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V340-17IWL Hardware Maintenance Manual
Important service information
Thischapterpresentsthefollowingimportantserviceinformation:
• “StrategyforreplacingFRU”onpage16
– “Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage17
– “Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage17
• “ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHScompliantFRU”onpage18
Important:
BIOS and device driver xes are customer-installable. The BIOS and device
drivers are posted on the customer support site:
http://support.lenovo.com.
Strategy for replacing FRU
Before replacing parts:
Makesurethatall softwarexes, drivers,and BIOSdownloads areinstalled
beforereplacinganyFRUlistedinthismanual.
Afterasystemboardisreplaced, ensurethatthelatestBIOSisloadedtothe
systemboardbeforecompletingtheserviceaction.
Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOS,followthestepsbelow:
1. Gotohttp://support.lenovo.com
.
2. EntertheserialnumberorselectaproductoruseLenovosmart
downloading.
3. SelecttheBIOS/Driver/Applicationsanddownload.
4. Followthedirectionsonthescreenandinstallthenecessarysoftware.