Hardware Maintenance Manual - Lenovo M4400s

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Improperdiscinsertionoruseofanopticaldrive
Diskettedrivedamagecausedbypressureonthediskettedrivecover,foreignmaterialinthedrive,
ortheinsertionofadiskettewithmultiplelabels
Damagedorbentdisketteejectbutton
Fusesblownbyattachmentofanunsupporteddevice
Forgottencomputerpassword(makingthecomputerunusable)
Stickykeyscausedbyspillingliquidontothekeyboard
Useofanincorrectacpoweradapteronnotebookcomputers
Thefollowingsymptomsmightindicatedamagecausedbynonwarrantedactivities:
Missingpartsmightbeasymptomofunauthorizedserviceormodication.
Ifthespindleofaharddiskdrivebecomesnoisy,itmayhavebeensubjectedtoexcessiveforce,
ordropped.
Powersystemcheckout
Toverifyapowersymptom,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.
3.Connecttheacpoweradapter.
4.Checkthatpowerissuppliedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
5.Turnoffthecomputer.
6.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandinstallthechargedbatterypack.
7.Checkthatthebatterypacksuppliespowerwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,refertothefollowingtopicsforacheckout:
“Checkingtheacpoweradapter”onpage22
“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage23
“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage23
Checkingtheacpoweradapter
Ifthecomputerfailsonlywhentheacpoweradapterisused,refertotheinformationinthistopictocheck
theacpoweradapter.
Ifthepower-onindicatordoesnotturnon,checkthepowercordoftheacpoweradapterforcorrect
continuityandinstallation.
Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage23
.
Tochecktheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:
1.Unplugtheacpoweradaptercablefromthecomputer.
2.Measuretheoutputvoltageacrosstheplugoftheacpoweradaptercable.Thecorrectvoltagesare
showninthefollowingtable.
Pin
Voltage(Vdc)
1+20
20
3
Ground
(20V)
1
3
2
Note:Theoutputvoltageacrosspin2mightdifferfromthevoltagethatyoumeasure.
3.Dependingonthevoltagethatyoumeasure,dooneofthefollowing:
Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheacpoweradapter.
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