Lenovo 821532U - ThinkCentre M52 - 8215 Owner's manual

Hardware Maintenance Manual
Types 8099, 8110, 8111, 8112, 8113, 8114
Types 8115, 8116, 8153, 8154, 8155, 8156
Types 8157, 8158, 8159, 8160, 8161, 8162
Types 8163, 8165, 8166, 8167, 8168, 8169
Types 8170, 8211, 8212, 8213, 8214, 8215
Types 9210, 9211

Hardware Maintenance Manual

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the
information under “Notices,” on page 521.
Fourteenth Edition (May 2009)
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Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual .....1
Important Safety Information .........1
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products ................2
Product definition ...........2
FRU Identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products ...............2
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs .............3
Chapter 2. Safety information .....5
General safety ..............5
Electrical safety .............5
Safety inspection guide ...........7
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . . 8
Grounding requirements ..........8
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) .....9
Chapter 3. General information ....39
Additional information resources .......39
Physical specifications ...........39
Types 8099, 8116, 8155, 8156, 8157, 8158, 8159,
8160, 8215, 9210, and 9211 ........40
Types 8110, 8112, 8113, 8114, 8115, 8153, 8166,
8167, 8168, 8169, and 8170 ........41
Types 8111, 8154, 8161, 8162, 8163, 8165, 8211,
8212, 8213, and 8214 ..........42
Chapter 4. General Checkout .....43
Problem determination tips .........44
Chapter 5. Diagnostics using
PC-Doctor for DOS .........47
Starting PC-Doctor from the Rescue and Recovery
workspace...............47
Starting PC-Doctor from a diagnostic diskette or
CD-ROM ...............48
Diagnostics program download........48
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . . 48
Running diagnostics tests..........48
Test selection .............49
Test results .............49
Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT) ......49
Quick and Full erase - hard drive ......51
Viewing the test log ...........52
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . . 53
Starting the Setup Utility program.......53
Viewing and changing settings ........53
Exiting from the Setup Utility program .....53
Using passwords ............53
Password considerations .........54
User Password ............54
Administrator Password .........54
IDE Drive User Password ........54
IDE Drive Master Password ........54
Setting, changing, and deleting a password. . . 55
Using Security Profile by Device .......55
Selecting a startup device..........56
Selecting a temporary startup device .....56
Changing the startup device sequence ....56
Advanced settings ............56
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . 57
Hard disk drive boot error .........57
Power Supply Errors ...........57
Diagnostic error codes...........59
Beep symptoms .............80
No-beep symptoms............82
POST error codes ............83
Miscellaneous error messages ........86
Undetermined problems ..........88
Chapter 8. FRU lists .........89
Machine Type 8099 ............90
Machine Type 8110 ...........109
Machine Type 8111 ...........125
Machine Type 8112 ...........141
Machine Type 8113 ...........155
Machine Type 8114 ...........182
Machine Type 8115 ...........199
Machine Type 8116 ...........213
Machine Type 8153 ...........228
Machine Type 8154 ...........236
Machine Type 8155 ...........244
Machine Type 8156 ...........253
Machine Type 8157 ...........261
Machine Type 8158 ...........270
Machine Type 8159 ...........280
Machine Type 8160 ...........288
Machine Type 8161 ...........297
Machine Type 8162 ...........305
Machine Type 8163 ...........313
Machine Type 8164 ...........321
Machine Type 8165 ...........329
Machine Type 8166 ...........337
Machine Type 8167 ...........343
Machine Type 8168 ...........350
Machine Type 8169 ...........361
Machine Type 8170 ...........368
Machine Type 8211 ...........375
Machine Type 8212 ...........390
Machine Type 8213 ...........417
Machine Type 8214 ...........436
Machine Type 8215 ...........452
Machine Type 9210 ...........479
Machine Type 9211 ...........498
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