Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . .1
Important safety information . . . . . . . . .1
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . .3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . . .5
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . .6
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .7
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . .7
Chapter 3. General information . . . .39
ThinkVantage Productivity Center . . . . . . .39
Additional information resources . . . . . . .39
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Chapter 4. General checkout . . . . .41
Checking for power problems . . . . . . . .42
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . .42
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . .45
Lenovo System Toolbox . . . . . . . . . .45
PC-Doctor for Windows PE . . . . . . . . .46
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace . . . . . . . . . .46
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Creating a diagnostic CD/DVD image . . . .46
Running diagnostics from the disc . . . . . .46
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . .47
Running tests . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . .48
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . .49
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .49
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .49
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .50
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . .50
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .50
Hard Disk User Password . . . . . . . .50
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . .50
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . .51
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .51
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . .51
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 52
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .52
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index . . .53
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . .53
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .54
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .76
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . .77
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs . . . . . .79
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Locating connectors on the front of the computer 80
Locating connectors on the rear of the computer 81
Locating components . . . . . . . . . .82
Locating parts on the system board . . . . .83
Opening the computer cover . . . . . . . .84
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . .85
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . .86
Replacing the adapter card . . . . . . . . .88
Replacing the front audio and USB assembly . . .90
Replacing the heat sink . . . . . . . . . .91
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . .93
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .96
Replacing the system fan . . . . . . . . . .99
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 101
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing the internal speaker . . . . . . . . 105
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . 106
Chapter 9. FRU lists . . . . . . . . 109
Machine Type 6136 . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Machine Type 6139 . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Machine Type 7187 . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Machine Type 7345 . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Machine Type 7348 . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Machine Type 7356 . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Machine Type 7359 . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Machine Type 7479 . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Machine Type 7626 . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Machine Type 7629 . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Machine Type 7637 . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Machine Type 8820 . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Machine Type 9961 . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Chapter 10. Additional service
information . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Hardware controlled passwords . . . . . . 309
Operating system password . . . . . . . 309
Vital Product Data . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Secure Managed Client . . . . . . . . . 309
BIOS levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc . . . . . 310
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 310
Power management . . . . . . . . . . .311
Automatic configuration and power interface
(ACPI) BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Automatic Power-On features . . . . . . .311
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