Lenovo 5023 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software provided with your Windows operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on
the front of your computer
. . . . . . . . 7
Locating connectors and parts on the rear of your
computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 11
Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Installing or replacing
hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 13
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . 13
Installing external options . . . . . . . . 14
Removing the computer cover . . . . . . . 14
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . 15
Accessing the system board components and
drives .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 18
Installing or replacing a memory module . . . 20
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . 22
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . 24
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . 26
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . 29
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the card reader. . . . . . . . . 40
Replacing the front audio and USB assembly . . 42
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . . 43
Replacing the USB keyboard or mouse . . . . 46
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . 46
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 48
Basic security features . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 49
Padlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 50
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 3. Recovery information . . . 53
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 53
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 53
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 54
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 55
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . . 55
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 55
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 56
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 57
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 57
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 58
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 61
Viewing or changing settings . . . . . . . . 61
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 62
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . 62
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting, changing, or deleting a password . . . 62
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 63
Viewing or changing the startup device sequence 64
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 5. Updating system programs 65
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 65
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a disc . . . . 65
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from your operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recovering from a POST and BIOS update failure 66
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and
diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . 69
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 70
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 70
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cleaning an optical mouse . . . . . . . . . 72
Chapter 7. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . . . . . . 73
ThinkVantage Productivity Center . . . . . . 74
Lenovo Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety and warranty . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lenovo Web site (http://www.lenovo.com). . . 75
Help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using the documentation and diagnostic
programs .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Calling for service . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using other services . . . . . . . . . . 76
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . 77
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