Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge - Replacing the Card Reader

Replacingthecardreader
Attention
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafety
information”intheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.Toobtaina
copyoftheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethecardreader.
Note:Thecardreaderisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
Toreplacethecardreader,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotheratsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage95.
4.Locatethecardreaderinthecomputer.See“FRUlocations”onpage86.
5.Removethesystemboardshield.See“Removingandreinstallingthesystemboardshield”onpage102.
6.Disconnectthecardreadercablefromthecardreader.
7.Removethetwoscrews1thatsecurethecardreader,andthenliftthecardreaderoutofthecomputer.
Figure32.Removingthecardreader
8.Toreinstallthecardreader,alignthescrewholesinthenewcardreaderwiththoseinthecomputer,and
theninstallthetwoscrewstosecurethecardreader.
9.Connectthecardreadercabletothenewcardreader.
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