Table Of Contents - Lenovo ThinkCentre Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1
Important Safety Information .
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . .
Turkish statement of compliance .
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 . . . . 39
The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program .
Additional information resources .
Specifications . . . .
Types 7258, 7260, 7268, 7270, 7280, 7296, 7298,
7304, 7307,7413, 7491, and 7508 .
Types 7259, 7267, 7269, 7279, 7297, 7303, 7306,
7487, 7506, and 7514
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 43
Problem determination tips .
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 45
Lenovo System Toolbox .
PC-Doctor for Windows PE .
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace .
PC-Doctor for DOS . .
Creating a diagnostic CD/DVD image .
Running diagnostics from the disc .
Navigating through the diagnostics programs .
Running tests. . .
Viewing the test log
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . . 49
Starting the Setup Utility program .
Viewing and changing settings .
Using passwords . .
Password considerations .
Power-On Password
Privileged Access Password .
Setting, changing, and deleting a password .
Enabling or disabling a device .
Selecting a startup device.
Selecting a temporary startup device .
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 51
Advanced settings . .
Exiting from the Setup Utility program .
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Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . 53
. 1 Hard disk drive boot error .
Power Supply Problems .
. 2 Diagnostic error codes .
. 2 Beep symptoms .
POST error codes .
Miscellaneous error messages .
Undetermined problems .
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Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Types
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7298, 7304, 7307,7413, 7491, and 7508) . 81
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Locations . .
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Rear connectors .
Computer components
System board connectors .
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Removing the computer cover .
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Removing and installing the front bezel .
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Replacing the power supply assembly
Replacing the system board .
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Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly .
Replacing the microprocessor .
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Replacing a memory module
Installing or replacing an adapter card .
Replacing the primary hard disk drive .
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive .
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Replacing an optical drive .
Replacing the diskette drive or card reader
Replacing the front fan assembly .
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Replacing the rear fan assembly .
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Replacing the front audio/USB assembly .
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly .
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Replacing the CMOS battery .
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Replacing the Internal speaker.
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Completing the FRU replacement
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Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Types
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7259, 7267, 7269, 7279, 7290, 7297,
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7303, 7306, 7408, 7487, 7506 and
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Locations . . .
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Rear connectors
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Computer components .
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System board connectors
. 50
Opening the cover.
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Accessing system board components and drives
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Replacing a memory module .
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Replacing the battery .
. 51
Replacing the power supply .
. 51
Replacing the system board
Replacing the microprocessor .
. 52
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly .
. 52
Replacing the hard disk drive .
Replacing the optical drive .
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