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About this manual . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . 1
General safety .
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Electrical safety
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Safety inspection guide .
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Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
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Grounding requirements .
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Safety notices (multilingual translations) .
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Laser compliance statement (multilingual
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Important service information . . . . . 39
Strategy for replacing FRUs .
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Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive .
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Important notice for replacing a system board .
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How to use error message
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Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and
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Product definition .
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FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
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General checkout . . . . . . . . . . 43
What to do first .
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Checkout guide .
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Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS
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Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox (Lenovo System
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PC-Doctor for Windows .
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PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .
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FRU tests .
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Power system checkout .
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Checking the AC adapter .
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Checking operational charging .
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Checking the battery pack
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Checking the backup battery
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Related service information . . . . . . 55
Restoring the factory contents by using Product
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Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery
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Passwords .
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Power-on password
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Hard-disk password
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Supervisor password .
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How to remove the power-on password .
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How to remove the hard-disk password .
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Power management
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Screen blank mode .
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Sleep (Standby) mode .
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Hibernation mode .
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Symptom-to-FRU index .
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Numeric error codes .
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Error messages .
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No-beep symptoms .
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LCD-related symptoms
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Intermittent problems .
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Undetermined problems .
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Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fn key combinations
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FRU replacement notices . . . . . . . 79
Screw notices .
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Retaining serial numbers .
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Restoring the serial number of the system unit
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Retaining the UUID
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Reading or writing the ECA information
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Removing and replacing a FRU . . . . 83
1010 Battery pack .
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1020 Serial Ultrabay Slim device
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1030 Hard disk drive (HDD) cover, HDD and HDD
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1040 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint reader
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1050 DIMM .
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1060 Keyboard .
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1070 Modem daughter card (MDC-3.0) .
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1080 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
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1090 Intel Turbo Memory Minicard or Wireless USB
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1100 Backup battery .
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1110 SIM card slot .
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1120 Keyboard bezel .
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1130 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN .
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1140 Speaker assembly .
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1150 Fan assembly.
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1160 CPU .
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1170 LCD unit .
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1180 Base cover and USB sub card with cable.
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1190 Structure frame .
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1200 System board and ExpressCard slot assembly
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2010 LCD front bezel (LCD cover kit) .
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2020 LCD rear cover (LCD cover kit)
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2030 Inverter card or LED control card .
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2040 Integrated camera .
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2050
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2060 Antenna assembly .
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2070 LCD panel and LCD cable .
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2080 Hinges and LCD magnesium frame .
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