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Contents Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1 Important Safety Information 1 Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs 1 Turkish statement of compliance 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 6 Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 6 Chapter 3. General information. . . . 29 Additional information resources 29 Specifications 29 Chapter 4. General Checkout. . . . . 31 Problem determination tips 31 Chapter 5. Diagnostics 33 Lenovo System Toolbox 33 PC-Doctor for DOS 33 Creating a diagnostic disc 33 Running the diagnostic program from a diagnostic disc 33 Navigating through the diagnostics programs 34 Running tests 34 Viewing the test log 35 Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . 37 Starting the Setup Utility program 37 Viewing and changing settings 37 Using passwords 37 Password considerations 37 Set User Password 38 Set Supervisor Password 38 Setting, changing, and deleting a password . 38 Enabling or disabling a device 38 Selecting a startup device 39 Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . 39 Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 39 Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 39 Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . 41 Hard disk drive boot error 41 Power Supply Problems 41 Diagnostic error codes 42 Beep symptoms 59 POST error codes 60 Miscellaneous error messages 61 Undetermined problems 63 Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Type 0841 65 Locations 65 Rear connectors 65 Computer components 66 System board connectors 66 Removing the computer cover 67 Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 68 Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . . 70 Replacing the system board 71 Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . . 73 Replacing the microprocessor 74 Replacing a memory module 77 Replacing the hard disk drive 79 Replacing the optical drive 81 Replacing the front audio/USB assembly . . . . 82 Replacing the battery 83 Completing the FRU replacement 84 Chapter 9. FRU lists 85 Machine Type 0841 85 Chapter 10. Additional Service Information 91 Security features 91 Hardware controlled Passwords 91 Operating system password 91 Vital product data 91 BIOS levels 91 Flash update procedures 91 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc 92 Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system 92 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 92 Power management 93 Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS 93 Automatic Power-On features 93 © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2010 v

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Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual
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Important Safety Information
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Important information about replacing RoHS
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Turkish statement of compliance
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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
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Grounding requirements
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Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)
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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 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
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Running tests
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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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Set User Password
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Set Supervisor Password
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Setting, changing, and deleting a password
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Enabling or disabling a device
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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
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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 (Type
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Locations
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Rear connectors
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Computer components
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System board connectors
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Removing the computer cover
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Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
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Replacing the power supply assembly
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Replacing the system board
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Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
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Replacing the microprocessor
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Replacing a memory module
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Replacing the hard disk drive
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Replacing the optical drive
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Replacing the front audio/USB assembly
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Replacing the battery
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Completing the FRU replacement
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Chapter 9. FRU lists
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Machine Type 0841
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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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Flash update procedures
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Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc
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Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating
system
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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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