Lenovo B575e - Chapter 2. Important Service Information; Strategy for Replacing FRUs

Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation
Thischapterpresentsthefollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupported
bythismanual:
•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage27
–“Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage28
–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage28
•“ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHScompliantFRUs”onpage28
Important:BIOSanddevicedriverxesarecustomer-installable.TheBIOSanddevicedriversareavailable
athttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
StrategyforreplacingFRUs
Beforereplacingparts:
Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacinganyFRUs
listedinthismanual.
Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestBIOSisinstalledtothesystemboardbefore
completingtheserviceaction.
Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOS,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
2.ClickDownloadDrivers&Software.TheWebsiteoffersthreeoptionstobeginyoursearch:
•Searchbyproductnumber
•Searchthroughtheproductauto-detectfunction
•Searchbyproductcategory
3.Followthedirectionsonthescreenandinstallthenecessarysoftware.
4.Restartthecomputerifnecessary.
Notes:Ifyouneedtoimprovethecomputerperformance,youalsocoulddownloadandinstallthelatest
BIOSutilityfromtheSupportWebsite.
•DonottrytoupdatetheBIOSsettingsforanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertied.An
untrainedpersonrunstheriskofdamagingthecomputer.
•Beforeinstallingthelatestutility,makesurethatthebatteryisfullychargedandanacpoweradapteris
connected.
•Donotturnofforputyourcomputerintosleeporhibernationuntiltheupdatehasbeencompleted.
Otherwise,thesystemboardmightbedamaged.
UsethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingandservicingFRUs:
•IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceaFRUbutthereplacementdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,reinstall
theoriginalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.
•Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyouareinstructedtoreplaceeither
theprocessorboardorthesystemboard,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,
reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.
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