Lenovo ThinkPad i Series 1500 Hardware Maintenance Manual for the ThinkPad 140 - Page 11
Introduction, Important Service Information, FRU Replacement Strategy
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Introduction Important Service Information Important Diskette fixes are customer installable. The diskette fixes are located on the PC Company Bulletin Board Service (BBS). The direct phone line for modem connection is 919-557-0001 or tieline 255-0001. Advise customers to contact the PC Company HelpCenter at 800-772-2227 if they need assistance in obtaining or installing any diskette fixes. Customers in Canada should call IBM HelpPC at 800-565-3344 for assistance or download information. The Canadian BBS phone numbers are: Montreal 514-938-3022 Toronto 905-316-4255 Vancouver 604-664-6464 Winnipeg 204-934-2735 FRU Replacement Strategy Before Replacing Parts Ensure that all diskette fixes are installed prior to replacing any FRUs listed in this manual. Use the following strategy to prevent unnecessary FRU replacement and service expense: If you are instructed to replace a FRU and that does not correct the problem, reinstall the original FRU before you continue. Some computers have both a processor board and a system board. If you are instructed to replace either the processor board or the system board, and the first board that you replaced does not correct the problem, reinstall the original board, then replace the other (processor or system) board. If an adapter or device consists of more than one FRU, an error code may be caused by any of the FRUs. Before replacing the adapter or device, remove the FRUs, one by one, to see if the symptoms change. Replace only the FRU that changed the symptoms. Attention: A customized setup configuration (other than default settings) may exist on the computer you are servicing. Running Automatic Configuration may alter those settings. Note the current configuration settings (using the 2 ThinkPad i Series 1400/1500 HMM