HardwareMaintenanceManual
ThinkPadSL410,L410,SL510,andL510
Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadthegeneralinformation
underAppendixA“Notices”onpage167.
SixthEdition(April2012)
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Contents
Aboutthismanual...........iii
Chapter1.Safetyinformation......1
Generalsafety................1
Electricalsafety...............2
Safetyinspectionguide............3
Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic
discharge..................3
Groundingrequirements............4
Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......4
Lasercompliancestatement(multilingual
translations)................17
Chapter2.Importantservice
information..............23
StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........23
Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive...24
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem
board................24
Howtouseerrormessage........24
StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,and
GAV...................24
Productdenition............24
FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAV
products...............25
Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....27
Whattodorst..............27
Checkoutguide..............28
SystemsupportingtheLenovoThinkVantage
ToolboxprogramandthePC-DoctorforDOS
diagnosticsprogram..........28
SystemsupportingtheLenovodiagnostics
programs...............33
Powersystemcheckout...........35
Checkingtheacpoweradapter......35
Checkingoperationalcharging......36
Checkingthebatterypack........36
Checkingthebackupbattery.......37
Chapter4.Relatedservice
information..............39
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingProduct
Recoverydiscs..............39
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery
DiscSet.................39
Passwords................41
Power-onpassword...........41
Hard-diskpassword...........41
Supervisorpassword..........41
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...41
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...42
Powermanagement............43
Screenblankmode...........43
Sleep(standby)mode..........43
Hibernationmode...........44
Symptom-to-FRUindex...........44
Numericerrorcodes..........45
Errormessages............46
No-beepsymptoms...........47
LCD-relatedsymptoms.........47
Intermittentproblems..........48
Undeterminedproblems.........48
Chapter5.Statusindicators.....51
Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations...53
Chapter7.FRUreplacement
notices................57
Screwnotices...............57
Retainingserialnumbers...........58
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem
unit.................58
RetainingtheUUID...........59
ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...59
Chapter8.Removingandreplacinga
FRU..................61
1010Batterypack.............61
1020ExpressCardblankbezelandMediaCard
blankbezel................63
1030Opticaldriveortravelcover.......64
1040Thermalcover.............65
1050Harddiskdrive(HDD)assembly.....66
1060DIMM................67
1070Fanassembly.............68
1080CPU................71
1090SIMslotcover............72
1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpress
MiniCardforwirelessWAN..........74
1110Palmrestassemblywithcables......76
1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..78
1130Backupbattery............80
1140Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2).....80
1150MediaCardReaderslotboardandMedia
CardReadercableassembly.........81
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1160Keyboard..............83
1170Keyboardbezel............85
1180LCDunit...............87
1190Topshieldingassembly.........91
1200Systemboardassembly.........93
1210USBconnectorboardandUSBcable
assembly.................97
1220DC-incableandbasecover.......99
2010LCDfrontbezel............103
2020Speakerassembly...........104
2030Integratedcamera...........105
2040Antennaassembly...........105
2050Hinges,LCDpanel,LCDcable,andLCDrear
coverassembly..............107
Chapter9.Locations........111
Frontview................111
Rearview.................112
Bottomview...............113
Chapter10.Partslist........115
Overall..................116
LCDFRUs................142
Keyboard.................151
Miscellaneousparts............152
acpoweradapters.............154
Powercords...............155
Recoverydiscs..............156
WindowsXPProfessional(32bit)DVDs...156
WindowsXPProfessional(shippinggroup)
DVDs................157
WindowsVistaHomeBasic(32bit)DVDs..157
WindowsVistaHomePremium(32bit)
DVDs................158
WindowsVistaHomePremium(64bit)
DVDs................158
WindowsVistaBusiness(32bit)DVDs...159
Windows7Starter(32bit)DVDs......159
Windows7HomeBasic(32bit)DVDs....160
Windows7HomePremium(32bit)DVDs..160
Windows7HomePremium(64bit)DVDs..161
Windows7Professional(32bit)DVDs....162
Windows7Professional(64bit)DVDs....163
Commonservicetools...........164
AppendixA.Notices.........167
Electronicemissionnotices..........168
Trademarks................168
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Aboutthismanual
ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad
ThinkPadSL410MachineT ype(MT)2842and2874
ThinkPadL410MT2931and0616
ThinkPadSL510
ThinkPadL510MT2873and5072
Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.
Important:ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPad
Notebookproducts.Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems
effectively.
BeforeservicingaThinkPadnotebookproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safety
information”onpage1andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage23.
MT2847and2875
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notebookproducts.
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Chapter1.Safetyinformation
Thischapterpresentsfollowingsafetyinformationthatyouneedtobefamiliarwithbeforeyouservice
aThinkPadNotebook.
•“Generalsafety”onpage1
•“Electricalsafety”onpage2
•“Safetyinspectionguide”onpage3
•“Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge”onpage3
•“Groundingrequirements”onpage4
•“Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)”onpage4
•“Lasercompliancestatement(multilingualtranslations)”onpage17
Generalsafety
Followtheserulestoensuregeneralsafety:
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareaofthemachinesduringandaftermaintenance.
•Whenliftinganyheavyobject:
1.Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
2.Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
3.Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouattempttolift.
4.Liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles;thisactionremovesthestrainfromthe
musclesinyourback.Donotattempttoliftanyobjectthatweighsmorethan16kg(35lb)orthat
youthinkistooheavyforyou.
•Donotperformanyactionthatcauseshazardstothecustomer,orthatmakestheequipmentunsafe.
•Beforeyoustartthemachine,makesurethatotherservicetechniciansandthecustomer'spersonnelare
notinahazardousposition.
•Placeremovedcoversandotherpartsinasafeplace,awayfromallpersonnel,whileyouareservicing
themachine.
•Keepyourtoolcaseawayfromwalkareassothatotherpeoplewillnottripoverit.
•Donotwearlooseclothingthatcanbetrappedinthemovingpartsofamachine.Makesurethatyour
sleevesarefastenedorrolledupaboveyourelbows.Ifyourhairislong,fastenit.
•Inserttheendsofyournecktieorscarfinsideclothingorfastenitwithanonconductiveclip,about8
centimeters(3inches)fromtheend.
•Donotwearjewelry,chains,metal-frameeyeglasses,ormetalfastenersforyourclothing.
Attention:Metalobjectsaregoodelectricalconductors.
•Wearsafetyglasseswhenyouarehammering,drilling,soldering,cuttingwire,attachingsprings,using
solvents,orworkinginanyotherconditionsthatmightbehazardoustoyoureyes.
•Afterservice,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.Replaceanysafetydevice
thatiswornordefective.
•Reinstallallcoverscorrectlybeforereturningthemachinetothecustomer.
•Fanlouversonthemachinehelptopreventoverheatingofinternalcomponents.Donotobstructfan
louversorcoverthemwithlabelsorstickers.
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Electricalsafety
Observethefollowingruleswhenworkingonelectricalequipment.
Important:
•Useonlyapprovedtoolsandtestequipment.Somehandtoolshavehandlescoveredwithasoftmaterial
thatdoesnotinsulateyouwhenworkingwithliveelectricalcurrents.
•Manycustomershave,neartheirequipment,rubberoormatsthatcontainsmallconductivebersto
decreaseelectrostaticdischarges.Donotusethistypeofmattoprotectyourselffromelectricalshock.
•Findtheroomemergencypower-off(EPO)switch,disconnectingswitch,orelectricaloutlet.Ifanelectrical
accidentoccurs,youcanthenoperatetheswitchorunplugthepowercordquickly.
•Donotworkaloneunderhazardousconditionsornearequipmentthathashazardousvoltages.
•Disconnectallpowerbefore:
–Performingamechanicalinspection
–Workingnearpowersupplies
–Removingorinstallingmainunits
•Beforeyoustarttoworkonthemachine,unplugthepowercord.Ifyoucannotunplugit,askthecustomer
topower-offthewallboxthatsuppliespowertothemachine,andtolockthewallboxintheoffposition.
•Ifyouneedtoworkonamachinethathasexposedelectricalcircuits,observethefollowingprecautions:
–Ensurethatanotherperson,familiarwiththepower-offcontrols,isnearyou.
Attention:Anotherpersonmustbetheretoswitchoffthepower,ifnecessary.
–Useonlyonehandwhenworkingwithpowered-onelectricalequipment;keeptheotherhandinyour
pocketorbehindyourback.
Attention:Anelectricalshockcanoccuronlywhenthereisacompletecircuit.Byobservingtheabove
rule,youmaypreventacurrentfrompassingthroughyourbody.
–Whenusingtesters,setthecontrolscorrectlyandusetheapprovedprobeleadsandaccessoriesfor
thattester.
–Standonsuitablerubbermats(obtainedlocally,ifnecessary)toinsulateyoufromgroundssuchas
metaloorstripsandmachineframes.
Observethespecialsafetyprecautionswhenyouworkwithveryhighvoltages;Instructionsforthese
precautionsareinthesafetysectionsofmaintenanceinformation.Useextremecarewhenmeasuring
highvoltages.
•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.
•Donotusewornorbrokentoolsandtesters.
•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.First,checkthatithasbeenpoweredoff.
•Alwayslookcarefullyforpossiblehazardsinyourworkarea.Examplesofthesehazardsaremoistoors,
nongroundedpowerextensioncables,powersurges,andmissingsafetygrounds.
•Donottouchliveelectricalcircuitswiththereectivesurfaceofaplasticdentalmirror.Thesurfaceis
conductive;suchtouchingcancausepersonalinjuryandmachinedamage.
•Donotservicethefollowingpartswiththepoweronwhentheyareremovedfromtheirnormaloperating
placesinamachine:
–Powersupplyunits
–Pumps
–Blowersandfans
–Motorgenerators
–Similarunitstolistedabove
Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.
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•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs:
–Usecaution;donotbecomeavictimyourself.
–Switchoffpower.
–Sendanotherpersontogetmedicalaid.
Safetyinspectionguide
Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Youshouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotential
safetyhazardsduetoattachmentofnon- ThinkPadfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.
Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutrstcorrectingtheproblem.
Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:
•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)
•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorabulgingcapacitor
•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware
Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercorddisconnected.
Checklist:
1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).
2.Poweroffthecomputer.Disconnectthepowercord.
3.Checkthepowercordfor:
a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground
continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.
b.Thepowercordshouldbethetypespeciedinthepartslist.
c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.
4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.
5.Removethecover.
6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkPadalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkPadalterations.
7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetallings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsofreorsmokedamage.
8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.
9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.
Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge
Anycomputerpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD.)ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.
Notes:
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1.Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.
2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.
WhenhandlingESD-sensitiveparts:
•Keepthepartsinprotectivepackagesuntiltheyareinsertedintotheproduct.
•Avoidcontactwithotherpeople.
•Wearagroundedwriststrapagainstyourskintoeliminatestaticonyourbody.
•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.
•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.
•Selectagroundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecic
servicerequirement.
Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.
–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.
–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor
referencepoint.Y oucanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.
–Usetheroundgroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedcomputers.
Groundingrequirements
Electricalgroundingofthecomputerisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeveriedbyacertiedelectrician.
Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)
Thesafetynoticesinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:
•English
•Arabic
•BrazilianPortuguese
•French
•German
•Hebrew
•Japanese
•Korean
•Spanish
•T raditionalChinese
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Thelasercompliancestatementsinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:
•English
•Arabic
•BrazilianPortuguese
•French
•German
•Hebrew
•Japanese
•Korean
•Spanish
•T raditionalChinese
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Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation
Thischapterpresentsfollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupportedby
thismanual:
•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage23
–“Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage24
–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage24
–“Howtouseerrormessage”onpage24
•“StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,andGAV”onpage24
–“Productdenition”onpage24
–“FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts”onpage25
Important:
•AdvisecustomerstocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenteriftheyneedanyassistancein
obtainingorinstallinganysoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloads.TelephonenumbersforLenovo
Supportareavailableat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone
•SystemDisassembly/ReassemblyvideosthatshowtheFRUremovalsorreplacementsfortheLenovo
authorizedservicetechniciansareavailableinthefollowingsupportsite:
http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/
StrategyforreplacingFRUs
Beforereplacingparts:
Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacinganyFRUs
listedinthismanual.
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Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestBIOSisloadedtothesystemboardbefore
completingtheserviceaction.
Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOS,doasfollows:
1.Gotohttp://support.lenovo.com.
2.EntertheproductnumberofthecomputerorpressAuto-detectbuttononthescreen.
3.SelectDownloadsanddrivers.
4.Followthedirectionsonthescreenandinstallthenecessarysoftware.
UsethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingandservicingFRUs:
•IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceaFRUbutthereplacementdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,reinstall
theoriginalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.
•Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyouareinstructedtoreplaceeither
theprocessorboardorthesystemboard,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,
reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.
•IfanadapteroradeviceconsistsofmorethanoneFRU,anyoftheFRUsmaybethecauseoftheerror.
Beforereplacingtheadapterordevice,removetheFRUs,onebyone,toseeifthesymptomschange.
ReplaceonlytheFRUthatchangedthesymptoms.
Attention:Thesetupcongurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeencustomized.Running
AutomaticCongurationmayalterthesettings.Notethecurrentcongurationsettings(usingtheView
Congurationoption);then,whenservicehasbeencompleted,verifythatthosesettingsremainineffect.
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Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive
Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatbeforereplacingaharddiskdrive.Thiswillcauseallcustomerdataon
theharddisktobelost.Besurethatthecustomerhasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforedoingthistask.
Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeenchanged.Be
extremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrect
drive,dataorprogramscanbeoverwritten.
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard
Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan
causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.
Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:
•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.
•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.
•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.
Howtouseerrormessage
Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,
beginthediagnosiswiththersterrorcode.Whatevercausesthersterrorcodemayalsocausefalseerror
codes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedintheSymptom-to-FRU
Indexforthecomputeryouareservicing.
StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,andGAV
Productdenition
DynamicCongureToOrder(CTO)
ThisprovidestheabilityforacustomertocongureaLenovosolutionfromaneSite,andhavethis
congurationsenttofulllment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachinelabel,
ProductEntitlementWarehouse(PEW),eSupport,andtheHMMwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-digitMT
and3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).
CustomModelVariant(CMV)
ThisisauniquecongurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenLenovoandthecustomer.Aunique4-digit
MTand3-digitmodelisprovidedtothecustomertoplaceorders(Example:1829-W15).ACMVisaspecial
bidoffering.Therefore,itisNOTgenerallyannounced.
•TheMTMportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”
(Example:1829-CTO).ThePRODUCTIDportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitCMV
model(Example:1829-W15).
•ThePEWrecordisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).
•eSupportwillshowboththeCTOandCMVmachinetypemodels(Example:1829-CTOand1829-W15
willbefoundontheeSupportsite.)
•TheHMMwillhavethe4-digitMTand3-digitCTOmodelonly(Example:1829-CTO).Again,CMVsare
custommodelsandarenotfoundintheHMM.
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