Lenovo 8795 - 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 . . . . . . vii
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . viii
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . ix
CD and DVD drive safety . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional safety information . . . . . . . . . x
Lithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . x
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . xi
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . xi
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . xii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Arranging your workspace . . 1
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Setting up your computer . . 3
Connecting your computer . . . . . . . . . 3
Turning on power . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Finishing the software installation . . . . . . . 8
Completing important tasks . . . . . . . . . 8
Updating your operating system . . . . . . . . 9
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . 9
Updating your antivirus software . . . . . . . 9
Shutting down the computer . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 11
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Available options . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Supported operating positions . . . . . . . . 15
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 15
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . 16
Locating the connectors on the front of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locating the connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . 18
Opening the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 20
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . 25
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 27
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 31
Chapter 4. Recovering software . . . . 33
Creating and using product recovery discs . . . . 33
Backup and recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 35
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 36
Creating and using a Recovery Repair diskette . . 37
Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . 38
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence 38
Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 41
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 41
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 41
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 41
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 42
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 42
Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 43
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 43
Chapter 6. Updating system programs 45
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 45
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette . . . . 45
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . 49
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Non-optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 8. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . 53
ThinkVantage Productivity Center . . . . . . 53
Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warranty and safety . . . . . . . . . . 54
www.lenovo.com . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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