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Contents Important safety information v Conditions that require immediate action . . . . . v General safety guidelines vi Service and upgrades vi Static electricity prevention vii Power cords and power adapters viii Voltage-selection switch viii Extension cords and related devices . . . . . ix Plugs and outlets ix External devices ix Batteries ix Heat and product ventilation x Operating environment xi Electrical current safety information xi Lithium battery notice xii Modem safety information xii Laser compliance statement xiii Power supply statement xiii Data safety xiv Cleaning and maintenance xiv Additional safety information xiv Introduction xv Chapter 1. Arranging your workspace . . 1 Comfort 1 Glare and lighting 1 Air circulation 2 Electrical outlets and cable lengths 2 Chapter 2. Setting up your computer . . 3 Connecting your computer 3 Turning on power 8 Finishing the software installation 8 Completing important tasks 8 Updating your operating system 9 Installing other operating systems 9 Updating your antivirus software 9 Shutting down the computer 9 Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 11 Features 11 Available options 14 Specifications 15 Supported operating positions 16 Tools required 16 Handling static-sensitive devices 16 Installing external options 17 Locating controls and connectors on the front of your computer 17 Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 18 Obtaining device drivers 19 Opening the cover 20 Locating components 21 © Lenovo 2005, 2007. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. Accessing system board components and drives . . 22 Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 23 Installing memory 24 Installing PCI adapters 25 Installing internal drives 26 Drive specifications 27 Installing a drive in bay 2 28 Installing a diskette drive in bay 3. . . . . . 30 Security features 32 Integrated cable lock 33 Password protection 33 Changing the battery 33 Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing CMOS 34 Closing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 35 Chapter 4. Recovering software . . . . 37 Creating and using the Product Recovery disc . . . 37 Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 38 Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 39 Creating and using rescue media 40 Creating and using a Recovery Repair diskette . . 41 Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . 42 Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 43 Solving recovery problems 43 Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 45 Starting the Setup Utility program 45 Viewing and changing settings 45 Using passwords 45 Password considerations 45 User Password 46 Administrator Password 46 Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 46 Using Security Profile by Device 46 Selecting a startup device 47 Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 47 Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 47 Advanced settings 48 Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 48 Chapter 6. Updating system programs 49 Using system programs 49 Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or CD-ROM 49 Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating system 50 Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 50 Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics 53 Basic troubleshooting 53 Diagnostic programs 54 PC-Doctor for Windows 55 iii

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Contents
Important
safety
information
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Conditions
that
require
immediate
action
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General
safety
guidelines
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Service
and
upgrades
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Static
electricity
prevention
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Power
cords
and
power
adapters
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Voltage-selection
switch
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Extension
cords
and
related
devices
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Plugs
and
outlets
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External
devices
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Batteries
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Heat
and
product
ventilation
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Operating
environment
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Electrical
current
safety
information
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Lithium
battery
notice
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Modem
safety
information
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Laser
compliance
statement
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Power
supply
statement
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Data
safety
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Cleaning
and
maintenance
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Additional
safety
information
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Introduction
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Chapter
1.
Arranging
your
workspace
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Comfort
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Glare
and
lighting
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Air
circulation
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Electrical
outlets
and
cable
lengths
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Chapter
2.
Setting
up
your
computer
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.3
Connecting
your
computer
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Turning
on
power
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Finishing
the
software
installation
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Completing
important
tasks
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Updating
your
operating
system
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Installing
other
operating
systems
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Updating
your
antivirus
software
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Shutting
down
the
computer
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Chapter
3.
Installing
options
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Features
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Available
options
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Specifications
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Supported
operating
positions
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Tools
required
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Handling
static-sensitive
devices
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Installing
external
options
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Locating
controls
and
connectors
on
the
front
of
your
computer
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Locating
connectors
on
the
rear
of
your
computer
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Obtaining
device
drivers
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Opening
the
cover
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Locating
components
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Accessing
system
board
components
and
drives
.
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Identifying
parts
on
the
system
board
.
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Installing
memory
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Installing
PCI
adapters
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Installing
internal
drives
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Drive
specifications
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Installing
a
drive
in
bay
2
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Installing
a
diskette
drive
in
bay
3
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Security
features
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Integrated
cable
lock
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Password
protection
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Changing
the
battery
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Erasing
a
lost
or
forgotten
password
(clearing
CMOS)
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Closing
the
cover
and
connecting
the
cables
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. 35
Chapter
4.
Recovering
software
.
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.
. 37
Creating
and
using
the
Product
Recovery
disc
.
.
. 37
Performing
backup
and
recovery
operations
.
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. 38
Using
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
.
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. 39
Creating
and
using
rescue
media
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. 40
Creating
and
using
a
Recovery
Repair
diskette
.
. 41
Recovering
or
installing
device
drivers
.
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. 42
Setting
a
rescue
device
in
the
startup
sequence
.
. 43
Solving
recovery
problems
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. 43
Chapter
5.
Using
the
Setup
Utility
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. 45
Starting
the
Setup
Utility
program
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Viewing
and
changing
settings
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Using
passwords
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. 45
Password
considerations
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User
Password
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Administrator
Password
.
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. 46
Setting,
changing,
and
deleting
a
password
.
.
. 46
Using
Security
Profile
by
Device
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.
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.
. 46
Selecting
a
startup
device
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.
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. 47
Selecting
a
temporary
startup
device
.
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. 47
Changing
the
startup
device
sequence
.
.
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. 47
Advanced
settings
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.
. 48
Exiting
from
the
Setup
Utility
program
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. 48
Chapter
6.
Updating
system
programs
49
Using
system
programs
.
.
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.
. 49
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
a
diskette
or
CD-ROM
.
.
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.
.
.
.
. 49
Updating
(flashing)
BIOS
from
your
operating
system
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 50
Recovering
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure
.
.
. 50
Chapter
7.
Troubleshooting
and
diagnostics
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Basic
troubleshooting
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. 53
Diagnostic
programs
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. 54
PC-Doctor
for
Windows
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©
Lenovo
2005,
2007.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
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