IBM ThinkPad T510I, ThinkPad W510 Service Manual

ThinkPadT510,T510i,andW510
HardwareMaintenanceManual

ThinkPadT510,T510i,andW510
HardwareMaintenanceManual

Note

Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadthegeneralinformationunder
AppendixA“Notices”onpage189

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Contents

Aboutthismanual...........vii

Chapter1.Safetyinformation.....1

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

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

Safetyinspectionguide............4

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic

discharge..................5

Groundingrequirements............5

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......6

Lasercompliancestatement(multilingual

translations)................27

Chapter2.Importantservice

information..............35

StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........35

Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive...36
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem

board................36

Howtouseerrormessage........36

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,and

GAV...................36

Productdenition............36

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV ,andGAV

products...............37

Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....39

Whattodorst..............39

Checkoutguide..............40

DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS....40

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystem

Toolbox)...............42

PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery....43

FRUtests...............43

Powersystemcheckout...........44

Checkingtheacadapter.........45

Checkingoperationalcharging......45

Checkingthebatterypack........45

Checkingthebackupbattery.......46

Chapter4.Relatedservice

information..............47

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery

DiscSet.................47

Passwords................48

Power-onpassword...........48

Hard-diskpassword...........48

Supervisorpassword..........49

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...49

Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...49

Powermanagement............50

Screenblankmode...........50

Sleep(standby)mode..........50

Hibernationmode...........51

Symptom-to-FRUindex...........51

Numericerrorcodes..........52

Errormessages............56

Beepsymptoms............57

No-beepsymptoms...........58

LCD-relatedsymptoms.........58

Intermittentproblems..........59

Undeterminedproblems.........59

Chapter5.Installingandconguring

RAID..................61

SupportedRAIDcongurations........61

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableembedded

SATARAIDfunctionality...........61

CreatingRAIDvolumes...........61

DeletingRAIDvolumes...........62

Chapter6.Statusindicators.....63

Chapter7.Fnkeycombinations...67

Chapter8.FRUreplacement

notices................71

Screwnotices...............71

Retainingserialnumbers...........72

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem

unit.................72

RetainingtheUUID...........72

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...73

Chapter9.Removingandreplacinga

FRU..................75

BeforeservicingThinkPadT510,T510i,and

W510..................76

1010Batterypack.............77

1020SerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceortravel

bezel..................78

1030DIMMslotcover............79

1040DIMM(bottomslot)...........80

1050Harddiskdriveslotcover,harddiskdrive
(HDD)andHDDrubberrailsorsolidstatedrive

(SSD)andstorageconverter.........81

1060Keyboard..............83

1070DIMM(upperslot)...........87

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1080PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..88
1090PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN..91

1100Keyboardbezelassembly........93

1110Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2.1)....96

1120Backupbattery............97

1130SmartCardorContactlessSmartCardor

SmartCarddummyspacer..........98

1140Speakerassembly...........101

1150Thermalmodule............103

1160CPU................106

1170LCDunit...............107

1180Basecoverassembly..........110

1190I/Osubcard.............113

1200Systemboardassemblyandmagnesium

structureframe..............114

2010LCDbezelassembly..........118

2020LEDsubcard.............119

2030Integratedcamera...........120

2040LCDcable,cameracable,LCDpanel,and

hinges..................121

2050AntennakitandLCDrearcoverassembly..124

Chapter10.Locations.......127

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

Rearview.................129

Bottomview...............130

Chapter11.Partslist........131

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

LCDFRUs................161

Keyboard.................175

Miscellaneousparts............176

ACadapters...............177

Powercords...............179

Recoverydiscs..............180

WindowsXPProfessional(32bit)DVDs...180
WindowsVistaBusiness(32bit)DVDs...181

Windows7HomeBasic(32bit)DVDs....181

Windows7HomePremium(32bit)DVDs..182
Windows7HomePremium(64bit)DVDs..183

Windows7Professional(32bit)DVDs....184

Windows7Professional(64bit)DVDs....185

Commonservicetools...........186

AppendixA.Notices........189

Trademarks................190

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Aboutthismanual

ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad®products.

ThinkPadT510andT510iMT4313,4314,4339,4349,4384,4484,and4873
ThinkPadW510MT4318,4319,4387,4389,4391,4875,and4876

Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.

Important:ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPad
products.Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblemseffectively.

BeforeservicingaThinkPadproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safetyinformation”
onpage1

andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage35.

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Chapter1.Safetyinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingsafetyinformationthatyouneedtobefamiliarwithbeforeyouservice
aThinkPadNotebook.

•“Generalsafety”onpage1

•“Electricalsafety”onpage2

•“Safetyinspectionguide”onpage4

•“Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge”onpage5

•“Groundingrequirements”onpage5

•“Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)”onpage6

•“Lasercompliancestatement(multilingualtranslations)”onpage27

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.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation3

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Y oushouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotential
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-wiregroundcontinuity

for0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.
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.

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Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge

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

Notes:

1.Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

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.

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Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)

Thesafetynoticesinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Japanese

•Korean

•Spanish

•T raditionalChinese

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DANGER

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

DANGER

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.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation7

DANGER

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

DANGER

Toavoidshock,donotremovetheplasticcoverthatprotectsthelowerpartoftheinvertercard.

DANGER

Thoughthemainbatterieshavelowvoltage,ashortedorgroundedbatterycanproduceenoughcurrentto
burnpersonnelorcombustiblematerials.

DANGER

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

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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.

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.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation11

PERIGO

Paraevitarchoqueelétrico,nãoremovaacapaplásticaqueprotegeaparteinferiordaplacainversora.

PERIGO

Emboraasprincipaisbateriaspossuambaixavoltagem,umabateriaemcurto-circuitoouaterradapode
produzircorrenteobastanteparaqueimarmateriaisdepessoalouinamáveis.

PERIGO

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

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DANGER

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.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation13

DANGER

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.

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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

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

VORSICHT

DieSystembatterieisteineLithiumbatterie.Siekannsichentzünden,explodierenoderschwereVerbrennungen
hervorrufen.BatteriendiesesTypsdürfennichtaufgeladen,zerlegt,über100°Cerhitztoderverbranntwerden.
AuchdarfihrInhaltnichtmitWasserinVerbindunggebrachtoderderzurrichtigenPolungangebrachte
Verbindungssteckerentferntwerden.BeiderEntsorgungdieörtlichenBestimmungenfürSondermüll
beachten.BeimErsetzenderBatterienurBatteriendesTypsverwenden,derinderErsatzteillisteaufgeführt
ist.DerEinsatzfalscherBatterienkannzuEntzündungoderExplosionführen.

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VORSICHT

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

VORSICHT

AusSicherheitsgründendieKunststoffabdeckung,diedenunterenTeilderSpannungswandlerplatineumgibt,
nichtentfernen.

VORSICHT

ObwohlHauptbatterieneineniedrigeSpannunghaben,könnensiedochbeiKurzschlußoderErdunggenug
Stromabgeben,umbrennbareMaterialienzuentzündenoderVerletzungenbeiPersonenhervorzurufen.

VORSICHT

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

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PELIGRO

AntesdeencenderelsistemadespuesdesustituirunaFRU,compruebequetodoslostornillos,muellesy

PELIGRO

PELIGRO

PELIGRO

PELIGRO

demáspiezaspequeñasseencuentranensusitioynoseencuentransueltasdentrodelsistema.Compruébelo
agitandoelsistemayescuchandolosposiblesruidosqueprovocarían.Laspiezasmetálicaspuedencausar
cortocircuitoseléctricos.

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

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

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

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

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PELIGRO

Paraevitardescargas,noquitelacubiertadeplásticoquerodealapartebajadelatarjetainvertida.

PELIGRO

PELIGRO

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edherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

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

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

DANGER

Emitsvisibleandinvisiblelaserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywith
opticalinstruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

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AlgunsmodelosdecomputadorThinkPadsãoequipadosnafábricacomumdispositivodearmazenamento
ótico,comoumaunidadedeCD-ROMoudeDVD-ROM.T aisdispositivostambémsãovendidos
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,ouaexecuçãodeprocedimentosdiferentesdosespecicadosnesta
documentaçãopoderesultaremexposiçãoperigosaàradiação.

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

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

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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,respectezlesconsignesderéglageetd'utilisation
descommandes,ainsiquelesprocéduresdécritesdansleprésentmanuel.

L'ouverturedel'unitédeCD-ROM,del'unitédeDVD-ROMoudetouteautreunitédestockageoptique
peutentraîneruneexpositionàdesradiationsdangereuses.Aucunepiècedecesunitésn'estréparable.Ne

pasouvrir.

UneunitédeCD-ROMoudeDVD-ROM,outouteautreunitédestockageoptiquepeutcontenirunediodeà
laserdeclasse3Aou3B.Veuilleztenircomptedesinformationssuivantes:

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:
DieBedienungdesGerätsaufeineanderealsdiehierbeschriebeneWeiseoderdieNichteinhaltung
derhierbeschriebenenEinstellungenoderBedienschrittekannzurFreisetzunggefährlicher
Laserstrahlungführen.

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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:

PRECAUCIÓN:
Lautilizacióndecontroles,ajustesolarealizacióndeprocedimientosdiferentesalosespecicados
puededarcomoresultadounaexposiciónpeligrosaaradiaciones.

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

LasunidadesdeCD-ROM,DVD-ROMuotrodispositivodealmacenamientoinstaladopuedencontenerun
diodoláserdeClase3AoClase3Bincorporado.Tengaencuentalosiguiente:

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PELIGRO

Emiteradiaciónláservisibleeinvisiblecuandoestáabierto.Nojelavistaenelrayo,nolomiredirectamente
coninstrumentosópticosyevitelaexposicióndirectaalrayo.

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Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupportedby
thismanual:

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage35
–“Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage36
–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage36
–“Howtouseerrormessage”onpage36

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV ,andGAV”onpage36
–“Productdenition”onpage36
–“FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts”onpage37

Important:Important:BIOSanddevicedriverxesarecustomer-installable.TheBIOSanddevicedrivers
arepostedonthecustomersupportsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support

SystemDisassembly/ReassemblyvideosthatshowtheFRUremovalsorreplacements
fortheLenovo®authorizedservicetechniciansareavailableinthefollowingsupportsite:
http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/

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.

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

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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).

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

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

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•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
returnedinthePEWrecordunderCOMPONENTINFORMA TION.

•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.

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

UsetheHMMasaback-uptoPEWandeSupporttoviewthecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel.

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Chapter3.Generalcheckout

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“Whattodorst”onpage39

•“Checkoutguide”onpage40
–“DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS”onpage40
–“LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox)”onpage42
–“PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery”onpage43
–“FRUtests”onpage43

•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage44

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:

•Nameandphonenumberofservicetechnician

•Dateofservice

•Dateonwhichthemachinefailed

•Dateofpurchase

•Failuresymptoms,errorcodesappearingonthedisplay,andbeepsymptoms

•ProcedureindexandpagenumberinwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected

•FailingFRUnameandpartnumber

•Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber

•Customer'snameandaddress

Noteforwarranty:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthe
computerdamagewascausedbymisuse,accident,modication,unsuitablephysicaloroperating
environment,orimpropermaintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthat

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arenotcoveredunderwarrantyandsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjected
tostressbeyondnormaluse.

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/support

TocreatethePC-DoctordiagnosticCD,followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

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

ToenterBIOSSetupUtility,doasfollows:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toentertheBIOSSetupUtility.

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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.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Makesurethattheinternalopticaldrivethatissupportedasastartupdeviceisattachedtothecomputer.

3.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbepoweredon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”on
page44,andcheckthepowersources.

Ifanerrorcodeappears,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage51.

4.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF12toentertheBootMenu.

5.InsertthePC-DoctorCDintotheinternalopticaldrive.

6.PresscursorkeystoselectA TAPICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.

7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

8.ThemainpanelofPC-Doctorappears.

9.SelectDiagnosticswiththearrowkeys,andpressEnter.

Note:Youcanselectanitemnotonlywiththearrowkeys,butalsowiththeT rackPoint®pointer.Instead
ofpressingEnter,clicktheleftbutton.

Apull-downmenuappears.(Itsexactformdependsonthemodel.)

Note:PC-Doctormenudoesnotmeantheformalsupportdevicelist.Someunsupporteddevicenames
mayappearinthePC-Doctormenu.

Theoptionsonthetestmenuareasfollows:

DiagnosticsInteractiveTests

•RunNormalT est

•RunQuickT est

•CPU/Coprocessor

•Systemboard

•VideoAdapter

•FixedDisks

•DisketteDrives

•OtherDevices

•ThinkPadDevices

•Communication

•WirelessLAN

•AdvancedMemoryTests

•Keyboard

•Video

•InternalSpeaker

•Mouse

•Diskette

•SystemLoad

•OpticalDriveT est

•IntelWLANRadioTest

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DiagnosticsInteractiveTests
Notes:

•IntheKeyboardtestinInteractiveTests,theFnkeyshouldbehelddownforatleast2seconds;otherwise,it

cannotbesensed.

•VideoAdaptertestsupportsonlytheLCDdisplayontheThinkPadNotebook.Ifyouhaveanexternalmonitor

attachedtoyourcomputer,detachitbeforerunningPC-DoctorforDOS.

•T otestDigitalSignatureChip,thesecuritychipmustbesettoActive.

10.Runtheapplicablefunctiontest.

11.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Ifthereisaproblem,PC-Doctorshowsmessagesdescribingit.

12.Toexitthetest,selectQuit—ExitDiag.T ocancelthetest,pressEsc.

Note:AfterrunningPC-Doctor,checkthetimeanddateonthesystemandresetthemiftheyareincorrect.

DetectingsysteminformationwithPC-Doctor

PC-Doctorcandetectthefollowingsysteminformation:

Hardware
Info

•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 oolboxinWindowsVista®andWindows®XP)isa
diagnosticprogramthatworksthroughtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Itenablesyoutoviewsymptomsof
computerproblemsandsolutionsforthem,andincludesautomaticnoticationwhenactionisrequired,
computingassistance,advanceddiagnostics,anddiagnostichistory.

Note:ThelatestLenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(LenovoSystemT oolbox)isavailableatthefollowingWeb
site:http://www.lenovo.com/support

ToinstallthelatestLenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox)onthecomputer,followthe
instructionsontheWebsite.

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Torunthisprogram,doasfollows:

Windows7:

WhiletheWindowsoperatingsystemisrunning,presstheThinkVantagebutton.

Youcanalsorunthisprogramaseitherofthefollowing:

•ClickStart-->AllPrograms-->LenovoThinkVantageTools-->SystemHealthandDiagnostics.

•ClickStart-->ControlPanel-->SystemandSecurity-->Lenovo'sSystemHealthandDiagnostics.

WindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

ClickStart-->AllPrograms-->LenovoServices-->LenovoSystemToolbox.

Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystemToolbox)alsohas
problemdeterminationaidsthatdeterminesoftwareandusageproblems.

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

LCDunit

Audio

SpeakerInteractiveTests-->InternalSpeaker

Keyboard

Diagnostics-->ThinkPadDevices-->ACAdapter,Battery1(Battery2)

1.Diagnostics-->VideoAdapter

2.InteractiveT ests-->Video

EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangeSerialA T A(SATA)settingtoCompatibility,
andrunDiagnostics-->OtherDevice-->ConexantAudio

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

1.Diagnostics-->Systemboard-->Keyboard

2.InteractiveT ests-->Keyboard

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Table1.FRUtests(continued)

FRUApplicabletest

Harddiskdriveorsolidstate
drive

Diskettedrive1.Diagnostics-->DisketteDrives

Opticaldrive1.Diagnostics-->OtherDevices-->OpticalDrive

Memory

TrackPointorpointing
device

EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangeSerialA T A(SATA)settingtoCompatibility,
andrunDiagnostics-->FixedDisks

Youcanalsodiagnosethedrivewithoutstartinguptheoperatingsystem.T odiagnose
thedrivefromtheBIOSSetupUtility,doasfollows:

1.Removeanydiskettefromthediskettedrive,andthenturnoffthecomputer.

2.Turnonthecomputer.

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

4.Usingcursorkeys,selectHDDdiagnosticprogram.Pressenter.

5.Usingcursorkeys,selectMainharddiskdriveorUltrabayharddiskdrive.

6.PressEntertostartthediagnosticprogram.

2.InteractiveT ests-->Diskette

2.InteractiveT ests-->OpticalDriveTest

1.IftwoDIMMsareinstalled,removeoneofthemandrunDiagnostics-->Advanced
MemoryT ests.

2.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,returntheDIMMtoitsplace,removetheotherone,
andrunthetestagain.

IftheTrackPointdoesnotwork,checkthecongurationasspeciedintheBIOSSetup
Utility.IftheT rackPointisdisabled,selectAutomatictoenableit.

AfteryouusetheT rackPoint,thepointermaydriftonthescreenforashorttime.This
driftcanoccurwhenaslight,steadypressureisappliedtotheT rackPointpointer.
Thissymptomisnotahardwareproblem.Ifthepointerstopsafterashorttime,no
serviceactionisnecessary.

IfenablingtheTrackPointdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,continuewiththefollowing:

•InteractiveTests-->Mouse

TouchPad

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

•InteractiveTests-->Mouse

Powersystemcheckout

Toverifyasymptom,dothefollowing:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.

3.Connecttheacadapter.

4.Checkthatpowerissuppliedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

5.Turnoffthecomputer.

6.Disconnecttheacadapterandinstallthechargedbatterypack.

7.Checkthatthebatterypacksuppliespowerwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:

•“Checkingtheacadapter”onpage45

•“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage45

•“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage45

•“Checkingthebackupbattery”onpage46

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Checkingtheacadapter

1

2

3

(20V)

Youareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheacadapterisused.

•Ifthepowerproblemoccursonlywhenthedockingstationortheportreplicatorisused,replacethe
dockingstationortheportreplicator.

•Ifthepower-onindicatordoesnotturnon,checkthepowercordoftheacadapterforcorrectcontinuity
andinstallation.

•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage45

Tochecktheacadapter,dothefollowing:

1.Unplugtheacadaptercablefromthecomputer.

2.Measuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheacadaptercable.Seethefollowinggure:

.

Pin

1+20

20

3

Note:Outputvoltageofpinno.2oftheacadaptermaydifferentfromtheoneyouareservicing.

3.Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheacadapter.

4.Ifthevoltageisacceptable,dothefollowing:

•Replacethesystemboard.

•Iftheproblempersists,goto“FRUtests”onpage43.

Note:Noisefromtheacadapterdoesnotalwaysindicateadefect.

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground

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.

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Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomeshot,itmaynotbeabletocharge.Removeitfromthecomputerandleave

1(+)

2(+)

3

4

5

6(-)

7(-)

itatroomtemperatureforawhile.Afteritcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.

Tocheckthebatterypack,dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer.

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

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.The
resistancemustbe4to30KΩ.Iftheresistanceisnotcorrect,replacethebatterypack.Iftheresistance
iscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

Checkingthebackupbattery

Dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer,andunplugtheacadapterfromit.

2.Turnthecomputerupsidedown.

3.Removethebatterypack(see“1010Batterypack”onpage77).

4.Removethebackupbattery(see“1120Backupbattery”onpage97).

5.Measurethevoltageofthebackupbattery.Seethefollowinggure.

Wire

Voltage(Vdc)

Red+2.5to+3.2

Black

Ground

•Ifthevoltageiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

•Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacethebackupbattery.

•Ifthebackupbatterydischargesquicklyafterreplacement,replacethesystemboard.

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Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet”onpage47

•“Passwords”onpage48

•“Powermanagement”onpage50

•“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage51

ServiceWebsite:

Whenthelatestmaintenancedisketteandthesystemprogramservicediskettebecomeavailable,theywill
bepostedonhttp://www.lenovo.com/spm

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet

Whentheharddiskdrive(HDD)orsolidstatedrive(SSD)isreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproductrecovery
programisonthenewdrive.Inthiscase,youmustusetheRecoveryDiscSetforthecomputer.Orderthe
RecoveryDiscSetandthedriveatthesametimesothatyoucanrecoverthenewdrivewiththepre-installed
softwarewhentheyarrive.Forinformationonwhichdiscstoorder,see“Recoverydiscs”onpage180

TherecoverydiscsetconsistsoftheuserinstructionsandthefollowingsetofDVDstorestorethecomputer
totheoriginalfactoryconguration.

OperatingSystemRecoveryDisc(onedisc)ThisdiscrestorestheMicrosoft®Windows

operatingsystem.Usethisdisctostarttherecovery
process.

.

ApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDisc(oneor
morediscs)

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.

Thisdiscrestoresthepreinstalledapplicationsand
driversonthecomputer.

Thisdisccontainsadditionalcontent,suchas
updatestothesoftwarethatwaspreinstalledonthe
computer.Notallrecoverydiscsetscomewitha
SupplementalRecoveryDisc.

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2.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.

3.PressF10tosavetheSetupUtilitycongurationchanges.Followtheinstructionsonthescreento
begintherecoveryprocess.

4.SelectyourlanguageandclickNext.

5.Readthelicense.Ifyouagreewiththetermsandconditions,selectIacceptthesetermsand
conditionsandthenclickNext.Ifyoudonotagreewiththetermsandconditions,followtheinstructions
onthescreen.

6.ClickY esinthedisplayedwindowtobegintheoperatingsystemrecoveryprocess.

7.InserttheApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDiscwhenpromptedandthenclickOKtobeginthe
applicationsanddriversrecoveryprocess.

8.IfyouhaveaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,insertitwhenpromptedandclickYes.Ifyoudonothavea
SupplementalRecoveryDisc,clickNo.

9.Whenallofthedatahasbeencopiedfromthelastdiscinthesetandhasbeenprocessed,removethe
discandrestartthecomputer.

Note:Therestoftherecoveryprocessisfullyautomatedandnoactionisrequiredbyyou.Thecomputer
willrestartintotheMicrosoftWindowsdesktopseveraltimesandyoumightexperienceperiodswhenno
activityisapparentonthescreenforseveralminutesatatime.Thisisnormal.

10.Whentherecoveryprocessiscomplete,theSetUpWindowsscreenisdisplayed.Followtheinstructions
onthescreentocompletetheWindowssetup.

11.AfteryouhavecompletedtheWindowssetup,youmightwanttorestoretheoriginalstartupsequence.
StarttheSetupUtilityprogramandthenpressF9torestorethedefaultsettings.PressF10tosaveand
exittheSetupUtility.

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”onpage49

.

Hard-diskpassword

Therearetwohard-diskpasswords(HDPs):

•UserHDP—fortheuser

•MasterHDP—forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddiskeveniftheuser

haschangedtheuserHDP

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

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Attention:IftheuserHDPhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterHDPhasbeenset.Ifithas,itcanbe

usedforaccesstotheharddiskdrive.IfnomasterHDPisavailable,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorized
servicetechniciansprovideanyservicestoreseteithertheuserorthemasterHDP ,ortorecoverdatafrom
theharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.

ForhowtoremovethePOP ,see“Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword”onpage49.

Supervisorpassword

Asupervisorpassword(SVP)protectsthesysteminformationstoredintheBIOSSetupUtility.Theusermust
entertheSVPinordertogetaccesstotheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangethesystemconguration.

Attention:IftheSVPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservicetechnician,thereisno
serviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedforascheduledfee.

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword

ToremoveaPOPthatyouhaveforgotten,dothefollowing:

(A)IfnoSVPhasbeenset:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.Forhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1010Batterypack”onpage77.

3.Removethebackupbattery.Forhowtoremovethebackupbattery,see“1120Backupbattery”on
page97.

4.TurnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptdoesnot
appear.ThePOPhasbeenremoved.

5.Reinstallthebackupbatteryandthebatterypack.

(B)IfanSVPhasbeensetandisknownbytheservicetechnician:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

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

Note:T ocheckwhethertheThinkPadNotebookyouareservicingsupportsthePassphrasefunction,
entertheBIOSSetupUtilityandgotoSecurity-->Password.IftheUsingPassphraseitemisdisplayed
inthemenu,thisfunctionisavailableontheThinkPadNotebook.

3.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectPower-OnPassword.

6.TypethecurrentSVPintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.thenleavetheEnterNewPasswordeld
blank,andpressEntertwice.

7.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.

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

Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword

Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserHDPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemade

availabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovideany
servicestoresettheuserHDPsortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbe
replacedforascheduledfee.

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation49

ToremoveauserHDPthathasbeenforgotten,whentheSVPandthemasterHDPareknown,dothe
following:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

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.TypethecurrentmasterHDPintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.thenleavetheEnterNewPassword
eldblank,andpressEntertwice.

8.PressF10.

9.SelectYesintheSetupCongurationwindow.BothuserHDPandmasterHDPwillhavebeenremoved.

Powermanagement

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

Screenblankmode

Ifthetimesetonthe“Turnoffmonitor”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:

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•Ifa“suspendtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andtheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththekeyboard,
theT rackPoint,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.(doesnotsupportthering

indicator(RI)resumebyPCCarddevice.)

•Thetimesetontheresumetimerelapses.

Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleep(standby)mode.Waita
fewsecondsbeforetakinganyactiontoreenteroperationmode.

Hibernationmode

Inhibernationmode,thefollowingoccurs:

•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”onpage52

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation51

•“Errormessages”onpage56

•“Beepsymptoms”onpage57

•“No-beepsymptoms”onpage58

•“LCD-relatedsymptoms”onpage58

•“Intermittentproblems”onpage59

•“Undeterminedproblems”onpage59

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”onpage59.

Note:ForadevicenotsupportedbydiagnosticcodesintheThinkPadNotebooks,seethemanualfor
thatdevice.

Numericerrorcodes

Table2.Numericerrorcodes

Symptomorerror
0175

BadCRC1,stopPOSTtask—TheEEPROMchecksumis
notcorrect.

0176

SystemSecurity—Thesystemhasbeentamperedwith.

0177

BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask—Thechecksumofthe
supervisorpasswordintheEEPROMisnotcorrect.

0182

BadCRC2.EnterBIOSSetupandloadSetup
defaults.—ThechecksumoftheCRS2settinginthe
EEPROMisnotcorrect.

0185

Badstartupsequencesettings.EnterBIOSSetupand
loadSetupdefaults.

0187

EAIAdataaccesserror—TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.

0188

InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea.

0189

InvalidRFIDcongurationinformationarea—The
EEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect.

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility,andsavethecurrent
settingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

Systemboard.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility.PressF9,andEntertoload
thedefaultsetting.Thensavethecurrentsetting
bypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility.PressF9,andEntertoload

thedefaultsetting.Thensavethecurrentsetting
bypressingF10.

Systemboard.

Systemboard.

Systemboard.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror
0190

Criticallow-batteryerror

0191

SystemSecurity—InvalidRemoteChangerequested.

0192

SystemSecurity—EmbeddedSecurityhardwaretamper
detected.

0193

RFantennahasbeenremoved

0194

Thecomputerhasbeencarriedthroughasecuritygate

0195

Securityhardwaretamperdetected

0196

Securityhardwareremoved

0197

Invalidremotechangerequested.

0199

SystemSecurity—Securitypasswordretrycount
exceeded.

01C8

Twoormoremodemdevicesarefound.Removeallbut
oneofthem.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

01C9

TwoormoreEthernetdevicesarefound.Removeallbut
oneofthem.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

01C9

MorethanoneEthernetdevicesarefound.Removeone
ofthem.Press<Esc>tocontinue.

01CA

MorethanoneWirelessLANdevicesarefound.Remove
oneofthem.

0200

Harddiskerror—Theharddiskisnotworking.

021x

Keyboarderror.

0220

Monitortypeerror—Monitortypedoesnotmatchtheone
speciedinCMOS.

FRUoraction,insequence

1.Chargethebatterypack.

2.Batterypack.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility,andthensavecurrent

settingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

Systemboard.

Enterthesupervisorpassword.

Enterthesupervisorpassword.

1.EnterBIOSSetupUtilitybyenteringsupervisor
password,andselect“Password”-->“Security
Chip”-->“ClearSecurityChip”toclearthiserror.

2.Securitychip.

3.Systemboard.

1.EnterBIOSSetupUtilitybyenteringsupervisor

password,andselect“Password”-->“Security
Chip”-->“ClearSecurityChip”toclearthiserror.

2.Securitychip.

3.Systemboard.

Theremotecongurationforthesecuritychiphas
failed.Conrmtheoperationandtryagain.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility,andthensavethecurrent
settingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemoveeitheraMini-PCICardoramodem

daughtercard.Otherwise,pressEsctoignorethe
warningmessage.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemoveeitheraMiniPCIEthernetcardoran

Ethernetdaughtercard.Otherwise,pressEscto
ignorethewarningmessage.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemovetheEthernetdevicethatyouinstalled;or

pressEsctoignorethewarningmessage.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemovethewirelessLANdevicethatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.LoadSetupDefaultsinBIOSSetupUtility.

3.Harddiskdrive.

4.Systemboard.

Runinteractivetestsofthekeyboardandtheauxiliary
inputdevice.

LoadSetupDefaultsinBIOSSetupUtility.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror
0230

ShadowRAMerror—ShadowRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.

0231

SystemRAMerror—SystemRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.

0232

ExtendedRAMerror—ExtendedRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.

0250

Systembatteryerror—Systembatteryisdead.

0251

SystemCMOSchecksumbad—Defaultconguration
used.

0252

Passwordchecksumbad—Thepasswordiscleared.

0260

Systemtimererror.

0270

Real-timeclockerror.

0271

Dateandtimeerror—Neitherthedatenorthetimeisset
inthecomputer.

0280

Previousbootincomplete—Defaultcongurationused.

02B2

IncorrectdriveAtype.

02D0

Systemcacheerror.

02F0

CPUID:xxFailed.

02F4

EISACMOSnotwritable.

02F5

DMAtestfailed.

02F6

SoftwareNMIfailed

02F7

Fail-safetimerNMIfailed

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetupUtility
toresetthetimeanddate.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetupUtility
toresetthetimeanddate.

ResetthepasswordbyrunningBIOSSetupUtility.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours
byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetupUtility
toresetthetimeanddate.

3.Systemboard.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetupUtility
toresetthetimeanddate.

3.Systemboard.

RunBIOSSetupUtilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

1.Load“SetupDefault”inBIOSSetupUtility.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

1.Diskettedrive.

2.ExternalFDDcable.

3.I/Ocard.

1.CPU.

2.Systemboard.

1.LoadSetupDefaultsinBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Replacethebackupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror
1801

Attacheddockingstationisnotsupported

1802

Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin—Turnoffand
removetheminiPCInetworkcard.

1803

Unauthorizeddaughtercardispluggedin—T urnoffand
removethedaughtercard.

1804

UnauthorizedWANcardispluggedin—Poweroffand
removetheWANcard.

1805

UnauthorizedWirelessUSBcardispluggedin—Poweroff
andremovetheWirelessUSBcard.

1810

Harddiskpartitionlayouterror.

1820

Morethanoneexternalngerprintreaderisattached.
Poweroffandremoveallbutthereaderthatyousetup
withinyourmainoperatingsystem.

1830

Invalidmemoryconguration—Poweroffandinstalla
memorymoduletoSlot-0orthelowerslot.

2000

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

FRUoraction,insequence

Shutdownthecomputerandremoveitfromthe
dockingstation.

1.RemoveMiniPCInetworkcard.

2.Systemboard.

1.Removethedaughtercardthatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemovetheWANcardthatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemovetheWirelessUSBcardthatyouinstalled.

2.Systemboard.

1.IftheAccessPredesktopAreahasbeenpreviously

disabled,thengototheBIOSSetupUtilityby
pressingF1toopentheBIOSSetupUtility.
SelectSecurity-->PredesktopArea-->Access
PredesktopArea.SetthisitemtoDisabled.Save
andexit.

2.IftheAccessPredesktopAreahasnotbeenpreviously
disabled,pressEntertoloadAccessPredesktopArea.
ThenrunRECOVERTOFACTORYCONTENTSin
AccessPredesktopArea.

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

4.Ifitem3failed,selectCD-ROMbootinStartupin
AccessPredesktopArea.BootfromtheRecoveryCD
andperformfullrecoveryfromit.

5.Ifitem4failed,replacetheharddiskdrive.

Removeallbutthereaderthatyousetupforthe
authentication.

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

DIMM(bottomslot)”onpage80

.

1.Undockdockingstationorportreplicatorifitis
attachedtotheThinkPadNotebook.

2.PlacetheNotebookonahorizontalsurface.Donot
applyanyphysicalshocktothecomputer.

3.RunDiagnostics-->ThinkPadDevices-->HDD
ActiveProtectionTest.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror
2010

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

201x

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

2100

InitializationerroronHDD0(Mainharddiskdrive)

2102

InitializationerroronHDD1(Ultrabayharddiskdrive)

2110

ReaderroronHDD0(Mainharddiskdrive)

2112

ReaderroronHDD1(Ultrabayharddiskdrive)

FRUoraction,insequence

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

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

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

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Ultrabay™harddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Ultrabayharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

Errormessages

Table3.Errormessages

Symptomorerror

Deviceaddressconict.

Allocationerrorfordevice.

Failingbits:nnnn.1.DIMM.

Invalidsystemcongurationdata.

I/OdeviceIRQconict.1.Load“SetupDefaults”intheBIOSSetupUtility.

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FRUoraction,insequence

1.Load“SetupDefaults”intheBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Backupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

1.Load“SetupDefaults”intheBIOSSetupUtility.

2.Backupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

2.Backupbattery.

3.Systemboard.

Table3.Errormessages(continued)

Symptomorerror

Hibernationerror.1.Restorethesystemcongurationtowhatitwas

Fanerror.1.Fan.

Thermalsensingerror.

Cannotbootfromanydevice.Checkthestatusofdevicewhichyouwanttoboot

FRUoraction,insequence

beforethecomputerenteredhibernationmode.

2.Ifmemorysizehasbeenchanged,re-createthe
hibernationle.

2.Thermalgrease.

3.Systemboard.

Systemboard.

from.

Devicenotfound.

1.Thedeviceyouwanttobootfrom.

2.Systemboard.

DeviceError.

1.Thedeviceyouwanttobootfrom.

2.Systemboard.

Novalidoperatingsystem.

1.Checkthattheoperatingsystemhasnofailureand
isinstalledcorrectly.

2.Reinstalltheoperationsystem.

Excludedfrombootorder.

•EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandaddthedeviceinboot

order.

Beepsymptoms

Table4.Beepsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Onebeepandablank,unreadable,orashingLCD.1.ReseattheLCDconnector.

Onelongandtwoshortbeeps,andablankorunreadable
LCD.

Twoshortbeepswitherrorcodes.

Twoshortbeepsandablankscreen.

Twoormorebeeps,oracontinuousbeep.Operating
systemstartssuccessfully.

Threeshortbeeps,pause,threemoreshortbeeps,and
oneshortbeep.

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

Onlythecursorappears.

FRUoraction,insequence

2.LCDassembly.

3.ExternalCRT.

4.Systemboard.

1.Systemboard.

2.LCDassembly.

3.DIMM.

POSTerror.See“Numericerrorcodes”onpage52.

1.Systemboard.

2.DIMM.

Ifamini-PCIEthernetcardisinstalled,conrmthatAlert
OnLAN2inBIOSSetupUtilityisdisabled.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard

Reinstalltheoperatingsystem.

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Table4.Beepsymptoms(continued)

Symptomorerror

Fourcyclesoffourshortbeepsandablankscreen.

Fiveshortbeepsandablankscreen.

No-beepsymptoms

Table5.No-beepsymptoms

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard(securitychip)
Systemboard

Symptomorerror

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.

Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.

Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand

FRUoraction,insequence

1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

1.ReseatDIMM.

2.Systemboard.

TypethepasswordandpressEnter.

pressEnter.

LCD-relatedsymptoms

Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFT s).The

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

Note:

•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.

•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethat
anyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.

•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.

Table6.LCD-relatedsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.

•LCDbacklightnotworking.

•LCDtoodark.

•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.

•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.

•LCDscreenunreadable.

•Charactersmissingpixels.

•Screenabnormal.

•Wrongcolordisplayed.
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.

2.LCDassembly.

3.Systemboard.

1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”

2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.

3.LCDassembly.

4.Systemboard.

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Intermittentproblems

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

Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:

1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.

2.Ifnoerrorisdetected,donotreplaceanyFRUs.

3.Ifanyerrorisdetected,replacetheFRUshownbytheFRUcode.Rerunthetesttoverifythatnomore
errorsexist.

Undeterminedproblems

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

Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.

Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.(See“Powersystem
checkout”onpage44.)

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

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.Turnonthecomputer.

5.Determinewhethertheproblemhasbeensolved.

6.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,reconnecttheremoveddevicesoneatatimeuntilyoundthefailingFRU.

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

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Chapter5.InstallingandconguringRAID

ThischapterpresentsfollowinginformationaboutattachingSATAdevicesandconguringRAIDforthe
RAID-supportedmodelsinthisproduct.

Note:WhentheBIOSwasformattedorthesystemboardwasreplacedintheRAID-supportedmodels,
RAIDisenabledbydefault.

ImportantnoticesforsettingRAID:

BeforeyouinstallandcongureRAID,makesureofthecurrentRAIDsettingonthecomputeryouare
servicing.

ThisproductsupportseitherRAIDLevel0(RAID0)orRAIDLevel1(RAID1).ConrmtheRAIDsetting
informationprovidedfromthecustomeratrst,thenproceedwiththeinstallation.

GoodornonfailingdriveshavetobeinHDDbay0ifyouhaveRAID1.

•“SupportedRAIDcongurations”onpage61

•“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage61

•“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage61

•“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage62

SupportedRAIDcongurations

ThefollowingRAIDcongurationsaresupportedonThinkPadW510:

RAIDLevel0(RAID0)–Stripeddiskarray
RAIDLevel1(RAID1)–Mirroreddiskarray

Betterperformanceandnofaulttolerance.
Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy.

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAID
functionality

ToconguretheBIOSforRAID,doasfollows:

1.PressF1toentertheBIOSSetupUtilitymenu.

2.SelectCong.

3.SelectSerialA TA(SA TA).

4.SelectSAT AControllerModeOption

5.SelectRAID

6.PressF10tosavethesettings.

Note:SA TAControllerModeOptionisrecoveredtoRAIDbydefault.Whenyouuseothermodebefore
loaddefaultsettinginBIOSSetupUtilitymenusuchasF9key,youhavetorestorethesettingasyoulike.

CreatingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntel®RapidStorageT echnologyoptionROMCongurationUtilityto
createRAIDvolumes.

TocreateRAIDvolumes,doasfollows:

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1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.Duringthestartup,whenaprompttopressCtrl+ItoentertheCongurationUtilityisdisplayedonthe
screen,pressandholdtheCtrlkey,andpresstheIkey.

3.ThescreenforIntelRapidStorageTechnologyoptionROMisdisplayed.Select“CreateRAIDVolume”
andpressEnter.

4.Usingtheupanddownarrowkeys,T abkeys,andEnterkeyselecttheRAIDlevelandllinotherelds.

5.Select“CreateVolume”bypressingtheEnterkey.Whenthedialogboxappears,presstheYkey.

Attention:AllexistingdatawillbeerasedwhiletheRAIDvolumeisbeingcreated.

6.ExittheCongurationUtility.

DeletingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageT echnologyoptionROMCongurationUtilityto
deleteRAIDvolumes.

TodeleteRAIDvolumes,doasfollows:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.Duringthestartup,whenaprompttopressCtrl+ItoentertheCongurationUtilityisdisplayedonthe
screen,pressandholdtheCtrlkey,andpresstheIkey.

3.ThescreenforIntelRapidStorageTechnologyoptionROMisdisplayed.SelecttheRAIDvolumeto
bedeleted,andpressDelete.

4.Whenprompted,pressYkeytoconrmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.

5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:

•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolume.

•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage61

•UsethearrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

•UsethearrowkeystoselectResettingdiskstonon-RAID,andpressEnter.

Attention:IftheSerialATAitemintheBIOSSetupUtilitymenuofthecomputeryouareservicingwassetto
AHCIwhenitwasmanufactured,thentocreateaRAIDarrayyoumustrstenableRAIDinBIOS,create
RAIDvolume,andthenreinstalltheoperatingsystem.Alldataontheharddiskswillbeerasedduringthis
process.Formoreinformation,see“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage61.

forRAIDvolumecreation.

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Chapter6.Statusindicators

7

8

3 4 5 621

9

12 11 10

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.

Blinkinggreen:Dataisbeingtransmitted.

4

Bluetoothwireless
orWirelessUSB
status

Green:

TheBluetoothwirelessfeatureison,and
theradiolinkisreadyforuse.

Blinkinggreen:Dataisbeingtransmitted.

5

Deviceaccess

Green:

Dataisbeingreadfromorwrittentothe
harddiskdrive,thediskettedrive,orthe
driveintheSerialUltrabayEnhanced
device.Whenthisindicatorison,donot
putthecomputerintosleep(standby)
modeorturnoffthecomputer.

Note:Donotmovethesystemwhilethegreendeviceaccesslightison.Sudden
physicalshockcouldcausedriveerrors.

6

Poweron

Green:

Thecomputerisonandreadytouse.
Thisindicatorstayslitaroundthe
power-onbuttonwheneverthecomputer
isonandisnotinsleep(standby)mode.

7

SerialUltrabay
Enhanceddevice

Green:ASerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceis

status

Blinkinggreen:

Turnoff:

8

Fingerprintreader
status

Green:

Blinkinggreen:

Blinkingorange:

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installedandinuse.

ASerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceisin
theprocessofbeingdetached.

ASerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceis
readytobeattachedordetached.

Thengerprintreaderisreadytoswipe.

Thengerprintisbeingauthenticatedor
hasbeenauthenticated.

Thengerprintcouldnotbe
authenticated.

Table7.Statusindicators(continued)

IndicatorMeaning

9

Capslock

Green:CapsLockmodeisenabled.T oenable

ordisableCapsLockmode,pressthe
CapsLockkey.

10

Sleep(standbyfor
WindowsXP)status

Green:Thecomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.

Blinkinggreen:

Thecomputerisenteringsleep(standby)
modeorhibernationmode,oris
resumingnormaloperation.

11

Batterystatus

Green:

Orange:

Thebatteryhasmorethan20%charge.

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.

12

Colorsensorstatus

Green:Calibrationiscomplete.Whenthelidis

opened,theindicatorturnsoff.

Blinkinggreen:Displaycolorsarebeingcalibrated.

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Chapter7.Fnkeycombinations

ThefollowingtableshowsthefunctionofeachcombinationofFnwithafunctionkey.

Table8.Fnkeycombinations

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+F1Reserved.

Fn+F2Lockthecomputer.

Fn+F3

Fn+F4

Fn+F5

Fn+F6

Fn+F7Applyapresentationschemedirectly,withnoneedtostartPresentationDirector.

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

Notes:

Tousethiscombinationofthekeys,ThinkPadPMdevicedrivermusthavebeeninstalled
onthecomputer.

IfyouhaveloggedonwithanadministratoruserIDinWindowsXP ,andyoupressFn+F3,
thepanelforselectingapowerschemeappears.Ifyouhaveloggedonwithanotheruser
IDinWindowsXP ,andyoupressFn+F3,thepaneldoesnotappear.

Putthecomputerinsleep(standby)mode.Toreturntonormaloperation,presstheFnkey
only,withoutpressingafunctionkey.

Notes:

Tousethiscombinationofthekeys,ThinkPadPMdevicedrivermusthavebeeninstalled
onthecomputer.

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

Enableordisablethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingfeatures.IfyoupressFn+F5,alistofwireless
featuresisdisplayed.Youcanquicklychangethepowerstateofeachfeatureinthelist.
Notes:IfyouwanttouseFn+F5toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,thefollowing
devicedriversmustbeinstalledonthecomputerbeforehand:

•PowerManagementdriver

•OnScreenDisplayUtility

•Wirelessdevicedrivers

Changethecameraandaudiosettings.WhenyoupressFn+F6,thecameraandaudiosetting
windowisopenedandthecamerapreviewisturnedon.
Note:Thecamerasettingsareaonlyappearsifthecomputerhasanintegratedcamera.

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TodisablethisfunctionandusetheFn+F7keycombinationforswitchingadisplayoutput
location,startPresentationDirector,andchangethesettings.

Note:IfthecomputerisanWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportpresentationschemes,
howevertheFn+F7combinationmightstillbeusedtoswitchdisplayoutputlocation.

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Table8.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+F7ForWindows7:

Switchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Windowswillshowthese
displayoptions:

•Computerdisplayonly(LCD)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(sameimage)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(extendeddesktopfunction)

•Externalmonitoronly
Note:T oswitchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor,theWin+Pkey
combinationisalsoavailable.

ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

Switchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Ifanexternalmonitoris
attached,computeroutputisdisplayedinthefollowingthreepatternsbyturns:

•Externalmonitor(CRTdisplay)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(LCD+CRTdisplay

•Computerdisplay(LCD)

Notes:

Thisfunctionisnotsupportedifdifferentdesktopimagesaredisplayedonthecomputer
displayandtheexternalmonitor(theExtenddesktopfunction).

ThisfunctiondoesnotworkwhileaDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying.

Toenablethisfunction,startPresentationDirector,andchangethesettings.

Note:MultipleuserscanlogontoasingleoperatingsystembyusingdifferentuserIDs.
Eachuserneedstodothefollowing:ClickStart-->AllPrograms-->ThinkVantage-->
PresentationDirector,andchangetheFn+F7settings.

Fn+F8

Fn+F9Reserved.

Fn+F10Reserved.

Fn+F11Reserved.

Fn+F12Putthecomputerintohibernationmode.T oreturntonormaloperation,pressthepower

Fn+PgUp

Fn+HomeThecomputerdisplaybecomesbrighter.

ChangethesettingsoftheUltraNav®pointingdevice.

buttonforlessthanfourseconds.

Notes:

Tousethiscombinationofthekeys,ThinkPadPMdevicedrivermusthavebeeninstalled
onthecomputer.

ThoughthescreenfadesoutimmediatelyafterFn+F12arepressed,thecomputer
doesnotenterthehibernationmodeimmediately.Donotmovethesystemuntilthe
sleep(standby)statusindicatorstopsblinking.Movingthecomputerwhenitisentering
hibernationmightcausecorruptionoftheharddiskdrive.

TurntheThinkLight®onoroff.
Note:ThisfunctionissupportedonlyontheThinkPadNotebooksthathavetheThinkLight.
TheonoroffstatusoftheThinkLightisshownonthescreenforafewsecondswhenyou
pressFn+PgUp.

Thepurposeofthismethodistochangethebrightnessleveltemporarily.OnWindowsVista,
thedefaultbrightnesslevelisloadedaftersleep(standby),hibernation,reboot,ordetachingor
attachinganacadapter.Tochangethedefaultbrightnesslevel,changethesettingsofthe
PowerOptionintheControlPanelorusethePowerManager.

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Table8.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+EndThecomputerdisplaybecomesdimmer.

Thepurposeofthismethodistochangethebrightnessleveltemporarily.OnWindowsVista,
thedefaultbrightnesslevelisloadedaftersleep(standby),hibernation,reboot,ordetachingor
attachinganacadapter.Tochangethedefaultbrightnesslevel,changethesettingsofthe
PowerOptionintheControlPanelorusethePowerManager.

Fn+SpacebarEnabletheFullScreenMagnierfunction.

Fn+PrtScHavethesamefunctionastheSysRqkey.

Fn+ScrLk

Enableordisablethenumerickeypad.Theindicatorofnumericlockwillbedisplayedon
thescreen.

Fn+Pause

Fn+cursorkeys

HavethesamefunctionastheBreakkey.

ThesekeycombinationsworkwithWindowsMediaPlayer.Theyhavethefollowingfunctions:

•Fn+downarrowkey:PlayorPause

•Fn+uparrowkey:Stop

•Fn+rightarrowkey:NextT rack

•Fn+leftarrowkey:PreviousTrack

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Chapter8.FRUreplacementnotices

Thischapterpresentsnoticesrelatedtoremovingandreplacingparts.Readthischaptercarefullybefore
replacinganyFRU.

Screwnotices

Loosescrewscancauseareliabilityproblem.IntheThinkPadNotebook,thisproblemisaddressedwith
specialnylon-coatedscrewsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:

•Theymaintaintightconnections.

•Theydonoteasilycomeloose,evenwithshockorvibration.

•Theyarehardertotighten.

•Eachoneshouldbeusedonlyonce.

Dothefollowingwhenyouservicethismachine:

•Keepthescrewkit(fortheP/N,see“Miscellaneousparts”onpage176)inyourtoolbag.

•Alwaysusenewscrews.

•Useatorquescrewdriverifyouhaveone.

Tightenscrewsasfollows:

•Plastictoplastic
Turnanadditional90degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceoftheplasticpart:

•Logiccardtoplastic
Turnanadditional180degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceofthelogiccard:

•T orquedriver
Ifyouhaveatorquedriver,refertothe“Torque”columnforeachstep.

•Makesurethatyouusethecorrectscrew.Ifyouhaveatorquescrewdriver,tightenallscrewsrmlytothe
torqueshowninthetable.Neveruseascrewthatyouremoved.Useanewone.Makesurethatall

ofthescrewsaretightenedrmly.

•Ensuretorquescrewdriversarecalibratedcorrectlyfollowingcountryspecications.

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Retainingserialnumbers

Thissectionincludesthefollowingdescriptions:

•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage72

•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage72

•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage73

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.

IftheMTMandProductIDnumbersdifferfromeachotherontherearlabel,usewhatisshownforthe
ProductIDeld.Seeexamplebelow:

MTMonrearlabel:
ProductIDonrear

label:

Intheexample,theSerialNumbertobeinputis'1STTTTMMMSSSSSSS'.

TTTT-CTOS/NSSSSSSS
TTTT-MMM(UsethisnumberwhensettingSerialNumber)

RetainingtheUUID

TheUniversallyUniqueIdentier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat
productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.
ThealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberisdesignedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwo
computersintheworldhavethesamenumber.

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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.ToreadECAinformation,select2.ReadECA/reworknumberfromEEPROMandfollowtheinstruction.

4.Toreadboxbuilddate,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.TowriteECAinformation,select1.WriteECA/reworknumberfromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstruction.

4.Towriteboxbuilddate,select4.WriteboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.

Ifthesystemboardisbeingreplaced,trytoreadtheECAinformationfromtheoldsystemboardandtransfer
theinformationtothenewsystem.Ifthesystemboardisinoperable,thiswillnotbepossible.

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Chapter9.RemovingandreplacingaFRU

ThischapterpresentsdirectionsanddrawingsforuseinremovingandreplacingaFRU.Besuretoobserve
thefollowinggeneralrules:

1.Donottrytoserviceanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertied.Anuntrainedpersonruns
theriskofdamagingparts.

2.BeforereplacinganyFRU,reviewChapter8“FRUreplacementnotices”onpage71.

3.BeginbyremovinganyFRUsthathavetoberemovedbeforethefailingFRU.AnysuchFRUsarelistedat
thetopofthepage.Removethemintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.

4.FollowthecorrectsequenceinthestepsforremovingtheFRU,asgiveninthedrawingsbythenumbers
insquarecallouts.

5.WhenturningascrewtoreplaceaFRU,turnitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

6.WhenremovingtheFRU,moveitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

7.ToputthenewFRUinplace,reversetheremovalprocedureandfollowanynotesthatpertainto
replacement.Forinformationaboutconnectingandarranginginternalcables,seeChapter10“Locations”
onpage127

8.WhenreplacingaFRU,usethecorrectscrewasshownintheprocedures.

DANGER

BeforeremovinganyFRU,turnoffthecomputer,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,removethe
batterypack,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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BeforeservicingThinkPadT510,T510i,andW510

Table9.RemovalstepsofSIMcard

SomemodelsoftheThinkPadT510,T510i,andW510youareservicingmighthavetheSIMcardthatthecustomer
hasinstalled.

IfthecomputeryouareservicinghastheSIMcard,removeitbeforeyoustarttheservicing.

ToremovetheSIMcard,youneedtoremovethebatterypackrst.(See“1010Batterypack”onpage77

Afteryounishtheservicing,makesurethatyouinsertthecardbackintotheslotrmly.

.)

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1010Batterypack

3

21

Importantnoticeforreplacingabatterypack:

ThinkVantageT oolbox(inWindows7)andLenovoSystemToolbox(inWindowsVistaandWindowsXP)have
anautomaticbatterydiagnosticthatdeterminesifthebatterypackisdefective.AbatterypackFRUshould
notbereplacedunlessthisdiagnosticshowsthatthebatteryisdefective.

Theonlyexceptiontothisisifthebatterypackisphysicallydamagedoracustomerisreportingapossible
safetyissue.

IfThinkVantageToolboxorLenovoSystemT oolboxisnotinstalledinthecomputer,thecustomershould
downloadthisprogrambeforeanon-physicallydamagedbatterypackisreplaced.Notethataphysically
damagedbatterypackisnon-warrantyreplacement.

Table10.Removalstepsofbatterypack

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldigniteorexplode.

Unlockthebatterylatch1.Holdingthebatterylatchintheunlockedposition2,removethebatterypackin
thedirectionshownbyarrow3.

Wheninstalling:Installthebatterypackintheslot,andthenmakesurethatthebatterylatchisinthelockedposition.

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1020SerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceortravelbezel

3

2

1

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

Table11.RemovalstepsofSerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceortravelbezel

Holdingthebaylocklatchintheunlockedposition1,slidethebayejectlatch2,andthenpullouttheSerial
UltrabayEnhanceddeviceorthetravelbezelinthedirectionshownbyarrow

3.

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1030DIMMslotcover

1

2

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

Table12.RemovalstepsofDIMMslotcover

Note:Loosenthescrews1,butdonotremovethem.

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1040DIMM(bottomslot)

1

1

2

a b

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

•“1030DIMMslotcover”onpage79

Table13.RemovalstepsofDIMM(bottomslot)

Note:IfonlyoneDIMMisusedonthecomputeryouareservicing,thecardmustbeinstalledinSLOT-0(a),but
notinSLOT-1(b).

Wheninstalling:InsertthenotchedendoftheDIMMintothesocket.PresstheDIMMrmly,andpivotituntilit
snapsintotheplace.Makesurethatitisrmlyxedintheslotanddoesnotmoveeasily.

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1050Harddiskdriveslotcover,harddiskdrive(HDD)andHDDrubber

2

1

3

railsorsolidstatedrive(SSD)andstorageconverter

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

Attention:

•Donotdropthedriveorapplyanyphysicalshocktoit.Thedriveissensitivetophysicalshock.

Improperhandlingcancausedamageandpermanentlossofdata.

•Beforeremovingthedrive,havetheusermakeabackupcopyofalltheinformationonitifpossible.

•Neverremovethedrivewhilethesystemisoperatingorisinsuspendmode.

Table14.Removalstepsofharddiskdriveslotcover,HDDandHDDrubberrailsorSSDandstorageconverter

Note:Loosenthescrew1,butdonotremoveit.

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Table15.RemovalstepsofHDDandHDDrubberrails

4

4

5

4

Table16.RemovalstepsofSSDandstorageconverter

Wheninstalling:MakesurethattheSSDconnectororHDDconnectorisattachedrmly.

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1060Keyboard

1

1

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

•“1030DIMMslotcover”onpage79

Table17.Removalstepsofkeyboard

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

Pushdownthekeyboardalittletowardthearrow2untilthefrontedgeofthekeyboardisdetachedfromthe
keyboardbezel.

M2×14mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

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Table17.Removalstepsofkeyboard(continued)

2

3

4

Liftthekeyboardalittleinthedirectionshownbyarrow3,andthendetachtheconnector4.

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Wheninstallingthekeyboard,doasfollows:

1

a

a

Table18.Installationstepsofkeyboard

1.Attachthekeyboardconnector1.

2.Attachthekeyboardsothatthekeyboardedgesaareundertheframeasshowninthisgure.

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Table18.Installationstepsofkeyboard(continued)

b

b

b

3.Gentlypressthekeyswithyourthumbsandtrytoslidethekeyboardtowardyou.

4.Makesurethatthefrontsideofthekeyboard(b)ishousedrmly.

5.Securethekeyboardbytighteningthescrewsfromthebottomsideofthecomputer.

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1070DIMM(upperslot)

1

1

2

a

b

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

•“1030DIMMslotcover”onpage79

•“1060Keyboard”onpage83

Table19.RemovalstepsofDIMM(upperslot)

Note:IfonlyoneDIMMisusedonthecomputeryouareservicing,thecardmustbeinstalledinSLOT-0(a),but
notinSLOT-1(b).

Wheninstalling:InsertthenotchedendoftheDIMMintothesocket.PresstheDIMMrmly,andpivotituntilit
snapsintotheplace.Makesurethatitisrmlyxedintheslotanddoesnotmoveeasily.

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1080PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

1

1

1

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

•“1030DIMMslotcover”onpage79

•“1060Keyboard”onpage83

Table20.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

Instep1,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunplugthemindirectionofthearrow.

Note:Somemodelsmighthaveonlytwoantennacablesinstep

1.

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Table20.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN(continued)

2

2

3

4

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

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

Torque

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

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Table20.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN(continued)

Wheninstalling:

•InmodelswithwirelessLANcardthathastwoantennaconnectors,plugthegraycableintothejacklabeled

MAINorM,andtheblackcableintothejacklabeledAUXorAonthecard.Ifthecomputeryouareservicinghas
threecables,putthewhitecableinthecableprotectiontubeasshowninthisgure.

•InmodelswithwirelessLANcardthathasthreeantennaconnectors,plugthegraycable(MAIN)intothejack

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

TR2onthecard.

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1090PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

1

1

2

3

2

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage77

•“1030DIMMslotcover”onpage79

•“1060Keyboard”onpage83

Table21.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

Instep1,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunplugthemindirectionofthearrow.

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Table21.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN(continued)

4

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

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

Torque

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

Note:PlugtheorangecableintothejacklabeledMAIN,andthebluecableintothejacklabeledAUXonthecard.

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