Lenovo ThinkPad T550 (English) Hardware Maintenance Manual - ThinkPad T550, W5 - Page 78

The Lenovo Solution Center program provides an automatic battery diagnostic test that determines if

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The Lenovo Solution Center program provides an automatic battery diagnostic test that determines if the battery is defective. A battery FRU should not be replaced unless this diagnostic test shows that the battery is defective. The only exception to this is if the battery is physically damaged or a customer is reporting a possible safety issue. If the Lenovo Solution Center program is not installed on the computer, the customer should download and install the program to diagnose the battery, before getting a non-physically damaged battery replaced. Note that the replacement of a physically damaged battery is not covered by the warranty. For access, remove this FRU: • "1010 Removable battery" on page 57 • "1020 Base cover assembly" on page 57 Removal steps of the built-in battery or dummy built-in battery DANGER Use only the authorized battery specified for your computer. Any other battery could ignite or explode. Note: If your computer does not come with a built-in battery, a dummy built-in battery is installed instead. To remove the dummy built-in battery, you do not have to perform step 1 in the following illustration. 2 2 2 2 1 2 Step 2 Screw (quantity) M2 × L3.5 mm, flat-head, nylon-coated (5) 3 Color Silver Torque 0.181 Nm (1.85 kgf-cm) 72 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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The Lenovo Solution Center program provides an automatic battery diagnostic test that determines if the
battery is defective. A battery FRU should not be replaced unless this diagnostic test shows that the battery
is defective. The only exception to this is if the battery is physically damaged or a customer is reporting a
possible safety issue.
If the Lenovo Solution Center program is not installed on the computer, the customer should download and
install the program to diagnose the battery, before getting a non-physically damaged battery replaced. Note
that the replacement of a physically damaged battery is not covered by the warranty.
For access, remove this FRU:
• “1010 Removable battery” on page 57
• “1020 Base cover assembly” on page 57
Removalstepsofthebuilt-inbatteryordummybuilt-inbattery
DANGER
Use only the authorized battery specified for your computer. Any other battery could ignite or
explode.
Note:
If your computer does not come with a built-in battery, a dummy built-in battery is installed instead.
To remove the dummy built-in battery, you do not have to perform step
1
in the following illustration.
1
2
2
2
2
2
Step
Screw (quantity)
Color
Torque
2
M2 × L3.5 mm, flat-head, nylon-coated (5)
Silver
0.181 Nm
(1.85 kgf-cm)
3
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