Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 - Chapter 3. General Checkout; What to Do First

Chapter3.Generalcheckout
Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:
•“Whattodorst”onpage27
•“Checkoutguide”onpage28
–“LenovoSolutionCenter”onpage28
–“Quicktestprograms”onpage28
–“UEFIdiagnosticprogram”onpage29
–“Bootablediagnosticprograms”onpage29
•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage30
Somedescriptionsinthischaptermightnotapplytoyourparticularcomputer.
Beforeyougotothecheckoutguide,besuretoreadthefollowingimportantnotes.
Importantnotes:
•Onlycertiedtrainedpersonnelshouldservicethecomputer.
•BeforereplacinganyFRU,readtheentirepageonremovingandreplacingFRUs.
•WhenyoureplaceFRUs,itisrecommendedtousenewnylon-coatedscrews.
•Beextremelycarefulduringsuchwriteoperationsascopying,saving,orformatting.Drivesinthecomputer
thatyouareservicingsequencemighthavebeenaltered.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,dataorprograms
mightbeoverwritten.
•ReplaceaFRUonlywithanotherFRUofthecorrectmodel.WhenyoureplaceaFRU,ensurethatthemodelof
themachineandtheFRUpartnumberarecorrect.
•AFRUshouldnotbereplacedbecauseofasingle,unreproduciblefailure.Singlefailurescanoccurfora
varietyofreasonsthathavenothingtodowithahardwaredefect,suchascosmicradiation,ESD,orsoftware
errors.ConsiderreplacingaFRUonlywhenaproblemrecurs.IfyoususpectthataFRUisdefective,cleartheerror
logandrunthetestagain.Iftheerrordoesnotrecur,donotreplacetheFRU.
•BecarefulnottoreplaceanondefectiveFRU.
Whattodorst
WhenyoureturnaFRU,youmustincludethefollowinginformationinthepartsexchangeformorparts
returnformthatyouattachtoit:
1.Nameandphonenumberofservicetechnician
2.Dateofservice
3.Dateonwhichthemachinefailed
4.Dateofpurchase
5.Failuresymptoms,errorcodesappearingonthedisplay,andbeepsymptoms
6.ProcedureindexandpagenumberinwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected
7.FailingFRUnameandpartnumber
8.Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber
9.Customer'snameandaddress
Note:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthecomputerdamage
wascausedbymisuse,accident,modication,unsuitablephysicaloroperatingenvironment,orimproper
maintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthatarenotcoveredunderwarranty
andsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjecttostressbeyondnormaluse.
Beforecheckingproblemswiththecomputer,determinewhetherthedamageiscoveredunderthewarranty
byreferringtothefollowinglist:
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