IBM THINKPAD L460 - Power System Checkout

theinternalstoragedevices.Tousethebootablediagnosticprograms,youcancreateabootablediagnostic
mediumonaUniversalSerialBus(USB)deviceorCD.
Tocreateabootablediagnosticmedium,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.
2.ClickLenovoBootableDiagnostics.
3.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetocreateabootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdeviceorCD.
Tousethediagnosticmediumyouhavecreated,dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdevice,dothefollowing:
1.AttachtheUSBdevicetothecomputer.
2.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
26
,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page35forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
3.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectUSBHDDandthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogramwillbe
launchedautomatically.
5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaCD,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
26,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page35
forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
2.Connectanexternalopticaldrivetothecomputer,andinserttheCDintotheopticaldrive.
3.Restartthecomputer.
4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.
5.UsethearrowkeystoselectATAPICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogram
willbelaunchedautomatically.
6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
Powersystemcheckout
Toverifyifabatterypackoranacpoweradapterisfunctional,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Connecttheacpoweradapter.
3.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercanbeturnedon,itmeansthateitherthebatterypackortheac
poweradapterisfunctional.
4.Insertastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergency-resetholetoresetthecomputer.Ifthecomputeris
stillpoweredon,itmeansthattheacpoweradapterisfunctional.
5.Turnoffthecomputer.
6.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandturnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercanbeturnedon,it
meansthatthebatterypackisfunctional.
Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:
•“Checkingtheacpoweradapter”onpage27
•“Checkingtheexternalbatterypackandtheoperationalcharging”onpage27
•“Checkingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage28
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