
Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . .1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . .1
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . .2
FRU Identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV
products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . .5
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . .7
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices . .8
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . .8
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . .9
Chapter 3. General information . . . .41
The Access IBM program . . . . . . . . . .41
Additional information resources . . . . . . .41
Physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . .41
Types 8095, 8096, 8141, 8142, 8145, 8420, and 8421 42
Types 8097, 8143, 8144, 8146, 8422, 8423 and 8427 43
Types 8098, 8171, 8172, 8173, 8424, and 8425 . .44
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . .45
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . .46
Chapter 5. Diagnostics using
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . .49
Starting PC-Doctor from the Rescue and Recovery
workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Starting PC-Doctor from a diagnostic diskette or
CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Diagnostics program download . . . . . . . .50
Navigating through the diagnostics programs . . .50
Running diagnostics tests . . . . . . . . . .50
Test selection . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Test results . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT) . . . . . .51
Quick and Full erase - hard drive . . . . . .53
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . .54
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility . . .55
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .55
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .55
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . .55
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .56
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .56
IDE Drive User Password . . . . . . . .56
IDE Drive Master Password . . . . . . . .56
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . .57
Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . .57
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .58
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . .58
Changing the startup device sequence . . . .58
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . .59
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . .59
Power Supply Errors . . . . . . . . . . .59
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . .61
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . .84
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .88
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . .90
Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs (Types
8095, 8141, 8142, 8145, 8420, and 8421) 91
Locating controls and connectors on the front of the
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Locating connectors on the rear of the computer . .92
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . .92
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . .94
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . .95
Removing and replacing memory . . . . . . .96
Removing and replacing a PCI adapter . . . . .97
Removing and replacing the battery . . . . . .98
Removing and replacing the power supply . . . .99
Removing and replacing the system board . . . 101
Removing and replacing the microprocessor . . . 103
Removing and replacing the hard disk drive . . . 109
Removing and replacing the optical drive . . . .110
Removing and replacing the diskette drive . . . 111
Removing and replacing the fan assembly . . . .112
Closing the cover and connecting cables . . . .113
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs (Types
8143, 8144, 8146, 8422, 8423, and
8427) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Locating controls and connectors on the front of
the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Locating connectors on the rear of the computer 116
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . .116
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . .117
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . .118
Removing and replacing memory . . . . . . .119
Removing and replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . 120
Removing and replacing the battery . . . . . . 121
Removing and replacing the power supply . . . 121
Removing and replacing the system board . . . 124
Removing and replacing the microprocessor . . . 126
Removing and replacing the hard disk drive . . . 131
Removing and replacing the optical drive . . . . 132
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