Lenovo ThinkCentre E93z Owner's manual

ThinkCentreE93zHardwareMaintenance
Manual
MachineTypes:10B8,10B9,10BA,10BH,10B,and10BK

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandChapter2
“Safetyinformation”onpage3andAppendixA“Notices”onpage133.
SecondEdition(November2013)
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Contents
Chapter1.Abotthismanal......1
Importantsafetyinformation..........1
Chapter2.Safetyinformation......3
Generalsafety................3
Electricalsafety...............3
Safetyinspectionguide............5
Handlingelectrostaticdischarge-sensitive
devices..................5
Groundingrequirements............6
Safetynotices(multi-lingualtranslations).....6
Chapter3.Generalinformation....29
Specifications...............30
Lenovoprograms.............30
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows
7operatingsystem...........31
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows
8orWindows8.1operatingsystem....32
LenovoSupportWebsite..........32
Chapter4.Generalcheckot.....33
Problemdeterminationtips..........33
Chapter5.Trobleshootingand
diagnostics..............35
Basictroubleshooting............35
AccessingControlPanelontheWindows8or
Windows8.1operatingsystem........36
Troubleshootingprocedure..........36
Troubleshooting..............37
Audioproblems............37
CDproblems.............39
DVDproblems.............40
Intermittentproblems..........41
Harddiskdriveproblems.........41
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdevice
problems...............42
Monitorproblems............44
Networkingproblems..........46
Optionproblems............48
Performanceandlockupproblems.....49
Printerproblems............51
Serialportproblems...........51
Softwareproblems...........52
USBproblems.............53
Diagnostics................53
LenovoSolutionCenter.........54
Chapter6.UsingtheSetpUtility
program................55
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......55
Viewingandchangingsettings........55
Usingpasswords..............55
Passwordconsiderations.........56
Power-onpassword...........56
Administratorpassword.........56
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword.56
Erasinglostorforgottenpasswords(clearing
CMOS)................56
Enablingordisablingadevice........57
Selectingastartupdevice..........57
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....57
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevice
sequence...............58
EnablingErPcompliancemode........58
ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganew
operatingsystem..............59
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......59
Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUIndex..61
Harddiskdrivebooterror..........61
Powersupplyproblems...........61
Beepsymptoms..............61
POSTerrorcodes.............62
Miscellaneouserrorconditions........63
Undeterminedproblems...........65
Chapter8.Locations.........67
Locatingconnectors,controls,andindicatorson
thefrontofyourcomputer..........67
Locatingconnectorsontherearofyour
computer.................69
LocatingmajorFRUsandCRUs........70
LookingupFRUinformation.........72
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......73
Chapter9.ReplacingFRUs......75
Removingandreinstallingtheframestand....75
Removingandreinstallingthemonitorstand...76
Removingandreinstallingthetransformerstand.78
Removingthecomputercover........80
Replacingthefeet.............81
Replacingtheharddiskdrive.........82
Replacingtheopticaldrive..........84
Removingandreinstallingthesystemboard
shield..................86
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RemovingandreinstallingtheVESAmount
bracket.................88
ReplacingtherearI/Oassembly........90
Replacingthepowersupplyassembly.....94
Replacingthemicroprocessorfan.......97
Replacingtheheatsinkassembly.......99
Replacingthemicroprocessor........100
Replacingthecardreader..........103
ReplacingtheGPUfan...........104
Replacingthebattery............106
Replacingtheconverterboard........107
Installingorreplacingamemorymodule....109
Replacingtheinternalspeakers........110
Replacingtheintegratedcamera.......112
Replacingthesystemboard.........114
ReplacingtheLCDpanelassembly......117
ReplacingtheWi-Ficard...........121
Replacingthekeyboardormouse.......123
Replacingthewirelesskeyboard.......124
Replacingthewirelessmouse.........124
Completingthepartsreplacement.......126
Chapter10.Additionalservice
information.............129
Securityfeatures..............129
Hardwarecontrolledpasswords......129
Operatingsystempassword.......129
Vitalproductdata............129
BIOSlevels................129
Flashupdateprocedures..........129
Updating(flashing)theBIOSfromadisc...130
Updating(flashing)theBIOSfromyour
operatingsystem............131
RecoveringfromaPOST/BIOSupdate
failure................131
Powermanagement............132
Advancedconfigurationandpowerinterface
(ACPI)BIOS..............132
AutomaticPower-onfeatures.......132
AppendixA.Notices.........133
Televisionoutputnotice...........134
EuropeanconformanceCEmark.......134
Trademarks................134
Index.................135
iiThinkCentreE93zHardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter1.Abotthismanal
ThismanualprovidesserviceandreferenceinformationforThinkCentre®Edgecomputerslistedonthefront
cover.ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnelwhoarefamiliarwithLenovo®computer
products.
BeforeservicingaLenovocomputerproduct,besuretoread“Importantsafetyinformation”onpage1.
Chapter7“Symptom-to-FRUIndex”onpage61andChapter10“Additionalserviceinformation”onpage
129arenotspecifictoanymachinetypeandareapplicabletoallThinkCentreEdgecomputers.
FormajorFieldReplaceableUnits(FRU)locationsandCustomerReplaceableUnit(CRU)identification,
seeChapter8“Locations”onpage67.
ForFRUreplacementinstructions,seeChapter9“ReplacingFRUs”onpage75.
ForFRUpartnumbers,gotohttp:/www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup.
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