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Important safety information . . . .

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Upgrading the hard disk drive

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Conditions that require immediate action

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Replacing the battery

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General safety guidelines

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Service

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Chapter 3. Getting help and service . .

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Power cords and power adapters . .

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Getting help and service

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Extension cords and related devices . .

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viii

Getting help on the Web

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38

Plugs and outlets

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viii

Calling the Customer Support Center . .

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38

Batteries

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viii

Getting help around the world

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39

Heat and product ventilation . . .

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. ix

 

 

 

CD and DVD drive safety

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. x

Appendix A. Wireless related information

 

41

Additional safety information . . . .

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. x

Wireless interoperability

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41

Laser compliance statement . . . . . xiv

Usage environment and your health . . .

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Important notice for users

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Authorized Operation Within the United

 

 

States and Canada

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42

Important regulatory notice for users . .

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Enabling Extended Channel Mode . . .

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Information about hard disk capacity . .

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Finding information with Access IBM .

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Appendix B. Warranty information . . .

. 45

Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty . .

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Chapter 1. Overview of your new ThinkPad

 

 

Part 1 - General Terms

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45

 

 

Part 2 - Country-unique Terms . . . .

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computer

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Part 3 - Warranty Information . . . .

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Your ThinkPad at a glance

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Guarantee supplement for Mexico . .

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Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

 

 

 

Specifications

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5

Appendix C. Customer Replaceable Units

 

 

Caring for your ThinkPad computer . .

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(CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Chapter 2. Solving computer problems

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Appendix D. Notices

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73

Diagnosing problems

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12

Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Troubleshooting

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12

Television output notice

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74

Error messages

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12

Electronic emissions notices

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74

Errors without messages

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Federal Communications Commission

 

 

A password problem

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(FCC) Declaration of Conformity . . .

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A power switch problem

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. 19

Industry Canada Class B emission

 

 

Keyboard problems

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19

compliance statement

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75

TrackPoint problems

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. 20

European Union EMC Directive

 

 

Standby or hibernation problems . .

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conformance statement

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Computer screen problems . . . .

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. 23

Environmental notices for Japan . . . .

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Battery problems

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25

IBM Lotus Software Offer

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77

Hard disk drive problems . . . .

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25

Trademarks

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79

A startup problem

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26

 

 

 

Other problems

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28

Index

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Starting BIOS Setup Utility

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30

 

 

 

Recovering pre-installed software . . .

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