Table Of Contents - Lenovo ThinkCentre M72e Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . . 1
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . . 3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . .
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . .
Chapter 3. General information . . . . 33
Lenovo Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . . . .
SimpleTap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additional information resources
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 4. General checkout . . . . . 35
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . .
Troubleshooting procedure . . . . . . . . . .
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . .
CD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DVD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . .
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . .
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . .
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . .
Option problems . . . . . . . . . . . .
Performance and lockup problems . . . . .
Printer problems . . . . . . . . . . . .
Serial port problems. . . . . . . . . . .
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . .
USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
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Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .
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Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Password considerations . . . . . . . . .
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Power-On Password
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Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .
Hard Disk Password. . . . . . . . . . .
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Setting, changing, and deleting a password .
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Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing
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CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enabling or disabling a device
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . .
Selecting or changing the startup device
sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enabling ErP compliance mode . . . . . . . .
Exiting the Setup Utility program
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index . . 61
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . .
Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . .
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 8. Locations . . . . . . . . . 67
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on
the front of your computer . . . . . . . . . .
Locating connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Locating FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . .
Looking up FRU information . . . . . . . . .
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . .
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs . . . . . . 73
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . .
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . .
Installing or removing the vertical stand . . .
Installing or removing the VESA mount
bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Removing the computer cover. . . . . . .
Installing or replacing a memory module . . .
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . .
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive. . .
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . .
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