Lenovo 9143, 9136, 9127, 9134, 9129, 9158, 9157, 9191, 9142, 9169, 9140, 9171, 9189, 9141, 9139 Introduction

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Introduction

This User Guide contains the following information:

vChapter 1, “Important safety information,” on page 1 provides information about where to find safety information for this product.

vChapter 2, “Arranging your workspace,” on page 3 provides information about setting up your computer for comfort and the impact of light sources, air circulation, and electrical outlets.

vChapter 3, “Setting up your computer,” on page 5 provides information about setting up your computer and software and operating system installation.

vChapter 4, “Software overview,” on page 17 provides information on the software available on your computer.

vChapter 5, “Using the Setup Utility,” on page 19 provides instructions on how to view and change the configuration settings of your computer.

vChapter 6, “Updating system programs,” on page 23 provides information about updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure.

vChapter 7, “Troubleshooting and diagnostics,” on page 25 provides information about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer.

vChapter 8, “Recovering software,” on page 31 provides instructions on how to use the ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery™ program to create product recovery disks, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of your hard disk to a previously saved state.

vChapter 9, “Getting information, help, and service,” on page 39 provides information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo®.

vAppendix A, “Manual modem commands,” on page 43 provides commands for manually programming your modem.

vAppendix B, “Notices,” on page 51 provides notices and trademark information.

© Lenovo 2005, 2007. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005.

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Contents ThinkCentre User Guide Page ThinkCentre User Guide Page Contents Iv User Guide Introduction Vi User Guide Important safety information User Guide Comfort Arranging your workspaceGlare and lighting Electrical outlets and cable lengths Air circulationInstalling the vertical stand Setting up your computerConnecting your computer Setting up your computer Phone Line Setting up your computer 1394 Finishing the software installation Turning on computer powerCompleting important tasks Updating your antivirus software Installing other operating systemsFeatures Updating your operating systemMicroprocessor Expansion Environment SpecificationsHeight 108 mm 4.25 Width 331 mm 13.03 Depth 412 mm 16.22 Software provided with your Windows operating system Software overviewSoftware provided by Lenovo Adobe Acrobat Reader PC Doctor for Winpe and PC Doctor for WindowsUsing passwords Using the Setup UtilityStarting the Setup Utility program Viewing and changing settingsUsing Security Profile by Device User PasswordAdministrator Password Setting, changing, and deleting a passwordSelecting a temporary startup device Selecting a startup deviceSelecting or changing the startup device sequence Exiting from the Setup Utility program Updating flashing Bios from a CD-ROM or diskette Using system programsUpdating system programs Click Continue Click Downloads and drivers Updating flashing Bios from your operating systemBasic troubleshooting Troubleshooting and diagnosticsDiagnostic programs PC-Doctor for DOS PC-Doctor for WindowsRunning diagnostics from the CD or diskettes Non-optical mouse Cleaning the mousePC-Doctor for Windows PE Optical mouse1 Retainer ring 2 Ball 3 Plastic rollers 4 Ball cage Creating and using the Product Recovery disc Recovering softwarePerforming backup and recovery operations Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace Creating and using rescue media To create rescue media, do the following Creating and using a Recovery Repair disketteRecovering or installing device drivers Solving recovery problems Setting a rescue device in the startup sequenceUser Guide ThinkVantage Productivity Center Getting information, help, and serviceInformation resources Online Books folderSafety and Warranty Access HelpHelp and service Calling for service Using the documentation and diagnostic programsPurchasing additional services Using other servicesBasic AT commands Appendix A. Manual modem commandsLow speaker volume Enable RTS/CTS hardware flow control Extended AT commands+MS=? MNP/V.42/V.42bis/V.44 commandsFax Class 2 commands Fax Class 1 commandsVoice commands Appendix A. Manual modem commands User Guide Appendix B. Notices Trademarks Television output noticeIndex Page Page User Guide Page Part Number 43C4865

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