Chapter7.Enhancingyourcomputer
Thissectionprovidesinformationoninstallingdevicesandtakingadvantageofyourcomputer's
high-technologyfeatures.
•“FindingThinkPadoptions”onpage99
•“UsingtheSerialUltrabayEnhancedfeature”onpage99
•“ThinkPadportreplicatorsanddockingstations”onpage102

FindingThinkPadoptions

Ifyouwanttoexpandthecapabilitiesofyourcomputer,Lenovohasanumberofhardwareaccessories
andupgradestomeetyourneeds.Optionsincludememorymodules,storagedevices,networkcards,port
replicators,batteries,poweradapters,printers,scanners,keyboards,mice,andmore.
YoucanshopatLenovo24hoursaday,7daysaweekdirectlyovertheWorldWideWeb.Allyouneedisan
Internetconnectionandacreditcard.
ToshopatLenovo,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html

UsingtheSerialUltrabayEnhancedfeature

UsetheSerialUltrabayEnhancedbayforinstallingdevices,suchasaMultiBurnerdrive,aDVD-ROM
drive,andaharddiskdrive.VariousSerialUltrabayEnhanceddevicesareavailableasoptionsat
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories.
Notes:
•Dependingonyourcomputermodel,theSerialUltrabayEnhancedbayofyourcomputersupports:
–9.5-mm-thickSerialUltrabaySlimdevice
–12.7-mm-thickSerialUltrabayEnhanceddevice
•YoucaninserteitheroftheabovedeviceintotheSerialUltrabayEnhancedbayofyourcomputerinone
ofthefollowingconditions:
–Thecomputeristurnedoff.See“ReplacingtheUltrabaydevice”onpage97.
–Thecomputerisworkingorinsleepmode.See“Performingahotorawarmswap”onpage99.

Performingahotorawarmswap

YourcomputersupportsbothhotswapandwarmswapfortheUltrabaydevices.
Performingahotswap
Todoahotswapistoconnect,remove,orreconnectadevicewhilethecomputerisoperating.
Notes:
•Hot-swapisnotsupportedwhenyourcomputerisdockedorwhentheextendedlifebatteryisinstalled.
•Ifaharddiskpasswordisset,youcannothot-swapthedrive.Firstremovetheharddiskpassword,and
thendothehotswap.
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