ThinkPad

Hardware Maintenance Manual

ThinkPad X1 and X1 Hybrid

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information under Appendix A “Notices” on page 117.

Contents

About this manual. iii
Chapter 1. Safety information. 1
General safety. 1
Electrical safety. 2
Safety inspection guide. 3
Handling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. 3
Grounding requirements. 4
Safety notices (multilingual translations). 4
Chapter 2. Important service information. 23
Strategy for replacing FRUs. 23
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive. 24
Important notice for replacing a system board. 24
How to use the error code. 24
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV. 24
Product definition. 24
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products. 25
Chapter 3. General checkout. 27
What to do first. 27
Checkout guide. 28
System supporting the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program and the PC-Doctor for DOS diagnostics program. 28
System supporting the Lenovo diagnostics programs. 32
Power system checkout. 34
Checking the ac power adapter. 34
Checking operational charging. 35
Checking the battery pack. 35
Checking the backup battery. 35
Chapter 4. Related service information. 37
Restoring the factory contents by using Product Recovery discs. 37
Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery Disc Set. 37
Passwords. 39
Power-on password. 39
Hard-disk password. 39
Supervisor password. 39
How to remove the power-on password. 39

How to remove the hard-disk password . . . 40
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Screen blank mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sleep mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 5. Status indicators . . . . . . 47
Chapter 6. Special keys and buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 7. FRU replacement notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Retaining serial numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restoring the serial number of the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Retaining the UUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reading or writing the ECA information . . . . 55
Chapter 8. Removing and replacing a FRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Before servicing ThinkPad X1 and X1 Hybrid models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
1000 Disabling the battery pack in the UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
1010 Hard disk drive and solid state drive . . . . 59
1020 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
1030 DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
1040 Backup battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
1050 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless LAN/WiMAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
1060 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN . . 67
1070 mSATA solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
1080 Instant Media Mode card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
1090 Keyboard bezel assembly with fingerprint reader and audio sub card . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
1100 Battery pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
1110 RJ45 sub card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
1120 Fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

1130 I/O board ..... 77
1140 Speaker assembly ..... 78
1150 Bluetooth daughter card and bluetooth sub card ..... 79
1160 System board and base cover assembly ..... 80
2010 LCD unit ..... 84
2020 LCD bezel cover ..... 86
2030 Hinges ..... 87
2040 LED sub card and microphone ..... 88
2050 LCD bezel assembly ..... 89
2060 Camera ..... 90
2070 Antenna kit and LCD rear cover assembly ..... 91
Chapter 9. Locations ..... 93
Front view ..... 93
Rear view ..... 94
Bottom view ..... 95
Chapter 10. Parts list ..... 97
Overall ..... 98
LCD FRUs ..... 107
Keyboard ..... 108

Miscellaneous parts .....109
ac power adapters .....110
Power cords .....111
Recovery discs .....112
Windows 7 Home Basic (64-bit) DVDs .....112
Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) DVDs .....112
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) DVDs .....112
Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) DVDs (plus IE9) .....113
Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) DVDs (for RapidBoot) .....114
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) with Service Pack 1 DVDs .....114
Windows 7 Ultimate with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) DVDs .....115
Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) DVDs .....116
Common service tools .....116
Appendix A. Notices. .....117
Electronic emission notices. .....118
Trademarks .....118

About this manual

This manual contains service and reference information for the following ThinkPad $ ^{\circledR} $ products.

ThinkPad X1 and X1 Hybrid

MT 1286, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, and 1296

Use this manual along with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems.

Important: This manual is intended only for trained service technicians who are familiar with ThinkPad products. Use this manual along with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems effectively.

Before servicing a ThinkPad product, be sure to read all the