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
Types 6008, 6068, 6074, 9012, 9018, 9087, 9163,
9172, and 9193 . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Types 6010, 6069, 6075, 6081, 6086, 9013, 9019,
9088, 9160, 9164, 9174, 9194, 9304, 9323, 9326,
9978, and 9979 . . . . . . . . . . . .42
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
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 . . . . . . . . . . .56
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .81
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . .82
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Types
6008, 6068, 6074, 9012, 9018, 9087,
9163, 9172, and 9193) . . . . . . . .85
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Computer components . . . . . . . . .87
System board connectors . . . . . . . . .88
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . .89
Accessing system board components and drives . .90
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . .92
Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . .93
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . .94
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .96
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 104
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . . 108
Replacing the front panel card . . . . . . . . 109
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . .110
Replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . 111
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . .112
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Types
6010, 6069, 6075, 6081, 6086, 9013,
9019, 9088, 9160, 9164, 9174, 9194,
9304, 9323, 9326, 9978, and 9979) . . .113
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . .114
Computer components . . . . . . . . .115
System board connectors . . . . . . . .116
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . .117
Removing and replacing the front bezel . . . .118
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . .119
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . 120
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 125
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . 129
Replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . . 132
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive . . . . 135
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . 139
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . 140
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . . 141
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . . . 143
Replacing the front audio/USB assembly . . . . 145
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