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Recovery overview for the Windows 8 operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . . 61
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the hard disk drive or solid-state drive . 65
Replacing a PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing a PCI Express Half Mini Card for
wireless WAN connection . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Replacing the backup battery . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 7. Advanced conguration. . 85
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 85
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing the Windows 7 operating system . . 86
Installing the Windows 8 operating system . . 87
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 on the
Windows 7 operating system . . . . . . . 88
Installing the ThinkPad monitor le for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 on the Windows
7 operating system . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing other device drivers and software on
the Windows 7 operating system. . . . . . 88
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 102
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 102
System management . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting management features . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 8. Preventing problems . . 105
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 105
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 106
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 107
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 108
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting computer
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 111
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 112
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 114
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Memory module problems . . . . . . . . 115
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . . 116
Problems with the keyboard and other pointing
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Problems with the display and multimedia
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Battery and power problems . . . . . . . 123
Problems with drives and other storage
devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
A software problem . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Problems with ports and connectors . . . . 127
Chapter 10. Getting support . . . . 129
Before you contact Lenovo. . . . . . . . . . 129
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Using diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . 130
Lenovo Support Web site. . . . . . . . . 130
Calling Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . 131
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 131
Appendix A. Regulatory
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Wireless related information . . . . . . . . . 133
Location of the UltraConnect wireless
antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Locating wireless regulatory notices . . . . 135
Export classication notice. . . . . . . . . . 135
Electronic emission notices. . . . . . . . . . 135
Federal Communications Commission
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 135
Industry Canada Class B emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
European Union - Compliance to the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . 136
German Class B compliance statement . . . 136
Korea Class B compliance statement . . . . 137
Japan VCCI Class B compliancestatement. . 137
Japan compliance statement for products
which connect to the power mains with
rated current less than or equal to 20 A per
phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Lenovo product service information for
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Appendix B. WEEE and recycling
statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Important WEEE Information . . . . . . . . . 139
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