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Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU

ThischapterpresentsdirectionsanddrawingsforuseinremovingandreplacingaFRU.Besuretoobserve

thefollowinggeneralrules:

1.Donottrytoserviceanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertied.Anuntrainedpersonruns

theriskofdamagingparts.

2.BeforereplacinganyFRU,reviewChapter7“FRUreplacementnotices”onpage45.

3.BeginbyremovinganyFRUsthathavetoberemovedbeforethefailingFRU.AnysuchFRUsarelisted

atthetopofthepage.Removethemintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.

4.FollowthecorrectsequenceinthestepsforremovingtheFRU,asgiveninthedrawingsbythe

numbersinsquarecallouts.

5.WhenturningascrewtoreplaceaFRU,turnitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

6.WhenremovingtheFRU,moveitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

7.T oputthenewFRUinplace,reversetheremovalprocedureandfollowanynotesthatpertainto

replacement.Forinformationaboutconnectingandarranginginternalcables,seeChapter9“Locations”

onpage89

8.WhenreplacingaFRU,usethecorrectscrewasshownintheprocedures.

DANGER

BeforeremovinganyFRU,turnoffthecomputer,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,

removethebatterypack,andthendisconnectanyinterconnectingcables.

Attention:AfterreplacingaFRU,donotturnonthecomputeruntilyouhavemadesurethatallscrews,

springs,andothersmallpartsareinplaceandnonearelooseinsidethecomputer.Verifythisbyshaking

thecomputergentlyandlisteningforrattlingsounds.Metallicpartsormetalakescancauseelectrical

shortcircuits.

Attention:Thesystemboardissensitiveto,andcanbedamagedby,electrostaticdischarge.Before

touchingit,establishpersonalgroundingbytouchingagroundpointwithonehandorbyusingan

electrostaticdischarge(ESD)strap(P/N6405959).

BeforeservicingThinkPadX100eandThinkPadX120e

SomemodelsoftheThinkPadX100eandThinkPadX120emighthavetheSIMcardthatthecustomer

hasinstalled.

IfthecomputeryouareservicinghastheSIMcard,removeitbeforeyoustarttheservicing.

ToremovetheSIMcard,youneedtoremovefollowingFRUs:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomdoor”onpage51

Afteryounishtheservicing,makesurethatyouinsertthecardbackintotheslotrmly.