Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs - CNET Content Solutions

Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . 1
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . 3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Voltage-selection switch. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . . 6
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 7
Chapter 3. General information . . . . 39
The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program . . 39
Additional information resources . . . . . . . 39
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Types 7066, 7098, 9352, 9359, 9482, 9487, 9622,
9704, 9794, 9859, 9785, 9807, 9952 . . . . . . 40
Types 7065, 7096, 9351, 9358, 9438, 9481, 9489,
9703, 9784, 9788, 9792, 9853, 9949 . . . . . . 40
Types 7064, 7094, 9349, 9356, 9357, 9439, 9488,
9702, 9708, 9709, 9789, 9851, 9948 . . . . . . 40
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 43
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 45
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . . 45
PC-Doctor for Windows PE . . . . . . . . . 45
Running diagnostics from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace . . . . . . . . . . 45
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating a diagnostic CD image . . . . . . 46
Creating diagnostic diskettes . . . . . . . 46
Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes . . 47
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . 47
Running tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . . 51
Starting the Setup Utility program. . . . . . . 51
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 51
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 51
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting, changing, and deleting a password. . . 52
Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 52
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 53
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 53
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . 55
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . 55
Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . . 55
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . . 81
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Types
7065, 7096, 9351, 9358, 9438, 9481,
9489, 9703, 9784, 9788, 9792, 9853,
9949) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Computer components . . . . . . . . . 87
System board connectors . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Accessing system board components and drives . . 90
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the CMOS battery. . . . . . . . . 93
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . . 94
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . 96
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . 105
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing the power switch/LED assembly . . . 107
Replacing the front panel card. . . . . . . . 108
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . . 109
Replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . 110
Completing the FRU replacement. . . . . . . 111
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Types
7064, 7094, 9349, 9356, 9357, 9439,
9488, 9702, 9708, 9709, 9789, 9851,
9948) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Computer components . . . . . . . . . 115
System board connectors . . . . . . . . 116
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Removing and replacing the front bezel . . . . 118
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . 119
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . 120
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 124
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . 128
Replacing a PCI adapter. . . . . . . . . . 129
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . . 131
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive . . . . 134
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . 138
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . 139
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . . 140
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . . . 142
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