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Important service information This chapter presents following important service information: v "Strategy for replacing FRUs" - "Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive" on page 18 - "Important notice for replacing a system board" on page 18 - "How to use error message" on page 18 v "Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV" on page 19 - "Product definition" on page 19 - "FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products" on page 19 v "Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs" on page 21 Important: BIOS and device driver fixes are customer-installable. The BIOS and device drivers are posted on the customer support site http://www.lenovo.com/support System Disassembly/Reassembly videos that show the FRU removals or replacements for the Lenovo® authorized service technicians are available in the following support site: http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/ Advise customers to contact the Customer Support Center at 800-426-7378 if they need assistance in obtaining or installing any software fixes, drivers, and BIOS downloads. Customers in Canada should call the Customer Support Center at 800-565-3344 for assistance or download information. Strategy for replacing FRUs Before replacing parts: Make sure that all software fixes, drivers, and BIOS downloads are installed before replacing any FRUs listed in this manual. After a system board is replaced, ensure that the latest BIOS is loaded to the system board before completing the service action. To download software fixes, drivers, and BIOS, do as follows: 1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/support 2. Enter the product number of the computer or press Auto-detect button on the screen. 3. Select Downloads and drivers. 4. Follow the directions on the screen and install the necessary software. Use the following strategy to prevent unnecessary expense for replacing and servicing FRUs: © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 17

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Important
service
information
This
chapter
presents
following
important
service
information:
v
“Strategy
for
replacing
FRUs”
–
“Strategy
for
replacing
a
hard
disk
drive”
on
page
18
–
“Important
notice
for
replacing
a
system
board”
on
page
18
–
“How
to
use
error
message”
on
page
18
v
“Strategy
for
replacing
FRUs
for
CTO,
CMV,
and
GAV”
on
page
19
–
“Product
definition”
on
page
19
–
“FRU
identification
for
CTO,
CMV,
and
GAV
products”
on
page
19
v
“Important
information
about
replacing
RoHS
compliant
FRUs”
on
page
21
Strategy
for
replacing
FRUs
Use
the
following
strategy
to
prevent
unnecessary
expense
for
replacing
and
servicing
FRUs:
Important:
BIOS
and
device
driver
fixes
are
customer-installable.
The
BIOS
and
device
drivers
are
posted
on
the
customer
support
site
System
Disassembly/Reassembly
videos
that
show
the
FRU
removals
or
replacements
for
the
Lenovo
®
authorized
service
technicians
are
available
in
the
following
support
site:
Advise
customers
to
contact
the
Customer
Support
Center
at
800-426-7378
if
they
need
assistance
in
obtaining
or
installing
any
software
fixes,
drivers,
and
BIOS
downloads.
Customers
in
Canada
should
call
the
Customer
Support
Center
at
800-565-3344
for
assistance
or
download
information.
Before
replacing
parts:
Make
sure
that
all
software
fixes,
drivers,
and
BIOS
downloads
are
installed
before
replacing
any
FRUs
listed
in
this
manual.
After
a
system
board
is
replaced,
ensure
that
the
latest
BIOS
is
loaded
to
the
system
board
before
completing
the
service
action.
To
download
software
fixes,
drivers,
and
BIOS,
do
as
follows:
1.
Go
to
2.
Enter
the
product
number
of
the
computer
or
press
Auto-detect
button
on
the
screen.
3.
Select
Downloads
and
drivers
.
4.
Follow
the
directions
on
the
screen
and
install
the
necessary
software.
©
Copyright
Lenovo
2008,
2009
17