Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . .1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . .1
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . .3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . .6
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .6
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . .7
Chapter 3. General information . . . .37
The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . .37
Additional information resources . . . . . . .37
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . .39
Checking for power problems . . . . . . . .39
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . .40
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . .43
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . .43
PC-Doctor for Windows PE . . . . . . . . .43
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace . . . . . . . . . .43
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Creating a diagnostic CD image . . . . . .44
Creating diagnostic diskettes . . . . . . .44
Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes . .45
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . .45
Running tests . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . .47
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . .49
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .49
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .49
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .49
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .50
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . .50
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .50
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . .50
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 51
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .51
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . .53
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . .53
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .54
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .77
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . .78
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs . . . . . .79
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Connectors on the front of the computer . . . .80
Connectors on the rear of the computer . . . .81
Locating components . . . . . . . . . .82
System board locations . . . . . . . . .83
Opening the cover . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . .85
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . .86
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .89
Replacing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . .90
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . .92
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . .94
Replacing the modem . . . . . . . . . . .95
Replacing the Express card assembly . . . . . .97
Replacing the Media Card Reader . . . . . . .98
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . . 100
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . 102
Chapter 9. FRU lists . . . . . . . . 105
Machine Type 6393 . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Machine Type 6394 . . . . . . . . . . .115
Machine Type 6395 . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Machine Type 6396 . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Machine Type 6397 . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Chapter 10. Additional Service
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Hardware controlled Passwords . . . . . . 161
Operating system password . . . . . . . 161
Vital product data . . . . . . . . . . . 161
BIOS levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a CD-ROM or
diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 162
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Automatic configuration and power interface
(ACPI) BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Automatic Power-On features . . . . . . . 163
Appendix. Notices . . . . . . . . . 165
Television output notice . . . . . . . . . . 166
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
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