Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E525 Hardware Maintenance Manual

•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdevice,dothefollowing:
1.AttachtheUSBdevicetothecomputer.
2.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
38
,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page45forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
3.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot
Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectUSBHDDandthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogramwillbe
launchedautomatically.
5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaCD,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
38,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page45forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
2.InserttheCDintotheopticaldrive.
3.Restartthecomputer.
4.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot
Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.
5.UsethearrowkeystoselectATAPICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogram
willbelaunchedautomatically.
6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
Powersystemcheckout
Toverifyasymptom,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.
3.Connecttheacpoweradapter.
4.Checkthatpowerissuppliedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
5.Turnoffthecomputer.
6.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandinstallthechargedbatterypack.
7.Checkthatthebatterypacksuppliespowerwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:
•“Checkingtheacpoweradapter”onpage38
•“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage39
•“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage39
•“Checkingthebackupbattery”onpage40
Checkingtheacpoweradapter
Youareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheacpoweradapterisused.
•Ifthepower-onindicatordoesnotturnon,checkthepowercordoftheacpoweradapterforcorrect
continuityandinstallation.
•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage39
Tochecktheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:
1.Unplugtheacpoweradaptercablefromthecomputer.
2.Measuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheacpoweradaptercable.Seethefollowinggure:
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E525 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkPad Edge E525
Category	Laptop
Language	English