Lenovo ThinkPad E490 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
About this documentation . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Meet your computer . . . . . 1
Front (for E490/R490) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front (for E490s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Base (for E490/R490). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Base (for E490s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Get started with your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Get started with Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . 11
Windows account . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Windows user interface . . . . . . . . . . 12
Windows label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connect to networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connect to the wired Ethernet . . . . . . . 13
Connect to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Use Lenovo Vantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Interact with your computer . . . . . . . . . . 15
Use the keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . 16
Use the TrackPoint pointing device . . . . . 17
Use the trackpad . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Use multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Use audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Use the camera (for E490/R490) . . . . . . 21
Use the camera (for E490s) . . . . . . . . 21
Connect to an external display . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3. Explore your computer . . 25
Manage power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Check the battery status . . . . . . . . . 25
Charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Check the battery temperature . . . . . . . 25
Maximize the battery life . . . . . . . . . 25
Set power button behaviors . . . . . . . . 25
Set the power plan . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Transfer data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Set up a Bluetooth connection . . . . . . . 26
Use a microSD card . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Airplane mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Purchase options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 4. Secure your computer
and information . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lock the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Use passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Password types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Set, change, and remove a password . . . . 30
Use fingerprint authentication (on selected
models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Use firewalls and antivirus programs. . . . . . . 31
Chapter 5. Configure advanced
settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
What is UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enter the BIOS menu . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Navigate in the BIOS interface . . . . . . . 33
Change the startup sequence . . . . . . . 33
Set the system date and time. . . . . . . . 34
Update UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recovery information . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Restore system files and settings to an earlier
point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Restore your files from a backup . . . . . . 34
Reset your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Use advanced options . . . . . . . . . . 35
Windows automatic recovery. . . . . . . . 35
Create and use a recovery USB device . . . . 35
Install Windows 10 and drivers . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 6. CRU replacement . . . . . 39
What are CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Disable Fast Startup and the built-in battery. . . . 40
Replace a CRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Base cover assembly (for E490s) . . . . . . 40
Base cover assembly (for E490/R490) . . . . 42
Speaker assembly (for E490s) . . . . . . . 44
Speaker assembly (for E490/R490) . . . . . 46
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
M.2 solid-state drive . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Hard disk drive (for E490/R490) . . . . . . . 51
Keyboard (for E490/R490) . . . . . . . . . 54
I/O board (for E490/R490) . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 7. Help and support . . . . . 65
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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