User Guide

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Important Service Information ........... 1
How to Use Error Messages .......... 2
How to Read POST Error Messages ...... 2
Drive and Diskette Compatibility Matrix ....... 3
Safety Notices (Multi-lingual Translations) ..... 4
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safety Inspection Guide ............ 13
Handling Electrostatic Discharge-Sensitive Devices 15
Grounding Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Laser compliance statement ............ 16
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Read This First .................. 19
What to Do First ................ 20
How to Disable the Password ......... 21
Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fn Key Combinations ............. 22
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Checkout Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Audio Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fan ASM Checkout .............. 26
Keyboard and Auxiliary Input Device Checkout . 26
Memory Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Modem Board Checkout ............ 27
Power System Checkout ............ 27
TrackPoint Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
I/O Ports Checkout .............. 30
Power Management Features ......... 30
Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Numeric Error Codes .............. 33
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
No Beep Symptoms .............. 35
LCD-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Keyboard-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 36
Indicator-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PC Card (PCMCIA)-Related Symptoms ..... 37
Speaker-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Management-Related Symptoms ..... 37
Peripheral-Device-Related Symptom . . . . . . 38
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CE Utility Program Diskette ............ 40
Writing the VPD Data ............. 40
Flash UUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Running the Diagnostics .............. 40
FRU Removals and Replacements ......... 41
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