Users Manual

Chapter6.Replacingdevices

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacehardwareforyourcomputer.

•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage65

•“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage65

•“InstallingorreplacingtheSIMcard”onpage67

•“ReplacingtheUltrabaydevice”onpage68

•“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage71

•“Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage73

•“ReplacingawirelessLANcard”onpage76

•“ReplacingawirelessWANcard”onpage79

•“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage83

•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage85

Staticelectricityprevention

Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.

Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor

aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou

toinstallthepart.

WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions

toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe

edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.

•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.

•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthe

parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo

seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.

•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackageandinstallthepart

withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackageonasmooth,

levelsurfaceandplacethepartonthepackage.

•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.

Replacingthebatterypack

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecicsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo

oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother

systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemisinstalled,thesystemwillnot

chargeandthefollowingmessageisdisplayed:

“Thebatteryinstalledisnotsupportedbythissystemandwillnotcharge.Pleasereplacethebattery

withthecorrectLenovobatteryforthissystem.”