
Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42
Handling Your Computer
Handling Your Computer
By | using common | sense | and | by following these | handling tips, | yo | ||
will | get | the | most | use and | enjoyment out of | your ThinkPad | comp | |
for | a | long time | to | come. |
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Notebook | computers are precision machines that require a bit | ||||
careful | handling. Though the IBM ThinkPad | computer | is | designed | |
and | tested to be a durable notebook | computer | that | functions | |
in | normal work environments, you need to | use some | common sense | ||
in | handling it. |
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Note
If you power off the computer, wait at least 5 seconds power it on again.
ThinkPad Don'ts
Do | not | subject | your | computer | to | physical | punishment, | such | |||||||||||||
dropping | or | bumping. |
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Do | not | place | heavy objects on your computer. |
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Do | not | spill | liquids | into | your | computer. |
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Do | not | use |
| your | computer | in | or | near | water | (to | avoid | the | |||||||||
of | electrical | shock). |
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Do | not | pack | your | computer | in | a | tightly | packed | suitcase | o | |||||||||||
The | compression | might | cause | internal | damage. |
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Do | not | disassemble your computer. Only an authorized IBM | |||||||||||||||||||
ThinkPad | repair technician should disassemble and repair yo | ||||||||||||||||||||
computer. |
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Do | not | scratch, twist, hit, or push the surface of your | |||||||||||||||||||
display. |
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Do | not | place | any | objects | between | the | display | and | keyboa | ||||||||||||
Do | not | pick | up | or | hold | your | computer by the display. Wh | ||||||||||||||
picking | up | your | open | computer, | hold | it | by | the | bottom (key | ||||||||||||
half. |
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Do | not | modify | or | tape | the | latches | to | keep | the | display | |||||||||||
closed. |
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Do | not | turn |
| your computer over while the AC | Adapter | is | pl | ||||||||||||||
in. | This | could break | the |
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36 IBM ThinkPad 600 User's Reference