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 ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . .39
Additional information resources . . . . . . .39
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Machine types: 9120, 9127, 9129, 9134, 9136, 9139,
9141, 9143, 9156, 9158, 9171, and 9191. . . . .40
Machine types: 9126, 9128, 9130, 9135, 9137, 9140,
9142, 9144, 9157, 9159, 9169, and 9189. . . . .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 . . . . . . . . . .46
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
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .52
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . .52
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 53
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .53
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . .55
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . .55
Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . .55
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .57
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .81
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . .82
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Machine
types: 9120, 9127, 9129, 9134, 9136,
9139, 9141, 9143, 9156, 9158, 9171, and
9191.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Removing the computer cover . . . . . . . .87
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . .89
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . .89
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . .90
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .92
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . .96
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . .99
Replacing a PCI adapter card . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 102
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . 105
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . .110
Replacing the front audio/USB assembly . . . . 111
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . .112
Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . .113
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . .114
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Machine
types: 9126, 9128, 9130, 9135, 9137,
9140, 9142, 9144, 9157, 9159, 9169,
and 9189.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Removing the computer cover . . . . . . . .117
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . .119
Accessing the system board components and drives 119
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . 121
Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . 123
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . 124
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . 126
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 129
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 132
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . 134
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . 135
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . . 136
Replacing the front panel card . . . . . . . . 137
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . . 138
Replacing a PCI adapter card . . . . . . . . 139
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . 140
© Lenovo 2005, 2009. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. iii