Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive,asolid-statedrive,oranmSATA
solid-statedrive
Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatoperationbeforereplacingaharddiskdriveorasolid-statedrive.This
willcauseallcustomerdataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivetobelost.Besurethatthecustomer
hasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforeyouperformthistask.
Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmighthavebeenchanged.Be
extremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrect
drive,dataorprogramscanbeoverwritten.
IfthecomputerisshippedwithbothanmSATAsolid-statedriveandaharddiskdrive,themSATAsolid-state
driveisusedforthe“cache”functionandtosupporttheIntel
®
RapidStartTechnology.Werecommendthat
usersdonotreplacethemSATAsolid-statedrivebythemselves.Otherwise,the“cache”functionwillnot
workandtheIntelRapidStartTechnologycannotbeusedanymore.
Attention:EnsurethatyoupartitionthemSATAsolid-statedriveafterinstallingitonthecomputeryouare
servicing.Otherwise,themSATAsolid-statedrivewillnotfunctioncorrectly.Forinstructionsonhowto
partitionanmSATAsolid-statedrive,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/msata-fru.
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard
Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan
causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.
Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:
•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.
•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.
•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBallGridArray(BGA)chipset.
Howtouseerrormessage
Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,
beginthediagnosiswiththersterrorcode.Whatevercausesthersterrorcodemightalsocausefalse
errorcodes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedinthe“Symptom-to-FRU
Index”section.
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