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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 4 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 . . . . 41 The Access IBM program 41 Additional information resources 41 Specifications 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 Password considerations 54 User Password 54 Administrator Password 54 IDE Drive User Password 54 IDE Drive Master Password 54 Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 55 Using Security Profile by Device 55 Selecting a startup device 56 Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 56 Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 56 Advanced settings 56 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 8104 89 Machine Type 8105 110 Machine Type 8106 123 Machine Type 8107 133 Machine Type 8108 146 Machine Type 8109 158 Machine Type 8118 169 Machine Type 8121 182 Chapter 9. Additional Service Information 195 Security features 195 Hardware controlled Passwords 195 Operating system password 195 Vital product data 195 Management Information Format (MIF) . . . 195 BIOS levels 196 Flash update procedures 196 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or CD-ROM 196 Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system 196 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure 197 Power management 198 Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS 198 Automatic Power-On features 198 Recovering software using the Rescue and Recovery program 199 Starting the Rescue and Recovery workspace 199 Appendix. Notices 201 Television output notice 202 Trademarks 202 © Lenovo 2005, 2006. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. iii

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Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual
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Important Safety Information
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Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV
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FRU Identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
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Chapter 2. Safety information
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Electrical safety
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Safety inspection guide
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Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)
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Chapter 3. General information
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The Access IBM program
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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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Starting PC-Doctor from the Rescue and Recovery
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Starting PC-Doctor from a diagnostic diskette or
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Diagnostics program download
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Navigating through the diagnostics programs .
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Running diagnostics tests
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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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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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Password considerations
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User Password
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Administrator Password
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IDE Drive User Password
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IDE Drive Master Password
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Setting, changing, and deleting a password .
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Using Security Profile by Device
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Selecting a startup device
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Selecting a temporary startup device
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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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Hard disk drive boot error
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Power Supply Errors
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Diagnostic error codes
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Chapter 8. FRU lists
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Chapter 9. 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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Management Information Format (MIF)
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BIOS levels
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Flash update procedures
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Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or
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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
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Automatic Power-On features
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Recovering software using the Rescue and
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Starting the Rescue and Recovery workspace
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Appendix. Notices
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Television output notice
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Trademarks
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© Lenovo 2005, 2006. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005.
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