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Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 64
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 . . . . . . 65
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . 65
Installing other drivers and software . . . . 66
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 79
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 79
System management . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 7. Preventing problems . . . 81
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 81
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 82
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 82
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 84
Chapter 8. Troubleshooting computer
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 85
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 86
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 88
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 89
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 89
Problems with the keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Problems with the display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 96
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 96
Solid state drive problems . . . . . . . . 98
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . 99
USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 9. Getting support . . . . . 101
Before you contact Lenovo. . . . . . . . . . 101
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . 102
Lenovo Support Web site. . . . . . . . . 102
Calling Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . 103
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 104
Appendix A. Regulatory
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wireless related information . . . . . . . . . 105
Location of the UltraConnect™ wireless
antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Locating wireless regulatory notices . . . . 107
Export classication notice. . . . . . . . . . 107
Electronic emission notices. . . . . . . . . . 107
Federal Communications Commission
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 107
Industry Canada Class B emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
European Union - Compliance to the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . 108
German Class B compliance statement . . . 108
Korea Class B compliance statement . . . . 109
Japan VCCI Class B compliance statement. . 109
Japan compliance statement for products
which connect to the power mains with
rated current less than or equal to 20 A per
phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lenovo product service information for
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Appendix B. WEEE and recycling
statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
EU WEEE statements . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Japan recycling statements . . . . . . . . . 111
Recycling information for Brazil . . . . . . . . 112
Battery recycling information for Taiwan. . . . . 112
Battery recycling information for the European
Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Battery recycling information for the United States
and Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Appendix C. ENERGY STAR model
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Appendix D. Notices. . . . . . . . . 117
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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