
Contents
Chapter
1.
About
this
manual
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. 1
Important
Safety
Information
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Important
information
about
replacing
RoHS
compliant
FRUs
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Chapter
2.
Safety
information
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General
safety
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Electrical
safety
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Safety
inspection
guide
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. 5
Handling
electrostatic
discharge-sensitive
devices
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Grounding
requirements
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Safety
notices
(multi-lingual
translations)
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Chapter
3.
General
information
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The
ThinkVantage
Productivity
Center
program
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Additional
information
resources
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Specifications
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Chapter
4.
General
Checkout
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Checking
for
power
problems
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Problem
determination
tips
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. 40
Chapter
5.
Diagnostics
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PC-Doctor
for
Windows
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. 43
PC-Doctor
for
Windows
PE
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Running
diagnostics
from
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
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PC-Doctor
for
DOS
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. 44
Creating
a
diagnostic
CD
image
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. 44
Creating
diagnostic
diskettes
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. 44
Running
diagnostics
from
the
CD
or
diskettes
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. 45
Navigating
through
the
diagnostics
programs
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. 45
Running
tests
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. 45
Viewing
the
test
log
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Chapter
6.
Using
the
Setup
Utility
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Starting
the
Setup
Utility
program
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. 49
Viewing
and
changing
settings
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. 49
Using
passwords
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Password
considerations
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User
Password
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Administrator
Password
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Setting,
changing,
and
deleting
a
password
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Selecting
a
startup
device
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. 50
Selecting
a
temporary
startup
device
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. 50
Selecting
or
changing
the
startup
device
sequence
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Advanced
settings
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Exiting
from
the
Setup
Utility
program
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Chapter
7.
Symptom-to-FRU
Index
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Hard
disk
drive
boot
error
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Diagnostic
error
codes
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Beep
symptoms
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POST
error
codes
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Miscellaneous
error
messages
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Undetermined
problems
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Chapter
8.
Replacing
FRUs
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Locations
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Connectors
on
the
front
of
the
computer
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Connectors
on
the
rear
of
the
computer
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. 81
Locating
components
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System
board
locations
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Opening
the
cover
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Replacing
the
CMOS
battery
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Replacing
the
microprocessor
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Replacing
the
system
board
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. 89
Replacing
a
hard
disk
drive
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. 90
Replacing
an
optical
drive
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. 92
Replacing
a
memory
module
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. 94
Replacing
the
modem
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Replacing
the
Express
card
assembly
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. 97
Replacing
the
Media
Card
Reader
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. 99
Replacing
the
system
fan
assembly
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. 101
Completing
the
FRU
replacement
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Chapter
9.
FRU
lists
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Machine
Type
6417
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Machine
Type
6418
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Machine
Type
6449
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Machine
Type
6453
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Chapter
10.
Additional
Service
Information
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Security
features
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. 131
Hardware
controlled
Passwords
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. 131
Operating
system
password
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. 131
Vital
product
data
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BIOS
levels
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. 131
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
a
CD-ROM
or
diskette
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. 132
Recovering
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure
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. 132
Power
management
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. 133
Automatic
configuration
and
power
interface
(ACPI)
BIOS
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Automatic
Power-On
features
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Appendix.
Notices
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. 135
Television
output
notice
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. 136
Trademarks
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©
Copyright
Lenovo
2006,
2007
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