Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Read this first: Important
safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Product overview . . . . . 29
Hardware locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Computer components . . . . . . . . . . 33
FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parts on the system board . . . . . . . . . 38
Internal storage drives . . . . . . . . . . 40
Machine type and model label . . . . . . . 41
Computer features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Computer specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Accessing a program on your computer . . . 46
An introduction to Lenovo programs . . . . . 46
Chapter 3. Using your computer . . . 49
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting the computer volume . . . . . . . . . 49
Using a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Guidelines about using the optical drive . . . 49
Handling and storing a disc . . . . . . . . 49
Playing and removing a disc . . . . . . . . 50
Recording a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting to a network . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 4. You and your computer . . 53
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . . . 53
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Electrical outlet locations and cable lengths . . 53
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Accessibility information . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cleaning your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Basic maintenance tips . . . . . . . . . . 57
Good maintenance practices . . . . . . . . 57
Keeping your computer current . . . . . . . 58
Moving your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 5. Security . . . . . . . . . . 59
Locking your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Enabling or disabling the E-lock. . . . . . . 59
Locking the computer cover . . . . . . . . 59
Attaching a Kensington-style cable lock . . . 61
Attaching a cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 61
Viewing and changing security settings in the
Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using passwords and Windows accounts . . . . 62
Using the cover presence switch . . . . . . . . 63
Using firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Smart USB Protection function . . . . . 64
Computrace Agent software embedded in
firmware (for selected models) . . . . . . . . . 64
Trusted Platform Module (TPM). . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 6. Advanced
configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 65
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 65
Changing the display language of the Setup
Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . 65
Enabling or disabling the automatic power-on
of your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling or disabling the ErP LPS compliance
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling or disabling the eSATA mode for the
SATA 4 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Switching between better acoustic and better
thermal performance . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Enabling or disabling the system to record
thermal alert logs . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Enabling or disabling the configuration change
detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Changing the BIOS settings before installing a
new operating system . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . . 68
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . 70
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 71
BIOS level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Updating and recovering the BIOS . . . . . . . 71
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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