Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 - For Service Technician Only: Replacing the Power Interface Board

•Afterasystemboardisreplaced,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogrambypressingtheF1key,andthenchecktheBIOSandBMCversion.
2.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadthe
latestversionoffirmware.Then,installthefirmwaretoyourserver.
3.Updatethemachinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumberofthesystemboard.Eitheryouwill
bepromptedtodothiswhileupgradingtheBIOS,oryoucanlocatethefilesforupdatingthe
VPDwithintheDOSBIOSpackage.Forsomeservers,theVPDutilityisavailablefordownload
at:http://www.lenovo.com/drivers.
Forservicetechnicianonly:replacingthepowerinterfaceboard
Attention:ThisproceduremustbeperformedonlybytrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.Donotopenyour
serverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safetyinformation”onpageiiiand
“Guidelines”onpage69
.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Toreplacethepowerinterfaceboard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.If
theserverisintowerformfactor,laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage72.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingthecoolingshroud”onpage75.
5.Removeallhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant
powersupply”onpage147.
6.Recordthecomponentlocations,cableconnections,andcableroutingintheserver.
7.Removethesystemboard.“Forservicetechnicianonly:replacingthesystemboard”onpage174.
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