ThinkPad T510, T510i, and W510 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents
About this manual
Safety information
General safety
Electrical safety
Safety inspection guide
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge
Grounding requirements
Safety notices (multilingual translations)
Laser compliance statement (multilingual translations)
Important service information
Strategy for replacing FRUs
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive
Important notice for replacing a system board
How to use error message
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV
Product definition
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products
General checkout
What to do first
Checkout guide
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS
Testing the computer
Detecting system information with PC-Doctor
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox (Lenovo System Toolbox)
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery
FRU tests
Power system checkout
Checking the ac adapter
Checking operational charging
Checking the battery pack
Checking the backup battery
Related service information
Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery Disc Set
Passwords
Power-on password
Hard-disk password
Supervisor password
How to remove the power-on password
How to remove the hard-disk password
Power management
Screen blank mode
Sleep (standby) mode
Hibernation mode
Symptom-to-FRU index
Numeric error codes
Error messages
Beep symptoms
No-beep symptoms
LCD-related symptoms
Intermittent problems
Undetermined problems
Installing and configuring RAID
Supported RAID configurations
Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality
Creating RAID volumes
Deleting RAID volumes
Status indicators
Fn key combinations
FRU replacement notices
Screw notices
Retaining serial numbers
Restoring the serial number of the system unit
Retaining the UUID
Reading or writing the ECA information
Removing and replacing a FRU
Before servicing ThinkPad T510, T510i, and W510
1010 Battery pack
1020 Serial Ultrabay Enhanced device or travel bezel
1030 DIMM slot cover
1040 DIMM (bottom slot)
1050 Hard disk drive slot cover, hard disk drive (HDD) and HDD rubber rails or Solid state drive (SSD) and storage converter
1060 Keyboard
1070 DIMM (upper slot)
1080 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN
1090 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN
1100 Keyboard bezel assembly
1110 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1)
1120 Backup battery
1130 Smart Card or Contactless Smart Card or Smart Card dummy spacer
1140 Speaker assembly
1150 Thermal module
1160 CPU
1170 LCD unit
1180 Base cover assembly
1190 I/O sub card
1200 System board assembly and magnesium structure frame
2010 LCD bezel assembly
2020 LED sub card
2030 Integrated camera
2040 LCD cable, camera cable, LCD panel, and hinges
2050 Antenna kit and LCD rear cover assembly
Locations
Front view
Rear view
Bottom view
Parts list
Overall
LCD FRUs
Keyboard
Miscellaneous parts
AC adapters
Power cords
Recovery discs
Windows XP Professional (32 bit) DVDs
Windows Vista Business (32 bit) DVDs
Windows 7 Home Basic (32 bit) DVDs
Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit) DVDs
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) DVDs
Windows 7 Professional (32 bit) DVDs
Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) DVDs
Common service tools
Notices
Trademarks