Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 User Manual

InstallingWindowsXPonM58/M58p
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InthisguideweareprovidingyouwithinstructionsformanualWindowsXPinstall(fromCD)and
RemoteInstallServiceinstructionstointegratetheM58/M58pSATAandEthernetdriverforimage
deployment.
‐ManualInstall:
ThissectionwillgiveyoustepbystepinstructionsoninstallingWindowsXPSP2onaLenovo
M58/M58p,itwasdoneusinga7483‐ACUandBIOSversion5CKT34A,withdefaultvalues.
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Beforeyoustartyouwillhavetocreatethemassstoragedriverdiskette,downloadthelatestdriver
packageat
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-70696.html oncethefilesextractedcopy
thefollowingonetoyourformatteddiskette:
‐ iaahci.cat
‐ iaAHCI.inf
‐ iastor.cat
‐ iaStor.inf
‐ iaStor.sys
‐ TXTSETUP.OEM
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MakesureyourM58/M58phaseitheraninternalorUSBfloppydrivesothatyoucanspecifywhich
driverstouse.
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1. BootyourcomputerfromtheW
indowsXPmedia
2. Press“F6”,whenprompted,tospecifyadditionaldevices
*It’spossiblethatWindowsXPwillnotbeabletofindyourcomputertype(HAL)ifyou’re
promptedtoselectonepleasemakesuretochoose“ACPIMultiprocessorPC”
3. Choosethe"Intel(R)ICH10D/DOSATAAHCIController"fromtheli
st,youmighthavetoscroll
upordowntogettothischoice.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 Specifications

General

Internal memory	2 GB
Memory clock speed	1066 MHz
Power supply	280 W
Number of slots	2
Processor cache	2 MB
Processor front side bus	800 MHz
Operating system installed	Windows Vista Business
HDD capacity	250 GB
Product type	PC

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	440 mm
Width	175 mm
Height	402 mm