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Important safety information . . . . . iii
Service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . . iii
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . . . iv
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . . . iv
Plugs and outlets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
External devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . . . . v
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . vii
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software provided by Lenovo . . . . . . . . 5
Adobe Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Antivirus software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators
on the front of your computer . . . . . . . . 7
Locating connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locating parts on the system board . . . . 11
Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . . 12
Machine type and model label. . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. You and your computer . . 15
Accessibility and comfort . . . . . . . . . . 15
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . 15
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glare and lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . 16
Register your computer with Lenovo . . . . . . 17
Moving your computer to another country or
region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . 17
Replacement power cords . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3. Security . . . . . . . . . . 19
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locking the computer cover . . . . . . . . . 20
Attaching an integrated cable lock . . . . . . . 21
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Windows passwords . . . . . . . . . . 22
Conguring the ngerprint reader . . . . . . . 22
Using and understanding rewalls . . . . . . . 22
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4. Installing or replacing
hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 25
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . . 25
Installing external options . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the computer cover. . . . . . . 26
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . 27
Installing or replacing a PCI card. . . . . . 27
Installing or replacing a memory module. . . 30
Installing or replacing the optical drive . . . 32
Replacing the card reader . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . 36
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . 38
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . 40
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive. . . 42
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . 44
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 46
Replacing the keyboard or mouse . . . . . 48
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . 49
Chapter 5. Recovery information . . . 51
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 51
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 51
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 52
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 52
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . 52
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 53
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . 53
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 54
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 54
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 54
Reinstalling preinstalled applications and device
drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reinstalling software programs . . . . . . . . 56
Reinstalling device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 56
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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