Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71 - Replacing the Hard Disk Drive

Thebatterynormallyrequiresnochargingormaintenancethroughoutitslife;however,nobatterylasts
forever.Ifthebatteryfails,thedate,time,andcongurationinformation(includingpasswords)arelost.An
errormessageisdisplayedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
Refertothe“Lithiumbatterynotice”intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuideforinformationabout
replacinganddisposingofthebattery.
Toreplacethebattery,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage109.
3.Locatethebattery.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage107.
4.Removetheoldbattery.
Figure47.Removingtheoldbattery
5.Installanewbattery.
Figure48.Installinganewbattery
6.Reinstallthecomputercoverandconnectthecables.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page139
.
Note:Whenthecomputeristurnedonforthersttimeafterreplacingthebattery,anerrormessage
mightbedisplayed.Thisisnormalafterreplacingthebattery.
7.Turnonthecomputerandallattacheddevices.
8.UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthedate,time,andanypasswords.SeeChapter6“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage43
.
9.Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage139.
Replacingtheharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
intheThinkCentreUserGuide.ToobtainacopyoftheThinkCentreUserGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkCentreUserGuides
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