Lenovo 6483, 6493, 6449, 6439, 6427, 6423 manual 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 also installing the operating system and other software.

vChapter 4, “Software overview,” on page 17 provides information about the software for this 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 7, “Updating system programs,” on page 29 provides information about updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure.

vChapter 8, “Troubleshooting and diagnostics,” on page 31 provides information about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer.

vChapter 9, “Recovering software,” on page 37 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 drive to a previously saved state.

vChapter 10, “Getting information, help, and service,” on page 45 provides information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo.

vAppendix A, “Manual modem commands,” on page 49 provides commands for manually programming your modem.

vAppendix B, “Notices,” on page 57 provides notices and trademark information.

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Contents Page Page ThinkStation User Guide Page Contents Appendix A. Manual modem Appendix B. Notices Commands Introduction Vi User Guide Additional safety requirements for machine types 6427, 6449, Important safety informationUser Guide Comfort Arranging your workspaceGlare and lighting Electrical outlets and cable lengths Air circulationConnecting your computer Setting up your computerUser Guide 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 systemsInstalling external options Updating your operating systemSystem information FeaturesInput/output features Operating systems, preinstalled varies by model Environment SpecificationsPC-Doctor for WINPE, PC-Doctor for Windows Software overviewSoftware provided with your Windows operating system Software provided by LenovoAdobe Acrobat Reader Using passwords Using the Setup UtilityStarting the Setup Utility program Viewing and changing settingsSelecting a startup device User PasswordAdministrator Password Setting, changing, and deleting a passwordExiting from the Setup Utility program Advanced settingsSelecting or changing the startup device sequence User Guide Creating RAID volumes Installing and configuring RAIDAttaching Sata hard disk drives Supported SAS RAID configurations Deleting RAID volumesInstalling and configuring RAID Properties Installing and configuring RAID User Guide Updating flashing Bios from a diskette or CD-ROM Using system programsUpdating system programs Updating flashing Bios from your operating system Basic troubleshooting Troubleshooting and diagnosticsDiagnostic programs PC-Doctor for Windows PE PC-Doctor for WindowsPC-Doctor for DOS Creating a diagnostic CD image Optical mouse Cleaning the mouseNon-optical mouse 1 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 folderHelp and service Safety and WarrantyUsing the documentation and diagnostic programs Using other services Calling for servicePurchasing additional services Basic 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 Using User Guide Page Part Number 43C9722