Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 Hardware Maintenance Manual

MTMonrearlabel:
TTTT-CTOS/NSSSSSSS
ProductIDonrearlabel:
TTTT-MMM(UsethisnumberwhensettingSerialNumber)
Intheexample,theSerialNumbertobeinputis'1STTTTMMMSSSSSSS'.
RetainingtheUUID
TheUniversallyUniqueIdentier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat
productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.
ThealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberisdesignedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwo
computersintheworldhavethesamenumber.
Whenyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustsettheUUIDonthenewsystemboardasfollows:
1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select4.AssignUUID.AnewUUIDiscreatedandwritten.IfavalidUUIDalready
exists,itisnotoverwritten.
ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation
InformationonEngineeringChangeAnnouncements(ECA)arestoredintheEEPROMofthesystemboard.
TheelectronicstorageofthisinformationsimpliestheproceduretocheckiftheECAhasbeenpreviously
appliedtoamachine.ThemachinedoesnotneedtobedisassembledtocheckfortheECAapplication.
TocheckwhatECAshavebeenpreviouslyappliedtothemachine,usetheECAInformationRead/Write
functionontheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater.
1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.
3.ToreadECAinformation,select2.ReadECA/reworknumberfromEEPROMandfollowthe
instruction.
4.Toreadtheboxbuilddate,select5.ReadboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.
AfteranECAhasbeenappliedtothemachine,theEEPROMmustbeupdatedtoreecttheECA's
application.UsetheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlatertoupdatethe
EEPROM.
Note:OnlytheECAnumberisstoredintheEEPROM.ThemachinetypeoftheECAisassumedbethesame
asthemachinetypeofthemachinethathadtheECAappliedtoit.
1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.
3.TowriteECAinformation,select1.WriteECA/reworknumberfromEEPROM,andfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.
4.Towritetheboxbuilddate,select4.WriteboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructions
onthescreen.
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkPad Edge E535
Category	Laptop
Language	English