Lenovo L512, L412 User Manual

HardwareMaintenanceManual

ThinkPadL412andL512

Note

Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadthegeneralinformationunder
AppendixA“Notices”onpage157.

Sixth Edition (April 2014)
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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

Productdenition............24

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV ,andGAV

products...............25

Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....27

Whattodorst..............27

Checkoutguide..............28

SystemsupportingtheLenovoThinkVantage
ToolboxprogramandthePC-DoctorforDOS

diagnosticsprogram..........28

SystemsupportingtheLenovodiagnostics

programs...............33

Powersystemcheckout...........35

Checkingtheacadapter.........35

Checkingoperationalcharging......36

Checkingthebatterypack........36

Checkingthebackupbattery.......37

Chapter4.Relatedservice

information..............39

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery

DiscSet.................39

Passwords................40

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

Hard-diskpassword...........40

Supervisorpassword..........41

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...41

Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...41

Powermanagement............42

Screenblankmode...........42

Sleep(standby)mode..........42

Hibernationmode...........43

Symptom-to-FRUindex...........44

Numericerrorcodes..........44

Errormessages............46

No-beepsymptoms...........46

LCD-relatedsymptoms.........47

Intermittentproblems..........47

Undeterminedproblems.........48

Chapter5.Statusindicators.....49

Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations...51

Chapter7.FRUreplacement

notices................55

Screwnotices...............55

Retainingserialnumbers...........56

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem

unit.................56

RetainingtheUUID...........57

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...57

Chapter8.Removingandreplacinga

FRU..................59

1010Batterypack.............59

1020ExpressCardblankbezelandMediaCard

blankbezel................61

1030Opticaldriveortravelcover.......62

1040Thermalcover.............63

1050Harddiskdrive(HDD)assembly.....64

1060DIMM................65

1070Fanassembly.............66

1080CPU................69

1090SIMslotcover............70

1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpress

MiniCardforwirelessWAN..........72

1110Palmrestassemblywithcables......74

1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..76

1130Backupbattery............78

1140Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2).....78

1150MediaCardReaderslotboardandMedia

CardReadercableassembly.........79

1160Keyboard..............81

1170Keyboardbezel............83

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1180LCDunit...............85

1190T opshieldingassembly.........89

1200Systemboardassembly.........91

1210USBconnectorboardandUSBcable

assembly.................96

1220DC-incableandbasecover.......98

2010LCDfrontbezel............102

2020Speakerassembly...........103

2030Integratedcamera...........104

2040Antennaassembly...........104

2050Hinges,LCDpanel,LCDcable,andLCDrear

coverassembly..............106

Chapter9.Locations........111

Frontview................112

Rearview.................113

Bottomview...............113

Miscellaneousparts............145

acpoweradapters.............146

Powercords...............147

Recoverydiscs..............148

WindowsXPProfessional(32bit)DVDs...148
WindowsVistaHomeBasic(32bit)DVDs..149
WindowsVistaBusiness(32bit)DVDs...149

Windows7HomeBasic(32bit)DVDs....150

Windows7HomePremium(32bit)DVDs..151
Windows7HomePremium(64bit)DVDs..151

Windows7Professional(32bit)DVDs....152

Windows7Professional(64bit)DVDs....153

WindowsStarter(32bit)DVDs.......154

Windows7Ultimate(32bit)DVDs.....155

Windows7Ultimate(64bit)DVDs.....155

Commonservicetools...........156

Chapter10.Partslist........115

Overall..................116

LCDFRUs................138

Keyboard.................144

AppendixA.Notices.........157

Electronicemissionsnotices.........158

Trademarks................158

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Aboutthismanual

ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad

ThinkPadL412MT0530,0553,0585,0591,4403,and4404

ThinkPadL512MT2550,2597,2598,2599,4444,and4447

Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.

Important:

ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPadNotebook
products.Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblemseffectively.

BeforeservicingaThinkPadNotebookproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safety
information”onpage1andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage23.

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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,rubberoormatsthatcontainsmallconductivebersto
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

metaloorstripsandmachineframes.
Observethespecialsafetyprecautionswhenyouworkwithveryhighvoltages;Instructionsforthese
precautionsareinthesafetysectionsofmaintenanceinformation.Useextremecarewhenmeasuring
highvoltages.

•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.

•Donotusewornorbrokentoolsandtesters.

•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.First,checkthatithasbeenpoweredoff.

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

•Donottouchliveelectricalcircuitswiththereectivesurfaceofaplasticdentalmirror.Thesurfaceis
conductive;suchtouchingcancausepersonalinjuryandmachinedamage.

•Donotservicethefollowingpartswiththepoweronwhentheyareremovedfromtheirnormaloperating
placesinamachine:
–Powersupplyunits
–Pumps
–Blowersandfans
–Motorgenerators
–Similarunitstolistedabove

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Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.

•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs:
–Usecaution;donotbecomeavictimyourself.
–Switchoffpower.
–Sendanotherpersontogetmedicalaid.

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Y oushouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotential
safetyhazardsduetoattachmentofnon- ThinkPadfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutrstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercorddisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Poweroffthecomputer.Disconnectthepowercord.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:

a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbethetypespeciedinthepartslist.

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon- ThinkPadalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkPadalterations.

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

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge

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

Chapter1.Safetyinformation3

Notes:

1.Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

WhenhandlingESD-sensitiveparts:

•Keepthepartsinprotectivepackagesuntiltheyareinsertedintotheproduct.

•Avoidcontactwithotherpeople.

•Wearagroundedwriststrapagainstyourskintoeliminatestaticonyourbody.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Selectagroundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecic
servicerequirement.

Note:

TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.

–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usetheroundgroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedcomputers.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingofthecomputerisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeveriedbyacertiedelectrician.

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)

Thesafetynoticesinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Japanese

•Korean

•Spanish

•T raditionalChinese

DANGER

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

DANGER

Somestandbybatteriescontainasmallamountofnickelandcadmium.Donotdisassembleastandbybattery,
rechargeit,throwitintoreorwater,orshort-circuitit.Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinances
orregulations.Useonlythebatteryintheappropriatepartslisting.Useofanincorrectbatterycanresult
inignitionorexplosionofthebattery.

DANGER

Thebatterypackcontainssmallamountsofnickel.Donotdisassembleit,throwitintoreorwater,or
short-circuitit.Disposeofthebatterypackasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.Useonlythe
batteryintheappropriatepartslistingwhenreplacingthebatterypack.Useofanincorrectbatterycanresult
inignitionorexplosionofthebattery.

DANGER

Thelithiumbatterycancauseare,anexplosion,orasevereburn.Donotrechargeit,removeitspolarized
connector,disassembleit,heatitabove100°C(212°F),incinerateit,orexposeitscellcontentstowater.
Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.Useonlythebatteryintheappropriate
partslisting.Useofanincorrectbatterycanresultinignitionorexplosionofthebattery.

DANGER

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

DANGER

Toavoidshock,donotremovetheplasticcoverthatprotectsthelowerpartoftheinvertercard.

DANGER

Chapter1.Safetyinformation5

Thoughthemainbatterieshavelowvoltage,ashortedorgroundedbatterycanproduceenoughcurrentto
burnpersonnelorcombustiblematerials.

DANGER

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

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PERIGO

AntesdeligarocomputadorapósasubstituiçãodaFRU,certique-sedequetodososparafusos,molase
outraspeçaspequenasestejamnolugarenãoestejamsoltosdentrodocomputador.Veriqueissosacudindo
ocomputadoreprocurandoouvirsonsdepeçassoltas.Peçasmetálicasoulascasdemetalpodemcausar
curto-circuito.

PERIGO

Algumasbateriasreservacontêmumapequenaquantidadedeníquelecádmio.Nãodesmonteumabateria
reserva,recarregue-a,jogue-anofogoounaágua,oudeixe-aentraremcurto-circuito.Descarteabateria
conformerequeridopelasleisouregulamentoslocais.Usesomenteabaterianasparteslistadasapropriadas.
Ousodeumabateriaincorretapoderesultaremcombustãoouexplosãodabateria.

PERIGO

Chapter1.Safetyinformation7

Opacotedabateriacontémumapequenaquantidadedeníquel.Nãoodesmonte,jogue-onofogoouna
água,oudeixe-oentraremcurto-circuito.Descarteopacotedabateriaconformerequeridopelasleisou
regulamentoslocais.Usesomenteabaterianasparteslistadasapropriadasaosubstituiropacotedabateria.
Ousodeumabateriaincorretapoderesultaremcombustãoouexplosãodabateria.

PERIGO

Abateriadelítiopodecausarincêndio,explosãoougravesqueimaduras.Nãoarecarregue,removaseu
conectorpolarizado,desmonte-a,aqueça-aacimade100°C(212°F),incinere-a,ouexponhaoconteúdode
suacélulaàágua.Descarteabateriaconformerequeridopelasleisouregulamentoslocais.Usesomente
abaterianasparteslistadasapropriadas.Ousodeumabateriaincorretapoderesultaremcombustão
ouexplosãodabateria.

PERIGO

SeoLCDquebrareouidodedentrodeleentraremcontatocomseusolhosoucomsuasmãos,laveas
áreasafetadasimediatamentecomáguadurantepelomenos15minutos.Procurecuidadosmédicossealgum
sintomacausadopelouidosurgirapósalavagem.

PERIGO

Paraevitarchoqueelétrico,nãoremovaacapaplásticaqueprotegeaparteinferiordaplacainversora.

PERIGO

Emboraasprincipaisbateriaspossuambaixavoltagem,umabateriaemcurto-circuitoouaterradapode
produzircorrenteobastanteparaqueimarmateriaisdepessoalouinamáveis.

PERIGO

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

DANGER

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Avantderemettrel'ordinateursoustensionaprèsremplacementd'uneunitéenclientèle,vériezquetousles
ressorts,visetautrespiècessontbienenplaceetbienxées.Pourcefaire,secouezl'unitéetassurez-vous
qu'aucunbruitsuspectneseproduit.Despiècesmétalliquesoudescopeauxdemétalpourraientcauser
uncourt-circuit.

DANGER

Certainesbatteriesdesecourscontiennentdunickeletducadmium.Nelesdémontezpas,nelesrechargez
pas,nelesexposezniaufeuniàl'eau.Nelesmettezpasencourt-circuit.Pourlesmettreaurebut,
conformez-vousàlaréglementationenvigueur.Lorsquevousremplacezlapiledesauvegardeoucellede
l'horlogetempsréel,veillezàn'utiliserquelesmodèlescitésdanslalistedepiècesdétachéesadéquate.Une
batterieouunepileinappropriéerisquedeprendrefeuoud'exploser.

DANGER

Labatteriecontientdunickel.Neladémontezpas,nel'exposezniaufeuniàl'eau.Nelamettezpasen
court-circuit.Pourlamettreaurebut,conformez-vousàlaréglementationenvigueur.Lorsquevousremplacez
labatterie,veillezàn'utiliserquelesmodèlescitésdanslalistedepiècesdétachéesadéquate.Eneffet,une
batterieinappropriéerisquedeprendrefeuoud'exploser.

DANGER

Lapiledesauvegardecontientdulithium.Elleprésentedesrisquesd'incendie,d'explosionoudebrûlures
graves.Nelarechargezpas,neretirezpassonconnecteurpolariséetneladémontezpas.Nel'exposezpasà
unetemperaturesupérieureà100°C,nelafaitespasbrûleretn'enexposezpaslecontenuàl'eau.Mettezla
pileaurebutconformémentàlaréglementationenvigueur.Unepileinappropriéerisquedeprendrefeuou
d'exploser.

DANGER

Silepanneaud'afchageàcristauxliquidessebriseetquevousrecevezdanslesyeuxousurlesmainsune
partieduuide,rincez-lesabondammentpendantaumoinsquinzeminutes.Consultezunmédecinsides
symptômespersistentaprèslelavage.

DANGER

And'évitertoutrisquedechocélectrique,neretirezpaslecacheenplastiqueprotégeantlapartieinférieure
delacarted'alimentation.

Chapter1.Safetyinformation9

DANGER

Bienquelevoltagedesbatteriesprincipalessoitpeuélevé,lecourt-circuitoulamiseàlamassed'une
batteriepeutproduiresufsammentdecourantpourbrûlerdesmatériauxcombustiblesoucauserdes
brûlurescorporellesgraves.

DANGER

Sileremplacementàchaudn'estpasautorisépourl'unitéremplaçablesursitequevousremplacez,
procédezcommesuitavantderetirerl'unité:mettezl'ordinateurhorstension,débrancheztousles
cordonsd'alimentationdesprisesdecourant,retirezleblocdebatterieetdéconnecteztouslescâbles
d'interconnexion.

VORSICHT

BevornacheinemFRU-AustauschderComputerwiederangeschlossenwird,mußsichergestelltwerden,daß
keineSchrauben,FedernoderandereKleinteilefehlenoderimGehäusevergessenwurden.DerComputermuß
geschütteltundaufKlappergeräuschegeprüftwerden.Metallteileoder-splitterkönnenKurzschlüsseerzeugen.

VORSICHT

DieBereitschaftsbatterie,diesichunterdemDiskettenlaufwerkbendet,kanngeringeMengenNickel
undCadmiumenthalten.SiedarfnurdurchdieVerkaufsstelleoderdenIBMKundendienstausgetauscht
werden.Siedarfnichtzerlegt,wiederaufgeladen,kurzgeschlossen,oderFeueroderWasserausgesetzt
werden.DieBatteriekannschwereVerbrennungenoderVerätzungenverursachen.BeiderEntsorgungdie
örtlichenBestimmungenfürSondermüllbeachten.BeimErsetzenderBereitschafts-oderSystembatterienur
BatteriendesTypsverwenden,derinderErsatzteillisteaufgeführtist.DerEinsatzfalscherBatterienkann
zuEntzündungoderExplosionführen.

VORSICHT

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

VORSICHT

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

VORSICHT

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

VORSICHT

AusSicherheitsgründendieKunststoffabdeckung,diedenunterenTeilderSpannungswandlerplatineumgibt,
nichtentfernen.

VORSICHT

ObwohlHauptbatterieneineniedrigeSpannunghaben,könnensiedochbeiKurzschlußoderErdunggenug
Stromabgeben,umbrennbareMaterialienzuentzündenoderVerletzungenbeiPersonenhervorzurufen.

VORSICHT

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

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14HardwareMaintenanceManual

AntesdeencenderelsistemadespuesdesustituirunaFRU,compruebequetodoslostornillos,muellesy
demáspiezaspequeñasseencuentranensusitioynoseencuentransueltasdentrodelsistema.Compruébelo
agitandoelsistemayescuchandolosposiblesruidosqueprovocarían.Laspiezasmetálicaspuedencausar
cortocircuitoseléctricos.

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

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

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

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

Paraevitardescargas,noquitelacubiertadeplásticoquerodealapartebajadelatarjetainvertida.

Aunquelasbateríasprincipalestienenunvoltajebajo,unabateríacortocircuitadaoconcontactoatierra
puedeproducirlacorrientesucientecomoparaquemarmaterialcombustibleoprovocarquemadurasen
elpersonal.

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Salvoquesepermitaelintercambioencalienteparalaunidadsustituiblelocalmente,realicelosiguienteantes
deextraerla:apagueelsistema,desconectetodosloscablesdealimentacióndelastomasdealimentación
eléctrica,extraigalabateríaydesconecteloscablesdeinterconexión.

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Lasercompliancestatement(multilingualtranslations)

Thelasercompliancestatementsinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Japanese

•Korean

•Spanish

•T raditionalChinese

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Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupportedby
thismanual:

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage23
–“Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage24
–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage24
–“Howtouseerrormessage”onpage24

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV ,andGAV”onpage24
–“Productdenition”onpage24
–“FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV ,andGAVproducts”onpage25

Important:

•AdvisecustomerstocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenteriftheyneedanyassistancein
obtainingorinstallinganysoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloads.TelephonenumbersforLenovo
Supportareavailableat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone

•SystemDisassembly/ReassemblyvideosthatshowtheFRUremovalsorreplacementsfortheLenovo
authorizedservicetechniciansareavailableinthefollowingsupportsite:
http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/

StrategyforreplacingFRUs

Beforereplacingparts:

Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacinganyFRUs
listedinthismanual.

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Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestBIOSisloadedtothesystemboardbefore
completingtheserviceaction.

Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOS,doasfollows:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/suppport.

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:Thesetupcongurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeencustomized.Running
AutomaticCongurationmayalterthesettings.Notethecurrentcongurationsettings(usingtheView
Congurationoption);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,
beginthediagnosiswiththersterrorcode.Whatevercausesthersterrorcodemayalsocausefalseerror
codes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedintheSymptom-to-FRU
Indexforthecomputeryouareservicing.

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,andGAV

Productdenition

DynamicCongureToOrder(CTO)

ThisprovidestheabilityforacustomertocongureaLenovosolutionfromaneSite,andhavethis
congurationsenttofulllment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachinelabel,
ProductEntitlementWarehouse(PEW),eSupport,andtheHMMwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-digitMT
and3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

CustomModelVariant(CMV)

ThisisauniquecongurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenLenovoandthecustomer.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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GeneralAnnounceVariant(GAV)

Thisisastandardmodel(xedconguration).GAVsareannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTM
portionofthemachinelabelisa4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not
“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).Also,PEW,eSupport,andtheHMMwilllisttheseproductsunderthesame
xedmodelnumber.

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts

TherearethreeinformationresourcestoidentifywhichFRUsareusedtosupportCTO,CMV ,andGAV
products.ThesesourcesarePEW ,eSupport,andtheHMM.

UsingPEW

•PEWistheprimarysourceforidentifyingFRUpartnumbersandFRUdescriptionsforthekeycommodities
forCTO,CMVandGAVproductsataMT-serialnumberlevel.Anexampleofkeycommoditiesarehard
diskdrives,systemboards,microprocessors,LiquidCrystalDisplays(LCDs),andmemory.

•Remember,allCTOandCMVproductsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,where
model=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).GAVsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,
wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).

•PEWcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=LOOK-WARNTY
SelectWarrantylookup.InputtheMTandtheSerialnumberandthelistofkeycommoditieswillbe
returnedinthePEWrecordunderCOMPONENTINFORMA TION.

UsingeSupport

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

•eSupportcanbeusedtoviewthelistofkeycommoditiesbuiltinaparticularmachineserial(thisisthe
samerecordfoundinPEW).

•eSupportcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/suppport

•T oviewthekeycommodities,dothefollowing:

1.ClickWarranty.

2.ClickCheckWarrantyStatus.

3.OntheWarrantyStatusLookuppage,clickPartslookup.

4.T ypeyourmachinetypeandserialnumber,andthenclickSubmit.Thekeycommoditieswillbe
displayed.

FortheRemainingFRUs(thecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel)

•eSupportcanbeusedtoviewthecompletelistofFRUsforamachinetypeandmodel.

•T oviewthecompletelistofFRUs,dothefollowing:

1.ClickProducts&PartsDetailandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoreachtheProduct
andPartsDetailpage.

2.ClickthePartsDetailtabtoviewthelistofserviceparts.

UsingtheHMM

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

UsetheHMMasaback-uptoPEWandeSupporttoviewthecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel.

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Chapter3.Generalcheckout

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“Whattodorst”onpage27

•“Checkoutguide”onpage28
–“SystemsupportingtheLenovoThinkVantageT oolboxprogramandthePC-DoctorforDOS

diagnosticsprogram”onpage28

–“SystemsupportingtheLenovodiagnosticsprograms”onpage33

•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage35

ThedescriptionsinthischapterapplytoanyThinkPadmodelthatsupportsthePC-Doctor
diagnosticsprogram.Somedescriptionsmightnotapplytoyourparticularcomputer.

Beforeyougotothecheckoutguide,besuretoreadthefollowingimportantnotes.

Importantnotes:

•Onlycertiedtrainedpersonnelshouldservicethecomputer.

•BeforereplacinganyFRU,readtheentirepageonremovingandreplacingFRUs.

•WhenyoureplaceFRUs,itisrecommendedtousenewnylon-coatedscrews.

•Beextremelycarefulduringsuchwriteoperationsascopying,saving,orformatting.Drivesinthe
computerthatyouareservicingsequencemighthavebeenaltered.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,
dataorprogramsmightbeoverwritten.

•ReplaceaFRUonlywithanotherFRUofthecorrectmodel.WhenyoureplaceaFRU,makesurethat
themodelofthemachineandtheFRUpartnumberarecorrectbyreferringtotheFRUpartslist.

•AFRUshouldnotbereplacedbecauseofasingle,unreproduciblefailure.Singlefailurescanoccur
foravarietyofreasonsthathavenothingtodowithahardwaredefect,suchascosmicradiation,
electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.ConsiderreplacingaFRUonlywhenaproblemrecurs.Ifyou
suspectthataFRUisdefective,cleartheerrorlogandrunthetestagain.Iftheerrordoesnotrecur,do
notreplacetheFRU.

•BecarefulnottoreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

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forDOS

Whattodorst

WhenyoudoreturnaFRU,youmustincludethefollowinginformationinthepartsexchangeformor
partsreturnformthatyouattachtoit:

1.Nameandphonenumberofservicetechnician

2.Dateofservice

3.Dateonwhichthemachinefailed

4.Dateofpurchase

5.Failuresymptoms,errorcodesappearingonthedisplay,andbeepsymptoms

6.ProcedureindexandpagenumberinwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected

7.FailingFRUnameandpartnumber

8.Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber

9.Customer'snameandaddress

Note:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthecomputerdamage
wascausedbymisuse,accident,modication,unsuitablephysicaloroperatingenvironment,orimproper
maintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthatarenotcoveredunderwarranty
andsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjectedtostressbeyondnormaluse.

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Beforecheckingproblemswiththecomputer,determinewhetherthedamageiscoveredunderthewarranty
byreferringtothefollowinglist:

Thefollowingarenotcoveredunderwarranty:

•LCDpanelcrackedfromtheapplicationofexcessiveforceorfrombeingdropped

•Scratched(cosmetic)parts

•Distortion,deformation,ordiscolorationofthecosmeticparts

•Plasticparts,latches,pins,orconnectorsthathavebeencrackedorbrokenbyexcessiveforce

•Damagecausedbyliquidspilledintothesystem

•DamagecausedbytheimproperinsertionofaPCCardortheinstallationofanincompatiblecard

•Improperdiscinsertionoruseofanopticaldrive

•Diskettedrivedamagecausedbypressureonthediskettedrivecover,foreignmaterialinthedrive,
ortheinsertionofadiskettewithmultiplelabels

•Damagedorbentdisketteejectbutton

•Fusesblownbyattachmentofanonsupporteddevice

•Forgottencomputerpassword(makingthecomputerunusable)

•Stickykeyscausedbyspillingaliquidontothekeyboard

•Useofanincorrectacadapteronlaptopproducts

Thefollowingsymptomsmightindicatedamagecausedbynonwarrantedactivities:

•Missingpartsmightbeasymptomofunauthorizedserviceormodication.

•Ifthespindleofaharddiskdrivebecomesnoisy,itmayhavebeensubjectedtoexcessiveforce,
ordropped.

Checkoutguide

UsethefollowingproceduresasaguideinidentifyingandcorrectingproblemswiththeThinkPadNotebook.

Note:ThediagnostictestsareintendedtotestonlyThinkPadproducts.Theuseofnon- ThinkPadproducts,
prototypecards,ormodiedoptionscanleadtofalseindicationsoferrorsandinvalidsystemresponses.

1.Identifythefailingsymptomsinasmuchdetailaspossible.

2.Verifythesymptoms.T rytore-createthefailurebyrunningthediagnostictestorbyrepeatingthe
operation.

SystemsupportingtheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramandthe PC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticsprogram

ThesectionprovidesinformationaboutThinkPadcomputersthatsupporttheLenovoThinkVantage
ToolboxprogramandthePC-Doctor
toyourparticularcomputer.

DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS

TheThinkPadNotebookhasatestprogramcalledPC-DoctorforDOS(hereaftercalledPC-Doctor.)Y oucan
detecterrorsbyrunningthediagnosticstestincludedinPC-Doctor.

Note:PC-DoctorforDOSisavailableatthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/suppport

TocreatethePC-DoctordiagnosticCD,followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

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forDOSdiagnosticsprogram.Somedescriptionsmightnotapply

®

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

ToenterBIOSSetupUtility,doasfollows:

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1.T urnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toentertheBIOSSetupUtility.

Note:Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetbythecustomer,BIOSSetupUtilitymenuappearsafterthe
passwordisentered.YoucanstartBIOSSetupUtilitybypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthesupervisor
password;however,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.

OntheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen,pressF9,Enter,F10,andthenEnter.

Note:Whenyouinitializethecomputerconguration,somedevicesaredisabled,suchastheserialport.If
youtestoneofthesedevices,youwillneedtoenableitbyusingCongurationutilityforDOS.Theutilityis
availableonthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/suppport

PC-Doctorcannotbeusedtotestadevicethatisinthedockingstation,evenifthecomputersupportsthe
dockingstation.TotestaUSBdevice,connectittotheUSBconnectorofthecomputer.

Testingthecomputer
Note:ThePC-DoctorforDOSCD-R/CD-RWdiscsupportsonlytestofinternalopticaldiscdrives(CD-RW ,

CD-RW/DVDCombo,andDVDMultidrives)onThinkPadcomputers.Itdoesnotsupporttestofanyoptical
discdrivesconnectedthroughUSBdevices,PCcards,CardBuscards,orsimilar.TheUSBlimitationonly
appliestotestingofthedevice.UsingabootablePC-DoctorforDOSCD/DVD,thecomputercanbe
startedfromaUSBattachedopticaldrive.

Torunthetest,doasfollows:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.Makesurethattheopticaldrivethatissupportedasastartupdeviceisinstalledtothecomputer
youareservicing.

3.T urnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbepoweredon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”on
page35,andcheckthepowersources.

Ifanerrorcodeappears,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage44

.

4.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF12toentertheBootMenu.

5.InsertthePC-DoctorCDintotheopticaldrive.

6.PresscursorkeystoselectAT APICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.

7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

8.ThemainpanelofPC-Doctorappears.

9.SelectDiagnosticswiththearrowkeys,andpressEnter.

Note:Y oucanselectanitemnotonlywiththearrowkeys,butalsowiththeT rackPoint

®

InsteadofpressingEnter,clicktheleftbutton.

Apull-downmenuappears.(Itsexactformdependsonthemodel.)

Note:PC-Doctormenudoesnotmeantheformalsupportdevicelist.Someunsupporteddevicenames
mayappearinthePC-Doctormenu.

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pointer.

Diagnostics

Run Normal Test
Run Quick Test
CPU/Coprocessor
Systemboard
Video Adapter
Fixed Disks
Diskette Drives
Other Devices
Communication

Advanced Memory Tests

Interactive Tests Hardware Info Utility Quit F1=Help

PC-DOCTOR 2.0 Copyright 2008 PC-Doctor, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Use the cursor keys and ESC to move in menus.Press ENTER to select.

Wireless LAN

Theoptionsonthetestmenuareasfollows:

DiagnosticsInteractiveTests

•RunNormalT est

•RunQuickT est

•CPU/Coprocessor

•Systemboard

•VideoAdapter

•FixedDisks

•DisketteDrives

•OtherDevices

•Keyboard

•Video

•InternalSpeaker

•Mouse

•Diskette

•SystemLoad

•OpticalDriveT est

•IntelWLANRadioT est

•Communication

•WirelessLAN

•AdvancedMemoryT ests

Notes:

•IntheKeyboardtestinInteractiveTests,theFnkeyshouldbehelddownforatleast2seconds;otherwise,it
cannotbesensed.

•VideoAdaptertestsupportsonlytheLCDdisplayontheThinkPadNotebook.Ifyouhaveanexternalmonitor
attachedtoyourcomputer ,detachitbeforerunningPC-DoctorforDOS.

•T otestDigitalSignatureChip,thesecuritychipmustbesettoActive.

10.Runtheapplicablefunctiontest.

11.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Ifthereisaproblem,PC-Doctorshowsmessagesdescribingit.

12.T oexitthetest,selectQuit-ExitDiag.T ocancelthetest,pressEsc.

Note:AfterrunningPC-Doctor,checkthetimeanddateonthesystemandresetthemiftheyareincorrect.

DetectingsysteminformationwithPC-Doctor

PC-Doctorcandetectthefollowingsysteminformation:

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HardwareInfo

•SystemConguration

•MemoryContents

•PhysicalDiskDrives

•LogicalDiskDrives

•VGAInformation

•IDEDriveInfo

•PCIInformation

•PNPISAInfo

•SMBIOSInfo

•VESALCDInfo

•HardwareEventsLog

Utility•RunExternalTests

•SurfaceScanHardDisk

•BenchmarkSystem

•DOSShell

•T echSupportForm

•BatteryRundown

•ViewTestLog

•PrintLog

•SaveLog

•FullEraseHardDrive

•QuickEraseHardDrive

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox

LenovoThinkVantage
Itenablesyoutoviewsymptomsofcomputerproblemsandsolutionsforthem,andincludesautomatic
noticationwhenactionisrequired,computingassistance,advanceddiagnostics,anddiagnostichistory.

®

ToolboxisadiagnosticprogramthatworksthroughtheWindowsoperatingsystem.

Notes:

•ThelatestLenovoThinkVantageToolboxisavailableatthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/suppport

•T oinstallthelatestLenovoThinkVantageT oolboxonthecomputer,followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

Torunthisprogram,doasfollows:

Windows7:

WhiletheWindowsoperatingsystemisrunning,presstheThinkVantagebutton.

Tostartthisprogram,dothefollowing:

•ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙Lenovo–SystemHealthandDiagnostics.

WindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox

Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.LenovoThinkVantageToolboxalsohasproblemdeterminationaids
thatdeterminesoftwareandusageproblems.

Foradditionalinformationaboutthisprogram,seetheHelpfortheprogram.

PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery

InsomemodelsofThinkPadNotebook,theRescueandRecovery®workspaceenablesyoutorunthe
PC-Doctorprogramtotestthehardwarefeaturesofthecomputer.

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Torunthetest,click“RunDiagnostics”ontheRescueandRecoverymainscreen.

FRUtests

ThefollowingtableshowsthetestforeachFRU.

Table1.FRUtests

FRUApplicabletest

Systemboard1.Diagnostics➙CPU/Coprocessor

2.Diagnostics➙Systemboard

3.IfthedockingstationortheportreplicatorisattachedtotheThinkPadNotebook,
detachit.

Power

LCDunit

Audio

SpeakerInteractiveT ests➙InternalSpeaker

Keyboard

Harddiskdrive

Diskettedrive1.Diagnostics➙DisketteDrives

Opticaldrive1.Diagnostics➙OtherDevices➙OpticalDrive

Memory

Diagnostics➙ThinkPadDevices➙acpoweradapter,Battery1(Battery2)

1.Diagnostics➙VideoAdapter

2.InteractiveT ests➙Video

EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangeSerialA T A(SA T A)settingtoCompatibility,
andrunDiagnostics➙OtherDevice➙ConexantAudio.

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

1.Diagnostics➙Systemboard➙Keyboard

2.InteractiveT ests➙Keyboard

EntertheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangeSerialA T A(SA T A)settingtoCompatibility,
andrunDiagnostics➙FixedDisks.

Youcanalsodiagnosethedrivewithoutstartinguptheoperatingsystem.Todiagnose
thedrivefromtheBIOSSetupUtility,doasfollows:

1.Removeanydiskettefromthediskettedrive,andthenturnoffthecomputer.

2.Turnonthecomputer.

3.Whilethemessage,“T ointerruptnormalstartup,presstheblueThinkV angate
button,”isdisplayedatthelowerleftofthescreen,pressF1toentertheBIOS
SetupUtility.

4.Usingcursorkeys,selectHDDdiagnosticprogram.Pressenter.

5.Usingcursorkeys,selectMainharddiskdriveorUltrabayharddiskdrive.

6.PressEntertostartthediagnosticprogram.

2.InteractiveT ests➙Diskette

2.InteractiveT ests➙OpticalDriveT est

1.IftwoDIMMsareinstalled,removeoneofthemandrunDiagnostics➙System
Memory.

2.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,returntheDIMMtoitsplace,removetheotherone,
andrunthetestagain.

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Table1.FRUtests(continued)

FRUApplicabletest

TrackPointorpointing
device

TouchPad

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

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

IfenablingtheT rackPointdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,continuewiththefollowing:

•InteractiveT ests➙Mouse

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

•InteractiveT ests➙Mouse

SystemsupportingtheLenovodiagnosticsprograms

ThesectionprovidesinformationaboutThinkPadcomputersthatsupporttheLenovodiagnosticsprograms.
Somedescriptionsmightnotapplytoyourparticularcomputer.

TheLenovodiagnosticsprogramsincludethefollowing:

•LenovoSolutionCenter

•Quicktestprograms

•UEFIdiagnosticprogram

•Bootablediagnosticprograms

LenovoSolutionCenter

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.

Note:TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramisavailableonlyonmodelspreinstalledwiththeWindows7
operatingsystem.Italsocanbedownloadedfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.

ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙Lenovo

-SystemHealthandDiagnostics,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Foradditionalinformationaboutthisprogram,seethehelpinformationsystem.

Quicktestprograms

LenovoHardDriveQuickT estandLenovoMemoryQuickT estaretwoquicktestprogramsthatenableyou
totroubleshootandresolvecomputerinternalstorageandmemoryproblems.

Notes:

•IfthecomputeryouareservicingisnotinstalledwiththeLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,youcan
downloadthequicktestprogramsfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.

•ThetwoprogramsareapplicabletocomputersinstalledwiththeWindows7,WindowsXP ,Windows
Server2003,orWindowsServer2008operatingsystem.

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Todownloadandinstallaquicktestprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diags,andfollowtheinstructions
ontheWebsite.

Torunaquicktestusingthedownloadedprogram,dothefollowing:

1.GototheC:\SWTOOLS\ldiagfolder.

2.Double-clickthegui_lsc_lite.exele.

3.WhentheUserAccountControlwindowopens,clickY es.

4.Selectthedeviceclasstobetested.

5.Selectthedevicestobetested.

6.Selecttheteststobeperformed.

7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentostartthetest.Whenaproblemisdetected,information
messageswillbedisplayed.Refertothemessagestotroubleshoottheproblem.

UEFIdiagnosticprogram

AUEFIdiagnosticprogramispreinstalledonthecomputer.Itenablesyoutotestmemoryandinternal
storageproblems,viewsysteminformation,andcheckandrecoverbadsectorsoninternalstoragedevices.

ToruntheUEFIdiagnosticprogram,dothefollowing:

1.T urnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage35,
andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage44
forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.

3.PresstheT abkeytoswitchtotheApplicationMenuwindow.

4.UsethearrowkeystoselectLenovoDiagnosticsandthenpressEnter.ThemainscreenoftheUEFI
diagnosticprogramisdisplayed.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

Theoptionsonthemainscreenareasfollows:

TestsTools

•QuickMemoryT est

•QuickStorageDeviceTest

•ExitApplication

•SystemInformation

•RecoverBadSectorsT ool

Bootablediagnosticprograms

IfthecomputeryouareservicingisnotinstalledwiththeUEFIdiagnosticprogram,youcandownloada
bootablediagnosticprogramfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Thebootablediagnosticprogramsenable
youtotestcomputermemoryandinternalstoragedevices,viewsysteminformation,andcheckandrecover
theinternalstoragedevices.T ousethebootablediagnosticprograms,youcancreateabootablediagnostic
mediumonaUSBdeviceorCD.

Tocreateabootablediagnosticmedium,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.

2.ClickLenovoBootableDiagnostics.

3.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetocreateabootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdeviceorCD.

Tousethediagnosticmediumyouhavecreated,dooneofthefollowing:

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•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdevice,dothefollowing:

1.AttachtheUSBdevicetothecomputer.

2.T urnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on

35
page44forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.

3.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot

Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.

4.UsethearrowkeystoselectUSBHDDandthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogramwillbe

launchedautomatically.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaCD,dothefollowing:

1.T urnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage

35,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page44forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.

2.InserttheCDintotheopticaldrive.

3.Restartthecomputer.

4.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot

Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.

5.UsethearrowkeystoselectA T APICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogram

willbelaunchedautomatically.

6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

Powersystemcheckout

Toverifyasymptom,dothefollowing:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.

3.Connecttheacadapter.

4.Checkthatpowerissuppliedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

5.T urnoffthecomputer.

6.Disconnecttheacadapterandinstallthechargedbatterypack.

7.Checkthatthebatterypacksuppliespowerwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:

•“Checkingtheacadapter”onpage35

•“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage36

•“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage36

•“Checkingthebackupbattery”onpage37

Checkingtheacadapter

Youareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheacadapterisused.

•Ifthepowerproblemoccursonlywhenthedockingstationortheportreplicatorisused,replacethe
dockingstationortheportreplicator.

•Ifthepower-onindicatordoesnotturnon,checkthepowercordoftheacadapterforcorrectcontinuity
andinstallation.

•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage36

Tochecktheacadapter,dothefollowing:

1.Unplugtheacadaptercablefromthecomputer.

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2.Measuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheacadaptercable.Seethefollowinggure:

1

2

3

(20V)

Pin

1+20

20

3

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground

Note:Outputvoltageofpinno.2oftheacadaptermaydifferentfromtheoneyouareservicing.

3.Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheacadapter.

4.Ifthevoltageisacceptable,dothefollowing:

•Replacethesystemboard.

•Iftheproblempersists,goto“FRUtests”onpage32.

Note:Noisefromtheacadapterdoesnotalwaysindicateadefect.

Checkingoperationalcharging

Tocheckwhetherthebatterychargesproperlyduringoperation,useadischargedbatterypackorabattery
packthathaslessthan50%ofthetotalpowerremainingwheninstalledinthecomputer.

Performoperationalcharging.Ifthebatterystatusindicatororicondoesnotturnon,removethebattery
packandletitreturntoroomtemperature.Reinstallthebatterypack.Ifthechargeindicatororiconstilldoes
notturnon,replacethebatterypack.

Ifthechargeindicatorstilldoesnotturnon,replacethesystemboard.Thenreinstallthebatterypack.Ifitis
stillnotcharged,gotothenextsection.

Checkingthebatterypack

BatterychargingdoesnotstartuntilthePowerManagerBatteryGaugeshowsthatlessthan96%ofthe
totalpowerremains;underthisconditionthebatterypackcanchargeto100%ofitscapacity.Thisprotects
thebatterypackfrombeingoverchargedorfromhavingashortenedlife.

Tocheckyourbattery,moveyourcursortothePowerManagerBatteryGaugeiconintheicontrayofthe
Windowstaskbarandwaitforamoment(butdonotclick),andthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining
isdisplayed.Togetdetailedinformationaboutthebattery,double-clickthePowerManagerBattery
Gaugeicon.

Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomeshot,itmaynotbeabletocharge.Removeitfromthecomputerandleave
itatroomtemperatureforawhile.Afteritcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.

Tocheckthebatterypack,dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer.

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

36HardwareMaintenanceManual

Terminal

1(+)

2(+)

3

4

5

6(-)

7(-)

1+0to+16.8

7

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground(-)

3.Ifthevoltageislessthan+11.0Vdc,thebatterypackhasbeendischarged.

Note:Rechargingwilltakeatleast3hours,eveniftheindicatordoesnotturnon.

Ifthevoltageisstilllessthan+11.0Vdcafterrecharging,replacethebattery.

4.Ifthevoltageismorethan+11.0Vdc,measuretheresistancebetweenbatteryterminals5and7.
Theresistancemustbe4to30KΩ.Iftheresistanceisnotcorrect,replacethebatterypack.Ifthe
resistanceiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

Checkingthebackupbattery

Dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer,andunplugtheacadapterfromit.

2.T urnthecomputerupsidedown.

3.Removethebatterypack(see“1010Batterypack”onpage59).

4.Removethebackupbattery(see“1130Backupbattery”onpage78).

5.Measurethevoltageofthebackupbattery.Seethefollowinggure.

Wire

Red+2.5to+3.2

Black

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground

•Ifthevoltageiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

•Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacethebackupbattery.

•Ifthebackupbatterydischargesquicklyafterreplacement,replacethesystemboard.

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38HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet”onpage39

•“Passwords”onpage40

•“Powermanagement”onpage42

•“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage44

ServiceWebsite:

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

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet

Whentheharddiskdriveisreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproductrecoveryprogramisonthenewhard
disk.Inthiscase,youmustusetheRecoveryDiscSetforthecomputer.OrdertheRecoveryDiscSetand
theharddiskdriveatthesametimesothatyoucanrecoverthenewharddiskdrivewiththepre-installed
softwarewhentheyarrive.Forinformationonwhichdiscstoorder,see“Recoverydiscs”onpage148

TherecoverydiscsetconsistsoftheuserinstructionsandthefollowingsetofDVDstorestorethecomputer
totheoriginalfactoryconguration.

.

OperatingSystemRecoveryDisc(onedisc)

ApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDisc(oneor

morediscs)

SupplementalRecoveryDisc

Notes:

•Y oumusthaveaDVDdrivetousetherecoverydiscs.IfyoudonothaveaninternalDVDdrive,you
canuseanexternalUSBDVDdrive.

•Duringtherecoveryprocess,alldataontheharddiskdrivewillbedeleted.Ifpossible,copyany
importantdataorpersonallesthatyouwanttokeepontoremovablemediaoranetworkdrivebefore
youstarttherecoveryprocess.

Torestorethecomputertotheoriginalfactorycongurationusingtherecoverydiscset,dothefollowing:

Note:Recoverycantakeonetotwohourstocomplete.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyouuse.
Ifyouuserecoverydiscs,therecoveryprocesswilltakeabouttwohours.

ThisdiscrestorestheMicrosoft
system.Usethisdisctostarttherecoveryprocess.

Thisdiscrestoresthepreinstalledapplicationsand
driversonthecomputer.

Thisdisccontainsadditionalcontent,suchas
updatestothesoftwarethatwaspreinstalledonthe
computer.Notallrecoverydiscsetscomewitha
SupplementalRecoveryDisc.

®

Windowsoperating

1.MaketheCD/DVDdrivetherststartupdeviceinthestartupsequenceusingthefollowingprocedure:

a.PressandholddowntheF1key,andthenturnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed

orifyouhearrepeatingbeeps,releasetheF1key.TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramopens.

b.UsethearrowkeystoselectStartup➙Boot.

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c.SelecttheCD/DVDdriveasthe1stBootDevice.

2.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.

3.PressF10tosavetheBIOSSetupUtilitycongurationchanges.Followtheinstructionsonthescreento
begintherecoveryprocess.

4.SelectyourlanguageandclickNext.

5.Readthelicense.Ifyouagreewiththetermsandconditions,selectIacceptthesetermsand
conditionsandthenclickNext.Ifyoudonotagreewiththetermsandconditions,followthe
instructionsonthescreen.

6.ClickY esinthedisplayedwindowtobegintheoperatingsystemrecoveryprocess.

7.InserttheApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDiscwhenpromptedandthenclickOKtobeginthe
applicationsanddriversrecoveryprocess.

8.IfyouhaveaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,insertitwhenpromptedandclickY es.Ifyoudonothavea
SupplementalRecoveryDisc,clickNo.

9.Whenallofthedatahasbeencopiedfromthelastdiscinthesetandhasbeenprocessed,removethe
discandrestartthecomputer.

Note:Therestoftherecoveryprocessisfullyautomatedandnoactionisrequiredbyyou.The
computerwillrestartintotheMicrosoftWindowsdesktopseveraltimesandyoumightexperience
periodswhennoactivityisapparentonthescreenforseveralminutesatatime.Thisisnormal.

10.Whentherecoveryprocessiscomplete,theSetUpWindowsscreenisdisplayed.Followthe
instructionsonthescreentocompletetheWindowssetup.

11.AfteryouhavecompletedtheWindowssetup,youmightwanttorestoretheoriginalstartupsequence.
StarttheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramandthenpressF9torestorethedefaultsettings.PressF10to
saveandexittheBIOSSetupUtility.

Note:Afterrestoringaharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmightneedtoreinstallsome
devicedrivers.

Passwords

AsmanyasthreepasswordsmaybeneededforanyThinkPadNotebook:thepower-onpassword(POP),
thehard-diskpassword(HDP),andthesupervisorpassword(SVP).

Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitappearsonthescreenwheneverthecomputeris
turnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.

Exception:IfonlyanSVPisinstalled,thepasswordpromptdoesnotappearwhentheoperatingsystem
isbooted.

Power-onpassword

Apower-onpassword(POP)protectsthesystemfrombeingpoweredonbyanunauthorizedperson.The
passwordmustbeenteredbeforeanoperatingsystemcanbebooted.ForhowtoremovethePOP ,see
“Howtoremovethepower-onpassword”onpage41.

Hard-diskpassword

Therearetwohard-diskpasswords(HDPs):

•UserHDP-fortheuser

•MasterHDP-forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddiskeveniftheuser
haschangedtheuserHDP

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Note:TherearetwomodesfortheHDP:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+Usermoderequires

twoHDPs;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.Thesystemadministratorthen
providestheuserHDPtothesystemuser.

Attention:IftheuserHDPhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterHDPhasbeenset.Ifithas,itcanbe
usedforaccesstotheharddiskdrive.IfnomasterHDPisavailable,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorized
servicetechniciansprovideanyservicestoreseteithertheuserorthemasterHDP ,ortorecoverdatafrom
theharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.

ForhowtoremovethePOP ,see“Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword”onpage41

.

Supervisorpassword

Asupervisorpassword(SVP)protectsthesysteminformationstoredintheBIOSSetupUtility.Theusermust
entertheSVPinordertogetaccesstotheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangethesystemconguration.

Attention:IftheSVPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservicetechnician,thereisno
serviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedforascheduledfee.

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword

ToremoveaPOPthatyouhaveforgotten,dothefollowing:

(A)IfnoSVPhasbeenset:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.Forhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1010Batterypack”onpage59.

3.Removethebackupbattery.Forhowtoremovethebackupbattery,see“1130Backupbattery”on
page78

4.T urnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptdoes
notappear.ThePOPhasbeenremoved.

5.Reinstallthebackupbatteryandthebatterypack.

(B)IfanSVPhasbeensetandisknownbytheservicetechnician:

1.T urnonthecomputer.

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

.

Note:TocheckwhethertheThinkPadNotebookyouareservicingsupportsthePassphrasefunction,
entertheBIOSSetupUtilityandgotoSecurity➙Password.IftheUsingPassphraseitemisdisplayed
inthemenu,thisfunctionisavailableontheThinkPadNotebook.

3.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovethemenu.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectPower-OnPassword.

6.T ypethecurrentSVPintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.thenleavetheEnterNewPasswordeld
blank,andpressEntertwice.

7.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.

8.PressF10;then,intheSetupConrmationwindow,selectY es.

Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword

Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserHDPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemade

availabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovideany

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation41

servicestoresettheuserHDPsortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbe
replacedforascheduledfee.

ToremoveauserHDPthathasbeenforgotten,whentheSVPandthemasterHDPareknown,dothe
following:

1.T urnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toenterBIOSSetupUtility.Formodels
supportingthePassphrasefunction,pressF1whileHDPiconisappearingonthescreen;thenenterthe
masterHDP .Fortheothermodels,enterthemasterHDP .

Note:TocheckwhethertheThinkPadNotebookyouareservicingsupportsthePassphrasefunction,
entertheBIOSSetupUtilityandgotoSecurity➙Password.IftheUsingPassphraseitemisdisplayed
inthemenu,thisfunctionisavailableontheThinkPadNotebook.

3.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovethemenu.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectHard-diskxpassword,wherexistheletterofthehard-diskdrive.Apop-upwindowopens.

6.SelectMasterHDP.

7.T ypethecurrentmasterHDPintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.thenleavetheEnterNewPassword
eldblank,andpressEntertwice.

8.PressF10.

9.SelectYesintheSetupCongurationwindow.BothuserHDPandmasterHDPwillhavebeenremoved.

Powermanagement

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

Screenblankmode

Ifthetimesetonthe“T urnoffmonitor”timerintheoperatingsystemexpires,theLCDbacklightturnsoff.

Toputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,doasfollows:

1.PressFn+F3.Apanelforselectingapowerplan(inWindowsXP ,powerscheme)appears.

2.SelectPoweroffdisplay(keepcurrentpowerplan)(inWindowsXP,keepcurrentpowerscheme).

Youcanalsoputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,pressThinkVantagebuttonandusetheThinkVantage
ProductivityCenter.

Note:IfthecomputerisaWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportThinkVantageProductivityCenter.

Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressanykey.

Sleep(standby)mode

Whenthecomputerenterssleep(standby)mode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccurs
inscreenblankmode:

•TheLCDispoweredoff.

•Theharddiskdriveorthesolidstatedriveispoweredoff.

•TheCPUstops.

Toentersleep(standby)mode,pressFn+F4.

Note:YoucanchangetheactionoftheFn+F4keycombinationbychangingthesettingsinPowerManager.

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Incertaincircumstances,thecomputergoesintosleep(standby)modeautomatically:

•Ifa“suspendtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andtheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththekeyboard,
theT rackPoint,theharddisk,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.

•Ifthebatteryindicatorblinksorange,indicatingthatthebatterypowerislow.

Note:Evenifyoudonotsetthelow-batteryalarm,thechargeindicatornotiesyouwhenthebatteryislow,
andthenthecomputerentersthepower-savingmodeautomatically.

Tocausethecomputertoreturnfromsleep(standby)modeandresumeoperation,dooneofthefollowing:

•PresstheFnkey.

•OpentheLCDcover.

•T urnonthepowerswitch.

Also,ineitherofthefollowingevents,thecomputerautomaticallyreturnsfromsleep(standby)modeand
resumesoperation:

•Theringindicator(RI)issignaledbyaserialdeviceoraPCCarddevice.(doesnotsupportthering
indicator(RI)resumebyPCCarddevice.)

•Thetimesetontheresumetimerelapses.

Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleep(standby)mode.Waita
fewsecondsbeforetakinganyactiontoreenteroperationmode.

Hibernationmode

Inhibernationmode,thefollowingoccurs:

•Thesystemstatus,RAM,VRAM,andsetupdataarestoredontheharddisk.

•Thesystemispoweredoff.

Note:Ifthecomputerentersthehibernationmodewhileitisdockedtothedockingstation,donotundockit
beforeresumingnormaloperation.Ifyoudoundockitandthentrytoresumenormaloperation,youwillget
anerrormessage,andyouwillhavetorestartthesystem.

Tocausethecomputertoenterhibernationmode,doanyofthefollowing:

•PresstheFn+F12keys.

•Ifyouhavedenedoneofthefollowingactionsastheeventthatcausesthesystemtogointohibernation
mode,performthataction.
–Closingthelid.
–Pressingthepowerbutton.
–PressingFn+F4keys.

Also,thecomputergoesintohibernationmodeautomaticallyineitherofthefollowingconditions:

•Ifa“hibernationtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andiftheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththe
keyboard,theT rackPoint,theharddiskdrive,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.

•Ifthetimerconditionsaresatisedinsuspendmode.

Whenthepoweristurnedon,thecomputerreturnsfromhibernationmodeandresumesoperation.The
hibernationleinthebootrecordontheharddiskdriveisread,andsystemstatusisrestoredfromthe
harddiskdrive.

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Symptom-to-FRUindex

Thissectioncontainsfollowinginformation:

•“Numericerrorcodes”onpage44

•“Errormessages”onpage46

•“No-beepsymptoms”onpage46

•“LCD-relatedsymptoms”onpage47

•“Intermittentproblems”onpage47

•“Undeterminedproblems”onpage48

Thesymptom-to-FRUindexinthissectionlistssymptomsanderrorsandtheirpossiblecauses.Themost
likelycauseislistedrst,inboldfacetype.

Note:DotheFRUreplacementorotheractionsinthesequenceshowninthecolumnheaded“FRUor
action,insequence.”IfreplacingaFRUdoesnotsolvetheproblem,puttheoriginalpartbackinthe
computer.DonotreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Thisindexcanalsohelpyoudetermine,duringregularservicing,whatFRUsarelikelytoneedtobe
replacednext.

AnumericerrorisdisplayedforeacherrordetectedinPOSTorsystemoperation.Inthedisplays,ncan
beanynumber.

Ifnonumericcodeisdisplayed,checkthenarrativedescriptionsofsymptoms.Ifthesymptomisnot
describedthere,goto“Intermittentproblems”onpage47

.

Note:ForadevicenotsupportedbydiagnosticcodesintheThinkPadNotebooks,seethemanualforthatdevice.

Numericerrorcodes

Table2.Numericerrorcodes

Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)

0187

EAIAdataaccesserror- TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.
(twoshortbeeps)

0189

InvalidRFIDcongurationinformationarea-TheEEPROM
checksumisnotcorrect.
(twoshortbeeps)

0190

Criticallow-batteryerror
(twoshortbeeps)

0191

SystemSecurity-InvalidRemoteChangerequested.

0210

StuckKey
(twoshortbeeps)

0211

Keyboarderror
(twoshortbeeps)

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

Systemboard.

1.Chargethebatterypack.

2.Batterypack.

1.RunBIOSSetupUtility,andthensavecurrent

settingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

Changekeyboard,andrestartthecomputer .

Runinteractivetestsofthekeyboardandtheauxiliary
inputdevice.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)

0230

ShadowRAMerror-ShadowRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.
(twoshortbeeps)

0231

SystemRAMerror-SystemRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.
(twoshortbeeps)

0232

ExtendedRAMerror-ExtendedRAMfailsatoffsetnnnn.
(twoshortbeeps)

0250

Systembatteryerror-Systembatteryisdead.
(twoshortbeeps)

0251

SystemCMOSchecksumbad-Defaultconguration
used.
(twoshortbeeps)

0254

SystemNV7Volumechecksumbad-Defaultconguration
used
(twoshortbeeps)

0260

Systemtimererror.
(twoshortbeeps)

0270

Real-timeclockerror.
(twoshortbeeps)

0271

Dateandtimeerror-Neitherthedatenorthetimeissetin
thecomputer.
(twoshortbeeps)

0280

Previousbootincomplete-Defaultcongurationused.
(twoshortbeeps)

02D0

Systemcacheerror.
(twoshortbeeps)

02F0

CPUID:xxFailed.

02F5

DMAtestfailed.
(twoshortbeeps)

02F6

SoftwareNMIfailed
(twoshortbeeps)

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup
Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup
Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

TurnoffthecomputeranddischargeCMOS.Then
restartthecomputer.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours
byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup
Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

3.Systemboard.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacadapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandrunBIOSSetup
Utilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

3.Systemboard.

RunBIOSSetupUtilitytoresetthetimeanddate.

1.Load“SetupDefault”inBIOSSetupUtility.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

1.CPU.

2.Systemboard.

1.CPU.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

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Table2.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)

02F7

Fail-safetimerNMIfailed
(twoshortbeeps)

1802

Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin- T urnoffand
removetheminiPCInetworkcard.
(twoshortbeeps)

Errormessages

Table3.Errormessages

FRUoraction,insequence

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

1.RemoveMiniPCInetworkcard.

2.Systemboard.

Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)

BadCRC2.EnterBIOSSetupUtility,andloadSetup
defaults.
(twoshortbeeps)

Fanerror.
(fourshortbeeps,onelongbeep)

DRAMisunplugged.
(fourshortbeeps,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,one
shortbeep,pause,oneshortbeep)

DRAMisnotwellplugged.
(sevenshortbeeps,onelongbeep,fourshortbeeps,one
longbeep,oneshortbeep,onelongbeep,oneshort
beep,onelongbeeptillforever.)

Operatingsystemnotfound.1.Checkthattheoperatingsystemhasnofailure

UnauthorizedWANcardispluggedin
PoweroffandremovetheWANcard.

SystemCongurationDataReadError
(twoshortbeeps)

FRUoraction,insequence

PressF1toenterBIOSSetupUtility.PressF9,and
Entertoloadthedefaultsetting.Thensavethecurrent
settingbypressingF10,andrestartthecomputer.

1.Fan.

2.Thermalgrease.

3.Systemboard.

InstalltheDRAM.

ReinstalltheDRAM.

andisinstalledcorrectly.

2.EnterBIOSSetupUtilityandseewhetherthehard
diskdriveisproperlyidentied.Ifyoustillseethe
sameerrormessage,checkthebootsequence.

3.Reinstalltheharddiskdrive.

4.Reinstalltheoperatingsystem.

TurnoffthecomputerandremovetheWANcard.

PressF1toenterBIOSSetupUtility.PressF9,and
Entertoloadthedefaultsetting.Thensavethecurrent
settingbypressingF10,andrestartthecomputer.

No-beepsymptoms

Table4.No-beepsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.

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FRUoraction,insequence

1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

1.ReseatDIMM.

2.Systemboard.

Table4.No-beepsymptoms(continued)

Symptomorerror

Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.

Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.T ypethepasswordand

FRUoraction,insequence

TypethepasswordandpressEnter.

pressEnter.

LCD-relatedsymptoms

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

presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT
LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.

IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.
However,iftheLCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoand
itshouldbereplaced.

Notes:

•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.

•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethat
anyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.

•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.

Table5.L CD-relatedsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.

•LCDbacklightnotworking.

•LCDtoodark.

•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.

•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.

•LCDscreenunreadable.

•Charactersmissingpixels.

•Screenabnormal.

•Wrongcolordisplayed.

HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.

2.LCDassembly.

3.Systemboard.

1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”

2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.

3.LCDassembly.

4.Systemboard.

Intermittentproblems

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

Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:

1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.

2.Ifnoerrorisdetected,donotreplaceanyFRUs.

3.Ifanyerrorisdetected,replacetheFRUshownbytheFRUcode.Rerunthetesttoverifythatno
moreerrorsexist.

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Undeterminedproblems

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

Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.

Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.(See“Powersystem
checkout”onpage35.)

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

2.VisuallycheckeachFRUfordamage.ReplaceanydamagedFRU.

3.Removeordisconnectallofthefollowingdevices:
a.Non- ThinkPaddevices
b.Devicesattachedtothedockingstationortheportreplicator
c.Printer,mouse,andotherexternaldevices
d.Batterypack
e.Harddiskdrive
f.Externaldiskettedriveoropticaldrive
g.DIMM
h.Opticaldiskordisketteintheinternaldrive
i.PCCards

4.T urnonthecomputer.

5.Determinewhethertheproblemhasbeensolved.

6.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,reconnecttheremoveddevicesoneatatimeuntilyoundthefailingFRU.

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

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Chapter5.Statusindicators

2

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

Thischapterpresentsthesystemstatusindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthecomputer.

Table6.Statusindicators

IndicatorMeaning

1

2

3

Numericlock

Poweron

Wireless
LAN/WAN/WiMAX
status

4

Bluetoothwireless
status

Bydefault,whenthenumericlockison,theindicatorisdisplayedonthescreen.

Green:

Thecomputerisonandreadytouse.
Thepowerswitchstayslitwheneverthe
computerisonandisnotlitwhenthe
computerisinsleep(standby)mode.

Green:Thewirelessfeature(802.11standardor

802.11n)ison,andtheradiolinkisready
foruse.

Blinkinggreen:Dataisbeingtransmitted.

Green:

Bluetoothwirelessison,andtheradio
linkisreadyforuse.

Blinkinggreen:Dataisbeingtransmitted.

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Table6.Statusindicators(continued)

IndicatorMeaning

5

6

Deviceaccess

CapslockCapsLockmodeisenabled.

Dataisbeingreadfromorwrittentotheharddiskdrive.Whenthisindicatorison,do
notputthecomputerintosleep(standby)modeorturnoffthecomputer.

Note:Donotmovethecomputerwhilethisindicatorison.Suddenphysicalshock
couldcausedriveerrors.

7

Sleep(Standby)
status

Green:Thecomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.

Blinkinggreen:

Thecomputerisenteringsleep(standby)
modeorhibernationmode,oris
resumingnormaloperation.

8

Batterystatus

Green:

Thebatteryischargedbetween80%
to100%ofthecapacity,andbeing
dischargedbetween0%to80%ofthe
capacity.

Blinkinggreen:

Thebatteryischargedbetween20%
to80%ofthecapacity,andbeing
charged.Whenthebatteryreaches80%
charge,blinkingstops,butthecharging
mightcontinueuntilthebatteryis100%
charged.

Orange:

Thebatteryischargedbetween5%
and20%ofthecapacity,andbeing
discharged.

Blinkingorange(slow):

Thebatteryischargedbetween5%to
20%ofthecapacity,andbeingcharged.
Whenitreaches20%,theblinkingcolor
changestogreen.

Blinkingorange:

Thebatteryischargedbetween0%to
5%ofthecapacity.

Blinkingorange(rapid):

Off:

Anerrorhasoccurredinthebattery.

Thebatteryofthecomputerisdetached.

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Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations

ThefollowingtableshowsthefunctionofeachcombinationofFnwithafunctionkey.

Table7.Fnkeycombinations

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+F1Reserved.

Fn+F2Lockthecomputer.

Fn+F3

Fn+F4

Fn+F5

Fn+F6

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

Notes:

1.TousetheFn+F3keycombination,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriver
installedonthecomputer.

2.IfyouhaveloggedonwithanadministratoruserID,andyoupressFn+F3,thepanelfor
selectingapowerplan(powerscheme)appears.Ifyouhaveloggedonwithanotheruser
ID,andyoupressFn+F3,thepaneldoesnotappear.

3.YoucannotturnoffthecomputerdisplaybypressingFn+F3.

Putthecomputerinsleep(standby)mode.T oreturntonormaloperation,presstheFnkey
only,withoutpressingafunctionkey .

Notes:

1.TousetheFn+F4keycombination,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriver
installedonthecomputer.

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

Enableordisablethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingfeaturesandtheBluetoothfeatures.Ifyou
pressFn+F5,alistofwirelessfeaturesisdisplayed.Y oucanquicklychangethepowerstate
ofeachfeatureinthelist.
Notes:IfyouwanttouseFn+F5toenablethefeaturespeciedinIEEEstandard802.11,the
followingdevicedriversmustbeinstalledonthecomputerbeforehand:

•ThinkPadPowerManagementdriver

•OnScreenDisplayUtility

•Wirelessdevicedrivers

Changethecamerasettingsandthesettingofthemicrophonemutebutton.Whenyoupress
Fn+F6,thecamerasettingwindowisopened.
Note:ForWindowsXPmodels,thesettingofthemicrophonemutebuttoncannotbechanged.

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Table7.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+F7

Applyapresentationschemedirectly,withnoneedtostartPresentationDirector .

TodisablethisfunctionandusetheFn+F7keycombinationforswitchingadisplayoutput
location,startPresentationDirector,andchangethesettings.

Note:Ifthecomputerisawindows7model,itdoesnotsupportpresentationschemes,but
theFn+F7combinationisavailableforswitchingadisplayoutputlocation.

ForWindows7:

Switchadisplayoutputlocation

•Computerdisplayonly(LCD)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(sameimage)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(extendeddesktop)

•Externalmonitoronly
Note:Toswitchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor,theWin+Pkey
combinationisalsoavailable.

ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

Switchadisplayoutputlocation

•Externalmonitor

•Computerdisplay(LCD)andexternalmonitor

•Computerdisplay(LCD)

Notes:

1.Thisfunctionisnotsupportedifdifferentdesktopimagesaredisplayedonthecomputer
displayandtheexternalmonitor(theExtenddesktopfunction).

2.ThisfunctiondoesnotworkwhileaDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying.

Toenablethisfunction,startPresentationDirector,andchangetheFn+F7settings.

Note:MultipleuserscanlogontoasingleoperatingsystembyusingdifferentuserIDs.Each
userneedstochangethesettings.

Fn+F8

ChangethesettingsoftheUltraNav

®

pointingdevice.

Fn+F9Reserved.

Fn+F10Reserved.

Fn+F11Reserved.

Fn+F12Putthecomputerintohibernationmode.T oreturntonormaloperation,pressthepower

buttonforlessthanfourseconds.
Note:TouseFn+F12forhibernation,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriverinstalled
onthecomputer.

Fn+PgUp

TurntheThinkLight

®

onoroff.
Note:ThisfunctionissupportedonlyontheThinkPadNotebooksthathavetheThinkLight.
TheonoroffstatusoftheThinkLightisshownonthescreenforafewsecondswhenyou
pressFn+PgUp.

Fn+HomeThecomputerdisplaybecomesbrighter.

Fn+EndThecomputerdisplaybecomesdimmer.

Fn+SpacebarEnabletheFullScreenMagnierfunction.

Fn+PrtScHasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkey.

Fn+ScrLk

Enableordisablethenumerickeypad.Theindicatorofnumericlockwillbedisplayedon
thescreen.

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Table7.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+Pause

Fn+cursorkeys

HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkey.

ThesekeycombinationsworkwithWindowsMediaPlayer.Fn+downarrowkeyworksforthe
PlayorPausebutton,Fn+uparrowkeyfortheStopbutton,Fn+rightarrowkeyfortheNext
Trackbutton,andFn+leftarrowkeyforthePreviousTrackbutton.

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Chapter7.FRUreplacementnotices

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothers
aredesignatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmay

requestthatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.

WhereyouareinstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacement
instructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Y oumay
ndalistofCRUsinthepublicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Y ou
mayberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)return
instructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)you
maybechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)days
ofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

Thischapterpresentsnoticesrelatedtoremovingandreplacingparts.Readthischaptercarefullybefore
replacinganyFRU.

Screwnotices

Loosescrewscancauseareliabilityproblem.IntheThinkPadNotebook,thisproblemisaddressedwith
specialnylon-coatedscrewsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:

•Theymaintaintightconnections.

•Theydonoteasilycomeloose,evenwithshockorvibration.

•Theyarehardertotighten.

•Eachoneshouldbeusedonlyonce.

Dothefollowingwhenyouservicethismachine:

•Keepthescrewkitinyourtoolbag.Forthepartnumberofthescrewkit,see“Miscellaneousparts”on
page145.

•Itisrecommendedtousenewscrews.

•Itisrecommendedtouseeachscrewonlyonce.

•Useatorquescrewdriverifyouhaveone.

Tightenscrewsasfollows:

•Plastictoplastic
Turnanadditional90degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceoftheplasticpart:

•Logiccardtoplastic
Turnanadditional180degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceofthelogiccard:

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•T orquedriver
Ifyouhaveatorquedriver,refertotheT orquecolumninthescrewinformationtableforeachstep.

•Makesurethatyouusethecorrectscrew.Itisrecommendedtousenewscrewsforreplacements.

•Ifyouhaveatorquescrewdriver,tightenallscrewsrmlytothetorquespeciedinthescrewinformation
tableforeachstep.

•Ensuretorquescrewdriversarecalibratedcorrectlyfollowingcountryspecications.

Retainingserialnumbers

Thissectionincludesthefollowingdescriptions:

•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage56

•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage57

•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage57

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit

Whenthecomputerwasmanufactured,theEEPROMonthesystemboardwasloadedwiththeserial
numbersofthesystemandallmajorcomponents.Thesenumbersneedtoremainthesamethroughout
thelifeofthecomputer.

Ifyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustrestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunittoitsoriginalvalue.

Beforereplacingthesystemboard,savetheoriginalserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.

3.Select2.ReadS/NdatafromEEPROM.

Theserialnumberofeachdeviceinyourcomputerisdisplayed;theserialnumberofthesystemunitis
listedasfollows:

•20:Serialnumber

Writedownthatnumber.

Note:Theserialnumberofthesystemunitisalsowrittenonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthecomputer.

Afteryouhavereplacedthesystemboard,restoretheserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlaterandrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.

3.Select1.AddS/NdatafromEEPROM.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

IftheMTMandProductIDnumbersdifferfromeachotherontherearlabel,usewhatisshownforthe
ProductIDeld.Seeexamplebelow:

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MTMonrearlabel:

TTTT-CTOS/NSSSSSSS

ProductIDonrearlabel:

Intheexample,theSerialNumbertobeinputis“1STTTTMMMSSSSSSS”.

TTTT-MMM(UsethisnumberwhensettingSerial
Number)

RetainingtheUUID

TheUniversallyUniqueIdentier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat
productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.Thealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberis
designedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwocomputersintheworldhavethesame
number.

Whenyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustsettheUUIDonthenewsystemboardasfollows:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select4.AssignUUID.AnewUUIDiscreatedandwritten.IfavalidUUIDalready
exists,itisnotoverwritten.

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation

InformationonEngineeringChangeAnnouncements(ECA)arestoredintheEEPROMofthesystemboard.
TheelectronicstorageofthisinformationsimpliestheproceduretocheckiftheECAhasbeenpreviously
appliedtoamachine.ThemachinedoesnotneedtobedisassembledtocheckfortheECAapplication.

TocheckwhatECAshavebeenpreviouslyappliedtothemachine,usetheECAInformationRead/Write
functionontheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater.

1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.T oreadECAinformation,select2.ReadECA/reworknumberfromEEPROMandfollowthe
instruction.

4.T oreadboxbuilddate,select5.ReadboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.

AfteranECAhasbeenappliedtothemachine,theEEPROMmustbeupdatedtoreecttheECA's
application.UsetheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlatertoupdatethe
EEPROM.

Note:OnlytheECAnumberisstoredintheEEPROM.ThemachinetypeoftheECAisassumedbethesame
asthemachinetypeofthemachinethathadtheECAappliedtoit.

1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.T owriteECAinformation,select1.WriteECA/reworknumberfromEEPROM,andfollowthe
instruction.

4.T owriteboxbuilddate,select4.WriteboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.

Ifthesystemboardisbeingreplaced,trytoreadtheECAinformationfromtheoldsystemboardandtransfer
theinformationtothenewsystem.Ifthesystemboardisinoperable,thiswillnotbepossible.

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Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothers
aredesignatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmay

requestthatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.

WhereyouareinstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacement
instructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Y oumay
ndalistofCRUsinthepublicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Y ou
mayberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)return
instructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)you
maybechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)days
ofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

ThischapterpresentsdirectionsanddrawingsforuseinremovingandreplacingaFRU.Besuretoobserve
thefollowinggeneralrules:

1.Donottrytoserviceanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertied.Anuntrainedpersonruns
theriskofdamagingparts.

2.BeforereplacinganyFRU,reviewChapter7“FRUreplacementnotices”onpage55.

3.BeginbyremovinganyFRUsthathavetoberemovedbeforereplacingthefailingFRU.AnysuchFRUs
arelistedatthetopofeachFRUreplacementpage.Removethemintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.

4.FollowthecorrectsequenceinthestepsforremovingaFRU,asgiveninthedrawingsbythenumbers
insquarecallouts.

5.WhenturningascrewtoreplaceaFRU,turnitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

6.WhenremovingaFRU,moveitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

7.T oputthenewFRUinplace,reversetheremovalprocedureandfollowanynotesthatpertainto
replacement.Forinformationaboutconnectingandarranginginternalcables,seeChapter9“Locations”
onpage111.

8.WhenreplacingaFRU,usethecorrectscrew(s)asshownintheprocedures.

DANGER

BeforeremovinganyFRU,turnoffthecomputer ,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,
removethebatterypack,andthendisconnectanyinterconnectingcables.

Attention:AfterreplacingaFRU,donotturnonthecomputeruntilyouhavemadesurethatallscrews,

springs,andothersmallpartsareinplaceandnonearelooseinsidethecomputer.Verifythisbyshaking
thecomputergentlyandlisteningforrattlingsounds.Metallicpartsormetalakescancauseelectrical
shortcircuits.

Attention:Thesystemboardissensitiveto,andcanbedamagedby,electrostaticdischarge.Before
touchingit,establishpersonalgroundingbytouchingagroundpointwithonehandorbyusingan
electrostaticdischarge(ESD)strap(P/N6405959).

1010Batterypack

Importantnoticeforreplacingabatterypack:

TheLenovoThinkVantageT oolbox(inWindows7),LenovoSystemT oolbox(inWindowsVistaandWindows
XP),andLenovoSolutionCenter(inWindows7)haveanautomaticbatterydiagnosticthatdeterminesif

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thebatterypackisdefective.AbatterypackFRUshouldnotbereplacedunlessthisdiagnosticshows

3

21

thatthebatteryisdefective.

Theonlyexceptiontothisisifthebatterypackisphysicallydamagedoracustomerisreportingapossible
safetyissue.

IfLenovoThinkVantageToolboxorLenovoSystemT oolboxisnotinstalledinthecomputer,thecustomer
shoulddownloadthisprogrambeforeanon-physicallydamagedbatterypackisreplaced.Notethatthe
replacementofaphysicallydamagedbatterypackisnotcoveredbythewarranty.

Removalstepsofbatterypack

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldignite
orexplode.

Unlockthebatterylatch1.Holdingthebatterylockleverintheunlockedposition2,removethebattery
packinthedirectionshownbyarrow

3.

Wheninstalling:

Installthebatterypackalongthesliderailsoftheslot.Makesurethatthebatteryreleaseleverisinthe
lockedposition.

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1020ExpressCardblankbezelandMediaCardblankbezel

1

2

RemovalstepsofExpressCardblankbezel

WhenyoupresstheExpressCardblankbezel1,itpopsout2.

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethatthebezeliscorrectlyorientedasshowninthisgure.

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RemovalstepsofMediaCardblankbezel

1

2

WhenyoupresstheMediaCardblankbezel1,itpopsout2.

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethatthebezeliscorrectlyorientedasshowninthefollowinggure.

1030Opticaldriveortravelcover

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

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Removalstepsofopticaldriveortravelcover

1

3

2

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×8mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

1040Thermalcover

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

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Removalstepsofthermalcover

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

Note:Loosenthescrews1.

Attention:Donottouchorapplyanyexcessiveforcetothefanmotorlocatedintheslot.Itmightcause

damagetothefanassemblyorthecomputertomulfunction.

1050Harddiskdrive(HDD)assembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1040Thermalcover”onpage63

Attention:

•Donotdropthedriveorapplyanyphysicalshocktoit.Thedriveissensitivetophysicalshock.Improper
handlingcancausedamageandpermanentlossofdata.

•Beforeremovingthedrive,havetheusermakeabackupcopyofalltheinformationonitifpossible.

•Neverremovethedrivewhilethecomputerisoperatingorisinsuspendmode.

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RemovalstepsofHDDassembly

1

2

a

Wheninstalling:

MakesurethattheHDDisattachedrmly.

Wheninstalling:

DonotapplyexcessiveforcetotheHDDbracket

a.Todoso,youmightbendorbreakit.

1060DIMM

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU65

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

1

1

2

b

a

•“1040Thermalcover”onpage63

RemovalstepsofDIMM

Note:IfonlyoneDIMMisusedonthecomputeryouareservicing,thecardmustbeinstalledinSLOT -0(a:

thelowerslot),butnotinSLOT-1(

b:theupperslot).

Wheninstalling:

InsertthenotchedendoftheDIMMintothesocket.PresstheDIMMrmly,andpivotituntilitsnapsinto
place.Makesurethatitisrmlyinstalledintheslotanddoesnotmoveeasily.

1070Fanassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1040Thermalcover”onpage63

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Attention:

1

2a

3

2d

2c

2b

2f

2e

•Donothandlethefanroughly.Improperhandlingofthefancancausedistortionordeformationand
imperfectcontactwithcomponents.

•Donottouchorapplyanyexcessiveforcetothefanmotor.Itmightcausedamagetothefanassemblyor
thecomputertomulfunction.

Removalstepsoffanassembly

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethatthefanconnectorisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

Note:Loosenthescrews2ato2finorder.Whenyouattachthefan,securethescrewsinorder.

ForThinkPadL512:

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU67

ForThinkPadL412:

2a

2d

2c

2b

2e

2f

4

Notes:

•Numberofthescrewsinstep

2differsbymodels.

•Step3isonlyforthemodelswith15.6-inchwidescreen.Formodelswith14.0-inchwidescreen,skip
step3.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

3

M2×4mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)Silver

Torque

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

aasinthefollowinggures.Eithertoomuchortoolessapplicationofgreasecancausea

Wheninstalling:

Beforeyouattachthefanassemblytothecomputer,applythermalgrease,atanamountof0.2grams,on
thepartsmarked
thermalproblemduetoimperfectcontactwithacomponent.ForthenewCPUthermaldevice/fan,youneed
topeelthethinlmofffromtherubbersmarkedb.

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Fordiscretefanassembly:

a

b

b

b

b

Forintegratedfanassembly:

1080CPU

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1040Thermalcover”onpage63

•“1070Fanassembly”onpage66

Attention:TheCPUisextremelysensitive.WhenyouservicetheCPU,avoidanykindofroughhandling.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU69

RemovalstepsofCPU

a

1

2

Rotatetheheadofthescrewinthedirectionshownbyarrow1toreleasethelock,thenremovetheCPU2.

Wheninstalling:

PlacetheCPUontheCPUsocket,andthenrotatetheheadofthescrewinthedirectionshownbyarrow

atosecuretheCPU.

1090SIMslotcover

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

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RemovalstepsofSIMslotcover

1

2

Note:Loosenthescrew1.

SomemodelsmighthavetheSIMcardthatthecustomerhasbeeninstalled.

IfthecomputeryouareservicinghastheSIMcard,removeitbeforeyoustarttheservicing.

Afteryounishtheservicing,makesurethatyouinsertthecardbackintotheslotrmly.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU71

1

2

1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpressMiniCardforwireless

1

WAN

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

RemovalstepsofwirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

Note:Loosenthescrew1.

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2

Instep3aand3b,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpick

4

4

3a

3b

5

theconnectorswithyourngersandgentlyunplugtheminthedirectionofthearrow.

Wheninstalling:

Plugtheredcable

3aintothejacklabeledMAIN,andthebluecable3bintothejacklabeledAUXonthe

card.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

4

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU73

1110Palmrestassemblywithcables

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

Note:Inmodelswiththengerprintreader,thesensorisattachedtothepalmrestFRU.Ifthengerprint
readerhasanydefects,youcanreplaceitbytheproceduresgiveninthissection,whicharethesame
forapalmrestwithorwithoutangerprintreader.

Removalstepsofpalmrestassemblywithcables

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

2

M2×8mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)

M2×5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(6)

Black0.181Nm

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

(1.85kgfcm)

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3

3

4

5

6

7

6

8

7

Installationofpalmrestassemblywithcables

Wheninstalling:

1.Attachthecablestothesystemboardrmly.

2.Attachthepalmrestsothatthetwosmallprojectionsofthepalmrestarmlytintotheguideholes
ofthekeyboardbezelasshowninthisgure.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU75

a

a

3.Pushthefrontsideofthepalmrestuntilitclicksintoplace.

4.ClosetheLCDcoverandturnthecomputerover.Thenfastenthescrewstosecurethepalmrest.

1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

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RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

1a

1b

2

2

3

Instep1aand1b,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpick
theconnectorswithyourngersandgentlyunplugtheminthedirectionofthearrow.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:

PlugthegraycableintothejacklabeledMAIN,andtheblackcableintothejacklabeledAUXonthecard.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU77

1130Backupbattery

2

1

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldignite
orexplode.

Removalstepsofbackupbattery

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethatthebatteryconnectorisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

1140Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2)

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

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RemovalstepsofBluetoothdaughtercard

1

2

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethattheconnectoronbottomsideofthecardisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

1150MediaCardReaderslotboardandMediaCardReadercable assembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1020ExpressCardblankbezelandMediaCardblankbezel”onpage61

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1090SIMslotcover”onpage70

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU79

RemovalstepsofMediaCardReaderslotboardandMediaCardReadercableassembly

1

1

Wheninstalling:

MakesurethattheMediaCardReadercableassemblyisattachedrmlytothesystemboardandthe
MediaCardReaderslotboard.

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2

2

3

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

1160Keyboard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU81

Removalstepsofkeyboard

1

2

4

2

3

5

6

7

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

StepScrew(quantity)Color

6

7

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Torque

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

M2×2mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)Silver

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

8

Wheninstallingthekeyboard,doasfollows:

Installationofthekeyboard

1.Attachtheconnectors.

2.Attachthekeyboardsothatthekeyboardedgeisundertheframeasshowninthefollowinggure.

3.Gentlypressthekeyswithyourpalmsandslightlyslidethekeyboardtowardyouuntilitsnapsinto
position.

4.Securethekeyboardbytighteningthescrewsfromthebottomsideofthecomputer.

1170Keyboardbezel

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU83

•“1070Fanassembly”onpage66

3

3

3

1

3a

1

2

2

2

2a

2a

•“1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN”onpage72

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

•“1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN”onpage76

•“1160Keyboard”onpage81

Removalstepsofkeyboardbezel

Note:Steps2aand3aareonlyforThinkPadL512.ForThinkPadL412,skipsteps2ato3a.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

2

2a

3

3a

M2.5×6.5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(3)

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

M2×5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(3)

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.392Nm

(4kgfcm)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

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4

4

7

5

6

5

6

StepScrew(quantity)Color

8

8

4

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethattheconnectorsareattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

1180LCDunit

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU85

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

1

1

2

2

3

•“1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN”onpage72

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

•“1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN”onpage76

•“1160Keyboard”onpage81

•“1170Keyboardbezel”onpage83

RemovalstepsofLCDunit

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2.5×6.5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

Torque

Black0.392Nm

(4kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethattheconnectorsareattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

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Instep4,releasewirelessantennacablesfromthecableguides.

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

ForThinkPadL512:

ForThinkPadL412:

Wheninstalling:

Makesurethatthecablesareattachedtothecableguidesrmly.

Attention:Whenyouroutethecables,makesurethattheyarenotsubjectedtoanytension.Tensioncould
causethecablestobedamagedbythecableguides,orawiretobebroken.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU87

ForThinkPadL512:

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

ForThinkPadL412:

StepScrew(quantity)Color

5

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M2.5×6.5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(4)

Torque

Black0.392Nm

(4kgfcm)

6

6

1190Topshieldingassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN”onpage72

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

•“1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN”onpage76

•“1160Keyboard”onpage81

•“1170Keyboardbezel”onpage83

•“1180LCDunit”onpage85

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU89

Removalstepsoftopshieldingassembly

3

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

3

2

ForThinkPadL512:

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

2

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(3)

M2×5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(5)

ForThinkPadL412:

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

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StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

2

M2×3mm,at-head,nylon-coated(2)

M2×5mm,at-head,nylon-coated(3)

Black0.181Nm

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

(1.85kgfcm)

1200Systemboardassembly

•T oidentifythesystemboardoriginallyinstalledinyourcomputer,gotoPEWatthefollowingwebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=LOOK-WARNTY
SelectWarrantyLookup.Inputthemachinetypeandtheserialnumber.Usethesystemboardlistedon
PEW.

Importantnoticesforhandlingthesystemboard:

Whenhandlingthesystemboard,bearthefollowinginmind.

•Thesystemboardhasanaccelerometer,whichcanbebrokenifseveralthousandsofG-forcesareapplied.

Note:Droppingasystemboardfromaheightofaslittleas6inchessothatitfallsatonahardbench
cansubjecttheaccelerometertoasmuchas6,000G'sofshock.

•Becarefulnottodropthesystemboardonabenchtopthathasahardsurface,suchasmetal,wood,or
composite.

•Ifasystemboardisdropped,youmusttestit,usingPC-DoctorforDOSifthesystemsupportsPC-Doctor
forDOS,tomakesurethattheHDDActiveProtectionSystem™stillfunctions.

Note:IfthetestshowsthattheHDDActiveProtectionSystemisnotfunctioning,besuretodocumentthe
dropinarejectreport,andreplacethesystemboard.

•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

•Ateverypointintheprocess,besurenottodroporstackthesystemboard.

•Ifyouputasystemboarddown,besuretoputitonlyonapaddedsurfacesuchasanESDmatora
corrugatedconductivesurface.

IfthesystemsupportsPC-DoctorforDOS,afterreplacingthesystemboard,runPC-DoctorforDOSto
makesurethattheHDDActiveProtectionSystemstillfunctions.Theprocedureisasfollows:

1.Placethecomputeronahorizontalsurface.

2.RunDiagnostics➙ThinkPadDevices➙HDDActiveProtectionT est.

Attention:Donotapplyphysicalshocktothecomputerwhilethetestisrunning.

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage59

•“1020ExpressCardblankbezelandMediaCardblankbezel”onpage61

•“1030Opticaldriveortravelcover”onpage62

•“1040Thermalcover”onpage63

•“1050Harddiskdrive(HDD)assembly”onpage64

•“1060DIMM”onpage65

•“1070Fanassembly”onpage66

•“1080CPU”onpage69

•“1090SIMslotcover”onpage70

•“1100WirelessWANslotcoverandPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN”onpage72

•“1110Palmrestassemblywithcables”onpage74

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU91

•“1120PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN”onpage76

a

b

d

•“1130Backupbattery”onpage78

•“1140Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-2)”onpage78

•“1150MediaCardReaderslotboardandMediaCardReadercableassembly”onpage79

•“1160Keyboard”onpage81

•“1170Keyboardbezel”onpage83

•“1180LCDunit”onpage85

•“1190Topshieldingassembly”onpage89

Locationofmajorsensitivecomponentsonthesystemboard

Followingcomponentssolderedonthetopsideofthesystemboardareextremelysensitive.Whenyou
servicethesystemboard,avoidanykindofroughhandling.

a

b

c

d

ForThinkPadL412integratedmodels(topside):

AccelerometerchipfortheHDDActiveProtection
System

MultiChipPackage(MCP)processor

Videochip(onlyfordiscretemodels)

PlatformControllerHub(PCH)

ForThinkPadL412integratedmodels(bottomside):

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ForThinkPadL512integratedmodels(topside):

a

b

d

a

ForThinkPadL512integratedmodels(bottomside):

ForThinkPadL412discretemodels(topside):

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU93

ForThinkPadL412discretemodels(bottomside):

b c

d

a

b

d

c

ForThinkPadL512discretemodels(topside):

ForThinkPadL512discretemodels(bottomside):

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