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About this manual . . . . . . . . . .v
Safety information . . . . . . . . . .1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .6
Safety notices: multilingual translations . . . . .7
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . .14
Important service information . . . . .17
Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . .17
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . .18
Important notice for replacing a system board . .18
How to use error message . . . . . . . .18
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and
GAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . .19
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
General checkout . . . . . . . . . .23
What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . . .26
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . .28
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . .28
Power system checkout . . . . . . . . . .29
Checking the AC adapter . . . . . . . . .29
Checking operational charging . . . . . . .30
Checking the battery pack . . . . . . . .30
Checking the backup battery . . . . . . .31
Related service information . . . . . .33
Restoring the factory contents by using Product
Recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . .34
Hard-disk password . . . . . . . . . .34
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . .34
How to remove the power-on password . . . .35
How to remove the hard-disk password . . . .35
Power management . . . . . . . . . . .37
Screen blank mode . . . . . . . . . . .37
Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . .38
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . .39
Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . .39
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . .44
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . .44
LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . .45
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . .46
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . .46
ThinkPad T500 and W500 . . . . . . .47
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
FRU tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Fn key combinations . . . . . . . . . . .55
FRU replacement notices . . . . . . . . . .58
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Retaining serial numbers . . . . . . . . .59
Removing and replacing a FRU . . . . . . . .62
1010 Battery pack . . . . . . . . . . .63
1020 Serial Ultrabay Slim device . . . . . .64
1030 Hard disk drive (HDD) cover, HDD and
HDD rubber rails or solid state drive (SSD) and
storage converter . . . . . . . . . . .65
1040 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
1050 DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
1060 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . .71
1070 Modem daughter card (MDC-3.0) . . . .73
1080 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN . .75
1090 Intel Turbo Memory Minicard or Wireless
USB adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
1100 Backup battery . . . . . . . . . .79
1110 SIM card slot . . . . . . . . . . .80
1120 Keyboard bezel . . . . . . . . . .81
1130 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN 83
1140 Speaker assembly . . . . . . . . .85
1150 Fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . .87
1160 CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
1170 LCD unit . . . . . . . . . . . .92
1180 Base cover and USB sub card with cable . .95
1190 Structure frame . . . . . . . . . . 100
1200 System board and ExpressCard slot
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
2010 LCD front bezel (LCD cover kit) . . . . 106
2020 LCD rear cover (LCD cover kit) . . . . 108
2030 Inverter card or LED control card . . . . 109
2040 Integrated camera . . . . . . . . .110
2050 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) . . . 111
2060 Antenna assembly . . . . . . . . .112
2070 LCD panel and LCD cable . . . . . .115
2080 Hinges and LCD magnesium frame . . .118
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Bottom view . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Parts list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
LCD FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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