Document Outline

• Chapter 1. About this manual
  • Important safety information
• Chapter 2. Safety information
  • General safety
  • Electrical safety
  • Voltage-selection switch
  • Safety inspection guide
  • Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices
  • Grounding requirements
  • Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)
• Chapter 3. General information
  • Specifications
  • Lenovo Support Web site
• Chapter 4. General checkout
  • Problem determination tips
• Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
  • Basic troubleshooting
  • Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8 operating system
  • Troubleshooting procedure
  • Troubleshooting
    • Audio problems
    • CD problems
    • DVD problems
    • Intermittent problems
    • Hard disk drive problems
    • Keyboard, mouse, or pointing device problems
    • Monitor problems
    • Networking problems
    • Option problems
    • Performance and lockup problems
    • Printer problems
    • Serial port problems
    • Software problems
    • USB problems
  • Diagnostics
    • Lenovo Solution Center
• Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility program
  • Starting the Setup Utility program
  • Viewing and changing settings
  • Using passwords
    • Password considerations
    • Power-On Password
    • Administrator Password
    • Hard Disk Password
    • Setting, changing, and deleting a password
    • Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing CMOS)
  • Enabling or disabling a device
  • Selecting a startup device
    • Selecting a temporary startup device
    • Selecting or changing the startup device sequence
  • Enabling ErP compliance mode
  • Changing the BIOS settings before installing a new operating system
  • Exiting the Setup Utility program
• Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index
  • Hard disk drive boot error
  • Power supply problems
  • Beep symptoms
  • POST error codes
  • Miscellaneous error messages
  • Undetermined problems
• Chapter 8. Locations
  • Locations
    • Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on the front of your computer
    • Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
    • Locating major FRUs and CRUs
    • Locating parts on the system board
    • Locating internal drives
• Chapter 9. Replacing FRUs
  • Handling static-sensitive devices
  • Installing or replacing hardware
    • Removing the computer cover
    • Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
    • Installing or replacing a PCI card
    • Replacing the battery
    • Installing or replacing a memory module
    • Replacing the optical drive
    • Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
    • Replacing the power supply assembly
    • Replacing the microprocessor
    • Replacing the system board
    • Replacing the primary hard disk drive
    • Replacing the front audio and USB assembly
    • Completing the parts replacement
• Chapter 10. FRU lists
• Chapter 11. Additional service information
  • Security features
    • Hardware-controlled passwords
    • Operating system password
    • Vital Product Data
  • BIOS levels
  • Flash update procedures
    • Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a disc
    • Updating (flashing) the BIOS from your operating system
    • Recovering from a POST and BIOS update failure
  • Power management
    • Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS
    • Automatic Power-on features
• Appendix A. Notices
  • Television output notice
  • European conformance CE mark
  • Trademarks
• Index