Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Chapter 6. Replacing Devices; Static Electricity Precautions; Replacing Major Components

Chapter6.Replacingdevices
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacesomehardwareforyourcomputer.
•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage65
•“Replacingthebattery”onpage65
•“ReplacingtheSIMcard”onpage67
•“Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage68
•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage70
•“Replacingandinstallingamemorymodule”onpage74
•“Replacingtheopticaldiskdrive”onpage77
•“ReplacingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN/WiMAXconnection”onpage82
•“ReplacingorinstallingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWANconnection”onpage84
•“Replacingthebackupbattery”onpage88
Staticelectricityprevention
Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor
acustomerreplaceableunit(CRU),donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthepartuntil
theinstructionsdirectyoutoinstallit.
WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:
•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.
•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe
edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.
•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.
•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthe
parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo
seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthepackageandyourbody.
•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackagingandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackagingonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonit.
•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.
Replacingthebattery
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecicsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo
oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother
systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemisinstalled,thesystemwill
notcharge.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
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