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.Advancedconguration............101Installinganewoperatingsystem.......101
Beforeyoubegin............101
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..102
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem..103
Installingdevicedrivers...........103
Installingthedriverforthe4-in-1mediacard
reader................103
InstallingthedriverforUSB3.0onthe
Windows7operatingsystem.......104
InstallingtheThinkPadmonitorlefor
Windows2000/XP/Vista/7ontheWindows7
operatingsystem............104
Installingotherdriversandsoftwareonthe
Windows7operatingsystem.......104
ThinkPadSetup..............105
Mainmenu..............105
Congmenu..............106
Date/Timemenu............109
Securitymenu.............110
Startupmenu.............114
Restartmenu.............117
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....117
Chapter8.Preventingproblems..119Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......119
Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....120
Takingcareofyourcomputer.........121
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....122
Chapter9.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems..............125Diagnosingproblems............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....145BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........145
Gettinghelpandservice...........146
Usingdiagnosticprograms........146
LenovoSupportWebsite.........146
CallingLenovo.............146
FindingThinkPadoptions........147
Purchasingadditionalservices........148
AppendixA.Regulatoryinformation.............149Wirelessrelatedinformation.........149
LocationoftheUltraConnectwireless
antennas...............150
Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....151
Exportclassicationnotice..........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.............155ImportantWEEEinformation.........155
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