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Important safety information . . . .

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. v

Upgrading the hard disk drive

. 32

Conditions that require immediate action

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. v

Replacing the battery

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34

General safety guidelines

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. vi

 

 

 

Service

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. vi

Chapter 3. Getting help and service . .

. 37

Power cords and power adapters . .

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. vii

Getting help and service

. 38

Extension cords and related devices . .

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Getting help on the Web

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38

Plugs and outlets

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viii

Calling the Customer Support Center . .

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38

Batteries

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viii

Getting help around the world

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39

Heat and product ventilation . . .

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. ix

 

 

 

CD and DVD drive safety

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. x

Appendix A. Wireless related information

 

41

Additional safety information . . . .

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. x

Wireless interoperability

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41

Laser compliance statement . . . . . xiv

Usage environment and your health . . .

. 41

Important notice for users

. xvii

Authorized Operation Within the United

 

 

States and Canada

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42

Important regulatory notice for users . .

. xvii

Enabling Extended Channel Mode . . .

. 42

Information about hard disk capacity . .

. xvii

 

 

 

Finding information with Access IBM .

. xix

Appendix B. Warranty information . . .

. 45

Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty . .

. 45

Chapter 1. Overview of your new ThinkPad

 

 

Part 1 - General Terms

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45

 

 

Part 2 - Country-unique Terms . . . .

. 49

computer

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.

1

Part 3 - Warranty Information . . . .

. 63

Your ThinkPad at a glance

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. 2

Guarantee supplement for Mexico . .

. 68

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

 

 

 

Specifications

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5

Appendix C. Customer Replaceable Units

 

 

Caring for your ThinkPad computer . .

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. 6

(CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Chapter 2. Solving computer problems

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. 11

Appendix D. Notices

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73

Diagnosing problems

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12

Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Troubleshooting

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12

Television output notice

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74

Error messages

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12

Electronic emissions notices

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74

Errors without messages

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. 17

Federal Communications Commission

 

 

A password problem

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. 18

(FCC) Declaration of Conformity . . .

. 74

A power switch problem

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. 19

Industry Canada Class B emission

 

 

Keyboard problems

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19

compliance statement

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75

TrackPoint problems

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. 20

European Union EMC Directive

 

 

Standby or hibernation problems . .

.

. 21

conformance statement

. 75

Computer screen problems . . . .

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. 23

Environmental notices for Japan . . . .

. 76

Battery problems

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.

25

IBM Lotus Software Offer

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77

Hard disk drive problems . . . .

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25

Trademarks

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79

A startup problem

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26

 

 

 

Other problems

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28

Index

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81

Starting BIOS Setup Utility

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30

 

 

 

Recovering pre-installed software . . .

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31

 

 

 

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