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Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the hard disk drive or solid-state drive . 64
Replacing a PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing a PCI Express Half Mini Card for
wireless WAN connection . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . 73
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Replacing the backup battery . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 7. Advanced conguration. . 83
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 83
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 84
Installing the Windows 8 operating system . . 85
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 on the
Windows 7 operating system . . . . . . . 86
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 on the Windows 7
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing other drivers and software on the
Windows 7 operating system . . . . . . . 86
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 99
Chapter 8. Preventing problems . . 101
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 101
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 102
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 102
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 104
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting computer
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 107
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 108
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 112
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 113
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 114
Problems with the keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Problems with the display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 121
Problems with drives and other storage
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
A software problem . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Problems with ports and connectors . . . . 125
Chapter 10. Getting support . . . . 127
Before you contact Lenovo. . . . . . . . . . 127
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . 128
Lenovo Support Web site. . . . . . . . . 128
Calling Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . 129
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 129
Appendix A. Regulatory
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Wireless related information . . . . . . . . . 131
Location of the UltraConnect wireless
antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Locating wireless regulatory notices . . . . 133
Export classication notice. . . . . . . . . . 133
Electronic emission notices. . . . . . . . . . 133
Federal Communications Commission
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 133
Industry Canada Class B emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
European Union - Compliance to the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . 134
German Class B compliance statement . . . 134
Korea Class B compliance statement . . . . 135
Japan VCCI Class B compliancestatement. . 135
Japan compliance statement for products
which connect to the power mains with
rated current less than or equal to 20 A per
phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lenovo product service information for
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Appendix B. WEEE and recycling
statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Important WEEE information . . . . . . . . . 137
Recycling information for Japan . . . . . . . . 137
Recycling information for Brazil . . . . . . . . 138
Battery recycling information for the European
Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Battery recycling information for Taiwan. . . . . 139
Battery recycling information for the United States
and Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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