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Important service information

Usethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingand

servicingFRUs:

• IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceanFRU,butthereplacementdoesnotsolve

theproblem,reinstalltheoriginalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.

• Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyou

areinstructedtoreplaceeitherofthem,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnot

solvetheproblem,reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.

• IfanadapteroradeviceconsistsofmorethanoneFRU,anyoftheFRUs

maybethecauseoftheerror.Beforereplacingtheadapterordevice,

removetheFRUsonebyonetoseeifthesymptomschange.Replaceonly

theFRUthatchangedthesymptoms.

Attention:Thesetupconfigurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmay

havebeencustomized.RunningAutomaticConfigurationmayalterthe

settings.Notethecurrentcongurationsettings(usingtheViewConguration

option);then,whenservicehasbeencompleted,verifythatthosesettings

remainineffect.

Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive

Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatbeforereplacingaharddiskdrive.This

willcauseallcustomerdataontheharddisktobelost.Makesurethatthe

customerhasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforeperformingthisaction.

Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmay

havebeenchanged.Beextremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchas

copying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,dataorprograms

canbeoverwritten.

Important notice for replacing a system board

Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improper

handlingcancausedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystem

malfunction.

Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:

• Donotdropthesystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.

• Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

• Avoidbendingthesystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingat

eachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.

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