Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual ......1
Important Safety Information ..........1
Chapter 2. Safety information. .....3
Generalsafety................ 3
Electrical safety ............... 3
Safety inspection guide ............5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive
devices .................. 5
Grounding requirements . ...........6
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) .....6
Chapter 3. General information ....29
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools .........29
Lenovo Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox ........29
Lenovo Solution Center ...........29
SimpleTap ................ 30
Lenovo Support Web site ..........30
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 4. General Checkout .....33
Problem determination tips ..........33
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Basic troubleshooting . ...........35
Troubleshooting procedure ..........36
Troubleshooting .............. 37
Audio problems ............ 37
CD problems ............. 38
DVD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Intermittent problems ..........41
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing device
problems ............... 41
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Networking problems ..........44
Option problems ............ 47
Performance and lockup problems .....48
Printer problems ............ 49
Serial port problems. ..........49
Software problems ........... 50
USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Diagnostics................ 51
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox .......51
Lenovo Solution Center .........52
PC-Doctor for DOS ........... 52
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Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Starting the Setup Utility program .......57
Viewing and changing settings ........57
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Password considerations. ........57
Power-On Password .......... 58
Administrator Password .........58
Setting, changing, and deleting apassword .58
Enabling or disabling adevice ........58
Selecting a startup device ..........59
Selecting atemporary startup device ....59
Selecting or changing the startup device
sequence............... 59
Exiting the Setup Utility program .......59
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index ..61
Hard disk drive boot error ..........61
Power Supply Problems ...........61
Diagnostic error codes ...........62
Beep symptoms .............. 79
POST error codes ............. 79
Miscellaneous error conditions ........80
Undetermined problems . ..........82
Chapter 8. Locations .........83
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on
the front of your computer ..........84
Locating connectors on the rear of your
computer................. 85
Locating major FRUs and CRUs . .......85
Looking up FRU information .........88
Locating parts on the system board ......88
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs ......91
Removing and reinstalling the system stand hinge
cover.................. 91
Removing and reinstalling the system stand ...93
Removing and reinstalling the foot stands ....95
Removing the computer cover ........98
Replacing the hard disk drive . ........99
Replacing the optical drive ..........101
Removing the VESA mount bracket ......102
Replacing the rear I/O assembly ........103
Removing and reinstalling the system board
shield.................. 105
Replacing the power supply .........106
Replacing the microprocessor fan .......107
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