Chapter6.Replacingdevices
Youcanincreasethecapacityofthememoryortheharddiskdrivebyreplacingtheoriginal,built-in
devicewithanoptionalone.Or,ifyouneedto,youcanreplacethePCIExpressMiniCardbyfollowing
theproceduresinthischpater.
Thischapterprovidesinformationonthefollowingtopics:
•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage67
•“Replacingthebattery”onpage67
•“Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage69
•“ReplacingthemSATAsolidstatedrive”onpage72
•“InstallingandreplacingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN”onpage75
•“InstallingandreplacingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN/WiMAXconnection”onpage79
•“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage82
•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage84
•“ReplacingtheSIMcard”onpage88
Staticelectricityprevention
Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoption
orCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou
toinstallit.
WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:
•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.
•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe
edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.
•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.
•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthe
parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo
seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.
•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackagingandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackagingonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonit.
•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.
Replacingthebattery
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ThinkPadEdgesystemsdonotsupportbatteriesthatarenotgenuineLenovo-madeorauthorized.These
systemswillcontinuetoboot,butmaynotchargeunauthorizedbatteries.Attention:Lenovohasno
responsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,andprovidesnowarrantiesforfailures
ordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
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