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No-beepsymptoms
Table5.No-beepsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.
1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.
2.DIMM.
3.Systemboard.
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.
1.ReseatDIMM.
2.Systemboard.
Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.
TypethepasswordandpressEnter.
Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand
pressEnter.
LCD-relatedsymptoms
Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFTs).Thepresenceofa
smallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFTLCDtechnology,but
excessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.
IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.However,ifthe
LCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoanditshouldbereplaced.
Notes:
ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.
LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethatany
replacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.
OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.
Table6.LCD-relatedsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.
Systemboard.
LCDbacklightnotworking.
LCDtoodark.
LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.
LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.
1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.
2.LCDassembly.
3.Systemboard.
LCDscreenunreadable.
Charactersmissingpixels.
Screenabnormal.
Wrongcolordisplayed.
1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.
2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.
3.LCDassembly.
4.Systemboard.
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.
Intermittentproblems
Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware
defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe
consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.
Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:
1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.
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