiththearrowkeys,butalsowiththeTrackPoint®pointer.
InsteadofpressingEnter,clicktheleftbutton.

Apull-downmenuappears.(Itsexactformdependsonthemodel.)

Note:PC-Doctormenudoesnotmeantheformalsupportdevicelist.Someunsupporteddevicenames
mayappearinthePC-Doctormenu.

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Theoptionsonthetestmenuareasfollows:

DiagnosticsInteractiveT ests

•RunNormalTest

•RunQuickTest

•CPU/Coprocessor

•Systemboard

•VideoAdapter

•FixedDisks

•DisketteDrives

•OtherDevices

•ThinkPadDevices

•Communication

•WirelessLAN

•AdvancedMemoryTests

•Keyboard

•Video

•InternalSpeaker

•Mouse

•Diskette

•SystemLoad

•OpticalDriveTest

•IntelWLANRadioTest

Notes:

•IntheKeyboardtestinInteractiveTests,theFnkeyshouldbehelddownforatleast2seconds;otherwise,it

cannotbesensed.

•VideoAdaptertestsupportsonlytheLCDdisplayontheThinkPadNotebook.Ifyouhaveanexternalmonitor

attachedtoyourcomputer,detachitbeforerunningPC-DoctorforDOS.

•T otestDigitalSignatureChip,thesecuritychipmustbesettoActive.

10.Runtheapplicablefunctiontest.

11.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Ifthereisaproblem,PC-Doctorshowsmessagesdescribingit.

12.T oexitthetest,selectQuit—ExitDiag.Tocancelthetest,pressEsc.

Note:AfterrunningPC-Doctor,checkthetimeanddateonthesystemandresetthemiftheyareincorrect.

Note:AfterrunningPC-Doctor,checkthetimeanddateonthesystemandresetthemiftheyareincorrect.

38HardwareMaintenanceManual

DetectingsysteminformationwithPC-Doctor

PC-Doctorcandetectthefollowingsysteminformation:

HardwareInfo

•SystemConguration

•MemoryContents

•PhysicalDiskDrives

•LogicalDiskDrives

•VGAInformation

•IDEDriveInfo

•PCIInformation

•PNPISAInfo

•SMBIOSInfo

•VESALCDInfo

•HardwareEventsLog

Utility•RunExternalT ests

•SurfaceScanHardDisk

•BenchmarkSystem

•DOSShell

•T echSupportForm

•BatteryRundown

•ViewTestLog

•PrintLog

•SaveLog

•FullEraseHardDrive

•QuickEraseHardDrive

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox)

LenovoThinkVantage

®

Toolbox(LenovoSystemT oolboxinWindows

®

Vista

®

andWindowsXP)isa
diagnosticprogramthatworksthroughtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Itenablesyoutoviewsymptomsof
computerproblemsandsolutionsforthem,andincludesautomaticnoticationwhenactionisrequired,
computingassistance,advanceddiagnostics,anddiagnostichistory.

Note:ThelatestLenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox))isavailableatthefollowingWeb
site:http://www.lenovo.com/supportToinstallthelatestLenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(LenovoSystem
Toolbox)onthecomputer,followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

Torunthisprogram,doasfollows:

Windows7:

WhiletheWindowsoperatingsystemisrunning,presstheThinkVantagebutton.

Youcanalsorunthisprogramaseitherofthefollowing:

•ClickStart®AllPrograms®LenovoThinkVantageTools®SystemHealthandDiagnostics.

•ClickStart®ControlPanel®SystemandSecurity®Lenovo'sSystemHealthandDiagnostics.

WindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

ClickStart®AllPrograms®LenovoServices®LenovoSystemT oolbox.

Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox)alsohas
problemdeterminationaidsthatdeterminesoftwareandusageproblems.

Chapter3.Generalcheckout39

Foradditionalinformationaboutthisprogram,seetheHelpfortheprogram.

PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery

InsomemodelsofThinkPadNotebook,theRescueandRecovery®workspaceenablesyoutorunthe
PC-Doctorprogramtotestthehardwarefeaturesofthecomputer.

Torunthetest,click“RunDiagnostics”ontheRescueandRecoverymainscreen.

FRUtests

ThefollowingtableshowsthetestforeachFRU.

Table1.FRUtests

FRUApplicabletest

Systemboard1.Diagnostics®CPU/Coprocessor

2.Diagnostics®Systemboard

3.IfthedockingstationortheportreplicatorisattachedtotheThinkPadNotebook,
detachit.

4.Placethecomputeronahorizontalsurface,andrunDiagnostics®ThinkPad

Devices®HDDActiveProtectionT est

Note:Donotapplyanyphysicalshocktothecomputerwhilethetestisrunning.

Power

Diagnostics®ThinkPadDevices®ACAdapter,Battery1(Battery2)

LCDunit

1.Diagnostics®VideoAdapter

2.InteractiveT ests®Video

Audio

EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangeSerialA TA(SATA)settingtoCompatibility,
andrunDiagnostics®OtherDevice®ConexantAudio

SpeakerInteractiveT ests®InternalSpeaker

Note:OnceAudiotestisdone,thenosoundisheardthistest.Inthiscase,turnoff
andturnonthecomputer.Then,runthistestagain.

Keyboard

1.Diagnostics®Systemboard

2.InteractiveT ests®Keyboard

EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangeSerialA TA(SATA)settingtoCompatibility,
andrunDiagnostics®FixedDisks

Harddiskdriveorsolidstate
drive

Youcanalsodiagnosethedrivewithoutstartinguptheoperatingsystem.Todiagnose
thedrivefromtheBIOSSetupUtility,doasfollows:

1.Removeanydiskettefromthediskettedrive,andthenturnoffthecomputer.

2.Turnonthecomputer.

3.Whilethemessage,“Tointerruptnormalstartup,presstheblueThinkVangate
button,”isdisplayedatthelowerleftofthescreen,pressF1toentertheBIOS
SetupUtility.

4.Usingcursorkeys,selectHDDdiagnosticprogram.Pressenter.

5.Usingcursorkeys,selectMainharddiskdriveorUltrabayharddiskdrive.

6.PressEntertostartthediagnosticprogram.

Diskettedrive1.Diagnostics®DisketteDrives

2.InteractiveT ests®Diskette

Opticaldrive1.Diagnostics®OtherDevices®OpticalDrive

2.InteractiveT ests®OpticalDriveT est

Memory

1.IftwoDIMMsareinstalled,removeoneofthemandrunDiagnostics®Advanced
MemoryTests.

2.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,returntheDIMMtoitsplace,removetheotherone,
andrunthetestagain.

40HardwareMaintenanceManual

Table1.FRUtests(continued)

FRUApplicabletest

TrackPointorpointing
device

IftheT rackPointdoesnotwork,checkthecongurationasspeciedintheBIOSSetup
Utility.IftheTrackpointisdisabled,selectAutomatictoenableit.

AfteryouusetheTrackPoint,thepointermaydriftonthescreenforashorttime.This
driftcanoccurwhenaslight,steadypressureisappliedtotheTrackPointpointer.
Thissymptomisnotahardwareproblem.Ifthepointerstopsafterashorttime,no
serviceactionisnecessary.

IfenablingtheTrackPointdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,continuewiththefollowing:

•InteractiveTests®Mouse

TouchPad

IftheT ouchPaddoesnotwork,checkthecongurationasspeciedintheBIOSSetup
Utility.IftheTouchPadisdisabled,selectAutomatictoenableit.IfenablingtheT ouch
Paddoesnotcorrecttheproblem,continuewiththefollowing:

•InteractiveTests®Mouse

Powersystemcheckout

Toverifyasymptom,dothefollowing:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.

3.Connecttheacadapter.

4.Checkthatpowerissuppliedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

5.T urnoffthecomputer.

6.Disconnecttheacadapterandinstallthechargedbatterypack.

7.Checkthatthebatterypacksuppliespowerwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:

•“CheckingtheACadapter”onpage41

•“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage42

•“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage42

•“Checkingthebackupbattery”onpage43

CheckingtheACadapter

YouareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheACadapterisused.

•Ifthepowerproblemoccursonlywhenthedockingstationortheportreplicatorisused,replacethe
dockingstationortheportreplicator.

•Ifthepower-onindicatordoesnotturnon,checkthepowercordoftheACadapterforcorrectcontinuity
andinstallation.

•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage42.

TochecktheACadapter,dothefollowing:

1.UnplugtheACadaptercablefromthecomputer.

2.MeasuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheACadaptercable.Seethefollowinggure:

Chapter3.Generalcheckout41

Pin

Voltage(Vdc)

1+20

20

3

Ground

Note:Outputvoltageofpinno.2oftheACadaptermaydifferentfromtheoneyouareservicing.

3.Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheACadapter.

4.Ifthevoltageisacceptable,dothefollowing:

•Replacethesystemboard.

•Iftheproblempersists,goto“FRUtests”onpage40.

Note:NoisefromtheACadapterdoesnotalwaysindicateadefect.

Checkingoperationalcharging

Tocheckwhetherthebatterychargesproperlyduringoperation,useadischargedbatterypackorabattery
packthathaslessthan50%ofthetotalpowerremainingwheninstalledinthecomputer.

Performoperationalcharging.Ifthebatterystatusindicatororicondoesnotturnon,removethebattery
packandletitreturntoroomtemperature.Reinstallthebatterypack.Ifthechargeindicatororiconstilldoes
notturnon,replacethebatterypack.

Ifthechargeindicatorstilldoesnotturnon,replacethesystemboard.Thenreinstallthebatterypack.Ifitis
stillnotcharged,gotothenextsection.

Checkingthebatterypack

BatterychargingdoesnotstartuntilthePowerManagerBatteryGaugeshowsthatlessthan96%ofthe
totalpowerremains;underthisconditionthebatterypackcanchargeto100%ofitscapacity.Thisprotects
thebatterypackfrombeingoverchargedorfromhavingashortenedlife.

Tocheckyourbattery,moveyourcursortothePowerManagerBatteryGaugeiconintheicontrayofthe
Windowstaskbarandwaitforamoment(butdonotclick),andthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining
isdisplayed.Togetdetailedinformationaboutthebattery,double-clickthePowerManagerBattery
Gaugeicon.

Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomeshot,itmaynotbeabletocharge.Removeitfromthecomputerandleave
itatroomtemperatureforawhile.Afteritcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.

Tocheckthebatterypack,dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypackandmeasurethevoltagebetweenbatteryterminals1(+)and7(-).Seethe
followinggure:

42HardwareMaintenanceManual

Terminal

Voltage(Vdc)

1+0to+12.6

7

Ground(-)

3.Ifthevoltageislessthan+11.0Vdc,thebatterypackhasbeendischarged.

Note:Rechargingwilltakeatleast3hours,eveniftheindicatordoesnotturnon.

Ifthevoltageisstilllessthan+11.0Vdcafterrecharging,replacethebattery.

4.Ifthevoltageismorethan+11.0Vdc,measuretheresistancebetweenbatteryterminals5and7.
Theresistancemustbe4to30KΩ.Iftheresistanceisnotcorrect,replacethebatterypack.Ifthe
resistanceiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

Checkingthebackupbattery

Dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer,andunplugtheacadapterfromit.

2.T urnthecomputerupsidedown.

3.Removethebatterypack(see“1010Batterypack”onpage75).

4.Removethebackupbattery(see“1080Backupbattery”onpage89).

5.Measurethevoltageofthebackupbattery.Seethefollowinggure.

Wire

Voltage(Vdc)

Red+2.5to+3.2

Black

Ground

•Ifthevoltageiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

•Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacethebackupbattery.

•Ifthebackupbatterydischargesquicklyafterreplacement,replacethesystemboard.

Chapter3.Generalcheckout43

44HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingProductRecoverydiscs”onpage45

•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet”onpage45

•“Passwords”onpage47

•“Powermanagement”onpage48

•“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage50

ServiceWebsite:Whenthelatestmaintenancedisketteandthesystemprogramservicediskettebecome
available,theywillbepostedonhttp://www.lenovo.com/spm

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingProductRecoverydiscs

Whentheharddiskdrive(HDD)orsolidstatedrive(SSD)isreplacedbecauseofafailure,noProduct
Recoveryprogramisonthenewdrive.Inthiscase,youmustusetherecoverydiscsforthecomputer.Order
therecoverydiscsandthedriveatthesametimesothatyoucanrecoverthenewdrivewiththepre-installed
softwarewhentheyarrive.Forinformationonwhichdiscstoorder,see“Recoverydiscs”onpage179.

ToinstallthefactorycontentsbyusingProductRecoverydiscs,dothefollowing:

Note:Recoverytakesseveralhours.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyouuse.Ifyouuserecovery
discs,recoverytakesatleastvehours.

1.InsertthebootableStartRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.

2.SelectyourlanguageandclickNext.

3.Readthelicense.Ifyouagreewiththeterms,selectIacceptthesetermsandconditionsandthen
clickNext.

4.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscwhenpromptedandclickYestobegintheoperating
systemrecoveryprocess.

5.InserttheProductRecoveryDiscwhenpromptedandclickOK.

6.IfyouhaveaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,insertitwhenpromptedandclickY es.Ifyoudonot
haveaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,clickNo.

Note:NotallrecoverydiscsetscomewithaSupplementalRecoveryDisc.IfthereisaSupplemental
RecoveryDisc,itwillbeclearlymarkedassuch.

7.Whenallofthedatahasbeencopiedfromthelastdiscintheset,amessageisdisplayedprompting
youtorestartthecomputer.RemovethediscandthenclickY es.

Note:Theremainderoftherecoveryprocessisfullyautomatedandnoactionisrequiredbyyou.The
computerwillrestartintotheWindowsdesktopseveraltimesandyoumightexperienceperiodswhen
noactivityisapparentonthescreenforseveralminutesatatime.Thisisnormal.

8.Whentherecoveryprocessiscomplete,theWelcometoMicrosoftWindowsscreenisdisplayed.Follow
theinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheWIndowssetup.

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet

Whentheharddiskdrive(HDD)orsolidstatedrive(SSD)isreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproductrecovery
programisonthenewdrive.Inthiscase,youmustusetheRecoveryDiscSetforthecomputer.Orderthe
RecoveryDiscSetandthedriveatthesametimesothatyoucanrecoverthenewdrivewiththepre-installed
softwarewhentheyarrive.Forinformationonwhichdiscstoorder,see“Recoverydiscs”onpage179.

©CopyrightLenovo

45

TherecoverydiscsetconsistsoftheuserinstructionsandthefollowingsetofDVDstorestorethecomputer
totheoriginalfactoryconguration.

OperatingSystemRecoveryDisc(onedisc)

ThisdiscrestorestheMicrosoftWindowsoperating
system.Usethisdisctostarttherecoveryprocess.

ApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDisc(oneor
morediscs)

Thisdiscrestoresthepreinstalledapplicationsand
driversonthecomputer.

SupplementalRecoveryDisc

Thisdisccontainsadditionalcontent,suchas
updatestothesoftwarethatwaspreinstalledonthe
computer.Notallrecoverydiscsetscomewitha
SupplementalRecoveryDisc.

Notes:

•Y oumusthaveaDVDdrivetousetherecoverydiscs.IfyoudonothaveaninternalDVDdrive,you
canuseanexternalUSBDVDdrive.

•Duringtherecoveryprocess,alldataonthedrivewillbedeleted.Ifpossible,copyanyimportantdata
orpersonallesthatyouwanttokeepontoremovablemediaoranetworkdrivebeforeyoustartthe
recoveryprocess.

Torestorethecomputertotheoriginalfactorycongurationusingtherecoverydiscset,dothefollowing:

Note:Recoverytakesseveralhours.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyouuse.Ifyouuserecovery
discs,recoverytakesatleastvehours.

1.MaketheCD/DVDdrivetherststartupdeviceinthestartupsequenceusingthefollowingprocedure:
a.PressandholddowntheF1key,andthenturnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed

orifyouhearrepeatingbeeps,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.

b.UsethearrowkeystoselectStartup®Boot.
c.SelecttheCD/DVDdriveasthe1stBootDevice.

2.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.

3.PressF10tosavetheSetupUtilitycongurationchanges.Followtheinstructionsonthescreento
begintherecoveryprocess.

4.SelectyourlanguageandclickNext.

5.Readthelicense.Ifyouagreewiththetermsandconditions,selectIacceptthesetermsand
conditionsandthenclickNext.Ifyoudonotagreewiththetermsandconditions,followthe
instructionsonthescreen.

6.ClickYesinthedisplayedwindowtobegintheoperatingsystemrecoveryprocess.

7.InserttheApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDiscwhenpromptedandthenclickOKtobeginthe
applicationsanddriversrecoveryprocess.

8.IfyouhaveaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,insertitwhenpromptedandclickYes.Ifyoudonothavea
SupplementalRecoveryDisc,clickNo.

9.Whenallofthedatahasbeencopiedfromthelastdiscinthesetandhasbeenprocessed,removethe
discandrestartthecomputer.

Note:Therestoftherecoveryprocessisfullyautomatedandnoactionisrequiredbyyou.The
computerwillrestartintotheMicrosoftWindowsdesktopseveraltimesandyoumightexperience
periodswhennoactivityisapparentonthescreenforseveralminutesatatime.Thisisnormal.

10.Whentherecoveryprocessiscomplete,theSetUpWindowsscreenisdisplayed.Followthe
instructionsonthescreentocompletetheWindowssetup.

11.AfteryouhavecompletedtheWindowssetup,youmightwanttorestoretheoriginalstartupsequence.
StarttheSetupUtilityprogramandthenpressF9torestorethedefaultsettings.PressF10tosaveand
exittheSetupUtility.

46HardwareMaintenanceManual

Note:Afterrestoringadrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmightneedtoreinstallsomedevicedrivers.

Passwords

AsmanyasthreepasswordsmaybeneededforanyThinkPadNotebook:thepower-onpassword(POP),
thehard-diskpassword(HDP),andthesupervisorpassword(SVP).

Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitappearsonthescreenwheneverthecomputeris
turnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.

Note:IfonlyanSVPisinstalled,thepasswordpromptdoesnotappearwhentheoperatingsystemisbooted.

Power-onpassword

Apower-onpassword(POP)protectsthesystemfrombeingpoweredonbyanunauthorizedperson.The
passwordmustbeenteredbeforeanoperatingsystemcanbebooted.ForhowtoremovethePOP ,see
“Howtoremovethepower-onpassword”onpage47.

Hard-diskpassword

Therearetwohard-diskpasswords(HDPs):

•UserHDP—fortheuser

•MasterHDP—forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddiskeveniftheuser
haschangedtheuserHDP

Note:TherearetwomodesfortheHDP:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+Usermoderequires
twoHDPs;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.Thesystemadministratorthen
providestheuserHDPtothesystemuser.

Attention:IftheuserHDPhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterHDPhasbeenset.Ifithas,itcanbe
usedforaccesstotheharddiskdrive.IfnomasterHDPisavailable,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorized
servicetechniciansprovideanyservicestoreseteithertheuserorthemasterHDP ,ortorecoverdatafrom
theharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.

ForhowtoremovethePOP ,see“Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword”onpage48.

Supervisorpassword

Asupervisorpassword(SVP)protectsthesysteminformationstoredintheBIOSSetupUtility.Theusermust
entertheSVPinordertogetaccesstotheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangethesystemconguration.

Attention:IftheSVPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservicetechnician,thereisno
serviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedforascheduledfee.

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword

ToremoveaPOPthatyouhaveforgotten,dothefollowing:

(A)IfnoSVPhasbeenset:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.Forhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1010Batterypack”onpage75.

3.Removethebackupbattery.Forhowtoremovethebackupbattery,see“1080Backupbattery”on
page89.

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation47

4.T urnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptdoes
notappear.ThePOPhasbeenremoved.

5.Reinstallthebackupbatteryandthebatterypack.

(B)IfanSVPhasbeensetandisknownbytheservicetechnician:

1.T urnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toenterBIOSSetupUtility.Formodels
supportingthePassphrasefunction,pressF1whilethePOPiconisappearingonthescreen;thenenter
thePOP.Fortheothermodels,enterthePOP .

Note:T ocheckwhethertheThinkPadNotebookyouareservicingsupportsthePassphrasefunction,
entertheBIOSSetupUtilityandgotoSecurity®Password.IftheUsingPassphraseitemis
displayedinthemenu,thisfunctionisavailableontheThinkPadNotebook.

3.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectPower-OnPassword.

6.T ypethecurrentSVPintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.thenleavetheEnterNewPasswordeld
blank,andpressEntertwice.

7.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.

8.PressF10;then,intheSetupconrmationwindow,selectYes.

Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword

Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserHDPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemade

availabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovideany
servicestoresettheuserHDPsortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbe
replacedforascheduledfee.

ToremoveauserHDPthathasbeenforgotten,whentheSVPandthemasterHDPareknown,dothe
following:

1.T urnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toenterBIOSSetupUtility.Formodels
supportingthePassphrasefunction,pressF1whileHDPiconisappearingonthescreen;thenenterthe
masterHDP .Fortheothermodels,enterthemasterHDP .

Note:T ocheckwhethertheThinkPadNotebookyouareservicingsupportsthePassphrasefunction,
entertheBIOSSetupUtilityandgotoSecurity®Password.IfUsingPassphraseitemisdisplayed
inthemenu,thisfunctionisavailableontheThinkPadNotebook.

3.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectHard-diskxpassword,wherexistheletteroftheharddiskdrive.Apop-upwindowopens.

6.SelectMasterHDP.

7.T ypethecurrentmasterHDPintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.thenleavetheEnterNewPassword
eldblank,andpressEntertwice.

8.PressF10.

9.SelectYesintheSetupCongurationwindow.BothuserHDPandmasterHDPwillhavebeenremoved.

Powermanagement

Toreducepowerconsumption,thecomputerhasthreepowermanagementmodes:screenblank,sleep
(standbyinWindowsXP),andhibernation.

48HardwareMaintenanceManual

Screenblankmode

Ifthetimesetonthe“T urnoffmonitor”timerintheoperatingsystemexpires,theLCDbacklightturnsoff.

Toputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,doasfollows:

1.PressFn+F3.Apanelforselectingapowerplan(inWindowsXP,powerscheme)appears.

2.SelectPoweroffdisplay(keepcurrentpowerplan)(inWindowsXP ,keepcurrentpowerscheme).

Youcanalsoputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,pressThinkVantagebuttonandusetheThinkVantage
ProductivityCenter.

Note:IfthecomputerisaWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportThinkVantageProductivityCenter.

Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressanykey.

Sleep(standby)mode

Whenthecomputerenterssleep(standby)mode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccurs
inscreenblankmode:

•TheLCDispoweredoff.

•Theharddiskdriveispoweredoff.

•TheCPUstops.

Toentersleep(standby)mode,pressFn+F4.

Note:YoucanchangetheactionoftheFn+F4keycombinationbychangingthesettingsinPowerManager.

Incertaincircumstances,thecomputergoesintosleep(standby)modeautomatically:

•Ifa“suspendtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andtheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththekeyboard,
theTrackPoint,theharddisk,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.

•Ifthebatteryindicatorblinksorange,indicatingthatthebatterypowerislow.

Note:Evenifyoudonotsetthelow-batteryalarm,thechargeindicatornotiesyouwhenthebatteryislow,
andthenthecomputerentersthepower-savingmodeautomatically.

Tocausethecomputertoreturnfromsleep(standby)modeandresumeoperation,dooneofthefollowing:

•PresstheFnkey.

•OpentheLCDcover.

•T urnonthepowerswitch.

Also,ineitherofthefollowingevents,thecomputerautomaticallyreturnsfromsleep(standby)modeand
resumesoperation:

•Theringindicator(RI)issignaledbyaserialdeviceoraPCCarddevice.

•Thetimesetontheresumetimerelapses.

Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleep(standby)mode.Waita
fewsecondsbeforetakinganyactiontoreenteroperationmode.

Hibernationmode

Inhibernationmode,thefollowingoccurs:

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•Thesystemstatus,RAM,VRAM,andsetupdataarestoredontheharddisk.

•Thesystemispoweredoff.

Note:Ifthecomputerentersthehibernationmodewhileitisdockedtothedockingstation,donotundockit
beforeresumingnormaloperation.Ifyoudoundockitandthentrytoresumenormaloperation,youwillget
anerrormessage,andyouwillhavetorestartthesystem.

Tocausethecomputertoenterhibernationmode,doanyofthefollowing:

•PresstheFn+F12keys.

•Ifyouhavedenedoneofthefollowingactionsastheeventthatcausesthesystemtogointohibernation
mode,performthataction.

–Closingthelid.
–Pressingthepowerbutton.
–PressingFn+F4keys.

Also,thecomputergoesintohibernationmodeautomaticallyineitherofthefollowingconditions:

•Ifa“hibernationtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andiftheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththe
keyboard,theTrackPoint,theharddiskdrive,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.

•Ifthetimerconditionsaresatisedinsuspendmode.

Whenthepoweristurnedon,thecomputerreturnsfromhibernationmodeandresumesoperation.The
hibernationleinthebootrecordontheharddiskdriveisread,andsystemstatusisrestoredfromthe
harddiskdrive.

Symptom-to-FRUindex

Thissectioncontainsfollowinginformation:

•“Numericerrorcodes”onpage51

•“Errormessages”onpage55

•“Beepsymptoms”onpage56

•“No-beepsymptoms”onpage57

•“LCD-relatedsymptoms”onpage57

•“Intermittentproblems”onpage58

•“Undeterminedproblems”onpage58

Thesymptom-to-FRUindexinthissectionlistssymptomsanderrorsandtheirpossiblecauses.Themost
likelycauseislistedrst,inboldfacetype.

Note:DotheFRUreplacementorotheractionsinthesequenceshowninthecolumnheaded“FRUor
action,insequence.”IfreplacingaFRUdoesnotsolvetheproblem,puttheoriginalpartbackinthe
computer.DonotreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Thisindexcanalsohelpyoudetermine,duringregularservicing,whatFRUsarelikelytoneedtobe
replacednext.

AnumericerrorisdisplayedforeacherrordetectedinPOSTorsystemoperation.Inthedisplays,ncan
beanynumber.

Ifnonumericcodeisdisplayed,checkthenarrativedescriptionsofsymptoms.Ifthesymptomisnot
describedthere,goto“Intermittentproblems”onpage58.

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Note:ForadevicenotsupportedbydiagnosticcodesintheThinkPadNotebooks,seethemanualfor
thatdevice.

Numericerrorcodes

Table2.Numericerrorcodes

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

0175

BadCRC1,stopPOSTtask—TheEEPROMchecksumis
notcorrect.

Systemboard.

0176

SystemSecurity—Thesystemhasbeentamperedwith.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtilityandsavethecurrentsetting

bypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

0177

BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask—Thechecksumofthe
supervisorpasswordintheEEPROMisnotcorrect.

Systemboard.

0182

BadCRC2.EnterBIOSSetupandloadSetup
defaults.—ThechecksumoftheCRS2settinginthe
EEPROMisnotcorrect.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility.PressF9,andEntertoload

thedefaultsetting.Thensavethecurrentsettingby
pressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

0185

Badstartupsequencesettings.EnterBIOSSetupand
loadSetupdefaults.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility.PressF9,andEntertoload

thedefaultsetting.Thensavethecurrentsettingby
pressingF10.

0187

EAIAdataaccesserror—TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.

Systemboard.

0188

InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea.

0189

InvalidRFIDcongurationinformationarea—The
EEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect.

0190

Criticallow-batteryerror

Systemboard.

0191

SystemSecurity—InvalidRemoteChangerequested.

Systemboard.

0192

SystemSecurity—EmbeddedSecurityhardwaretamper
detected.

1.Chargethebatterypack.

2.Batterypack.

0193

RFantennahasbeenremoved

Enterthesupervisorpassword.

0194

Thecomputerhasbeencarriedthroughasecuritygate

Enterthesupervisorpassword.

0195

Securityhardwaretamperdetected

1.EnterBIOSSetupUtilitybyenteringsupervisor

password,andselectPassword➙SecurityChip
➙ClearSecurityChiptoclearthiserror.

2.Securitychip.

3.Systemboard.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

0196

Securityhardwareremoved

1.EnterBIOSSetupUtilitybyenteringsupervisor

password,andselectPassword➙SecurityChip
➙ClearSecurityChiptoclearthiserror.

2.Securitychip.

3.Systemboard.

0197

Invalidremotechangerequested.

Theremotecongurationforthesecuritychiphas
failed.Conrmtheoperationandtryagain.

0199

SystemSecurity—Securitypasswordretrycount
exceeded.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility,andthensavethecurrent

settingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

01C8

Twoormoremodemdevicesarefound.Removeallbut
oneofthem.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

1.RemoveeitheraMini-PCICardoramodem

daughtercard.Otherwise,pressEsctoignore
thewarningmessage.

2.Systemboard.

01C9

TwoormoreEthernetdevicesarefound.Removeallbut
oneofthem.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

1.RemoveeitheraMiniPCIEthernetcardoran

Ethernetdaughtercard.Otherwise,pressEscto
ignorethewarningmessage.

2.Systemboard.

01C9

MorethanoneEthernetdevicesarefound.Removeone
ofthem.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

1.RemovetheEthernetdevicethatyouinstalled;or

pressEsctoignorethewarningmessage.

2.Systemboard.

01CA

MorethanoneWirelessLANdevicesarefound.Remove
oneofthem.

1.RemovethewirelessLANdevicethatyou
installed.

2.Systemboard.

0200

Harddiskerror—Theharddiskisnotworking.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.LoadSetupDefaultsinBIOSSetupUtility.

3.Harddiskdrive.

4.Systemboard.

021x

Keyboarderror.

Runinteractivetestsofthekeyboardandtheauxiliary
inputdevice.

0220

Monitortypeerror—Monitortypedoesnotmatchtheone
speciedinCMOS.

LoadSetupDefaultsinBIOSSetupUtility.

0230

ShadowRAMerror—ShadowRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.

Systemboard.

0231

SystemRAMerror—SystemRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

0232

ExtendedRAMerror—ExtendedRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

0250

Systembatteryerror—Systembatteryisdead.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup

Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

0251

SystemCMOSchecksumbad—Defaultconguration
used.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup

Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

0252

Passwordchecksumbad—Thepasswordiscleared.

ResetthepasswordbyrunningBIOSSetupUtility.

0260

Systemtimererror.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup

Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

3.Systemboard.

0270

Real-timeclockerror.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup

Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

3.Systemboard.

0271

Dateandtimeerror—Neitherthedatenorthetimeisset
inthecomputer.

RunBIOSSetupUtilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

0280

Previousbootincomplete—Defaultcongurationused.

1.Load“SetupDefault”inBIOSSetupUtility.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

02B2

IncorrectdriveAtype.

1.Diskettedrive.

2.ExternalFDDcable.

3.I/Ocard.

02D0

Systemcacheerror.

02F0

CPUID:xxFailed.

1.CPU.

2.Systemboard.

02F4

EISACMOSnotwritable.

1.LoadSetupDefaultsinBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Replacethebackupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

02F5

DMAtestfailed.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

02F6

SoftwareNMIfailed

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

02F7

Fail-safetimerNMIfailed

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1801

Attacheddockingstationisnotsupported

Shutdownthecomputerandremoveitfromthe
dockingstation.

1802

Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin—Turnoffand
removetheminiPCInetworkcard.

1.RemoveMiniPCInetworkcard.

2.Systemboard.

1803

Unauthorizeddaughtercardispluggedin—Turnoffand
removethedaughtercard.

1.Removethedaughtercardthatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1804

UnauthorizedWANcardispluggedin—Poweroffand
removetheWANcard.

1.RemovetheWANcardthatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1805

UnauthorizedWirelessUSBcardispluggedin—Poweroff
andremovetheWirelessUSBcard.

1.RemovetheWirelessUSBcardthatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1810

Harddiskpartitionlayouterror.

1.IftheAccessPredesktopAreahasbeenpreviously

disabled,thengototheBIOSSetupUtilityby
pressingF1toopentheBIOSSetupUtility.Select
Security➙PredesktopArea➙AccessPredesktop
Area.SetthisitemtoDisabled.Saveandexit.

2.IftheAccessPredesktopAreahasnotbeen
previouslydisabled,pressEntertoloadAccess
PredesktopArea.ThenrunRECOVERTOFACTORY
CONTENTSinAccessPredesktopArea.

3.Ifitem2failed,pressF3intheWelcomescreenin
RECOVERTOFACTORYCONTENTS.RunFDISK,
andthendeleteallpartitions.RunRECOVERTO
FACTORYCONTENTSinAccessPredesktopArea
again.

4.Ifitem3failed,selectCD-ROMbootinStartupin
AccessPredesktopArea.BootfromtheRecovery
CDandperformfullrecoveryfromit.

5.Ifitem4failed,replacetheharddiskdrive.

1820

Morethanoneexternalngerprintreaderisattached.
Poweroffandremoveallbutthereaderthatyousetup
withinyourmainoperatingsystem.

Removeallbutthereaderthatyousetupforthe
authentication.

1830

Invalidmemoryconguration—Poweroffandinstalla
memorymoduletoSlot-0orthelowerslot.

InstallDIMMinSlot-0,butnotinSlot-1.
Note:FortheconstructionoftheDIMMslot,see“1040

DIMM”onpage78.

2000

HardDriveActiveProtectionsensordiagnostics
failed.Press<Esc>tocontinue.Press<F1>toenter
SETUP

1.Undockdockingstationorportreplicatorifitis
attachedtotheThinkPadNotebook.

2.PlacetheThinkPadNotebookonahorizontalsurface.
Donotapplyanyphysicalshocktothecomputer.

3.RunDiagnostics®ThinkPadDevice®HDDActive

ProtectionT est.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

2010

Warning:Y ourinternalharddiskdrive(HDD)maynot
functioncorrectlyonthissystem.EnsurethatyourHDD
issupportedonthissystemandthatthelatestHDD
rmwareisinstalled.

Informthefollowinginformationtothecustomer:If
intheprimarybaythecustomerisusinganon-IBM
ornon-Lenovoharddiskdrive(HDD),oranold
generationIBMHDDwhichisnotsupportedbythis
system,withtheriskinmind,thecustomercanstill
useitbypressingESC.Ifintheprimarydrivebaythe
customerisusingasupportedIBM/LenovoHDDwith
anoldrmware,thecustomerneedstoupdateits
rmwaretothelatest.Thelatestversionisavailableat
http://www.lenovo.com/support

201x

Thesolidstatedriveyouhaveinstalledhasnotpassed
qualicationforuseinthiscomputer.Usingthisdrivemay
causecompatibilityissuesandpotentialissueswithdata
integrity,includingdataloss.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

Informthefollowinginformationtothecustomer:Ifthe
customerisusinganonqualiedSSDwhichisnot
supportedbythissystem,withtheriskinmind,the
customercanstilluseitbypressingESC.Locationofthe
SSDisdesignatedasbelow:

2010:HDD0(inHDDslot-0)
2011:HDD1(inHDDslot-1)
2012:UltrabaywithHDDadapter

2100

InitializationerroronHDD0(Mainharddiskdrive)

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

2102

InitializationerroronHDD1(Ultrabayharddiskdrive)

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Ultrabay™harddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

2110

ReaderroronHDD0(Mainharddiskdrive)

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

2112

ReaderroronHDD1(Ultrabayharddiskdrive)

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Ultrabayharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

Errormessages

Table3.Errormessages

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

Deviceaddressconict.

1.Load“SetupDefaults”intheBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Backupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

Allocationerrorfordevice.

1.Load“SetupDefaults”intheBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Backupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

Failingbits:nnnn.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

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Table3.Errormessages(continued)

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

Invalidsystemcongurationdata.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

I/OdeviceIRQconict.

1.Load“SetupDefaults”intheBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Backupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

Hibernationerror.

1.Restorethesystemcongurationtowhatitwas
beforethecomputerenteredhibernationmode.

2.Ifmemorysizehasbeenchanged,re-createthe
hibernationle.

Fanerror.

1.Fan.

2.Thermalgrease.

3.Systemboard.

Thermalsensingerror.

Systemboard.

Cannotbootfromanydevice.Checkthestatusofdevicewhichyouwanttoboot

from.

Devicenotfound.

1.Thedeviceyouwanttobootfrom.

2.Systemboard.

DeviceError.

1.Thedeviceyouwanttobootfrom.

2.Systemboard.

Novalidoperatingsystem.

1.Checkthattheoperatingsystemhasnofailureandis
installedcorrectly.

2.Reinstalltheoperationsystem.

Excludedfrombootorder.

•EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandaddthedeviceinboot
order.

Beepsymptoms

Table4.Beepsymptoms

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

Onebeepandablank,unreadable,orashingLCD.

1.ReseattheLCDconnector.

2.LCDassembly.

3.ExternalCRT.

4.Systemboard.

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Table4.Beepsymptoms(continued)

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

Onelongandtwoshortbeeps,andablankorunreadable
LCD.

1.Systemboard.

2.LCDassembly.

3.DIMM.

Twoshortbeepswitherrorcodes.

POSTerror.SeeNumericerrorcodes.

Twoshortbeepsandablankscreen.

1.Systemboard.

2.DIMM.

Twoormorebeeps,oracontinuousbeep.Operating
systemstartssuccessfully.

Ifamini-PCIEthernetcardisinstalled,conrmthatAlert
OnLAN2inBIOSSetupUtilityisdisabled.

Threeshortbeeps,pause,threemoreshortbeeps,and
oneshortbeep.

Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three
moreshortbeeps,andoneshortbeep.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard

Onlythecursorappears.

Reinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Fourcyclesoffourshortbeepsandablankscreen.

Systemboard(securitychip)

Fiveshortbeepsandablankscreen.

Systemboard

No-beepsymptoms

Table5.No-beepsymptoms

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.

1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.

1.ReseatDIMM.

2.Systemboard.

Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.

TypethepasswordandpressEnter.

Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand

pressEnter.

LCD-relatedsymptoms

Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFTs).The

presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT
LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.IftheLCDyouareservicinghas
twoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.However,iftheLCDhasthreeormore
visibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoanditshouldbereplaced.

Notes:

•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.

•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethat
anyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.

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•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.

Table6.LCD-relatedsymptoms

Symptomorerror

FRUoraction,insequence

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.

Systemboard.

•LCDbacklightnotworking.

•LCDtoodark.

•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.

•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.

1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.

2.LCDassembly.

3.Systemboard.

•LCDscreenunreadable.

•Charactersmissingpixels.

•Screenabnormal.

•Wrongcolordisplayed.

1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”

2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.

3.LCDassembly.

4.Systemboard.

HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.

Intermittentproblems

Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware
defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe
consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.

Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:

1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.

2.Ifnoerrorisdetected,donotreplaceanyFRUs.

3.Ifanyerrorisdetected,replacetheFRUshownbytheFRUcode.Rerunthetesttoverifythatno
moreerrorsexist.

Undeterminedproblems

Ifthediagnostictestsdidnotidentifytheadapterordevicethathasfailed,ifwrongdevicesareinstalled,
orifthesystemsimplyisnotoperating,followtheseprocedurestoisolatethefailingFRU(donotisolate
FRUsthathavenodefects).

Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.

Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.(See“Powersystem
checkout”onpage41.)

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.VisuallycheckeachFRUfordamage.ReplaceanydamagedFRU.

3.Removeordisconnectallofthefollowingdevices:
a.Non-ThinkPaddevices
b.Devicesattachedtothedockingstationortheportreplicator
c.Printer,mouse,andotherexternaldevices
d.Batterypack
e.Harddiskdrive
f.Externaldiskettedriveoropticaldrive
g.DIMM
h.Opticaldiskordisketteintheinternaldrive
i.PCCards

4.T urnonthecomputer.

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5.Determinewhethertheproblemhasbeensolved.

6.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,reconnecttheremoveddevicesoneatatimeuntilyoundthefailingFRU.

7.Iftheproblemremains,replacethefollowingFRUsoneatatime(donotreplaceanondefectiveFRU):
a.Systemboard
b.LCDassembly

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Chapter5.Statusindicators

Thischapterpresentsthesystemstatusindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthecomputer.

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Table7.Statusindicators

IndicatorMeaning

1

Speakermute

Orange:

Thespeakerisonmute.Tosetthe
speakersonmuteorunmute,pressthe
speakermutebutton.

2

Microphonemute

Orange:

Themicrophoneisonmute.Noneofthe
recordingdevicesisavailablewhilethe
microphonemuteisonbydefault.

3

WirelessLAN,
WirelessWAN,or
WiMAXstatus

Green:ThewirelessLANfeature(theIEEE

802.11b/gstandard,802.11a/b/g,
or802.11n),wirelessWANfeature,or
WiMaxfeatureison,andtheradiolink
isreadyforuse,orthedataisbeing
transmitted.

Blinkinggreen:

Dataisbeingtransmitted(forsome
models).

Turnoff:

Wirelessnetworkdevicesaredisabledor
theradioisturnedoff.

4

Bluetoothwireless
orWirelessUSB
status

Green:

TheBluetoothwirelessfeatureorwireless
USBfeatureison,andtheradiolink
isreadyforuse,orthedataisbeing
transmitted.

Blinkinggreen:

Dataisbeingtransmitted(forsome
models).

Turnoff:TheBluetoothfeatureisdisabled.

5

Deviceaccess

Green:

Dataisbeingreadfromorwrittentothe
harddiskdrive,thediskettedrive,orthe
driveintheSerialUltrabaySlimdevice.
Whenthisindicatorison,donotputthe
computerintosleep(standby)modeor
turnoffthecomputer.

Note:Donotmovethesystemwhilethegreendeviceaccesslightison.Sudden
physicalshockcouldcausedriveerrors.

6

Poweron

Green:

Thecomputerisonandreadytouse.
Thisindicatorstayslitaroundthe
power-onbuttonwheneverthecomputer
ison.

Blinkinggreen:

Thecomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.

Turnoff:Thecomputerisoff.

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Table7.Statusindicators(continued)

IndicatorMeaning

7

SerialUltrabaySlim
devicestatus

Green:ASerialUltrabaySlimdeviceisinstalled

andinuse.

Blinkinggreen:

ASerialUltrabaySlimdeviceisinthe
processofbeingdetached.

Turnoff:

ASerialUltrabaySlimdeviceisreadyto
beattachedordetached.

8

Fingerprintreader
status

Green:

Thengerprintreaderisreadytoswipe.

Blinkinggreen:

Thengerprintisbeingauthenticatedor
hasbeenauthenticated.

Blinkingorange:

Thengerprintcouldnotbe
authenticated.

9

Capslock

Green:CapsLockmodeisenabled.Toenable

ordisableCapsLockmode,pressthe
CapsLockkey.

10

Sleep(standbyfor
WindowsXP)status

Green:Thecomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.

Blinkinggreen:

Thecomputerisenteringsleep(standby)
modeorhibernationmode,oris
resumingnormaloperation.

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Table7.Statusindicators(continued)

IndicatorMeaning

11

Batterystatus

Green:

Thebatteryhasmorethan20%charge.

Orange:

Thebatteryhasbetween5%and20%
charge.

Fastblinkingorange:

Thebatteryhaslessthan5%charge.

Note:Thebatterymaybecharging.

Slowblinkingorange:

Thebatteryisbeingcharged.Whenit
reaches20%,theblinkingcolorchanges
togreen.

Slowblinkinggreen:

Thebatteryhasbetween20%and80%
charge,andchargingiscontinuing.
Whenthebatteryreaches80%charge,
blinkingstops,butthechargingmay
continueuntilthebatteryis100%
charged.

Note:Ifthecomputerisoperating
onbatterypower,thebatterystatus
indicatordoesnotworkwhilethe
computeristurnedofforisinsleep
(standby)modeorhibernationmode.

Quickblinkingorange:

Anerrorhasbeenoccurredinthebattery.

Thebatterystatusindicatorisoff:Thebatterypackofthecomputeris

detached.

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Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations

ThefollowingtableshowsthefunctionofeachcombinationofFnwithafunctionkey.

Table8.Fnkeycombinations

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+F1Reserved.

Fn+F2Lockthecomputer.

Fn+F3

Selectapowerplan(inWindowsXP ,powerscheme)thathasbeencreatedbyPowerManager,
oradjustthepowerlevelbyusingtheslidercontrol.Whenyoupressthiscombination,a
panelforselectingapowerplan(powerscheme)appears.

Notes:

1.TousetheFn+F3keycombination,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriver
installedonthecomputer.

2.IfyouhaveloggedonwithanadministratoruserID,andyoupressFn+F3,thepanelfor
selectingapowerplan(powerscheme)appears.Ifyouhaveloggedonwithanotheruser
ID,andyoupressFn+F3,thepaneldoesnotappear.

3.YoucannotturnoffthecomputerdisplaybypressingFn+F3.

Fn+F4

Putthecomputerinsleep(standby)mode.T oreturntonormaloperation,presstheFnkey
only,withoutpressingafunctionkey.

Notes:

1.TousetheFn+F4keycombination,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriver
installedonthecomputer.

2.Ifyouwanttousethecombinationtoputthecomputerintohibernationmodeor
do-nothingmode(inWindowsXP,shutthecomputerdownorshowthepanelforturning
offthecomputer),changethesettingsinthePowerManager.

Fn+F5

Enableordisablethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingfeaturesandtheBluetoothfeatures.Ifyou
pressFn+F5,alistofwirelessfeaturesisdisplayed.Youcanquicklychangethepowerstate
ofeachfeatureinthelist.
Notes:IfyouwanttouseFn+F5toenablethefeaturespeciedinIEEEstandard802.11,the
followingdevicedriversmustbeinstalledonthecomputerbeforehand:

•ThinkPadPowerManagementdriver

•OnScreenDisplayUtility

•Wirelessdevicedrivers

Fn+F6

Changethecamerasettingsandthesettingofthemicrophonemutebutton.Whenyoupress
Fn+F6,thecamerasettingwindowisopened.
Note:ForWindowXPmodels,thesettingofthemicrophonemutebuttoncannotbechanged.

Applyapresentationschemedirectly,withnoneedtostartPresentationDirector.

TodisablethisfunctionandusetheFn+F7keycombinationforswitchingadisplayoutput
location,startPresentationDirector,andchangethesettings.

Note:IfthecomputerisanWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportpresentationschemes,but
theFn+F7combinationisavailableforswitchingadisplayoutputlocation.

Fn+F7

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Table8.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

ForWindows7:

Switchadisplayoutputlocation

•Computerdisplayonly(LCD)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(sameimage)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(extendeddesktop)

•Externalmonitoronly
Note:T oswitchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor,theWin+Pkey

combinationisalsoavailable.

ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

Switchadisplayoutputlocation

•Externalmonitor

•Computerdisplay(LCD)andexternalmonitor

•Computerdisplay(LCD)

Notes:

•Thisfunctionisnotsupportedifdifferentdesktopimagesaredisplayedonthecomputer
displayandtheexternalmonitor(theExtenddesktopfunction).

•ThisfunctiondoesnotworkwhileaDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying.

Toenablethisfunction,startPresentationDirector,andchangetheFn+F7settings.

Note:MultipleuserscanlogontoasingleoperatingsystembyusingdifferentuserIDs.Each
userneedstochangethesettings.

Fn+F8

ChangethesettingsoftheUltraNav

®

pointingdevice.

Fn+F9Reserved.

Fn+F10Reserved.

Fn+F11Reserved.

Fn+F12Putthecomputerintohibernationmode.Toreturntonormaloperation,pressthepower

buttonforlessthanfourseconds.
Note:TouseFn+F12forhibernation,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriverinstalled
onthecomputer.

Fn+PgUp

TurntheThinkLight

®

onoroff.

Note:ThisfunctionissupportedonlyontheThinkPadNotebooksthathavetheThinkLight.
TheonoroffstatusoftheThinkLightisshownonthescreenforafewsecondswhenyou
pressFn+PgUp.

Fn+HomeThecomputerdisplaybecomesbrighter.

Fn+EndThecomputerdisplaybecomesdimmer.

Fn+SpacebarEnabletheFullScreenMagnierfunction.

Fn+PrtScHasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkey.

Fn+ScrLk

Enableordisablethenumerickeypad.Theindicatorofnumericlockwillbedisplayedon
thescreen.

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Table8.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+Pause

HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkey.

Fn+cursorkeys

ThesekeycombinationsworkwithWindowsMediaPlayer.Fn+downarrowkeyworksforthe
PlayorPausebutton,Fn+uparrowkeyfortheStopbutton,Fn+rightarrowkeyfortheNext
Trackbutton,andFn+leftarrowkeyforthePreviousTrackbutton.

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Chapter7.FRUreplacementnotices

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothers
aredesignatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmay

requestthatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.

WhereyouareinstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacement
instructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Youmay
ndalistofCRUsinthepublicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Y ou
mayberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)return
instructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)you
maybechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)days
ofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

Thischapterpresentsnoticesrelatedtoremovingandreplacingparts.Readthischaptercarefullybefore
replacinganyFRU.

Screwnotices

Loosescrewscancauseareliabilityproblem.IntheThinkPadNotebook,thisproblemisaddressedwith
specialnylon-coatedscrewsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:

•Theymaintaintightconnections.

•Theydonoteasilycomeloose,evenwithshockorvibration.

•Theyarehardertotighten.

•Eachoneshouldbeusedonlyonce.

Dothefollowingwhenyouservicethismachine:

•Keepthescrewkit(fortheP/N,see“Miscellaneousparts”onpage175)inyourtoolbag.

•Alwaysusenewscrews.

•Useatorquescrewdriverifyouhaveone.

Tightenscrewsasfollows:

•PlastictoplasticT urnanadditional90degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceoftheplastic

part:

•LogiccardtoplasticTurnanadditional180degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceofthe

logiccard:

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•T orquedriverIfyouhaveatorquedriver,refertothe“T orque”columnforeachstep.

•Makesurethatyouusethecorrectscrew.Ifyouhaveatorquescrewdriver,tightenallscrewsrmlytothe

torqueshowninthetable.Neveruseascrewthatyouremoved.Useanewone.Makesurethatall

ofthescrewsaretightenedrmly.

•Ensuretorquescrewdriversarecalibratedcorrectlyfollowingcountryspecications.

Retainingserialnumbers

Thissectionincludesthefollowingdescriptions:

•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage70

•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage71

•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage71

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit

Whenthecomputerwasmanufactured,theEEPROMonthesystemboardwasloadedwiththeserial
numbersofthesystemandallmajorcomponents.Thesenumbersneedtoremainthesamethroughout
thelifeofthecomputer.

Ifyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustrestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunittoitsoriginalvalue.

Beforereplacingthesystemboard,savetheoriginalserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.

3.Select2.ReadS/NdatafromEEPROM.

Theserialnumberofeachdeviceinyourcomputerisdisplayed;theserialnumberofthesystemunitis
listedasfollows:

•20:Serialnumber

Writedownthatnumber.

Note:Theserialnumberofthesystemunitisalsowrittenonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthecomputer.

Afteryouhavereplacedthesystemboard,restoretheserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlaterandrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.

3.Select1.AddS/NdatafromEEPROM.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

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IftheMTMandProductIDnumbersdifferfromeachotherontherearlabel,usewhatisshownforthe
ProductIDeld.Seeexamplebelow:

MTMonrearlabel:

TTTT-CTOS/NSSSSSSS

ProductIDonrearlabel:

TTTT-MMM(UsethisnumberwhensettingSerial
Number)

Intheexample,theSerialNumbertobeinputis'1STTTTMMMSSSSSSS'.

RetainingtheUUID

TheUniversallyUniqueIdentier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat
productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.Thealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberis
designedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwocomputersintheworldhavethesame
number.

Whenyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustsettheUUIDonthenewsystemboardasfollows:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select4.AssignUUID.AnewUUIDiscreatedandwritten.IfavalidUUIDalready
exists,itisnotoverwritten.

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation

InformationonEngineeringChangeAnnouncements(ECA)arestoredintheEEPROMofthesystemboard.
TheelectronicstorageofthisinformationsimpliestheproceduretocheckiftheECAhasbeenpreviously
appliedtoamachine.ThemachinedoesnotneedtobedisassembledtocheckfortheECAapplication.

TocheckwhatECAshavebeenpreviouslyappliedtothemachine,usetheECAInformationRead/Write
functionontheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater.

1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.T oreadECAinformation,select2.ReadECA/reworknumberfromEEPROMandfollowthe
instruction.

4.T oreadboxbuilddate,select5.ReadboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.

AfteranECAhasbeenappliedtothemachine,theEEPROMmustbeupdatedtoreecttheECA's
application.UsetheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlatertoupdatethe
EEPROM.

Note:OnlytheECAnumberisstoredintheEEPROM.ThemachinetypeoftheECAisassumedbethesame
asthemachinetypeofthemachinethathadtheECAappliedtoit.

1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.T owriteECAinformation,select1.WriteECA/reworknumberfromEEPROM,andfollowthe
instruction.

4.T owriteboxbuilddate,select4.WriteboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.

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Ifthesystemboardisbeingreplaced,trytoreadtheECAinformationfromtheoldsystemboardandtransfer
theinformationtothenewsystem.Ifthesystemboardisinoperable,thiswillnotbepossible.

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Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothers
aredesignatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmay

requestthatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.

WhereyouareinstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacement
instructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Youmay
ndalistofCRUsinthepublicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Y ou
mayberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)return
instructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)you
maybechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)days
ofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

ThischapterpresentsdirectionsanddrawingsforuseinremovingandreplacingaFRU.Besuretoobserve
thefollowinggeneralrules:

1.Donottrytoserviceanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertied.Anuntrainedpersonruns
theriskofdamagingparts.

2.BeforereplacinganyFRU,reviewChapter7“FRUreplacementnotices”onpage69.

3.BeginbyremovinganyFRUsthathavetoberemovedbeforethefailingFRU.AnysuchFRUsarelisted
atthetopofthepage.Removethemintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.

4.FollowthecorrectsequenceinthestepsforremovingtheFRU,asgiveninthedrawingsbythe
numbersinsquarecallouts.

5.WhenturningascrewtoreplaceaFRU,turnitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

6.WhenremovingtheFRU,moveitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

7.T oputthenewFRUinplace,reversetheremovalprocedureandfollowanynotesthatpertainto
replacement.Forinformationaboutconnectingandarranginginternalcables,seeChapter9“Locations”
onpage127.

8.WhenreplacingaFRU,usethecorrectscrewasshownintheprocedures.

DANGER

BeforeremovinganyFRU,turnoffthecomputer,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,
removethebatterypack,andthendisconnectanyinterconnectingcables.

Attention:AfterreplacingaFRU,donotturnonthecomputeruntilyouhavemadesurethatallscrews,

springs,andothersmallpartsareinplaceandnonearelooseinsidethecomputer.Verifythisbyshaking
thecomputergentlyandlisteningforrattlingsounds.Metallicpartsormetalakescancauseelectrical
shortcircuits.

Attention:Thesystemboardissensitiveto,andcanbedamagedby,electrostaticdischarge.Before
touchingit,establishpersonalgroundingbytouchingagroundpointwithonehandorbyusingan
electrostaticdischarge(ESD)strap(P/N6405959).

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BeforeservicingThinkPadT400s,T410s,andT410si

RemovingtheSIMcard:

SomemodelsoftheThinkPadT400s,T410s,andT410siyouareservicingmighthavetheSIMcardthatthe
customerhasinstalled.

IfthecomputeryouareservicinghastheSIMcard,removeitbeforeyoustarttheservicing.

ToremovetheSIMcard,youneedtoremovethebatterypackrst.(See1010Batterypack.)

Afteryounishtheservicing,makesurethatyouinsertthecardbackintotheslotrmly.

Noticeondisconnectingthecablefromip-lockZIFconnector:

SomecablesusedintheThinkPadT400s,T410s,andT410siareconnectedtotheip-lockZIFconnectors.

Whendisconnectingthecablefromthoseconnectors,doasshowninthisgure.

1

2

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1010Batterypack

Importantnoticeforreplacingabatterypack:

LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(inWindows7)andLenovoSystemToolbox(inWindowsVistaandWindows
XP)haveanautomaticbatterydiagnosticthatdeterminesifthebatterypackisdefective.Abatterypack
FRUshouldnotbereplacedunlessthisdiagnosticshowsthatthebatteryisdefective.

Theonlyexceptiontothisisifthebatterypackisphysicallydamagedoracustomerisreportingapossible
safetyissue.

IfLenovoThinkVantageT oolboxorLenovoSystemT oolboxisnotinstalledinthecomputer,thecustomer
shoulddownloadthisprogrambeforeanon-physicallydamagedbatterypackisreplaced.Notethata
physicallydamagedbatterypackisnon-warrantyreplacement.

Table9.Removalstepsofbatterypack

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldigniteorexplode.

Unlockthebatterylatch 1 .Holdingthebatterylatchintheunlockedposition 2 ,removethebatterypackin
thedirectionshownbyarrow

3 and 4 .

Wheninstalling:Installthebatterypackintheslot,andthenmakesurethatthebatterylatchisinthelockedposition.

1020SerialUltrabaySlimdeviceortravelbezel

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU75

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

Table10.RemovalstepsofSerialUltrabaySlimdeviceortravelbezel

Holdingthebaylocklatchintheunlockedposition 1 ,slidethebayejectlatch 2 ,andthenpullouttheUltrabaySlim
MediaBaydeviceorthetravelbezelinthedirectionshownbyarrow

3 .

1030Solidstatedrive(SSD)orharddiskdrive(HDD)

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

Attention:

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•Donotdropthedriveorapplyanyphysicalshocktoit.Thedriveissensitivetophysicalshock.

Improperhandlingcancausedamageandpermanentlossofdata.

•Beforeremovingthedrive,havetheusermakeabackupcopyofalltheinformationonitifpossible.

•Neverremovethedrivewhilethesystemisoperatingorisinsuspendmode.

Table11.RemovalstepsofSSDorHDD

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

1

M2×6mm,bind-head,nylon-coated(1)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

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Table11.RemovalstepsofSSDorHDD(continued)

Wheninstalling:MakesurethattheSSDconnectororHDDconnectorisattachedrmly.

1040DIMM

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

Table12.RemovalstepsofDIMM

Note:Loosenthescrews 1 ,butdonotremovethem.

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Table12.RemovalstepsofDIMM(continued)

Note:ForThinkPadT400s,ifonlyoneDIMMisusedonthecomputeryouareservicing,thecardmustbeinstalledin
SLOT -0(

a ),butnotinSLOT-1( b ).

ForThinkPadT400s:

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Table12.RemovalstepsofDIMM(continued)

ForThinkPadT410sandT410si:

Wheninstalling:InsertthenotchedendoftheDIMMintothesocket.PresstheDIMMrmly,andpivotituntilit

snapsintotheplace.Makesurethatitisrmlyxedintheslotanddoesnotmoveeasily.

1050PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

Table13.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

Note:Loosenthescrews 1 ,butdonotremovethem.

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Table13.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN(continued)

Instep 3 ,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunplugthemindirectionofthearrow.

Note:Somemodelsmighthaveonlytwoantennacablesinstep

3 .

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Table13.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN(continued)

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

ForThinkPadT400s

4

M2×3mm,small-head,nylon-coated(2)Silver0.181Nm(1.85kgfcm)

ForThinkPadT410sandT410si

4

M2×3mm,small-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black

0.181Nm(1.85kgfcm)

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Table13.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN(continued)

Wheninstalling:

•InmodelswithwirelessLANcardthathastwoantennaconnectors,plugthegraycableintothejacklabeled

MAINorM,andtheblackcableintothejacklabeledAUXorAonthecard.Ifthecomputeryouareservicinghas
threecables,putthewhitecableinthecableprotectiontube.

•InmodelswithwirelessLANcardthathasthreeantennaconnectors,plugthegraycable(MAIN)intothejack

labeledTR1,thewhitecable(3rd)intojacklabeledROorTR3,andtheblackcable(AUX)intojacklabeled

TR2onthecard.

1060PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•1010Batterypack

Table14.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

Note:Loosenthescrews 1 ,butdonotremovethem.

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Table14.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN(continued)

Instep 3 ,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunplugthemindirectionofthearrow.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

ForThinkPadT400s

4

M2×3mm,small-head,nylon-coated(2)Silver

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

ForThinkPadT410sandT410si

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Table14.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN(continued)

4

M2×3mm,small-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:PlugtheorangecableintothejacklabeledMAIN,andthebluecableintothejacklabeledAUX
onthecard.

1070Keyboard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

Table15.Removalstepsofkeyboard

Note:Loosenthescrews 1 ,butdonotremovethem.

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Table15.Removalstepsofkeyboard(continued)

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

3

M2×6mm,bind-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Pushdownthekeyboardalittletowardthearrow 4 ,andthenliftupthekeyboardinthedirectionof 5 .

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Table15.Removalstepsofkeyboard(continued)

Liftthekeyboardalittleinthedirectionshownbyarrow 6 ,andthendetachtheconnector 7 .

Wheninstallingthekeyboard,doasfollows:

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Table16.Installationstepsofkeyboard

1.Attachthekeyboardconnector.

2.Attachthekeyboardsothatthekeyboardedges a areundertheframeasshowninthisgure.

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Table16.Installationstepsofkeyboard(continued)

3.Tomakesurethatthefrontsideofthekeyboardishousedrmly,gentlypressthekeyswithyourthumbs
andtrytoslidethekeyboardtowardyou.

4.Securethekeyboardbytighteningthescrewsfromthebottomsideofthecomputer.

1080Backupbattery

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

•“1070Keyboard”onpage85

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldignite
orexplode.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU89

Table17.Removalstepsofbackupbattery

Wheninstalling:Attachthebackupbatteryonthehole a intheinsulationsheetasshowninthegurebelowand
makesurethatthebatteryconnectorisattachedrmly.

1090WirelessUSBadapterorIntelTurboMemory

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

•“1070Keyboard”onpage85

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Table18.RemovalstepsofwirelessUSBadapterorIntelTurboMemory

Note:Step 1 isonlyformodelswiththewirelessUSBadapter.FormodelswiththeIntelT urboMemoryMinicard,
skipstep

1 .

Instep

1 ,unplugthejackbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnector

withyourngersandgentlyunplugthemindirectionofthearrow.

Wheninstalling:InmodelswiththewirelessUSBadapter,routetheantennacableasshowninthisgureandplug
thecablermlyintothejackontheadapter.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

2

M2×6mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)Silver

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

1100Palmrestorpalmrestwithngerprintreader

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

•“1030Solidstatedrive(SSD)orharddiskdrive(HDD)”onpage76

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU91

•“1070Keyboard”onpage85

Note:Inmodelswiththengerprintreader,thesensorisattachedtothepalmrestFRU.Ifthengerprint
readerhasanydefects,youcanreplaceitbytheproceduresgiveninthissection,whicharethesame
forapalmrestwithorwithoutangerprintreader.

Table19.Removalstepsofpalmrestorpalmrestwithngerprintreader

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

1

M2×4mm,bind-head,nylon-coated(8)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

2

M2×6mm,bind-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

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Table19.Removalstepsofpalmrestorpalmrestwithngerprintreader(continued)

1110Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2)

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

•“1030Solidstatedrive(SSD)orharddiskdrive(HDD)”onpage76

•“1070Keyboard”onpage85

•“1100Palmrestorpalmrestwithngerprintreader”onpage91

Table20.RemovalstepsofBDC-2

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU93

Table20.RemovalstepsofBDC-2(continued)

1

M2×4mm,bind-head,nylon-coated(1)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmly.

1120Keyboardbezelandspeakerassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage75

•“1020SerialUltrabaySlimdeviceortravelbezel”onpage75

•“1030Solidstatedrive(SSD)orharddiskdrive(HDD)”onpage76

•“1070Keyboard”onpage85

•“1100Palmrestorpalmrestwithngerprintreader”onpage91

Table21.Removalstepsofkeyboardbezelandspeakerassembly

Note:Thespeakerassemblyisattachedtothekeyboardbezel.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

1

M2×6mm,bind-head,nylon-coated(6)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

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