IBM Thinkpad A21e 2000 Manual

Locations
Front view

1System status indicators

2Battery and standby mode status indicators

3Built-in stereo speakers

4PC Card eject button

5PC Card slot

6Bay latch

7Eject button

8Ultrabay 2000 device
Note:The Ultrabay 2000 accepts storage
devices, such as a DVD drive, CD-ROM
drive, CD-RW, ZIP250, 2nd HDD or 2nd
battery.

9TrackPoint pointing stick

10TrackPoint buttons

11ThinkPad button

12Volume and mute buttons

13Power switch

11and
12are Ez buttons for MT2632.
Locations...

Rear view

1Security keyhole

2Parallel connector

3Modem connector

4Network connector

5Serial connector

6External-monitor connector

7Universal serial bus (USB) connector

8External-input-device connector

9Power jack
Locations
88ThinkPad A21e 

Bottom view

1Battery pack

2Battery pack latches

3Mini PCI card slot

4Docking connector

5DIMM slot

6Stereo headphone jack

7Stereo line-in jack

8Diskette drive

9Microphone jack

10Hard-disk drive

11LCD latches
Locations
ThinkPad A21e89 

Parts list
Parts list
90ThinkPad A21e 

The parts marked with asterisk are CRU (customer
replacable unit).
No. FRU P/N
1 LCD unit (see“LCD FRU”on page 93)
2 Hinge cover
for MT2628-Jxx, -Ixx 04P3970
for MT2628-Cxx 04P3972
for MT2632 (i-series) 04P3725
3 Speaker assembly
for MT2628-Jxx 02K5644
for MT2628-Cxx and MT2632 (i-series) 02K5007
4 Keyboard bezel
for MT2628-Jxx 04P3727
for Korea 08K7091
for MT2628-Cxx 04P3726
for Korea 08K7090
for MT2632 (i-series) 04P3728
5 Sub card 08K3306
6 PC card slot 04P3398
7 Fan assembly 04P3482
aStiffener, CPU...

No. FRU P/N
bCard modem connector (see“Miscellaneous parts”on
page 96)
13 Cover, Mini PCI adapter slot* 08K5673
14 Battery pack (6 cell), SANYO* 02K6618
Battery pack (6 cell), Panasonic* 02K6614
Battery pack (7 cell) NiMH, Panasonic* 02K6720
Battery pack (9 cell), SANYO* 02K6619
Battery pack (9 cell), Panasonic* 02K6615
for optional battery pack, see“Optional FRUs”on page 98
15 Cover, DIMM slot* 08K5674
16 Hard-disk drive (10.0 GB), SSD* 08K9508
Hard-disk drive (10.0 GB), Hitachi* 08K9531
Hard-disk drive...

LCD FRU
12.1-in. SVGA TFT
FRU P/N
LCD cover assembly 08K5655
for Korea 08K5659
LCD cable 27L0485
LCD panel (SANYO) 05K9577
Hinges 08K5664
Inverter card 08K3325
14.1-in. XGA TFT
FRU P/N
LCD cover assembly
for MT2628-Ixx 08K5656
for MT2632 (i-series) 04P3724
LCD cable
for MT2628-Ixx 27L0486
for MT2632 (i-series) 27L0610
LCD panel (DBU) 05K9578
LCD panel (SAMSUNG) 05K9588
Hinges 08K5665
Inverter card 12P3051
15.0-in. XGA TFT
FRU P/N
LCD cover assembly 08K5657
for Korea 08K6443
LCD cable 27L0487
LCD panel...

15.0-in. XGA TFT (LG)
FRU P/N
LCD cover assembly 04P3048
for Korea 04P3049
LCD cable 27L0578
LCD panel (LG) 05K9647
Hinges 04P3488
Inverter card 08K3326
Misc kit (see“Miscellaneous parts”on page 96.) 04P3050Parts list
94ThinkPad A21e 

Keyboard
Language P/N
Arabic 02K5476
Belgian 02K5470
Canadian French 02K5456
Chinese, traditional 02K5459
Czech 02K5480
Danish 02K5467
Dutch 02K5464
European Spanish 02K5469
European French 02K5463
German 02K5462
Greek 02K5473
Hungarian 02K5479
Hebrew 02K5474
Italian 02K5468
Japanese 02K5458
Korean 02K5460
Latin American Spanish 02K5457
Norwegian 02K5466
Polish 02K5481
Portuguese 02K5472
Russian 02K5477
Slovakian 02K5478
Slovenian 02K5482
Swedish or Finnish 02K5465
Swiss 02K5471
Turkish 02K5475
U.K....

Miscellaneous parts
FRU P/N
Screw kit (including nylon-coated screws):
vM2 x 3.6 mm, flat head (3)
vM2 x 5.1 mm, flat head (5)
vM2 x 5.7 mm, flat head (5)
vM2 x 16 mm, bind head (3)
vM2.5 x 4.8 mm, flat head (42)
vM2.5 x 5.5 mm, flat head (2)
vM2.5 x 15 mm, flat head (15)
vM2.6 x 2.8 mm, bind head (7)
vM3 x 2.8 mm, small head (5)
vCoin screw (1)
vSecurity screw (1)
vScrew caps (14)04P3973
Base miscellaneous parts:
vLens, IR
vLens, Ultrabay 2000 LES
vLock, battery
vSpring, battery lock
vLid, docking FR...