Lenovo ThinkCentre E63z - Installing or Replacing a Memory Module

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheconverterboard.
Toreplacetheconverterboard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerandgentlylay
itdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removetheframestand.See“Removingandinstallingtheframestand”onpage99.
4.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage102.
5.Disconnectthetwoconverter-boardcablesfromtheconverterboard.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecuretheconverterboardtothechassis.
Figure22.Removingthetwoscrewsthatsecuretheconverterboard
7.Toinstallthenewconverterboard,connectthetwoconverter-boardcablestothenewconverterboard.
8.Positiontheconverterboardsothatthescrewholesintheconverterboardalignwiththecorresponding
holesinthechassis.Then,installthetwoscrewstosecuretheconverterboardtothechassis.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage127.
Installingorreplacingamemorymodule
Attention:DonotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheChapter
1“Readthisfirst:Importantsafetyinformation”onpage1.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceamemorymodule.
Toinstallorreplaceamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotherflatsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removetheframestand.See“Removingandinstallingtheframestand”onpage99.
4.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage102.
5.Removethesystem-boardshield.See“Removingandinstallingthesystem-boardshield”onpage106.
6.Dependingonwhetheryouareinstallingorreplacingamemorymodule,dooneofthefollowing:
Chapter11.Installingorreplacinghardware109