Lenovo ThinkCentre E93 - Replacing the Hard Disk Drive

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage40.
3.Locatethebattery.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage12.
4.Removetheheatsinkfanduct.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage61.
5.Dependingonyourcomputermodel,youmightneedtoremovethePCIExpressx16graphicscardfor
easieraccesstothebattery.See“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage45.
6.Removetheoldbattery.
Figure20.Removingtheoldbattery
7.Installanewbattery.
Figure21.Installinganewbattery
8.IfyouhadremovedthePCIExpressx16graphicscard,reinstallthePCIExpressx16graphicscard.
See“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage45.
9.Reinstalltheheatsinkfanduct.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage61.
10.Reinstallthecomputercoverandconnectthecables.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page84
.
Note:Whenthecomputeristurnedonforthefirsttimeafterreplacingthebattery,anerrormessage
mightbedisplayed.Thisisnormalafterreplacingthebattery.
11.Turnonthecomputerandallattacheddevices.
12.UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthedate,time,andanypasswords.SeeChapter7“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage95.
Replacingtheharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpagev
.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheharddiskdrive.
Toreplacetheharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
48ThinkCentreE93UserGuide