Manual

Chapter2.Generalcheckout

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Whattodorst”onpage21

•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage22

Beforeyougotothecheckoutinstructions,ensurethatyoureadthefollowingimportantnotes.

Importantnotes:

•Onlycertiedtrainedpersonnelshouldservicethecomputer.

•BeforereplacinganyFRU,readtheentirepageonremovingandreplacingFRUs.

•WhenyoureplaceFRUs,itisrecommendedtousenewnylon-coatedscrews.

•Beextremelycarefulduringsuchwriteoperationsascopying,saving,orformatting.Drivesinthecomputer

thatyouareservicingsequencemighthavebeenaltered.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,dataorprograms

mightbeoverwritten.

•ReplaceaFRUonlywithanotherFRUofthecorrectmodel.WhenyoureplaceaFRU,makesurethatthemodel

ofthemachineandtheFRUpartnumberarecorrectbyreferringtotheFRUpartslist.

•AFRUshouldnotbereplacedbecauseofasingle,unreproduciblefailure.Singlefailurescanoccurfora

varietyofreasonsthathavenothingtodowithahardwaredefect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,

orsoftwareerrors.ConsiderreplacingaFRUonlywhenaproblemrecurs.IfyoususpectthataFRUisdefective,

cleartheerrorlogandrunthetestagain.Iftheerrordoesnotrecur,donotreplacetheFRU.

•BecarefulnottoreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Whattodorst

WhenyoudoreturnaFRU,youmustincludethefollowinginformationinthepartsexchangeformor

partsreturnformthatyouattachtoit:

•Nameandphonenumberoftheservicetechnician

•Dateofservice

•Dateonwhichthemachinefailed

•Dateofpurchase

•ProcedureindexandnumberofthepageonwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected

•NameandpartnumberofthefailingFRU

•Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber

•Nameandaddressofthecustomer

Note:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthecomputerdamage

wascausedbymisuse,accident,modication,unsuitablephysicaloroperatingenvironment,orimproper

maintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthatarenotcoveredunderwarranty

andsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjectedtostressbeyondnormaluse.

Beforecheckingproblemswiththecomputer,determinewhetherthedamageiscoveredunderthewarranty

byreferringtothefollowinglist:

Thefollowingarenotcoveredunderwarranty:

•LCDpanelcrackedfromtheapplicationofexcessiveforceorfrombeingdropped

•Scratched(cosmetic)parts

•Distortion,deformation,ordiscolorationofthecosmeticparts

•Plasticparts,latches,pins,orconnectorsthathavebeencrackedorbrokenbyexcessiveforce

•Damagecausedbytheliquidspilledintothecomputer

•DamagecausedbytheimproperinsertionofaPCcardortheinstallationofanincompatiblecard