Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 - FRU Identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV Products

•TheMTMportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”
(example:1829-CTO).ThePRODUCTIDportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitCMV
model(example:1829-W15).
•eSupportwillshowboththeCTOandCMVmachinetypemodels(example:1829-CTOand1829-W15will
befoundontheeSupportsite.)
GeneralAnnounceVariant(GAV)
Thisisastandardmodel(xedconguration).GAVsareannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTM
portionofthemachinelabelisa4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not
“CTO”(example:1829-F1U).Also,eSupportwilllisttheseproductsunderthesamexedmodelnumber.
FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts
UseLenovoeSupporttoidentifymajorFRUs,FRUpartnumbers,andFRUdescriptionsforCTO,CMV,and
GAVproductsatanMT-serialnumberlevel.ExamplesofmajorFRUsareharddiskdrive,systemboard,
liquidcrystaldisplay(LCD),andmemorymodule.AllCTOandCMVproductsareloadedunderthe4-digit
MTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(example:1829-CTO).GAVsareloadedunderthe4-digitMT
and3-digitmodel,wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not“CTO”(example:1829-F1U).
ToidentifythemajorFRUsforaproduct,dothefollowing:
1.Goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.ClickWarranty&Services.
3.ClickCheckWarrantyStatus.
4.OntheWarrantyStatusLookuppage,clickPartsLookup.
5.Typeyourmachinetypeandserialnumber,andthenclickSubmit.
eSupportalsocanbeusedtoviewthegeneralFRUlistforaproduct.
TogetthegeneralFRUlistforaproduct,dothefollowing:
1.Goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.ClickParts&Accessories.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectproduct.
4.ClickProductsandPartsDetail.
5.OnthePRODUCTANDPARTSDETAILpage,clickthePartsDetailtabtoviewtheFRUlist.
Note:TheFRUlistisagenerallistofcomponentsanddoesnotcontainspecicmodelinformation.
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