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Contents Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1 Important safety information 1 Important information about replacing the RoHS compliant FRUs 2 Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . 3 General safety 3 Electrical safety 3 Voltage-selection switch 5 Safety inspection guide 5 Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . . 6 Grounding requirements 7 Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 7 Chapter 3. General information . . . . 39 Online Books folder 39 Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools 39 ThinkVantage Productivity Center 39 Lenovo Welcome 40 Access Help 40 Additional information resources 40 Specifications 41 Chapter 4. General checkout . . . . . 43 Problem determination tips 43 Chapter 5. Diagnostics 45 Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox 45 Lenovo System Toolbox 45 PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery 46 PC-Doctor for DOS 46 Creating a diagnostic disc 46 Running the diagnostic program from a diagnostic disc 47 Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . 48 Running tests 48 Viewing the test log 49 Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . . 51 Starting the Setup Utility program 51 Viewing and changing settings 51 Using passwords 51 Password considerations 52 Power-On Password 52 Administrator Password 52 Setting, changing, or deleting a password . . . 52 Enabling or disabling a device 53 Selecting a startup device 53 Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 53 Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 54 Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 54 Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index . . . 55 Hard disk drive boot error 55 © Copyright Lenovo 2009 Power supply problems 55 Diagnostic error codes 56 Beep symptoms 78 POST error codes 79 Miscellaneous error messages 81 Undetermined problems 82 Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Machine types: 5441, 5473, 5597, and 5894.) . . 85 Locating connectors on the front of your computer 86 Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 87 Locating components 89 Locating parts on the system board 90 Removing the computer cover 90 Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 92 Installing or replacing a memory module . . . . 94 Installing or replacing a PCI card 96 Replacing the battery 99 Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . . 100 Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . . 102 Replacing the microprocessor 104 Replacing the system board 107 Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . . 109 Installing or replacing the secondary hard disk drive 111 Replacing the optical drive 114 Connecting a SATA drive 115 Replacing the front audio and USB assembly . . . 117 Completing the parts replacement 118 Chapter 9. FRU lists 121 Machine Type 5441 121 Machine Type 5473 124 Machine Type 5597 127 Machine Type 5894 130 Chapter 10. Additional service information 133 Security features 133 Hardware controlled Passwords 133 Operating system password 133 Vital product data 133 BIOS levels 133 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc . . . . . 134 Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system 134 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 134 Power management 135 Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS 135 Automatic Power-On features 135 Appendix. Notices 137 Television output notice 138 iii

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Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual
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Important safety information
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Chapter 2. Safety information
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General safety
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Electrical safety
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Voltage-selection switch
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Safety inspection guide
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Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices .
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Grounding requirements
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Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)
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Chapter 3. General information
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Online Books folder
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Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
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ThinkVantage Productivity Center
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Lenovo Welcome
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Access Help
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Additional information resources
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Specifications
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Chapter 4. General checkout
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Problem determination tips
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Chapter 5. Diagnostics
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Lenovo System Toolbox
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PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery
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PC-Doctor for DOS
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Creating a diagnostic disc
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Running the diagnostic program from a
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Navigating through the diagnostics programs .
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Viewing the test log
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Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility .
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Starting the Setup Utility program
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Viewing and changing settings
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Using passwords
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Password considerations
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Power-On Password
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Administrator Password
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Setting, changing, or deleting a password
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Selecting a startup device
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Selecting a temporary startup device
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Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 54
Exiting from the Setup Utility program
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Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index .
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Hard disk drive boot error
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Power supply problems
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Diagnostic error codes
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Beep symptoms
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POST error codes
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Miscellaneous error messages
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Undetermined problems
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Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Machine
types: 5441, 5473, 5597, and 5894.)
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Locating connectors on the front of your computer
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Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
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Locating components
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Locating parts on the system board
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Removing the computer cover
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Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
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Installing or replacing a memory module
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Installing or replacing a PCI card
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Replacing the battery
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Replacing the power supply assembly
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Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
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Replacing the microprocessor
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Replacing the system board
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Replacing the primary hard disk drive
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Installing or replacing the secondary hard disk
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Replacing the optical drive
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Connecting a SATA drive
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Replacing the front audio and USB assembly .
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Completing the parts replacement
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Chapter 9. FRU lists
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Machine Type 5441
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Machine Type 5473
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Machine Type 5894
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Chapter 10. Additional service
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Security features
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Hardware controlled Passwords
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Operating system password
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Vital product data
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BIOS levels
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Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc
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Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating
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Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure
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Power management
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Automatic configuration and power interface
(ACPI) BIOS
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Automatic Power-On features
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Appendix. Notices
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Television output notice
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