ThinkPad T440p - System Board Replacement Notice

Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard
Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan
causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.
Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:
•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.
•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.
•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.
Howtouseerrormessage
Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,
beginthediagnosiswiththefirsterrorcode.Whatevercausesthefirsterrorcodemayalsocausefalseerror
codes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedintheSymptom-to-FRU
Indexforthecomputeryouareservicing.
StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,special-bid,andstandardmodels
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemodeltypesandFRUidentification.
Productdefinition
Thistopicintroducesdifferentmodeltypesandhowtoidentifyeachtype.
DynamicConfigureToOrder(CTO)model
ThismodelprovidestheabilityforacustomertoconfigureaLenovosolutionfromaWebSite,andhavethis
configurationsenttofulfillment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachinelabeland
eSupportwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-characterMT,4-charactermodel,and2-charactercountrycode.
Themodelis“CTO1”andthedefaultcountrycodeis“WW”(example:20AACTO1WW).
Special-bidmodel
ThisisauniqueconfigurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenLenovoandthecustomer.AuniqueMTM
consistsofa4-characterMT,a4-charactermodel,andanumeric2-charactercountrycodeisprovidedto
thecustomertoplaceorders(example:20AA000955).Thecountrycodeassignedisnumericanddoesnot
designateaspecificcountryorregion.ThecustommodelfactsheetfortheMTMindicateswhichcountrythe
specialbidMTMissetupfor.Special-bidofferingisnotgenerallyannounced.
Standardmodel
Standardmodels(fixedconfiguration)areannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTMportionofthe
machinelabelconsistsofa4-characterMT,a4-charactermodel,andanalphabetic2-charactercountry
code.Thecountrycodeassignedisalphabeticandrepresentsadesignatedcountryorregion(example:
20AA0009UK).
FRUidentification
UseLenovoeSupporttoidentifymajorFRUs,FRUpartnumbers,andFRUdescriptionsforaproductatan
MT-serialnumberlevel.ExamplesofmajorFRUsareharddiskdrive,systemboard,liquidcrystaldisplay
(LCD),andmemorymodule.
ToidentifythemajorFRUsforaproduct,dothefollowing:
1.Goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.ClickWarranty&Services.
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