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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Support Web site . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 4. General checkout . . . . . 31
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . .
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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. . . . . . . . . . .
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . .
USB problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lenovo Solution Center . . . . . . . . .
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . .
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . .
1
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Password considerations . . . . . . . . .
3
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . .
3
Hard Disk Password. . . . . . . . . . .
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CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . .
6
sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Enabling ErP compliance mode . . . . . . . .
30
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . .
Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . .
33
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . .
34
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 8. Locations . . . . . . . . . 65
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Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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on the front of your computer . . . . . . .
39
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Locating major FRUs and CRUs . . . . . .
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Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . .
46
Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs . . . . . . 71
47
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . .
49
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . .
49
Removing the computer cover. . . . . . .
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Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . .
51
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . .
51
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . .
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