ThinkPad Edge E530 - Chapter 7. Locations; Component Location Overview

Table3.Errormessages(continued)
Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)
FRUoraction,insequence
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingout
oftheiruse.
No-beepsymptoms
Table4.No-beepsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.
1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.
2.DIMM.
3.Systemboard.
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.
1.ReseatDIMM.
2.Systemboard.
Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.
TypethepasswordandpressEnter.
Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand
pressEnter.
LCD-relatedsymptoms
Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFTs).The
presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT
LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.
IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.
However,iftheLCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoand
itshouldbereplaced.
Notes:
•LenovowillnotprovidewarrantyreplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationsbecausewecannot
guaranteethatanyreplacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.
•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.
•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.
Table5.LCD-relatedsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.
Systemboard.
•LCDbacklightnotworking.
•LCDtoodark.
•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.
•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.
1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.
2.LCDassembly.
3.Systemboard.
•LCDscreenunreadable.
•Charactersmissingpixels.
•Screenabnormal.
•Wrongcolordisplayed.
1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”
2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.
3.LCDassembly.
4.Systemboard.
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.
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