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Contents Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1 Important Safety Information 1 Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs 2 Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . 3 General safety 3 Electrical safety 3 Safety inspection guide 5 Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . . 6 Grounding requirements 6 Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 7 Chapter 3. General information . . . . 37 The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . . 37 Additional information resources 37 Specifications 38 Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 39 Problem determination tips 39 Chapter 5. Diagnostics 41 PC-Doctor for Windows 41 PC-Doctor for DOS 41 Creating a diagnostic CD image 42 Creating diagnostic diskettes 42 Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes . . 42 Running diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery workspace 43 PC-Doctor for Windows PE 43 Running diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery workspace 43 Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . . 44 Running tests 44 Test results 44 Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT 45 Quick and Full erase - hard drive 46 Viewing the test log 47 Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . . 49 Starting the Setup Utility program 49 Viewing and changing settings 49 Using passwords 49 Password considerations 49 User Password 50 Administrator Password 50 Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 50 Using Security Profile by Device 50 Selecting a startup device 51 Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 51 Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 51 Advanced settings 52 Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 52 © Copyright Lenovo 2006 Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . 53 Hard disk drive boot error 53 Power Supply Problems 53 Diagnostic error codes 54 Beep symptoms 75 POST error codes 76 Miscellaneous error messages 78 Undetermined problems 79 Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs 81 Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 82 Opening the cover 83 Locating FRUs 84 Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 85 Replacing a memory module 86 Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . . 88 Replacing the system board 90 Replacing the microprocessor 95 Replacing a hard disk drive 101 Replacing an optical drive 104 Replacing the diskette drive 105 Replacing a PCI adapter 106 Replacing the fan assembly 108 Replacing the internal speaker 111 Replacing the power button and LED assembly . . 113 Completing the FRU replacement 114 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or CD-ROM 115 Chapter 9. FRU lists 117 Machine Type 9300 117 Machine Type 9301 123 Machine Type 9636 128 Machine Type 9638 131 Machine Type 9640 142 Machine Type 9641 147 Machine Type 9642 152 Machine Type 9643 164 Machine Type 9644 170 Machine Type 9645 181 Chapter 10. Additional Service Information 197 Security features 197 Hardware controlled Passwords 197 Operating system password 197 Vital product data 197 BIOS levels 197 Flash update procedures 197 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette . . . 198 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 198 Power management 199 Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS 199 Automatic Power-On features 199 iii

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Contents
Chapter
1.
About
this
manual
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.1
Important
Safety
Information
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.1
Important
information
about
replacing
RoHS
compliant
FRUs
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Chapter
2.
Safety
information
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General
safety
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.3
Electrical
safety
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Safety
inspection
guide
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.5
Handling
electrostatic
discharge-sensitive
devices
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.6
Grounding
requirements
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Safety
notices
(multi-lingual
translations)
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.7
Chapter
3.
General
information
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. 37
The
ThinkVantage
Productivity
Center
program
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. 37
Additional
information
resources
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. 37
Specifications
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Chapter
4.
General
Checkout
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Problem
determination
tips
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. 39
Chapter
5.
Diagnostics
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PC-Doctor
for
Windows
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PC-Doctor
for
DOS
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. 41
Creating
a
diagnostic
CD
image
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. 42
Creating
diagnostic
diskettes
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. 42
Running
diagnostics
from
the
CD
or
diskettes
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. 42
Running
diagnostics
from
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
.
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. 43
PC-Doctor
for
Windows
PE
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. 43
Running
diagnostics
from
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
.
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. 43
Navigating
through
the
diagnostics
programs
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. 44
Running
tests
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Test
results
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.
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. 44
Fixed
disk
advanced
test
(FDAT)
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. 45
Quick
and
Full
erase
-
hard
drive
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. 46
Viewing
the
test
log
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. 47
Chapter
6.
Using
the
Setup
Utility
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. 49
Starting
the
Setup
Utility
program
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Viewing
and
changing
settings
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. 49
Using
passwords
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Password
considerations
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User
Password
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Administrator
Password
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. 50
Setting,
changing,
and
deleting
a
password
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. 50
Using
Security
Profile
by
Device
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. 50
Selecting
a
startup
device
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Selecting
a
temporary
startup
device
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. 51
Changing
the
startup
device
sequence
.
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Advanced
settings
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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
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. 81
Locating
connectors
on
the
rear
of
your
computer
82
Opening
the
cover
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. 83
Locating
FRUs
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. 84
Identifying
parts
on
the
system
board
.
.
.
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. 85
Replacing
a
memory
module
.
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.
.
. 86
Replacing
the
power
supply
assembly
.
.
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. 88
Replacing
the
system
board
.
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. 90
Replacing
the
microprocessor
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. 95
Replacing
a
hard
disk
drive
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. 101
Replacing
an
optical
drive
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. 104
Replacing
the
diskette
drive
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. 105
Replacing
a
PCI
adapter
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. 106
Replacing
the
fan
assembly
.
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.
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. 108
Replacing
the
internal
speaker
.
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. 111
Replacing
the
power
button
and
LED
assembly
.
. 113
Completing
the
FRU
replacement
.
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. 114
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
a
diskette
or
CD-ROM
.
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. 115
Chapter
9.
FRU
lists
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. 117
Machine
Type
9300
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. 117
Machine
Type
9301
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. 123
Machine
Type
9636
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. 128
Machine
Type
9638
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Machine
Type
9640
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. 142
Machine
Type
9641
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. 147
Machine
Type
9642
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. 152
Machine
Type
9643
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. 164
Machine
Type
9644
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. 170
Machine
Type
9645
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. 181
Chapter
10.
Additional
Service
Information
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. 197
Security
features
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.
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. 197
Hardware
controlled
Passwords
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. 197
Operating
system
password
.
.
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. 197
Vital
product
data
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. 197
BIOS
levels
.
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. 197
Flash
update
procedures
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.
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.
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.
.
. 197
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
a
diskette
.
.
. 198
Recovering
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure
.
. 198
Power
management
.
.
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.
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.
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. 199
Automatic
configuration
and
power
interface
(ACPI)
BIOS
.
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. 199
Automatic
Power-On
features
.
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. 199
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Copyright
Lenovo
2006
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