•Storeyourexternalandremovableharddiskdriveoropticaldrivesintheappropriatecontainersor
packagingwhentheyarenotbeingused.
•Beforeyouinstallanyofthefollowingdevices,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisaction
reducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
–Memorymodule
–Mini-PCIcard
–Memorycard,suchasanSDcard,SDHCcard,SDXCcard,andaMultiMediaCard
Note:Notalllisteddevicesar eincludedinyourcomputer.
Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
•Whiletransferringdatatoorfromaashmediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputerinto
sleeporhibernationmodebeforethedatatransferiscomplete;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecome
damaged.
Takecareinsettingpasswords
•Rememberyourpasswords.Ifyouforgetasupervisororharddiskpassword,Lenovowillnotresetit,
andyoumighthavetoreplaceyoursystemboardorharddiskdrive.
Careforthengerprintreader
Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethengerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourngernailoranythinghard.
•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtynger .
Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:
•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.
•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.
•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourngerprint.
Registeryourcomputer
•RegisteryourThinkPadcomputerwithLenovoathttp://www.lenovo.com/r egister.Thiscanhelp
authoritiesreturnyourcomputertoyouifitislostorst olen.Registeringyourcomputeralsoenables
Lenovotonotifyyouaboutpossibletechnicalinformationandupgrades.
Besurenottomodifyyourcomputer
•OnlyanauthorizedThinkPadrepairtechnicianshoulddisassembleandrepairyourcomputer.
•Donotmodifyortapethelatchestokeepthedisplayopenorclosed.
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer
Occasionallycleanyourcomputerbydoingthefollowing:
1.P repareamixtureofagentlekitchen-usedetergent(onethatdoesnotcontainabr asivepowderor
strongchemicalssuchasacidoralkaline).Use5partswat erto1partdetergent.
2.Absorbthediluteddetergentintoasponge.
3.Squee zeexcessliquidfromthesponge.
4.Wipethecoverwiththesponge,usingacircularmotionandtakingcarenottoletanyexcessliquiddrip.
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