Lenovo ThinkPad R50e Series Hardware Maintenance Manual

Symptom or error FRU or action, in sequence
1803
Unauthorized
daughter card is
plugged in—Turn off and
remove the daughter card.
1. Remove the daughter
card that you installed.
2. System board.
1810
Hard
disk partition layout error.
1. If the Access IBM
Predesktop Area has been
previously disabled, then
go to the BIOS Setup
Utility by pressing F1 to
open the BIOS Setup
Utility. Select Security -->
Predesktop Area -->
Access IBM Predesktop
Area. Set this item to
Disabled. Save and exit.
2. If the Access IBM
Predesktop Area has not
been previously disabled,
press Enter to load Access
IBM Predesktop Area. Then
run RECOVER TO
FACTORY CONTENTS in
Access IBM Predesktop
Area.
3. If item 2 failed, press F3 in
the Welcome screen in
RECOVER TO FACTORY
CONTENTS. Run FDISK,
and then delete all
partitions. Run RECOVER
TO FACTORY CONTENTS
in Access IBM Predesktop
Area again.
4. If item 3 failed, select
CD-ROM boot in Startup in
Access IBM Predesktop
Area. Boot from the
Recovery CD and perform
full recovery from it.
5. If item 4 failed, replace the
hard disk drive.
2000
IBM
Hard Drive Active
Protection sensor diagnostics
failed.
Press
<Esc> to continue.
Press
<F1> to enter SETUP
1. Undock docking station or
port replicator if it is
attached to the ThinkPad
computer, and place the
computer on a horizontal
surface. Do not apply any
physical shock to the
computer.
2. Run Diagnostics --> Other
Devices --> HDD Active
Protection Test.
Symptom-to-FRU index
ThinkPad R50/R50p and R51 Series 57

Lenovo ThinkPad R50e Series Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkPad R50e Series
Category	Laptop
Language	English