Lenovo ThinkPad SL500c User Manual

Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . .v
Safety information . . . . . . . . . .1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .6
Safety notices: multilingual translations . . . . .7
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . .14
Important service information . . . . .17
Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . .17
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . .18
Important notice for replacing a system board . .18
How to use error message . . . . . . . .18
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and
GAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . .19
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
General checkout . . . . . . . . . .23
What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . . .26
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . .28
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . .28
Power system checkout . . . . . . . . . .29
Checking the AC adapter . . . . . . . . .29
Checking operational charging . . . . . . .30
Checking the battery pack . . . . . . . .30
Checking the backup battery . . . . . . .31
Related service information . . . . . .33
Restoring the factory contents by using Product
Recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . .34
Hard-disk password . . . . . . . . . .34
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . .34
How to remove the power-on password . . . .35
How to remove the hard-disk password . . . .35
Power management . . . . . . . . . . .37
Screen blank mode . . . . . . . . . . .37
Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . .38
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . .39
Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . .39
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . .45
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . .45
LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . .46
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . .47
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . .47
ThinkPad SL400, SL400c, SL500, and
SL500c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
FRU tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Fn key combinations . . . . . . . . . . .56
FRU replacement notices . . . . . . . . . .58
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Retaining serial numbers . . . . . . . . .59
Removing and replacing a FRU . . . . . . . .62
1010 Battery pack . . . . . . . . . . .63
1020 Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . .64
1030 Hard disk drive (HDD) cover and HDD . .65
1040 DIMM slot cover (for ThinkPad SL400 and
SL400c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
1050 DIMM slot cover (for ThinkPad SL500 and
SL500c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
1060 DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
1070 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN/WiMAX . . . . . . . . . . . .69
1080 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
(for ThinkPad SL400 and SL400c) . . . . . .72
1090 Wireless WAN slot cover and PCI Express
Mini Card for wireless WAN (for ThinkPad
SL500 and SL500c) . . . . . . . . . . .74
1100 Thermal door (for ThinkPad SL400 and
SL400c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
1110 Thermal door (for ThinkPad SL500 and
SL500c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
1120 Fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . .78
1130 CPU thermal module . . . . . . . .81
1140 CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
1150 Palm rest (for ThinkPad SL400 and SL400c) 84
1160 Palm rest (for ThinkPad SL500 and SL500c) 86
1170 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) . . . .88
1180 Intel Turbo Memory Minicard or Wireless
USB adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
1190 Backup battery (for ThinkPad SL400 and
SL400c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
1200 Backup battery (for ThinkPad SL500 and
SL500c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
1210 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . .93
1220 Top case sub assembly (for ThinkPad SL400
and SL400c) . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
1230 Top case sub assembly (for ThinkPad SL500) 97
1240 LCD unit (for ThinkPad SL400 and SL400c) 100
1250 LCD unit (for ThinkPad SL500 and SL500c) 105
1260 Frame L (magnesium frame assembly) . . 109
1270 SATA-ODD connector board (for ThinkPad
SL500 and SL500c) . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Lenovo ThinkPad SL500c Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkPad SL500c
Category	Laptop
Language	English