Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Password and Fingerprint Reader Care

•Turnoffyourcomputerifyouarereplacingtheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive.
•Whenreplacingtheprimaryharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive,reattachthecoverofthedriveslot.
•Storeyourexternalandremovableharddiskoropticaldiskdrivesintheappropriatecontainersor
packagingwhentheyarenotbeingused.
•Beforeyouinstallanyofthefollowingdevices,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisaction
reducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
–Memorymodule
–MiniPCIExpressCard
–ExpressCard
–Memorycard,suchasSDcard,SDHCcard,SDXCcardandMultiMediaCard
Note:Notalllisteddevicesareincludedinyourcomputer.
Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
•Whentransferringdatatoorfromaashmediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputerin
sleeporhibernationmodebeforethedatatransferiscomplete.Todosomightcausedamagetoyour
data.
Takecareinsettingpasswords
Rememberyourpasswords.Ifyouforgetasupervisororharddiskpassword,Lenovowillnotresetit,and
youmighthavetoreplaceyoursystemboard,orharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive.
Careforthengerprintreader
Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethengerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourngernailoranythinghard.
•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtynger.
Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:
•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.
•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.
•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourngerprint.
Registeryourcomputer
RegisteryourThinkPadproductswithLenovo(refertotheWebsitehttp://www.lenovo.com/register).This
canhelpauthoritiesreturnyourcomputertoyouifitislostorstolen.Registeringyourcomputeralsoenables
Lenovotonotifyyouaboutpossibletechnicalinformationandupgrades.
Besurenottomodifyyourcomputer
•OnlyanauthorizedThinkPadrepairtechnicianshoulddisassembleandrepairyourcomputer.
•Donotmodifyortapethelatchestokeepthedisplayopenorclosed.
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer
Occasionallycleanyourcomputerbydoingthefollowing:
1.Prepareamixtureofagentlekitchen-usedetergent(onethatdoesnotcontainabrasivepowderor
strongchemicalssuchasacidoralkaline).Use5partswaterto1partdetergent.
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