1150 System Board - Lenovo Thinkpad S2 2nd Gen Hardware Maintenance Manual

• Ensure that the rubber
• Do not touch the thermal grease.
• Do not press, touch, or rotate the fan impeller.
• Do not touch the fan inlet hole.
• Do not twist or pull the cable of the thermal fan assembly.
• Do not apply pressure on the top and bottom covers of the thermal fan assembly.
• Do not press the heat pipe. Hold both sides of the heat pipe if you must take the thermal fan assembly.
• Do not shake or drop the thermal fan assembly.
• Ensure that the fan connector is attached firmly.
• Replace the thermal fan assembly if you observe the following:
– The cover of the thermal fan assembly is deformed or damaged.
– There is abnormal noise during rotation.

1150 System board

Important notices for handling the system board
When handling the system board, read the following:
• The system board has an accelerometer, which can be broken when several thousands of G-forces
are applied.
Note: Dropping a system board from a height of as little as 0.15 m (6 inches) so that it falls flat on a hard
bench can subject the accelerometer to as much as 6000 G's of shock.
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is properly affixed on the thermal fan assembly.