Table Of Contents - Lenovo M57e - ThinkCentre - 9481 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . .
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . 29
The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . .
Additional information resources
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Types 7066, 7098, 9352, 9359, 9482, 9487,
9622, 9704, 9794, 9859, 9785, 9807, 9952 . .
Types 7065, 7096, 9351, 9358, 9438, 9481,
9489, 9703, 9784, 9788, 9792, 9853, 9949 . .
Types 7064, 7094, 9349, 9356, 9357, 9439,
9488, 9702, 9708, 9709, 9789, 9851, 9948 . .
Chapter 4. General Checkout. . . . . 33
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 35
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . . .
PC-Doctor for Windows PE. . . . . . . . . .
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace . . . . . . . . . .
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating a diagnostic CD image . . . . . .
Creating diagnostic diskettes . . . . . . .
Running diagnostics from the CD or
diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Navigating through the diagnostics
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Running tests . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . 41
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .
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User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Setting, changing, and deleting a password .
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . .
Selecting or changing the startup device
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Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . 45
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . .
Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . . .
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Types
7065, 7096, 9351, 9358, 9438, 9481,
9489, 9703, 9784, 9788, 9792, 9853,
9949). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computer components . . . . . . . . .
System board connectors . . . . . . . .
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessing system board components and drives .
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . .
Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . .
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . .
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . .
Replacing the microprocessor
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . .
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . .
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . .
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . .
Replacing the front panel card . . . . . . . .
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . .
Replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . .
Completing the FRU replacement . . . . . . .
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Types
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