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Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . . 63
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . 66
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 69
ThinkPad Edge E430, E430c, and E435 . . . 69
ThinkPad Edge E530, E530c, and E535 . . . 71
Replacing a PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Replacing a PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
WAN connection or mSATA solid state drive . . . 76
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacing the backup battery. . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter 7. Advanced conguration . . 91
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 91
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 92
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 . . . . . . 93
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . 93
Installing other drivers and software . . . . 94
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 105
Chapter 8. Preventing problems . . 107
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 107
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 108
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 108
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 110
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting computer
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 113
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 114
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 118
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 119
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 119
Problems with the keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Problems with the display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 127
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 127
Problems with drives and other storage
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
A software problem . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Problems with ports and connectors . . . . 132
Chapter 10. Getting support . . . . 133
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . 133
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Using diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . 134
Lenovo Support Web site. . . . . . . . . 134
Calling Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . 135
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 135
Appendix A. Regulatory
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Wireless related information . . . . . . . . . 137
Location of the UltraConnect wireless
antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Locating wireless regulatory notices . . . . 139
Export classication notice . . . . . . . . . . 139
Electronic emission notices. . . . . . . . . . 139
Federal Communications Commission
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 139
Industry Canada Class B emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
European Union - Compliance to the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . 140
German Class B compliance statement . . . 140
Korea Class B compliance statement . . . . 141
Japan VCCI Class B compliance statement. . 141
Japan compliance statement for products
which connect to the power mains with
rated current less than or equal to 20 A per
phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lenovo product service information for
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Appendix B. WEEE and recycling
statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
EU WEEE statements . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Japan recycling statements . . . . . . . . . 143
Recycling information for Brazil . . . . . . . . 144
Battery recycling information for the European
Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Battery recycling information for Taiwan. . . . . 145
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