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Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . . 1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . .
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . . 3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . .
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3. General information . . . . 29
Online Books folder. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 31
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 33
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . .
Lenovo System Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . .
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . .
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating a diagnostic disc . . . . . . . .
diagnostic disc . . . . . . . . . . . . .
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Running tests . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . .
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .
Hard Disk Password. . . . . . . . . . .
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Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .
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sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .
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Chapter 7. Configuring RAID . . . . . 43
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RAID Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Creating RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . . .
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Deleting RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . .
29
Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . . .
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Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .
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Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs . . . . . . 69
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Locating components . . . . . . . . . .
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Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . .
Removing the computer cover . . . . . . . .
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Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . .
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .
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Replacing the primary hard disk drive. . . . . .
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Replacing the card reader . . . . . . . . . .
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Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . . .
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Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . . .
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