Contents
Aboutthismanual...........iii
Chapter1.Safetyinformation......1
Generalsafety................1
Electricalsafety...............2
Safetyinspectionguide............3
Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic
discharge..................3
Groundingrequirements............4
Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......4
Chapter2.Importantservice
information..............21
StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........21
Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive,a
solid-statedrive,oranmSATAsolid-state
drive.................22
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem
board................22
Howtouseerrormessage........22
StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,and
GAV...................22
Productdenition............22
FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAV
products...............23
Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....25
Whattodorst..............25
Checkoutguide..............26
LenovoSolutionCenter.........26
Quicktestprograms...........26
UEFIdiagnosticprogram.........27
Bootablediagnosticprograms.......27
Powersystemcheckout...........28
Checkingtheacpoweradapter......28
Checkingoperationalcharging......29
Checkingthebatterypack........29
Checkingthebackupbattery.......29
Chapter4.Relatedservice
information..............31
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery
DiscSet.................31
UsingtheWindowsrecoveryprogramsonthe
Windows8operatingsystem.........32
Passwords................33
Power-onpassword...........33
Hard-diskpassword...........33
Supervisorpassword..........34
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...34
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...34
Powermanagement............35
Sleepmode..............35
Hibernationmode...........35
Wirelessoffmode...........36
Symptom-to-FRUindex...........36
Numericerrorcodes..........36
Errormessages............38
No-beepsymptoms...........38
Beepsymptoms............38
LCD-relatedsymptoms.........39
Intermittentproblems..........39
Undeterminedproblems.........39
Chapter5.Statusindicators.....41
Chapter6.Specialkeys........43
Chapter7.Locations.........45
Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and
indicators.................45
Frontview...............45
Rearview...............46
Bottomview..............46
LocatingFRUsandCRUs..........46
MajorFRUsandCRUs..........48
LCDFRUs..............50
LookingupFRUinformation.........51
Chapter8.FRUreplacement
notices................53
Screwnotices...............53
Retainingserialnumbers...........54
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem
unit.................54
RetainingtheUUID...........55
ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...55
Chapter9.Removingorreplacinga
FRU..................57
Beforeservicingthecomputer........58
Disablingthebuilt-inbattery.......58
RemovingtheSIMcard.........58
1010Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive....58
1020Keyboard..............60
1030PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..62
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