Lenovo 6674, 3317, 5043, 4478, 4013 User Manual

ThinkCentre
HardwareMaintenanceManual

MachineTypes:3317,4013,4478,5043,5237,5393,5526,and6674.

ThinkCentre
HardwareMaintenanceManual

MachineTypes:3317,4013,4478,5043,5237,5393,5526,and6674.

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandChapter2
“Safetyinformation”onpage3andAppendixA“Notices”onpage207.

FourthEdition(March2011)
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Contents

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual.....1

Importantsafetyinformation..........1

ImportantinformationaboutreplacingtheRoHS

compliantFRUs...............1

Chapter2.Safetyinformation.....3

Generalsafety................3

Electricalsafety...............3

Voltage-selectionswitch............5

Safetyinspectionguide............5

Handlingelectrostaticdischarge-sensitive

devices..................6

Groundingrequirements............6

Safetynotices(multi-lingualtranslations).....6

Chapter3.Generalinformation....29

OnlineBooksfolder.............29

LenovoThinkVantageTools.........29

ThinkVantageProductivityCenter.......29

LenovoWelcome..............30

AccessHelp...............30

Additionalinformationresources.......30

Specications...............30

Chapter4.Generalcheckout.....33

Problemdeterminationtips..........33

Chapter5.Diagnostics........35

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox........35

LenovoSystemToolbox...........35

PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery......36

PC-DoctorforDOS.............36

Creatingadiagnosticdisc........36

Runningthediagnosticprogramfroma

diagnosticdisc.............36

Navigatingthroughthediagnostics

programs...............37

Runningtests.............37

Viewingthetestlog...........38

Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility

program................39

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......39

Viewingorchangingsettings.........39

Usingpasswords..............39

Passwordconsiderations.........40

Power-onpassword...........40

Administratorpassword.........40

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword..40

Enablingordisablingadevice........40

Selectingastartupdevice..........41

Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....41

Viewingorchangingthestartupdevice

sequence...............41

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......42

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex.43

Harddiskdrivebooterror..........43

Powersupplyproblems...........43

Diagnosticerrorcodes...........43

Beepsymptoms..............61

POSTerrorcodes.............62

Miscellaneouserrormessages........63

Undeterminedproblems...........65

Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs......67

Locatingconnectorsonthefrontofyour

computer.................67

Locatingconnectorsontherearofyour

computer.................67

Removingthecomputercover........68

Locatingcomponents............69

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......70

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....71

Installingorreplacingamemorymodule....72

InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard.......74

Replacingthebattery............76

Replacingthepowersupplyassembly.....77

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly....78

Replacingthemicroprocessor........80

Replacingthesystemboard.........82

Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive......83

Replacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive....85

Replacingtheopticaldrive..........87

ConnectingaSATAdrive.........89

Replacingthecardreader..........89

Replacingthefrontfanassembly.......90

Replacingtherearfanassembly........92

Replacingtheinternalspeaker........94

ReplacingthefrontaudioandUSBassembly..96

CompletingtheFRUreplacement.......97

Chapter9.FRUlists.........99

Overall:MT3317,4013,4478,5043,5237,5393,

5526,and6674..............99

MechanicalFRUs.............112

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KeyboardandMouse............118

AdaptersandmiscellaneousFRUs.......153

PowerCords...............154

Recoverydiscs..............161

WindowsXPProfessionalRecoveryCD...161
WindowsVista32HomeBasicRecovery

CD.................166

WindowsVistaHomeBasic32withMSofce

starter2010RecoveryCD........166

WindowsVistaBusiness32RecoveryCD..166
WindowsVistaBusiness32OfceStarter

2010RecoveryCD...........168

Windows7HomeBasic32RecoveryCD..169
Windows7HomeBasic32OfceStarter2010

RecoveryCD.............171

Windows7HomePremium32Recovery

CD.................173

Windows7HomePremium32OfceStarter

2010RecoveryCD...........176

Windows7Professional32RecoveryCD..178
Windows7Professional32withMSofce

starter2010RecoveryCD........184

Windows7Professional64RecoveryCD..189
Windows7Professional64withMSofce

starter2010RecoveryCD........192

Windows7HomePremium64Recovery

CD.................194

Windows7HomePremium64withMSOfce

Starter2010RecoveryCD........196

Windows7Starter32RecoveryCD....199

Windows7Starter32OfceStarterRecovery

CD.................200

Chapter10.Additionalservice

information.............203

Securityfeatures..............203

HardwarecontrolledPasswords......203

Operatingsystempassword.......203

Vitalproductdata............203

BIOSlevels................203

Updating(ashing)BIOSfromadisc......203

Updating(ashing)BIOSfromyouroperating

system..................204

RecoveringfromaPOST/BIOSupdatefailure..204

Powermanagement............205

Automaticcongurationandpowerinterface

(ACPI)BIOS..............205

AutomaticPower-Onfeatures.......205

AppendixA.Notices........207

Televisionoutputnotice...........208

Trademarks................208

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Chapter1.Aboutthismanual

ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforThinkCentre®computermachinetypeslisted
onthefrontcover.AlltheinformationinthismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedServiceProviderswhoare
familiarwithLenovo®computerproducts.Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besure
toreadandunderstandtheChapter2“Safetyinformation”onpage3

The“Symptom-to-FRUIndex”chapterandthe“Additionalserviceinformation”chapterapplytoall
ThinkCentrecomputers.

Thismanualincludesacompleteeldreplaceableunit(FRU)partnumberlistforeachmachinetypelistedon
thefrontcover.IfyouhaveInternetaccess,theFRUpartnumberlistsarealsoavailableat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Importantsafetyinformation

Besuretoreadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthismanualbeforeperforminganyof
theinstructions.

VeuillezliretouteslesconsignesdetypeDANGERetATTENTIONduprésentdocumentavantd'exécuter
lesinstructions.

LesenSieunbedingtalleHinweisevomTyp"ACHTUNG"oder"VORSICHT"indieserDokumentation,bevor
SieirgendwelcheVorgängedurchführen

andAppendixA“Notices”onpage207.

LeggereleistruzioniintrodottedaATTENZIONEePERICOLOpresentinelmanualeprimadieseguireuna
qualsiasidelleistruzioni

Certique-sedelertodasasinstruçõesdecuidadoeperigonestemanualantesdeexecutarqualquer
umadasinstruções

Esimportantequeleatodaslasdeclaracionesdeprecauciónydepeligrodeestemanualantesdeseguir
lasinstrucciones.

ImportantinformationaboutreplacingtheRoHScompliantFRUs

RoHS,theRestrictionofHazardousSubstancesinElectricalandElectronicEquipmentDirective
(2002/95/EC)isaEuropeanUnionlegalrequirementaffectingtheglobalelectronicsindustry.RoHS
requirementsmustbeimplementedonLenovoproductsplacedonthemarketandsoldinthe
EuropeanUnionafterJune2006.ProductsonthemarketbeforeJune2006arenotrequiredto
haveRoHScompliantparts.Ifthepartsarenotcompliantoriginally,replacementpartscanalso

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benoncompliant,butinallcases,ifthepartsarecompliant,thereplacementpartsmustalsobe
compliant.

Note:RoHSandnon-RoHSFRUpartnumberswiththesametandfunctionareidentiedwithunique

FRUpartnumbers.

LenovoplanstotransitiontoRoHScompliancewellbeforetheimplementationdateandexpectsitssuppliers
tobereadytosupportLenovo'srequirementsandscheduleintheEU.Productssoldin2005,willcontain
someRoHScompliantFRUs.ThefollowingstatementpertainstotheseproductsandanyproductLenovo
producescontainingRoHScompliantparts.

RoHScompliantThinkCentrepartshaveuniqueFRUpartnumbers.BeforeorafterJune,2006,failedRoHS
compliantpartsmustalwaysbereplacedusingRoHScompliantFRUs,soonlytheFRUsidentiedas
compliantinthesystemHMMordirectsubstitutionsforthoseFRUscanbeused.

ProductsmarketedbeforeJune2006ProductsmarketedafterJune2006

Currentororiginalpart

Non-RoHSCanbeNon-RoHS
Non-RoHSCanbeRoHS
Non-RoHSCansubtoRoHS

RoHSMustbeRoHS

ReplacementFRU

Currentororiginalpart

MustbeRoHSMustbeRoHS

ReplacementFRU

Note:AdirectsubstitutionisapartwithadifferentFRUpartnumberthatisautomaticallyshippedbythe

distributioncenteratthetimeoforder.

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Chapter2.Safetyinformation

Thischaptercontainsthesafetyinformationthatyouneedtoreadandunderstandbeforeservicinga
computer.

Generalsafety

Followtheserulestoensuregeneralsafety:

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareaofthemachinesduringandaftermaintenance.

•Whenliftinganyheavyobject:

1.Ensureyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

2.Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

3.Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouattempttolift.

4.Liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles;thisactionremovesthestrainfromthe
musclesinyourback.Donotattempttoliftanyobjectsthatweighmorethan16kg(35lb)orobjects

thatyouthinkaretooheavyforyou.

•Donotperformanyactionthatcauseshazardstothecustomer,orthatmakestheequipmentunsafe.

•Beforeyoustartthemachine,ensurethatotherservicerepresentativesandthecustomer'spersonnelare
notinahazardousposition.

•Placeremovedcoversandotherpartsinasafeplace,awayfromallpersonnel,whileyouareservicing
themachine.

•Keepyourtoolcaseawayfromwalkareassothatotherpeoplewillnottripoverit.

•Donotwearlooseclothingthatcanbetrappedinthemovingpartsofamachine.Ensurethatyoursleeves
arefastenedorrolledupaboveyourelbows.Ifyourhairislong,fastenit.

•Inserttheendsofyournecktieorscarfinsideclothingorfastenitwithanonconductiveclip,approximately
8centimeters(3inches)fromtheend.

•Donotwearjewelry,chains,metal-frameeyeglasses,ormetalfastenersforyourclothing.
Remember:Metalobjectsaregoodelectricalconductors.

•Wearsafetyglasseswhenyouare:hammering,drilling,soldering,cuttingwire,attachingsprings,using
solvents,orworkinginanyotherconditionsthatmightbehazardoustoyoureyes.

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

•Reinstallallcoverscorrectlybeforereturningthemachinetothecustomer.

Electricalsafety

CAUTION:
Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablescanbehazardous.Toavoid
personalinjuryorequipmentdamage,disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunication
systems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyouopentheserver/workstationcovers,unlessinstructed
otherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

Observethefollowingruleswhenworkingonelectricalequipment.

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Important:Useonlyapprovedtoolsandtestequipment.Somehandtoolshavehandlescoveredwithasoft

materialthatdoesnotinsulateyouwhenworkingwithliveelectricalcurrents.Manycustomershave,near
theirequipment,rubberoormatsthatcontainsmallconductiveberstodecreaseelectrostaticdischarges.
Donotusethistypeofmattoprotectyourselffromelectricalshock.

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

•Donotworkaloneunderhazardousconditionsornearequipmentthathashazardousvoltages.

•Disconnectallpowerbefore:
–Performingamechanicalinspection

–Workingnearpowersupplies
–RemovingorinstallingFieldReplaceableUnits

•Beforeyoustarttoworkonthemachine,unplugthepowercord.Ifyoucannotunplugit,askthecustomer
topower-offthewallboxthatsuppliespowertothemachineandtolockthewallboxintheoffposition.

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

Remember:Anotherpersonmustbetheretoswitchoffthepower,ifnecessary.

–Useonlyonehandwhenworkingwithpowered-onelectricalequipment;keeptheotherhandinyour

pocketorbehindyourback.
Remember:Theremustbeacompletecircuittocauseelectricalshock.Byobservingtheaboverule,
youmaypreventacurrentfrompassingthroughyourbody.

–Whenusingtesters,setthecontrolscorrectlyandusetheapprovedprobeleadsandaccessoriesfor

thattester.

–Standonsuitablerubbermats(obtainedlocally,ifnecessary)toinsulateyoufromgroundssuchas

metaloorstripsandmachineframes.

Observethespecialsafetyprecautionswhenyouworkwithveryhighvoltages;theseinstructionsarein
thesafetysectionsofmaintenanceinformation.Useextremecarewhenmeasuringhighvoltages.

•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.

•Donotusewornorbrokentoolsandtesters.

•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.First,checkthatithasbeenpowered-off.

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

•Donottouchliveelectricalcircuitswiththereectivesurfaceofaplasticdentalmirror.Thesurfaceis
conductive;suchtouchingcancausepersonalinjuryandmachinedamage.

•Donotservicethefollowingpartswiththepoweronwhentheyareremovedfromtheirnormaloperating
placesinamachine:

–Powersupplyunits
–Pumps
–Blowersandfans
–Motorgenerators

andsimilarunits.(Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.)

•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs:
–Usecaution;donotbecomeavictimyourself.

–Switchoffpower.
–Sendanotherpersontogetmedicalaid.

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Voltage-selectionswitch

Somecomputersareequippedwithavoltage-selectionswitchlocatednearthepower-cordconnection
pointonthecomputer.Ifyourcomputerhasavoltage-selectionswitch,ensurethatyousettheswitchto
matchthevoltageavailableatyourelectricaloutlet.Settingthevoltage-selectionswitchincorrectlycan
causepermanentdamagetothecomputer.

Ifyourcomputerdoesnothaveavoltage-selectionswitch,yourcomputerisdesignedtooperateonlyatthe
voltageprovidedinthecountryorregionwherethecomputerwasoriginallypurchased.

Ifyourelocateyourcomputertoanothercountry,beawareofthefollowing:

•Ifyourcomputerdoesnothaveavoltage-selectionswitch,donotconnectthecomputertoanelectrical
outletuntilyouhaveveriedthatthevoltageprovidedisthesameasitwasinthecountryorregion
wherethecomputerwasoriginallypurchased.

•Ifyourcomputerhasavoltage-selectionswitch,donotconnectthecomputertoanelectricaloutletuntil
youhaveveriedthatthevoltage-selectionswitchissettomatchthevoltageprovidedinthatcountry
orregion.

Ifyouarenotsureofthevoltageprovidedatyourelectricaloutlet,contactyourlocalelectriccompanyor
refertoofcialWebsitesorotherliteraturefortravelerstothecountryorregionwhereyouarelocated.

Safetyinspectionguide

Theintentofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditionsonthese
products.Eachmachine,asitwasdesignedandbuilt,hadrequiredsafetyitemsinstalledtoprotectusers
andservicepersonnelfrominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.However,goodjudgmentshould
beusedtoidentifypotentialsafetyhazardsduetoattachmentoffeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythis
inspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutrstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock).

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorbulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Theguideconsistsofaseriesofstepspresentedinachecklist.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,and
thepowercorddisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Power-offthecomputer.Disconnectthepowercord.

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

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandframeground.
b.Thepowercordshouldbetheappropriatetypeasspeciedinthepartslistings.
c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Removethecover.

Chapter2.Safetyinformation5

5.Checkforanyobviousalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofanyalterations.

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

7.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

8.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Handlingelectrostaticdischarge-sensitivedevices

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

Notes:

1.Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

WhenhandlingESD-sensitiveparts:

•Keepthepartsinprotectivepackagesuntiltheyareinsertedintotheproduct.

•Avoidcontactwithotherpeoplewhilehandlingthepart.

•Wearagroundedwriststrapagainstyourskintoeliminatestaticonyourbody.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Usetheblacksideofagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespecially
usefulwhenhandlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Selectagroundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecic
servicerequirement.

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemisdesirablebutnotrequiredtoprotectagainstESDdamage.
–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.

–UseanESDcommongroundorreferencepointwhenworkingonadouble-insulatedor

battery-operatedsystem.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usetheroundground-prongoftheacplugonac-operatedcomputers.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingofthecomputerisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeveriedbyacertiedelectrician.

Safetynotices(multi-lingualtranslations)

Thecautionanddangersafetynoticesinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•Brazilian/Portuguese

•Chinese(simplied)

•Chinese(traditional)

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•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Italian

•Korean

•Spanish

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephoneandcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconguration

ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodems

beforeyouopenthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandconguration
procedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtableswheninstalling,moving,or

openingcoversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

ToConnectToDisconnect

1.T urneverythingOFF .

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlet.

5.T urndeviceON.

1.T urneverythingOFF .

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

CAUTION:
Whenreplacingthelithiumbattery,useonlyPartNumber45C1566oranequivalenttypebattery
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Ifyoursystemhasamodulecontainingalithiumbattery,replace
itonlywiththesamemoduletypemadebythesamemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumand
canexplodeifnotproperlyused,handled,ordisposedof.Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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CAUTION:

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Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVD-ROMdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

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≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

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PERIGO

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Acorrenteelétricaprovenientedecabosdealimentação,detelefoneedecomunicaçõeséperigosa.

Paraevitarriscodechoqueelétrico:

•Nãoconectenemdesconectenenhumcaboouexecuteinstalação,manutençãooureconguração
desteprodutoduranteumatempestadecomraios.

•Conectetodososcabosdealimentaçãoatomadaselétricascorretamenteinstaladaseaterradas.

•T odoequipamentoqueforconectadoaesteprodutodeveserconectadoatomadascorretamente
instaladas.

•Quandopossível,utilizeapenasumadasmãosparaconectaroudesconectarcabosdesinal.

•Nuncaliguenenhumequipamentoquandohouverevidênciadefogo,águaoudanosestruturais.

•Antesdeabrirtampasdedispositivos,desconectecabosdealimentação,sistemasdetelecomunicação,
redesemodemsconectados,amenosqueespecicadodemaneiradiferentenosprocedimentosde
instalaçãoeconguração.

•Conecteedesconecteoscabosconformedescritonatabelaapresentadaaseguiraoinstalar,moverou
abrirtampasdesteprodutooudedispositivosconectados.

ParaConectar:ParaDesconectar:

1.DESLIGUETudo.

2.Primeiramente,conectetodososcabosaos
dispositivos.

3.Conecteoscabosdesinalaosconectores.

4.Conecteoscabosdealimentaçãoàstomadas.

5.LIGUEosdispositivos.

1.DESLIGUETudo.

2.Primeiramente,removaoscabosdealimentaçãodas
tomadas.

3.Removaoscabosdesinaldosconectores.

4.Removatodososcabosdosdispositivos.

CUIDADO:

Aosubstituirabateriadelítio,utilizeapenasumabateriacomNúmerodePeça45C1566ouumtipo
debateriaequivalenterecomendadopeloSeoseusistemapossuiummódulocomumabateriade
lítio,substitua-oapenasporummódulodomesmotipoedomesmofabricante.Abateriacontémlítio
epodeexplodirsenãoforutilizada,manuseadaoudescartadademaneiracorreta.

Não:

•Jogueoucoloquenaágua

•Aqueçaamaisde100°C(212°F)

•Consertenemdesmonte

Descarteabateriaconformerequeridopelasleisouregulamentoslocais.

PRECAUCIÓN:

Quandoprodutosalaser(comounidadesdeCD-ROMs,unidadesdeDVD-ROM,dispositivosdebraótica
outransmissores)estivereminstalados,observeoseguinte:

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•Nãoremovaastampas.Aremoçãodastampasdeumprodutoalaserpoderesultaremexposição

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prejudicialàradiaçãodelaser.Nãoexistempeçasquepodemserconsertadasnointeriordodispositivo.

•Autilizaçãodecontrolesouajustesouaexecuçãodeprocedimentosdiferentesdosespecicadosaqui
poderesultaremexposiçãoprejudicialàradiação.

PERIGO

AlgunsprodutosalasercontêmdiododelaserintegradodaClasse3AoudaClasse3B.Observeoseguinte:

Radiaçãoalaserquandoaberto.Nãoolhediretamenteparaofeixeaolhonuoucominstrumentosópticose
eviteexposiçãodiretaaofeixe.

≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

CUIDADO:

Utilizeprocedimentosdesegurançaparalevantarequipamentos.

CUIDADO:

Obotãodecontroledealimentaçãododispositivoeobotãoparaligar/desligardafontedealimentação
nãodesligamacorrenteelétricafornecidaaodispositivo.Odispositivotambémpodetermaisdeumcabo
dealimentação.Pararemovertodaacorrenteelétricadodispositivo,assegurequetodososcabosde
alimentaçãoestejamdesconectadosdafontedealimentação.

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DANGER

Lecourantélectriqueprovenantdel'alimentation,dutéléphoneetdescâblesdetransmissionpeutprésenter
undanger.

Pourévitertoutrisquedechocélectrique:

•Nemanipulezaucuncâbleetn'effectuezaucuneopérationd'installation,d'entretienoudereconguration
deceproduitaucoursd'unorage.

•Brancheztouslescordonsd'alimentationsurunsocledeprisedecourantcorrectementcâbléetmisàla
terre.

•Branchezsurdessoclesdeprisedecourantcorrectementcâbléstoutéquipementconnectéàceproduit.

•Lorsquecelaestpossible,n'utilisezqu'uneseulemainpourconnecteroudéconnecterlescâbles
d'interface.

•Nemettezjamaisunéquipementsoustensionencasd'incendieoud'inondation,ouenprésencede
dommagesmatériels.

•Avantderetirerlescartersdel'unité,mettezcelle-cihorstensionetdéconnectezsescordons
d'alimentation,ainsiquelescâblesquilarelientauxréseaux,auxsystèmesdetélécommunicationetaux
modems(saufinstructioncontrairementionnéedanslesprocéduresd'installationetdeconguration).

•Lorsquevousinstallez,quevousdéplacez,ouquevousmanipulezleprésentproduitoudespériphériques
quiluisontraccordés,reportez-vousauxinstructionsci-dessouspourconnecteretdéconnecterles
différentscordons.

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ConnexionDéconnexion

1.MettezlesunitésHORSTENSION.

2.Commencezparbranchertouslescordonssurles
unités.

3.Branchezlescâblesd'interfacesurdesconnecteurs.

4.Branchezlescordonsd'alimentationsurdesprises.

5.MettezlesunitésSOUSTENSION.

1.MettezlesunitésHORSTENSION.

2.Débranchezlescordonsd'alimentationdesprises.

3.Débranchezlescâblesd'interfacedesconnecteurs.

4.Débrancheztouslescâblesdesunités.

ATTENTION:

Remplacerlapileaulithiumusagéeparunepilederéférenceidentiqueexclusivement,(référence
45C1566),ousuivrelesinstructionsdufabricantquiendénitleséquivalences.Sivotresystèmeest
dotéd'unmodulecontenantunepileaulithium,vousdevezleremplaceruniquementparunmodule
identique,produitparlemêmefabricant.Lapilecontientdulithiumetpeutexploserencasde
mauvaiseutilisation,demauvaisemanipulationoudemiseaurebutinappropriée.

Nepas:

•lajeteràl'eau,

•l'exposeràdestempératuressupérieuresà100°C,

•chercheràlaréparerouàladémonter.

Nepasmettrelapileàlapoubelle.Pourlamiseaurebut,sereporteràlaréglementationenvigueur.

ATTENTION:

Sidesproduitsàlaser(telsquedesunitésdeCD-ROM,deDVD-ROM,desunitésàbresoptiques,ou
desémetteurs)sontinstallés,prenezconnaissancedesinformationssuivantes:

•Neretirezpaslecarter.Enouvrantl'unitédeCD-ROMoudeDVD-ROM,vousvousexposezau

rayonnementdangereuxdulaser.Aucunepiècedel'unitén'estréparable.

•Pourévitertoutrisqued'expositionaurayonlaser,respectezlesconsignesderéglageet

d'utilisationdescommandes,ainsiquelesprocéduresdécritesdansleprésentmanuel.

DANGER

Certainsproduitsàlasercontiennentunediodeàlaserintégréedeclasse3Aou3B.Prenez
connaissancedesinformationssuivantes:

Rayonnementlaserlorsquelecarterestouvert.Eviteztouteexpositiondirecteaurayonlaser.Evitez
deregarderxementlefaisceauoudel'observeràl'aided'instrumentsoptiques.

Chapter2.Safetyinformation17

≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

1

2

ATTENTION:

Soulevezlamachineavecprécaution.

ATTENTION:

L'interrupteurdecontrôled'alimentationdel'unitéetl'interrupteurdublocd'alimentationnecoupent
paslecourantélectriquealimentantl'unité.Enoutre,lesystèmepeutêtreéquipédeplusieurs
cordonsd'alimentation.Pourmettrel'unitéhorstension,vousdevezdéconnectertouslescordons
delasourced'alimentation.

VORSICHT

AnNetz-,Telefon-undDatenleitungenkönnengefährlicheSpannungenanliegen.

AusSicherheitsgründen:

•BeiGewitterandiesemGerätkeineKabelanschließenoderlösen.FernerkeineInstallations-,

Wartungs-oderRekongurationsarbeitendurchführen.

•GerätnuraneineSchutzkontaktsteckdosemitordnungsgemäßgeerdetemSchutzkontakt

anschließen.

•AlleangeschlossenenGeräteebenfallsanSchutzkontaktsteckdosenmitordnungsgemäß

geerdetemSchutzkontaktanschließen.

•DieSignalkabelnachMöglichkeiteinhändiganschließenoderlösen,umeinenStromschlagdurch

BerührenvonOberächenmitunterschiedlichemelektrischemPotenzialzuvermeiden.

•Geräteniemalseinschalten,wennHinweiseaufFeuer,WasseroderGebäudeschädenvorliegen.

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•DieVerbindungzudenangeschlossenenNetzkabeln,T elekommunikationssystemen,Netzwerken

undModemsistvordemÖffnendesGehäuseszuunterbrechen,sofernindenInstallations-und
KongurationsprozedurenkeineanderslautendenAnweisungenenthaltensind.

•ZumInstallieren,TransportierenundÖffnenderAbdeckungendesComputersoderder

angeschlossenenEinheitendieKabelgemäßderfolgendenTabelleanschließenundabziehen.

ZumAnschließenderKabelgehenSiewiefolgtvorZumAbziehenderKabelgehenSiewiefolgtvor

1.SchaltenSiealleEinheitenAUS.

2.SchließenSieerstalleKabelandieEinheitenan.

3.SchließenSiedieSignalkabelandieBuchsenan.

4.SchließenSiedieNetzkabelandieSteckdosean.

5.SchaltenSiedieEinheitEIN.

1.SchaltenSiealleEinheitenAUS.

2.ZiehenSiezuerstalleNetzkabelausden
Netzsteckdosen.

3.ZiehenSiedieSignalkabelausdenBuchsen.

4.ZiehenSiealleKabelvondenEinheitenab.

CAUTION:

EineverbrauchteLithiumbatterienurdurcheineBatteriemitderTeilenummer45C1566odereine
gleichwertige,vomHerstellerempfohleneBatterieersetzen.EnthältdasSystemeinModulmiteiner
Lithiumbatterie,diesesnurdurcheinModuldesselbenTypsundvondemselbenHerstellerersetzen.
DieBatterieenthältLithiumundkannbeiunsachgemäßerVerwendung,HandhabungoderEntsorgung
explodieren.

DieBatterienicht:

•mitWasserinBerührungbringen.

•über100Cerhitzen.

•reparierenoderzerlegen.

DieörtlichenBestimmungenfürdieEntsorgungvonSondermüllbeachten.

ACHTUNG:

BeiderInstallationvonLasergeräten(wieCD-ROM-Laufwerken,DVD-aufwerken,Einheitenmit
LichtwellenleitertechnikoderSendern)Folgendesbeachten:

•DieAbdeckungennichtentfernen.DurchEntfernenderAbdeckungendesLasergerätskönnen

gefährlicheLaserstrahlungenfreigesetztwerden.DasGerätenthältkeinezuwartendenTeile.

•WerdenSteuerelemente,EinstellungenoderDurchführungenvonProzedurenandersalshier

angegebenverwendet,kanngefährlicheLaserstrahlungauftreten.

VORSICHT

EinigeLasergeräteenthalteneineLaserdiodederKlasse3Aoder3B.BeachtenSieFolgendes:

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LaserstrahlungbeigeöffneterVerkleidung.NichtindenStrahlblicken.KeineLupenoderSpiegel

1

2

verwenden.Strahlungsbereichmeiden.

≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

ACHTUNG:

ArbeitsschutzrichtlinienbeimAnhebenderMaschinebeachten.

ACHTUNG:

MitdemNetzschalteranderEinheitundamNetzteilwirddieStromversorgungfürdieEinheit
nichtunterbrochen.DieEinheitkannauchmitmehrerenNetzkabelnausgestattetsein.Umdie
StromversorgungfürdieEinheitvollständigzuunterbrechen,müssenallezumGerätführenden
NetzkabelvomNetzgetrenntwerden.

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Chapter2.Safetyinformation21

1

2

PERICOLO

Lacorrenteelettricaprovenientedaicavidialimentazione,deltelefonoedicomunicazionepuòessere
pericolosa.

Perevitareilrischiodiscosseelettriche:

•Noncollegareoscollegarequalsiasicavooppureeffettuarel'installazione,lamanutenzioneola

ricongurazionedelprodottoduranteuntemporale.

•Collegaretuttiilielettriciaunapresadialimentazionecorrettamentecablataedotatadimessaa

terra.

•Collegareallepreseelettricheappropriatetutteleapparecchiaturecheverrannoutilizzateper

questoprodotto.

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•Sepossibile,utilizzaresolounamanopercollegareoscollegareicavidisegnale.

•Nonaccendereassolutamenteapparecchiatureinpresenzadiincendi,perdited'acquaodanno

strutturale.

•Scollegareicavidialimentazione,isistemiditelecomunicazione,leretieilmodemprimadi

aprireicoperchideldispositivo,salvoistruzionicontrarierelativealleprocedurediinstallazionee
congurazione.

•Collegareescollegareicavicomedescrittonellaseguentetabellaquandovengonoeffettuate

operazionidiinstallazione,spostamentooaperturadeicoperchidiquestoprodottoodelleunità
collegate.

PercollegarsiPerscollegarsi

1.SPEGNEREleapparecchiature.

2.Innanzitutto,collegaretuttiicavialleunità.

3.Collegareicavidisegnaleaiconnettori.

4.Collegareicavidialimentazioneallapresa.

5.Accenderel'unità.

1.SPEGNEREleapparecchiature.

2.Innanzitutto,rimuovereicavidialimentazionedalla
presa.

3.Rimuovereicavidisegnaledaiconnettori.

4.Rimuoveretuttiicavidalleunità.

ATTENZIONE:

Quandosisostituiscelabatteriaallitio,utilizzaresoloilNumeroparte45C1566ountipodibatteria
equivalenteconsigliatodalproduttore.Sesulsistemaèpresenteunmodulochecontieneunabatteria
allitio,sostituirlosoloconuntipodimodulodellostessotipodellastessacasadiproduzione.La
batteriacontienelitioepuòesplodereseusata,maneggiataosmaltitainmodononcorretto.

Non:

•Gettareoimmergerelabatterianell'acqua

•Riscaldarlaadunatemperaturasuperioreai100gradiC(212gradiF)

•Smontarla,ricaricarlaotentarediripararla

Lebatterieusatevannosmaltiteinaccordoallanormativainvigore(DPR915/82esuccessive
disposizioniedisposizionilocali).

ATTENZIONE:

Quandovengonoinstallatiprodottilaser(qualiCD-ROM,unitàDVD-ROM,unitàabreotticheo
trasmittenti),tenerpresentequantosegue:

•Nonrimuovereglisportelli.L'aperturadiun'unitàlaserpuòdeterminarel'esposizionearadiazioni

laserpericolose.All'internodell'unitànonvisonopartisucuieffettuarel'assistenzatecnica.

•L'utilizzodicontrolli,regolazioniol'esecuzionediprocedurenondescrittinelpresentemanuale

possonoprovocarel'esposizionearadiazionipericolose.

Chapter2.Safetyinformation23

PERICOLO

1

2

AlcuneunitàlasercontengonoundiodolaserdiClasse3AoClasse3B.Tenerpresentequantosegue:

Aprendol'unitàvengonoemesseradiazionilaser.Nonssareilfascio,nonguardarlodirettamente
construmentiotticiedevitarel'esposizionealfascio.

≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

ATTENZIONE:

Prestareattenzionenelsollevarel'apparecchiatura.

ATTENZIONE:

Ilpulsantedicontrollodell'alimentazionepresentesull'unitàel'interruttoredell'alimentatorenon
disattivanol'alimentazionecorrentefornitaall'unità.E'possibilechel'unitàdispongadipiùcavidi
alimentazione.Perdisattivarel'alimentazionedall'unità,accertarsichetuttiicavidialimentazione
sianoscollegatidallafontedialimentazione.

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Chapter2.Safetyinformation25

1

2

PELIGRO

Lacorrienteeléctricaprocedentedecablesdealimentación,teléfonosycablesdecomunicaciónpuede
serpeligrosa.

Paraevitarelriesgodedescargaeléctrica:

•Noconectenidesconecteloscablesnirealiceningunatareadeinstalación,mantenimientoo

reconguracióndeesteproductoduranteunatormentaeléctrica.

•Conectetodosloscablesdealimentaciónatomasdecorrientedebidamentecableadasy

conectadasatierra.

•Cualquierequipoqueseconecteaesteproductotambiéndebeconectarseatomasdecorriente

debidamentecableadas.

•Siemprequeseaposible,utiliceunasolamanoparaconectarodesconectarloscablesdeseñal.

•Noenciendanuncaunequipocuandohayseñalesdefuego,aguaodañosestructurales.

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•Desconecteloscablesdealimentación,lossistemasdetelecomunicaciones,lasredesylos

módemsconectadosantesdeabrirlascubiertasdelosdispositivos,amenosqueseindiquelo
contrarioenlosprocedimientosdeinstalaciónyconguración.

•Conecteydesconecteloscables,comosedescribeenlatablasiguiente,cuandoinstale,muevao

abralascubiertasdeesteproductoodelosdispositivosconectados.

ParaconectarParadesconectar

1.APÁGUELOtodo.

2.Enprimerlugar,conectetodosloscablesalos
dispositivos.

3.Conecteloscablesdeseñalalosconectores.

4.Enchufeloscablesdealimentaciónalastomasde
corriente.

5.Enciendaeldispositivo.

1.APÁGUELOtodo.

2.Enprimerlugar,desenchufeloscablesdealimentación
delastomasdecorriente.

3.Desconecteloscablesdeseñaldelosconectores.

4.Desconectetodosloscablesdelosdispositivos.

PRECAUCIÓN:

Cuandosustituyaunabateríadelitio,utilicesolamenteunabateríanúmerodepieza45C1566uotra
detipoequivalenterecomendadaporelfabricante.Sisusistemadisponedeunmóduloquecontiene
unabateríadelitio,reemplácelosóloconelmismotipodemódulo,delmismofabricante.Labatería
contienelitioypuedeexplotarsinoseutiliza,manipulaodesechacorrectamente.

Nodebe:

•Arrojarlaalaguaosumergirlaenella

•Exponerlaatemperaturassuperioresa100°C(212°F)

•Repararlaodesmontarla

Deshágasedelabateríasegúnespeciquenlasleyesonormaslocales.

PRECAUCIÓN:

Cuandohayaproductosláser(comounidadesdeCD-ROM,unidadesdeDVD,dispositivosdebra
ópticaotransmisores)instalados,tengaencuentalosiguiente:

•Noquitelascubiertas.Siquitalascubiertasdelproductoláser,podríaquedarexpuestoaradiación

láserpeligrosa.Dentrodeldispositivonoexisteningunapiezaquerequieraserviciotécnico.

•Siusacontrolesoajustesorealizaprocedimientosquenoseanlosespecicadosaquí,podría

exponersearadiacionespeligrosas.

PELIGRO

Chapter2.Safetyinformation27

Algunosproductoslásertienenincorporadoundiodoláserdeclase3Aoclase3B.Tengaencuentalo

1

2

siguiente:

Cuandoseabre,quedaexpuestoaradiaciónláser.Nomiredirectamentealrayoláser,nisiquieracon
instrumentosópticos,yeviteexponersedirectamentealrayoláser.

≥18kg(37lbs)≥32kg(70.5lbs)≥55kg(121.2lbs)

PRECAUCIÓN:

Adopteprocedimientossegurosallevantarelequipo.

PRECAUCIÓN:

Elbotóndecontroldealimentacióndeldispositivoyelinterruptordealimentacióndelafuentede
alimentaciónnodesconectanlacorrienteeléctricasuministradaaldispositivo.Además,eldispositivo
podríatenermásdeuncabledealimentación.Parasuprimirtodalacorrienteeléctricadeldispositivo,
asegúresedequetodosloscablesdealimentaciónesténdesconectadosdelatomadecorriente.

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Chapter3.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidesgeneralinformationthatappliestoallthemachinetypessupportedbythismanual.

OnlineBooksfolder

TheOnlineBooksfolderpreinstalledonyourcomputercontainstheThinkCentreUserGuide,whichprovides
informationaboutyourcomputertohelpyousetup,use,andmaintainyourcomputer.Itrequiresno
Internetaccesstoviewthepublication.

Toviewthepublication,clickStart®AllPrograms®OnlineBooks®OnlineBooks,thendouble-click
theappropriatepublicationforyourcomputer.ThepublicationisalsoavailableontheLenovoSupportWeb
siteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Notes:

1.ThepublicationisinPortableDocumentFormat(PDF).Toviewthepublication,youneedtohavethe
AdobeReaderprogrampreinstalledonyourcomputer.IftheAdobeReaderprogramhasnotbeen
installedonyourcomputer,amessagewillbedisplayedwhenyouattempttoviewthePDFleandyou
willbeguidedthroughtheAdobeReaderinstallation.

2.ThepublicationisavailableinotherlanguagesontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

3.IfyouwanttoinstalladifferentlanguageversionoftheAdobeReaderprogramratherthantheversion
preinstalledonyourcomputer,downloadthedesiredlanguageversionfromtheAdobeWebsiteat:
http://www.adobe.com

LenovoThinkVantageTools

TheLenovoThinkVantage®Toolsprogramguidesyoutoahostofinformationsourcesandprovideseasy
accesstovarioustoolstohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurely.

Note:TheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramisonlyavailableoncomputerswiththeMicrosoft®
Windows®7operatingsystemfromLenovo.

ToaccesstheLenovoThinkVantageT oolsprogram,clickStart®AllPrograms®LenovoThinkVantage

Tools.

ThinkVantageProductivityCenter

TheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogramcontainsinformationsourcesandtoolsdesignedtomake
computingeasyandsecure.Itprovideseasyaccesstovarioustechnologies,suchas:

•ClientSecuritySolutionorPasswordManager

•ProductRecovery

•PowerManager

•RescueandRecovery®

•SystemUpdate

Note:TheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogramisonlyavailableoncomputerspreinstalledwiththe
MicrosoftWindowsVista®orWindowsXPoperatingsystemfromLenovo.

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ToaccesstheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogram,clickStart®AllPrograms®ThinkVantage
®ProductivityCenter.

LenovoWelcome

Note:TheLenovoWelcomeprogramisonlyavailableoncomputerspreinstalledwithWindows7or

WindowsVistafromLenovo.

TheLenovoWelcomeprogramintroducessomeinnovativebuilt-infeaturesofLenovotoyouandguidesyou
throughsomeimportantsetuptaskstohelpyoumakethemostofyourcomputer.

AccessHelp

TheAccessHelpinformationsystemprovidesinformationaboutgettingstarted,doingbasictasks,
customizingsettingsforyourpersonalpreference,protectingdata,expandingandupgrading,and
troubleshooting.

•T oopentheAccessHelpinformationsystemonWindows7,clickStart®HelpandSupport®Lenovo
AccessHelp.

•T oopentheAccessHelpinformationsystemonWindowsVistaorWindowsXP,clickStart®All
Programs®ThinkVantage®AccessHelp.

AfteryouhaveopenedtheAccessHelpinformationsystem,usetheleftpaneltomakeaselectionfromthe

ContentstabortheIndextab,orusetheSearchtabtondaparticularwordorphrase.

Additionalinformationresources

IfyouhaveInternetaccess,themostup-to-dateinformationforyourcomputerisavailable
at:http://www.lenovo.com/support

Youcanndthefollowinginformation:

•CRUinstallationorreplacementinstructions

•Downloadsanddrivers

•Publications

•Partsinformation

•T roubleshootinginformation

•Linkstootherusefulsourcesofinformation

Specications

Thissectionliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourcomputer.

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Dimensions

Width:175mm(6.9inches)
Height:412mm(16.2inches)
Depth:442mm(17.4inches)

Weight

Maximumcongurationasshipped:11.0kg(24.3lbs)

Environment

•Airtemperature:

Operating:10°to35°C(50°to95°F)
Non-operating:-40°to60°C(-40°to140°F)(withpackage)
Non-operating:-10°to60°C(14°to140°F)(withoutpackage)

•Humidity:

Operating:20%to80%(10%perhour,noncondensing)
Non-operating:20%to90%(10%perhour,noncondensing)

•Altitude:

Operating:-50to10000ft(-15.2to3048m)
Non-operating:-50to35000ft(-15.2to10668m)

Electricalinput

•Inputvoltage:
–Lowrange:

Minimum:100Vac
Maximum:127Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz
Voltage-selectionswitchsetting:115Vac

–Highrange:

Minimum:200Vac
Maximum:240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz
Voltage-selectionswitchsetting:230Vac

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Chapter4.Generalcheckout

Attention

Thedrivesinthecomputeryouareservicingmighthavebeenrearrangedorthedrivestartupsequence
changed.Beextremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Dataor
programscanbeoverwrittenifyouselectanincorrectdrive.

Generalerrormessagesappearifaproblemorconictisfoundbyanapplicationprogram,theoperating
system,orboth.Foranexplanationofthesemessages,refertotheinformationsuppliedwiththatsoftware
package.

BeforereplacinganyFRUs,ensurethatthelatestlevelofBIOSisinstalledonthesystem.Adown-levelBIOS
mightcausefalseerrorsandunnecessaryreplacementofthesystemboard.Formoreinformationonhowto
determineandobtainthelatestlevelBIOS,see“BIOSlevels”onpage203

Usethefollowingproceduretohelpdeterminethecauseoftheproblem:

1.Power-offthecomputerandallexternaldevices.

2.Checkallcablesandpowercords.

3.Setalldisplaycontrolstothemiddleposition.

4.Power-onallexternaldevices.

5.Power-onthecomputer.

•Lookfordisplayederrorcodes

•Listenforbeepcodes

•Lookforreadableinstructionsoramainmenuonthedisplay.
Ifyoudidnotreceivethecorrectresponse,proceedtostep6onpage33

Ifyoudoreceivethecorrectresponse,proceedtostep7onpage33.

6.Lookatthefollowingconditionsandfollowtheinstructions:

.

.

•IfyouhearbeepcodesduringPOST,goto“Beepsymptoms”onpage61

•IfthecomputerdisplaysaPOSTerror,goto“POSTerrorcodes”onpage62.

•Ifthecomputerhangsandnoerrorisdisplayed,continueatstep7onpage33.

7.RuntheDiagnosticprograms.SeeChapter5“Diagnostics”onpage35.

•Ifyoureceiveanerror,replacethepartthatthediagnosticprogramcallsoutorgoto“Diagnostic
errorcodes”onpage43.

•Iftheteststopsandyoucannotcontinue,replacethelastdevicetested.

.

Problemdeterminationtips

Duetothevarietyofhardwareandsoftwarecombinationsthatcanbeencountered,usethefollowing
informationtoassistyouinproblemdetermination.Ifpossible,havethisinformationavailablewhen
requestingassistancefromServiceSupportandEngineeringfunctions.

•Machinetypeandmodel

•Processororharddiskupgrades

•Failuresymptom
–Dodiagnosticsindicateafailure?

–What,when,where,single,ormultiplesystems?
–Isthefailurerepeatable?

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–Hasthiscongurationeverworked?
–Ifithasbeenworking,whatchangesweremadepriortoitfailing?
–Isthistheoriginalreportedfailure?

•Diagnosticsversion
–T ypeandversionlevel

•Hardwareconguration
–Print(printscreen)congurationcurrentlyinuse

–BIOSlevel

•Operatingsystemsoftware
–T ypeandversionlevel

Notes:Toeliminateconfusion,identicalsystemsareconsideredidenticalonlyifthey:

1.Aretheexactmachinetypeandmodels

2.HavethesameBIOSlevel

3.Havethesameadapters/attachmentsinthesamelocations

4.Havethesameaddressjumpers/terminators/cabling

5.Havethesamesoftwareversionsandlevels

6.HavethesameDiagnosticDiskettes(version)

7.Havethesamecongurationoptionssetinthesystem

8.Havethesamesetupfortheoperatingsystemcontrolles

Comparingthecongurationandsoftwaresetupbetween“workingandnon-working”systemswilloften
leadtoproblemresolution.

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Chapter5.Diagnostics

Diagnosticprogramsareusedtotesthardwarecomponentsofyourcomputerandreport
operating-system-controlledsettingsthatcancausehardwarefailures.Therearetwoprogramspreinstalled
onyourcomputertohelpyoudiagnosecomputerproblems:

•LenovoThinkVantageToolboxorLenovoSystemToolbox,dependingonyouroperatingsystem(used
whenyouarerunningtheWindowsoperatingsystem)

•PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery(usedwhenyourWindowsoperatingsystemdoesnotstart)

Notes:

1.YoucanalsodownloadthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom:
http://www.lenovo.com/support.See“PC-DoctorforDOS”onpage36fordetailedinformation.

2.Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningthediagnosticprograms,
saveandprinttheloglescreatedbythediagnosticprograms.Y ouwillneedthelogleswhenyou
speaktoaLenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox

Note:TheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramisonlyavailableoncomputerspreinstalledwithWindows

7fromLenovo.

TheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramhelpsyoumaintainyourcomputer,improvecomputingsecurity,
diagnosecomputerproblems,getfamiliarwiththeinnovativetechnologiesprovidedbyLenovo,andget
moreinformationaboutyourcomputer.YoucanusetheDiagnosticsfeatureoftheLenovoThinkVantage
Toolboxprogramtotestdevices,diagnoseproblems,createbootablediagnosticmedia,updatesystem
drivers,andreviewsysteminformation.

TodiagnosethecomputerproblemsbyusingtheLenovoThinkVantageT oolboxprogram,clickStart®All
Programs®LenovoThinkVantageTools®SystemHealthandDiagnostics®Diagnostics.Follow
theinstructionsonthescreen.

ForadditionalinformationaboutrunningtheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogram,refertotheLenovo
ThinkVantageT oolboxhelpsystem.

LenovoSystemToolbox

Note:TheLenovoSystemT oolboxprogramisonlyavailableoncomputerspreinstalledwithWindowsVista

orWindowsXPfromLenovo.

TheLenovoSystemT oolboxprogramisadiagnosticprogramthatworksthroughtheWindowsoperating
systemandenablesyoutoviewsymptomsandsolutionsforcomputerproblems,accesstheLenovo
troubleshootingcenter,updatesystemdrivers,andreviewsysteminformation.

ToruntheLenovoSystemT oolboxprogram,clickStart®AllPrograms®LenovoServices®Lenovo
SystemT oolbox.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.ForadditionalinformationaboutrunningtheLenovo
SystemT oolboxprogram,refertotheLenovoSystemToolboxhelpsystem.

TheLenovoSystemToolboxprogramalsohasproblemdeterminationaidsthatdeterminesoftwareand
usageproblems.

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PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery

ThePC-DoctorforRescueandRecoverydiagnosticprogramispartoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspace
oneachLenovocomputer.UsethePC-DoctorforRescueandRecoveryprogramifyouareunableto
starttheWindowsoperatingsystem.

TorunthePC-DoctorforRescueandRecoveryprogramfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,do
thefollowing:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearbeepsorseea
logoscreen,stoppressingtheF11key.TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceopensafterashortdelay.

3.FromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,selectLaunchadvancedRescueandRecovery®
Diagnosehardware.ThePC-DoctorforRescueandRecoverydiagnosticprogramopens.

4.Selectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

ForadditionalinformationaboutrunningthePC-DoctorforRescueandRecoveryprogram,refertothe
PC-DoctorforRescueandRecoveryhelpsystem.

PC-DoctorforDOS

YoucanalsodownloadthelatestversionofthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.ThePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramrunsindependentlyofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.UsethePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystemorifthetwodiagnosticprogramspreinstalledonyourcomputerhavenot
beensuccessfulinisolatingapossibleproblem.Y oucanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogram
fromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated.

Creatingadiagnosticdisc

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateadiagnosticdisc.

Tocreateadiagnosticdisc,dothefollowing:

1.Downloadaself-startingbootableCD/DVDimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnosticprogram
from:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

2.UseanyCD/DVDburningsoftwaretocreateadiagnosticdiscwiththeISOimage.

Runningthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdisc

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyou
created.

Torunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated,dothefollowing:

1.Makesuretheopticaldriveyouwanttouseissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.
See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage41.

2.Makesurethecomputeristurnedonandtheninsertthediscintotheopticaldrive.Thediagnostic
programopens.

Note:Youcaninsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouaresettingthestartupdevicesequence.
However,ifyouinsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouhavealreadyenteredtheoperating
system,youneedtorestartthecomputertoaccessthediagnosticprogram.

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3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.

Note:Foradditionalhelp,presstheF1key.

4.Removethediagnosticdiscfromtheopticaldrivewhenyoucompletethediagnosticprocess.

Navigatingthroughthediagnosticsprograms

Usethecursormovementkeystonavigatewithinthemenus.

•TheEnterkeyisusedtoselectamenuitem.

•TheEsckeyisusedtobackuptothepreviousmenu.

•ForonlinehelpselectF1.

Runningtests

Therearefourwaystorunthediagnostictests.

•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightRunNormalTestorRunQuickT estfromtheDiagnostics
menuandthenpressEnter.Thisautomaticallyrunsapre-denedgroupoftestsfromeachtestcategory.
RunNormalT estrunsamoreextensivesetofteststhandoesRunQuickT estandtakeslongerto
complete.

•PressF5toautomaticallyrunallselectedtestsinallcategories.

•Fromwithinatestcategory,pressCtrl-Entertoautomaticallyrunonlytheselectedtestsinthatcategory.

•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightasingletestwithinatestcategory,andthenpressEnter.
Thisrunsonlythattest.

PressEscatanytimetostopthetestingprocess.

Testresults(N/A,PASSED,FAILED,ABORTED)aredisplayedintheeldbesidethetestdescriptionandin
thetestlog.See“Viewingthetestlog”onpage38.

Toselectoneormoretests,usethefollowingprocedure.

1.Openthecorrespondingtestcategory.

2.Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightthedesiredtest.

3.Pressthespacebar.Aselectedtestismarkedby>>.Pressingthespacebaragainde-selectsatest
andremovesthe>>.

4.Repeatsteps2and3abovetoselectalldesiredtests.

Testresults

Diagnosticstestresultsproducethefollowingerrorcodeformat:

FunctionCode

•FunctionCode:
RepresentsthefeatureorfunctionwithinthePC.

•FailureType:
Representsthetypeoferrorencountered.

•DeviceID:
Containsthecomponent'sunit-IDwhichcorrespondstoeitheraxeddiskdrive,removablemediadrive,
serialorparallelport,processor,specicRIMM,oradeviceonthePCIbus.

FailureTypeDeviceIDDate

ChkDigits

Text

Chapter5.Diagnostics37

•Date:
Containsthedatewhenthediagnostictestwasrun.ThedateisretrievedfromCMOSanddisplayed
usingtheYYYYMMDDformat.

•ChkDigits:
Containsa2-digitcheck-digitvaluetoensurethefollowing:

–Diagnosticswererunonthespecieddate.
–Diagnosticswererunonthespeciedcomputer.
–Thediagnosticerrorcodeisrecordedcorrectly.

•T ext:
Descriptionoftheerror.

Note:See“Diagnosticerrorcodes”onpage43forerrorcodelistings.

QuickandFullerase-harddrive

Thediagnosticsprogramofferstwoharddriveformatutilities:

•QuickEraseHardDrive

•FullEraseHardDrive

TheQuickEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:

•DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddrive.

•DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).

•Destroysthepartitiontable.

•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuserthatthisisanon-recoverableprocess.

TheFullEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:

•PerformsallthestepsinQuickErase.

•ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddrive.

•Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.

•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutnon-recoverableprocess.

Important:MakesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingtheQuickorFullErasefunctions.

ToselecttheQuickEraseorFullEraseHardDriveutility,usethefollowingprocedure:

1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.

2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowtheinstructions.

Viewingthetestlog

Errorsreportedbythediagnostictestwillbedisplayedbytheprogramasafailedtest.

Toviewdetailsofafailureortoviewalistoftestresults,usethefollowingprocedurefromanytestcategory
screen:

1.PressF3toactivatethelogle.

2.PressF3againtosavetheletodisketteorpressF2toprintthele.

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Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,
regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride
anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:

•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage39

•“Usingpasswords”onpage39

•“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage40

•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage41

•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage42

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps
orseealogoscreen,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.

Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype
thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage39.

Viewingorchangingsettings

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Toviewor
changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage

39.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyour
computeranddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetapower-onpasswordoran
administratorpassword:

•SetPower-OnPassword

•SetAdministratorPassword

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.

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Passwordconsiderations

Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto16(1to16)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurity
reasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.T osetastrong
password,usethefollowingguidelines:

Note:TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Power-onpassword

Afteryouhavesetapower-onpasswordusingtheSetPower-OnPasswordoption,apasswordprompt
isdisplayedeachtimeyouturnonthecomputer.Y oucannotusethecomputeruntilavalidpasswordis
typedin.Formoreinformationonhowtosetapassword,see“Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword”
onpage40

.

Administratorpassword

TheSetAdministratorPasswordoptionenablesyoutosetanadministratorpassword,whichdeters
unauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyouareresponsibleformaintainingthesettings
ofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttosetanadministratorpassword.Formoreinformationonhowtoset
apassword,see“Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword”onpage40

.

Afteryouhavesetanadministratorpassword,apasswordpromptisdisplayedeachtimeyoutrytoaccess
theSetupUtilityprogram.Y oucannotaccesstheSetupUtilityprogramuntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Ifyouhavesetbothpower-onpasswordandadministratorpassword,youcantypeeitherpasswordtouse
yourcomputer.However,tochangeanycongurationsettings,youmustuseyouradministratorpassword.

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapassword.

Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39.

2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectSecurity®SetPower-OnPasswordorSet
AdministratorPassword.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoset,change,ordeleteapassword.

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto16(1to16)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.
Formoreinformation,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage40

.

Enablingordisablingadevice

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoenableordisableuseraccesstoadevice.

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SATAControllerWhenthisoptionissettoDisabled,alldevicesconnectedtotheSATAconnectors

(suchastheharddiskdriveortheopticaldrive)aredisabledandwillnotbedisplayed
inthesystemconguration.

SerialPort1AddressUsethisoptiontocontroltheInput/Outputoftheserialport.
USBSetupUsethisoptiontosetuptheUSBconnectors.

Toenableordisableadevice,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39.

2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectDevices.

3.Dependingonthedeviceyouwanttoenableordisable,dooneofthefollowing:

•SelectAT ADrivesSetup®SATAControllertoenableordisablethedevicesconnectedtothe
SATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

•SelectSerialPortSetup®SerialPort1Addresstoenableordisabletheserialport.

•SelectUSBSetupandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoenableordisabletheUSBconnector(s)
ofyourchoice.

4.SelectthedesiredsettingsandpressEnter.

5.PressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.

6.PressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Notes:

a.Ifyoudonotwanttosavethesettings,selectExit®DiscardChangesandExit.
b.Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit®LoadOptimalDefaults.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotstartupfromadevice(suchasaharddiskdriveorthediscinanopticaldrive)as
expected,dooneofthefollowingtoselectthedesiredstartupdevice.

Selectingatemporarystartupdevice

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoselectatemporarystartupdevice.Youcanusetheinstructions
inthissectiontostartupfromanystartupdevice.

Note:Notalldiscsandharddiskdrivesarebootable.

Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

1.Turnoffyourcomputer.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheStartupDevice
Menuopens,releasetheF12key.

3.SelectthedesiredstartupdeviceontheStartupDeviceMenuandpressEntertobegin.

Note:SelectingastartupdeviceontheStartupDeviceMenudoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
devicesequence.

Viewingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevice
sequence.

Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram41

Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39.

2.SelectStartup®PrimaryBootSequence.Readtheinformationdisplayedontherightsideofthe
screen.

3.Selecttherstbootdevice,secondbootdevice,andsoon.

4.PressEsctoreturntotheStartupmenu.Then,selectthedevicesfortheAutomaticBootSequence
andErrorBootSequence.

5.PressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.

6.PressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Notes:

a.Ifyoudonotwanttosavethesettings,selectExit®DiscardChangesandExit.
b.Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit®LoadOptimalDefaults.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.
YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.Then,youcandooneofthefollowing:

•Ifyouwanttosavethenewsettings,pressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Otherwise,
yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit®DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit®LoadOptimalDefaults.

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Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex

TheSymptom-to-FRUindexlistserrorsymptomsandpossiblecauses.Themostlikelycauseislistedrst.
AlwaysbeginwithChapter4“Generalcheckout”onpage33
whichFRUstohaveavailablewhenservicingacomputer.Ifyouareunabletocorrecttheproblemusingthis
index,goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65.

Notes:

1.Ifyouhavebothanerrormessageandanincorrectaudioresponse,diagnosetheerrormessagerst.

2.Ifyoucannotrunthediagnostictestsoryougetadiagnosticerrorcodewhenrunningatest,butdidreceivea
POSTerrormessage,diagnosethePOSTerrormessagerst.

3.Ifyoudidnotreceiveanyerrormessage,lookforadescriptionofyourerrorsymptomsintherstpartofthisindex.

Harddiskdrivebooterror

Aharddiskdrivebooterrorcanhavethefollowingcauses.

ErrorFRU/Action

Thestart-updriveisnotinthebootsequencein
conguration.

Nooperatingsysteminstalledonthebootdrive.Installanoperatingsystemonthebootdrive.
Thebootsectoronthestart-updriveiscorrupted.

Thedriveisdefective.

.Thisindexcanalsobeusedtohelpyoudecide

Checkthecongurationandensurethestart-updriveis
inthebootsequence.

Thedrivemustbeformatted,dothefollowing:

1.Attempttoback-upthedataonthefailingharddisk
drive.

2.Usingtheoperatingsystemsprograms,formatthe
harddiskdrive.

Replacetheharddiskdrive.

Powersupplyproblems

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,usethefollowingprocedures.

Check/VerifyFRU/Action

Checkthefollowingforproperinstallation.

•PowerCord

•On/OffSwitchconnector

•On/OffSwitchPowerSupplyconnector

•SystemBoardPowerSupplyconnectors

•Microprocessor(s)connection
Checkthepowercordforcontinuity.PowerCord
Checkthepower-onswitchforcontinuity.Power-onSwitch

Reseatconnectors

Diagnosticerrorcodes

Refertothefollowingdiagnosticerrorcodeswhenusingthediagnostictests.See“Runningtests”onpage
37forthespecictypeforinformationabouttheDiagnosticprograms.

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Inthefollowingindex,Xcanrepresentanynumber.

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

000-000-XXXBIOSTestPassed
000-002-XXXBIOSTimeout1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-024-XXXBIOSAddressingtestfailure1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-025-XXXBIOSChecksumValueerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-026-XXXFLASHdataerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-027-XXXBIOSConguration/Setuperror1.RunSetup

000-034-XXXBIOSBufferAllocationfailure

000-035-XXXBIOSResetConditiondetected1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-036-XXXBIOSRegistererror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-038-XXXBIOSExtensionfailure1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-039-XXXBIOSDMIdataerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

000-195-XXXBIOSTestabortedbyuser
000-196-XXXBIOStesthalt,errorthresholdexceeded

Noaction

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS
fromadisc”onpage203

3.Systemboard

1.Rebootthesystem

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS
fromadisc”onpage203

3.Runmemorytest

4.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Adaptercard

3.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

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DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

000-197-XXXBIOStestwarning

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

000-198-XXXBIOStestaborted

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandretest.See“Updating(ashing)

BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

000-199-XXXBIOStestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

000-250-XXXBIOSAPMfailure1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

000-270-XXXBIOSACPIfailure1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

001-000-XXXSystemT estPassed

Noaction

001-00X-XXXSystemErrorSystemboard
001-01X-XXXSystemErrorSystemboard
001-024-XXXSystemAddressingtestfailureSystemboard
001-025-XXXSystemChecksumValueerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

001-026-XXXSystemFLASHdataerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

001-027-XXXSystemConguration/Setuperror1.RunSetup

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

3.Systemboard

001-032-XXXSystemDeviceControllerfailureSystemboard
001-034-XXXSystemDeviceBufferAllocationfailure

1.Rebootthesystem

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

3.Runmemorytest

4.Systemboard

001-035-XXXSystemDeviceResetconditiondetectedSystemboard
001-036-XXXSystemRegistererrorSystemboard

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex45

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

001-038-XXXSystemExtensionfailure

001-039-XXXSystemDMIdatastructureerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

001-040-XXXSystemIRQfailure1.Power-off/onsystemandre-test

001-041-XXXSystemDMAfailure1.Power-off/onsystemandre-test

001-195-XXXSystemT estabortedbyuser
001-196-XXXSystemtesthalt,errorthresholdexceeded

001-197-XXXSystemtestwarning

001-198-XXXSystemtestaborted

001-199-XXXSystemtestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

001-250-XXXSystemECCerrorSystemboard
001-254-XXX001-255-XXX001-256-XXX001-257-XXX

SystemDMAerror

001-260-XXX001-264-XXXSystemIRQerrorSystemboard
001-268-XXXSystemIRQ1failure1.DeviceonIRQ1

001-269-XXXSystemIRQ2failure1.DeviceonIRQ2

001-270-XXXSystemIRQ3failure1.DeviceonIRQ3

001-271-XXXSystemIRQ4failure1.DeviceonIRQ4

001-272-XXXSystemIRQ5failure1.DeviceonIRQ5

1.Adaptercard

2.Systemboard

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandretest.See“Updating(ashing)
BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

Systemboard

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

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DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

001-273-XXXSystemIRQ6(diskettedrive)failure1.DisketteCable

2.Diskettedrive

3.Systemboard

001-274-XXXSystemIRQ7failure1.DeviceonIRQ7

2.Systemboard

001-275-XXXSystemIRQ8failure1.DeviceonIRQ8

2.Systemboard

001-276-XXXSystemIRQ9failure1.DeviceonIRQ9

2.Systemboard

001-277-XXXSystemIRQ10failure1.DeviceonIRQ10

2.Systemboard

001-278-XXXSystemIRQ11failure1.DeviceonIRQ11

2.Systemboard

001-279-XXXSystemIRQ12failure1.DeviceonIRQ12

2.Systemboard

001-280-XXXSystemIRQ13failure1.DeviceonIRQ13

2.Systemboard

001-281-XXXSystemIRQ14(harddiskdrive)failure

1.Harddiskdrivecable

2.Harddiskdrive

3.Systemboard

001-282-XXXSystemIRQ15failure1.DeviceonIRQ15

2.Systemboard

001-286-XXX001-287-XXX001-288-XXXSystemTimer

Systemboard

failure
001-292-XXXSystemCMOSRAMerror1.RunSetupandre-test

2.Systemboard

001-293-XXXSystemCMOSBattery1.CMOSBattery

2.Systemboard

001-298-XXXSystemRTCdate/timeupdatefailure1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

001-299-XXXSystemRTCperiodicinterruptfailureSystemboard
001-300-XXXSystemRTCAlarmfailureSystemboard
001-301-XXXSystemRTCCenturybyteerror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

005-000-XXXVideoTestPassedNoaction
005-00X-XXXVideoerror1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

005-010-XXX005-011-XXX005-012-XXX005-013-XXX

VideoSignalfailure

1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

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DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

005-016-XXXVideoSimplePatterntestfailure

005-024-XXXVideoAddressingtestfailure

005-025-XXXVideoChecksumValueerror

005-027-XXXVideoConguration/Setuperror1.RunSetup

005-031-XXXVideoDeviceCablefailure

005-032-XXXVideoDeviceControllerfailure

005-036-XXXVideoRegistererror1.Videocard,ifinstalled

005-038-XXXSystemBIOSextensionfailure

005-040-XXXVideoIRQfailure

005-195-XXXVideoTestabortedbyuser
005-196-XXXVideotesthalt,errorthresholdexceeded1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

005-197-XXXVideotestwarning1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

005-198-XXXVideotestaborted1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

005-199-XXXVideotestfailed,causeunknown

1.VideoRam

2.Videocard,ifinstalled

3.Systemboard

1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

2.Videodriversupdate

3.Videocard,ifinstalled

4.Systemboard

1.Videocable

2.Monitor

3.Videocard,ifinstalled

4.Systemboard

1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

2.Systemboard

1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentcalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

48ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

005-2XX-XXX005-3XX-XXXVideosubsystemerror1.Videocard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

006-000-XXXDisketteinterfaceTestPassed
006-0XX-XXXDisketteinterfaceerror

Noaction

1.DiskettedriveCable

2.Diskettedrive

3.Systemboard

006-195-XXXDisketteinterfaceT estabortedbyuserInformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary
006-196-XXXDisketteinterfacetesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

006-197-XXXDisketteinterfacetestwarning

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

006-198-XXXDisketteinterfacetestaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

006-199-XXXDisketteinterfacetestfailed,cause
unknown

1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

006-25X-XXXDisketteinterfaceError

1.Diskettedrivecable

2.Diskettedrive

3.Systemboard

011-000-XXXSerialportInterfaceTestPassed
011-001-XXXSerialportPresence

Noaction

1.Removeexternalserialdevice,ifpresent

2.Runsetup,enableport

3.Systemboard

011-002-XXX011-003-XXXSerialportTimeout/Parity

Systemboard

error

011-013-XXX011-014-XXXSerialportControl

Systemboard

Signal/Loopbacktestfailure
011-015-XXXSerialportExternalLoopbackfailure

1.Wrapplug

2.Systemboard

011-027-XXXSerialportConguration/Setuperror1.RunSetup,enableport

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

3.Systemboard

011-03X-XXX011-04X-XXXSerialportfailureSystemboard
011-195-XXXSerialportTestabortedbyuser

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex49

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

011-196-XXXSerialporttesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

011-197-XXXSerialporttestwarning

011-198-XXXSerialporttestaborted

011-199-XXXSerialporttestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

011-2XX-XXXSerialportsignalfailure

014-000-XXXParallelportInterfaceTestPassed
014-001-XXXParallelportPresence1.Removeexternalparalleldevice,ifpresent

014-002-XXX014-003-XXXParallelportTimeout/Parity

error
014-013-XXX014-014-XXXParallelportControl

Signal/Loopbacktestfailure

014-015-XXXParallelportExternalLoopbackfailure

014-027-XXXParallelportConguration/Setuperror1.RunSetup,enableport

014-03X-XXX014-04X-XXXParallelportfailure
014-195-XXXParallelportT estabortedbyuser
014-196-XXXParallelporttesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

1.Externalserialdevice

2.Systemboard

Noaction

2.Runsetup,enableport

3.Systemboard

Systemboard

Systemboard

1.Wrapplug

2.Systemboard

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS
fromadisc”onpage203

3.Systemboard

Systemboard
InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

50ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

014-197-XXXParallelporttestwarning1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

014-198-XXXParallelporttestaborted1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

014-199-XXXParallelporttestfailed,causeunknown

1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

014-2XX-XXX014-3XX-XXXParallelportfailure

1.Externalparalleldevice

2.Systemboard

015-000-XXXUSB(UniversalSerialBus)portInterface

Noaction

TestPassed
015-001-XXXUSBportPresence1.RemoveUSBdevice(s)andre-test

2.Systemboard

015-002-XXXUSBportTimeout1.RemoveUSBdevice(s)andre-test

2.Systemboard

015-015-XXXUSBportExternalLoopbackfailure1.RemoveUSBdevice(s)andre-test

2.Systemboard

015-027-XXXUSBportConguration/Setuperror1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Systemboard

015-032-XXXUSBportDeviceControllerfailureSystemboard
015-034-XXXUSBportbufferallocationfailure

1.Rebootthesystem

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Runmemorytest

4.Systemboard

015-035-XXXUSBportResetconditiondetected1.RemoveUSBdevice(s)andre-test

2.Systemboard

015-036-XXXUSBportRegistererrorSystemboard
015-040-XXXUSBportIRQfailure

1.Runsetupandcheckforconicts

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

3.Systemboard

015-195-XXXUSBportTestabortedbyuser

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex51

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

015-196-XXXUSBporttesthalt,errorthresholdexceeded

015-197-XXXUSBporttestwarning

015-198-XXXUSBporttestaborted

015-199-XXXUSBporttestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

018-000-XXXPCI(PeripheralComponentInterconnect)

CardTestPassed

018-0XX-XXXPCICardFailure

018-195-XXXPCICardT estabortedbyuser1.PCIcard

018-196-XXXPCICardtesthalt,errorthresholdexceeded

018-197-XXXPCICardtestwarning

018-198-XXXPCICardtestaborted

018-199-XXXPCICardtestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

Noaction

1.Risercard,ifinstalled

2.Systemboard

2.InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

52ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

018-250-XXXPCICardServiceserror1.PCIcard

2.Risercard,ifinstalled

3.Systemboard

020-000-XXXPCIInterfaceTestPassed

Noaction

020-0XX-XXXPCIInterfaceerror1.PCIcard

2.Risercard,ifinstalled

3.Systemboard

020-195-XXXPCITestabortedbyuser
020-196-XXXPCItesthalt,errorthresholdexceeded

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

020-197-XXXPCItestwarning

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

020-198-XXXPCItestaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

020-199-XXXPCItestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

020-262-XXXPCIsystemerror1.PCIcard

2.Risercard,ifinstalled

3.Systemboard

025-000-XXXIDEinterfaceTestPassed
025-00X-XXX025-01X-XXXIDEinterfacefailure

Noaction

1.IDEsignalcable

2.Checkpowersupplyvoltages

3.ReseatIDEsignalcable

4.IDEdevice

5.Systemboard

025-027-XXXIDEinterfaceConguration/Setuperror

1.IDEsignalcable

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

3.ReseatIDEsignalcable

4.IDEdevice

5.Systemboard

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex53

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

025-02X-XXX025-03X-XXX025-04X-XXXIDEInterface

failure

025-195-XXXIDEinterfaceTestabortedbyuserInformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary
025-196-XXXIDEinterfacetesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

025-197-XXXIDEinterfacetestwarning

025-198-XXXIDEinterfacetestaborted

025-199-XXXIDEinterfacetestfailed,causeunknown

030-000-XXXSCSIinterfaceTestPassed
030-00X-XXX030-01X-XXXSCSIinterfacefailure1.SCSIsignalcable

030-027-XXXSCSIinterfaceConguration/Setuperror1.SCSIsignalcable

030-03X-XXX030-04X-XXXSCSIinterfaceerror1.SCSIsignalcable

030-195-XXXSCSIinterfaceTestabortedbyuser

1.IDEsignalcable

2.Checkpowersupply

3.ReseatIDEsignalcable

4.IDEdevice

5.Systemboard

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

Noaction

2.Checkpowersupply

3.SCSIdevice

4.SCSIadaptercard,ifinstalled

5.Systemboard

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS
fromadisc”onpage203

3.SCSIdevice

4.SCSIadaptercard,ifinstalled

5.Systemboard

2.Checkpowersupply

3.SCSIdevice

4.SCSIadaptercard,ifinstalled

5.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

54ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

030-196-XXXSCSIinterfacetesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

030-197-XXXSCSIinterfacetestwarning

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

030-198-XXXSCSIinterfacetestaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

030-199-XXXSCSIinterfacetestfailed,causeunknown1.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

035-000-XXXRAIDinterfaceTestPassed
035-0XX-XXXRAIDinterfaceFailure

Noaction

1.RAIDsignalcable

2.RAIDdevice

3.RAIDadaptercard,ifinstalled

4.Systemboard

035-195-XXXRAIDinterfaceTestabortedbyuserInformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary
035-196-XXXRAIDinterfacetesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

035-197-XXXRAIDinterfacetestwarning

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

035-198-XXXRAIDinterfacetestaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

035-199-XXXRAIDinterfacetestfailed,causeunknown

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

071-000-XXXAudioportInterfaceTestPassed

Noaction

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex55

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

071-00X-XXX071-01X-XXX071-02X-XXXAudioport

error

071-03X-XXXAudioportfailure

071-04X-XXXAudioportfailure

071-195-XXXAudioportTestabortedbyuser
071-196-XXXAudioporttesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

071-197-XXXAudioporttestwarning1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

071-198-XXXAudioporttestaborted1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

071-199-XXXAudioporttestfailed,causeunknown

071-25X-XXXAudioportfailure

080-000-XXXGamePortinterfaceT estPassed
080-XXX-XXXGamePortinterfaceError

080-195-XXXGamePortinterfaceTestabortedbyuser
080-196-XXXGamePortinterfacetesthalt,error

thresholdexceeded

1.RunSetup

2.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS
fromadisc”onpage203

3.Systemboard

1.Speakers

2.Microphone

3.Audiocard,ifinstalled

4.Systemboard

1.RunSetup

2.Audiocard,ifinstalled

3.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

1.Speakers

2.Audiocard,ifinstalled

3.Systemboard

Noaction

1.Removethegameportdeviceandre-testthe
system

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

56ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

080-197-XXXGamePortinterfacetestwarning

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

080-198-XXXGamePortinterfacetestaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

080-199-XXXGamePortinterfacetestfailed,cause
unknown

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

086-000-XXXMousePortinterfaceT estPassed
086-001-XXXMousePortinterfacePresence

Noaction

1.Mouse

2.Systemboard

086-032-XXXMousePortinterfaceDevicecontroller
failure

086-035-XXXMousePortinterfaceReset

1.Mouse

2.Systemboard

1.Mouse

2.Systemboard

086-040-XXXMousePortinterfaceIRQfailure1.RunSetup

2.Mouse

3.Systemboard

086-195-XXXMousePortinterfaceTestabortedbyuserInformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary
086-196-XXXMousePortinterfacetesthalt,error

thresholdexceeded

086-197-XXXMousePortinterfacetestwarning

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

086-198-XXXMousePortinterfacetestaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex57

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

086-199-XXXMousePortinterfacetestfailed,cause

unknown

089-000-XXXMicroprocessorTestPassedNoaction
089-XXX-XXXMicroprocessorfailure

089-195-XXXMicroprocessorTestabortedbyuser
089-196-XXXMicroprocessortesthalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

089-197-XXXMicroprocessortestwarning1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

089-198-XXXMicroprocessortestaborted

089-199-XXXMicroprocessortestfailed,causeunknown

170-000-XXXVoltageSensor(s)T estPassed
170-0XX-XXXVoltageSensor(s)failure

170-195-XXXVoltageSensor(s)Testabortedbyuser
170-196-XXXVoltageSensor(s)testhalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

170-197-XXXVoltageSensor(s)testwarning

170-198-XXXVoltageSensor(s)testaborted

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

1.Microprocessor(s)

2.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Flashthesystem.See“Updating(ashing)BIOS

fromadisc”onpage203

2.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

Noaction

1.Flashsystem

2.Systemboard

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning
statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating
(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

58ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

170-199-XXXVoltageSensor(s)testfailed,cause

unknown

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

170-250-XXX170-251-XXXVoltageSensor(s)Voltage
limiterror

170-254-XXXVoltageSensor(s)VoltageRegulator
Moduleerror

1.Powersupply

2.Systemboard

1.VoltageRegulatorModule(VRM)

2.Microprocessor

3.Systemboard

175-000-XXXThermalSensor(s)TestPassed
175-0XX-XXXThermalSensor(s)failure

Noaction

1.Flashsystem

2.Systemboard

175-195-XXXThermalSensor(s)Testabortedbyuser
175-196-XXXThermalSensor(s)testhalt,errorthreshold

exceeded

175-197-XXXThermalSensor(s)testwarning

InformationonlyRe-startthetest,ifnecessary

1.PressF3toreviewthelogle

2.Re-startthetesttoresetthelogle

1.Makesurethecomponentthatiscalledoutis

connectedand/orenabled.SeeChapter6“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39

2.Re-runtest

3.Replacethecomponentthatiscalledoutinwarning

statement

4.Replacethecomponentundertest

175-198-XXXThermalSensor(s)testaborted

1.Ifacomponentiscalledout,makesureitis

connectedand/orenabled

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

175-199-XXXThermalSensor(s)testfailed,cause
unknown

1.See“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65

2.Flashthesystemandre-test.See“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage203

3.Replacecomponentunderfunctiontest

175-250-XXX175-251-XXXThermalSensor(s)limiterror1.Checkfans

2.CheckPowersupplyvoltages

3.Microprocessor

4.Systemboard

185-000-XXXAssetSecurityTestPassed
185-XXX-XXXAssetSecurityfailure

Noaction

1.Flashsystem

2.Systemboard

185-278-XXXAssetSecurityChassisIntrusion1.AssureAssetSecurityEnabled

2.C2CoverSwitch

3.Systemboard

201-000-XXXSystemMemoryTestPassed

Noaction

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DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

201-XXX-XXXSystemMemoryerror

202-000-XXXSystemCacheTestPassed
202-XXX-XXXSystemCacheerror1.Cache,ifremovable

206-000-XXXDisketteDriveTestPassedNoaction
206-XXX-XXXDisketteDriveerror

215-000-XXXCD-ROMDriveTestPassed
215-XXX-XXXCD-ROMDriveerror1.CD-ROMDriveCable

217-000-XXXHardDiskDriveTestPassedNoaction
217-25X-XXX217-26X-XXXHardDiskDrive(IDE)error1.HardDiskDriveCable

217-28X-XXX217-29X-XXXHardDiskDrive(SCSI)error1.HardDiskDriveCable

220-000-XXXHi-CapacityCartridgeDriveTestPassed
220-XXX-XXXHi-CapacityCartridgeDriveerror1.RemovetheHi-CapacityCartridgeDriveand

301-XXX-XXXKeyboarderror1.Keyboard

301-000-XXXKeyboardT estPassedNoaction
302-000-XXXMouseTestPassedNoaction
302-XXX-XXXMouseerror1.Mouse

303-000-XXXJoystickTestPassedNoaction
303-XXX-XXXJoystickerrorRemovetheJoystickandre-testthesystem

1.Replacethememorymodulecalledoutbythetest

2.Systemboard

Noaction

2.Systemboard

3.Microprocessor

1.DisketteDriveCable

2.Checkpowersupplyvoltages

3.Diskettedrive

4.Systemboard

Noaction

2.Checkpowersupplyvoltages

3.CD-ROMdrive

4.Systemboard

2.Checkpowersupplyvoltages

3.Reseattheharddiskdrivecable

4.HardDiskdrive(IDE)

5.Systemboard

2.Checkpowersupplyvoltages

3.Reseattheharddiskdrivecable

4.HardDiskdrive(SCSI)

5.SCSIadaptercard

6.Systemboard

Noaction

re-testthesystem

2.Checkandtestmouse

3.Systemboard

2.CheckandtestKeyboard

3.Systemboard

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DiagnosticerrorcodeFRU/Action

305-000-XXXMonitorDDCTestPassed
305-250-XXXMonitorDDCselftestfailure1.RunSetuptoenableDDC

415-000-XXXModemT estPassedNoaction
415-XXX-XXXModemerrorRemovetheModemandre-testthesystem

Noaction

2.Cable

3.Monitor

4.Videocard

5.Systemboard

Beepsymptoms

Beepsymptomsaretonesoraseriesoftonesseparatedbypauses(intervalswithoutsound)duringPOST.

Thefollowingtablesdescribesbeepsymptoms.

BeepsymptomFRU/Action

2shortbeepsCMOSsettingerror

1longand2shortbeepsMonitororvideoadaptercard

error

1longand3shortbeepsKeyboarderror

1longand9shortbeepsBIOSROMerror

Performthefollowingactionsinorder.

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogramandpressF10to

Saveandexit.SeeChapter6“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage39

2.StarttheSetupUtilityprogramandpressF7toload

defaultsandthenpressF10toSaveandexit.

3.PerformaBoot-blockrecovery.See“Recovering

fromaPOST/BIOSupdatefailure”onpage204.

Performthefollowingactionsinorder.

1.Makesurethemonitorisproperlyconnectedtothe

computer.

2.Replacethevideoadaptercard(ifpresent).

3.Replacethesystemboard.

Performthefollowingactionsinorder.

1.Makesurethekeyboardisproperlyconnectedtothe

keyboardconnector.

2.Replacethekeyboard.

3.Replacethesystemboard.

Performthefollowingactionsinorder.

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogramandpressF7toload

defaultsandthenpressF10toSaveandexit.See
Chapter6“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage
39

.

2.PerformaBoot-blockrecovery.See“Recovering

fromaPOST/BIOSupdatefailure”onpage204

3.Replacethesystemboard.

.

.

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BeepsymptomFRU/Action

ContinuoslongbeepsDRAMmemoryerror

Performthefollowingactionsinorder.

1.Makesurethememorymodule(s)areproperlyseated
intheconnector(s).

2.Replacethememorymodule(s).

3.Replacethesystemboard.

POSTerrorcodes

Eachtimeyoupower-onthesystem,itperformsaseriesofteststhatchecktheoperationofthesystem
andsomeoptions.ThisseriesoftestsiscalledthePower-OnSelf- Test,orPOST.POSTdoesthefollowing
operations.

•Checkssomebasicsystem-boardoperations

•Checksthememoryoperation

•Startsthevideooperation

•Veriesthatthebootdriveisworking

IfthePOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageappearsonthescreen.Asingleproblemcancauseseveral
errormessagestoappear.Whenyoucorrectthecauseofthersterrormessage,theothererrormessages
probablywillnotappearonthescreenthenexttimeyouturnonthesystem.

POSTerrormessageDescription/Action

CMOSbatteryfailedTheCMOSbatteryisnolongerfunctional.

Replacethebattery.

CMOSchecksumerror-defaultsloadedChecksumofCMOSisincorrect.

Thecomputerloadsthedefaultcongurationsettings.
ThiserrormightindicatethatCMOShasbecomecorrupt

duetoaweakCMOSbattery.
CPUatnnnn
PressEsctoskipmemorytest

HARDDISKINSTALLFAILURECannotndorinitializetheharddiskdrivecontrolleror

Keyboarderrorornokeyboardpresent

MemoryTest:

nnnnistherunningspeedofthemicroprocessor.

PressingEscskipsthefullmemorytest

thedrive.

Makesuretheharddiskdriveiscorrectlyinstalled.

Ifnoharddiskdrivesareinstalled,makesurethehard

diskdriveselectioninSetupissettoNONE.

Cannotinitializethekeyboard.

Makesurethekeyboardisproperlyconnectedtothe

computerandthatnokeysareheldpressedduringPOST.

Topurposelycongurethecomputerwithoutakeyboard,

settheerrorhaltconditioninSetuptoHALTONALL,BUT

KEYBOARD.TheBIOSthenignoresthemissingkeyboard

duringPOST .

Thismessagedisplaysduringafullmemorytest,counting

downthememoryareasbeingtested.

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POSTerrormessageDescription/Action

Memorytestfail

PressTABtoshowPOSTscreen

Error:Non-SystemdiskordiskerrorReplaceandpress
anykeywhenready

IfPOSTdetectsanerrorduringmemorytesting,additional
informationappears.Thisinformationgivesspecics
aboutthetypeandlocationofthememoryerror.

PressingtheTABkeypermitstheusertotogglebetween
thedefaultPOSTdisplayscreenandacustomPOST
displayscreen.

TheBIOSwasunabletondasuitablebootdevice.

Makesurethebootdriveisproperlyconnectedtothe
computer.

Makesureyouhavebootablemedia.

Miscellaneouserrormessages

Message/SymptomFRU/Action

ChangingdisplaycolorsDisplay/Monitor
Computerwillnotpower-off.See“Harddiskdriveboot

error”onpage43.

ComputerwillnotRPLfromserver

ComputerwillnotperformaWakeonLAN(ifapplicable)1.Checkpowersupplyandsignalcableconnections

Deadcomputer.See“Harddiskdrivebooterror”onpage

43.

Diskettedrivein-uselightremainsonordoesnotlight
whendriveisactive.

Flashingcursorwithanotherwiseblankdisplay.

1.PowerSwitch

2.SystemBoard

3.Risercard,ifinstalled

1.Ensurethatnetworkisinstartupsequenceas

rstdeviceorrstdeviceafterdiskette

2.EnsurethatnetworkadapterisenabledforRPL

3.Networkadapter(Advisenetworkadministratorof
newMACaddress)

tonetworkadapter

2.Ensurethattheoperatingsystemsettingsaresetto
enableWakeonLAN

3.EnsureWakeonLANfeatureisenabledin
Setup/Conguration(see“StartingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage39)

4.EnsurenetworkadministratorisusingcorrectMAC
address

5.EnsurenointerruptorI/Oaddressconicts

6.Networkadapter(advisenetworkadministratorof
newMACaddress)

1.PowerSupply

2.SystemBoard

1.DisketteDrive

2.SystemBoard

3.DisketteDriveCable

1.SystemBoard

2.PrimaryHardDiskDrive

3.HardDiskDriveCable

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Message/SymptomFRU/Action

IncorrectmemorysizeduringPOST

"InsertaDiskette"iconappearswithaknown-good
diagnosticsdisketteintherst3.5-inchdiskettedrive.

Intensityorcolorvariesfromlefttorightofcharacters
andcolorbars

Nopowerorfannotrunning
Non-systemdiskordiskerror-typemessagewitha

known-gooddiagnosticdiskette.

Otherdisplaysymptomsnotlistedabove(includingblank
orillegibledisplay)

Power-onindicatororharddiskdrivein-uselightnoton,
butcomputerworkscorrectly

Printerproblems1.Printer

Programloadsfromtheharddiskwithaknown-good
diagnosticsdisketteintherst3.5-inchdiskettedrive

RPLcomputercannotaccessprogramsfromitsownhard
disk.

RPLcomputerdoesnotRPLfromserver

Serialorparallelportdevicefailure(systemboardport)1.ExternalDeviceSelf-T estOK?

1.RuntheMemorytests

2.MemoryModule

3.SystemBoard

1.SystemBoard

2.DisketteDriveCable

3.NetworkAdapter

1.Display

2.Videoadapter(ifpresent)

3.SystemBoard

1.See“Harddiskdrivebooterror”onpage43.

1.DisketteDrive

2.SystemBoard

3.DisketteDriveCable

1.Display

2.SystemBoard

1.Powerswitch/LEDassembly

2.SystemBoard

2.SystemBoard

1.RunSetupandcheckStartupsequence.

2.DisketteDrive

3.DisketteDriveCable

4.SystemBoard

5.PowerSupply

1.IfnetworkadministratorisusingLCCMHybrid

RPL,checkstartupsequence:

a.Firstdevice-network
b.Seconddevice-harddisk

2.Harddiskdrive

1.Checkstartupsequence

2.CheckthenetworkadapterLEDstatus

2.ExternalDevice

3.Cable

4.SystemBoard

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Message/SymptomFRU/Action

Serialorparallelportdevicefailure(adapterport)1.ExternalDeviceSelf-T estOK?

2.ExternalDevice

3.Cable

4.AlternateAdapter

5.SystemBoard

Someorallkeysonthekeyboarddonotwork

1.Keyboard

2.KeyboardCable

3.SystemBoard

Undeterminedproblems

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtondoutthefailingdevicesoradapters.

1.Power-offthecomputer.

2.Removeordisconnectthefollowingcomponents(ifinstalled)oneatatime.
a.Externaldevices(modem,printer,ormouse)
b.Anyadapters
c.Memorymodules
d.Extendedvideomemory
e.ExternalCache
f.ExternalCacheRAM
g.Harddiskdrive
h.Diskettedrive

3.Power-onthecomputertore-testthesystem.

4.Repeatsteps1through3untilyoundthefailingdeviceoradapter.

Ifalldevicesandadaptershavebeenremovedandtheproblemcontinues,replacethesystemboard.

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Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs

Important

BesuretoreadandunderstandtheChapter2“Safetyinformation”onpage3beforereplacinganyFRU.
Theseprecautionsandguidelineswillhelpyouworksafely.

FRUreplacementsaretobedoneonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

Thischapterdoesnotcontaintheinstall,removeorreplaceprocedureforallFRUs.OnlythemajorFRUs
aredocumented.

Locatingconnectorsonthefrontofyourcomputer

Frontconnectorlocationsshowsthelocationsoftheconnectorsonthefrontofyourcomputer.

Figure1.Frontconnectorlocations

1USBconnector
2Headphoneconnector

3Microphoneconnector

4USBconnector

Locatingconnectorsontherearofyourcomputer

Rearconnectorlocationsshowsthelocationsoftheconnectorsontherearofyourcomputer.Some
connectorsontherearofyourcomputerarecolor-codedtohelpyoudeterminewheretoconnectthe
cablesonyourcomputer.

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Figure2.Rearconnectorlocations

1Voltage-selectionswitch9Microphoneconnector
2Powercordconnector10Audioline-outconnector
3PS/2®mouseconnector
4PS/2keyboardconnector12PCIExpressx16graphicscardslot
5DVImonitorconnector

6Serialport14PCIcardslot
7VGAmonitorconnector
8USBconnectors(4)16Serialport(somemodels)

11Audioline-inconnector

13PCIExpressx1cardslots(2)

15Ethernetconnector

Removingthecomputercover

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethecomputercover.

CAUTION:

Turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetoveminutestoletthecomputercoolbefore

removingthecomputercover.

Toremovethecomputercover,dothefollowing:

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1.Removeanymediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.

2.Unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthecablesattachedtothecomputer.Thisincludespowercords,Input/Output(I/O)cables,
andanyothercablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.See“Locatingconnectorsonthefrontofyour
computer”onpage67

4.Removeanylockingdevices,suchasacablelockthatsecuresthecomputercover.

5.Removethethumbscrewsthatsecurethecomputercover.

6.Pressthecover-releasebuttononthesideofthecomputercoverandslidethecomputercovertothe
reartoremove.

and“Locatingconnectorsontherearofyourcomputer”onpage67.

Figure3.Removingthecomputercover

Locatingcomponents

Figure4“Componentlocations”onpage70showsthelocationsofthevariouscomponentsinyour
computer.Toremovethecomputercover,see“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs69

Figure4.Componentlocations

1Heatsinkandfanassembly
2Memorymodules
3Battery

6PCIcardslot
7PCIExpressx1cardslots
8Coverpresenceswitch(Intrusionswitch)(some

models)

4PCIExpressx16graphicscardslot
5PCIcard

9Rearfanassembly
10Powersupplyassembly

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard

Figure5“Systemboardpartlocations”onpage71showsthelocationsofthepartsonthesystemboard.

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Figure5.Systemboardpartlocations

1Microprocessor

11Coverpresenceswitchconnector(alsocalledintrusion

switchconnector)

2Microprocessorfanconnector

3Memoryslots(2)13Serial(COM2)connector
4Thermalsensorconnector
524-pinpowerconnector
6Battery16Internalspeakerconnector
7ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxide

12FrontUSBconnector

14PCIcardslot
15Powerfanconnector

17Frontaudioconnector

Semiconductor)/Recoveryjumper

8SA TAconnectors(4)18PCIExpressx1cardslots(2)
9Frontpanelconnector

10FrontUSBconnector20Systemfanconnector

19PCIExpressx16graphicscardslot

214-pinpowerconnector

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs71

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Releasethethreeplastictabsontheleftsideofthefrontbezelandpivotthefrontbezeloutwardto
removeit.

Figure6.Removingthefrontbezel

3.Toreinstallthefrontbezel,aligntheplastictabsontherightsideofthefrontbezelwiththecorresponding
holesinthechassis,thenpivotthefrontbezelinwarduntilitsnapsintopositionontheleftside.

4.Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Installingorreplacingamemorymodule

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceamemorymodule.

YourcomputerhastwoslotsforinstallingorreplacingDDR3DIMMsthatprovideuptoamaximumof4GB
systemmemory.Wheninstallingorreplacingamemorymodule,use1GBor2GBDDR3DIMMsinany
combinationuptoamaximumof4GB.

Toinstallorreplaceamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Removeanypartsthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.

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3.Locatethememoryslots.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

4.Opentheretainingclips.

Figure7.Openingtheretainingclips

Ifyouarereplacinganoldmemorymodule,opentheretainingclipsandremovethememorymodule
beingreplacedasshown.

Figure8.Removingthememorymodule

5.Positionthememorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Makesurethatthenotch1onthememorymodule
alignscorrectlywiththeslotkey2onthesystemboard.Pushthememorymodulestraightdowninto
theslotuntiltheretainingclipsclose.

Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs73

Figure9.Installingthememorymodule

6.Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceaPCIcard.

YourcomputerhasonestandardPCIcardslot,twoPCIExpressx1cardslots,andonePCIExpressx16
graphicscardslot.

ToinstallorreplaceaPCIcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Attherearofthecomputer,pressthereleasebutton1toopenthecardlatch2andremovethe
cardslotcover.

Figure10.Openingthecardlatch

3.RemovethenewPCIcardfromitsstatic-protectivepackage.

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4.Installthenewcardintotheappropriatecardslotonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage70.IfyouarereplacingaPCIcard,removetheoldcardcurrentlyinstalled
beforeinstallingthenewone.

Figure11.Removingtheoldcard

Notes:

a.Thecardtstightlyintothecardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatelymoveeachsideofthecardasmall

amountuntilitisfullyremovedfromthecardslot.

b.Ifthecardisheldinplacebyaretaininglatch,pressthecardretaininglatch1downwardsto

disengagethelatch.Graspthecardandgentlypullitoutoftheslot.

5.Pivotthecardlatchtotheclosedpositiontosecurethecards.

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Figure12.Closingthecardlatch

6.Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingthebattery

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Yourcomputerhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andsettingsforbuilt-infeatures,
suchasparallel-portassignments(conguration).Abatterykeepsthisinformationactivewhenyouturn
offthecomputer.

Thebatterynormallyrequiresnochargingormaintenancethroughoutitslife;however,nobatterylasts
forever.Ifthebatteryfails,thedate,time,andcongurationinformation(includingpasswords)arelost.An
errormessageisdisplayedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

Refertothe“Lithiumbatterynotice”intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuideforinformationabout
replacinganddisposingofthebattery.

Toreplacethebattery,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Locatethebattery.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

3.Removetheoldbattery.

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Figure13.Removingtheoldbattery

4.Installanewbattery.

Figure14.Installinganewbattery

5.Reinstallthecomputercoverandconnectthecables.See“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”on
page97.

Note:Whenthecomputeristurnedonforthersttimeafterreplacingthebattery,anerrormessage
mightbedisplayed.Thisisnormalafterreplacingthebattery.

6.Turnonthecomputerandallattacheddevices.

7.UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthedate,time,andanypasswords.SeeChapter6“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage39

.

Replacingthepowersupplyassembly

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethepowersupplyassembly.

Toreplacethepowersupplyassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Disconnectthepowersupplyassemblycablesfromthesystemboardandalldrives.See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage70

3.Laythecomputeronitssideandremovethefourscrewsattherearofthechassisthatsecurethe
powersupplyassembly.

.

Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs77

Figure15.Removingthescrewsthatsecurethepowersupplyassembly

4.Removetheoldpowersupplyassemblyfromthechassis.

5.Ensurethatthepowersupplyassemblyisthecorrectreplacement.Somepowersupplyassemblies
automaticallysensethevoltage,somepowersupplyassembliesarevoltagespecic,andsomepower
supplyassemblieshaveavoltage-selectionswitch.Ifyourcomputerhasavoltage-selectionswitch,
ensurethatyousetthevoltage-selectionswitchofthenewpowersupplyassemblytomatchthe
voltageavailableatyourelectricaloutlet.Ifnecessary,useaballpointpentoslidethevoltage-selection
switchtoadifferentposition.

•Ifthevoltagesupplyrangeinyourlocalcountryorregionis100-127Vac,setthevoltage-selection

switchto115V.

•Ifthevoltagesupplyrangeinyourlocalcountryorregionis200-240Vac,setthevoltage-selection

switchto230V.

6.Installthenewpowersupplyassemblyintothechassissothatthescrewholesinthepowersupply
assemblyalignwiththoseinthechassis.

7.Installthefourscrewstosecurethepowersupplyassembly.

Note:UseonlyscrewsprovidedbyLenovo.

8.Reconnectthepowersupplyassemblyconnectorstothesystemboard.

9.Reconnectapowersupplyassemblyconnectortoeachofthedrives.

10.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheheatsinkandfanassembly.

78ThinkCentreHardwareMaintenanceManual

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkandfanassemblymightbeveryhot.Turnoffthecomputerandwaitthree

toveminutestoletthecomputercoolbeforeremovingthecomputercover.

Toreplacetheheatsinkandfanassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Laythecomputeronitssideforeasieraccesstothesystemboard.

3.Locatetheheatsinkandfanassembly.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

4.Disconnecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycablefromthemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystem
board.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

5.Removethefourscrews1thatsecuretheheatsinkandfanassemblytothesystemboard.

Note:Carefullyremovethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardtoavoidanypossibledamage.Thefour
screwscannotberemovedfromtheheatsinkandfanassembly.

Figure16.Removingtheheatsinkandfanassembly

6.Liftthefailingheatsinkandfanassemblyoffthesystemboard.

Notes:

a.Youmighthavetogentlytwisttheheatsinkandfanassemblytofreeitfromthemicroprocessor.
b.Donottouchthethermalgreasewhilehandlingtheheatsinkandfanassembly.

7.Positionthenewheatsinkandfanassemblyonthesystemboardsothatthefourscrewsarealigned
withtheholesonthesystemboard.

Note:Positionthenewheatsinkandfanassemblysothattheheatsinkandfanassemblycableis
towardthemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystemboard.

Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs79

8.Alternatetighteningeachscrewasmallandequalamountuntiltheheatsinkandfanassemblyis
securedtothesystemboard.Donotover-tightenthescrews.

9.Connectthenewheatsinkandfanassemblycabletothemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystem
board.

10.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingthemicroprocessor

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethemicroprocessor.

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkandmicroprocessormightbeveryhot.Turnoffthecomputerandwait

threetoveminutestoletthecomputercoolbeforeremovingthecomputercover.

Toreplacethemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Laythecomputeronitssideforeasieraccesstothesystemboard.

3.Notethelocationsofallpartsandconnectorsonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage70.

4.Removeanypartsorcablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothesystemboard.

5.Removetheheatsinkandfanassembly.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage78.

6.Placetheheatsinkandfanassemblyonitssidesothatthethermalgreasedoesnotcomeincontact
withanything.

7.Liftthesmallhandle1toreleasethemicroprocessor2securedonthesystemboard.

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8.Liftthemicroprocessorstraightupandoutofthesocket.

Notes:

a.Yourmicroprocessorandsocketmightlookdifferentfromtheoneillustrated.
b.Notetheorientationofthemicroprocessorinthesocket.Youcanlookforthesmalltriangle1

ononecornerofthemicroprocessor.Thisisimportantwheninstallingthenewmicroprocessor
onthesystemboard.

c.Touchonlythesidesofthemicroprocessor.Donottouchthegoldcontactsonthebottom.
d.Donotdropanythingontothemicroprocessorsocketwhileitisexposed.Thesocketpinsmustbe

keptascleanaspossible.

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Figure17.Removingthemicroprocessor

9.Makesurethatthesmallhandleisintheraisedposition.

10.Removetheprotectivecoverthatprotectsthegoldcontactsonthenewmicroprocessor.

11.Holdthenewmicroprocessorandalignthesmalltriangleononecornerofthenewmicroprocessorwith
thecorrespondingsmalltriangleononecornerofthemicroprocessorsocket.

12.Lowerthenewmicroprocessorstraightdownintothemicroprocessorsocketonthesystemboard.

13.Lowerthesmallhandletosecurethenewmicroprocessorinthesocket.

14.Reinstalltheheatsinkandfanassembly.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage78.

15.Reinstallanyotherpartsorreconnectanyothercablesyouremoved.

16.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingthesystemboard

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethesystemboard.

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkandmicroprocessormightbeveryhot.Turnoffthecomputerandwait

threetoveminutestoletthecomputercoolbeforeremovingthecomputercover.

Note:Whenreplacingthesystemboard,youmustorderanewretentionmoduleforthenewsystemboard.

Makesureyouhavearetentionmoduleforthenewsystemboardbeforecontinuingthisprocedure.

Toreplacethesystemboard,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Removetheprimaryharddiskdrivewiththeharddiskdrivecage.See“Replacingtheprimaryhard
diskdrive”onpage83.

3.Laythecomputeronitssidetomakethesystemboardmoreaccessible.

4.RemoveallmemorymodulesandPCIcardsthatarecurrentlyinstalled.See“Installingorreplacinga
memorymodule”onpage72and“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage74.

5.Carefullytakenoteofthelocationofallcableconnectorsonthesystemboardanddisconnectallthe
cables.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

6.Removetheheatsinkandfanassemblyfromthefailingsystemboard.See“Replacingtheheatsinkand
fanassembly”onpage78

.

7.Removethescrewsthatsecurethesystemboardtothechassis.

8.Carefullyremovethesystemboardoutofthechassis.

9.Removethemicroprocessorfromthefailingsystemboardandinstallitonthenewsystemboard.
See“Replacingthemicroprocessor”onpage80

.

10.Installthenewretentionmoduleonthenewsystemboard.

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11.Installtheheatsinkandfanassemblyandconnecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycabletothe
microprocessorfanconnectoronthenewsystemboard.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfan
assembly”onpage78.

12.Installthenewsystemboardintothechassisandalignthescrewholeswiththoseinthechassis.Insert
andtightenthescrewstosecurethenewsystemboardinplace.

13.InstallallmemorymodulesandPCIcardsremovedfromthefailingsystemboardonthenewsystem
board.

14.Reinstalltheprimaryharddiskdrivewiththeharddiskdrivecage.

15.Reconnectallremainingcablestothesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”
onpage70

.

16.Tocompletethereplacement,goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive.

Toreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Locatetheprimaryharddiskdrive.

3.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrive.

4.Pressthebluereleasetab1down,slidetheharddiskdrivecage2back,andpivotitoutward.

Figure18.Removingtheprimaryharddiskdrive

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5.Removetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassisbysimplyslidingitoutward.

6.Pullonthebluehandle3toreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromthedrivecage.

7.Removetheharddiskdrivefromthebluebracketbyexingthesidesofthebracketenoughtoslideit
freefromtheharddiskdrive.

8.Toinstallanewharddiskdriveintothebluebracket,exthebracketandalignpin1,pin2,pin

3,andpin4onthebracketwiththeholesintheharddiskdrive.Donottouchthecircuitboard5

onthebottomoftheharddiskdrive.

Figure19.Installingtheprimaryharddiskdriveintothebracket

9.Slidethenewharddiskdriveintothedrivecageuntilitsnapsintoposition.

10.Alignthedrivecagepivotpinwiththeslot1intheupperdrivecageandslidetheharddiskdrive
cageintothechassis.

11.Connectthesignalcableandthepowercabletotherearofthenewharddiskdrive.

12.Pressdownonthemetallatch2andpivotthedrivecageintoplace,andthenslideitforwarduntil
itsnapsintoposition.

Note:Therearetwoarrows,oneontheupperdrivecageandoneontheharddiskdrivecage.The
arrowsarealignedwhentheharddiskdriveisintheproperposition.

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Figure20.Installingtheprimaryharddiskdrivewiththeharddiskdrivecage

13.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Note:Dependingonyourmodeltype,yourcomputermightcomewithasecondaryharddiskdrivebayfor
installingorreplacingasecondaryharddiskdrive.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethesecondaryharddiskdrive.

Toreplacethesecondaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Locatethesecondaryharddiskdrive.

3.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtheharddiskdrive.

4.Pressthebluereleasebuttontoreleasetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassis.

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Figure21.Removingthesecondaryharddiskdrive

5.Removetheharddiskdrivecagefromthechassisbysimplyslidingitoutward.

6.Pullonthebluehandletoreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromtheharddiskdrivecage.

7.Removetheharddiskdrivefromtheblueplasticbracketbyexingthesidesofthebracketenoughto
slideitfreefromtheharddiskdrive.

8.Toinstallanewharddiskdriveintothebluebracket,exthebracketandalignpin1,pin2,pin

3,andpin4onthebracketwiththeholesintheharddiskdrive.Donottouchthecircuitboard5

onthebottomoftheharddiskdrive.

Figure22.Installingthesecondaryharddiskdriveintothebracket

9.Slidethenewharddiskdriveintotheharddiskdrivecageuntilitsnapsintoposition.

10.Installtheharddiskdrivecageintothechassisuntilitsnapsintopositionunderneaththemetaltab.
Makesurethattheharddiskdrivecageissecuredinthechassis.

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Figure23.Installingthesecondaryharddiskdriveanddrivecage

11.Connectthesignalandpowercablestotherearofthenewharddiskdrive.

12.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingtheopticaldrive

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheopticaldrive.

Toreplacetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.

2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage71.

4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtherearoftheopticaldrive.

5.Pressthebluereleasebutton1andslidetheopticaldriveoutoftheopticaldrivebay.

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Figure24.Removingtheopticaldrive

6.Installtheopticaldriveretainer1onthesideofthenewopticaldrive.Then,slidethenewopticaldrive
intotheopticaldrivebayfromthefrontuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure25.Installingtheopticaldrive

7.Connectthesignalcableandthepowercabletotherearofthenewopticaldrive.See“Connectinga
SATAdrive”onpage89.

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8.Reinstallthefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage71.

9.Tocompletethereplacement,goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

ConnectingaSATAdrive

YoucanconnectaSATAopticaldriveoraSATAharddiskdrivetoanavailableSATAconnectoronthe
systemboard.

ToconnectaSATAdrive,dothefollowing:

1.ConnectoneendofthesignalcabletotheSATAdriveandtheotherendtoanavailableSATAconnector
onthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

2.Locateanavailableve-wirepowerconnectorandconnectittotheSATAdrive.

Figure26.ConnectingaSA T Aopticaldrive

Figure27.ConnectingaSA T Aharddiskdrive

Replacingthecardreader

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Dependingonyourmodeltype,yourcomputermighthaveacardreaderinstalled.Thissectionprovides
instructionsonhowtoreplacethecardreader.

Toreplacethecardreader,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage71.

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3.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtherearofthecardreader.

4.Pressthereleasebuttonandslidethecardreaderoutofthefrontofthecomputer.

Figure28.Removingthecardreader

5.Removetheretainingbracketfromthefailingcardreaderandinstallitonanewcardreader.

Figure29.Retainingbracketforthecardreader

6.Slidethenewcardreaderintothedrivebayuntilitsnapsintoposition.

7.Connectthesignalcableandthepowercabletothenewcardreader.

8.Reinstallthefrontbezel.

9.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingthefrontfanassembly

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethefrontfanassembly.

Note:Dependingonmodeltype,yourcomputermighthaveafrontfanassemblyinstalled.

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Toreplacethefrontfanassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage71.

4.Disconnectthefrontfanassemblycablefromthepowerfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70.

5.Releasethetwotabs1thatattachthefrontfanassemblytothechassisasshownandthencompletely
removethefrontfanfromthechassis.

Figure30.Removingthefrontfanassembly

6.Insertthetwotabs2ofthenewfrontfanassemblyintothecorrespondingholesinthechassis,and
presstheothertwotabs1throughtheholesuntilthefrontfanassemblyissecuredinplace.

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Figure31.Installingthefrontfanassembly

7.Connectthefrontfanassemblycabletothepowerfanconnectoronthesystemboard.

Replacingtherearfanassembly

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetherearfanassembly.

Toreplacetherearfanassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Locatetherearfanassembly.See“Locatingcomponents”onpage69.

3.Disconnecttherearfanassemblycablefromthesystemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage70

4.Therearfanassemblyisattachedtothechassisbyfourrubbermounts.Removetherearfanassembly
bybreakingorcuttingtherubbermountsandgentlypullingtherearfanassemblyoutofthechassis.

.

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Figure32.Removingtherearfanassembly

5.Installthenewrearfanassemblybyaligningthenewrubbermountsofthenewrearfanassemblywith
theholesonthechassisandpushtherubbermountsthroughtheholes.

Note:Thenewrearfanassemblyyoureceivedwillhavefournewrubbermountsattached.

6.Pullonthetipsoftherubbermountsuntiltherearfanassemblyisinplace.

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Figure33.Installingtherearfanassembly

7.Connecttherearfanassemblycabletothesystemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.

8.Goto“CompletingtheFRUreplacement”onpage97.

Replacingtheinternalspeaker

Attention

Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.T oobtainacopyoftheThinkCentre
SafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheinternalspeaker.

Toreplacetheinternalspeaker,dothefollowing:

1.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage68.

2.Locatetheinternalspeakerconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”
onpage70.

3.Disconnecttheinternalspeakercablefromthesystemboard.

4.Pushthemetaltabonthetopoftheinternalspeakeroutwardandslidetheinternalspeakerupwardto
completelyremoveitfromthechassis.

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