Lenovo ThinkPad E555 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Safety information . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . . . . 4
Laser compliance statement (multilingual
translations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Chapter 2. Important service
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . . 25
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive or a
solid-state drive . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Important notice for replacing a system
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
How to use error codes . . . . . . . . . 26
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, special-bid,
and standard models . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
FRU identification . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 3. General checkout . . . . . 29
What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . . 30
Quick test programs. . . . . . . . . . . 30
UEFI diagnostic program . . . . . . . . . 31
Bootable diagnostic programs. . . . . . . 32
Power system checkout . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Checking the ac power adapter . . . . . . 33
Checking operational charging . . . . . . 33
Checking the battery pack . . . . . . . . 34
Checking the coin-cell battery . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 4. Related service
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Restoring the factory contents by using the
Recovery Disc Set . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Recovery overview for the Windows 8 and
Windows 8.1 operating systems . . . . . . . .
38
Refreshing your computer . . . . . . . . 38
Resetting your computer to the factory default
settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Using the advanced startup options . . . . 39
Recovering your operating system if Windows
8 or Windows 8.1 fails to start . . . . . . .
39
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . 40
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hard disk password . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . . 42
How to remove the power-on password . . . 42
How to remove the hard disk password . . . 42
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Screen blank mode (for the Windows 7
operating system only) . . . . . . . . . .
43
Sleep mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . . 45
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . 47
LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . . 47
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 48
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 5. Status indicators . . . . . 49
Chapter 6. Special keys . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 7. Locations . . . . . . . . . 53
Locating computer controls, connectors, and
indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Bottom view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Locating FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . 54
Major FRUs and CRUs. . . . . . . . . . 56
LCD FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . 58
Miscellaneous kits and other FRUs . . . . . 59
Looking up FRU information . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 8. FRU replacement
notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Retaining serial numbers. . . . . . . . . . . 62
Restoring the serial number of the system
unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62
Retaining the UUID . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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