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Important safety information . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software provided by Lenovo . . . . . . . . 4
Adobe Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Antivirus software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locating connectors on the front of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locating connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Installing or replacing
hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 11
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . . 11
Installing external options . . . . . . . . 11
Opening the computer cover . . . . . . . 12
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . 12
Installing or replacing a memory module. . . 13
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 14
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . 16
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . 17
Replacing the heat sink . . . . . . . . . 18
Replacing the internal speaker. . . . . . . 19
Replacing the front audio and USB
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing the ac power adapter . . . . . . 21
Replacing the ac power adapter bracket. . . 22
Replacing the keyboard or mouse . . . . . 25
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . 25
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . . 26
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 26
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 27
Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3. Recovery information. . . 29
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 29
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 29
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 30
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 30
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . 30
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 31
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . 31
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 32
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 32
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 33
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 35
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 35
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Password considerations. . . . . . . . . 35
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . 36
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 36
Hard Disk Password. . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . 36
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . 37
Selecting or changing the startup device
sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 37
Chapter 5. Updating system
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from a disc . . . . 39
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from your operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . 40
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox. . . . . . . 42
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . 43
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cleaning an optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 7. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . . . . . . 45
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