User's Manual
Lenovo IdeaPad U530 Touch
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Usethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingand
servicingFRUs:
• IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceanFRU,butthereplacementdoesnotsolve
theproblem,reinstalltheoriginalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.
• Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyouare
instructedtoreplaceeitherofthem,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnotsolve
theproblem,reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.
• IfanadapteroradeviceconsistsofmorethanoneFRU,anyoftheFRUsmay
bethecauseoftheerror.Beforereplacingtheadapterordevice,removethe
FRUsonebyonetoseeifthesymptomschange.ReplaceonlytheFRUthat
changedthesymptoms.
Attention:Thesetupconfigurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmayhave
beencustomized.RunningAutomaticConfigurationmayalterthesettings.Note
thecurrentconfigurationsettings(usingtheViewConfigurationoption);then,
whenservicehasbeencompleted,verifythatthosesettingsremainineffect.
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive
Alwaystrytorunalow‐levelformatbeforereplacingaharddiskdrive.Thiswill
causeallcustomerdataontheharddisktobelost.Makesurethatthecustomer
hasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforeperformingthisaction.
Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmay
havebeenchanged.Beextremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchas
copying,saving,orformatti ng.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,dataorprograms
canbeoverwritten.
Important notice for replacing a system board
Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improper
handlingcancausedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystem
malfunction.
Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:
• Donotdropthesystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.
• Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.
• Avoidbendingthesystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingat
eachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.