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G50-30/G50-45/G50-70/G50-70m/Z50-70/Z50-75/G50-80 Hardware Maintenance Manual
Important service information
Thischapterpresentsthefollowingimportantserviceinformation:
• “StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage16
– “Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage17
– “Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage17
• “ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHScompliantFRUs”onpage18
Important:
BIOS and device driver xes are customer-installable. The BIOS and device drivers
are posted on the customer support site:
http://support.lenovo.com.
Strategy for replacing FRUs
Before replacing parts:
Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOSdownloadsareinstalled
beforereplacinganyFRUslistedinthismanual.
Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestBIOSisloadedtothe
systemboardbeforecompletingtheserviceaction.
Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andBIOS,followthestepsbelow:
1. Gotohttp://support.lenovo.com.
2. EntertheserialnumberorselectaproductoruseLenovosmart
downloading.
3. SelecttheBIOS/Driver/Applicationsanddownload.
4. Followthedirectionsonthescreenandinstallthenecessarysoftware.