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HardwareMaintenanceManual

ThinkPadT550andW550s

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadthegeneralinformation

underAppendixA“Notices”onpage105.

ThirdEdition(July2015)

©CopyrightLenovo2015.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration

“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Aboutthismanual...........iii

Chapter1.Safetyinformation......1

Generalsafety................1

Electricalsafety...............1

Safetyinspectionguide............2

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic

discharge..................3

Groundingrequirements............4

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......4

Chapter2.Importantservice

information..............19

StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........19

Strategyforreplacingasolid-statedrive...19

Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem

board................20

Howtouseerrormessage........20

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,special-bid,

andstandardmodels............20

Productdefinition............20

FRUidentification............20

Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....23

Whattodofirst..............23

Checkoutguide..............24

LenovoSolutionCenter.........24

Quicktestprograms...........24

UEFIdiagnosticprogram.........25

Bootablediagnosticprograms.......25

Powersystemcheckout...........26

Checkingtheacpoweradapter......26

Checkingthebatteryandoperational

charging...............27

Checkingthecoin-cellbattery.......27

Chapter4.Relatedservice

information..............29

Restoringthefactorycontentsbyusingthe

productRecoveryDiscSet..........29

UsingtheWindowsrecoveryprogramsonthe

Windows8.1operatingsystem........30

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operating

system..................32

Resettingyourcomputer.........32

Usingadvancedstartupoptions......33

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows

10failstostart.............33

CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive..33

Passwords................34

Power-onpassword...........34

Harddiskpassword...........34

Supervisorpassword..........34

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...35

Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword...35

Powermanagement............36

Screenblankmode(fortheWindows7

operatingsystemonly)..........36

Sleepmode..............36

Hibernationmode...........37

Symptom-to-FRUindex...........37

Numericerrorcodes..........38

Errormessages............39

Beepsymptoms............39

No-beepsymptoms...........39

LCD-relatedsymptoms.........40

Intermittentproblems..........40

Undeterminedproblems.........40

Chapter5.Locations.........43

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and

indicators.................43

Frontview...............43

Left-sideview.............44

Bottomview..............44

LocatingFRUsandCRUs..........45

MajorFRUs..............46

LCDFRUs..............47

MiscellaneouspartsandotherFRUs....50

LookingupFRUinformation.........51

Chapter6.FRUreplacement

notices................53

Commonservicetools...........53

Screwnotices...............53

Retainingserialnumbers...........54

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem

unit.................54

RetainingtheUUID...........55

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...56

Chapter7.Removingorreplacinga

FRU..................57

Generalguidelines.............57

Beforeservicingthecomputer........58

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery.......58

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RemovingthemicroSIMcard.......58

RemovingamajorFRU...........58

1010Removablebattery.........59

1020Basecoverassembly........59

1030Keyboard.............61

1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internal

storagedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andhard

diskdrivebracket............66

1050Memorymodule..........68

1060WirelessLANcard.........68

1070WirelessWANcard.........69

1080M.2solid-statedrive........70

1090Coin-cellbattery..........71

1110dc-inbracketanddc-incable

assembly...............72

1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery...73

1130Thermalfan............75

1140Speakerassembly.........77

1150Smartcardassemblyordummysmart

card.................78

1160Fingerprintreaderassembly.....79

1170BoardforthetrackpadandTrackPoint

buttons................80

1180Systemboardassembly.......81

1190LCDunit.............83

1210Powerbuttonboard........85

1220Keyboardassembly.........86

RemovinganLCDFRUformodelswithouttouch

panel..................86

2010LCDbezelassembly........87

2020LCDpanelandLCDcable......87

2030Hingesandhingebrackets......89

2040Camera/microphonecard......90

2050LEDcableassembly........91

2060AntennakitandLCDrearcover

assembly...............92

RemovinganLCDFRUformodelswithtouch

panel..................95

3010LCDfrontsheetbezel........95

3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable..95

3030Hinges..............97

3040Camera/microphonecard......98

3050Touchsensorcard.........99

3060LEDcableassembly........100

3070AntennakitandLCDrearcover

assembly...............101

AppendixA.Notices.........105

Electronicemissionsnotices.........106

Trademarks................106

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Aboutthismanual

ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad®products.

ThinkPadT550Machinetypes(MT):20CJand20CK

ThinkPadW550sMT:20E1and20E2

Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.

Important:ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPad

products.Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblemseffectively.

BeforeservicingaThinkPadproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safetyinformation”

onpage1andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage19.

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Chapter1.Safetyinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingsafetyinformationthatyoumustbefamiliarwithbeforeyouservicea

ThinkPadnotebookcomputer.

•“Generalsafety”onpage1

•“Electricalsafety”onpage1

•“Safetyinspectionguide”onpage2

•“Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge”onpage3

•“Groundingrequirements”onpage4

•“Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)”onpage4

Generalsafety

Followtheserulestoensuregeneralsafety:

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareaofthemachinesduringandaftermaintenance.

•Whenliftinganyheavyobject:

1.Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

2.Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

3.Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouattempttolift.

4.Liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles;thisactionremovesthestrainfromthe

musclesinyourback.Donotattempttoliftanyobjectthatweighsmorethan16kg(35lb)orthat

youthinkistooheavyforyou.

•Donotperformanyactionthatcauseshazardstothecustomer,orthatmakestheequipmentunsafe.

•Beforeyoustartthemachine,makesurethatotherservicetechniciansandthecustomer'spersonnelare

notinahazardousposition.

•Placeremovedcoversandotherpartsinasafeplace,awayfromallpersonnel,whileyouareservicing

themachine.

•Keepyourtoolcaseawayfromwalkareassothatotherpeoplewillnottripoverit.

•Donotwearlooseclothingthatcanbetrappedinthemovingpartsofamachine.Makesurethatyour

sleevesarefastenedorrolledupaboveyourelbows.Ifyourhairislong,fastenit.

•Inserttheendsofyournecktieorscarfinsideclothingorfastenitwithanonconductiveclip,about8

centimeters(3inches)fromtheend.

•Donotwearjewelry,chains,metal-frameeyeglasses,ormetalfastenersforyourclothing.

Attention:Metalobjectsaregoodelectricalconductors.

•Wearsafetyglasseswhenyouarehammering,drilling,soldering,cuttingwire,attachingsprings,using

solvents,orworkinginanyotherconditionsthatmightbehazardoustoyoureyes.

•Afterservice,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.Replaceanysafetydevice

thatiswornordefective.

•Reinstallallcoverscorrectlybeforereturningthemachinetothecustomer.

•Fanlouversonthemachinehelptopreventoverheatingofinternalcomponents.Donotobstructfan

louversorcoverthemwithlabelsorstickers.

Electricalsafety

Observethefollowingruleswhenworkingonelectricalequipment.

Important:Useonlyapprovedtoolsandtestequipment.Somehandtoolshavehandlescoveredwithasoft

materialthatdoesnotinsulateyouwhenworkingwithliveelectricalcurrents.Manycustomershave,near

theirequipment,rubberfloormatsthatcontainsmallconductivefiberstodecreaseelectrostaticdischarges.

Donotusethistypeofmattoprotectyourselffromelectricalshock.

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•Findtheroomemergencypower-off(EPO)switch,disconnectingswitch,orelectricaloutlet.Ifanelectrical

accidentoccurs,youcanthenoperatetheswitchorunplugthepowercordquickly.

•Donotworkaloneunderhazardousconditionsornearequipmentthathashazardousvoltages.

•Disconnectallpowerbefore:

–Performingamechanicalinspection

–Workingnearpowersupplies

–Removingorinstallingmainunits

•Beforeyoustarttoworkonthemachine,unplugthepowercord.Ifyoucannotunplugit,askthecustomer

topower-offthewallboxthatsuppliespowertothemachine,andtolockthewallboxintheoffposition.

•Ifyouhavetoworkonamachinethathasexposedelectricalcircuits,observethefollowingprecautions:

–Ensurethatanotherperson,familiarwiththepower-offcontrols,isnearyou.

Attention:Anotherpersonmustbetheretoswitchoffthepower,ifnecessary.

–Useonlyonehandwhenworkingwithpowered-onelectricalequipment;keeptheotherhandinyour

pocketorbehindyourback.

Attention:Anelectricalshockcanoccuronlywhenthereisacompletecircuit.Byobservingtheabove

rule,youmaypreventacurrentfrompassingthroughyourbody.

–Whenusingtesters,setthecontrolscorrectlyandusetheapprovedprobeleadsandaccessoriesfor

thattester.

–Standonsuitablerubbermats(obtainedlocally,ifnecessary)toinsulateyoufromgroundssuchas

metalfloorstripsandmachineframes.

Observethespecialsafetyprecautionswhenyouworkwithveryhighvoltages;Instructionsforthese

precautionsareinthesafetysectionsofmaintenanceinformation.Useextremecarewhenmeasuring

highvoltages.

•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.

•Donotusewornorbrokentoolsandtesters.

•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.First,checkthatithasbeenpoweredoff.

•Alwayslookcarefullyforpossiblehazardsinyourworkarea.Examplesofthesehazardsaremoistfloors,

nongroundedpowerextensioncables,powersurges,andmissingsafetygrounds.

•Donottouchliveelectricalcircuitswiththereflectivesurfaceofaplasticdentalmirror.Thesurfaceis

conductive;suchtouchingcancausepersonalinjuryandmachinedamage.

•Donotservicethefollowingpartswiththepoweronwhentheyareremovedfromtheirnormaloperating

placesinamachine:

–Powersupplyunits

–Pumps

–Blowersandfans

–Motorgenerators

–Similarunitsaslistedabove

Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.

•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs:

–Usecaution;donotbecomeavictimyourself.

–Switchoffpower.

–Sendanotherpersontogetmedicalaid.

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach

machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians

frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Y oushouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotential

safetyhazardsduetoattachmentofnon-ThinkPadfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand

whetheryoucancontinuewithoutfirstcorrectingtheproblem.

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Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal

electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning

ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercorddisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Poweroffthecomputer.Disconnectthepowercord.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:

a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbetheauthorizedtypespecifiedforyourcomputer.Goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkPadalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany

non-ThinkPadalterations.

7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetalfilings,contamination,wateror

otherliquids,orsignsoffireorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge

Anycomputerpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto

electrostaticdischarge(ESD.)ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.

ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe

personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.

Notes:

1.Useproduct-specificESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertified(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

WhenhandlingESD-sensitiveparts:

•Keepthepartsinprotectivepackagesuntiltheyareinsertedintotheproduct.

•Avoidcontactwithotherpeople.

•Wearagroundedwriststrapagainstyourskintoeliminatestaticonyourbody.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeeven

whenyouarewearingawriststrap.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen

handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Selectagroundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecific

servicerequirement.

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.

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–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Y oucanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usetheroundgroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedcomputers.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingofthecomputerisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper

groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeverifiedbyacertifiedelectrician.

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)

Thesafetynoticesinthissectionareprovidedinthefollowinglanguages:

•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

•French

•German

•Hebrew

•Japanese

•Korean

•Spanish

•TraditionalChinese

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Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation

Thischapterintroducesfollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupported

bythismanual:

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage19

–“Strategyforreplacingasolid-statedrive”onpage19

–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage20

–“Howtouseerrormessage”onpage20

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,special-bid,andstandardmodels”onpage20

–“Productdefinition”onpage20

–“FRUidentification”onpage20

Important:

•AdvisecustomerstocontacttheLenovo®SupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttoview

thesoftwarefixes,downloadthedrivers,andfollowtheon-screeninstructionstoinstallthedrivers.For

additionalassistance,customersmightcalltheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.Telephonenumbersfor

theLenovoSupportCenterareavailableat:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone

•ServicetrainingdocumentsforLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansareavailableatthefollowingWeb

site.ThedisassemblyandreassemblyvideosthatshowtheFRUremovalandreplacementprocedures

arecontainedinthedocuments.

http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com

StrategyforreplacingFRUs

Beforereplacingparts:

Ensurethatallsoftwarefixes,drivers,andUEFIBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacinganyFRUs

listedinthismanual.

Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestUEFIBIOSisloadedtothesystemboardbefore

completingtheserviceaction.

Todownloadsoftwarefixes,drivers,andUEFIBIOS,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDriversand

followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

UsethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingandservicingFRUs:

•IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceaFRUbutthereplacementdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,reinstallthe

originalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.

•Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyouareinstructedtoreplaceeither

theprocessorboardorthesystemboard,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,

reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.

•IfanadapteroradeviceconsistsofmorethanoneFRU,anyoftheFRUsmaybethecauseoftheerror.

Beforereplacingtheadapterordevice,removetheFRUs,onebyone,toseeifthesymptomschange.

ReplaceonlytheFRUthatchangedthesymptoms.

Strategyforreplacingasolid-statedrive

Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatbeforereplacingasolid-statedrive.Thiswillcauseallcustomerdata

onthesolid-statedrivetobelost.Besurethatthecustomerhasacurrentbackupofthedatabefore

doingthistask.

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Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeenchanged.Be

extremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrect

drive,dataorprogramscanbeoverwritten.

Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard

Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan

causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.

Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:

•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.

•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.

Howtouseerrormessage

Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,

beginthediagnosiswiththefirsterrorcode.Whatevercausesthefirsterrorcodemayalsocausefalseerror

codes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedintheSymptom-to-FRU

Indexforthecomputeryouareservicing.

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,special-bid,andstandardmodels

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemodeltypesandFRUidentification.

Productdefinition

Thistopicintroducesdifferentmodeltypesandhowtoidentifyeachtype.

Dynamicconfigure-to-order(CTO)model

ThismodelprovidestheabilityforacustomertoconfigureaLenovosolutionfromaWebSite,andhavethis

configurationsenttofulfillment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachinelabeland

eSupportwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-characterMT,4-charactermodel,and2-charactercountrycode.

Themodelis“CTO1”andthedefaultcountrycodeis“WW”(example:20A7CTO1WW).

Special-bidmodel

ThisisauniqueconfigurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenLenovoandthecustomer.Auniquemachine

typemodel(MTM)consistsofa4-characterMT,a4-charactermodel,andanumeric2-charactercountry

codeisprovidedtothecustomertoplaceorders(example:20A7000955).Thecountrycodeassignedis

numericanddoesnotdesignateaspecificcountryorregion.ThecustommodelfactsheetfortheMTM

indicateswhichcountrythespecialbidMTMissetupfor.Special-bidofferingisnotgenerallyannounced.

Standardmodel

Standardmodels(fixedconfiguration)areannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTMportionofthe

machinelabelconsistsofa4-characterMT,a4-charactermodel,andanalphabetic2-charactercountry

code.Thecountrycodeassignedisalphabeticandrepresentsadesignatedcountryorregion(example:

20A70009UK).

FRUidentification

UseLenovoeSupporttoidentifymajorFRUs,FRUpartnumbers,andFRUdescriptionsforaproductat

anMT-serialnumberlevel.ExamplesofmajorFRUsareharddiskdrive,systemboard,andliquidcrystal

display(LCD).

ToidentifythemajorFRUsforaproduct,dothefollowing:

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1.Gotohttp://support.lenovo.com/ibasepartslookup.

2.TypetheMachineTypeandSerialNumberinthecorrespondingfields.

3.ClickSubmit.

eSupportalsocanbeusedtoviewthegeneralFRUlistforaproduct.TheFRUlistisagenerallistof

componentsanddoesnotcontainspecificmodelinformation.

TogetthegeneralFRUlistforaproduct,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectaproduct.

3.ClicktheProduct&Partstab.

4.SelectSystemServicePartstoviewageneralFRUlist.

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Chapter3.Generalcheckout

Thischapterintroducesfollowinginformation:

•“Whattodofirst”onpage23

•“Checkoutguide”onpage24

–“LenovoSolutionCenter”onpage24

–“Quicktestprograms”onpage24

–“UEFIdiagnosticprogram”onpage25

–“Bootablediagnosticprograms”onpage25

•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage26

Beforeyougotothecheckoutguide,besuretoreadthefollowingimportantnotes.

Importantnotes:

•Onlycertifiedtrainedpersonnelshouldservicethecomputer.

•BeforereplacinganyFRU,readtheentirepageonremovingandreplacingFRUs.

•WhenyoureplaceFRUs,itisrecommendedusenewnylon-coatedscrews.

•Beextremelycarefulduringsuchwriteoperationsascopying,saving,orformatting.Thesequence

ofthedrivesinthecomputerthatyouareservicingmighthavebeenaltered.Ifyouselectanincorrect

drive,dataorprogramsmightbeoverwritten.

•ReplaceaFRUonlywithanotherFRUofthecorrectmodel.WhenyoureplaceaFRU,ensure

thatthemodelofthemachineandtheFRUpartnumberarecorrectbyreferringtothewebsite:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

•AFRUshouldnotbereplacedbecauseofasingle,unreproduciblefailure.Singlefailurescan

occurforvariousreasonsthathavenothingtodowithahardwaredefect,suchascosmicradiation,

electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.ConsiderreplacingaFRUonlywhenaproblemrecurs.Ifyou

suspectthataFRUisdefective,cleartheerrorlogandrunthetestagain.Iftheerrordoesnotrecur,do

notreplacetheFRU.

•BecarefulnottoreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Whattodofirst

WhenyoureturnaFRU,youmustincludethefollowinginformationinthepartsexchangeformorparts

returnformthatyouattachtoit:

1.Nameandphonenumberofservicetechnician

2.Dateofservice

3.Dateonwhichthemachinefailed

4.Dateofpurchase

5.Failuresymptoms,errorcodesappearingonthedisplay,andbeepsymptoms

6.ProcedureindexandpagenumberinwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected

7.FailingFRUnameandpartnumber

8.Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber

9.Customer'snameandaddress

Note:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthecomputerdamage

wascausedbymisuse,accident,modification,unsuitablephysicaloroperatingenvironment,orimproper

maintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthatarenotcoveredunderwarranty

andsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjectedtostressbeyondnormaluse.

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Beforecheckingproblemswiththecomputer,determinewhetherthedamageiscoveredunderthewarranty

byreferringtothefollowinglist:

Thefollowingarenotcoveredunderwarranty:

•LCDpanelcrackedfromtheapplicationofexcessiveforceorfrombeingdropped

•Scratched(cosmetic)parts

•Distortion,deformation,ordiscolorationofthecosmeticparts

•Plasticparts,latches,pins,orconnectorsthathavebeencrackedorbrokenbyexcessiveforce

•Damagecausedbyliquidspilledintothesystem

•DamagecausedbytheimproperinsertionofaPCcardortheinstallationofanincompatiblecard

•Improperdiscinsertionoruseofanopticaldrive

•Fusesblownbyattachmentofanonsupporteddevice

•Forgottencomputerpassword(makingthecomputerunusable)

•Stickykeyscausedbyspillingaliquidontothekeyboard

•Useofanincorrectacpoweradapteronlaptopproducts

Thefollowingsymptomsmightindicatedamagecausedbynonwarrantedactivities:

•Missingpartsmightbeasymptomofunauthorizedserviceormodification.

•Checkforobviousdamagetoaharddiskdrive.Ifthespindleofaharddiskdrivebecomesnoisy,thehard

diskdrivemighthavebeendroppedorsubjecttoexcessiveforce.

Checkoutguide

UsethefollowingproceduresasaguideinidentifyingandcorrectingproblemswiththeThinkPadnotebook

computers.

Note:ThediagnostictestsareintendedtotestonlyThinkPadproducts.Theuseofnon-ThinkPadproducts,

prototypecards,ormodifiedoptionscanleadtofalseindicationsoferrorsandinvalidsystemresponses.

1.Identifythefailingsymptomsinasmuchdetailaspossible.

2.Verifythesymptoms.Trytore-createthefailurebyrunningthediagnostictestorbyrepeatingthe

operation.

LenovoSolutionCenter

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It

combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along

withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramisavailablefordownloadathttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.

ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,gotoControlPanelandclickSystemandSecurity➙Lenovo-

SystemHealthandDiagnostics,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

FormoreinformationabouttheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystem

oftheprogram.

Quicktestprograms

Lenovoprovidesquicktestprogramstotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems,especiallywhenthe

computerdoesnothavetheLenovoSolutionCenterprograminstalled.

Todownloadandinstallaquicktestprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diags,andfollowtheinstructions

ontheWebsite.

Torunatestusingquicktestprogram,dothefollowing:

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1.GototheC:\SWTOOLS\ldiagdirectory.

2.Double-clickthegui_lsc_lite.exefile.

3.WhentheUserAccountControlwindowopens,clickYes.

4.Selectthedeviceclasstobetested.

5.Selectthedevicestobetested.

6.Selectthetesttobeperformed.

7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentostartthetest.Whenaproblemisdetected,information

messagesaredisplayed.Refertothemessagestotroubleshoottheproblem.

UEFIdiagnosticprogram

AUEFIdiagnosticprogramispreinstalledonthecomputer.Itenablesyoutotestinternalstoragedevices,

viewsysteminformation,andcheckandrecoverbadsectorsoninternalstoragedevices.

ToruntheUEFIdiagnosticprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage26,

andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage37

forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF10key.Themainscreenofthe

UEFIdiagnosticprogramisdisplayed.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

Bootablediagnosticprograms

IfthecomputeryouareservicingisnotinstalledwiththeUEFIdiagnosticprogram,youcandownloada

bootablediagnosticprogramfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Thebootablediagnosticprogramsenable

youtotestcomputermemoryandinternalstoragedevices,viewsysteminformation,andcheckandrecover

theinternalstoragedevices.Tousethebootablediagnosticprograms,youcancreateabootablediagnostic

mediumonaUSBdeviceorCD.

Tocreateabootablediagnosticmedium,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.

2.ClickLenovoBootableDiagnostics.

3.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetocreateabootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdeviceorCD.

Tousethediagnosticmediumyouhavecreated,dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdevice,dothefollowing:

1.AttachtheUSBdevicetothecomputer.

2.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage

26,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on

page37forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.

3.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot

Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.

4.UsethearrowkeystoselectUSBHDDandthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogramwillbe

launchedautomatically.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaCD,dothefollowing:

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1.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage

26,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on

page37forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.

2.InserttheCDintotheexternalopticaldrive.

3.Restartthecomputer.

4.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot

Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.

5.UsethearrowkeystoselectATAPICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogram

willbelaunchedautomatically.

6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

Powersystemcheckout

Toverifyifabatteryandacpoweradapterarefunctional,dothefollowing:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Connecttheacpoweradapter.

3.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercanbeturnedon,itmeansthateitherthebatteryortheac

poweradapterisfunctional.

4.Insertastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergencyresetholetoresetthecomputer.Ifthecomputeris

stillpoweredon,itmeansthattheacpoweradapterisfunctional.

5.Turnoffthecomputer.

6.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandturnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercanbeturnedon,it

meansthebatteryisfunctional.

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:

•“Checkingtheacpoweradapter”onpage26

•“Checkingthebatteryandoperationalcharging”onpage27

•“Checkingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage27

Checkingtheacpoweradapter

Youareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheacpoweradapterisused.

•Ifthesystemstatusindicatordoesnotblinkthreetimeswhenanacpowersourceisconnected,check

thepowercordoftheacpoweradapterforcorrectcontinuityandinstallation.

•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingthebatteryandoperationalcharging”

onpage27.

Tochecktheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:

1.Unplugtheacpoweradaptercablefromthecomputer.

2.Measuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheacpoweradaptercable.Seethefollowingillustration:

PinVoltage(Vdc)

1+20

20

3Ground

(20V)

1

3

2

Note:Outputvoltageofpin2oftheacpoweradaptermightdifferfromtheoneyouareservicing.

3.Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheacpoweradapter.

4.Ifthevoltageisacceptable,replacethesystemboard.

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Note:Noisefromtheacpoweradapterdoesnotalwaysindicateadefect.

Checkingthebatteryandoperationalcharging

Checkingthebattery

ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecificsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo

oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother

systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemsisinstalled,thesystemwill

notcharge.

Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and

providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.

Moveyourpointertothebattery-statusiconintheWindows®notificationareatocheckthebatterystatus.

Thebattery-statusicondisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremainingandhowlongyoucanuse

yourcomputerbeforeyoumustchargethebattery.

Checkingtheoperationalcharging

Tocheckwhetherthebatterychargesproperlyduringoperation,dothefollowing:

1.Dischargethebatteryuntiltheremainedbatterypowerislessthan50%.

2.Performoperationalcharging.ClickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnotificationareatodisplay

detailedbatteryinformation.Ifitindicatesthatthebatteryisnotcharging,replacethebattery.

3.Checkthebatterystatusagain.Ifthesameerrorstillexists,replacethesystemboard.

Checkingthecoin-cellbattery

Tocheckthecoin-cellbattery,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage58.

2.Removethecoin-cellbattery.See“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81.

3.Measurethevoltageofthecoin-cellbattery.Seethefollowingillustration.

WireVoltage(Vdc)

Red+2.5to+3.2

BlackGround

•Ifthevoltageiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

•Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacethecoin-cellbattery.

•Ifthecoin-cellbatterydischargesquicklyafterreplacement,replacethesystemboard.

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Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingtheproductRecoveryDiscSet”onpage29

•“UsingtheWindowsrecoveryprogramsontheWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage30

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem”onpage32

•“Passwords”onpage34

•“Powermanagement”onpage36

•“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage37

ServiceWebsite:Whenthelatestmaintenancedisketteandthesystemprogramservicediskettebecome

available,theywillbepostedonhttp://www.lenovo.com/support

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingtheproductRecoveryDiscSet

Whenthemainstoragedriveisreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproductrecoveryprogramisonthenew

drive.Inthiscase,thecustomermustusetheRecoveryDiscSettorecoverthecomputer.Orderthe

RecoveryDiscSetandthedriveatthesametimesothatthecustomercanrestorethecomputertothe

factorydefaultsettingsbyusingtheRecoveryDiscSetafterthenewdriveisinstalled.Forinformationabout

whichdiscstoorder,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup.

Dependingonthemodel,thenumberofrecoverydiscsincludedintheRecoveryDiscSetdiffers.Torestore

thefactorycontentsbyusingtheproductRecoveryDiscSet,dothefollowing:

Notes:

•Duringtherecoveryprocess,alldataonthedrivewillbedeleted.Ifpossible,copyanyimportantdata

orpersonalfilesthatyouwanttokeepontoremovablemediaoranetworkdrivebeforeyoustartthe

recoveryprocess.

•Therecoveryprocesstakesonetotwohourstocomplete.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyou

use.IfyouuseproductRecoveryDiscSet,therecoveryprocesstakesabouttwohours.

1.ConnectanexternalCD/DVDdrive.

2.MaketheCD/DVDdrivethefirststartupdeviceinthestartupsequenceusingthefollowingprocedure:

a.OpentheThinkPadSetupprogramandselectStartup➙Boot.

b.SelecttheCD/DVDdriveasthe1stBootDevice.

3.InsertthebootablerecoverydiscintotheCD/DVDdrive.

4.StartthecomputerfromtheexternalCD/DVDdrive.

5.Whenpromoted,selectyourlanguageandclickNext.

6.Readthelicenseandacceptthetermsandconditions.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

7.IftheRecoveryDiscSetcontainsaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,insertitwhenpromptedandclickY es.

Note:NotallRecoveryDiscSetscomewithaSupplementalRecoveryDisc.IfthereisaSupplemental

RecoveryDisc,itwillbeclearlymarkedassuch.

8.Whenallofthedatahasbeencopiedfromthelastdiscinthesetandhasbeenprocessed,remove

theexternalCD/DVDdriveandrestartthecomputer.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentofinish

therecovery.

Note:Therestoftherecoveryprocessisfullyautomatedandnoactionfromyouisrequired.The

computerwillrestartintotheMicrosoftWindows®desktopseveraltimesandyoumightexperience

periodswhennoactivityisapparentonthescreenforseveralminutesatatime.Thisisnormal.

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9.Whentherecoveryprocesscompletes,theWelcometoMicrosoftWindowsscreenisdisplayed.Follow

theinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheWindowssetup.

10.AfteryouhavecompletedtheWindowssetup,youmightwanttorestoretheoriginalstartupsequence.

StarttheThinkPadSetupprogramandthenpressF9torestorethedefaultsettings.PressF10tosave

changesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Note:Afterrestoringadrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmightneedtoreinstallsomedevicedrivers.

UsingtheWindowsrecoveryprogramsontheWindows8.1operating

system

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsfortheWindows8.1operatingsystem.

AWindowsrecoveryimageispreinstalledintherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer.TheWindowsrecovery

imageenablesyoutorefreshyourcomputer,orresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsorreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryimage.Withthe

recoverymedia,youcantroubleshootandfixtheproblemsonyourcomputerevenifyoucannotstartthe

Windows8.1operatingsystem.Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.

Refreshingthecomputer

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwellandtheproblemmightbecausedbyarecentlyinstalledprogram,

youcanrefreshyourcomputerwithoutlosingyourpersonalfilesorchangingyoursettings.

Attention:Ifyourefreshyourcomputer,theprogramsthatcamewithyourcomputerandtheprogramsthat

youinstalledfromWindowsStorewillbereinstalled,butallotherprogramswillberemoved.

Torefreshyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click

Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.

2.IntheRefreshyourPCwithoutaffectingyourfilessection,clickGetstarted.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentorefreshyourcomputer.

Resettingthecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings

Ifyouwanttorecycleyourcomputerorjuststartover,youcanresetyourcomputertothefactorydefault

settings.Resettingthecomputerwillreinstalltheoperatingsystem,reinstallalltheprogramsthatcamewith

yourcomputer,andresetallthesettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.

Attention:Ifyouresetthecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,allyourpersonalfilesandsettingswillbe

deleted.Toavoiddataloss,makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Toresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click

Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.

2.IntheRemoveeverythingandreinstallWindowssection,clickGetstarted.ThenclickNextto

confirmtheoperation.

3.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:

•Toperformaquickformat,clickJustremovemyfilestostarttheprocess.Theprocesswilltake

severalminutes.

•Toperformacompleteformat,clickFullycleanthedrivetostarttheprocess.Theprocesswill

takeseveralhours.

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4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions

Withtheadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangethefirmwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethe

startupsettingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe

Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.

Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click

Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.

2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.

3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RecoveringyourcomputerfromtheWindowsrecoveryenvironment

TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe

Windows8.1operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemevenifthe

Windows8.1operatingsystemfailstostart.

Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then

youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.

YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsfortheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentandtheWindows

recoveryimage.Ifyoucannotstartthecomputer,youcanuserecoverymediatotroubleshootandfixthe

problemsonyourcomputer.

Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.Onceyoucreaterecoverymedia,

keeptheminasafeplaceanddonotusethemtostoreotherdata.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedaUSBdrivewithatleast16GBofstorage.TherequiredUSBcapacity

dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.

Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea

backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Tocreaterecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms,and

clickSearch.

2.TyperecoveryintheSearchfieldandclicktheSearchbutton.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.

3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.

4.EnsurethatyouselecttheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option.

ThenclickNext.

Important:IfyoucleartheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option,

youwillcreaterecoverymediawithouttherecoverypartitioncontent.Youstillcanstartthecomputer

fromtherecoverymedia,butyoumightbeunabletorecoveryourcomputeriftherecoverypartitionon

yourcomputerisdamaged.

5.ConnectaproperUSBdrivethenclickNext.

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6.ClickCreateintheRecoveryDrivewindow.Thecreationoftherecoverymediastarts.

7.Whenthecreationoftherecoverymediafinishes,dooneofthefollowing:

•Tokeeptherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickFinish.

•Todeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickDeletetherecoverypartition.

Attention:Ifyoudeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,dokeeptherecoverymediaina

safeplace.TheWindowsrecoveryimagewillnotbestoredinyourcomputeranymore,andyouwill

needtherecoverymediatorefreshorresetyourcomputer.

8.RemovetheUSBdrive.Therecoverymediaarecreatedsuccessfully.

Usingrecoverymedia

Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,orifyoucannotstarttheWindowsrecoveryimageonyourcomputer,use

recoverymediatorecoveryourcomputer.

Touserecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF12

key.TheBootMenuwindowopens.

2.Selecttherecoverydriveasthebootdevice.

3.Selectapreferredlanguageandthenselectapreferredkeyboardlayout.

4.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.

5.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Forexample,selectResetyour

PCifyouwanttoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

FormoreinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8.1operatingsystem,goto:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=263800

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem

TheWindowsrecoveryprogramsenableyoutoresetyourcomputeroruseadvancedstartupoptions.

ItisrecommendedthatyoucreatearecoveryUSBdriveasearlyaspossible.StoretherecoveryUSBdrive

asabackuporreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryprograms.

Formoreinformation,see“CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive”onpage33.

Resettingyourcomputer

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwell,youmightconsiderresettingyourcomputer.Intheresettingprocess,

youcanchoosetokeepyourfilesorremovethem,andthenreinstalltheWindowsoperatingsystem.

Toresetyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

Note:Thegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)itemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.

1.OpentheStartmenuandthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall

programs,andthenclickSettings➙Update&security➙Recovery.

2.IntheResetthisPCsection,clickGetstarted.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputer.

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Usingadvancedstartupoptions

Withadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangethefirmwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethestartup

settingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe

Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.

Touseadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:

Note:TheGUIitemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.

1.OpentheStartmenuandthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall

programs,andthenclickSettings➙Update&security➙Recovery.

2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.

3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows10failstostart

TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe

Windows10operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemevenifthe

Windows10operatingsystemfailstostart.

Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then

youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.

CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive

YoucancreatearecoveryUSBdriveasabackupfortheWindowsrecoveryprograms.Withtherecovery

USBdrive,youcantroubleshootandfixtheproblemsevenifthepreinstalledWindowsrecoveryprograms

aredamaged.

CreatingarecoveryUSBdrive

TheUSBdrivethatyouusetocreatetherecoveryUSBdrivemustbeatleast16GBofstorage.Theactual

USBcapacitythatisrequireddependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.

Attention:ThecreationprocessdeletesanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea

backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

TocreatearecoveryUSBdrive,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringthefollowingprocess.

1.ConnectaproperUSBdrive(atleast16GBofstorage).

2.Typerecoveryinthesearchboxonthetaskbar.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.

3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.

4.IntheRecoveryDrivewindow,followtheon-screeninstructionstocreatearecoveryUSBdrive.

UsingtherecoveryUSBdrive

Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,usetherecoveryUSBdrivetorecoveryourcomputer.

TousearecoveryUSBdrive,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.ConnecttherecoveryUSBdrivetothecomputer.

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2.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF12

key.TheBootMenuwindowopens.

3.SelecttherecoveryUSBdriveasthebootdevice.

4.Selectapreferredkeyboardlayout.

5.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.

6.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Thenfollowtheinstructionson

thescreentocompletetheprocess.

Passwords

AsmanyasthreepasswordsmaybeneededforanyThinkPadnotebookcomputer:thepower-onpassword,

theharddiskpassword,andthesupervisorpassword.

Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitwillbedisplayedonthescreenwheneverthe

computeristurnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.

Note:Ifonlyasupervisorpasswordisset,thepasswordpromptwillnotbedisplayedwhentheoperating

systemisstarted.

Power-onpassword

Apower-onpasswordprotectsthesystemfrombeingpoweredonbyanunauthorizedperson.The

passwordmustbeenteredbeforeanoperatingsystemcanbestarted.Forinstructionsonhowtoremove

thepower-onpassword,see“Howtoremovethepower-onpassword”onpage35.

Harddiskpassword

Therearetwokindsofharddiskpasswords:

•Userharddiskpassword-fortheuser

•Masterharddiskpassword-forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddisk

eveniftheuserhaschangedtheuserharddiskpassword

Note:Therearetwomodesfortheharddiskpassword:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+User

moderequirestwoharddiskpasswords;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.The

systemadministratorthenprovidestheuserharddiskpasswordtothesystemuser.

Attention:Iftheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterharddiskpassword

hasbeenset.Ifithas,itcanbeusedforaccesstotheharddiskdrive.Ifnomasterharddiskpasswordis

available,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovideanyservicestoreseteither

theuserorthemasterharddiskpassword,ortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrive

canbereplacedforascheduledfee.

Forhowtoremovetheharddiskpassword,see“Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword”onpage35.

Supervisorpassword

AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetup.Theusermustenter

thesupervisorpasswordinordertogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetupandchangethesystemconfiguration.

Attention:Ifthesupervisorpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservice

technician,thereisnoserviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedfor

ascheduledfee.

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Howtoremovethepower-onpassword

Toremoveapower-onpassword,dothefollowing:

Ifnosupervisorpasswordhasbeenset,dothefollowingtoremovethepower-onpassword:

1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectacpower.

2.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage58.

3.Removetheremovablebattery.See“1010Removablebattery”onpage59.

4.Removethebasecoverassembly.See“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59.

5.Removethecoin-cellbattery.See“1090Coin-cellbattery”onpage71.

6.Reinstallthecoin-cellbattery.See“1090Coin-cellbattery”onpage71.

7.Reinstallthebasecoverassembly.

8.Reinstalltheremovablebattery.

9.Reconnectacpower.

10.TurnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptdoes

notappear.Thepower-onpasswordhasbeenremoved.

Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetandisknowntotheservicetechnician,dothefollowingtoremove

thepower-onpassword:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1.

3.TypethesupervisorpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.

4.SelectSecurity.

5.SelectPassword.

6.SelectPower-OnPassword.

7.TypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.ThenleavetheEnter

NewPasswordfieldblank,andpressEntertwice.

8.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.

9.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.Thepower-onpasswordhas

beenremoved.

Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword

Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbe

madeavailabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovide

anyservicestoresettheuserharddiskpasswords,ortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Toputthe

systembacktooperationalstatus,theonlyLenovoandLenovo-authorizedservicesolutionwouldbeto

replacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewithascheduledfee.

Toremoveauserharddiskpasswordthathasbeenforgotten,whenthesupervisorpasswordandmaster

harddiskpasswordareknown,dothefollowing:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.When

thepower-onpasswordiconisdisplayedonthescreen,entereitherthepower-onpasswordorthe

supervisorpassword.

3.Whentheuserharddiskpasswordiconisdisplayedonthescreen,pressF1.Themasterharddisk

passwordiconisdisplayed.

4.EnterthemasterharddiskpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.

5.SelectSecurity.

6.SelectPassword.

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7.SelectHard-diskxpassword,wherexistheletteroftheharddiskdrive.Apop-upwindowopens.

8.SelectMasterharddiskpassword.

9.TypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.ThenleavetheEnter

NewPasswordfieldblank,andpressEntertwice.

10.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuserharddiskpasswordandthe

masterharddiskpasswordhavebeenremoved.

Powermanagement

Toreducepowerconsumption,thecomputerhasthreepowermanagementmodes:screenblank,sleep,

andhibernation.

Screenblankmode(fortheWindows7operatingsystemonly)

Ifthetimesetonthe“Turnoffmonitor”timerintheoperatingsystemexpires,theLCDbacklightturnsoff.

Toputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickthebatterygaugeinthetaskbar.

2.SelectPoweroffdisplay.

Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressanykey.

Sleepmode

Whenthecomputerenterssleepmode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccursinscreen

blankmode:

•TheLCDispoweredoff.

•Theinternalstoragedrive(harddiskdrive,solid-statedrive,orhybriddrive)ispoweredoff.

•Themicroprocessorstops.

Toentersleepmode,pressFn+4ordothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,thenclickthearrownexttotheShutdownbutton.ClickSleep

fromthemenudisplayed.

•ForWindows8.1:GototheStartscreenbypressingtheWindowskey,clickthepowericon,

thenclickSleep.

•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenu,clickPower,andthenclickSleep.

Incertaincircumstances,thecomputergoesintosleepmodeautomatically:

•Afteraperiodofinactivityspecifiedinpowerplansettings

•Whenthebatterypowerislow

Toresumethecomputerfromsleepmode,pressthepowerbutton.

Also,ineitherofthefollowingevents,thecomputerautomaticallyreturnsfromsleepmodeandresumes

operation:

•Theringindicator(RI)issignaledbyaserialdeviceoraPCCarddevice.

•Thetimesetontheresumetimerelapses.

Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleepmode.Waitafew

secondsbeforetakinganyactiontoreenteroperationmode.

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Hibernationmode

Inhibernationmode,thefollowingoccurs:

•Thesystemstatus,RAM,VRAM,andsetupdataarestoredontheharddisk.

•Thesystemispoweredoff.

Note:Ifthecomputerentersthehibernationmodewhileitisdockedtothedockingstation,donotundockit

beforeresumingnormaloperation.Ifyoudoundockitandthentrytoresumenormaloperation,youwillget

anerrormessage,andyouwillhavetorestartthesystem.

Ifyouhavedefinedoneofthefollowingactionsastheeventthatcausesthesystemtogointohibernation

mode,performthataction.

•Closingthelid.

•Pressingthepowerbutton.

Also,thecomputergoesintohibernationmodeautomaticallyafteraperiodofinactivityspecifiedinpower

plansettings.

Whenthepoweristurnedon,thecomputerreturnsfromhibernationmodeandresumesoperation.The

hibernationfileinthebootrecordontheharddiskdriveisread,andsystemstatusisrestoredfromthe

harddiskdrive.

Symptom-to-FRUindex

Thissectioncontainsfollowinginformation:

•“Numericerrorcodes”onpage38

•“Errormessages”onpage39

•“Beepsymptoms”onpage39

•“No-beepsymptoms”onpage39

•“LCD-relatedsymptoms”onpage40

•“Intermittentproblems”onpage40

•“Undeterminedproblems”onpage40

Thesymptom-to-FRUindexinthissectionlistssymptomsanderrorsandtheirpossiblecauses.Themost

likelycauseislistedfirst,inboldfacetype.

Note:DotheFRUreplacementorotheractionsinthesequenceshowninthecolumnheaded“FRUor

action,insequence.”IfreplacingaFRUdoesnotsolvetheproblem,puttheoriginalpartbackinthe

computer.DonotreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Thisindexcanalsohelpyoudetermine,duringregularservicing,whatFRUsarelikelytoneedtobe

replacednext.

AnumericerrorisdisplayedforeacherrordetectedinPOSTorsystemoperation.Inthedisplays,ncan

beanynumber.

Ifnonumericcodeisdisplayed,checkthenarrativedescriptionsofsymptoms.Ifthesymptomisnot

describedthere,goto“Intermittentproblems”onpage40.

Note:ForadevicenotsupportedbydiagnosticcodesintheThinkPadnotebookcomputers,seethe

manualforthatdevice.

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation37

Numericerrorcodes

Table1.Numericerrorcodes

SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence

0177

BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask—Thechecksumofthe

supervisorpasswordintheEEPROMisnotcorrect.

Systemboard

0183

BadCRCofSecuritySettingsinEFIVariable.Enterthe

ThinkPadSetupprogram.

1.RuntheThinkPadSetupprogram,andthensave

currentsettingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard

0187

EAIAdataaccesserror—TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.

Systemboard

0188

InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea.

Systemboard

0189

InvalidRFIDconfigurationinformationarea—The

EEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect.

Systemboard

0190

Criticallow-batteryerror

1.Chargethebattery.

2.Battery

0191

SystemSecurity—InvalidRemoteChangerequested.

1.RuntheThinkPadSetupprogram,andthensave

currentsettingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard

0199

SystemSecurity—Securitypasswordretrycount

exceeded.

1.RuntheThinkPadSetupprogram,andthensave

thecurrentsettingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard

0270

RealTimeClockError.

SystemRealTimeClockisnotfunctional.Have

thecomputerserviced.

0271

CheckDateandTimesettings.

Neitherthedatenorthetimeissetinthecomputer.

EnterThinkPadSetupandsetthedateandtime.

1802

Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin—Turnoffand

removethenetworkcard.

1.Removewirelessnetworkcard.

2.Systemboard

1820

Morethanoneexternalfingerprintreaderisattached.

Poweroffandremoveallbutthereaderthatyousetup

withinyourmainoperatingsystem.

Removeallbutthereaderthatyousetupforthe

authentication.

2100

DetectionerroronHDD0(MainHDD)

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive

3.Systemboard

2101

DetectionerroronSSD1(M.2)

TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2

SSDdeviceserviced.

2102

DetectionerroronSSD2(M.2)

TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2

SSDdeviceserviced.

2110

ReaderroronHDD0(MainHDD)

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive

3.Systemboard

2111

ReaderroronSSD1(M.2)

TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2

SSDdeviceserviced.

2112

ReaderroronSSD2(M.2)

TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2

SSDdeviceserviced.

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Table1.Numericerrorcodes(continued)

SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence

2200

MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.

Systemboard

2201

MachineUUIDisinvalid

Systemboard

Errormessages

Table2.Errormessages

SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence

Fanerror1.Fan

2.Thermalgrease

3.Systemboard

ThermalsensingerrorSystemboard

Beepsymptoms

Table3.Beepsymptoms

SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence

Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three

moreshortbeeps,pause,andoneshortbeep(1-3-3-1

beeps)

Memoryproblem

OnelongandtwoshortbeepsVideoproblem

Threeshortbeeps,pause,oneshortbeep,pause,one

shortbeep,pause,andthreemoreshortbeeps(3-1-1-3

beeps)

PCIresourceproblem

FourcyclesoffourshortbeepsTCG*-compliantfunctionality-relatedproblem

FiveshortbeepsSystemboard

Fiveshortbeeps,pause,fivemoreshortbeeps,and

pause

TCG*-compliantfunctionality-relatedproblem

No-beepsymptoms

Table4.No-beepsymptoms

SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence

Nobeep,system-statusindicatoron,LCDblank,andno

POST.

1.Ensurethateveryconnectorisconnectedtightly

andcorrectly.

2.Systemboard

Nobeep,system-statusindicatoron,andLCDblank

duringPOST.

Systemboard

Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordis

set.TypethepasswordandpressEnter.

Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand

pressEnter.

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation39

LCD-relatedsymptoms

Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-filmtransistors(TFTs).The

presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT

LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.IftheLCDyouareservicinghas

twoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.However,iftheLCDhasthreeormore

visibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoanditshouldbereplaced.

Notes:

•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadnotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.

•LenovowillnotprovidewarrantyreplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecificationsbecausewecannot

guaranteethatanyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.

•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.

Table5.LCD-relatedsymptoms

SymptomorerrorFRUoraction,insequence

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring

POST.

Systemboard

•LCDbacklightnotworking.

•LCDtoodark.

•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.

•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.

1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.

2.LCDassembly

3.Systemboard

•LCDscreenunreadable.

•Charactersmissingpixels.

•Screenabnormal.

•Wrongcolordisplayed.

1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”

2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.

3.LCDassembly

4.Systemboard

HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly

Intermittentproblems

Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware

defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe

consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.

Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:

1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.

2.Ifnoerrorisdetected,donotreplaceanyFRUs.

3.Ifanyerrorisdetected,replacetheFRUshownbytheFRUcode.Rerunthetesttoverifythatno

moreerrorsexist.

Undeterminedproblems

Ifthediagnostictestsdidnotidentifytheadapterordevicethathasfailed,ifwrongdevicesareinstalled,

orifthesystemsimplyisnotoperating,followtheseprocedurestoisolatethefailingFRU(donotisolate

FRUsthathavenodefects).

Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.

Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.See“Powersystem

checkout”onpage26.

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.VisuallycheckeachFRUfordamage.ReplaceanydamagedFRU.

3.Removeordisconnectallofthefollowingdevices:

40HardwareMaintenanceManual

a.Non-ThinkPaddevices

b.Printer,mouse,andotherexternaldevices

c.Externaldiskettedriveoropticaldrive

d.Wirelesscards

4.Turnonthecomputer.

5.Determinewhethertheproblemhasbeensolved.

6.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,reconnecttheremoveddevicesoneatatimeuntilyoufindthefailingFRU.

7.Iftheproblemremains,replacethefollowingFRUsoneatatime(donotreplaceanondefectiveFRU):

a.Systemboard

b.LCDassembly

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation41

42HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter5.Locations

Thischapterintroducesthelocationsofthehardwarecomponentsonyourcomputer.

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators

Thistopicintroducesthelocationsofthecomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators.

Frontview

1

2

2

45678

3

9

10

11

12

1Camera(availableonsomemodels)2Microphones(availableonsomemodels)

3Powerbuttonwithsystem-statusindicator14Security-lockslot

5Fanlouvers6MiniDisplayPort®connector

7USB3.0connector8AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector

9Fingerprintreader(availableonsomemodels)10Trackpad

11TrackPoint®buttons12TrackPointpointingstick

1:TheindicatorintheThinkPadlogoandtheindicatorinthecenterofthepowerbuttonshowthesystem

statusofthecomputer.

Blinksforthreetimes:Thecomputerisinitiallyconnectedtopower.

On:Thecomputerison(innormalmode).

Blinksfast:Thecomputerisenteringsleeporhibernationmode.

Blinksslowly:Thecomputerisinsleepmode.

Off:Thecomputerisofforinhibernationmode.

©CopyrightLenovo201543

Left-sideview

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1Smart-card-readerslot(availableonsomemodels)2Ethernetconnector

3Media-card-readerslot4Audioconnector

5VGAconnector6USB3.0connector

7Powerconnector8System-statusindicator1

1:TheindicatorintheThinkPadlogoandtheindicatorinthecenterofthepowerbuttonshowthesystem

statusofthecomputer.

Blinksforthreetimes:Thecomputerisinitiallyconnectedtopower.

On:Thecomputerison(innormalmode).

Blinksfast:Thecomputerisenteringsleeporhibernationmode.

Blinksslowly:Thecomputerisinsleepmode.

Off:Thecomputerisofforinhibernationmode.

Bottomview

1

2

3

4

5

3

4

1Removablebattery2Dockingstationconnector

3Keyboarddrainageholes4Speakers

5Emergency-resethole

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LocatingFRUsandCRUs

Thistopicintroducesthefollowingserviceparts:

•“MajorFRUs”onpage46

•“LCDFRUs”onpage47

•“MiscellaneouspartsandotherFRUs”onpage50

Notes:

•EachFRUisavailableforalltypesormodels,unlessotherwisespecified.

•CRUstatementforcustomers:

Youcanresolvesomeproblemswithyourproductwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,calleda

“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasself-serviceCRUsandothersare

designatedasoptional-serviceCRUs.Installationofself-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility.Foroptional-service

CRUs,youcaneitherinstalltheCRUyourselforyoucanrequestthataServiceProviderinstalltheCRUaccording

tothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.IfyouintendoninstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRU

informationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytime

uponrequest.YoucanfindalistofCRUsforyourproductinthisHardwareMaintenanceManual.Anelectronic

versionofthismanualcanbefoundathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Followtheon-screeninstructionstofind

themanualforyourproduct.YoumightberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.

Whenreturnisrequired:(1)returninstructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwith

thereplacementCRU;and(2)youmightbechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethe

defectiveCRUwithinthirty(30)daysofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarranty

documentationforfulldetails.

ThinkPadcomputerscontainthefollowingtypesofCRUs:

–Self-serviceCRUs:TheseCRUsunplugorareheldbynomorethantwoscrews.Examplesofthesetypes

ofCRUsincludetheacpoweradapter,powercord,andharddiskdrive.Otherself-serviceCRUsdepending

onproductdesignmightincludethememorymodule,wirelesscard,keyboard,andpalmrestwithfingerprint

readerandtouchpad.

–Optional-serviceCRUs:TheseCRUsareisolatedpartswithinthecomputerthatareconcealedbyanaccess

panelthatistypicallysecuredbymorethantwoscrews.Oncetheaccesspanelisremoved,thespecific

CRUisvisible.

Chapter5.Locations45

MajorFRUs

16

18

17

26

25

21

22

23

24

19

20

1

2

4

5

6

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

7

3

No.DescriptionsSelf-serviceCRUOptional-service

CRU

1LCDunit(see“LCDFRUs”onpage47)

2KeyboardbezelassemblyNoNo

3SystemboardNoNo

4PowerbuttonboardNoNo

5ThermalfanNoNo

46HardwareMaintenanceManual

No.DescriptionsSelf-serviceCRUOptional-service

CRU

6MemorymoduleYesNo

7Fingerprintreader*NoNo

8Fingerprintreaderbracket*NoNo

9Internalstoragedrive(harddiskdrive,solid-statedrive,orhybrid

drive)

YesNo

10HarddiskdrivecableYesNo

11HarddiskdrivebracketYesNo

12Storage-drivestabilizerbarNoYes

13SpeakerassemblyNoNo

14RemovablebatteryYesNo

15BasecoverassemblyNoNo

16Smartcardreaderordummysmartcardreader(dependingon

themodel)

NoNo

17Built-inbatteryorbatterybracket(dependingonthemodel)NoNo

18Coin-cellbatteryYesNo

19M.2solid-statedrive*NoNo

20WirelessWANcard*YesNo

21WirelessLANcardYesNo

22dc-inbracketNoYes

23dc-incableNoYes

24BoardforTrackpadandTrackPointbuttonsNoNo

25KeyboardNoYes

26TrackPointcapNoYes

Note:Dependingonthemodel,theitemsmarkedwithanasterisk(*)mightnotbeavailableonyourcomputer.

LCDFRUs

Formodelswithouttouchfunction:

Chapter5.Locations47

9

1

2

3

6

5

4

7

8

No.DescriptionsSelf-serviceCRUOptional-service

CRU

1LCDbezelassemblyNoNo

2Camera/microphonecardNoNo

3LCDpanelwithouttouchfunctionNoNo

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No.DescriptionsSelf-serviceCRUOptional-service

CRU

4AntennakitordummyantennakitNoNo

5LEDcableassemblyNoNo

6HingebracketsNoNo

7HingesNoNo

8LCDrearcoverassemblyNoNo

Formodelswithtouchfunction:

8

1

2

6

4

5

3

7

Chapter5.Locations49

No.DescriptionsSelf-service

CRU

Optional-service

CRU

1LCDpanelassemblywithtouchfunctionNoNo

2Camera/microphonecardNoNo

3TouchsensorcardNoNo

4AntennakitordummyantennakitNoNo

5LEDcableassemblyNoNo

6HingesNoNo

7LCDrearcoverassemblyNoNo

8LCDfrontsheetbezelNoNo

MiscellaneouspartsandotherFRUs

Miscellaneouspart

FRUdescriptionsSelf-serviceCRUOptional-service

CRU

Screwkit

•M2*L3.5,silver,thinhead(100)

•M2*L3,black,thinhead(30)

•M2*L2.5,bighead(30)

•M2*L3,bighead(30)

•M2*L2.5+3.1(30)

•M2*L6(30)

•M2.5*L7(30)

•M2*L2.5,black(30)

•M2.5*L2.5,bighead(30)

•M2.5*L4,silver(30)

•M2*L2,black,P=0.25(30)

•Spec(1)

NoNo

Basecoverassemblymiscellaneouskit

•BatterylatchL(1)

•BatterylatchR(1)

•BatteryknobL(1)

•BatteryknobR(1)

•Frontrubberfoot(1)

•Rearrubberfoot(1)

•BasecoverESDsponge(1)

•Batterylatchspring(1)

•Spec(1)

NoNo

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OtherFRUs

FRUdescriptionsSelf-service

CRU

Optional-service

CRU

acpoweradapterYesNo

PowercordYesNo

LookingupFRUinformation

FordetailedFRUinformation,includingpartnumbers,descriptions,andsubstitutionpartnumbers,goto

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup.

Chapter5.Locations51

52HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter6.FRUreplacementnotices

Thischapterpresentsnoticesrelatedtoremovingandreplacingparts.Readthischaptercarefullybefore

replacinganyFRU.

CRUstatementforcustomers:

Youcanresolvesomeproblemswithyourproductwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called

a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasself-serviceCRUsandothers

aredesignatedasoptional-serviceCRUs.Installationofself-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility.For

optional-serviceCRUs,youcaneitherinstalltheCRUyourselforyoucanrequestthataServiceProvider

installtheCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.IfyouintendoninstallingtheCRU,

LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyour

productandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.YoucanfindalistofCRUsforyour

productinthisHardwareMaintenanceManual.Anelectronicversionofthismanualcanbefoundat

http://www.lenovo.com/support.ClickGuides&Manualsandthenfollowtheon-screeninstructionstofind

themanualforyourproduct.YoumightberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.

Whenreturnisrequired:(1)returninstructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincluded

withthereplacementCRU;and(2)youmightbechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnot

receivethedefectiveCRUwithinthirty(30)daysofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovo

LimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

Commonservicetools

Belowisthelistofcommonservicetoolsthatyoumightneedwhileservicingthecomputer.

•Screwdriverkit

•1/4"drivespinnerhandle

•1/4"Sq.to1/4"hextorxadapter

•TR7-TR-10tamperresistanttorxbits

•RemovaltoolantennaRFconnector

•USB2.0CD-RW/DVD-ROMcombodriveII

•USBcable

•USBMaintenanceKey

•USBfloppydiskettedriveformaintenancediskette

•USBfloppydiskettedrivetoolkit

•TestcardforintegratedSmartCard

•LENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater

Note:DownloadthefilefromthefollowingWebsite:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

Screwnotices

Loosescrewscancauseareliabilityproblem.IntheThinkPadnotebookcomputer,thisproblemisaddressed

withspecialnylon-coatedscrewsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:

•Theymaintaintightconnections.

•Theydonoteasilycomeloose,evenwithshockorvibration.

•Theyarehardertotighten.

Dothefollowingwhenyouservicethismachine:

•Keepthescrewkitinyourtoolbag.Forthepartnumberofthescrewkit,goto

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup.

•Itisrecommendedtousenewscrews.

©CopyrightLenovo201553

•Itisrecommendedtouseeachscrewonlyonce.

Tightenscrewsasfollows:

•Plastictoplastic

Turnanadditional90degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceoftheplasticpart.

90degreesmore

(Cross-section)

•Logiccardtoplastic

Turnanadditional180degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceofthelogiccard.

180degreesmore

(Cross-section)

Notes:

•Ensurethatyouusethecorrectscrew.Itisrecommendedtousenewscrewsforreplacements.Ifyou

haveatorquescrewdriver,tightenallscrewsfirmlytothetorquespecifiedinthescrewinformation

tableforeachstep.

•Ensurethattorquescrewdriversarecalibratedcorrectlyfollowingcountryspecifications.

Retainingserialnumbers

Thissectionincludesthefollowingdescriptions:

•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage54

•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage55

•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage56

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit

Whenthecomputerwasmanufactured,theEEPROMonthesystemboardwasloadedwiththeserial

numbersofthesystemandallmajorcomponents.Thesenumbersneedtoremainthesamethroughout

thelifeofthecomputer.

Ifyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustrestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunittoitsoriginalvalue.

Theserialnumberofthesystemunitiswrittenonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthecomputer.

Ifyoucannotfindtheserialnumberofthesystemunitonthebottomofthecomputer,trythefollowing

methodtogetthenumber:

Note:Beforeyouperformtheoperation,ensurethattheUEFI/LegacysettingwithintheStartupmenuin

theThinkPadSetupprogramissettoUEFIOnly.

1.ConnectaUSBmemorykeytothecomputer.

54HardwareMaintenanceManual

2.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/maintenanceutilitiesandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocreatea

MaintenanceKey.

Note:OnlyanauthorizedLenovoservicetechniciancanaccesstheaboveWebsite.

3.Restartthecomputer.

4.Whenthelogoisdisplayed,pressEsc.TheThinkPadConfigInformationUpdateUtilityinterfaceis

displayed.

5.Type1underEntertheactiondesired,thenpressEnter.TheThinkPadSerialNumberUpdateUtilityfor

AssetIDscreenisdisplayed.

6.Type2underEntertheactiondesired,thenpressEnter.Theserialnumberofeachdeviceinyour

computerisdisplayed;theserialnumberofthesystemunitislistedasfollows:

20-Serialnumber

7.Recordtheserialnumberofthesystemunit.

Afteryoureplacethesystemboard,dothefollowingtorestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunit:

1.ConnecttheMaintenanceKeytothecomputer.

2.Whenthelogoisdisplayed,pressEsc.TheThinkPadConfigInformationUpdateUtilityinterfaceis

displayed.

3.Type1underEntertheactiondesired,thenpressEnter.TheThinkPadSerialNumberUpdateUtilityfor

AssetIDscreenisdisplayed.

4.Type1underEntertheactiondesired,thenpressEnter.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen

torestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunit.

RetainingtheUUID

TheUniversallyUniqueIdentifier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat

productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.

ThealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberisdesignedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwo

computersintheworldhavethesamenumber.

Whenyoureplacethesystemboard,performthefollowingstepstocreateanewUUIDforthesystem

boardifthesystemboarddoesnothaveaUUID:

Note:Beforeyouperformtheoperation,ensurethattheUEFI/LegacysettingwithintheStartupmenuin

theThinkPadSetupprogramissettoUEFIOnly.

1.ConnectaUSBmemorykeytothecomputer.

2.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/maintenanceutilitiesandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocreatea

MaintenanceKey.

Note:OnlyanauthorizedLenovoservicetechniciancanaccesstheaboveWebsite.

3.Restartthecomputer.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressEsc.TheThinkPadConfigInformationUpdateUtilityinterface

isdisplayed.

5.Type2underEntertheactiondesired,thenpressEnter.TheAutoUUIDgenerationutilityinterfaceis

displayed.

6.TypeyunderChangeUUID.OK?[Y/N],thenpressEnter.AnewUUIDiscreatedandwritten.Ifa

validUUIDalreadyexists,itisnotoverwritten.

Chapter6.FRUreplacementnotices55

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation

InformationonEngineeringChangeAnnouncements(ECA)isstoredintheEEPROMofthesystemboard.

TheelectronicstorageofthisinformationsimplifiestheproceduretocheckiftheECAhasbeenpreviously

appliedtoamachine.ThemachinedoesnotneedtobedisassembledtocheckfortheECAapplication.

TocheckwhatECAshavebeenpreviouslyappliedtothemachine,usetheECAInformationRead/Write

functionontheUSBMaintenanceKey.

1.InserttheMaintenanceKeyandrestartthecomputer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.ToreadtheECAinformation,select2.ReadECA/reworknumberfromEEPROMandfollowthe

instructionsonthescreen.

4.Toreadtheboxbuilddate,select5.ReadboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon

thescreen.

AfteranECAhasbeenappliedtothemachine,theEEPROMmustbeupdatedtoreflecttheECA's

application.UsetheMaintenanceKeytoupdatetheEEPROM.

Note:OnlytheECAnumberisstoredintheEEPROM.ThemachinetypeoftheECAisassumedtobethe

sameasthemachinetypeofthemachinethathadtheECAappliedtoit.

1.InserttheMaintenanceKeyandrestartthecomputer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.TowritetheECAinformation,select1.WriteECA/reworknumberfromEEPROM,andfollowthe

instructionsonthescreen.

4.Towritetheboxbuilddate,select4.WriteboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon

thescreen.

Ifthesystemboardisbeingreplaced,trytoreadtheECAinformationfromtheoldsystemboardandtransfer

theinformationtothenewsystem.Ifthesystemboardisinoperable,thiswillnotbepossible.

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Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU

ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorreplaceaFRU.

CRUstatementforcustomers:

Youcanresolvesomeproblemswithyourproductwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called

a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasself-serviceCRUsandothers

aredesignatedasoptional-serviceCRUs.Installationofself-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility.For

optional-serviceCRUs,youcaneitherinstalltheCRUyourselforyoucanrequestthataServiceProvider

installtheCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.IfyouintendoninstallingtheCRU,

LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyour

productandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Y oucanfindalistofCRUsforyourproduct

inthisHardwareMaintenanceManual.Anelectronicversionofthismanualisavailablefordownloadingat

http://www.lenovo.com/support.YoumightberequiredtoreturnthedefectiveCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:

(1)returninstructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacement

CRU;and(2)youmightbechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefective

partwithinthirty(30)daysofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarranty

documentationforfulldetails.

Generalguidelines

WhenremovingorreplacingaFRU,besuretoobservethefollowinggeneralguidelines:

1.Donottrytoserviceanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertified.Anuntrainedpersonruns

theriskofdamagingparts.

2.BeforereplacinganyFRU,reviewChapter6“FRUreplacementnotices”onpage53.

3.BeginbyremovinganyFRUsthathavetoberemovedbeforereplacingthefailingFRU.AnysuchFRUs

arelistedatthebeginningofeachFRUreplacementsection.Removethemintheorderinwhichthey

arelisted.

4.FollowthecorrectsequenceinthestepsforremovingaFRU,asgiveninthedrawingsbythenumbers

insquarecallouts.

5.Whenturningascrew,turnitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

6.WhenremovingaFRU,moveitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

7.ToputthenewFRUinplace,reversetheremovalprocedureandfollowanynotesthatpertainto

replacement.

8.WhenreplacingaFRU,usethecorrectscrewsasshowninthereplacementprocedures.

DANGER

BeforeremovinganyFRU,turnoffthecomputer,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,

disconnectanyinterconnectingcables,andthendisablethebuilt-inbattery.

Attention:AfterreplacingaFRU,donotturnonthecomputeruntilyouhavemadesurethatallscrews,

springs,andothersmallpartsareinplaceandnonearelooseinsidethecomputer.Verifythisbyshaking

thecomputergentlyandlisteningforrattlingsounds.Metallicpartsormetalflakescancauseelectrical

shortcircuits.

Attention:Thesystemboardissensitiveto,andcanbedamagedby,electrostaticdischarge(ESD).Before

touchingit,establishpersonalgroundingbytouchingagroundpointwithonehandorbyusinganESDstrap.

©CopyrightLenovo201557

Beforeservicingthecomputer

Carefullyreadthistopicbeforeservicingthecomputer.

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery

BeforereplacinganyFRU,ensurethatyouhavedisabledthebuilt-inbatterybydoingthefollowing:

1.Turnoffyourcomputeranddisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.

2.Turnonyourcomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1toenterThinkPad

Setup.

3.SelectConfig➙Power.ThePowersubmenuisdisplayed.

4.SelectDisablebuilt-inbatteryandpressEnter.

5.SelectYesintheSetupConfirmationwindow.Thebuilt-inbatteryisdisabledandthecomputerturnsoff

automatically.Waitthreetofiveminutestoletthecomputercool.

RemovingthemicroSIMcard

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

IfthecomputerhasamicroSIMcardinstalled,youalsomustremovethemicroSIMcardbeforeyou

starttheservicing.

1

2

Afteryoufinishtheservicing,ensurethatyouinstallthemicroSIMcard(ifavailable)intothemicroSIM

cardslot.

RemovingamajorFRU

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamajorFRU.

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1010Removablebattery

Importantnoticeforreplacingaremovablebattery

Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and

providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramprovidesanautomaticbatterydiagnostictestthatdeterminesifthe

batterypackisdefective.AbatterypackFRUshouldnotbereplacedunlessthisdiagnostictestshows

thatthebatteryisdefective.Theonlyexceptiontothisisifthebatterypackisphysicallydamagedora

customerisreportingapossiblesafetyissue.

IftheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramisnotinstalledonthecomputer,thecustomershoulddownloadand

installtheprogramtodiagnosethebatterypack,beforegettinganon-physicallydamagedbatterypack

replaced.Notethatthereplacementofaphysicallydamagedbatterypackisnotcoveredbythewarranty.

Removalstepsoftheremovablebattery

DANGER

Useonlytheauthorizedbatteryspecifiedforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldigniteor

explode.

1

1

2

2

3

1020Basecoverassembly

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU59

Removalstepsofthebasecoverassembly

1

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

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3

3

3

4

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Applyinglabelstothebasecover:

Thenewbasecoverassemblyisshippedwithakitcontaininglabelsofseveralkinds.Applythoselabels

whenyoureplacethebasecoverassembly.Forthelabelsthatarenotshippedwiththenewbasecover

assembly,peelthemfromtheoldbasecoverassembly,andadherethemtothenewone.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationofeachlabel.

1234567

8

9

11

12

14

16

15

17

18

19

20

21

22

13

10

1Systembarcodelabel2Systemlabel

3FCClabel4WWANlabel(forT aiwanandKorea)

5Informationlabel6GEOlabel

7CertificateofAuthenticitylabel(forWindows7)8ChinaGEOlabel

9CECPlabel(forChina)10WWANIMEIlabel

11GenuineMicrosoftlabel(forWindows8.1)12Assettag

13KoreaKCSafetylabel(forKorea)14MexicoEnergylabel(forMexico)

15SIRIMlabel(forMalaysia)16Postellabel(forMalaysia)

17ICASAlabel(forSouthAfrica)18BrazilWWANlabel(forBrazil)

19ISRAELlabel(forIsrael)20Postellabel(forIndonesia)

21IndonesiaRatinglabel(forIndonesia)22INDIABISlabel(forIndia)

1030Keyboard

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU61

Removalstepsofthekeyboard

Torevealthescrewheadsbeneaththekeyboardframe,slidethekeyboardframeforwardby2.5mm(0.1

inch)withtheflatendofthekeyboardmulti-tool.

1

Loosenthescrewsthatsecurethekeyboardwiththecrossendofthekeyboardmulti-tool.

2

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Pivotthekeyboardslightlyupwarduntilyoucanseetheconnectorsonthebottomsideofthekeyboard3.

Thenturnoverthekeyboard4.

4

3

Gentlyputthekeyboardonthepalmrestanddetachtheconnectors.Thenremovethekeyboard.

5

67

8

Installingthenewkeyboard

Attachtheconnectorsandthenturnoverthekeyboard.

4

32

1

0

0

5

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Insertthekeyboardintothespaceundertheframeofthekeyboardbezelasshown.Ensurethatthefront

edgeofthekeyboard(theedgethatisclosetothedisplay)isundertheframeofthekeyboardbezel.

6

6

Revealthescrewheadsbyslidingthekeyboardframeforwardwiththeflatendofthekeyboardmulti-tool.

Ensurethatthescrewheadsareexposedcompletely.

7

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Tightenthescrewswiththecrossendofthekeyboardmulti-tooltosecurethekeyboardinplace.

8

Slidethekeyboardframebackwardby2.5mm(0.1inch)withtheflatendofthekeyboardmulti-tool.Hidethe

latchesofthekeyboardframeunderthekeyboardbezelbypushingthelatcheswithyourfingerasshown.

9

9

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU65

Adjustthekeyboardframeinplacewiththeflatendofthekeyboardmulti-tooltoensurethatallthelatches

aresecuredunderthekeyboardbezel.

10

1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrive

cable,andharddiskdrivebracket

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Attention:

•Donotdropthedriveorapplyanyphysicalshocktoit.Thedriveissensitivetophysicalshock.Improper

handlingcancausedamageandpermanentlossofdata.

•Beforeremovingthedrive,havetheusermakeabackupcopyofalltheinformationonitifpossible.

•Neverremovethedrivewhilethesystemisoperatingorinsuspendmode.

Removalstepsofthestorage-drivestabilizerbar

1

1

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(2)Silver0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

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Removalstepsoftheinternalstoragedrive

4

3

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

4M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(1)Silver0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

5

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheinternalstoragedriveisfirmlyattached.

Removalstepsoftheharddiskdrivecableandharddiskdrivebracket

6

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7

7

7

7

1050Memorymodule

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Removalstepsofthememorymodule

2

11

1060WirelessLANcard

Note:Thisinformationisonlyfortheuser-replaceablemodules.

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

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RemovalstepsofthewirelessLANcard

1

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(1)Bronze0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

3

Wheninstalling:Plugthegraycableintothemainconnectorandtheblackcableintotheauxiliaryconnector.

1070WirelessWANcard

Note:Thisinformationisonlyfortheuser-replaceablemodules.

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU69

RemovalstepsofthewirelessWANcard

1

2

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(1)Bronze0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

3

Wheninstalling:Plugtheorangecableintothemainconnectorandthebluecableintotheauxiliary

connector.

1080M.2solid-statedrive

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

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RemovalstepsoftheM.2solid-statedrive

1

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(1)Bronze0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

1090Coin-cellbattery

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU71

Removalstepsofthecoin-cellbattery

1

2

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

1110dc-inbracketanddc-incableassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUs:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Removalstepsofthedc-inbracketanddc-incableassembly

1

1

2

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StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(2)Silver0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

4

3

Wheninstalling:

Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

Attention:Donotroutethedc-incableonthehinge.Otherwise,thedc-incablemightgetdamagedwhen

thebasecoverassemblyisinstalled.

1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery

Importantnoticesforreplacingabattery

Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and

providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU73

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramprovidesanautomaticbatterydiagnostictestthatdeterminesifthe

batteryisdefective.AbatteryFRUshouldnotbereplacedunlessthisdiagnostictestshowsthatthebattery

isdefective.Theonlyexceptiontothisisifthebatteryisphysicallydamagedoracustomerisreportinga

possiblesafetyissue.

IftheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramisnotinstalledonthecomputer,thecustomershoulddownloadand

installtheprogramtodiagnosethebattery,beforegettinganon-physicallydamagedbatteryreplaced.Note

thatthereplacementofaphysicallydamagedbatteryisnotcoveredbythewarranty.

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Removalstepsofthebuilt-inbatteryordummybuilt-inbattery

DANGER

Useonlytheauthorizedbatteryspecifiedforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldigniteor

explode.

Note:Ifyourcomputerdoesnotcomewithabuilt-inbattery,adummybuilt-inbatteryisinstalledinstead.

Toremovethedummybuilt-inbattery,youdonothavetoperformstep1inthefollowingillustration.

1

2

2

2

2

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

2M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(5)Silver0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

3

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1130Thermalfan

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Removalstepsofthethermalfan

1

2

3

4

Wheninstalling:Ensurethatthefanconnectorsareattachedfirmly.

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU75

Loosenthescrews5inascendingalphabeticalorderasillustrated.

Note:Thethermalfanonyourcomputermightlookdifferently.Forsomemodels,youmightnothaveto

performsteps5fand5einthefollowingillustration.

5c

5f

5e

5a

5d

5b

6

7

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Wheninstalling:Donottouchtheareasmarkedaandbinthefollowingillustrations.

a

b

a

1140Speakerassembly

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery”onpage73

Removalstepsofthespeakerassembly

2

2

2

1

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

2M2×L2.5mm,flat-headshoulder,nylon-coated(3)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU77

3

3

Cablerouting:Whenyouinstallthespeakerassembly,routethecablesasshowninthefollowingillustration.

1150Smartcardassemblyordummysmartcard

Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthaveasmartcardoradummysmartcardinstalled.

Foraccess,removetheseFRUs:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery”onpage73

•“1140Speakerassembly”onpage77

Removalstepsofthesmartcardassembly

2

1

3

3

3

3

3

Wheninstalling:

Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

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StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

3M2×L3mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(5)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

4

Removalstepsofthedummysmartcard

1

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(1)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

1160Fingerprintreaderassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU79

Removalstepsofthefingerprintreaderassembly

2

1

3

3

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

3M2×L3mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(2)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

4

5

1170BoardforthetrackpadandTrackPointbuttons

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery”onpage73

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RemovalstepsoftheboardforthetrackpadandTrackPointbuttons

2

1

3

3

3

3

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

3M2×L2mm,flat-headshoulder,nylon-coated(4)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

4

5

1180Systemboardassembly

Importantnoticesforhandlingthesystemboard

Whenhandlingthesystemboard,readthefollowing:

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU81

•Thesystemboardhasanaccelerometer,whichcanbebrokenwhenseveralthousandsofG-forces

areapplied.

Note:Droppingasystemboardfromaheightofaslittleassixinchessothatitfallsflatonahardbench

cansubjecttheaccelerometertoasmuchas6000G'sofshock.

•Becarefulnottodropthesystemboardonabenchtopthathasahardsurface,suchasmetal,wood,or

composite.

•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

•Ateverypointintheprocess,besurenottodroporstackthesystemboard.

•Ifyouputasystemboarddown,besuretoputitonlyonapaddedsurfacesuchasanESDmatora

corrugatedconductivematerial.

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1140Speakerassembly”onpage77

Attention:ThemicroprocessoraandGPUbsolderedonthesystemboardareextremelysensitive.When

youservicethesystemboard,avoidanykindofroughhandling.

ab

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Removalstepsofthesystemboardassembly

6

2

1

5

4

3

8

7

10

9

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorsareattachedfirmly.

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

11M2×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(6)Silver0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

1190LCDunit

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU83

RemovalstepsoftheLCDunit

11

4

5

2

1

3

3

3

6 6 6 6

6

6

Wheninstalling:Whenyouroutethecables,ensurethattheyarenotsubjecttoanytension.Tensioncould

causethecablestobedamagedbythecableguides,orawiretobebroken.

77

77

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StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

7M2.5×L3.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(4)Silver0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

90°

8

9

9

1210Powerbuttonboard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery”onpage73

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU85

Removalstepsofthepowerbuttonboard

11

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L3mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(2)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

1220Keyboardassembly

Removalstepsofthekeyboardassembly

Toreplacethekeyboardassembly,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1030Keyboard”onpage61

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1080M.2solid-statedrive”onpage70

•“1090Coin-cellbattery”onpage71

•“1110dc-inbracketanddc-incableassembly”onpage72

•“1120Built-inbatteryordummybattery”onpage73

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1140Speakerassembly”onpage77

•“1150Smartcardassemblyordummysmartcard”onpage78

•“1160Fingerprintreaderassembly”onpage79

•“1170BoardforthetrackpadandTrackPointbuttons”onpage80

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“1210Powerbuttonboard”onpage85

RemovinganLCDFRUformodelswithouttouchpanel

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveanLCDFRUformodelswithouttouchpanel.

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2010LCDbezelassembly

Important:OnceanLCDbezelassemblyisremoved,itcannotbeusedanymore.AnewLCDbezel

assemblyisrequiredforreplacement.

RemovalstepsoftheLCDbezelassembly

Wheninstalling:Ensurethatallthelatchesareattachedfirmly.

2020LCDpanelandLCDcable

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“2010LCDbezelassembly”onpage87

RemovalstepsofLCDpanelandLCDcable

1

1

1

1

2

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2×L2.5mm,flat-head,nylon-coated(4)Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgf-cm)

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5

4

3

Wheninstalling:

•ForPanasonicLCD,ensurethatyouapplytheALsheetsafirst,andthenpastethespongesbonthetop

oftheALsheetsasshowninthefollowingillustration.

aa

b b

•ForotherLCD,applythespongesasshowninthefollowingillustration.

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•EnsuretheLCDconnectorisattachedfirmly.

2030Hingesandhingebrackets

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“2010LCDbezelassembly”onpage87

Removalstepsofthehinges

11

1

111

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2.5×L2.5mm,big-head,nylon-coated(6)Silver0.294Nm

(3kgf-cm)

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU89

2

2

Removalstepsofthehingebrackets

2040Camera/microphonecard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“2010LCDbezelassembly”onpage87

•“2020LCDpanelandLCDcable”onpage87

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Removalstepsofthecamera/microphonecard

1

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

2

2050LEDcableassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU91

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“2010LCDbezelassembly”onpage87

•“2020LCDpanelandLCDcable”onpage87

•“2030Hingesandhingebrackets”onpage89

RemovalstepoftheLEDcableassembly

11

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

2060AntennakitandLCDrearcoverassembly

Removalstepsoftheantennakit

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

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•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“2010LCDbezelassembly”onpage87

•“2020LCDpanelandLCDcable”onpage87

•“2030Hingesandhingebrackets”onpage89

1

1

11

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU93

Cablerouting:Whenyouinstalltheantennakit,routethecablesasshowninthefollowingillustration.

Ensurethatthecablesarenotsubjecttoanytension.Tensioncouldcausethecablestobedamagedbythe

cableguides,orawiretobebroken.

c

d

a

b

aBlackcable(WLANauxiliary)

bBluecable(WWANauxiliary)

cOrangecable(WWANmain)

dGraycable(WLANmain)

Antennalocations

bcda

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aWLANauxiliaryantenna(black)

bWWANauxiliaryantenna(blue)

cWWANmainantenna(red)

dWLANmainantenna(gray)

RemovalstepsoftheLCDrearcoverassembly

ToreplacetheLCDrearcoverassembly,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“2010LCDbezelassembly”onpage87

•“2020LCDpanelandLCDcable”onpage87

•“2030Hingesandhingebrackets”onpage89

•“2040Camera/microphonecard”onpage90

•“2050LEDcableassembly”onpage91

•“Removalstepsoftheantennakit”onpage92

RemovinganLCDFRUformodelswithtouchpanel

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveanLCDFRUformodelswithtouchpanel.

3010LCDfrontsheetbezel

Important:OnceanLCDfrontsheetbezelisremoved,itcannotbeusedanymore.AnewLCDfront

sheetbezelisrequiredforreplacement.

RemovalstepsoftheLCDfrontsheetbezel

Wheninstalling:Ensurethatallthelatchesareattachedfirmly.

3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU95

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“3010LCDfrontsheetbezel”onpage95

RemovalstepsoftheLCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable

TheLCDpanelassemblyconsistsofanLCDpanelandanLCDbezel.TheLCDbezelisgluedtotheback

sideoftheLCDpanel.

Important:OnceanLCDbezelisremoved,itcannotbeusedanymore.AnewLCDbezelisrequired

forreplacement.

1

2

3

4

4

4

5

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

4M2.5×L4mm,big-head,nylon-coated(3)Silver0.294Nm

(3kgf-cm)

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8

7

6

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

3030Hinges

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“3010LCDfrontsheetbezel”onpage95

•“3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable”onpage95

Removalstepsofthehinges

11

11

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU97

StepScrew(quantity)ColorTorque

1M2.5×L2.5mm,big-head,nylon-coated(4)Silver0.294Nm

(3kgf-cm)

2

2

3040Camera/microphonecard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“3010LCDfrontsheetbezel”onpage95

•“3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable”onpage95

Removalstepsofthecamera/microphonecard

1

Wheninstalling:Ensurethattheconnectorisattachedfirmly.

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2

3050Touchsensorcard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“3010LCDfrontsheetbezel”onpage95

•“3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable”onpage95

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU99

Removalstepsofthetouchsensorcard

1

2

3

Wheninstalling:Ensurethatalltheconnectorsareattachedfirmly.

4

3060LEDcableassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable”onpage95

•“3030Hinges”onpage97

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RemovalstepoftheLEDcableassembly

11

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3070AntennakitandLCDrearcoverassembly

Removalstepsoftheantennakit

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable”onpage95

•“3030Hinges”onpage97

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU101

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

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Cablerouting:Whenyouinstalltheantennakit,routethecablesasshowninthefollowingillustration.

Ensurethatthecablesarenotsubjecttoanytension.Tensioncouldcausethecablestobedamagedbythe

cableguides,orawiretobebroken.

b

c

d

a

aBlackcable(WLANauxiliary)

bBluecable(WWANauxiliary)

cOrangecable(WWANmain)

dGraycable(WLANmain)

Antennalocations

bcda

Chapter7.RemovingorreplacingaFRU103

aWLANauxiliaryantenna(black)

bWWANauxiliaryantenna(blue)

cWWANmainantenna(orange)

dWLANmainantenna(gray)

RemovalstepsoftheLCDrearcoverassembly

ToreplacetheLCDrearcoverassembly,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Removablebattery”onpage59

•“1020Basecoverassembly”onpage59

•“1040Storage-drivestabilizerbar,internalstoragedrive,harddiskdrivecable,andharddiskdrive

bracket”onpage66

•“1060WirelessLANcard”onpage68

•“1070WirelessWANcard”onpage69

•“1130Thermalfan”onpage75

•“1180Systemboardassembly”onpage81

•“1190LCDunit”onpage83

•“3010LCDfrontsheetbezel”onpage95

•“3020LCDpanelassemblyandLCDcable”onpage95

•“3030Hinges”onpage97

•“3040Camera/microphonecard”onpage98

•“3060LEDcableassembly”onpage100

•“Removalstepsoftheantennakit”onpage101

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