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Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . . 1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . . 3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 6
Chapter 3. General information . . . . 29
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lenovo Support Web site . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 31
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting procedure . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
DVD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 39
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 43
Option problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Performance and lockup problems . . . . . 46
Printer problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Serial port problems. . . . . . . . . . . 48
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . 49
USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 51
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 51
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Password considerations. . . . . . . . . 51
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . 52
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . 52
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . 53
Selecting or changing the startup device
sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Changing the BIOS settings before installing a new
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . 55
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Miscellaneous error conditions . . . . . . . . 57
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 8. Locations . . . . . . . . . 61
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on
the front of your computer . . . . . . . . . . 61
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on
the rear of your computer . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locating major FRUs and CRUs. . . . . . . . 63
Looking up FRU information . . . . . . . . . 65
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 66
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs . . . . . . 67
Removing and reinstalling the system stand hinge
cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing and reinstalling the system stand . . . 68
Removing the computer cover . . . . . . . . 71
Removing and reinstalling the VESA mount
bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing and reinstalling the system board
shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Replacing the microprocessor fan . . . . . . . 77
Replacing the heat sink assembly . . . . . . . 78
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing the inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing or replacing a memory module . . . . 85
Replacing the internal speakers . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing the integrated camera . . . . . . . 88
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . 89
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