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Lenovo ThinkPad E480 User Manual

Lenovo ThinkPad E480
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Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Safety information . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2. Important service
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . . . 21
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive, a
hybrid drive, or a solid-state drive . . . . . . 21
Important notice for replacing a system
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to use error message . . . . . . . . . 22
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, special bid
model, and standard models. . . . . . . . . . 22
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FRU identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3. General checkout . . . . . 25
What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lenovo Companion . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quick test programs . . . . . . . . . . . 26
UEFI diagnostic program . . . . . . . . . 27
Bootable diagnostic programs . . . . . . . 28
Power system checkout . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checking the ac power adapter . . . . . . . 29
Checking the built-in battery and operational
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checking the coin-cell battery . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4. Related service
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Restoring the factory contents by using the
Recovery Disc Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recovery overview for the Windows 10 operating
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Resetting your computer . . . . . . . . . 32
Using advanced startup options . . . . . . 32
Recovering your operating system if Windows
10 fails to start . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating and using a recovery USB drive . . . 33
Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hard disk password . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to remove the power-on password . . . 35
How to remove the hard disk password. . . . 35
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sleep mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 40
LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . . . 41
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 5. Status indicators . . . . . 43
Chapter 6. Function keys . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 7. Locations . . . . . . . . . 47
Locating computer controls, connectors, and
indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bottom view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Locating FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Major FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
LCD FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connector and cable guide . . . . . . . . 53
Looking up FRU information . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 8. FRU replacement
notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Retaining serial numbers . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Restoring the serial number of the system
unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Retaining the UUID. . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 9. Removing or replacing a
FRU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
General guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Before servicing the computer . . . . . . . . . 62
Disabling the built-in battery . . . . . . . . . . 62
1010 microSD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
1020 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
1030 Base cover assembly . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Lenovo ThinkPad E480 Specifications

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MemoryUp to 32GB DDR4
Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro
BatteryUp to 13 hours with 45Wh battery
WeightStarting at 1.75 kg (3.86 lbs)
ProcessorUp to 8th Gen Intel Core i7
Display14" FHD (1920 x 1080)
GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 620 or AMD Radeon RX 550 (2GB GDDR5)
StorageUp to 512GB SSD or 1TB HDD
Ports2 x USB 3.1, 1 x USB 2.0, HDMI, RJ45, microSD card reader
Wireless802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1

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