Contents
Aboutthismanual...........iii
Chapter1.Safetyinformation.....1
Generalsafety................1
Electricalsafety...............2
Safetyinspectionguide............3
Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic
discharge..................4
Groundingrequirements............4
Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......5
Lasercompliancestatement(multilingual
translations)................17
Chapter2.Importantservice
information..............23
StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........23
Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive...24
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem
board................24
Howtouseerrormessage........24
StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV ,and
GAV...................25
Productdenition............25
FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV ,andGAV
products...............25
Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....27
Whattodorst..............28
Checkoutguide..............29
DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS....29
LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox.......31
FRUtests...............33
Powersystemcheckout...........35
Checkingtheacpoweradapter......35
Checkingoperationalcharging......35
Checkingthebatterypack........36
Checkingthebackupbattery.......36
Chapter4.Relatedservice
information..............39
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery
DiscSet.................39
Passwords................40
Power-onpassword...........40
Hard-diskpassword...........40
Supervisorpassword..........41
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...41
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...41
Powermanagement............43
Screenblankmode...........43
Sleep(standby)mode..........43
Hibernationmode...........44
Symptom-to-FRUindex...........45
Numericerrorcodes..........45
Errormessages............47
Beepsymptoms............48
No-beepsymptoms...........48
LCD-relatedsymptoms.........49
Intermittentproblems..........50
Undeterminedproblems.........50
Chapter5.Statusindicators.....51
Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations...55
Chapter7.FRUreplacement
notices................59
Screwnotices...............59
Retainingserialnumbers...........60
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem
unit.................60
RetainingtheUUID...........60
ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...61
Chapter8.Removingandreplacinga
FRU..................63
BeforeservicingThinkPadT420andT420i...64
1010Batterypack.............65
1020ExpressCardblankbezel........66
1030SerialUltrabayEnhanceddeviceortravel
bezel..................67
1040Harddiskdrive(HDD)andsolidstatedrive
(SSD)..................68
1050DIMMslotcover............71
1060DIMM(intheslotontheundersideofthe
computer)................72
1070PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN..73
1080Keyboard..............75
1090DIMM(intheslotunderthekeyboard)...80
1100Backupbattery............82
1110PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..84
1120Keyboardbezelassembly,FPCcable,and
Bluethoothdaughtercard(BDC-2.1)......86
1130SmartCardorContactlessSmartCard...91
1140Modemdaughtercard(MDC).......93
1150Speakerassembly...........94
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