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Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . . 63
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 63
Disabling the built-in battery . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing the hard disk drive or solid state drive . 65
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 71
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . 73
Replacing a Mini PCI ExpressCard for wireless
LAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Replacing a Mini PCI ExpressCard for wireless
WAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing the backup battery . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 7. Advanced conguration. . 85
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 85
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 86
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 . . . . . . 87
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . 87
Installing other drivers and software . . . . 88
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 98
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 98
System management . . . . . . . . . . 99
Setting management features . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 8. Preventing problems . . 101
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 101
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 102
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 103
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 . . . . . . . . . 110
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 112
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 112
Problems with the keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Problems with the display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 120
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 120
Problems with drives and other storage
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
A software problem . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Problems with ports and connectors . . . . 125
Chapter 10. Getting support . . . . 127
Before you contact Lenovo. . . . . . . . . . 127
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
European Union - Compliance to the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . 134
German Class B compliance statement . . . 134
Korea Class B compliance statement . . . . 134
Japan VCCI Class B compliance statement. . 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
EU WEEE statements . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Japan recycling statements . . . . . . . . . 137
Recycling information for Brazil . . . . . . . . 138
Battery recycling information for the European
Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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