
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
Safety inspection guide ...........5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . . 6
Grounding requirements ..........6
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) .....7
Chapter 3. General information ....37
The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . . 37
Additional information resources .......37
Specifications ..............38
Types 8700, 8701, 8705, 8717, 8973, 8975, 8979,
8983, 8985, 8991, 8995, 9265, 9269, 9277, 9279,
9283, 9287, 9379, 9383, 9387, 9389, 9631, 9635,
9637, 9646, and 9648 ..........38
Types 8013, 8702, 8706, 8716, 8970, 8972, 8976,
8980, 8982, 8986, 8992, 8994, 9266, 9276, 9278,
9282, 9286, 9288, 9374, 9378, 9380, 9384, 9628,
9632, 9647, and 9649 ..........39
Chapter 4. General Checkout .....41
Problem determination tips .........41
Chapter 5. Diagnostics ........43
PC-Doctor for Windows ..........43
PC-Doctor for DOS ............43
Creating a diagnostic CD image ......44
Creating diagnostic diskettes .......44
Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes . . 44
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace ..........45
PC-Doctor for Windows PE .........45
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace ..........45
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . . 46
Running tests..............46
Test results .............46
Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT) ......47
Quick and Full erase - hard drive ......48
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
User Password ............51
Administrator Password .........52
Selecting a startup device..........53
Selecting a temporary startup device .....53
Changing the startup device sequence ....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 (desktop
computers) .............85
Rear connectors .............86
Removing the cover ...........87
Locations ...............88
Identifying parts on the system board .....89
Machine types 8013, 8716, 8976, 8986, 9266, 9282,
9374, 9384, 9646, and 9647 ........89
Machine types 8706, 8972, 8982, 8994, 9278, 9288,
9380, 9632, 9648, and 9649 ........90
Machine types 8702, 8970, 8980, 8992, 9276, 9286,
9378, and 9628 ............91
Replacing a memory module ........91
Replacing the CMOS battery.........94
Replacing the power supply .........94
Replacing the system board .........97
Types 8702, 8706, 8970, 8972, 8980, 8982, 8992,
8994, 9276, 9278, 9286, 9288, 9378, 9380, 9628,
9632, and 9649 ............97
Types 8013, 8716, 8976, 8986, 9266, 9282, 9374,
9384, and 9647 ............101
Replacing the microprocessor ........105
Types 8702, 8706, 8970, 8972, 8980, 8982, 8992,
8994, 9276, 9278, 9286, 9288, 9378, 9380, 9628,
9632, and 9649 ............105
Types 8013, 8716, 8976, 8986, 9266, 9282, 9374,
9384, and 9647 ............108
Replacing the hard disk drive ........112
Replacing an optical drive .........115
Replacing the diskette drive ........117
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . . 119
Replacing the front panel card........121
Replacing the system fan assembly ......122
Replacing a PCI adapter..........124
Completing the FRU replacement ......124
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (tower
computers) ............127
Rear connectors ............128
Removing the cover ...........129
Locations...............130
Identifying parts on the system board .....130
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