User's Manual

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Chapter10.Replacingdevices
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacehardwareforyourcomputer.
“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage107
“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage107
“InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard”onpage108
“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage110
“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage114
“Replacingthememorymodule”onpage117
“Replacingtheinternalstoragedrive”onpage118
“ReplacingthebuttonI/Ocard”onpage121
“Replacingtheacpowercard”onpage122
“Replacingthespeakerassembly”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.
Disablingthebuilt-inbattery
Beforereplacinganyhardwarecomponentexcepttheremovablebattery,ensurethatyouhavedisabledthe
built-inbatterybydoingthefollowing:
1.Turnoffyourcomputeranddisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Turnonyourcomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1toenterThinkPad
Setup.
3.SelectConfigPower.ThePowersubmenuisdisplayed.
4.SelectDisablebuilt-inbatteryandpressEnter.
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