Contents
Chapter1.Aboutthismanual.....1
Importantsafetyinformation..........1
ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHS
compliantFRUs...............1
Chapter2.Safetyinformation.....3
Generalsafety................3
Electricalsafety...............3
Voltage-selectionswitch............5
Safetyinspectionguide............5
Handlingelectrostaticdischarge-sensitive
devices..................6
Groundingrequirements............6
Safetynotices(multi-lingualtranslations).....6
Chapter3.Generalinformation....29
OnlineBooksfolder.............29
LenovoThinkVantageTools.........29
ThinkVantageProductivityCenter.......29
LenovoWelcome..............30
AccessHelp...............30
Additionalinformationresources.......30
Specications...............30
Chapter4.Generalcheckout.....33
Checkingforpowerproblems.........33
Problemdeterminationtips..........34
Chapter5.Diagnostics........37
LenovoThinkVantageToolbox........37
LenovoSystemToolbox...........37
PC-DoctorforRescueandRecovery......38
PC-DoctorforDOS.............38
Creatingadiagnosticdisc........38
Runningthediagnosticprogramfroma
diagnosticdisc.............38
Navigatingthroughthediagnostics
programs...............39
Runningtests.............39
Viewingthetestlog...........40
Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility..41
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......41
Viewingandchangingsettings........41
Usingpasswords..............41
Passwordconsiderations.........41
SetUserPassword...........42
ChangeSupervisorPassword.......42
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword.42
Enablingordisablingadevice........42
Selectingastartupdevice..........43
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....43
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevice
sequence...............43
ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram.....43
Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUindex.45
Harddiskdrivebooterror..........45
Diagnosticerrorcodes...........45
Beepsymptoms..............61
POSTerrorcodes.............61
Miscellaneouserrormessages........62
Undeterminedproblems...........64
Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs......65
Locations.................65
Locatingconnectorsonthefrontofyour
computer...............65
Locatingconnectorsontherearofyour
computer...............65
Locatingcomponents..........66
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard....67
Removingthecomputercover........68
Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....69
Installingorreplacingamemorymodule....70
Replacingthebattery............72
Replacingtheharddiskdrive.........73
Replacingtheopticaldrive..........74
Replacingtheheatsink...........76
Replacingthesystemfanassembly......77
Replacingthemicroprocessor........79
Replacingthesystemboard.........82
Replacingtheacpoweradapter........83
Completingthepartsreplacement.......84
Chapter9.FRUlists.........87
MachineType3425.............87
MachineType3980.............90
MachineType5214.............93
MachineType5354.............96
Chapter10.Additionalservice
information..............99
Securityfeatures..............99
Hardwarecontrolledpasswords......99
Operatingsystempassword.......99
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