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Contents Safety notices v Lithium battery notice vii Modem safety information vii Laser compliance statement viii Additional help xi Chapter 1. Preparing your computer 1 Completing important tasks 1 Arranging your workspace 1 Comfort 1 Glare and lighting 2 Air circulation 3 Electrical outlets and cable lengths 3 Chapter 2. Setting up your computer 5 Turning on power 9 Finishing the software installation 9 Using the Software Selections CD 9 Installing other operating systems 10 Shutting down the computer 10 Recording your computer information 11 Chapter 3. Product recovery 13 Performing a recovery 13 Software recovery after a hard disk failure 14 Solving recovery problems 14 F11 will not start the Product Recovery program 15 The Product Recovery CD does not start 15 The F11 prompt is not displayed 15 Changing the startup sequence 16 Recovering or installing device drivers 16 Chapter 4. Troubleshooting and diagnostics 19 Basic troubleshooting 19 IBM Enhanced Diagnostics 20 Running IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the Product Recovery program 21 Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette 21 Running the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette 22 Error and beep codes 22 POST beep codes 23 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2001 iii

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Laser compliance statement
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Chapter 1. Preparing your computer
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