Chapter6.Replacingdevices.....67
Staticelectricityprevention..........67
Replacingthebattery............67
ReplacingtheSIMcard...........69
Replacingthekeyboard...........70
ThinkPadEdgeE431..........70
ThinkPadEdgeE531..........76
Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.82
Replacingtheopticaldrive..........85
ThinkPadEdgeE431..........85
ThinkPadEdgeE531..........87
ReplacingawirelessLANcard........89
ReplacingawirelessWANcard........92
Replacingamemorymodule.........94
Replacingthebackupbattery.........96
Chapter7.Advancedconguration............101
Installinganewoperatingsystem.......101
Beforeyoubegin............101
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..102
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem..103
Installingdevicedrivers...........103
Installingthedriverforthe4-in-1mediacard
reader................103
InstallingthedriverforUSB3.0onthe
Windows7operatingsystem.......104
InstallingtheThinkPadmonitorlefor
Windows2000/XP/Vista/7ontheWindows7
operatingsystem............104
Installingotherdriversandsoftwareonthe
Windows7operatingsystem.......104
ThinkPadSetup..............105
Mainmenu..............105
Congmenu..............106
Date/Timemenu............109
Securitymenu.............110
Startupmenu.............114
Restartmenu.............117
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....117
Chapter8.Preventingproblems..119
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......119
Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....120
Takingcareofyourcomputer.........121
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....122
Chapter9.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems..............125
Diagnosingproblems............125
Troubleshooting..............125
Computerstopsresponding.......125
Spillsonthekeyboard..........126
Errormessages............126
Errorswithoutmessages.........128
Beeperrors..............129
Memorymoduleproblems........130
Networkingproblems..........130
Problemswiththekeyboardandotherpointing
devices................132
Problemswiththedisplayandmultimedia
devices................133
Fingerprintreaderproblems........138
Batteryandpowerproblems.......138
Problemswithdrivesandotherstorage
devices................141
Asoftwareproblem...........142
AUSBproblem............143
Chapter10.Gettingsupport....145
BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........145
Gettinghelpandservice...........146
Usingdiagnosticprograms........146
LenovoSupportWebsite.........146
CallingLenovo.............146
FindingThinkPadoptions........147
Purchasingadditionalservices........148
AppendixA.Regulatoryinformation.............149
Wirelessrelatedinformation.........149
LocationoftheUltr aConnectwireless
antennas...............150
Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....151
Exportclassicationnotice..........151
Electronicemissionnotices..........151
FederalCommunicationsCommission
DeclarationofConformity........151
IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance
statement...............152
EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe
ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...152
GermanClassBcompliancestatement...152
KoreaClassBcompliancestatement....153
JapanVCCIClassBcompliancestatement..153
Japancompliancestatementforproducts
whichconnecttothepowermainswith
ratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aper
phase................153
Lenovoproductserviceinformationfor
Taiwan................153
AppendixB.WEEEandrecyclingstatements.............155
ImportantWEEEinformation.........155
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