Table Of Contents - Lenovo ThinkPad R500 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . .
Electrical safety . . .
Safety inspection guide .
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge . . . . .
Grounding requirements .
Safety notices: multilingual translations .
Laser compliance statement .
Important service information . . . . . 17
Strategy for replacing FRUs .
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive .
Important notice for replacing a system board .
How to use error message
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and
GAV . . . . . . .
Product definition .
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products . . . .
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . .
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . 23
What to do first . . .
Checkout guide . . .
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS
PC-Doctor for Windows .
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .
Power system checkout .
Checking the AC adapter .
Checking operational charging .
Checking the battery pack
Checking the backup battery
Related service information . . . . . . 33
Restoring the factory contents by using Product
Recovery discs . . .
Passwords . . . . .
Power-on password
Hard-disk password
Supervisor password .
How to remove the power-on password .
How to remove the hard-disk password .
Power management .
Screen blank mode .
Standby mode . .
Hibernation mode .
Symptom-to-FRU index .
Numeric error codes .
Error messages . .
Beep symptoms . .
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No-beep symptoms .
LCD-related symptoms
Intermittent problems .
Undetermined problems .
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R500 (15.4-inch widescreen) . . . . . 47
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Specifications .
Status indicators .
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FRU tests . .
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Fn key combinations .
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FRU replacement notices .
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Screw notices .
Retaining serial numbers .
Removing and replacing a FRU .
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1010 Battery pack .
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1020 Serial Ultrabay Enhanced device
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1030 Hard disk drive cover, hard disk drive, and
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hard disk rubber rails .
1040 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint
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reader . .
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1050 DIMM .
1060 Keyboard .
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1070 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN .
1080 Intel Turbo Memory Minicard
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1090 Backup battery
1100 Keyboard bezel and speakers .
1110 Fan assembly .
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1120 CPU .
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1130 LCD assembly .
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1140 Base cover and PC Card/ExpressCard (or
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ExpressCard/Smart Card) bezel assembly .
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1150 Structure frame and IEEE 1394 sub card .
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1160 System board, PC Card/ExpressCard slots
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(or ExpressCard/Smart Card slots) assembly .
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2010 LCD front bezel .
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2020 Inverter card .
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2030 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) .
2040 Integrated camera .
2050 LCD panel, LCD cable, hinges, and ALPET
sheets . . .
. 33 2060 LCD rear cover, wireless LAN antenna
. 34 cables . . .
. 34 Locations . . .
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Front view .
. 34 Rear view .
. 35 Bottom view .
. 35 Parts list . . .
. 37 Overall . .
. 37 LCD FRUs .
. 37 Keyboard . .
. 38 Miscellaneous parts .
. 39 AC adapters .
. 39 Power cords .
. 43 Recovery discs .
. 44 Common service tools
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