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
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . . .5
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . .6
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .7
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . .7
Chapter 3. General information . . . .39
The Lenovo Care program . . . . . . . . .39
Additional information resources . . . . . . .39
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Types 7812, 7813, 7814, 7815, 9680, 9681, 9682,
9683, 9684, and 9685 . . . . . . . . . .40
Types 7816, 7817, 7818, 7819, 9686, 9687, 9688,
9689, 9690, and 9691 . . . . . . . . . .41
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . .43
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . .43
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . .45
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . .45
PC-Doctor for Windows PE . . . . . . . . .45
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace . . . . . . . . . .45
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Creating a diagnostic CD image . . . . . .46
Creating diagnostic diskettes . . . . . . .46
Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes . .47
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . .47
Running tests . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . .49
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . .51
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .51
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .51
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .51
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .52
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . .52
Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . .52
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .53
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . .53
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 53
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .54
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . .55
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . .55
Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . .55
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .56
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .80
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . .81
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Types
7812, 7813, 7814, 7815, 9680, 9681,
9682, 9683, 9684, and 9685) . . . . . .83
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . .85
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . .87
Machine types 7812, 7813, 9680 and 9681 . . .87
Machine types 7814, 7815, 9682 and 9683 . . .88
Machine types 9684 and 9685 . . . . . . .89
Accessing system board components and drives . .90
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . .92
Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . .94
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . .95
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .97
Types 7812, 7813, 9680, and 9681 . . . . . .97
Types 7814, 7815, 9682, 9683, 9684, and 9685 . . 100
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 104
Types 7812, 7813, 9680 and 9681 . . . . . . 104
Types 7814, 7815, 9682, 9683, 9684, and 9685 . . 108
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . .112
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . .114
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . .115
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . .116
Replacing the front panel card . . . . . . . .117
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . .117
Replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . .119
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . 120
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Types
7816, 7817, 7818, 7819, 9686, 9687,
9688, 9689, 9690, and 9691) . . . . . 121
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 125
Machine types 7816, 7817, 9686 and 9687 . . . 125
Machine types 7818, 7819, 9688 and 9689 . . . 126
Machine types 9690 and 9691 . . . . . . . 127
Removing and replacing the front bezel . . . . 128
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . 129
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . 130
Types 7816, 7817, 9686 and 9687 . . . . . . 130
Types 7818, 7819, 9688, 9689, 9690, and 9691 . . 134
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 139
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