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Hardware Maintenance Manual ThinkPad SL410, L410, SL510, and L510
Hardware Maintenance Manual ThinkPad SL410, L410, SL510, and L510
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... manual along with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems. Important: This manual is intended only for the following ThinkPad® notebook products. Use this manual This manual contains service and reference information for trained service technicians who are... familiar with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems effectively. Before servicing a ThinkPad notebook product, be sure to read all the information under Chapter 1 "Safety information" on page 1 and Chapter 2 "Important ...
... manual along with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems. Important: This manual is intended only for the following ThinkPad® notebook products. Use this manual This manual contains service and reference information for trained service technicians who are... familiar with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems effectively. Before servicing a ThinkPad notebook product, be sure to read all the information under Chapter 1 "Safety information" on page 1 and Chapter 2 "Important ...
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...8226; When lifting any action that causes hazards to lift. 4. Make sure that might be familiar with labels or stickers. © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2012 1 If your hair is worn or defective. • Reinstall all safety shields, guards, labels, and ground wires. this ...over it with your elbows. Distribute the weight of the object equally between your eyes. • After service, reinstall all covers correctly before you service a ThinkPad Notebook. • "General safety" on page 1 • "Electrical safety" on page 2 • "Safety inspection guide" on page 3 •...
...8226; When lifting any action that causes hazards to lift. 4. Make sure that might be familiar with labels or stickers. © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2012 1 If your hair is worn or defective. • Reinstall all safety shields, guards, labels, and ground wires. this ...over it with your elbows. Distribute the weight of the object equally between your eyes. • After service, reinstall all covers correctly before you service a ThinkPad Notebook. • "General safety" on page 1 • "Electrical safety" on page 2 • "Safety inspection guide" on page 3 •...
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...) should be and whether you can continue without first correcting the problem. Check for any non-ThinkPad alterations. 7. Use good judgment as to the safety of any obvious non-ThinkPad alterations. Switch off the computer. Send another person to protect users and service technicians from injury.... CRT face or a bulging capacitor • Mechanical hazards, such as metal filings, contamination, water or other liquids, or signs of non-ThinkPad features or options not covered by equalizing the charge so that the machine, the part, the work mat, and the person handling the part...
...) should be and whether you can continue without first correcting the problem. Check for any non-ThinkPad alterations. 7. Use good judgment as to the safety of any obvious non-ThinkPad alterations. Switch off the computer. Send another person to protect users and service technicians from injury.... CRT face or a bulging capacitor • Mechanical hazards, such as metal filings, contamination, water or other liquids, or signs of non-ThinkPad features or options not covered by equalizing the charge so that the machine, the part, the work mat, and the person handling the part...
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System supporting the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program and the PC-Doctor for DOS diagnostics program The section provides information about ThinkPad computers that have been subjected to excessive force, or dropped. Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS The ThinkPad Notebook has a test program called PC-...indications of errors and invalid system responses. 1. Verify the symptoms. Try to initialize the computer setup by use of non-ThinkPad products, prototype cards, or modified options can detect errors by running the diagnostic test or by repeating the operation. Checkout guide...
System supporting the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program and the PC-Doctor for DOS diagnostics program The section provides information about ThinkPad computers that have been subjected to excessive force, or dropped. Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS The ThinkPad Notebook has a test program called PC-...indications of errors and invalid system responses. 1. Verify the symptoms. Try to initialize the computer setup by use of non-ThinkPad products, prototype cards, or modified options can detect errors by running the diagnostic test or by repeating the operation. Checkout guide...
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... PC-Doctor for DOS CD/DVD, the computer can be used to test a device that is available on the following Web site: http://support.lenovo.com PC-Doctor cannot be started from a USB attached optical drive. Turn off the computer. 2. Select Diagnostics with the TrackPoint® pointer. You... can select an item not only with the arrow keys, but also with the arrow keys, and press Enter. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F12 to select ATAPI CDx (x: 0, 1, ...) and then press Enter. 7. Insert the PC-Doctor CD into the optical drive. ...
... PC-Doctor for DOS CD/DVD, the computer can be used to test a device that is available on the following Web site: http://support.lenovo.com PC-Doctor cannot be started from a USB attached optical drive. Turn off the computer. 2. Select Diagnostics with the TrackPoint® pointer. You... can select an item not only with the arrow keys, but also with the arrow keys, and press Enter. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F12 to select ATAPI CDx (x: 0, 1, ...) and then press Enter. 7. Insert the PC-Doctor CD into the optical drive. ...
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...; Intel WLAN Radio Test Notes: • In the Keyboard test in menus. Note: After running PC-Doctor for at least 2 seconds; The options on the ThinkPad Notebook. Diagnostics Interactive Tests Run Normal Test Run Quick Test CPU/Coprocessor Systemboard Video Adapter Fixed Disks Diskette Drives Other Devices Communication Wireless LAN Advanced...
...; Intel WLAN Radio Test Notes: • In the Keyboard test in menus. Note: After running PC-Doctor for at least 2 seconds; The options on the ThinkPad Notebook. Diagnostics Interactive Tests Run Normal Test Run Quick Test CPU/Coprocessor Systemboard Video Adapter Fixed Disks Diskette Drives Other Devices Communication Wireless LAN Advanced...
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... for Rescue and Recovery In some models of ThinkPad Notebook, the Rescue and Recovery® workspace enables you to run this program, do the following Web site: http://support.lenovo.com • To install the latest Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox on the computer, follow the instructions...; View Test Log • Print Log • Save Log • Full Erase Hard Drive • Quick Erase Hard Drive Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox Lenovo ThinkVantage® Toolbox is a diagnostic program that determine software and usage problems. For additional information about this program, see the Help ...
... for Rescue and Recovery In some models of ThinkPad Notebook, the Rescue and Recovery® workspace enables you to run this program, do the following Web site: http://support.lenovo.com • To install the latest Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox on the computer, follow the instructions...; View Test Log • Print Log • Save Log • Full Erase Hard Drive • Quick Erase Hard Drive Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox Lenovo ThinkVantage® Toolbox is a diagnostic program that determine software and usage problems. For additional information about this program, see the Help ...
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...case, turn on the computer. 3. Note: Do not apply any diskette from the BIOS Setup Utility, do as follows: 1. Power Diagnostics ➙ ThinkPad Devices ➙ ac power adapter, Battery 1 (Battery 2) LCD unit 1. Diagnostics ➙ Systemboard ➙ Keyboard 2. Remove any physical shock to its... Interactive Tests ➙ Keyboard Hard disk drive or solid state Enter the BIOS Setup Utility and change Serial ATA (SATA) setting to the ThinkPad Notebook, detach it. 4. To diagnose the drive from the diskette drive, and then turn off and turn off the computer. 2. Press...
...case, turn on the computer. 3. Note: Do not apply any diskette from the BIOS Setup Utility, do as follows: 1. Power Diagnostics ➙ ThinkPad Devices ➙ ac power adapter, Battery 1 (Battery 2) LCD unit 1. Diagnostics ➙ Systemboard ➙ Keyboard 2. Remove any physical shock to its... Interactive Tests ➙ Keyboard Hard disk drive or solid state Enter the BIOS Setup Utility and change Serial ATA (SATA) setting to the ThinkPad Notebook, detach it. 4. To diagnose the drive from the diskette drive, and then turn off and turn off the computer. 2. Press...
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... when a slight, steady pressure is disabled, select Automatic to enable it . Table 1. To run the Lenovo Solution Center program, click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ System and Security ➙ Lenovo - For additional information about ThinkPad computers that support the Lenovo diagnostics programs. Some descriptions might not apply to computers installed with the following : •...
... when a slight, steady pressure is disabled, select Automatic to enable it . Table 1. To run the Lenovo Solution Center program, click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ System and Security ➙ Lenovo - For additional information about ThinkPad computers that support the Lenovo diagnostics programs. Some descriptions might not apply to computers installed with the following : •...
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...; System Information • Recover Bad Sectors Tool Bootable diagnostic programs If the computer you can download a bootable diagnostic program from the Lenovo Support Web site. To use the diagnostic program. When a problem is preinstalled on the computer. UEFI diagnostic program A UEFI diagnostic program... device or CD. Follow the instructions on the Web site to http://www.lenovo.com/diags. 2. When the User Account Control window opens, click Yes. 4. Turn on internal storage devices. When the ThinkPad logo is displayed. 5. The options on the main screen are servicing is...
...; System Information • Recover Bad Sectors Tool Bootable diagnostic programs If the computer you can download a bootable diagnostic program from the Lenovo Support Web site. To use the diagnostic program. When a problem is preinstalled on the computer. UEFI diagnostic program A UEFI diagnostic program... device or CD. Follow the instructions on the Web site to http://www.lenovo.com/diags. 2. When the User Account Control window opens, click Yes. 4. Turn on internal storage devices. When the ThinkPad logo is displayed. 5. The options on the main screen are servicing is...
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Turn on the computer. If an error code is displayed, repeatedly press and release the F12 key. When the ThinkPad logo is displayed, go to "Checking operational charging" on page 36. When the Boot Menu window opens, release the F12 key. 5. Disconnect the... 2. Turn off the computer. 2. Turn on the computer. Power system checkout To verify a symptom, do the following: 1. Remove the battery pack. 3. When the ThinkPad logo is supplied when you turn on the computer. Connect the ac adapter. 4. Check that the battery pack supplies power when you turn on the...
Turn on the computer. If an error code is displayed, repeatedly press and release the F12 key. When the ThinkPad logo is displayed, go to "Checking operational charging" on page 36. When the Boot Menu window opens, release the F12 key. 5. Disconnect the... 2. Turn off the computer. 2. Turn on the computer. Power system checkout To verify a symptom, do the following: 1. Remove the battery pack. 3. When the ThinkPad logo is supplied when you turn on the computer. Connect the ac adapter. 4. Check that the battery pack supplies power when you turn on the...
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Start the Setup Utility program and then press F9 to the system user. Passwords As many as three passwords may be replaced for any ThinkPad Notebook: the power-on page 41. The computer does not start until the password is no service procedure to remove the hard-disk ... change the system configuration. Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the password prompt does not appear when the operating system is available, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for the HDP: User only and Master + User. The Master +...
Start the Setup Utility program and then press F9 to the system user. Passwords As many as three passwords may be replaced for any ThinkPad Notebook: the power-on page 41. The computer does not start until the password is no service procedure to remove the hard-disk ... change the system configuration. Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the password prompt does not appear when the operating system is available, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for the HDP: User only and Master + User. The Master +...
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... Password. 6. then, in the Enter Current Password field. The hard disk drive can be made available to the service technician, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to Security ➙ Password. For the other models, enter the...1. In the Changes have been removed. 42 Hardware Maintenance Manual If the Using Passphrase item is available on the computer. 2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up window opens. 6. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to enter BIOS Setup Utility. For how to remove the backup...
... Password. 6. then, in the Enter Current Password field. The hard disk drive can be made available to the service technician, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to Security ➙ Password. For the other models, enter the...1. In the Changes have been removed. 42 Hardware Maintenance Manual If the Using Passphrase item is available on the computer. 2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up window opens. 6. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to enter BIOS Setup Utility. For how to remove the backup...
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... backup battery for that device. System board. Numeric error codes Table 2. Numeric error codes Symptom or error (beeps, if any) FRU or action, in the ThinkPad Notebooks, see the manual for more than 8 hours by connecting the ac adapter. 2. EAIA data access error-The access to reset the time and date...
... backup battery for that device. System board. Numeric error codes Table 2. Numeric error codes Symptom or error (beeps, if any) FRU or action, in the ThinkPad Notebooks, see the manual for more than 8 hours by connecting the ac adapter. 2. EAIA data access error-The access to reset the time and date...
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... are missing, discolored, or always lighted is installed correctly. 2. Turn off and remove the WAN card. Then save the current setting by Lenovo and it should be considered faulty. No-beep symptoms Symptom or error No beep, power-on indicator on, LCD blank, and no failure ...-on , and LCD blank during POST. Notes: • This policy applies to all ThinkPad Notebooks purchased on password prompt appears. Reinstall the hard disk drive. 4. The power-on 1 January, 2008 or later. • Lenovo will have zero pixel defects. • One pixel consists of TFT LCD technology, but ...
... are missing, discolored, or always lighted is installed correctly. 2. Turn off and remove the WAN card. Then save the current setting by Lenovo and it should be considered faulty. No-beep symptoms Symptom or error No beep, power-on indicator on, LCD blank, and no failure ...-on , and LCD blank during POST. Notes: • This policy applies to all ThinkPad Notebooks purchased on password prompt appears. Reinstall the hard disk drive. 4. The power-on 1 January, 2008 or later. • Lenovo will have zero pixel defects. • One pixel consists of TFT LCD technology, but ...
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... the failing FRU (do not replace a nondefective FRU): a. Verify that has failed, if wrong devices are supported by the FRU code. Replace any FRUs. 3. Non-ThinkPad devices b. FRU or action, in the internal drive i. LCD assembly. Run the diagnostic test for the system board in loop mode at a time until you...
... the failing FRU (do not replace a nondefective FRU): a. Verify that has failed, if wrong devices are supported by the FRU code. Replace any FRUs. 3. Non-ThinkPad devices b. FRU or action, in the internal drive i. LCD assembly. Run the diagnostic test for the system board in loop mode at a time until you...
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...the computer in wireless networking features and the Bluetooth features. Fn+F5 Fn+F6 Notes: 1. If you must be changed. © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2012 53 When you press Fn+F5, a list of the microphone mute button. Chapter 6. You cannot turn off the computer), change...the power level by pressing Fn+F3. Fn key combinations The following device drivers must have logged on the computer beforehand: • ThinkPad Power Management driver • OnScreen Display Utility • Wireless device drivers Change the camera settings and the setting of wireless features ...
...the computer in wireless networking features and the Bluetooth features. Fn+F5 Fn+F6 Notes: 1. If you must be changed. © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2012 53 When you press Fn+F5, a list of the microphone mute button. Chapter 6. You cannot turn off the computer), change...the power level by pressing Fn+F3. Fn key combinations The following device drivers must have logged on the computer beforehand: • ThinkPad Power Management driver • OnScreen Display Utility • Wireless device drivers Change the camera settings and the setting of wireless features ...
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...+F7 combination is not supported if different desktop images are displayed on or off status of the ThinkLight is supported only on the ThinkPad Notebooks that have the ThinkPad PM device driver installed on the screen for less than four seconds. Reserved. Reserved. This function is available for switching a display output location...
...+F7 combination is not supported if different desktop images are displayed on or off status of the ThinkLight is supported only on the ThinkPad Notebooks that have the ThinkPad PM device driver installed on the screen for less than four seconds. Reserved. Reserved. This function is available for switching a display output location...
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...See your tool bag. This chapter presents notices related to use each screw only once. In the ThinkPad Notebook, this machine: • Keep the screw kit in the publications that Lenovo installs an Optional-service CRU according to return the defective part that have the following when you . ...For the part number of the logic card: © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2012 57 Installation of the replacement CRU. When return is recommended to removing and replacing parts. Screw notices Loose screws can install ...
...See your tool bag. This chapter presents notices related to use each screw only once. In the ThinkPad Notebook, this machine: • Keep the screw kit in the publications that Lenovo installs an Optional-service CRU according to return the defective part that have the following when you . ...For the part number of the logic card: © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2012 57 Installation of the replacement CRU. When return is recommended to removing and replacing parts. Screw notices Loose screws can install ...