User guide

Chapter6.Replacingdevices

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage75

•“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75

•“InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard”onpage76

•“Replacingthebasecover”onpage77

•“Replacingthesolid-statedrive”onpage78

•“ReplacingthewirelessLANcard”onpage80

•“InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard”onpage83

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.

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery

Youneedtodisablethebuilt-inbatteryinthefollowingsituations:

•Yourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime.

•ThemicroSIMcardneedstobereplaced.

Todisablethebuilt-inbattery,dothefollowing:

1.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.

2.Restartthecomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetup

program.

3.GotoConﬁg➙Power➙DisableBuilt-inBattery.

4.PressEnter.ASetupConﬁrmationwindowisdisplayed.