1210Systemboard,DC-inconnectorcable,andExpressCardslot
assembly
Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:
•“1010Batterypack”onpage66
•“1020ExpressCardblankbezel”onpage67
•“1030SerialUltrabaySlimdeviceortravelbezel”onpage68
•“1040Harddiskdrive(HDD)andsolid-statedrive(SSD)”onpage69
•“1050DIMMslotcover”onpage70
•“1070PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN”onpage72
•“1080Keyboard”onpage74
•“1110PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN”onpage81
•“1120Keyboardbezelassembly,FPCcable,andBluethoothdaughtercard(BDC-2.1)”onpage83
•“1150Speakerassembly”onpage89
•“1160LCDunit”onpage91
•“1170Fanassembly”onpage95
•“1180CPU”onpage98
•“1190Basecoverassembly,I/OsubcardwithUSBconnectorand1394connector,andI/Osubcard
cable”onpage99
Importantnoticesforhandlingthesystemboard:
Whenhandlingthesystemboard,bearthefollowinginmind.
•Thesystemboardhasanaccelerometer,whichcanbebrokenifseveralthousandsofG-forcesareapplied.
Note:Droppingasystemboardfromaheightofaslittleas6inchessothatitfallsatonahardbenchcansubject
theaccelerometertoasmuchas6,000G'sofshock.
•Becarefulnottodropthesystemboardonabenchtopthathasahardsurface,suchasmetal,wood,orcomposite.
•Ifasystemboardisdropped,youmusttestit,usingPC-DoctorforDOSifthesystemsupportsPC-Doctorfor
DOS,tomakesurethattheHDDActiveProtectionSystem™stillfunctions.
Note:IfthetestshowsthattheHDDActiveProtectionSystemisnotfunctioning,besuretodocumentthedropina
rejectreport,andreplacethesystemboard.
•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.
•Ateverypointintheprocess,besurenottodroporstackthesystemboard.
•Ifyouputasystemboarddown,besuretoputitonlyonapaddedsurfacesuchasanESDmatoracorrugated
conductivesurface.
IfthesystemsupportsPC-DoctorforDOS,afterreplacingthesystemboard,runPC-DoctorforDOStomakesurethat
theHDDActiveProtectionSystemstillfunctions.Theprocedureisasfollows:
1.Placethecomputeronahorizontalsurface.
2.RunDiagnostics➙ThinkPadDevices➙HDDActiveProtectionT est.
Attention:Donotapplyphysicalshocktothecomputerwhilethetestisrunning.
Removalstepsofsystemboard,DC-inconnectorcable,andExpressCardslotassembly
Thefollowingcomponentssolderedonthetopsideofthesystemboardareextremelysensitive.Whenyou
servicethesystemboard,avoidanykindofroughhandling.
a
CPU
b
AccelerometerchipfortheHDDActiveProtectionSystem
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