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• Click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ System and Security ➙ Lenovo – System Health and Diagnostics.
Windows Vista
®
and Windows XP:
Click Start ➙ All Programs ➙ ThinkVantage ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox
Follow the instructions on the screen. Lenovo ThinkVantageToolbox also has problem determination aids
that determine software and usage problems.
For additional information about this program, see the Help for the program.
FRU tests
The following table shows the test for each FRU.
Table 1. FRU tests
FRU Applicable test
System board 1. Diagnostics ➙ CPU/Coprocessor
2. Diagnostics ➙ Systemboard
3. If the docking station or the port replicator is attached to the ThinkPad Notebook,
detach it.
4. Place the computer on a horizontal surface, and run Diagnostics ➙ ThinkPad
Devices ➙ HDD Active Protection Test.
Note: Do not apply any physical shock to the computer while the test is running.
Power
Diagnostics ➙ ThinkPad Devices ➙ AC Adapter, Battery 1 , or Battery2
LCD unit
1. Diagnostics ➙ Video Adapter
2. Interactive Tests ➙ Video
Audio
Enter the ThinkPad Setup and change Serial ATA (SATA) setting to Compatibility, and
run Diagnostics ➙ Other Device ➙ Conexant Audio
Speaker Interactive Tests ➙ Internal Speaker
Note: Once Audio test is done, the no sound is heard this test. In this case, turn off
and turn on the computer. Then, run this test again.
Keyboard
1. Diagnostics ➙ Systemboard ➙ Keyboard
2. Interactive Tests ➙ Keyboard
Enter the ThinkPad Setup and change Serial ATA (SATA) setting to Compatibility, and
run Diagnostics ➙ Fixed Disks
Hard disk drive or solid state
drive
You can also diagnose the drive without starting up the operating system. To diagnose
the drive from the ThinkPad Setup, do as follows:
1. Remove any diskette from the diskette drive, and then turn off the computer.
2. Turn on the computer.
3. While the message, “To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVangate
button,” is displayed at the lower left of the screen, press F1 to enter the ThinkPad
Setup.
4. Using cursor keys, select HDD diagnostic program. Press enter.
5. Using cursor keys, select Main hard disk drive or Ultrabay hard disk drive.
6. Press Enter to start the diagnostic program.
Diskette drive 1. Diagnostics ➙ Diskette Drives
2. Interactive Tests ➙ Diskette
Optical drive 1. Diagnostics ➙ Other Devices ➙ Optical Drive
2. Interactive Tests ➙ Optical Drive Test
Memory
1. If two DIMMs are installed, remove one of them and run Diagnostics ➙ System
Memory.
2. If the problem does not recur, return the DIMM to its place, remove the other one,
and run the test again.
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