Contents
Chapter1.Aboutthismanual.....1
Importantsafetyinformation..........1
ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHS
compliantFRUs...............1
Chapter2.Safetyinformation.....3
Generalsafety................3
Electricalsafety...............3
Voltage-selectionswitch............5
Safetyinspectionguide............5
Handlingelectrostaticdischarge-sensitive
devices..................6
Groundingrequirements............6
Safetynotices(multi-lingualtranslations).....6
Chapter3.Generalinformation....29
ThinkVantageProductivityCenter.......29
Additionalinformationresources.......29
Specications...............29
Formachinetypes:3029,3054,3139,3219,
3246,3282,3349,3421,3544,3652,3769,
3934,4992,5206,5267,5325,5384,5450,
5474,5498,5554,5852,6232,and6590...29
Formachinetypes:3026,3039,3137,3149,
3245,3269,3319,3394,3491,3627,3699,
3878,4972,5132,5261,5297,5391,5472,
5485,5536,5548,5567,5864,and6213...30
Chapter4.Generalcheckout.....31
Problemdeterminationtips..........32
Chapter5.Diagnostics........33
LenovoThinkVantageToolbox........33
LenovoSystemToolbox...........33
PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery......33
PC-DoctorforDOS.............34
Creatingadiagnosticdisc........34
Runningthediagnosticprogramfroma
diagnosticdisc.............34
Navigatingthroughthediagnostics
programs...............35
Runningtests.............35
Viewingthetestlog...........36
Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility
program................37
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......37
Viewingandchangingsettings........37
Usingpasswords..............37
Passwordconsiderations.........37
Power-OnPassword..........38
AdministratorPassword.........38
HardDiskPassword...........38
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword.38
Enablingordisablingadevice........38
Selectingastartupdevice..........39
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....39
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevice
sequence...............39
ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram.....39
Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex.41
Harddiskdrivebooterror..........41
PowerSupplyProblems...........41
Diagnosticerrorcodes...........42
Beepsymptoms..............57
POSTerrorcodes.............57
Miscellaneouserrormessages........59
Undeterminedproblems...........60
Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs(Machine
Types:3029,3054,3139,3219,3246,
3282,3349,3421,3544,3652,3769,
3934,4992,5206,5267,5325,5384,
5450,5474,5498,5554,5852,6232,
and6590.)...............63
Locatingconnectorsonthefrontofthecomputer.63
Locatingconnectorsontherearofthecomputer.64
Removingthecomputercover........64
Locatingcomponents............65
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......66
Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....68
Replacingamemorymodule.........69
Replacingthepowersupplyassembly.....70
Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly....71
Replacingthemicroprocessor........73
Replacingthesystemboard.........75
Replacingthebattery............77
ReplacingaPCIcard............79
Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive......81
Replacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive....83
Replacingtheopticaldrive..........85
Replacingthefrontfanassembly.......87
Replacingtherearfanassembly........89
ReplacingthefrontaudioandUSBassembly..91
Replacingtheinternalspeaker........92
Completingthepartsreplacement.......94
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