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Chapter10.Replacingdevices

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacehardwareforyourcomputer.

•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage113

•“Replacingthebattery”onpage113

•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage115

•“Replacingthestoragedrive”onpage120

•“Replacingtheopticaldrive”onpage123

•“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage126

•“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage128

Staticelectricityprevention

Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.

Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor

aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou

toinstallthepart.

WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions

toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe

edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.

•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.

•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthe

parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo

seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.

•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackageandinstallthepart

withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackageonasmooth,

levelsurfaceandplacethepartonthepackage.

•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.

Replacingthebattery

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructionsandread“Importantsafetyinformation”onpagevi.

ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspeciﬁcsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo

oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother

systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemisinstalled,thesystemwill

notcharge.

Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and

providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.

Note:Ifanunauthorizedbatteryisinstalled,thefollowingmessagewillbedisplayed:“Thebatteryinstalled

isnotsupportedbythissystemandwillnotcharge.PleasereplacethebatterywiththecorrectLenovo

batteryforthissystem.”

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