HardwareMaintenanceManual
ThinkPadEdge14²,Edge15²,E40,andE50
Note
Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadthegeneralinformationunder
AppendixA“Notices”onpage157
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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
DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS....28
LenovoThinkVantageToolbox(LenovoSystem
Toolbox)...............31
PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery....31
FRUtests...............31
Powersystemcheckout...........32
Checkingtheacadapter.........33
Checkingoperationalcharging......33
Checkingthebatterypack........33
Checkingthebackupbattery.......34
Chapter4.Relatedservice
information..............35
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery
DiscSet.................35
Passwords................36
Power-onpassword...........36
Hard-diskpassword...........36
Supervisorpassword..........37
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...37
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...37
Powermanagement............38
Screenblankmode...........38
Sleepmode..............38
Hibernationmode...........38
Symptom-to-FRUindex...........39
Numericerrorcodes..........39
Errormessages............41
No-beepsymptoms...........42
LCD-relatedsymptoms.........42
Intermittentproblems..........42
Undeterminedproblems.........43
Chapter5.Statusindicators.....45
Chapter6.SpecialkeysandFnkey
combination..............47
Chapter7.FRUreplacement
notices................49
Screwnotices...............49
Retainingserialnumbers...........50
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem
unit.................50
RetainingtheUUID...........51
ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...51
Chapter8.Removingandreplacinga
FRU..................53
1010Batterypack.............54
1020ExpressCardblankbezel........55
1030Opticaldriveortravelcover.......55
1040Thermalcover.............56
1050Harddiskdrive(HDD)assembly.....57
1060DIMM................58
1070Fanassembly.............59
1080CPU................62
1090WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpress
MiniCardforwirelessWAN..........63
1100Palmrestassemblywithcables......66
1110PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..69
1120Backupbattery............70
1130Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2).....71
1140Keyboard..............72
1150Keyboardbezel............75
1160LCDunit...............77
1170T opshieldingassembly.........80
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1180Systemboardassembly.........82
1190USBconnectorboardandUSBcable
assembly.................85
1200DC-incableandbasecover.......87
2010LCDfrontbezel............91
2020Speakerassembly...........92
2030Integratedcamera...........93
2040Hinges,LCDpanel,LCDcable,andLCDrear
coverassembly..............93
2050Antennaassembly...........96
Chapter9.Locations.........99
Frontview................99
Rearview.................100
Bottomview...............101
Chapter10.Partslist........103
Overall..................104
LCDFRUs................132
Keyboard.................146
Miscellaneousparts............148
ACadapters...............148
Powercords...............149
Recoverydiscs..............150
Windows7HomeBasic(32bit)DVDs....150
Windows7HomePremium(32bit)DVDs..151
Windows7HomePremium(64bit)DVDs..152
Windows7Professional(32bit)DVDs....153
Windows7Professional(64bit)DVDs....154
Commonservicetools...........155
AppendixA.Notices.........157
Trademarks................158
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Aboutthismanual
ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad
ThinkPadEdge14"andE40
ThinkPadEdge15"andE50MT0301,0302,and0319
Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.
Important:
ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPadproducts.Use
thismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblemseffectively.
BeforeservicingaThinkPadproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safety
information”onpage1
andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage23.
Machinetypes(MT)0199,0578,and0579
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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
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Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.
•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.
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Notes:
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)
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•English
•Arabic
•BrazilianPortuguese
•French
•German
•Hebrew
•Japanese
•Korean
•Spanish
•T raditionalChinese
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Lasercompliancestatement(multilingualtranslations)
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
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Beforereplacingparts:
Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacinganyFRUs
listedinthismanual.
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.
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Attention:Thesetupcongurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeencustomized.Running
AutomaticCongurationmayalterthesettings.Notethecurrentcongurationsettings(usingtheView
Congurationoption);then,whenservicehasbeencompleted,verifythatthosesettingsremainineffect.
Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive
Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatbeforereplacingaharddiskdrive.Thiswillcauseallcustomerdataon
theharddisktobelost.Besurethatthecustomerhasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforedoingthistask.
Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeenchanged.Be
extremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrect
drive,dataorprogramscanbeoverwritten.
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard
Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan
causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.
Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:
•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.
•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.
•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.
Howtouseerrormessage
Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,
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.)
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