ThinkPad X100e - Serial Number and UUID Retention

•T orquedriver
Ifyouhaveatorquedriver,refertothe“Torque”columnforeachstep.
•Makesurethatyouusethecorrectscrew.Ifyouhaveatorquescrewdriver,tightenallscrewsrmlytothe
torqueshowninthetable.Neveruseascrewthatyouremoved.Useanewone.Makesurethatall
ofthescrewsaretightenedrmly.
•Ensuretorquescrewdriversarecalibratedcorrectlyfollowingcountryspecications.
Retainingserialnumbers
Thissectionincludesthefollowingdescriptions:
•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage50
•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage51
•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage51
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit
Whenthecomputerwasmanufactured,theEEPROMonthesystemboardwasloadedwiththeserial
numbersofthesystemandallmajorcomponents.Thesenumbersneedtoremainthesamethroughout
thelifeofthecomputer.
Ifyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustrestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunittoitsoriginalvalue.
Beforereplacingthesystemboard,savetheoriginalserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:
1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.
3.Select2.ReadS/NdatafromEEPROM.
Theserialnumberofeachdeviceinyourcomputerisdisplayed;theserialnumberofthesystemunitis
listedasfollows:
•20:Serialnumber
Writedownthatnumber.
Note:Theserialnumberofthesystemunitisalsowrittenonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthecomputer.
Afteryouhavereplacedthesystemboard,restoretheserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:
1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlaterandrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.
3.Select1.AddS/NdatafromEEPROM.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
50HardwareMaintenanceManual