Table Of Contents - Lenovo ThinkCentre 7515 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . 1
Important safety information .
Important information about replacing the RoHS
compliant FRUs . . .
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . 3
General safety . . . .
Electrical safety . . .
Voltage-selection switch.
Safety inspection guide .
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices .
Grounding requirements .
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) .
Chapter 3. General information . . . . 39
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools .
Lenovo Care . . . .
Access Help . . . .
Additional information resources .
Specifications . . . .
For machine types: 7515, 7523, 7569, and 7611..
For machine types: 7522, 7560, 7610, and 7705..
For all machine types .
Chapter 4. General checkout . . . . . 43
Problem determination tips .
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 45
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox .
Lenovo System Toolbox .
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .
PC-Doctor for DOS . .
Creating a diagnostic disc
Running the diagnostic program from the
diagnostic disc . .
Navigating through the diagnostics programs .
Running tests. . .
Viewing the test log
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Starting the Setup Utility program .
Viewing and changing settings .
Using passwords . .
Password considerations .
Set Power-On Password .
Set Administrator Password .
Setting, changing, or deleting a password .
Enabling or disabling a device .
Selecting a startup device.
Selecting a temporary startup device .
Viewing or changing the startup device sequence 54
Exiting the Setup Utility program .
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Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index . . . 55
. 1 Hard disk drive boot error .
Power supply problems .
. 2 Diagnostic error codes .
Beep symptoms .
POST error codes .
Miscellaneous error messages .
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Undetermined problems .
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Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Machine
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. 6 types: 7515, 7523, 7569, and 7611.) . . 83
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Locating connectors on the front of your computer
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Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
Removing the computer cover .
Locating components .
Locating parts on the system board .
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Removing and reinstalling the front bezel .
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Installing or replacing a memory module .
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Installing or replacing a PCI card .
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Replacing the battery .
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Replacing the power supply assembly
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Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly .
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Replacing the microprocessor .
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Replacing the system board
Replacing the primary hard disk drive .
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive .
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Replacing the optical drive .
Replacing the diskette drive or card reader
Replacing the front fan assembly .
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Replacing the rear fan assembly .
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Replacing the internal speaker .
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Replacing the front audio and USB assembly .
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Completing the FRU replacement
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Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Machine
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types: 7522, 7560, 7610, and 7705.) . . 123
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Locating connectors on the front of your computer 124
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Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
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Opening the computer cover .
Accessing the system board components and
drives . . . .
Locating components .
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Locating parts on the system board .
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Installing or replacing a memory module .
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Installing or replacing an adapter card .
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Replacing the battery .
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Replacing the hard disk drive .
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Replacing the optical drive .
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Replacing the power supply assembly .
. 53
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly .
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Replacing the microprocessor .
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Replacing the system board
Replacing the card reader .
. 54
Replacing the front audio and USB assembly .
Replacing the internal speaker.
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