Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software overview | . . . . . . | . | 5 |
Software provided by Lenovo | . . . . . . | . 5 | |
Adobe Reader | . . . . . . | . | 6 |
Antivirus software . . . . | . . . . . . | . | 6 |
Locations | . . . . . . | . | 7 |
Locating connectors on the front of your computer 7
Locating connectors on the rear of your computer | 8 | |||
Locating components | . | . | . | 10 |
Locating parts on the system board . . | . | . | . 11 | |
Locating internal drives | . | . | . | 11 |
Chapter 2. Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Handling | . | . | 13 |
Installing or replacing hardware | . | . | 13 |
Installing external options | . | . | 14 |
Removing the computer cover | . | . 14 | |
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . | . | . 15 | |
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . | . | . | 16 |
Installing or replacing a memory module . | . | . 19 | |
Installing or replacing the optical drive . . | . | . | 21 |
Replacing the power supply assembly . . | . | . 24 | |
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . | . | . 25 | |
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . | . | . 27 | |
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive . | . | . 29 | |
Replacing the card reader | . | . | 32 |
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . | . | . | 34 |
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . | . | . | 37 |
Replacing the keyboard | . | . | 38 |
Replacing the mouse | . | . | 39 |
Completing the parts replacement . . . . | . | . 40 | |
Installing security features | . | . | 41 |
Integrated cable lock | . | . | 42 |
Padlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 | |||
Password protection | . | . | 43 |
Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 3. Recovery information | . . | . | 45 |
Creating and using recovery media . . . | . . | . 45 | |
Creating recovery media | . . | . | 45 |
Using recovery media | . . | . | 46 |
Performing backup and recovery operations | . . | . 47 | |
Performing a backup operation . . . . | . . | . 47 | |
Performing a recovery operation . . . | . . | . | 47 |
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 48
Creating and using rescue media | . 49 | |
Creating rescue media | . | 49 |
Using rescue media | . | 50 |
Creating and using a recovery repair diskette . . | . 50 | |
Creating a recovery repair diskette . . . | . | . | 51 |
Using a recovery repair diskette . . . . | . | . | 51 |
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . | . | . | 51 |
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence | . | . 52 | |
Solving recovery problems | . | . | 52 |
Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . | . . . | . | 53 |
Viewing and changing settings . . . . | . . . | . | 53 |
Using passwords | . . . | . | 53 |
Password considerations | . . . | . | 54 |
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Administrator Password | . . . | . | 54 |
Hard Disk Password | . . . | . | 54 |
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 54 | |||
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . | . . . | . | 55 |
Selecting a startup device | . . . | . | 55 |
Selecting a temporary startup device . | . . . | . | 55 |
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 56 | |||
Advanced settings | . . . | . | 56 |
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . | . . . | . 56 | |
Chapter 5. Configuring RAID . . . . . 57
RAID Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Configuring the system BIOS to enable SATA RAID functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Creating RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . . 57 Deleting RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 6. Updating system programs 59
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 59 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc . . . . . . 59 Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 60
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Basic troubleshooting | . | 63 |
Diagnostic programs | . | 64 |
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox | . 64 | |
Lenovo System Toolbox | . | 64 |
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Cleaning the mouse | . | 66 |
Optical mouse | . | 66 |
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Chapter 8. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Information resources | . . . | . | . | 69 |
Online Books folder | . . . | . | . | 69 |
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . | . . . | . | . | 69 |
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