Lenovo THINKSTATION 4155 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Important safety information 1
Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace . . 3
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3. Setting up your computer . . 5
Connecting your computer . . . . . . . . . 5
Turning on computer power . . . . . . . . . 12
Finishing the software installation . . . . . . . 12
Completing important tasks . . . . . . . . . 12
Updating your operating system . . . . . . . 13
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . 13
Updating your antivirus software . . . . . . . 13
Shutting down the computer . . . . . . . . 13
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing the computer on a rack shelf . . . . . 14
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 4. Software overview . . . . . 19
Software provided with your Windows operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Software provided by Lenovo . . . . . . . 19
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 20
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 20
Adobe Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 21
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 21
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 21
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 22
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 22
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 23
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 24
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 24
Chapter 6. Installing hard disk drives
and configuring RAID . . . . . . . . 25
Installing SATA or SAS hard disk drives and
configuring RAID .
. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing SATA or SAS hard disk drives . . . . 25
Entering the Marvell BIOS Setup to configure
SATA or SAS RAID .
. . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to enable
SATA or SAS RAID 0, 1, 5, or 10 functionality .
. 26
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to set an
optional hot spare hard disk drive .
. . . . . 26
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an
optional hot spare hard disk drive .
. . . . . 26
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an
array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 7. Updating system programs 29
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 29
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a disc . . . . 29
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from your operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 30
Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 35
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 35
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cleaning an optical mouse . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 9. Recovery information . . . 37
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 37
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 37
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 38
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 38
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . . 39
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 39
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 40
Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 41
Creating rescue media . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using rescue media. . . . . . . . . . . 42
Creating and using a recovery repair diskette . . . 42
Creating a recovery repair diskette . . . . . 42
Using a recovery repair diskette . . . . . . 43
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 43
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 44
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 10. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . . . . . . 45
Lenovo Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lenovo Web site (http://www.lenovo.com). . . 46
Help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the documentation and diagnostic
programs .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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