Technical information

PREFACE About this Manual

This manual contains hardware and maintenance information previously

contained in the Hardware Maintenance Reference and Hardware Maintenance

Service booklets for IBM (*) Personal System/2 (*) Displays. The

materials have been combined and condensed where reference information and

service procedures are the same for all displays. This information

appears in the first part of this book, "Part I. General Service

Information."

Information specific to each display appears in the chapters listed under

the second part of this book, "Part II. Display-Specific Service

Information." These chapters include all removal and replacement steps and

service procedures that apply only to that specific display.

The third part of the book, "Part III. Parts Catalog," lists all parts and

parts numbers for serviceable displays, lists all Element Exchange

displays with part numbers, and includes a complete list of the tools and

test equipment needed for servicing displays of any type.

To use this manual:

1. Determine which display you will be servicing

2. Use the diagnostic guide to pinpoint problems

3. Follow the common removal procedures to gain access to the display

components you will be servicing

 refer to the display-specific removal procedures for components

particular to that display

4. Continue to the display-specific service information chapter for the

display you are servicing for:

 function checks

 pattern checks

5. Consult "Part III. Parts Catalog" for parts numbers of components you

must replace

6. Return to the removal and replacement procedures to replace parts on

the display

7. Use display-specific adjustment procedures to return the display to

normal function.

(*) Trademark of IBM Corporation. For a list of trademarks, see

"Notices" in topic FRONT_1.

PS/2 Displays Maintenance Manual

About this Manual

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