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Contents Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1 Important Safety Information 1 Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV products 2 Product definition 2 FRU Identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products 2 Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs 3 Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . 5 General safety 5 Electrical safety 5 Safety inspection guide 7 Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . . 8 Grounding requirements 8 Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 9 Chapter 3. General information . . . . 39 The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . . 39 Additional information resources 39 Physical specifications 39 Types 8289, 8298, 8328, 8341, 8344, and 8382 . . 40 Types 8287, 8296, 8299, 8327, 8340, 8343, and 8381 41 Types 8288, 8297, 8326, 8329, 8342, and 8380 . . 42 Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 43 Problem determination tips 44 Chapter 5. Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS 47 Starting PC-Doctor from the Rescue and Recovery workspace 47 Starting PC-Doctor from a diagnostic diskette or CD-ROM 48 Diagnostics program download 48 Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . . 48 Running diagnostics tests 48 Test selection 49 Test results 49 Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT 49 Quick and Full erase - hard drive 51 Viewing the test log 52 Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . . 53 Starting the Setup Utility program 53 Viewing and changing settings 53 Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 53 Using passwords 53 User Password 54 Administrator Password 54 Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 54 Using Security Profile by Device 54 Selecting a startup device 55 © Lenovo 2005, 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 55 Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 55 Advanced settings 55 Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . 57 Hard disk drive boot error 57 Power Supply Errors 57 Diagnostic error codes 59 Beep symptoms 80 No-beep symptoms 82 POST error codes 83 Miscellaneous error messages 86 Undetermined problems 88 Chapter 8. FRU lists 89 Machine Type 8287 90 Machine Type 8288 100 Machine Type 8289 111 Machine Type 8296 122 Machine Type 8297 134 Machine Type 8298 145 Machine Type 8299 157 Machine Type 8326 164 Machine Type 8327 173 Machine Type 8328 181 Machine Type 8329 190 Machine Type 8340 200 Machine Type 8341 207 Machine Type 8342 216 Machine Type 8343 223 Machine Type 8344 230 Machine Type 8380 237 Machine Type 8381 247 Machine Type 8382 257 Chapter 9. Additional Service Information 267 Security features 267 Hardware controlled Passwords 267 Operating system password 267 Vital product data 267 Management Information Format (MIF) . . . 267 BIOS levels 268 Flash update procedures 268 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or CD-ROM 268 Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system 268 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure 269 Power management 270 Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS 270 Automatic Power-On features 270 Recovering software using the Rescue and Recovery program 271 iii

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Contents
Chapter
1.
About
this
manual
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.1
Important
Safety
Information
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.1
Strategy
for
replacing
FRUs
for
CTO,
CMV,
and
GAV
products
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.2
Product
definition
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.2
FRU
Identification
for
CTO,
CMV,
and
GAV
products
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.2
Important
information
about
replacing
RoHS
compliant
FRUs
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.3
Chapter
2.
Safety
information
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.5
General
safety
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Electrical
safety
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Safety
inspection
guide
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.7
Handling
electrostatic
discharge-sensitive
devices
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.8
Grounding
requirements
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.8
Safety
notices
(multi-lingual
translations)
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.9
Chapter
3.
General
information
.
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. 39
The
ThinkVantage
Productivity
Center
program
.
. 39
Additional
information
resources
.
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. 39
Physical
specifications
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Types
8289,
8298,
8328,
8341,
8344,
and
8382
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Types
8287,
8296,
8299,
8327,
8340,
8343,
and
8381
41
Types
8288,
8297,
8326,
8329,
8342,
and
8380
.
. 42
Chapter
4.
General
Checkout
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Problem
determination
tips
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Chapter
5.
Diagnostics
using
PC-Doctor
for
DOS
.
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Starting
PC-Doctor
from
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
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Starting
PC-Doctor
from
a
diagnostic
diskette
or
CD-ROM
.
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. 48
Diagnostics
program
download
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. 48
Navigating
through
the
diagnostics
programs
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. 48
Running
diagnostics
tests
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. 48
Test
selection
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Test
results
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Fixed
disk
advanced
test
(FDAT)
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Quick
and
Full
erase
-
hard
drive
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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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Exiting
from
the
Setup
Utility
program
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Using
passwords
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User
Password
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Administrator
Password
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Setting,
changing,
and
deleting
a
password
.
.
. 54
Using
Security
Profile
by
Device
.
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. 54
Selecting
a
startup
device
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Selecting
a
temporary
startup
device
.
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. 55
Changing
the
startup
device
sequence
.
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Advanced
settings
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Chapter
7.
Symptom-to-FRU
Index
.
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. 57
Hard
disk
drive
boot
error
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Power
Supply
Errors
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Diagnostic
error
codes
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Beep
symptoms
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No-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.
FRU
lists
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Machine
Type
8287
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Machine
Type
8288
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Machine
Type
8289
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Machine
Type
8296
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Machine
Type
8297
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Machine
Type
8298
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Machine
Type
8299
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Machine
Type
8326
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Machine
Type
8327
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Machine
Type
8328
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Machine
Type
8329
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Machine
Type
8340
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Machine
Type
8341
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Machine
Type
8342
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Machine
Type
8343
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Machine
Type
8344
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Machine
Type
8380
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Machine
Type
8381
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Machine
Type
8382
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Chapter
9.
Additional
Service
Information
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. 267
Security
features
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. 267
Hardware
controlled
Passwords
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. 267
Operating
system
password
.
.
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. 267
Vital
product
data
.
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. 267
Management
Information
Format
(MIF)
.
.
. 267
BIOS
levels
.
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. 268
Flash
update
procedures
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. 268
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
a
diskette
or
CD-ROM
.
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. 268
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
your
operating
system
.
.
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.
.
. 268
Recovering
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure
269
Power
management
.
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. 270
Automatic
configuration
and
power
interface
(ACPI)
BIOS
.
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. 270
Automatic
Power-On
features
.
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. 270
Recovering
software
using
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
program
.
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©
Lenovo
2005,
2008.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
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