Lenovo 6395, 6394, 6393, 6397, 6396 Contents, Important safety information, Arranging your workspace

Contents

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

Chapter 1. Important safety information	.	.	1
Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace	.	.	3
Comfort	.	.	3
Glare and lighting	.	.	3

Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 3. Setting up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connecting your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Turning on computer power. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	8
Finishing the software installation	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	8

Completing important tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Updating your operating system .	. . . .	. . . . . .	. . . .	. .	.	.	9
Installing other operating systems	. . . .	. . . . . .	. . . .	. .	.	.	9
Updating your antivirus software	. . . . .	. . . . . .	. . . .	. .	.		10
Shutting down the computer . .	. . . . .	. . . . . .	. . . .	. .	.		10

Installing external options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 4. Software overview	. .	.	15
Software provided with your Windows operating system	. .	.	15
Software provided by Lenovo	. .	.	15
PC-Doctor for Windows, PC-Doctor for Windows PE	. .	.	15
Adobe Acrobat Reader	. .	.	16
Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility	. .	.	17
Starting the Setup Utility program	. .	.	17
Viewing and changing settings	. .	.	17
Changing the language setting for the BIOS	. .	.	17

Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Password considerations	. . . . . . . . . . . 18
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Administrator or Supervisor Password . . . .	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	18
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . .	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	18
Selecting a startup device	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	18
Selecting a temporary startup device	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	19
Selecting or changing the boot device sequence	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	19
Exiting from the Setup Utility program	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	19
Chapter 6. Updating system programs . . . .	. .	. . . .	. . . .	.	21

Using system programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or CD-ROM	.	21
Changing settings using the utility diskette	.	22
Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system	.	22
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure	.	22
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics	.	25
Basic troubleshooting	.	25
Diagnostic programs	.	26

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