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Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . 64
Reinstalling preinstalled programs and device
drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . 66
Recovery overview for the Windows 8 operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . . 69
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Replacing the hard disk drive or solid-state drive . 72
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing and installing a memory module . . . 78
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing the PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN/WiMAX connection . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Replacing or installing the PCI Express Mini Card
for wireless WAN connection . . . . . . . . . 88
Replacing the backup battery . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 7. Enhancing your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . . . 95
ThinkPad port replicator and docking station . . . 95
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Attaching a port replicator or docking
station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Detaching a port replicator or docking
station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the system lock key . . . . . . . . 105
Chapter 8. Advanced
conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 107
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 108
Installing the Windows 8 operating system . . 109
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Installing driver for the 4-in-1 Media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 on the
Windows 7 operating system . . . . . . . 109
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 on the Windows
7 operating system . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Installing other device drivers and software on
the Windows 7 operating system. . . . . . 110
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 121
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 122
System management . . . . . . . . . . 122
Setting management features . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 9. Preventing problems . . 125
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 125
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 126
Getting the latest drivers from the Web site . . 126
Getting the latest drivers using ThinkVantage
System Update . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 127
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 128
Chapter 10. Troubleshooting
computer problems . . . . . . . . . 131
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 131
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 132
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 134
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 135
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 135
Problems with keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Problems with display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 143
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 143
Problems with drives and other storage
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
A software problem . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Problems with ports and connectors . . . . 148
Chapter 11. Getting support . . . . 149
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . 149
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . 149
Download system updates . . . . . . . . 149
Record information . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . 150
Lenovo Support Web site. . . . . . . . . 150
Calling Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 151
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