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Contents
Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . . 1
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 2. Safety information . . . . . . 3
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . .
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3. General information . . . . 29
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 operating system . . . . . . . . . . .
8 operating system . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery . . . . . .
Getting information, help, and service . . . . .
Chapter 4. General Checkout . . . . . 33
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . .
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . .
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Troubleshooting procedure . . . . . . . . . .
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . .
CD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DVD problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . .
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . .
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . .
Networking problems . . . . . . . . . .
Option problems . . . . . . . . . . . .
Performance and lockup problems . . . . .
Printer problems . . . . . . . . . . . .
Serial port problems. . . . . . . . . . .
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Software problems . . . . . . . . . . .
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USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . .
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program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .
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Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .
6
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .
6
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .
Hard Disk Password. . . . . . . . . . .
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CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .
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sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 7. Configuring RAID . . . . . 61
Configuring RAID with Intel RSTe . . . . . . .
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configuration utility . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . .
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Power Supply Problems . . . . . . . . . . .
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Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .
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