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Important safety information . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software provided with your Windows
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators
on the front of your computer . . . . . . . . 6
Locating connectors and parts on the rear of
your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 9
Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Installing or replacing
hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 13
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . . 13
Installing external options . . . . . . . . 13
Removing the computer cover. . . . . . . 14
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . 15
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 16
Installing or replacing a memory module. . . 19
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . 22
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . 24
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . 26
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 30
Replacing the front audio and USB
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 33
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing the mouse . . . . . . . . . . 36
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . 37
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Basic security features . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 38
Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 39
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 3. Recovery information. . . 41
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 41
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 41
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 42
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 42
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . 43
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 43
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . 43
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 44
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 45
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 46
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 47
Viewing or changing settings . . . . . . . . . 47
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Password considerations. . . . . . . . . 48
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting, changing, or deleting a password . . 48
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . 49
Viewing or changing the startup device
sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 5. Updating system
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from a disc . . . . 51
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from your operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recovering from a POST and BIOS update
failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and
diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . 55
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 56
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Non-optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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