
Contents
Abotthismanal...........iii
Chapter1.Safetyinformation......1
Generalsafety................1
Electricalsafety...............1
Safetyinspectionguide............2
Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic
discharge..................3
Groundingrequirements............4
Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......4
Chapter2.Importantservice
information..............19
StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........19
Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdriveora
solid-statedrive............19
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem
board................20
Howtouseerrormessage........20
StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,specialbid
model,andstandardmodels.........20
Productdefinition............20
FRUidentification............21
Chapter3.Generalcheckot.....23
Whattodofirst..............23
Checkoutguide..............24
LenovoSolutionCenter.........24
Quicktestprograms...........24
UEFIdiagnosticprogram.........25
Bootablediagnosticprograms.......26
Powersystemcheckout...........27
Checkingtheacpoweradapter......27
Checkingthebuilt-inbatteryandoperational
charging...............27
Checkingthecoin-cellbattery.......28
Chapter4.Relatedservice
information..............29
Restoringthefactorycontentsbyusingthe
productRecoveryDiscSet..........29
UsingtheWindowsrecoveryprogramsonthe
Windows8.1operatingsystem........30
Refreshingyourcomputer........30
Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefault
settings................30
Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions....31
RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows
8.1failstostart.............31
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia.....31
Passwords................32
Power-onpassword...........32
Harddiskpassword...........33
Supervisorpassword..........33
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...33
Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword...34
Powermanagement............34
Screenblankmode(fortheWindows7
operatingsystemonly)..........34
Sleepmode..............34
Hibernationmode...........35
Symptom-to-FRUindex...........35
Numericerrorcodes..........36
Errormessages............37
Beepsymptoms............37
No-beepsymptoms...........38
LCD-relatedsymptoms.........38
Intermittentproblems..........39
Undeterminedproblems.........39
Chapter5.Statsindicators.....41
Chapter6.Fnctionkeys.......43
Chapter7.Locations.........45
Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and
indicators.................45
Frontview...............45
Rearview...............46
Bottomview..............46
LocatingFRUsandCRUs..........47
MajorFRUs..............48
LCDFRUs..............50
MiscellaneouspartsandotherFRUs....51
LookingupFRUinformation.........52
Chapter8.FRUreplacement
notices................53
Screwnotices...............53
Retainingserialnumbers...........54
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem
unit.................54
RetainingtheUUID...........55
Chapter9.Removingorreplacinga
FRU..................57
Generalguidelines.............57
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