IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.
However,iftheLCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoand
itshouldbereplaced.
Notes:
•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadnotebookcomputerspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.
•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethatany
replacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.
•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.
Table5.LCD-relatedsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.
Systemboard.
•LCDbacklightnotworking.
•LCDtoodark.
•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.
•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.
1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.
2.LCDassembly.
3.Systemboard.
•LCDscreenunreadable.
•Charactersmissingpixels.
•Screenabnormal.
•Wrongcolordisplayed.
1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”
2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.
3.LCDassembly.
4.Systemboard.
HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.
Intermittentproblems
Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware
defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe
consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.
Undeterminedproblems
Ifthediagnostictestsdidnotidentifythedevicethathasfailed,ifwrongdevicesareinstalled,orifthe
systemsimplyisnotoperating,followtheseprocedurestoisolatethefailingFRU(donotisolateFRUs
thathavenodefects).
Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.
Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.(See“Powersystem
checkout”onpage28
)
1.T urnoffthecomputer.
2.VisuallycheckeachFRUfordamage.ReplaceanydamagedFRU.
3.Removeordisconnectallofthefollowingdevices:
a.Non-ThinkPaddevices
b.Printer,mouse,andotherexternaldevices
c.Harddiskdrive
d.Externaldiskettedriveoropticaldrive
e.memorymoduleontheleftmemoryslot,ifthereisone
f.PCCards
4.T urnonthecomputer.
5.Determinewhethertheproblemhasbeensolved.
6.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,reconnecttheremoveddevicesoneatatimeuntilyoundthefailingFRU.
7.Iftheproblemremains,replacethefollowingFRUsoneatatime(donotreplaceanondefectiveFRU):
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