IBM THINKCENTRE 8086 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v
Conditions that require immediate action . . . . . v
General safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . vi
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . vi
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . vii
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . viii
CD and DVD drive safety . . . . . . . . viii
Additional safety information . . . . . . . . ix
Lithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . ix
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . x
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . x
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Installing options . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Supported operating positions . . . . . . . . 5
Available options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . 6
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating the connectors on the front of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating the connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 11
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 16
Removing and replacing an optical drive . . . 16
Removing and replacing a hard disk drive . . . 17
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 20
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Closing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 23
Chapter 2. Using the IBM Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Starting the IBM Setup Utility program . . . . . 25
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 25
Exiting from the IBM Setup Utility program . . . 25
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
User password . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 26
Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . . 26
Using IDE Drives Setup . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 27
Changing the startup sequence . . . . . . . 27
Appendix A. Updating system
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette . . . 29
Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 30
Appendix B. Cleaning the mouse . . . 33
Cleaning an optical mouse . . . . . . . . . 33
Cleaning a mouse with a ball . . . . . . . . 33
Appendix C. Manual modem
commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Basic AT commands . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Extended AT commands . . . . . . . . . . 37
MNP/V.42/V.42bis/V.44 commands . . . . . . 38
Fax Class 1 commands . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fax Class 2 commands . . . . . . . . . . 39
Voice commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Appendix D. Customer replaceable unit
(CRU) parts list . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendix E. Notices . . . . . . . . . 45
Television output notice . . . . . . . . . . 46
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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