Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
ThinkPad i Series 1400/1500 Hardware Maintenance
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Important Service Information .......... 2
Drive and Diskette Compatibility Matrix ..... 3
Safety Notices (Multilingual Translations) .... 4
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Laser Compliance Statement .......... 16
Read this first ................... 19
What to do first ................ 19
FRU replacement notices ............. 21
LCD replacement notice ............ 21
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System board/Inverter replacement notice .... 22
Bios Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Flash (BIOS) update procedure ......... 23
Related service information ............ 24
Power button as reset switch .......... 24
Running a low-level format ........... 24
Service Web site ............... 24
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power management features .......... 26
Fn key combinations .............. 27
Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Testing the computer ............. 28
Related service information ........... 29
Power systems checkout ............ 30
Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Numeric Error Codes and Messages ...... 33
LCD-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Keyboard/TrackPoint-Related Symptoms . . . . 35
Indicator-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Memory-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 36
PC Card (PCMCIA)-Related Symptoms ..... 37
Power Management-Related Symptoms ..... 37
Peripheral-Device-Related Symptom . . . . . . 37
Modem-Related Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switch Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ThinkPad i Series 1400/1500 (Part I) ........ 43
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