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Installing or replacing the mSATA solid-state
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . 70
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive. . . 72
Installing the solid-state drive . . . . . . . 74
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . 75
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 77
Replacing the front audio and USB
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Replacing the internal speaker. . . . . . . 82
Replacing the thermal sensor . . . . . . . 84
Replacing the cover presence switch . . . . 86
Replacing the Wi-Fi units. . . . . . . . . 88
Installing or removing the rear Wi-Fi antenna . 95
Installing or removing the front Wi-Fi
antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Replacing the keyboard or mouse . . . . . 98
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . 99
Chapter 6. Recovery information . . 101
Recovery information for the Windows 7 operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . 101
Performing backup and recovery
operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using the Rescue and Recovery
workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . 104
Reinstalling preinstalled applications and
device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Reinstalling software programs . . . . . . 106
Reinstalling device drivers . . . . . . . . 106
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . 106
Recovery information for the Windows 8 or
Windows 8.1 operating system . . . . . . . . 107
Refreshing your computer . . . . . . . . 107
Resetting your computer to the factory default
settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using the advanced startup options . . . . 107
Recovering your operating system if Windows
8 or Windows 8.1 fails to start . . . . . . . 108
Chapter 7. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 109
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 109
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Password considerations. . . . . . . . . 110
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . 110
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 110
Hard Disk Password. . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting, changing,and deletinga password. . 110
Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 111
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . 112
Selecting or changing the startup device
sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Enabling ErP compliance mode . . . . . . . . 112
ICE performance mode . . . . . . . . . . . 113
ICE thermal alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 114
Chapter 8. Updating system
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a disc . . . . 115
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from your operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 116
Chapter 9. Preventing problems . . 117
Keeping your computer current . . . . . . . . 117
Getting the latest device drivers for your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Updating your operating system . . . . . . 117
Using System Update . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 118
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cleaning your computer . . . . . . . . . 119
Good maintenance practices . . . . . . . 120
Moving your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Chapter 10. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting procedure . . . . . . . . . . 122
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
CD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
DVD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 127
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 130
Option problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Performance and lockup problems . . . . . 134
Printer problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Serial port problems. . . . . . . . . . . 136
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . 137
USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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