Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge - Chapter 5. Installing or Replacing Hardware; Handling Static-Sensitive Devices; Installing or Replacing Hardware; Installing External Options

Chapter4.GeneralCheckout
Attention
Thedrivesinthecomputeryouareservicingmighthavebeenrearrangedorthedrivestartupsequence
changed.Beextremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Dataor
programscanbeoverwrittenifyouselectanincorrectdrive.
Generalerrormessagesappearifaproblemorconictisfoundbyanapplicationprogram,theoperating
system,orboth.Foranexplanationofthesemessages,refertotheinformationsuppliedwiththatsoftware
package.
BeforereplacinganyFRUs,ensurethatthelatestlevelofBIOSisinstalledonthesystem.Adown-levelBIOS
mightcausefalseerrorsandunnecessaryreplacementofthesystemboard.Formoreinformationonhowto
determineandobtainthelatestlevelBIOS,see“BIOSlevels”onpage165
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Usethefollowingproceduretohelpdeterminethecauseoftheproblem:
1.Power-offthecomputerandallexternaldevices.
2.Checkallcablesandpowercords.
3.Setalldisplaycontrolstothemiddleposition.
4.Power-onallexternaldevices.
5.Power-onthecomputer.
•Lookfordisplayederrorcodes
•Listenforbeepcodes
•Lookforreadableinstructionsoramainmenuonthedisplay.
Ifyoudidnotreceivethecorrectresponse,proceedtostep6onpage33
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Ifyoudoreceivethecorrectresponse,proceedtostep7onpage33.
6.Lookatthefollowingconditionsandfollowtheinstructions:
•IfyouhearbeepcodesduringPOST,goto“Beepsymptoms”onpage79
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•IfthecomputerdisplaysaPOSTerror,goto“POSTerrorcodes”onpage79.
•Ifthecomputerhangsandnoerrorisdisplayed,continueatstep7onpage33.
7.RuntheDiagnosticprograms.See“Diagnostics”onpage51.
•Ifyoureceiveanerror,replacethepartthatthediagnosticprogramcallsoutorgoto“Diagnostic
errorcodes”onpage62.
•Iftheteststopsandyoucannotcontinue,replacethelastdevicetested.
Problemdeterminationtips
Duetothevarietyofhardwareandsoftwarecombinationsthatcanbeencountered,usethefollowing
informationtoassistyouinproblemdetermination.Ifpossible,havethisinformationavailablewhen
requestingassistancefromServiceSupportandEngineeringfunctions.
•Machinetypeandmodel
•Processororharddiskdriveupgrades
•Failuresymptom
–Dodiagnosticsindicateafailure?
–What,when,where,single,ormultiplesystems?
–Isthefailurerepeatable?
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