Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 - Chapter 4. Security; Using Passwords

IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.
However,iftheLCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoand
itshouldbereplaced.
Notes:
•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.
•LenovowillnotprovidewarrantyreplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationsbecausewecannot
guaranteethatanyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.
•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.
Table6.LCD-relatedsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.
Replacethesystemboard.
•LCDbacklightnotworking.
•LCDtoodark.
•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.
•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.
1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.
2.ReplacetheLCDassembly.
3.Replacethesystemboard.
•LCDscreenunreadable.
•Charactersmissingpixels.
•Screenabnormal.
•Wrongcolordisplayed.
1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”
2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.
3.ReplacetheLCDassembly.
4.Replacethesystemboard.
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.ReplacetheLCDassembly.
Intermittentproblems
Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware
defect,suchascosmicradiation,ESD,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbeconsideredonly
whenaproblemrecurs.
Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:
1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.
2.Ifnoerrorisdetected,donotreplaceanyFRUs.
3.Ifanyerrorisdetected,replacetheFRUshownbytheFRUcode.Rerunthetesttoverifythatno
moreerrorsexist.
Undeterminedproblems
Ifthediagnostictestsdidnotidentifythedevicethathasfailed,ifwrongdevicesareinstalled,orifthe
systemsimplyisnotoperating,followtheseprocedurestoisolatethefailingFRU(donotisolateFRUs
thathavenodefects).
Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.
Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.(See“Powersystem
checkout”onpage30
)
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.VisuallycheckeachFRUfordamage.ReplaceanydamagedFRU.
3.Removeordisconnectallofthefollowingdevices:
a.Non-ThinkPaddevices
b.Devicesattachedtothedock
c.Printer,mouse,andotherexternaldevices
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