Lenovo A61e User Guide - Page 7

Introduction - bios update

Get Lenovo A61e - ThinkCentre - 6449 PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 883609333652
View all Lenovo A61e manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 7 highlights

Introduction This User Guide contains the following information: v Chapter 1, "Important safety information," on page 1 provides information about where to find safety information for this product. v Chapter 2, "Arranging your workspace," on page 3 provides information about setting up your computer for comfort and the impact of light sources, air circulation, and electrical outlets. v Chapter 3, "Setting up your computer," on page 5 provides information about setting up your computer and software and operating system installation. v Chapter 4, "Software overview," on page 15 describes the software that was installed on your machine at the factory. v Chapter 5, "Using the Setup Utility," on page 17 provides instructions on how to view and change the configuration settings of your computer. v Chapter 6, "Updating system programs," on page 21 provides information about updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure. v Chapter 7, "Troubleshooting and diagnostics," on page 25 provides information about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer. v Chapter 8, "Recovering software," on page 33 provides instructions on how to use the ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery™ program to create product recovery disks, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of your hard disk to a previously saved state. v Chapter 9, "Getting information, help, and service," on page 41 provides information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo. v Appendix A, "Manual modem commands," on page 45 provides commands for manually programming your modem. v Appendix B, "Notices," on page 53 provides notices and trademark information. © Lenovo 2005, 2007. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. v

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
Introduction
This
User
Guide
contains
the
following
information:
v
Chapter
1,
“Important
safety
information,”
on
page
1
provides
information
about
where
to
find
safety
information
for
this
product.
v
Chapter
2,
“Arranging
your
workspace,”
on
page
3
provides
information
about
setting
up
your
computer
for
comfort
and
the
impact
of
light
sources,
air
circulation,
and
electrical
outlets.
v
Chapter
3,
“Setting
up
your
computer,”
on
page
5
provides
information
about
setting
up
your
computer
and
software
and
operating
system
installation.
v
Chapter
4,
“Software
overview,”
on
page
15
describes
the
software
that
was
installed
on
your
machine
at
the
factory.
v
Chapter
5,
“Using
the
Setup
Utility,”
on
page
17
provides
instructions
on
how
to
view
and
change
the
configuration
settings
of
your
computer.
v
Chapter
6,
“Updating
system
programs,”
on
page
21
provides
information
about
updating
POST/BIOS
and
how
to
recover
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure.
v
Chapter
7,
“Troubleshooting
and
diagnostics,”
on
page
25
provides
information
about
basic
troubleshooting
and
diagnostic
tools
for
your
computer.
v
Chapter
8,
“Recovering
software,”
on
page
33
provides
instructions
on
how
to
use
the
ThinkVantage
®
Rescue
and
Recovery
™
program
to
create
product
recovery
disks,
back
up
data,
recover
software,
and
restore
the
entire
contents
of
your
hard
disk
to
a
previously
saved
state.
v
Chapter
9,
“Getting
information,
help,
and
service,”
on
page
41
provides
information
about
the
wide
variety
of
helpful
resources
available
from
Lenovo.
v
Appendix
A,
“Manual
modem
commands,”
on
page
45
provides
commands
for
manually
programming
your
modem.
v
Appendix
B,
“Notices,”
on
page
53
provides
notices
and
trademark
information.
©
Lenovo
2005,
2007.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
v