Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Chapter 1. Important safety information 1

Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace . . 3

Comfort

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3

Glare and lighting

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3

Air circulation

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4

Electrical outlets and cable lengths

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4

Chapter 3. Setting up your computer .

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Connecting your computer

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5

Turning on computer power

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Finishing the software installation

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12

Completing important tasks

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12

Updating your operating system

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Installing other operating systems

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13

Updating your antivirus software

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13

Shutting down the computer

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Installing external options

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13

Installing the computer on a rack shelf . . . .

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14

Features

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14

Specifications

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17

Chapter 4. Software overview . . . . . 19

Software provided with your Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Software provided by Lenovo

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Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox

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Lenovo System Toolbox

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20

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . .

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Adobe Reader

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20

Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 21

Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 21 Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 21 Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 22 User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 22 Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 23 Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 23 Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 23 Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 24 Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 24

Chapter 6. Installing hard disk drives

and configuring RAID . . . . . . . . 25

Installing SATA or SAS hard disk drives and configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Installing SATA or SAS hard disk drives. . . . 25

Entering the Marvell BIOS Setup to configure

 

 

SATA or SAS RAID

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25

Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to enable

 

 

SATA or SAS RAID 0, 1, 5, or 10 functionality .

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Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to set an

 

 

optional hot spare hard disk drive

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26

Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an

 

 

optional hot spare hard disk drive

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26

Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an

 

 

array

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27

Chapter 7. Updating system programs

29

Using system programs

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Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc

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Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 30

Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Basic troubleshooting

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33

Diagnostic programs

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34

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox

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Lenovo System Toolbox

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35

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . .

. 35

PC-Doctor for DOS

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36

Cleaning the mouse

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37

Optical mouse

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37

Non-optical mouse

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37

Chapter 9. Recovery information

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39

Creating and using recovery media . . .

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Creating recovery media

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39

Using recovery media

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40

Performing backup and recovery operations

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Performing a backup operation . . . .

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Performing a recovery operation . . .

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41

Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 42

Creating and using rescue media

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Creating rescue media

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43

Using rescue media

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44

Creating and using a recovery repair diskette .

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Creating a recovery repair diskette . . .

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44

Using a recovery repair diskette . . . .

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45

Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . .

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Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence

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Solving recovery problems

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46

Chapter 10. Getting information, help,

and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Information resources

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47

Online Books folder

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47

Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . .

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47

Lenovo Welcome

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4218, 4155, 4158 specifications

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