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Thinkpad T500 and W500 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Lenovo

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Checkout guide<br />

Use the following procedures as a guide in identifying <strong>and</strong> correcting problems<br />

with the ThinkPad Notebook.<br />

Note: The diagnostic tests are intended to test only ThinkPad products. The use of<br />

non-ThinkPad products, prototype cards, or modified options can lead to false<br />

indications of errors <strong>and</strong> invalid system responses.<br />

1. Identify the failing symptoms in as much detail as possible.<br />

2. Verify the symptoms. Try to re-create the failure by running the diagnostic test<br />

or by repeating the operation.<br />

Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS<br />

The ThinkPad Notebook has a test program called PC-Doctor for DOS (hereafter<br />

called PC-Doctor.) You can detect errors by running the diagnostics test included in<br />

PC-Doctor.<br />

Note:<br />

PC-Doctor for DOS is available at the following Web site: http://<br />

www.lenovo.com/support<br />

To create the PC-Doctor diagnostic CD, follow the instructions on the Web site.<br />

For some possible configurations of the computer, PC-Doctor might not run<br />

correctly. To avoid this problem, you need to initialize the computer setup by use<br />

of the BIOS Setup Utility before you run PC-Doctor.<br />

To enter BIOS Setup Utility, do as follows:<br />

1. Turn on the computer.<br />

2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter the BIOS<br />

Setup Utility.<br />

Note: If a supervisor password has been set by the customer, BIOS Setup Utility<br />

menu appears after the password is entered. You can start the utility by pressing<br />

Enter instead of entering the supervisor password; however, you cannot change the<br />

parameters that are protected by the supervisor password.<br />

On the BIOS Setup Utility screen, press F9, Enter, F10, <strong>and</strong> then Enter.<br />

Note: When you initialize the computer configuration, some devices are disabled,<br />

such as the serial port. If you test one of these devices, you will need to enable it<br />

by using Configuration utility for DOS. The utility is available on the following<br />

Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/support<br />

PC-Doctor cannot be used to test a device that is in the docking station, even if the<br />

computer supports the docking station. To test a USB device, connect it to the USB<br />

connector of the computer.<br />

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