Lenovo 3484BGU Laptop User Manual


 
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . 62
Reinstalling preinstalled programs and device
drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . 63
Recovery overview for Windows 8 models. . . . 64
Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . . 67
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 73
ThinkPad Edge E430, E430c, and E435 . . . 73
ThinkPad Edge E530, E530c, and E535 . . . 75
Replacing a PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing a PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
WAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing the backup battery. . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the thermal fan . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 7. Advanced conguration . . 99
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 99
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 100
Installing the Windows 8 operating system . . 101
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 on the
Windows 7 operating system . . . . . . . 102
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 on the Windows 7
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Installing other drivers and software on the
Windows 7 operating system . . . . . . . 102
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 114
Chapter 8. Preventing problems . . 115
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 115
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 116
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 117
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 118
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting computer
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 121
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 122
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 126
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 127
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 128
Problems with the keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Problems with the display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 135
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 136
Problems with drives and other storage
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
A software problem . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Problems with ports and connectors . . . . 141
Chapter 10. Getting support . . . . 143
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . 143
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Using diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . 144
Lenovo Support Web site. . . . . . . . . 144
Calling Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . 145
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 145
Appendix A. Regulatory
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Wireless related information . . . . . . . . . 147
Location of the UltraConnect wireless
antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Locating wireless regulatory notices . . . . 149
Export classication notice . . . . . . . . . . 149
Electronic emission notices. . . . . . . . . . 149
Federal Communications Commission
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 149
Industry Canada Class B emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
European Union - Compliance to the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . 150
German Class B compliance statement . . . 150
Korea Class B compliance statement . . . . 151
Japan VCCI Class B compliance statement. . 151
Japan compliance statement for products
which connect to the power mains with
rated current less than or equal to 20 A per
phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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