•Beforeyouinstallanyofthefollowingdevices,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisaction
reducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
–Memorymodule
–Mini-PCICard
–ExpressCard
–CompactFlash
–Smartcard
–Memorycard,suchasSDcard,SDHCcard,SDXCcard,andMultiMediaCard.
Note:Notalllisteddevicesareincludedinyourcomputer.
Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
•Whentransferringdatatoorfromaashmediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputer
insleep(standby)orhibernationmodebefor ethedatatransferiscomplete.Todosomightcause
damagetoyourdata.
Takecareinsettingpasswords
•Rememberyourpasswords.Ifyouforgetasupervisororharddiskpassword,Lenovowillnotresetit,and
youmighthavetoreplaceyoursystemboard,orharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive.
Careforthengerprintreader
Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethengerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourngernailoranythinghar d.
•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtynger.
Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:
•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.
•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.
•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourngerprint.
Registeryourcomputer
•RegisteryourThinkPadproductswithLenovo(gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/register).Thiscanhelp
authoritiesreturnyourcomputertoyouifitislostorstolen.Registeringyourcomputeralsoenables
Lenovotonotifyyouaboutpossibletechnicalinformationandupgrades.
Besurenottomodifyyourcomputer
•OnlyanauthorizedThinkPadrepairtechnicianshoulddisassembleandrepairyourcomputer.
•Donotmodifyortapethelatchestokeepthedisplayopenorclosed.
Tipsonusingthebuilt-inmodem
•Yourcomputermodemmayuseonlyananalogtelephonenetwork,orpublic-switchedtelephonenetwork
(PSTN).DonotconnectthemodemtoaPBX(privatebranchexchange)oranyotherdigitaltelephone
extensionlinebecausethiscoulddamageyourmodem.Analogphonelinesareoftenusedinhomes,
whiledigitalphonelinesareoftenusedinhotelsorofcebuildings.Ifyouarenotsurewhichkindof
phonelineyouareusing,contactyourtelephonecompany .
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