Compal Electronics TP00042AHJ User Manual

UserGuide

ThinkPadS230u

Notes:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthe
following:

•Safety,Warranty,andSetupGuide

•RegulatoryNotice

•“Importantsafetyinformation”onpageiv

•AppendixD“Notices”onpage121

TheSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuideandtheRegulatoryNoticehavebeenuploadedtotheWebsite.T o
refertothem,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadUserGuidesandclickUserGuides&Manuals,then
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

FirstEdition(August2012)

©CopyrightLenovo2012.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Readthisrst.............iii

Importantsafetyinformation..........iv

Conditionsthatrequireimmediateaction...v

Safetyguidelines.............v

Chapter1.Productoverview......1

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and

indicators..................1

Frontview................1

Right-sideview..............3

Left-sideview..............4

Bottomview...............6

Statusindicators.............6

Locatingimportantproductinformation......8

Machinetypeandmodellabel........8

FCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabel...9

Features..................9

Specications...............10

Operatingenvironment...........11

Lenovoprograms.............11

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer...13

Registeringyourcomputer..........13

Frequentlyaskedquestions.........13

Tabletmode................14

Usingtabletmode...........14

Usingthemulti-touchscreen.......17

Usingthetabletbuttons.........19

Specialkeysandbuttons..........19

UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice.......21

UsingtheTrackPointpointingdevice....22

Usingthetouchpad...........23

DisablingtheUltraNavpointingdevice...23

AddingtheUltraNavicontotheWindows

noticationarea............24

Powermanagement............24

Usingthebatterypower.........24

Usingtheacpower...........25

Managingthepowerplans........26

Power-savingmodes..........26

Connectingtothenetwork..........26

Ethernetconnections..........27

Wirelessconnections..........27

PresentationsandMultimedia.........28

Changingthedisplaysettings.......28

Usinganexternaldisplay.........29

Usingaprojector............30

Usingaudiofeatures............30

Usingtheintegratedcamera.........31

Usingamediacard.............31

Insertingamediacard..........32

Removingamediacard.........32

Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer..33

Accessibilityandcomfort..........33

Ergonomicinformation..........33

Comfort...............34

Accessibilityinformation.........34

Travelingwithyourcomputer.........35

Traveltips...............35

Travelaccessories...........35

Chapter4.Security..........37

Attachingamechanicallock.........37

Usingpasswords..............37

Passwordsandsleepmode........37

Typingpasswords...........37

Power-onpassword...........38

Harddiskpasswords..........38

Supervisorpassword..........40

Harddisksecurity.............42

Settingthesecuritychip...........43

Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive

orsolid-statedrive.............44

Usingrewalls...............44

Protectingdataagainstviruses........44

Chapter5.Recoveryoverview....47

Chapter6.Replacingdevices.....49

Staticelectricityprevention..........49

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery.........49

ReplacingtheSIMcard...........49

Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.51

Replacingthekeyboard...........53

ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardforwireless

LANconnection..............57

InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard...60

Chapter7.Advancedconguration..65

Installinganewoperatingsystem.......65

InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem..65

Installingdevicedrivers...........66

ThinkPadSetup..............66

Mainmenu..............66

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Congmenu..............67

Date/Timemenu............71

Securitymenu.............71

Startupmenu.............75

Restartmenu.............77

UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....77

Usingsystemmanagement..........77

Systemmanagement..........78

Settingmanagementfeatures.......78

Chapter8.Preventingproblems...81

Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......81

Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....82

Takingcareofyourcomputer.........83

Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....84

Chapter9.Troubleshootingcomputer

problems...............87

Diagnosingproblems............87

Troubleshooting..............87

Computerstopsresponding.......87

Spillsonthekeyboard..........88

Errormessages............88

Errorswithoutmessages.........90

Beeperrors..............91

Memorymoduleproblems........91

Networkingproblems..........92

Problemswiththekeyboardandotherpointing

devices................94

Problemswiththedisplayandmultimedia

devices................95

Batteryandpowerproblems.......99

Problemswithdrivesandotherstorage

devices................102

Asoftwareproblem...........103

Problemswithportsandconnectors....104

Chapter10.Gettingsupport....105

BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........105

Gettinghelpandservice...........105

Usingdiagnosticprograms........106

LenovoSupportWebsite.........106

CallingLenovo.............106

FindingThinkPadoptions........107

Purchasingadditionalservices........107

AppendixA.Regulatory

information.............109

Wirelessrelatedinformation.........109

LocationoftheUltraConnectwireless

antennas...............110

Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....111

Exportclassicationnotice..........111

Electronicemissionnotices..........111

FederalCommunicationsCommission

DeclarationofConformity........111

IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance

statement...............111

EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe

ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...112

GermanClassBcompliancestatement...112

KoreaClassBcompliancestatement....112

JapanVCCIClassBcompliancestatement..113

Japancompliancestatementforproducts

whichconnecttothepowermainswith

ratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aper

phase................113

Lenovoproductserviceinformationfor

Taiwan................113

AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling

statements.............115

ImportantWEEEinformation.........115

Japanrecyclingstatements.........115

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........116

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean

Union..................116

BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan.....117

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates

andCanada................117

AppendixC.ENERGYSTARmodel

information.............119

AppendixD.Notices.........121

Trademarks................122

AppendixE.RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS)....123

ChinaRoHS................123

TurkishRoHS...............123

UkraineRoHS...............123

IndiaRoHS................124

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Readthisrst

Besuretofollowtheimportanttipsgivenheretogetthemostuseandenjoymentoutofyourcomputer.
Failuretodosomightleadtodiscomfortorinjury,orcauseyourcomputertofail.

Protectyourselffromtheheatthatyourcomputergenerates.

Whenyourcomputeristurnedonorthebatteryischarging,thebase,thepalm
rest,andsomeotherpartsmaybecomehot.Thetemperaturetheyreach
dependsontheamountofsystemactivityandthelevelofchargeinthebattery.

Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,couldcause
discomfortorevenaskinburn.

•Avoidkeepingyourhands,yourlap,oranyotherpartofyourbodyin
contactwithahotsectionofthecomputerforanyextendedtime.

•Periodicallytakehandsfromusingthekeyboardbyliftingyourhandsfrom
thepalmrest.

Protectyourselffromtheheatgeneratedbytheacpoweradapter.

Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtoanelectricaloutletandyour
computer,itgeneratesheat.

Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,maycauseaskin
burn.

•Donotplacetheacpoweradapterincontactwithanypartofyourbody
whileitisinuse.

•Neveruseittowarmyourbody.

Preventyourcomputerfromgettingwet.

Protectthecablesfrombeingdamaged.

Toavoidspillsandthedangerofelectricalshock,keepliquidsawayfromyour
computer.

Applyingstrongforcetocablesmaydamageorbreakthem.

Routecommunicationlines,orthecablesofanacpoweradapter,amouse,a
keyboard,aprinter,oranyotherelectronicdevice,sothattheycannotbewalked
on,trippedover,pinchedbyyourcomputerorotherobjects,orinanyway
subjectedtotreatmentthatcouldinterferewiththeoperationofyourcomputer.

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Protectyourcomputeranddatawhenmovingit.

Beforemovingacomputerequippedwithaharddiskdrive,dooneofthe
following,andensurethatthepowerbuttonisofforisblinking:

•Turnitoff.

•Putitinsleepmode.

Thiswillhelptopreventdamagetothecomputer,andpossiblelossofdata.

Handleyourcomputergently.

Donotdrop,bump,scratch,twist,hit,vibrate,push,orplaceheavyobjectson
yourcomputer,display,orexternaldevices.

Carryyourcomputercarefully.

•Useaqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushioningandprotection.

•Donotpackyourcomputerinatightlypackedsuitcaseorbag.

•Beforeputtingyourcomputerinacarryingcase,ensurethatitisoff,insleep
mode.Donotputacomputerinacarryingcasewhileitisturnedon.

Importantsafetyinformation

Note:Readtheimportantsafetyinformationrst.

Thisinformationcanhelpyousafelyuseyournotebookcomputer.Followandretainallinformationincluded
withyourcomputer.Theinformationinthisdocumentdoesnotalterthetermsofyourpurchaseagreement
ortheLenovo
andSetupGuidethatcomeswithyourcomputer.

Customersafetyisimportant.Ourproductsaredevelopedtobesafeandeffective.However,personal
computersareelectronicdevices.Powercords,poweradapters,andotherfeaturescancreatepotential
safetyrisksthatcanresultinphysicalinjuryorpropertydamage,especiallyifmisused.Toreducethese
risks,followtheinstructionsincludedwithyourproduct,observeallwarningsontheproductandinthe
operatinginstructions,andreviewtheinformationincludedinthisdocumentcarefully.Bycarefullyfollowing
theinformationcontainedinthisdocumentandprovidedwithyourproduct,youcanhelpprotectyourself
fromhazardsandcreateasafercomputerworkenvironment.

Note:Thisinformationincludesreferencestopoweradaptersandbatteries.Inadditiontonotebook
computers,someproducts(suchasspeakersandmonitors)shipwithexternalpoweradapters.Ifyouhave
suchaproduct,thisinformationappliestoyourproduct.Inaddition,computerproductscontainacoin-sized
internalbatterythatprovidespowertothesystemclockevenwhenthecomputerisunplugged,sothe
batterysafetyinformationappliestoallcomputerproducts.

®

LimitedWarranty.Formoreinformation,see“WarrantyInformation”intheSafety,Warranty,

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Conditionsthatrequireimmediateaction

Productscanbecomedamagedduetomisuseorneglect.Someproductdamageisseriousenough
thattheproductshouldnotbeusedagainuntilithasbeeninspectedand,ifnecessary,repairedby
anauthorizedservicer.

Aswithanyelectronicdevice,paycloseattentiontotheproductwhenitisturnedon.Onveryrare
occasions,youmightnoticeanodororseeapuffofsmokeorsparksventfromyourproduct.Oryou
mighthearsoundslikepopping,crackingorhissing.Theseconditionsmightmerelymeanthatan
internalelectroniccomponenthasfailedinasafeandcontrolledmanner.Or ,theymightindicate
apotentialsafetyissue.However,donottakerisksorattempttodiagnosethesituationyourself.
ContacttheCustomerSupportCenterforfurtherguidance.ForalistofServiceandSupportphone
numbers,seethefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone

Frequentlyinspectyourcomputeranditscomponentsfordamageorwearorsignsofdanger.Ifyou
haveanyquestionabouttheconditionofacomponent,donotusetheproduct.ContacttheCustomer
SupportCenterortheproductmanufacturerforinstructionsonhowtoinspecttheproductand
haveitrepaired,ifnecessary.

Intheunlikelyeventthatyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,orifyouhaveanysafetyconcerns
withyourproduct,stopusingtheproductandunplugitfromthepowersourceandtelecommunication
linesuntilyoucanspeaktotheCustomerSupportCenterforfurtherguidance.

•Powercords,plugs,poweradapters,extensioncords,surgeprotectors,orpowersuppliesthatare
cracked,broken,ordamaged.

•Signsofoverheating,smoke,sparks,orre.

•Damagetoabattery(suchascracks,dents,orcreases),dischargefromabattery,orabuildupofforeign
substancesonthebattery.

•Acracking,hissingorpoppingsound,orstrongodorthatcomesfromtheproduct.

•Signsthatliquidhasbeenspilledoranobjecthasfallenontothecomputerproduct,thepowercordor
poweradapter.

•Thecomputerproduct,powercord,orpoweradapterhasbeenexposedtowater.

•Theproducthasbeendroppedordamagedinanyway.

•Theproductdoesnotoperatenormallywhenyoufollowtheoperatinginstructions.

Note:Ifyounoticetheseconditionswithaproduct(suchasanextensioncord)thatisnotmanufacturedfor
orbyLenovo,stopusingthatproductuntilyoucancontacttheproductmanufacturerforfurtherinstructions,
oruntilyougetasuitablereplacement.

Safetyguidelines

Alwaysobservethefollowingprecautionstoreducetheriskofinjuryandpropertydamage.

Serviceandupgrades

DonotattempttoserviceaproductyourselfunlessinstructedtodosobytheCustomerSupportCenteror
yourdocumentation.OnlyuseaServiceProviderwhoisapprovedtorepairyourparticularproduct.

Note:Somecomputerpartscanbeupgradedorreplacedbythecustomer.Upgradestypicallyare
referredtoasoptions.ReplacementpartsapprovedforcustomerinstallationarereferredtoasCustomer
ReplaceableUnits,orCRUs.Lenovoprovidesdocumentationwithinstructionswhenitisappropriatefor
customerstoinstalloptionsorreplaceCRUs.Youmustcloselyfollowallinstructionswheninstallingor
replacingparts.TheOffstateofapowerindicatordoesnotnecessarilymeanthatvoltagelevelsinsidea
productarezero.Beforeyouremovethecoversfromaproductequippedwithapowercord,alwaysensure

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thatthepoweristurnedoffandthattheproductisunpluggedfromanypowersource.Ifyouhaveany
questionsorconcerns,contacttheCustomerSupportCenter.

Althoughtherearenomovingpartsinyourcomputerafterthepowercordhasbeendisconnected,the
followingwarningsarerequiredforyoursafety.

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

CAUTION:

BeforereplacinganyCRUs,turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetoveminutestoletthecomputer
coolbeforeopeningthecover.

Powercordsandpoweradapters

DANGER

Useonlythepowercordsandpoweradapterssuppliedbytheproductmanufacturer.

Thepowercordsshallbesafetyapproved.ForGermany,itshallbeH05VV-F,3G,0.75mm
better.Forothercountries,thesuitabletypesshallbeusedaccordingly.

Neverwrapapowercordaroundapoweradapterorotherobject.Doingsocanstressthecordin
waysthatcancausethecordtofray,crack,orcrimp.Thiscanpresentasafetyhazard.

Alwaysroutepowercordssothattheywillnotbewalkedon,trippedover,orpinchedbyobjects.

Protectpowercordsandpoweradaptersfromliquids.Forinstance,donotleaveyourpowercord
orpoweradapternearsinks,tubs,toilets,oronoorsthatarecleanedwithliquidcleansers.
Liquidscancauseashortcircuit,particularlyifthepowercordorpoweradapterhasbeenstressed
bymisuse.Liquidsalsocancausegradualcorrosionofpowercordterminalsand/ortheconnector
terminalsonapoweradapter,whichcaneventuallyresultinoverheating.

Alwaysconnectpowercordsandsignalcablesinthecorrectorderandensurethatallpowercord
connectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

Donotuseanypoweradapterthatshowscorrosionattheacinputpinsorshowssignsof
overheating(suchasdeformedplastic)attheacinputpinsoranywhereonthepoweradapter.

2

,or

Donotuseanypowercordswheretheelectricalcontactsoneitherendshowsignsofcorrosionor
overheatingorwherethepowercordappearstohavebeendamagedinanyway.

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Extensioncordsandrelateddevices

Ensurethatextensioncords,surgeprotectors,uninterruptiblepowersupplies,andpowerstripsthatyouuse
areratedtohandletheelectricalrequirementsoftheproduct.Neveroverloadthesedevices.Ifpowerstrips
areused,theloadshouldnotexceedthepowerstripinputrating.Consultanelectricianformoreinformation
ifyouhavequestionsaboutpowerloads,powerrequirements,andinputratings.

Plugsandoutlets

DANGER

Ifareceptacle(poweroutlet)thatyouintendtousewithyourcomputerequipmentappearstobe
damagedorcorroded,donotusetheoutletuntilitisreplacedbyaqualiedelectrician.

Donotbendormodifytheplug.Iftheplugisdamaged,contactthemanufacturertoobtain
areplacement.

Donotshareanelectricaloutletwithotherhomeorcommercialappliancesthatdrawlargeamounts
ofelectricity;otherwise,unstablevoltagemightdamageyourcomputer,data,orattacheddevices.

Someproductsareequippedwithathree-prongedplug.Thisplugtsonlyintoagrounded
electricaloutlet.Thisisasafetyfeature.Donotdefeatthissafetyfeaturebytryingtoinsertitinto
anon-groundedoutlet.Ifyoucannotinserttheplugintotheoutlet,contactanelectricianforan
approvedoutletadapterortoreplacetheoutletwithonethatenablesthissafetyfeature.Never
overloadanelectricaloutlet.Theoverallsystemloadshouldnotexceed80percentofthebranch
circuitrating.Consultanelectricianformoreinformationifyouhavequestionsaboutpowerloads
andbranchcircuitratings.

Besurethatthepoweroutletyouareusingisproperlywired,easilyaccessible,andlocatedclose
totheequipment.Donotfullyextendpowercordsinawaythatwillstressthecords.

Besurethatthepoweroutletprovidesthecorrectvoltageandcurrentfortheproductyouare
installing.

Carefullyconnectanddisconnecttheequipmentfromtheelectricaloutlet.

Powersupplystatement

DANGER

Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

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Externaldevices

CAUTION:
DonotconnectordisconnectanyexternaldevicecablesotherthanUSBcablewhilethecomputer
powerison;otherwise,youmightdamageyourcomputer .Toavoidpossibledamagetoattached
devices,waitatleastvesecondsafterthecomputerisshutdowntodisconnectexternaldevices.

Generalbatterynotice

DANGER

PersonalcomputersmanufacturedbyLenovocontainacoincellbatterytoprovidepowerto
thesystemclock.Inaddition,manymobileproducts,suchasnotebookcomputers,utilizea
rechargeablebatterypacktoprovidesystempowerwheninportablemode.Batteriessuppliedby
Lenovoforusewithyourproducthavebeentestedforcompatibilityandshouldonlybereplaced
withapprovedparts.

Neverattempttoopenorserviceanybattery.Donotcrush,puncture,orincineratebatteriesor
shortcircuitthemetalcontacts.Donotexposethebatterytowaterorotherliquids.Onlyrecharge
thebatterypackstrictlyaccordingtoinstructionsincludedintheproductdocumentation.

Batteryabuseormishandlingcancausethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorame
to“vent”fromthebatterypackorcoincell.Ifyounoticeanysignsofbulging,leakageorcorrosion
ontheexterioroftheproduct,thismaybetheresultofaninternalbatteryfault.Ifthisoccurs,stop
usingtheproductimmediatelyandpleasecontacttheLenovoSupportteamforfurtherinstructions.
Factoryreplacementofthebatteriesmayberequired.

Batteriescandegradewhentheyareleftunusedforlongperiodsoftime.Forsomerechargeable
batteries(particularlyLithiumIonbatteries),leavingabatteryunusedinadischargedstatecould
increasetheriskofabatteryshortcircuit,whichcouldshortenthelifeofthebatteryandcanalso
poseasafetyhazard.DonotletrechargeableLithium-Ionbatteriescompletelydischargeorstore
thesebatteriesinadischargedstate.

Built-inrechargeablebatterynotice

DANGER

Donotattempttoreplacetheinternalrechargeablelithiumionbatteries.ContactLenovoSupport
forfactoryreplacement.

Lithiumcoincellbatterynotice

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

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•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

ThefollowingstatementappliestousersinthestateofCalifornia,U.S.A.

CaliforniaPerchlorateInformation:

Productscontainingmanganesedioxidelithiumcoincellbatteriesmaycontainperchlorate.

PerchlorateMaterial-specialhandlingmayapply,See
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate

Heatandproductventilation

DANGER

Computers,acpoweradapters,andmanyaccessoriescangenerateheatwhenturnedonandwhen
batteriesarecharging.Notebookcomputerscangenerateasignicantamountofheatduetotheir
compactsize.Alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautions:

•Whenyourcomputeristurnedonorthebatteryischarging,thebase,thepalmrest,andsome
otherpartsmaybecomehot.Avoidkeepingyourhands,yourlap,oranyotherpartofyour
bodyincontactwithahotsectionofthecomputerforanyextendedlengthoftime.Whenyou
usethekeyboard,avoidkeepingyourpalmsonthepalmrestforaprolongedperiodoftime.
Yourcomputergeneratessomeheatduringnormaloperation.Theamountofheatdependson
theamountofsystemactivityandthebatterychargelevel.Extendedcontactwithyourbody,
eventhroughclothing,couldcausediscomfortorevenaskinburn.Periodicallytakebreaks
fromusingthekeyboardbyliftingyourhandsfromthepalmrest;andbecarefulnottouse
thekeyboardforanyextendedlengthoftime.

•Donotoperateyourcomputerorchargethebatterynearammablematerialsorinexplosive
environments.

•Ventilationslots,fansand/orheatsinksareprovidedwiththeproductforsafety,comfort,and
reliableoperation.Thesefeaturesmightinadvertentlybecomeblockedbyplacingtheproducton
abed,sofa,carpet,orotherexiblesurface.Neverblock,cover,ordisablethesefeatures.

•Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtoanelectricaloutletandyourcomputer ,itgenerates
heat.Donotplacetheadapterincontactwithanypartofyourbodywhileusingit.Neverusethe
acpoweradaptertowarmyourbody.Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,
maycauseaskinburn.

Foryoursafety,alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautionswithyourcomputer:

•Keepthecoverclosedwheneverthecomputerispluggedin.

•Regularlyinspecttheoutsideofthecomputerfordustaccumulation.

•Removedustfromventsandanyperforationsinthebezel.Morefrequentcleaningsmightbe
requiredforcomputersindustyorhigh-trafcareas.

•Donotrestrictorblockanyventilationopenings.

•Donotoperateyourcomputerinsidefurniture,asthismightincreasetheriskofoverheating.

•Airowtemperaturesintothecomputershouldnotexceed35°C(95°F).

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Electricalcurrentsafetyinformation

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotuseyourcomputerduringalightningstorm.

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconguration
ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Wheneverpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnectallattachedcablesanddisablebatteriesbeforeopeninganyaccessibledevice
coversunlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Donotuseyoucomputeruntilallinternalpartsenclosuresarefastenedintoplace.Neveruse
thecomputerwheninternalpartsandcircuitsareexposed.

DANGER

Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingprocedureswheninstalling,moving,
oropeningcoversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.TurndevicesON.

Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Thepowercordmustbedisconnectedfromthewalloutletorreceptaclebeforeinstallingallother
electricalcablesconnectedtothecomputer .

Thepowercordmaybereconnectedtothewalloutletorreceptacleonlyafterallotherelectrical
cableshavebeenconnectedtothecomputer.

Liquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)notice

CAUTION:
Theliquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)ismadeofglass,androughhandlingordroppingthecomputercan
causetheLCDtobreak.IftheLCDbreaksandtheinternaluidgetsintoyoureyesoronyour
hands,immediatelywashtheaffectedareaswithwaterforatleast15minutes;ifanysymptomsare
presentafterwashing,getmedicalcare.

Note:Forproductswithmercury-containinguorescentlamps(forexample,non-LED),theuorescentlamp

intheliquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)containsmercury;disposeofaccordingtolocal,state,orfederallaws.

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Usingheadphonesorearphones

CAUTION:
Excessivesoundpressurefromearphonesandheadphonescancausehearingloss.Adjustmentof
theequalizertomaximumincreasestheearphoneandheadphoneoutputvoltageandthesound
pressurelevel.Therefore,toprotectyourhearing,adjusttheequalizertoanappropriatelevel.

Excessiveuseofheadphonesorearphonesforalongperiodoftimeathighvolumecanbedangerousifthe
outputoftheheadphoneorearphoneconnectorsdonotcomplywithspecicationsofEN50332-2.The
headphoneoutputconnectorofyourcomputercomplieswithEN50332-2Subclause7.Thisspecication
limitsthecomputer’smaximumwidebandtrueRMSoutputvoltageto150mV.Tohelpprotectagainst
hearingloss,ensurethattheheadphonesorearphonesyouusealsocomplywithEN50332-2(Clause7
limits)forawidebandcharacteristicvoltageof75mV.UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN
50332-2canbedangerousduetoexcessivesoundpressurelevels.

IfyourLenovocomputercamewithheadphonesorearphonesinthepackage,asaset,thecombinationof
theheadphonesorearphonesandthecomputeralreadycomplieswiththespecicationsofEN50332-1.
Ifdifferentheadphonesorearphonesareused,ensurethattheycomplywithEN50332-1(Clause6.5
LimitationValues).UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN50332-1canbedangerousdueto
excessivesoundpressurelevels.

Additionalsafetyinformation

DANGER

Plasticbagscanbedangerous.Keepplasticbagsawayfrombabiesandchildrentoavoiddanger
ofsuffocation.

Noticefortabletpersonalcomputerusers

SafetynoticeforusersinAustralia

DANGER

Donotconnectphonelinewhileusingtabletmode.

NoticeforusersintheU.S.A.

Manypersonalcomputerproductsandaccessoriescontaincords,cablesorwires,suchaspowercordsor
cordstoconnecttheaccessorytoapersonalcomputer.Ifthisproducthassuchacord,cableorwire,then
thefollowingwarningapplies:

WARNING:Handlingthecordonthisproductorcordsassociatedwithaccessoriessoldwiththisproduct
willexposeyoutolead,achemicalknowntotheStateofCaliforniatocausecancer,andbirthdefectsor
otherreproductiveharm.Washhandsafterhandling.

Savetheseinstructions.

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Chapter1.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthelocationsofconnectors,locationsofimportantproductlabels,
computerfeatures,specications,operatingenvironment,andthepreinstalledLenovoprograms.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators”onpage1

•“Locatingimportantproductinformation”onpage8

•“Features”onpage9

•“Specications”onpage10

•“Operatingenvironment”onpage11

•“Lenovoprograms”onpage11

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators

Thissectionintroducesthecomputerhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasicinformationyouwillneed
tostartusingthecomputer.

Frontview

Figure1.ThinkPadS230ufrontview

1Integratedcamera

2Built-inmicrophones7TrackPoint

3Ambientlightsensor8Touchpad

4Volumecontrolbuttons9TrackPointpointingstick

5Built-instereospeakers10Windows

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1Integratedcamera

Usethecameratotakepicturesorholdavideoconference.Fordetails,see“Usingtheintegratedcamera”
onpage31.

2Built-inmicrophones

Thebuilt-inmicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithanapplicationprogramcapableof
handlingaudio.

3Ambientlightsensor

Theambientlightsensordetectsthesurroundinglightconditions.Thenthecomputeradjuststhescreen
brightnessaccordingly.

4Volumecontrolbuttons

Thevolumecontrolbuttonsenableyoutoadjustthevolumewhileyouareusingyourcomputerinthe
tabletmode.

5Built-instereospeakers

Yourcomputerisequippedwithapairofbuilt-instereospeakers.

6Systemstatusindicator(illuminatedThinkPadlogo)

TheilluminatedThinkPadlogoonthepalmrestfunctionsasasystemstatusindicator.Yourcomputerhas
severalstatusindicators.Forthedetailedinformationaboutthelocationandmeaningofeachindicator,see
“Systemstatusindicators”onpage6

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UltraNav

7TrackPointbutton
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9T rackPointpointingstick

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pointingdevice

ThekeyboardcontainstheLenovouniqueUltraNavpointingdevice.Pointing,selecting,anddragging
areintegralprocessthatyoucanperformwithoutmovingyourngersfromatypingposition.Formore
information,see“UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice”onpage21

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PresstheWindowsbuttontoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceandtheStartscreen.

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Right-sideview

Figure2.ThinkPadS230uright-sideview

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

1Harddiskorsolid-statedrivebay5Powerstatusindicator

2Fanlouvers

3USB3.0connector

4MiniDisplayPortconnector

6acpowerconnector

7Powerbutton

8Screenrotationlockbutton

1Harddiskorsolid-statedrivebay

Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddiskdrive
thatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.

Somemodelsareequippedwithasolid-statedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighter,smaller,
andfaster.

2Fanlouvers

Theinternalfanandlouversenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandcoolthecentralprocessor.

Note:Toavoidimpedingtheairow,donotplaceanyobstacleinfrontofthefan.

3USB3.0connector

TheUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingdevicescompatiblewithaUSBinterface,suchasaUSB
printeroradigitalcamera.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletotheconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.

4MiniDisplayPortconnector

UsetheminiDisplayPortconnectortoconnectyourcomputertoacompatibleprojector,externalmonitor,or
high-denitiontelevision.

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5Powerstatusindicator

Thepowerstatusindicatorshowsthestatusofacpower.

6acpowerconnector

Connecttheacpoweradaptertotheacpowerconnectortoprovideacpowertothecomputerandcharge
thebattery.

7Powerbutton

Usethepowerbuttontoturnonthecomputer.Toturnoffthecomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.ClickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.

Ifyourcomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfour
secondsormore.Ifthecomputerstillisnotresponding,detachtheacpoweradaptertoresetthecomputer.

Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanshutdownthe
computerorputitintosleeporhibernationmode.Todenethepowerbutton,clickthebatterystatusiconin
theWindowsnoticationarea,andthenclickMorepoweroptions➙Choosewhatthepowerbuttonsdo.

8Screenrotationlockbutton

Usethescreenrotationlockbuttontolockthescreenrotationfunction.

Left-sideview

Figure3.ThinkPadS230uleft-sideview

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

1Comboaudiojack

2USB3.0connector6SubscriberIdenticationModule(SIM)cardslot

3MiniHDMIconnector

4Ethernetconnector

5Mediacardreaderslot

7Securitykeyhole

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1Comboaudiojack

Tolistentothesoundfromyourcomputer,youcanconnectaheadphoneoraheadsetthathasa3.5mm
4-poleplugtothecomboaudiojack.

Notes:

•Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,forexample,aheadsetforamobiledigitaldevice,do
notpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyoupressit,theheadsetmicrophonewillbedisabled,
andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputerwillbeenabledinstead.

•Thecomboaudiojackdoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.Formoreinformation,see“Using
audiofeatures”onpage30

2USB3.0connector

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TheUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingdevicescompatiblewithaUSBinterface,suchasaUSB
printeroradigitalcamera.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletotheconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.

3MiniHDMIconnector

Yourcomputercomeswithaminihigh-denitionmultimediainterface(HDMI)connector,adigitalaudioand
videointerfacethatcanconnectacompatibledigitalaudiodeviceorvideomonitor,suchasahigh-denition
television..

4Ethernetconnector

ConnectyourcomputertoaLANwiththeEthernetconnector.

DANGER

Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.

Twoindicators,tothebottom-rightandleftoftheconnector,showthestatusofthenetworkconnection.
WhenyourcomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwiththenetworkisavailable,thebottomyellow
indicatorissteadygreen.Whiledataisbeingtransmitted,thebottom-rightindicatorblinksgreen.

5Mediacardreaderslot

Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthaveamediacardreaderslot.Formoreinformationabout
thesupportedcards,see“Usingamediacard”onpage31

6SubscriberIdenticationModule(SIM)cardslot

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IfyourcomputerhasthewirelessWANfeature,itmightrequireaSIMcardtoestablishwirelessWAN
connections.Dependingonthecountryofdelivery,theSIMcardmightbealreadyinstalledintheSIM
cardslot.

7Securitykeyhole

Purchaseasecuritycablelockthattsthiskeyholetolockyourcomputertoastationaryobjecttoprotect
yourcomputerfromtheft.

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Bottomview

Figure4.ThinkPadS230ubottomview

Note:Yourcomputerbottomviewmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

1Fanlouvers3Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

2Integratedbattery

1Fanlouvers

Theinternalfanandlouversenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandcoolthecentralprocessor.

Note:Toavoidimpedingairow,donotplaceanyobstacleinfrontofthefan.

2Integratedbattery

Useyourcomputerwiththebatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.

3Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddiskdrive
thatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.

Somemodelsareequippedwithasolid-statedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighter,smaller,
andfaster.

Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolid-statedrivebecauseofits
smallercapacity.

Statusindicators

Thestatusindicatorsshowthecurrentstatusofyourcomputer.

Systemstatusindicators

TheilluminateddotintheThinkPadlogoontheouterlidofyourcomputerandonthepalmrestworks
asasystemstatusindicator.

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Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

Themeaningoftheindicatorisasfollows:

•Red:Thecomputerison(innormalmode).

•Fastblinkingred:Thecomputeristurningoff.

•Slowblinkingred:Thecomputerisinsleepmode.

•Off:Thecomputerisoff.

Powerstatusindicator

Yourcomputerhasanindicatorthatshowsthestatusofacpower.

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Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

Themeaningoftheindicatorisasfollows:

•Green:Theacpoweradapterisconnected.

•Off:Theacpoweradapterisnotconnected.

Locatingimportantproductinformation

Thissectionprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourmachinetypeandmodellabel,FCCIDandIC
Certicationlabel,andtheWindowsCerticateofAuthenticity(COA)label.

Machinetypeandmodellabel

Themachinetypeandmodellabelidentiesyourcomputer.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachine
typeandmodelinformationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourcomputerandprovidefasterservice.

Youcanndthemachinetypeandmodelofyourcomputeronthelabelasshownbelow:

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FCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabel

ThereisnoFCCIDorICCerticationnumberforthePCIExpressMiniCardshownontheenclosureof
yourcomputer.TheFCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabelisafxedonthecardinstalledinthePCI
ExpressMiniCardslotofyourcomputer.

IfyouneedtoremovetheWirelessLANcardforrepairorreplacement,followtheprocedurein“Replacinga
MiniPCIExpressCardforwirelessLANconnection”onpage57.IfyouhavepurchasedawirelessWAN
enabledcomputer,thewirelessWANPCIExpressMiniCardispreinstalledatthefactory.Ifyouneedto
removethiscardforrepairorreplacement,followtheprocedurein“Installingorreplacingthewireless
WANcard”onpage60

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Note:OnlyLenovoauthorizedwirelessLANorwirelessWANcardsareallowedtobeusedinyourcomputer.
IfyouinstallanunauthorizedPCIExpressMiniCardthatisnotapprovedforuseinyourcomputer,the
computerwillnotstart,butwillonlydisplayanerrormessageandemitaudiblebeeps.

Features

Thistopicliststhefeaturesofyourcomputer.

Tabletfeatures

•Multi-touchscreen

•Volumecontrolbuttons

•Screenrotationlockbutton

•Windowsbutton

Processor

Toviewthesystempropertiesofyourcomputer,gotoyourdesktopandmovethecursortothetop-rightor
bottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Then,clickSettings➙PCinfo.

Memory

Doubledatarate3synchronousdynamicrandomaccessmemorymodules(DDR3SDRAM)

Storagedevice

2.5-inch(7mmheight)harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

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Display

ThecolordisplayusestheThinFilmTransistor(TFT)technology.

•Size:12.5inches(317.50mm)

•Resolution:

–LCD:1366x768
–Externalmonitor:upto2560x1600

•Brightnesscontrol

•Integratedcamera

•Built-inmicrophones

Keyboard

•6-rowkeyboard

•UltraNavpointingdevice(TrackPointpointingdeviceandmulti-touchtouchpad)

•Fnkey

Interface

•MiniHDMIport

•MiniDisplayPortconnector(onsomemodels)

•Comboaudiojack

•USB3.0connectors

•RJ45Ethernetconnector

•4-in-1mediacardreader

•SIMcardslot

Wirelessfeatures

•IntegratedwirelessLAN

•IntegratedwirelessWAN(onsomemodels)

Specications

Thissectionliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourcomputer.

Size

•Width:12.32inches(313mm)

•Depth:9.37inches(238mm)

•Height:0.80inch(20.4mm)

Heatoutput

65W(222Btu/hr)maximumor90W(307Btu/hr)maximum,dependingonthemodel

Powersource(acpoweradapter)

•Sine-waveinputat50to60Hz

•Inputratingoftheacpoweradapter:100to240Vac,50to60Hz

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Batterypack

Integratedlithium-ion(Li-Ion)batterypack

Batterylife

Forthepercentageoftheremainingbatterypower,refertothebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnotication
area.

Operatingenvironment

Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutyourcomputeroperatingenvironment.

Environment:

•Maximumaltitudewithoutpressurization:3048m(10000ft)

•Temperature

–Ataltitudesupto2438m(8000ft)

–Operating:5.0°Cto35.0°C(41°Fto95°F)
–Storage:5.0°Cto43.0°C(41°Fto109°F)

–Ataltitudesabove2438m(8000ft)

–Maximumtemperaturewhenoperatingundertheunpressurizedcondition:31.3°C(88°F)

Note:Whenyouchargethebatterypack,itstemperaturemustbeatleast10°C(50°F).

•Relativehumidity:

–Operating:8%to80%
–Storage:5%to95%

Ifpossible,placeyourcomputerinawell-ventilatedanddryareawithoutdirectexposuretosunshine.

Keepelectricalappliancessuchasanelectricfan,radio,airconditioner,andmicrowaveovenawayfrom
yourcomputerbecausethestrongmagneticeldsgeneratedbytheseappliancescandamagethemonitor
anddataontheharddiskdrive.

Donotplaceanybeveragesontopoforbesidethecomputerorotherattacheddevices.Ifliquidisspilledon
orinthecomputeroranattacheddevice,ashortcircuitorotherdamagemightoccur.

Donoteatorsmokeoveryourkeyboard.Particlesthatfallintoyourkeyboardcancausedamage.

Lenovoprograms

YourcomputercomeswithLenovoprogramstohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurely.

Note:TolearnmoreabouttheprogramsandothercomputingsolutionsofferedbyLenovo,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.

ToaccessLenovoprograms,presstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickaLenovoprogramto
launchit.Ifyoucannotndtheprogramyouneed,movethecursortothebottom-rightcornerofthescreen
tobringupthecharms.ThenclicktheSearchcharmtosearchforthedesiredprogram.

YoucomputermightbepreinstalledwiththefollowingLenovoprograms.

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ActiveProtectionSystem™

TheActiveProtectionSystemprogramprotectsyourharddiskdrivewhentheshocksensorinsideyour
computerdetectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,excessivevibration,orshock.
Theharddiskdriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating.Thisisbecausewhentheharddisk
driveisnotoperating,thesystemstopsitfromspinning,andmightalsomovethereadandwriteheadsof
thedrivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.Assoonastheshocksensorsensesthattheenvironmentis
stableagain(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,orshock),itturnstheharddiskdriveon.

FingerprintSoftware

Ifyourcomputercomeswithangerprintreader,theFingerprintSoftwareprogramenablesyoutoenroll
yourngerprintandassociateitwithyourWindowspassword.Asaresult,thengerprintauthenticationcan
replaceyourpasswordandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

LenovoCloudStorage

TheLenovoCloudStorageprogramenablesyoutouploadandstoreyourlocallestoaremoteLenovo
server.Youcanviewanddownloadthestoredlesatanytime.

LenovoCompanion

ThroughtheLenovoCompanionprogram,youcangettheinformationabouttheaccessoriesforyour
computer,viewbolgsandarticlesaboutyourcomputer,andcheckforrecommendedprograms.

LenovoSettings

UsetheLenovoSettingsprogramtoenhanceyourcomputingexperiencebyturningyourcomputerinto
aportablehotspot,conguringcameraandaudiosettings,optimizingyourpowersettings,andcreating
andmanagingmultiplenetworkproles.

LenovoMobileAccess

TheLenovoMobileAccessprogramenablesyoutomanageyourmobilebroadbandconnection.Youcan
createanaccount,addmoneytotheaccount,andpurchasemobilebroadbandsessionsusingyouraccount.

LenovoSolutionCenter

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.

LenovoSupport

TheLenovoSupportprogramenablesyoutoregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,checkthecomputerhealth
conditionandthebatterystatus,downloadandviewusermanualsforyourcomputer,getthewarranty
informationofyourcomputer,andexplorehelpandsupportinformation.

PasswordManager

ThePasswordManagerprogramautomaticallycapturesandllsinauthenticationinformationforWindows
programsandWebsites.

SystemUpdate

TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-datebydownloading
andinstallingsoftwareupdatepackages(Lenovoprograms,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSupdates,andother
thirdpartyapplications).

Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.Lenovoprograms
varybygeographiclocationsandaresubjecttoupdate.

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Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage13

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage13

•“Tabletmode”onpage14

•“Specialkeysandbuttons”onpage19

•“UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice”onpage21

•“Powermanagement”onpage24

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage26

•“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage29

•“PresentationsandMultimedia”onpage28

•“Usingaprojector”onpage30

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage30

•“Usingtheintegratedcamera”onpage31

•“Usingamediacard”onpage31

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteredyourcomputerwithLenovo,youwill
alsoreceivequickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextended
privilegesandservicestoregisteredusers.

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternet.LaunchthepreinstalledLenovoSupportprogram.Thenclick
Registrationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/register,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpage
tondinformationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.

Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?

•Toconservethepowerofyourcomputer,see“Power-savingmodes”onpage26

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•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,see“Managingthepowerplans”
onpage26.

Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?

•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage37tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage44

Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?

•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.

•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page27.

•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage35.

•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.

Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?

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•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage29

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.

Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?

•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage49
yourcomputer.

Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?

•Follow“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage81.

•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.

•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage47.

Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.

•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage65

•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage87

•“Powerproblems”onpage100

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Tabletmode

Yourcomputercanbeusedintabletmode.Thissectionintroduceshowtouseyournotebookcomputerin
tabletmode.

Usingtabletmode

Intabletmode,youcanuseyourcomputerinacreativeandintuitivewaybyfoldingdownthecomputer
displaytoturnyourcomputerintoatablet.

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Touseyourcomputerintabletmode,dothefollowing:

1.Openthecomputerdisplayslowly,holdingtheupperleftandrightsidesofthecomputerdisplaywith
bothhands.Yourcomputerisnowinnotebookmode.

2.Openthecomputerdisplaybyatleast45degrees,preferablyby90degrees.Graspthecenterofone
sideofthecomputerdisplaywithonehandwhileholdingthekeyboardbezelwiththeotherhand;then
rotatethedisplayslowlyclockwiseuntilthebackofthedisplayisfacingthekeyboard.Yourcomputeris
nowinpictureframemode.

Note:Whilerotatingthedisplay,donotpresstheupperedgeofeithersideofthedisplay.

3.Closethecomputerdisplayslowly,holdingtheupperleftandrightsideswithbothhands.

Note:Makesurethatthedisplayisrotatedat180degrees,sothatthebackofthedisplayfacesthe
keyboard.

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4.Y ourcomputerisnowintabletmode.

Toswitchyourcomputerfromtabletmodetonotebookmode,dothefollowing:

1.Openthedisplaybyatleast45degrees,preferablyby90degrees.

2.Rotatethedisplayslowlycounter-clockwiseuntilthefrontofthedisplayisfacingthekeyboard.

Yourcomputerisnowinnotebookmode.

Tipsonusingyourcomputerintabletmode

•Toclosethecomputerdisplay,rstmakesurethatthedisplayeitherfacesthekeyboardorispositioned
at180degreestothekeyboard,sothatthebackofthedisplayfacesthekeyboard.

•Donotpickuporholdthecomputerbythedisplayonly.

•Donothit,vibrate,orbumpthecomputerdisplay.

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•Toallowfreeventilation,donotplaceanyobstacle,suchasathick-piledcarpetorasoftcushion,in
frontofthefan.

•Whenyouusethecomputerinpictureframemode,holdthedisplaywithonehandandusetheTablet
DigitizerPen.

•Ifyouholdthecomputerwithonehandwhileusingitintabletmode,donotexposeittoexcessive
vibration,shock,orrotation.

•Whenusingcomputeroutdoors,protectagainstexposuretorainormoisture.

•Ifyouputyourcomputerinacarryingcase,putitintonotebookmodeandclosethedisplay.

Usingthemulti-touchscreen

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethemulti-touchscreen.

Tap

Taponceonanitemtoselectoropenit.Thisoperationissimilartoaclickonamouse.

Pressandhold

Pressandholdanitemtodisplayinformationaboutit,ortoopenthecontextmenu.Thisoperation
issimilartoaright-clickonamouse.

Zoominorzoomout

Moveyourngersclosertogetheronthescreentozoomin,ormovetwongersapartonthescreento
zoomout.

Rotate

Puttwoormorengersonanitemandthenrotateyourngers.Thisoperationenablesyoutorotatethe
item.Onlysomeitemscanberotated.

Slidetoscroll

MoveyourngeronthescreentoscrollthroughitemssuchasWebpages,photos,andlists.Thisoperation
issimilartothescrollingoperationonamouse.

Slidetorearrange

Draganiteminthedirectionoppositetohowyouwouldscroll.Forexample,ifyouwouldscrollleftorright,
dragtheitemupordown.Afteryouhavemovedtheitemtoadesiredlocation,releaseit.

Swipetoselect

Swipeanitemashortdistanceinadirectionoppositetohowthepagescrollstoselecttheitem.Aquickand
shortmovementworksbest.Thisoperationenablesyoutoselectanitemsuchasaphoto,aprogramtile,
orthetext.

Swipefromedge

Swipeinwithyourngerstartingfromanedgeofthescreen.

•Swipinginfromtherightedgeofyourscreentodisplaythecharms.

•Swipinginfromtheleftedgeofyourscreentoachieveanyofthefollowing:

–Displayanopenprogram.
–Snapaprogram.Swipeinfromtheleftedgeofyourscreen,anddragtheprogramuntilaborderis

displayed.Then,movetheprogramtoadesiredposition.

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–Displayalistofrecentlyopenedprograms.Swipeinfromtheleftedgeofyourscreenwithoutlifting

yournger,andthendragtheprogrambacktotheleftedge.Thenalistofrecentlyopenedprogramsis
displayed.

–Closeaprogram.Swipeinfromtheleftedgeofyourscreen,anddragtheprogramtothebottom

ofyourscreen.

•Swipinginfromthetopedgeofyourscreentoachieveanyofthefollowing

–Displaythemenucommands,suchasSave,Edit,andDelete.
–Closeaprogram.Swipeinfromthetopedgeofyourscreen,anddragtheprogramtothebottom

ofyourscreen.

•Swipinginfromthebottomedgeofyourscreentodisplaythemenucommands,suchasSave,Edit,
andDelete.

Tipsonusingthemulti-touchscreen

•Themulti-touchscreenisaglasspanelcoveredwithaplasticlm.Forinputyoucanuseanynger.Do
notapplypressureorplaceanymetallicobjectonthescreen.Otherwise,thescreenmightbedamaged
ormalfunction.

•Beforeyouputyourcomputerinacarryingcase,putitintonotebookmodeandclosethedisplay.Do
notputyourcomputerinacarryingcasewhenitisintabletmode.

•Regularlycalibratetheaccuracyofthengerinputtoavoidadiscrepancy.

Cleaningthemulti-touchscreen

Tocleanthemulti-touchscreen,dothefollowing:

1.T oremovengerprintsordustfromthemulti-touchscreen,useadry,soft,lint-freeclothorapieceof
absorbentcotton.Donotapplysolventstothecloth.

2.Gentlywipeforeignparticlesanddustfromthemulti-touchscreenwithonesideofthecloth.

3.Wipesmudgesorngerprintswiththeothersideofthecloth,orwithacleancloth.

4.Afterusingthecloth,washitwithaneutraldetergent.

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Usingthetabletbuttons

Onthedisplaybezelnearthescreenisarowofbuttonswithwhichyoucancontrolyourcomputerintablet
mode,withouttheuseofthekeyboard.

1ScreenRotationbutton:Pressittolockthescreenrotationfunction.

2Powerbutton:Pressittoturnonthecomputer.

3Speakervolumeupbutton:Pressittoincreasethespeakervolume.

4Speakervolumedownbutton:Pressittodecreasethespeakervolume.

5Windowsbutton:PressittoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceandtheStartscreen.

Specialkeysandbuttons

Yourcomputerhasseveralspecialkeysandbuttonstohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandeffectively.

Thefollowinggureshowsthelocationsofthespecialkeysandbuttonsonyourcomputer.

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Volumeandmutekeys

•F1:Mutesorunmutesthespeakers.

Ifyoumutethesoundandturnoffyourcomputer,thesoundwillremainmutedwhenyouturnonyour
computeragain.Toturnonthesound,pressF2orF3.

•F2:Decreasesthespeakervolume.

•F3:Increasesthespeakervolume.

•F4:Mutesorunmutesthemicrophones.

Displaymanagementkeys

•F5:Thecomputerdisplaybecomesdimmer.

•F6:Thecomputerdisplaybecomesbrighter.

Youcantemporarilychangethecomputerdisplaybrightnessbypressingthesetwokeys.Tochangethe
defaultbrightnesslevel,right-clickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea,thenclickAdjust
screenbrightnessandmakechangesasdesired.

•F7:Switchesthedisplayoutputlocationbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.

Otherfunctions

•F8:EnablesordisablestheAirplanemode.
TheAirplanemodedisablesthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputertocomplywithairlineregulations.

Whenyoupressthiskey,alistofwirelessconnectionsisdisplayed.Youcanquicklyturnonorturnoff
allthewirelessnetworkconnections.

•F9:OpenstheSettingscharm.

•F10:OpenstheSearchcharm.

•F11:Pressthiskeytoviewtheprogramsthatyouhaveopened.

•F12:Pressthiskeytoviewallprograms.

•FnLock(Esc):OpenstheThinkPadKeyboardsPropertieswindowwhereyoucantoggletheF1-F12
keyfunctionality.

•Fn+B:HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkey.

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•Fn+P:HasthesamefunctionasthePausekey.

•Fn+S:HasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkey.

•Fn+K:HasthesamefunctionastheScrLKkey.

YoucantoggletheThinkPadF1-F12keyfunctionalitytousethekeysindefaultmodeorinlegacymode.In
defaultmode,youcaninitiatethespecialfunctionsillustratedoneachkeybypressingthecorresponding
keydirectly.Inlegacymode,toinitiatethespecialfunctionsillustratedoneachkey,pressandholdtheFn
keyandthenpressthedesiredfunctionkey,thenreleasebothkeys.

TotoggletheF1-F12keyfunctionalityintheWindowsenvironment,dothefollowing:

1.OpentheThinkPadKeyboardPropertieswindowbypressingtheFnlockkey.

2.Congurethesettingsfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

TotoggletheF1-F12keyfunctionalitythroughtheThinkPadSetupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Startthecomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetup
programmainmenuopens.

2.SelectCong➙Keyboard/Mouse➙ChangetoF1-F12keys.

3.Congurethesettingsfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

4.Savechangesandexit.

2Windowskey

PressthiskeytoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceandtheStartscreen.

ForinformationaboutusingtheWindowskeywithotherkeys,refertothehelpinformationsystemofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.

UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice

YourcomputercomeswiththeUltraNavpointingdevice.TheUltraNavpointingdeviceconsistsofthe
TrackPointpointingdeviceandthetouchpad,eachofwhichisitselfapointingdevicewithbothbasicand
extendedfunctions.Y oucancongurebothdevicesbychoosingthesettingsyouprefer.

•SetboththeTrackPointpointingdeviceandthetouchpadaspointingdevices.

•SettheTrackPointpointingdeviceasthemainpointingdeviceandthetouchpadforscrolling,tap
zones,andslow-motionpointerfunctionsonly.

•SettheTrackPointpointingdeviceasthemainpointingdevice,anddisablethetouchpad.

•Setthetouchpadasthemainpointingdevice,anddisabletheTrackPointpointingdevice.

ChangingtheUltraNavpointingdevicesettings

TochangetheUltraNavpointingdevicesettings,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse➙UltraNav.

3.Changethesettingsasyoudesire.

YoualsocanchangetheUltraNavpointingdevicesettingsbyclickingtheUltraNaviconintheWindows
noticationarea.TodisplaytheUltraNaviconintheWindowsnoticationarea,see“AddingtheUltraNav
icontotheWindowsnoticationarea”onpage24.

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer21

UsingtheTrackPointpointingdevice

TheTrackPointpointingdeviceconsistsofapointingstick1onthekeyboardandthreeclickbuttonsatthe
bottomofthekeyboard.T omovethepointer5onthescreen,youapplypressuretothenonslipcaponthe
pointingstickinanydirectionparalleltothekeyboard;thepointingstickitselfdoesnotmove.Thespeedat
whichthepointermovesdependsonthepressureyouapplytothepointingstick.Thefunctionsoftheleft
andright2clickbuttonscorrespondtothoseoftheleftandrightmousebuttonsonaconventionalmouse.
TheTrackPointcenterbutton3,calledthescrollbar,enablesyoutoscrollWebpagesordocumentsinany
directionwithnoneedtousethegraphicscrollbarsonthesideofthewindow.

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Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

IfyouarenotfamiliarwiththeTrackPointpointingdevice,theseinstructionswillhelpyougetstarted:

1.Placeyourhandsinthetypingposition,andpressgentlywithanindexngeroramiddlengeronthe
pointingstickinthedirectioninwhichyouwantthepointertomove.

Tomovethepointer,pressthepointingstickawayfromyoutomoveitup,towardyoutomoveit
down,toonesideortheothertomoveitsideways.

Note:Thepointermightdrift.Thisisnotadefect.StopusingtheTrackPointpointingdeviceforafew
seconds;thepointerwillstopmoving.

2.T oselectanddragasrequiredbyyoursoftware,presstheleftorrightclickbuttonwitheitherthumb
andmovetheTrackPointpointingstick.

CustomizingtheTrackPointpointingdevice

YoucancustomizetheTrackPointpointingdeviceanditsbuttonsasfollows:

•Switchthefunctionsoftheleftandrightbuttons.

•ChangethesensitivityoftheTrackPointpointingdevice.

•EnabletheTrackPointScrollingTips.

TochangetheTrackPointpointingdevicesettings,see“ChangingtheUltraNavpointingdevicesettings”
onpage21

Changingthecap

Thecap1ontheendoftheTrackPointpointingstickisremovable.Youcanreplaceitasshownbelow.

.

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Note:Ifyoureplacethekeyboard,anewkeyboardisshippedwiththedefaultcap.Ifyouwish,youcan

keepthecapfromyouroldkeyboardanduseitonthenewone.

Usingthetouchpad

Thetouchpadisapad1belowtheT rackPointbuttonsatthebottomofthekeyboard.Tomovethepointer

2onthescreen,slideyourngertipoverthepadinthedirectioninwhichyouwantthepointertomove.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

Thetouchpadofyourcomputersupportsmulti-touchwithwhichyoucanzoomin,zoomout,scroll,or
rotateonthescreenwhilebrowsingtheInternetorreadingoreditingadocument.

Fordetails,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheUltraNavpointingdevice.

Customizingthetouchpad

Tochangethetouchpadsettings,see“ChangingtheUltraNavpointingdevicesettings”onpage21.

DisablingtheUltraNavpointingdevice

YoucanusetheexternalmousesimultaneouslywiththeUltraNavpointingdevice.Ifyouwanttodisablethe
UltraNavpointingdevice,dothefollowing:

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer23

1.OpentheMousePropertieswindow.See“ChangingtheUltraNavpointingdevicesettings”onpage21.

2.T odisabletheTrackPointpointingdeviceortouchpad,clearthecheckboxforEnableTrackPoint
orEnableTouchPad.

3.ClickOK.

AddingtheUltraNavicontotheWindowsnoticationarea

ForeasyaccesstotheUltraNavproperties,youcanenablethedisplayoftheUltraNaviconintheWindows
noticationarea.

ToenablethedisplayoftheUltraNaviconintheWindowsnoticationarea,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse➙UltraNav.

3.SelectthecheckboxforShowUltraNavicononthesystemtray.

4.ClickOK.

YoucannowchangethepropertiesoftheUltraNavpointingdevicebyclickingtheUltraNaviconinthe
Windowsnoticationarea.

Powermanagement

Whenyouuseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeepyour
computerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyouusethe
power-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.Mobilityhasrevolutionizedbusiness
byallowingyoutotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeabletoworklonger
withoutbeingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.

Usingthebatterypower

Youcanuseyourbatterypowermoreefcientlywiththehelpofthisintroduction.

Checkingthebatterystatus

ThebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationareadisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining.

Therateatwhichyouusebatterypowerwilldeterminehowlongyoucanusethebatteryofyourcomputer
betweencharges.Becauseeachcomputeruserhasdifferenthabitsandneeds,itisdifculttopredicthow
longabatterychargewilllast.Therearetwomainfactors:

•Howmuchenergyisstoredinthebatterywhenyoubegintowork.

•Thewayyouuseyourcomputer:

–Howoftenyouaccesstheharddiskdrive.
–Howbrightyoumakethecomputerdisplay.

Tocheckfordetailedbatterystatusinformation,dooneofthefollowing:

•OpentheLenovoSupportprogramandclickBatteryHealth.

•OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.

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Chargingthebattery

Whenyoundthatthepercentageofpowerremainingislow,forexample,thebatteryalarmgoesoff,you
needtochargeyourbatterybyconnectingyourcomputertoacpower.Thebatterywillbefullychargedin
aboutsixhours.Thisisaffectedbythebatterysizeandthephysicalenvironment.

Toincreasethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.

Maximizingthebatterylife

Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:

•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted;thatis,usethebatteryuntilthebatterystatus
indicatorstartsblinkingorange.

•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Thebatteryisfullychargedifthebatteryindicator
showsgreen.

•Alwaysusepowersavingmode.

Usingtheacpower

Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthelithium-ion(Li-ion)batterypackprovidedwithit,
orfromacpowerthroughtheacpoweradapter.

Theacpoweradapterthatcamewithyourcomputerhastwobasiccomponents:

•Thetransformerpackthatconvertsacpoweradapterforusewiththecomputer.

•Thepowercordthatplugsintotheacoutletandintothetransformerpack.

Attention:Usinganimproperpowercordcouldcauseseveredamagetoyourcomputer.

Connectingtheacpoweradapter

Tousetheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:

Note:Besuretoperformthestepsinthegivenorder.

1.Connecttheacpoweradaptertotheacpowerconnectorofyourcomputer.

2.Connectthepowercordtothetransformerpack.

3.Plugthepowercordintoanelectricaloutlet.

Tipsonusingtheacpoweradapter

•Whentheacpoweradapterisnotinuse,disconnectitfromtheelectricaloutlet.

•Donotbindthepowercordtightlyaroundtheacpoweradaptertransformerpackwhenitisconnectedto
thetransformer.

•Beforeyouchargethebattery,ensurethatitstemperatureisatleast10°C(50°F).

•Youcanchargethebatterywhentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthebatteryis
installed.Youneedtochargeitinanyofthefollowingconditions:

–Whenanewbatteryisinstalled
–Ifthebatterychargeislow
–Ifthebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime

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Managingthepowerplans

Youcanmanageyourpowerplanstoachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.To
changethepowerplan,dothefollowing:

1.ClickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.

2.ClickMorepoweroptions.

3.Selectthepowerplanyoudesirefollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Power-savingmodes

Youcanusethefollowingpower-savingmodestoconservethepowerofyourcomputer.

•Sleep:Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory.Then,thedisplayandthesolid-statedriveorthe
harddiskdriveareturnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.

•30DayStandbyfunction:Dependingonthecomputermodel,yourcomputermightsupportthe30Day
Standbyfunction.Whenthisfunctionisenabled,thecomputerconsumesevenlesspowerinthesleep
modeandtakesonlysecondstoresumenormaloperationwhenyoupressthepowerbutton.Toenable
the30DayStandbyfunction,opentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.

•AlwaysOnUSBfunctionoff:TheAlwaysOnUSBdrainsyourbatterypower.Youcandisableit
whenyoudonotneedit.TodisabletheAlwaysOnUSBfunction,opentheLenovoSettingsprogram
andclickPower.

•Wirelessoff:Ifyoudonotneedthewirelessfeatures,likeBluetoothandwirelessLAN,turnthemoff.This
willhelpconservepower.T oturnoffthewirelessfeatures,pressFn+F8.

Enablingthewakeupfunction

Toenablethewakeupfunction,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Thenclick
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickSystemandSecurity➙Scheduletasks.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordor
conrmation,typethepasswordorprovideconrmation.

3.Fromtheleftpane,selectthetaskfolderforwhichyouwanttoenablethewakeupfunction.The
scheduledtasksaredisplayed.

4.Double-clickascheduledtask,andthenclicktheConditionstab.

5.InthePowerpane,selectthecheckboxforWakethecomputertorunthistask.

Settingtheactionsforcriticalandlowpower

Whenyourbatterypowerfallsbelowacertainlevel,someactionswillbetriggered.Forexample,thealarm
willgoofforyourcomputerwillgointosleepmodeorpoweroff.

Tochangethecriticalandlowpowerlevel,andthecorrespondingactionstriggered,dothefollowing:

1.ClickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea,andthenclickMorepoweroptions.

2.ClickChangeplansettings➙Changeadvancedpowersettings➙Battery.

3.ChangethesettingsasyoudesireintheBatterylist.

Connectingtothenetwork

YourcomputerhasoneormorenetworkcardsthatenableyoutoconnectyourcomputertotheInternet
andothernetworkconnections.

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Ethernetconnections

Youcanconnecttoalocalnetworkorabroadbandconnectionbyusingthebuilt-inEthernetfeatureofyour
computer.

DANGER

YourcomputerhasanEthernetconnector.T oavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnect
thetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.

Wirelessconnections

Wirelesscommunicationisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbymeansofradiowavesonly.

Dependingonthewirelessdeviceusedinyourcomputer,youmightbeabletoconnecttothefollowing
categoriesofwirelessnetworks.

WirelessLAN

Awirelesslocalareanetwork(LAN)coversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofcebuildingora
house.Devicesbasedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothisnetwork.

Yourcomputercomeswithabuilt-inwirelessLANcardandacongurationutilitytohelpyoumakewireless
connectionsandmonitorthestatusofyourconnection,sothatyoucanstayconnectedtoyournetwork
whileyouareintheofce,inameetingroom,orathome,withnoneedforawiredconnection.

WirelessWAN

WirelessWideAreaNetwork(wirelessWAN)coversabroadergeographicarealikeacityoranentirecountry.
Cellularnetworksareusedforthedatatransmission.

Note:WirelessWANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.

SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithabuilt-inwirelessWANcardintegratingsomewireless
WANtechnologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3GorGPRS.Byusingthebuilt-inwirelessWANcardand
thecongurationutilitythatcomeswithyourcomputer,youcanestablishwirelessWANconnectionsand
monitorthestatusofyourconnection.

Bluetooth

Bluetoothisoneofanumberoftechnologiesusedtocreateawirelesspersonalareanetwork.Bluetooth
canconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnectingperipheral
devicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,orremotely
controllingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.

UsingthewirelessLANandwirelessWANconnections

Youcancheckyourwirelessconnectionstatusandsignalstrengththroughthewirelessnetworkiconin
theWindowsnoticationarea.

Toenableordisableyourwirelessfeature,pressF8.Whenyoupressthiskey,alistofwirelessconnections
isdisplayed.Youcanquicklyturnonandturnoffallthewirelessnetworkconnections.

TheLocationsAwarenessprogramenablesyoutomanageyourlocationproles.Byswitchingbetween
locationprolesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplacetoplace,youcanquicklyandeasilyconnecttoa
networkwithnoneedtorecongureyoursettingsmanuallyandrestartthecomputereachtime.Toaccess
theLocationAwarenessprogram,opentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickLocationAwareness.

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer27

Attention:Ifyouwanttouseyourcomputeronanairplane,checkthewirelessserviceswiththeairline
beforeboarding.

•Ifyoucarryyourcomputerwiththewirelessfeatureintoanairplane,checktheserviceswiththeairline
beforeboardingtheairplane.

•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseofcomputersonanairplanewiththewirelessfeature,youneed
todisableitbeforeboarding.

Tolocatethewirelessantennasonyourcomputer,see“LocationoftheUltraConnectwirelessantennas”on
page110

Tipsforusingthewirelessconnectionfeature

Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:

•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess

•Toachievethebestwirelessconnection,openyourcomputerdisplaytoanangleslightlygreaterthan

•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth

Note:Y oucanpurchaseawirelessnetworkcardasanoptionfromLenovoat
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.

.

pointandthecomputer.

90degrees.

option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.

UsingBluetooth

TosenddatatoaBluetooth-enableddevice,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.

2.SelectSendT o➙BluetoothDevices.

Toreceivethedata,clicktheBluetoothiconintheWindowsnoticationarea,andclickReceiveaFile.

TocongureaBluetoothdeviceormanageconnectionsettings,dothefollowing:

1.ClicktheBluetoothiconintheWindowsnoticationarea,andthenclickOpenSettings.

2.ConguretheBluetoothsettingsasyoudesire.

Fordetails,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystem.

Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.

PresentationsandMultimedia

Youcanconnectyourcomputertoaprojectortogivepresentationsoryoucanconnectyourcomputer
toanexternalmonitortoexpandyourworkspace.

Changingthedisplaysettings

Tochangethedisplaysettingslikethedisplayresolutionandfontsize,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Thenclick
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickAppearanceandPersonalization➙Display.

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3.Selectthedisplayyouwanttocongure.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentochangethedisplay
settings.

Usinganexternaldisplay

Ifanexternalmonitorisconnectedtoyourcomputer,youcanswitchthedisplayofyourcomputeroutput
betweenthecomputerdisplayandtheexternalmonitor.Youalsocandisplaythesameoutputonbothor
displaydifferentoutputoneach.

Note:Ifyouattachanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreinstalledonthecable
isrequired.

Touseanexternalmonitor,dothefollowing:

1.ConnecttheexternalmonitortoyourcomputerthroughtheVGAconnector,theMiniDisplayPort
connector,ortheHDMIconnector.Connecttheexternalmonitortoanelectricaloutlet.

Note:IfthemonitorconnectorisnotcompatiblewiththeMiniDisplayPortconnectorortheHDMI
connectoronyourcomputer,youcanuseaconvertcabletoestablishtheconnection.Convertcables
areavailableasoptionsfromLenovoathttp://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.

2.T urnontheexternalmonitor.

3.ChangethedisplayoutputlocationbypressingF7.Thisenablesyoutoviewoutputontheexternal
monitor,thecomputerdisplay,orbothmonitors.

Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,right-clickonthedesktop,thenselectScreen
resolution.ClicktheDetectbutton.

Yourcomputersupportsamaximumvideoresolutionofupto2560x1600,providedthattheexternal
monitoralsosupportsthatresolution.Formoredetails,refertothemanualsprovidedwithyourmonitor.Y ou
cansetanyresolutionforeitherthecomputerdisplayortheexternalmonitor.Whenyouusebothatthe
sametime,theresolutionofbothisthesame.Ifyousetahigherresolutionforthecomputerdisplay,you
canseeonlypartofthescreenatatime.YoucanseeotherpartsbymovingtheimagewiththeTrackPoint
pointingdeviceoranotherpointingdevice.

Considerationsforusinganexternalmonitor

•Wheninstallinganoperatingsystem,youmustinstallthedisplaydriverforyourmonitorthatissupplied
withthecomputer,andthemonitorINFlethatissuppliedwiththeexternalmonitor.

•Ifyousetaresolutionhigherthantheresolutionyouareusingonthecomputermonitor,andusean
externalmonitorthatdoesnotsupportthatresolution,takeadvantageofthevirtualscreenfunction,
whichenablesyoutodisplayonlyapartofthehigh-resolutionscreenimageyourcomputerproduces.
YoucanseeotherpartsoftheimagebymovingthescreenwiththeTrackPointpointingdeviceoranother
pointingdevice.

•Iftheexternalmonitoryouareusingisoutdated,theresolutionandtherefreshratemightbelimited.

•IfyouwanttoshowDOSfull-screenwhileintheExtendmode,onlythemaindisplayshowsDOS;the
otherdisplayisblackedout.

•IfyouareusingtheExtendmode,whenanapplicationusingDirectDraworDirect3Displayedin
full-screenmode,itisshownonlyonthemaindisplay.

Settingthemaindisplay

IfyourcomputerhastheIntel

®

graphicscard,youcandesignatetheotherdisplayasthemaindisplay

bydoingthefollowing:

1.Right-clickonyourdesktop,andthenclickScreenresolution.

2.Selectthedisplaywhichyouwanttosetasmain.ThenselecttheMakethismymaindisplaycheck
box.

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer29

Settingthemonitortype

Tosetyourmonitortype,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickonthedesktop,andclickScreenresolution.

Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,clicktheDetectbutton.

2.Clicktheiconforthedesiredmonitor.

3.SetResolution.

4.ClickAdvancedSettings.

5.ClicktheMonitortab.Checkthemonitorinformationwindowtoensurethatthemonitortypeiscorrect.
Ifitis,clickOKtoclosethewindow;otherwiseproceedwiththefollowingsteps.

6.Ifmorethantwomonitortypesaredisplayed,selectGenericPnPMonitororGenericNon-PnP
Monitor.

7.ClickProperties.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconrmation,typethepassword
orprovideconrmation.

8.ClicktheDrivertab.

9.ClickUpdateDriver.

10.ClickBrowsemycomputerfordriversoftware,andthenclickLetmepickfromalistofdevice
driversonmycomputer.

11.CleartheShowcompatiblehardwarecheckbox.

12.SelectManufacturerandModelforyourmonitor.Ifyoucannotndyourmonitoronthelist,stopthe
installationofthisdriverandusethedrivershippedwithyourmonitor.

13.Afterupdatingthedriver,clickClose.

14.ClickOK.

Usingaprojector

Tomakepresentations,youcanattachaprojectortoyourcomputerthroughtheMiniDisplayPortconnector
ortheThunderboltconnectoronyourcomputer.

Note:IftheprojectorconnectorisnotcompatiblewiththeMiniDisplayPortconnector
ortheThunderboltconnectoronyourcomputer,youcanpurchaseaconvertercableon
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.

Itmighttakeseveralsecondsbeforetheprojectordisplaystheimage.Ifyoudonotseeyourdesktop
displayedafter60seconds,pressF7toswitchbetweendifferentdisplayoutputlocations.

Yourprojectormighthaveoneormoreaudio-inputconnectors.T oprojectsound,youwillneedtoattachthe
comboaudiojackonyourcomputertotheseconnectors,usinganaudiocable(commerciallyavailable).

Usingaudiofeatures

Yourcomputerisequippedwiththefollowing:

•Comboaudiojack,1/8inch(3.5mm)indiameter

•Built-instereospeakers

•Built-indigitalmicrophone

Yourcomputeralsohasanaudiochipthatenablesyoutoenjoyvariousmultimediaaudiofeatures:

•CompliantwithIntelHighDenitionAudio

30UserGuide

•RecordingandplaybackofPCMandWAVlesin16-bitor24-bitformat

•PlaybackofaWAVleatasamplerateof44.1KHzto192KHz

•PlaybackofMIDIlesthroughaWavetablesynthesizerunderMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems

•PlaybackofMP3lesthroughtheWindowsMediaPlayerorasoftwareMP3player

•Recordingfromvarioussoundsources

Note:Thecomboaudiojackdoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.

Thefollowingtableshowswhichfunctionsoftheaudiodevicesattachedtothejacksonyourcomputerare
supported.

Table1.Audiofeaturelist

JackHeadsetwitha3.5mm

4-poleplug

Comboaudiojack

Headphoneand
microphonefunctions
supported

Conventional
headphone

Headphonefunction
supported

Conventional
microphone

Notsupported

Conguringforsoundrecording

Tocongurethemicrophoneforoptimizedsoundrecording,opentheRealtekHDAudioManagerwindow
bydoingthefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙RealtekHDAudioManager.

Usingtheintegratedcamera

Ifyourcomputerhasanintegratedcamera,youcanusethecameratopreviewyourvideoimageandtakea
snapshotofyourcurrentimage.Tostartthecamera,pressF6toopentheLenovoSettingsprogram,and
thenclickCamera.Whenthecameraisstarted,thegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.

Youalsocanusetheintegratedcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,
videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousetheintegratedcamerawithotherprograms,openoneofthe
programsandstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,thecamera
willstartautomaticallyandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorwillturnon.Formoreinformationaboutusing
thecamerawithaprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

Conguringcamerasettings

Tocongurethecamerasettings,dooneofthefollowing:

•Congurethecamerasettingsdirectlyfromtheprogramthatisusingthecamera.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

•ClickLenovoSettingsfromtheStartscreen,andthenclickCamera.Followtheinstructionsonthe
screen.

Usingamediacard

Yourcomputerhasonemediacardreaderslot.Themediacardreaderslotsupportsthefollowingfour
typesofcards:

•SecureDigital(SD)card

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•SecureDigitalHigh-Capacity(SDHC)card

•SecureDigitaleXtended-Capacity(SDXC)card

•MultiMediaCard(MMC)

Note:Whiletransferringdatatoorfromamediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputerinto
sleepmodebeforethedatatransferiscompleted;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecomedamaged.

Formoreinformationonmediacards,refertoanyofthefollowingtopics:

Insertingamediacard

Attention:Beforeyoustartinstallinganyofthefollowingcards,touchametaltableoragroundedmetal

object.Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

Toinsertamediacardintothe4-in-1mediacardreaderslot,dothefollowing:

1.Ensurethatthecardiscorrectlyoriented.

2.Insertthecardrmlyintothe4-in-1mediacardreaderslot.Pressthecardrmlyintotheslot.

Ifthemediacardisnotplugandplay,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙DeviceManager.

3.FromtheActionmenu,selectAddlegacyhardware.TheAddHardwareWizardstarts.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Removingamediacard

Attention:

•Beforeremovingthecard,stopthecardrst.Otherwise,dataonthecardmightbecorruptedorlost.

•Donotremovethecardwhilethecomputerisinsleepmode.Otherwise,thesystemmightnotrespond
whenyoutrytoresumeoperation.

Toremoveamediacard,dothefollowing:

1.ClickShowhiddeniconsintheWindowsnoticationarea.

2.Right-clicktheSafelyRemoveHardwareandEjectMediaicon.

3.SelectthecorrespondingitemtoejectthecardfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.

4.Pressthecardtoejectitfromyourcomputer.

5.Removethecardfromyourcomputerandstoreitsafelyforfutureuse.

Note:IfyoudonotremovethecardfromyourcomputerafteryouejectthecardfromtheWindows
operatingsystem,thecardcannolongerbeaccessed.Toaccessthecard,youmustremoveitonce,
theninsertitagain.

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Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutaccessibility,comfort,andtravelingwithyourcomputer.

•“Accessibilityandcomfort”onpage33

•“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage35

Accessibilityandcomfort

Goodergonomicpracticeisimportanttogetthemostfromyourpersonalcomputerandtoavoiddiscomfort.
Arrangeyourworkplaceandtheequipmentyouusetosuityourindividualneedsandthekindofwork
thatyouperform.Inaddition,usehealthyworkhabitstomaximizeyourperformanceandcomfortwhile
usingyourcomputer.

Thefollowingtopicsprovideinformationaboutarrangingyourworkarea,settingupyourcomputer
equipment,andestablishinghealthyworkhabits.

Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingthelatestinformationandtechnologytoourcustomerswithdisabilities.
Refertoouraccessibilityinformationwhichoutlinesoureffortsinthisarea.

Ergonomicinformation

Workinginthevirtualofcemightmeanadaptingtofrequentchangesinyourenvironment.Forexample,
adaptingtothesurroundinglightsources,properseating,andtheplacementofyourcomputerhardware
canhelpyouimproveyourperformanceandachievegreatercomfort.

Thisexampleshowssomeoneinaconventionalsetting.Evenwhennotinsuchasetting,youcanfollow
manyofthesetips.Developgoodhabits,andtheywillserveyouwell.

Generalposture:Makeminormodicationsinyourworkingposturetodetertheonsetofdiscomfortcaused
bylongperiodsofworkinginthesameposition.Frequentshortbreaksfromyourworkalsohelptoprevent
minordiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingposture.

Display:Positionthedisplaytomaintainacomfortableviewingdistanceof20-30inches(510-760mm).
Avoidglareorreectionsonthedisplayfromoverheadlightingoroutsidesourcesoflight.Keepthedisplay

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screencleanandsetthebrightnesstolevelsthatenableyoutoseethescreenclearly.PressF5orF6
toadjustdisplaybrightness.

Headposition:Keepyourheadandneckinacomfortableandneutral(vertical,orupright)position.

Chair:Useachairthatgivesyougoodbacksupportandseatheightadjustment.Usechairadjustmentsto

bestsuityourdesiredposture.

Armandhandposition:Ifavailable,usethearmrestsoranareaonyourworkingsurfacetoprovideweight
supportforyourarms.Keepyourforearms,wrists,andhandsinarelaxedandneutral(horizontal)position.
Typewithasofttouchwithoutpoundingthekeys.

Legposition:Keepyourthighsparalleltotheoorandyourfeetatontheoororonafootrest.

Whatifyouaretraveling?

Itmightnotbepossibletoobservethebestergonomicpracticeswhenyouareusingyourcomputer
whileonthemoveorinacasualsetting.Regardlessofthesetting,trytoobserveasmanyofthetipsas
possible.Sittingproperlyandusingadequatelighting,forexample,willhelpyoumaintaindesirablelevels
ofcomfortandperformance.

Questionsaboutvision?

ThevisualdisplayscreensofThinkPadnotebookcomputersaredesignedtomeetthehigheststandards
andtoprovideyouwithclear,crispimagesandlarge,brightdisplaysthatareeasytosee,yeteasyonthe
eyes.Ofcourse,anyconcentratedandsustainedvisualactivitycanbetiring.Ifyouhavequestionsoneye
fatigueorvisualdiscomfort,consultavisioncarespecialistforadvice.

Comfort

Observethefollowingguidelinestoachievegreatercomfortandimproveperformance.

Activesittingandrestbreaks:Thelongeryousitandworkwithyourcomputer,themoreimportantitisto
observeyourworkingposture.Follow“Ergonomicinformation”onpage33
avoiddiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingpostures.Makingminorvoluntaryposturalchangesand
takingshortfrequentworkbreaksarethekeyingredientsforhealthycomputing.Y ourcomputerislightand
mobile;youcaneasilyrepositionyourworkingsurfacetoaccommodatemanyposturemodications.

Workareasetupoptions:Familiarizeyourselfwithallofyourofcefurnituresothatyouknowhowto
adjustyourworksurface,seat,andotherworktoolstoaccommodateyourpreferencesforcomfort.
Ifyourworkareaisnotinanofcesetting,besuretotakespecialnoteofemployingactivesitting
andtakingworkbreaks.ManyThinkPadproductsolutionsareavailabletohelpyoumodifyandexpand
yourcomputertobestsuityourneeds.AccessthefollowingWebsitetoviewsomeoftheseoptions:
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.Exploreyouroptionsfordockingsolutionsand
externalproductsthatprovidetheadjustabilityandfeaturesthatyouwant.

andpractice“activesitting”to

Accessibilityinformation

Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingpeoplewithdisabilitiesgreateraccesstoinformationandtechnology.
Asaresult,thefollowinginformationprovideswaystohelpusersthathavehearing,vision,andmobility
limitationsgetthemostoutoftheircomputerexperience.

Assistivetechnologiesenableuserstoaccessinformationinthemostappropriateway.Someofthese
technologiesarealreadyprovidedinyouroperatingsystem.Otherscanbepurchasedthroughvendors,or
accessedthroughtheWorldWideWebhttp://www.lenovo.com/healthycomputing.

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Assistivetechnologies

SomeaccessibilitytechnologiesareavailablethroughtheAccessibilityOptionsprogram.Depending
onyouroperatingsystem,thenumberofaccessibilityoptionsavailablevaries.Ingeneral,accessibility
optionsenhancethewayuserswithhearing,vision,ormobilitylimitationsnavigateandusetheircomputer.
Forexample,someusersmightnothavethenemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey
combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,
magniersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese
features,consulttheMicrosofthelpinformationsystem.

TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙EaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter.

Screenreadertechnologies

Screenreadertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareapplicationinterfaces,helpinformation
systems,andavarietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotread
documents,thedocumentmustrstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobe
PDFlesintoaformatthatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedservice
providedbyAdobeSystemsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscan
beconvertedtoHTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionconvertsPDFdocuments
ontheInternet.AsecondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFlethroughe-mailto
convertittoHTMLorASCIItext.AdobePDFlesonalocalharddiskdrive,localCD-ROM,orLANalsocan
beconvertedbyattachingtheAdobePDFletoane-mailmessage.

Travelingwithyourcomputer

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretraveling.

Traveltips

Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmorecondentlyandefcientlywithyourcomputer.

•Althoughitissafetoallowyourcomputertogothroughthex-raymachinesatairportsecuritystations,it
isimportanttokeepyoureyesonthecomputeratalltimestopreventtheft.

•Considerbringinganelectricaladapterforuseinanairplaneorautomobile.

•Ifyoucarryanacpoweradapter,detachtheaccordfromittoavoiddamagingthecord.

Traveltipsonairplanes

Ifyoucarryyourcomputerintoanairplane,takenoteofthefollowingtips:

•Ifyouintendtouseyourcomputerorwirelessservices(suchasInternetandBluetooth),checkwiththe
airlineforrestrictionsandavailabilityofservicesbeforeboardingtheairplane.Iftherearerestrictions
ontheuseofcomputerswithwirelessfeaturesontheairplane,youmustabidebythoserestrictions.If
necessary,disablewirelessfeaturesbeforeboarding.

•Becarefulabouttheseatinfrontofyouonairplanes.Angleyourcomputerdisplaysothatitdoesnotget
caughtwhenthepersoninfrontofyouleansback.

•Whentakingoff,remembertoturnoffyourcomputer.

Travelaccessories

Thefollowingisachecklistofitemstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtotravel:

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•ThinkPadacpoweradapter

•ThinkPadAC/DCcomboadapter

•Externalmouse(ifyouareaccustomedtousingone)

•Ethernetcable

•Extrachargedbattery

•Aqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushionandprotection

•Externalstoragedevice

Ifyouaretravelingtoanothercountry,youmightneedtoconsideranacpoweradapterforthecountryto
whichyouaretraveling.

Topurchasetravelaccessories,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/accessories.

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Chapter4.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.

•“Attachingamechanicallock”onpage37

•“Usingpasswords”onpage37

•“Harddisksecurity”onpage42

•“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage43

•“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage44

•“Usingrewalls”onpage44

•“Protectingdataagainstviruses”onpage44

Attachingamechanicallock

Youcanattachamechanicallocktoyourcomputertohelppreventitfrombeingremovedwithoutyour
permission.

Attachamechanicallocktothekeyholeofthecomputer;thensecurethechainonthelocktoastationary
object.Refertotheinstructionsshippedwiththemechanicallock.

Note:Y ouareresponsibleforevaluating,selecting,andimplementingthelockingdevicesandsecurity
features.Lenovomakesnocomments,judgments,orwarrantiesaboutthefunction,quality,orperformance
oflockingdevicesandsecurityfeatures.

Usingpasswords

Byusingpasswords,youcanhelppreventyourcomputerfrombeingusedbyothers.Onceyouseta
password,apromptisdisplayedonthescreeneachtimeyouturnonthecomputer.Enteryourpasswordat
theprompt.Youcannotusethecomputerunlessyoutypethecorrectpassword.

Passwordsandsleepmode

Ifyouhavesetpasswordsandyouputyourcomputerintosleepmode,theprocedureforresuming
operationisasfollows:

•Youarenotpromptedtotypethepasswordwhenresumingoperation.

•Ifanyharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivehasapassword,itisunlockedautomaticallywhenyouresume
operation.

Note:IfaWindowspasswordhasbeenset,youwillbepromptedtoenterit.

Typingpasswords

Ifthisiconisdisplayed,typeapower-onpasswordorasupervisorpassword.

Ifthisiconisdisplayed,typeauserharddiskpassword.Ifyouwanttotypeamasterharddisk

password,dothefollowing:

1.PressF1.Theiconchangestothis:

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2.T ypethemasterharddiskpassword.

Note:Toreturntotheicon,pressF1again.

Ifthisiconisdisplayed,typeasupervisorpassword.

Note:PresstheBackspacekeyifyouenterawrongpasswordwhileyouaretypingyourpassword.

Power-onpassword

Youcansetapower-onpasswordtohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstaccessbyunauthorizedusers.

Ifyousetapower-onpassword,thepasswordpromptisdisplayedonthescreenwheneveryouturnonthe
computer.Youmustenterthecorrectpasswordtostartusingthecomputer.

Settingapower-onpassword

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.T urnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

6.SelectPassword.

7.SelectPower-onPassword.

8.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typeadesiredpassword,andpressEnter.

9.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.

Attention:Y oumightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Otherwise,ifyou
forgetit,youhavetotakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohave
thepasswordcanceled.

10.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.

11.PressFn+F10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchanges
andexit.

Changingorremovingthepower-onpassword
Tochangethepower-onpassword,followsteps1through7.Enteryourcurrentpassword.WhentheEnter

NewPasswordeldisdisplayed,typeanewpasswordintheeldandthenretypeittoverify.Toremove

thepassword,followsteps1through7.Typeyourcurrentpassword.WhentheEnterNewPasswordeld
isdisplayed,leaveitblankandpressEntertwice.

Harddiskpasswords

Twotypesofharddiskpasswordshelpprotecttheinformationstoredontheharddiskdrive:

•Userharddiskpassword

•Masterharddiskpassword,whichrequiresauserharddiskpassword

Ifauserharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,butnomasterharddiskpasswordhasbeen,theusermustenter
theuserharddiskpasswordinordertogainaccesstolesandapplicationsontheharddiskdrive.

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Themasterpasswordcanbesetandusedonlybyasystemadministrator.Likeamasterkey,itenablesthe
administratortogetaccesstoanyharddiskdriveinasystem.Theadministratorsetsthemasterpassword;
nooneelseknowsit.Thentheadministratorsetsauserpasswordforeachcomputerinthenetwork,and
tellseachuserthepasswordforhisorhercomputer.Theusercanthenchangetheuserpasswordas
desired,buttheadministratorstillcangetaccessbyusingthemasterpassword.

Note:Whenamasterharddiskpasswordisset,onlytheadministratorcanremovetheuserharddisk
password.

Settingaharddiskpassword

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.T urnyourcomputeroffandthenonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

6.SelectPassword.

7.SelectHardDisk1Password.

8.Apasswordwindowopens.YouarepromptedtoselectUserorUser+Master.SelectUserifyouwant
tosetonlyoneharddiskpassword.Ifyouareanadministratororsupervisor,youcanselectUser+
Mastertosettwopasswords.(Theusercanchangetheuserpasswordlater.)

•IfyouselectUser+Master,dothefollowing:

a.Whenawindowfortypingthenewuserharddiskpasswordopens,typeyournewpasswordin

theEnterNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.
b.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.PressEnter.
c.Amessagewindowopensandpromptsyoutosetthemasterharddiskpassword.PressEnterto

continue.
d.Awindowfortypingthenewmasterharddiskpasswordopens.Typeyournewpasswordin

theEnterNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.
e.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.PressEnter.

•IfyouselectUseronly,dothefollowing:
a.Whenawindowfortypingthenewpasswordopens,typeyournewpasswordintheEnterNew

Passwordeld.PressEnter.

Notes:

–YoucansettheminimumlengthofaharddiskpasswordthroughtheSecuritymenu.
–Ifyousetaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters,theharddiskdrivecanbeusedonly

withacomputerthatcanrecognizeaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters.Ifyouthen
installtheharddiskdriveinacomputerthatcannotrecognizeaharddiskpasswordthat
containsmorethansevencharacters,youcannotgetaccesstothedrive.

b.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.PressEnter.

Attention:Y oumightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Otherwise,ifyou
forgettheuserpassword,orbothuserandmasterpasswords,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordsor
recoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketing
representativetohavetheharddiskdrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbe
chargedforpartsandservice.

9.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.

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10.PressFn+F10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchanges
andexit.

Thenexttimeyouturnonyourcomputer,youwillhavetotypetheuserormasterharddiskpasswordin
ordertostartyourcomputerandgetaccesstoyouroperatingsystem.

Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword

Followsteps1through7in“Settingaharddiskpassword”onpage39,typingyourpasswordtogetaccess
totheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Tochangeorremovetheuserharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

•Tochangetheharddiskpassword,typethecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then
typethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordeld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredto
verifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.Press
EntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordwillbechanged.

•Toremovetheharddiskpassword,typethecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then
leavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,andpressEnter.ASetup
Noticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddisk
passwordwillberemoved.

TochangeorremovetheUser+Masterharddiskpasswords,selectUserHDPorMasterHDP.

IfyouchooseUserHDP,dothefollowing:

•Tochangetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordorthecurrentmaster
harddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Thentypethenewuserharddiskpasswordin
theEnterNewPasswordeld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNew
Passwordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetup
Noticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordischanged.

•Toremovetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrent
Passwordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,and
pressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Theuserharddiskpasswordwillberemoved.

IfyouchooseMasterHDP,dothefollowing:

•Tochangethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThentypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPassword
eld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.Press
Enter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.The
masterharddiskpasswordischanged.

•Toremovethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,
andpressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Boththeuserandmasterharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.

Supervisorpassword

ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredinThinkPadSetup.Withoutit,noonecan
changethecongurationofthecomputer.Itprovidesthefollowingsecurityfeatures:

•Ifasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkPadSetup
program.Unauthorizeduserscannotgetaccesstocongurationdata.

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•Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtogetaccesstoacomputereveniftheuserof
thatcomputerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.

•Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou
havethesupervisorpassword:

–Deletingthepower-onpassword
–Changingordeletingthesupervisorpassword
–EnablingordisablingtheWakeonLANfeature
–EnablingordisablingtheInternalNetworkOptionROMfeature
–Changingdateandtime
–EnablingordisablingtheLockUEFIBIOSSettingsfeature
–EnablingordisablingthePasswordatunattendedbootfeature
–Specifyingtheminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordsandharddiskpasswords
–Changingthesettingforthesecuritychip
–EnablingordisablingtheBootDeviceListF12Optionfeature
–EnablingordisablingtheBootOrderLockfeature
–EnablingordisablingtheFlashBIOSUpdatingbyEnd-Usersfeature
–Enablingordisablingtheinternalnetworkdevice
–Enablingordisablingtheinternalwirelessdevice
–EnablingordisablingtheinternalBluetoothdevice
–EnablingordisablingtheinternalwirelessWANdevice
–EnablingordisablingtheSecuritymode

Notes:

•ThesystemadministratorcansetthesamesupervisorpasswordonmanyThinkPadnotebookcomputers
tomakeadministrationeasier.

•ByenablingtheLockUEFIBIOSSettingsfeatureonthePasswordmenuwhenyousetthesupervisor
password,youmakeitimpossibleforanyonebutyoutomakechanges.

Setting,changing,orremovingasupervisorpassword

Onlyasystemadministratorcanset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword.

Toset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.T urnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

6.SelectPassword.

7.SelectSupervisorPassword.

8.Awindowopens,promptingyoutoenteranewpassword.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthe
following:

•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:

a.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.

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b.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.

•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typethenewsupervisorpassword;thenretypethepassword

youjustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.

•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank.PressEnter.

Attention:Youmightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyour
supervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

9.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.

10.PressFn+F10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchanges
andexit.

ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyourpasswordtoproceed.

Harddisksecurity

Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithms
areintegratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebookcomputers.

Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:

•Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolid-statedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage38

.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.

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•ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModule(TPM)managementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage43.

•Ifaharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewithencryptiontechnologyisinstalledonyourcomputer,besure
toprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdriveencryption
software,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker
DriveEncryption”onpage42

•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,besuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage44.

Note:TheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.

UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption

Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryptionsoftware,such
asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows8.ItissupportedinthePro
andEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystem
anddatastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencrypting
alluserandsystemles,includingtheswaples.

.

®

DriveEncryption.See“UsingWindowsBitLocker

and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage

BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.

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TochecktheBitLockerstatusontheWindows8operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.ClickSystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDriveEncryption.

FordetailsaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seetheWindows8HelpandSupportprogram,or
searchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-StepGuide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.

DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolid-statedrive

SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveorEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeature
helpstoprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDashordevicecontrollersbyuse
ofahardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,besuretosetaharddisk
passwordfortheinternalstoragedevice.

Settingthesecuritychip

Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransfercondentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecurity
chip,acryptographicmicroprocessor.Withthesecuritychip,youcandothefollowing:

•Protectyourdataandsystem

•Strengthenaccesscontrols

•Securecommunications

Settingthesecuritychip

ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas
follows:

•SecurityChip:activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.

•SecurityReportingOptions:enableordisableeachsecurityreportingoption.

•ClearSecurityChip:cleartheencryptionkey.

Notes:

1.EnsurethatthesupervisorpasswordhasbeensetinThinkPadSetup.Otherwiseanyonecanchange
thesettingsforthesecuritychip.

2.Ifthesecuritychipisremovedorreplaced,oranewonehasbeenadded,thecomputerwillnotstart.
Youwillhearfourcyclesoffourbeepseach.

3.Ifthesecuritychipisinactiveordisabled,theClearSecurityChipoptionwillnotbedisplayed.

4.Whenyouclearthesecuritychip,besuretoturnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagainafteryou
setthesecuritychiptoActive.Otherwise,theClearSecurityChipoptionisnotdisplayed.

TosetanitemontheSecurityChipsubmenu,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.T urnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoSecurity.TheSecuritymenuopens.

6.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoSecurityChip,andpressEnter.TheSecurityChipsubmenuopens.

7.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoanitemyouwanttoset.Whentheitemishighlighted,pressEnter.

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8.Setotheritemsthatyouwanttoset.

9.PressFn+F10tosavechangesandexit.

10.PressEnterintheSetupConrmationwindowtoconrmtheexit.

Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Ascomputersspreadintoeverycorneroflife,theyprocessmoreandmoreinformation.Thedataonyour
computer,someofwhichmightbesensitive,isstoredonaharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Beforeyou
disposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,besuretodeletedatastoredonit.

Handingyourcomputerovertosomeoneelsewithoutdeletingtheloadedsoftware,suchasoperating
systemsandapplicationsoftware,mightevenviolatelicenseagreements.Y ouareadvisedtocheckthe
termsandconditionsofthoselicenseagreements.

Therearemethodsthatseemtodeletethedata:

•Movethedatatotherecyclebin,andthenclickEmptyrecyclebin.

•UsetheDeleteoption.

•Formatyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.

•Usingtherecoveryprogramonyourcomputer,bringtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivebackto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

Theseoperations,however,onlychangetheleallocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindows.The
dataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthedatabyuseof
specialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmightreadandmisusethecritical
dataonharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrivesforunexpectedpurposes.

Topreventleakageofdata,itbecomesveryimportantthatyoutakeresponsibilityfordeletingallthedata
fromtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewhenyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Y ou
candestroythedataphysicallybysmashingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewithahammer,or
magneticallybymeansofstrongmagneticpower,thusmakingthedataunreadable.Butwerecommend
thatyoumakeuseofthesoftware(payware)orservice(payservice)specicallydevelopedforthepurpose.

Fordisposingofdataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,LenovoprovidestheSecureDataDisposal
tool.Todownloadtheapplication,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Note:Runningeitherapplicationwilltakeacoupleofhours.

Usingrewalls

Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwitharewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccesses,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.

Formoreinformationabouthowtousetherewallprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemthat
comeswiththeprogram.

Protectingdataagainstviruses

Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The
antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.

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Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourcomputerwithafree30-daysubscription.After
30days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.

Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpinformationsystemof
yourantivirussoftware.

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Chapter5.Recoveryoverview

Thissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedonyourcomputer.

Refreshingyourcomputer

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwellandtheproblemmightbecausedbyarecentlyinstalledprogram,
youcanrefreshyourcomputerwithoutlosingyourpersonallesorchangingyoursettings.

Attention:Ifyourefreshyourcomputer,theprogramsthatcamewithyourcomputerandtheprogramsthat
youinstalledfromWindowsStorewillbereinstalled,butallotherprogramswillberemoved.

Torefreshyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.

2.IntheRefreshyourPCwithoutaffectingyourlessection,clickGetstarted.

Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings

Youcanresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.Resettingthecomputerwillreinstallthe
operatingsystem,andreinstallalltheprogramsandsettingsthatcamewithyourcomputer.

Attention:Ifyouresetyourcomputer,allyourpersonallesandsettingswillbedeleted.Toavoiddataloss,
makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Toresetyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.

2.IntheRemoveeverythingandreinstallWindowssection,clickGetstarted.

Advancedstartupoptions

AdvancedstartupoptionsenableyoutochangethestartupsettingsofyourWindowsoperatingsystem,
startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestoretheWindowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.

Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:

1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.

2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.

3.Restartyourcomputerfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Formoredetailsabouttherecoverysolutions,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheWindows8
operatingsystem.

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Chapter6.Replacingdevices

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacehardwareforyourcomputer.

•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage49

•“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage49

•“ReplacingtheSIMcard”onpage49

•“Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage51

•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage53

•“ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardforwirelessLANconnection”onpage57

•“InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard”onpage60

Staticelectricityprevention

Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor
aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou
toinstallit.

WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe
edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.

•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.

•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthe
parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo
seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.

•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackagingandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackagingonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonit.

•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery

BeforereplacinganyCRU,ensurethatyouhavedisabledthebuilt-inbatterybydoingthefollowing:

1.T urnoffyourcomputeranddisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.

2.T urnonyourcomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,pressF1toenterThinkPadSetup.

3.SelectCong➙Power.ThePowersubmenuisdisplayed.

4.SelectDisableBuilt-inBattery.

5.ClickY esintheSetupWarningwindow,thenthecomputerwillbeturnedoffautomatically.Waitthreeto
veminutestoletthecomputercool.

ReplacingtheSIMcard

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

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YourcomputermightrequireaSIMcardtoestablishwirelessWANconnections.Dependingonthecountry
ofdelivery,youmightneedtopurchaseaSIMcard,oraSIMcardmightalreadybeinstalledinyour
computer,ortheSIMcardispartoftheshippingcontentsthatcomewithyourcomputer.

IfyoundaSIMcardincludedintheshippingcontents,adummycardisinstalledintheSIMcardslot.Then
proceedwiththefollowinginstructions.

Note:TheSIMcardisidentiedbytheICchipmountedononesideofthecard.

ToreplacetheSIMcard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage49.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnitover.

3.LocatetheSIMcarddoorattherearofthecomputer.GentlypivottheSIMcarddoorupwards.

4.Gentlypushthecardtoremoveitfromthecomputer.

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5.Holdthenewcardwiththemetalcontactfacingdownwards.Then,insertthecardrmlyintotheslot
untilyouhearaclick.

6.ClosetheSIMcarddooruntilitsnapsintoposition.

7.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Attention:Theharddiskdriveisverysensitive.Incorrecthandlingcancausedamageandpermanentloss
ofdata.Observethefollowingguidelines:

•Replacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveonlyifyouupgradeitorhaveitrepaired.Theconnectors
andslotoftheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivearenotdesignedforfrequentchanges,ordrive
swapping.

•Donotdroptheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveorsubjectittophysicalshocks.Puttheharddiskdrive
orsolid-statedriveonamaterial,suchassoftcloth,thatabsorbsanyphysicalshocks.

•Donotapplypressuretothecoveroftheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.

•Donottouchtheconnector.

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•Beforeremovingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,makeabackupcopyofalltheinformation
onit,andthenturnthecomputeroff.

•Neverremovetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewhilethecomputerisoperating,insleepmode.

Toreplacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage49.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Loosenthescrew1thatsecurestheharddiskdriveslotcover,thenremovetheharddiskdriveslot
cover.

4.Removetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivebypullingoutthetab.

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5.Insertthenewharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveintotheslotandslidetheharddiskdriveorsolid-state
drivermlyintoplace.

6.Reinstalltheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivedoor1.Thentightenthescrew2.

7.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

Replacingthekeyboard

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

DANGER

Duringelectricalstorms,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutlet
onthewall.

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.Toavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.

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Toremovethekeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage49.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethekeyboardatthebottom.

4.T urnthecomputeroverandopenthedisplay.

5.Pushhardinthedirectionshownbythearrows1tounlatchthefrontsideofthekeyboard.The
keyboardwillbedetachedslightly.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

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6.Removethecables2and4byippingtheconnectors1and3upwards.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

Toinstallthekeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Attachthecables1and3byippingtheconnectors2and4downwards.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

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2.Insertthekeyboard.Ensurethatthefrontedgeofthekeyboardisundertheframe.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

3.Slidethekeyboardintoplaceinthedirectionshownbythearrows.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

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4.Closethecomputerdisplayandturnthecomputerover.Reinstallthetwoscrewsatthebottom.

5.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardforwirelessLANconnection

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

DANGER

Duringelectricalstorms,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutlet
onthewall.

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.Toavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.

Attention:BeforeyoustartinstallingaMiniPCIExpressCard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetal

object.Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

ToreplacethewiressLANcard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage49.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethekeyboard.See“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage53.

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4.Ifatoolforremovingconnectorsisincludedinthepackagewiththenewcard,useittodisconnectthe
cablesfromthecard.Ifnosuchtoolisincluded,disconnectthecablesbypickinguptheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunpluggingthem.

5.Removethescrew.Thecardpopsup.

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6.Removethecard.

7.AlignthecontactedgeofthenewPCIExpressMiniCardwiththecorrespondingsocket.

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8.Pivotthecarduntilitsnapsintoplace1.Securethecardwiththescrew2.

9.ConnecttheantennacablestothenewPCIExpressMiniCardasshowninthefollowinggure.Besure
toattachthegraycabletotheconnectormarked“MAIN”or“M”onthecard,andtheblackcableto
theconnectormarked“AUX”or“A”.

10.Reinstallthekeyboard.See“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage53.

11.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermighthaveawirelessWANcardinstalledintheMiniPCIExpressCard
slot.Toinstallorreplaceit,readthefollowinginstructions.

PrerequisitesforreplacingorinstallingawirelessWANcard

DANGER

Duringelectricalstorms,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutlet
onthewall.

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DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.Toavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.

Attention:BeforeyoustartinstallingaMiniPCIExpressCard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetal

object.Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

ToinstallorreplacethewirelessWANcard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage49.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethekeyboard.See“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage53.

4.Ifatoolforremovingconnectorsisincludedinthepackagewiththenewcard,useittodisconnectthe
cablesfromthecard.Ifnosuchtoolisincluded,disconnectthecablesbypickinguptheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunpluggingthem.

Note:Dependingonthesystemcongurationofyourcomputer,thecardmighthaveonlyoneconnector.

5.Removethescrew.Thecardwiththebracketpopsup.

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6.Removethecardwiththebracket.

7.Pullthecardoutofthebracket.

8.Insertthenewcardintothebracket.

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9.AlignthecontactedgeofthenewPCIExpressMiniCardwiththecorrespondingsocket.

10.Pivotthecarduntilitsnapsintoplace1.Securethecardwiththescrew2.

11.ConnecttheantennacablestothenewPCIExpressMiniCardasshowninthedrawing.Besureto
attachtheredcabletotheconnectormarked“MAIN”or“M”onthecard,andthebluecabletothe
connectormarked“AUX”or“A”.

12.Reinstallthekeyboard.See“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage53.

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13.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

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Chapter7.Advancedconguration

Ifyouneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem,updateyoursystemUEFIBIOS,installnewdevicedrivers,
orrecoverpreinstalledsoftware,thisinformationwillhelpyouhandleyourcomputerwithpropercareand
keepitintopworkingshape.

•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage65

•“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage66

•“ThinkPadSetup”onpage66

•“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage77

Installinganewoperatingsystem

Ifyouinstallanewoperatingsysteminyourcomputer,youneedtoinstallthesupplementlesandThinkPad
devicedriversforitatthesametime.Formoreinformation,see“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage66

Beforeyouinstalltheoperatingsystem,printtheinstructionsyouwilluse.

Notes:

•TheUEFIBIOSfeaturesaresupportedonlyonthe64-bitversionoftheWindows7andWindows8
operatingsystem.

•BesuretosetapreferredsettingfortheUEFI/LegacyBootoptioninThinkPadSetup.

•Afterinstallingthenewoperationsystem,youshouldnotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettingin
ThinkPadSetup.TheUEFI/LegacyBootsettingmustbethesameasitwaswhentheWindowsoperating
systemimagewasinstalled.Otherwise,thenewoperatingsystemwillnotbootproperly.

.

Forthecountryorregioncoderequiredintheinstallation,useoneofthefollowing:

Countryorregion:Code

China:SC
Denmark:DK
Finland:FI
France:FR
Germany:GR
Italy:IT
Japan:JP
Netherlands:NL
Norway:NO
Spain:SP
Sweden:SV
TaiwanandHongKong:TC
UnitedStates:US

InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

ToinstalltheWindows8operatingsystemanditsrelatedsoftwareonyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.StartThinkPadSetup.

2.SelectStartup➙Boot.

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3.ChangethebootpriorityordertobootyourcomputerfromthedrivethatcontainstheWindows
8operatingsysteminstaller.

4.PressF10.

5.ConnectthedrivethatcontainstheWindows8operatingsysteminstallertoyourcomputer,and
restartthecomputer.

6.InstalltheIntelChipsetSupportforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7/8.

7.Installdevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage66.

InstallingtheWindows8xmodule

TodownloadandinstallaWindows8xmodule,gototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat
http://support.microsoft.com/,typethenumberofthexmoduleyouneedinthesearcheld,andclick

Search.

Installingdevicedrivers

Thedevicedriversareavailableathttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.Clickyourcomputerproduct
nametoviewallthedevicedriversforyourcomputer.

Attention:Alwaysgotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDriversforthelatestdevicedrivers.Donot
downloadthemfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.

ThinkPadSetup

YourcomputercomeswiththeThinkPadSetupprogramtoenableyoutoselectvarioussetupparameters.

TostartThinkPadSetup,dothefollowing:

1.T urnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,presstheF1key.theThinkPadSetup
programmainmenuopens.

Ifyouhavesetasupervisorpassword,theThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuwillbedisplayed
afteryouenterthepassword.Y oucanstartThinkPadSetupbypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthe
supervisorpassword.However,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisor
password.Formoreinformation,referto“Usingpasswords”onpage37

2.Usethecursorkeystomovetoanitemthatyouwanttochange.Whentheitemishighlighted,press
Enter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.

3.Changetheitemsyouwanttochange.T ochangethevalueofanitem,pressthe+or–key.Iftheitem
hasasubmenu,youcandisplayitbypressingEnter.

4.PressEsctoexitfromthesubmenu.

5.Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachtheThinkPadSetupprogram
mainmenu.

6.SelectRestart.Movethecursortotheoptionyouwanttorestartyourcomputer;thenpressEnter.
Yourcomputerrestarts.

Ifyouneedtorestorethesettingstotheoriginalstateasofthetimeofpurchase,pressFn+F9toload
thedefaultsettings.Y oualsocanselectanoptionontheRestartsubmenutoloadthedefaultsettings
ordiscardthechanges.

Note:YoucannotrestorethesettingsundertheSecuritymenubypressingFn+F9.

.

Mainmenu

TheMainmenuistherstinterfaceyouseeafteryouenterThinkPadSetup.Itdisplaysthefollowing
congurationofyourcomputer:

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•UEFIBIOSVersion

•UEFIBIOSDate(Year-Month-Day)

•EmbeddedControllerVersion

•MachineTypeModel

•System-unitserialnumber

•Systemboardserialnumber

•AssetT ag

•CPUT ype

•CPUSpeed

•Installedmemory

•UUID

•MACaddress(InternalLAN)

•PreinstalledOSLicense

•UEFISecureBoot

Congmenu

Ifyouneedtochangethecongurationofyourcomputer,selectCongfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider
changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.

•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption,ortypedesired
valuesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThefollowingtableliststheCongmenuitems.

Table2.Congmenuitems

Menuitem

Network

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

WakeOnLAN

•Disabled

•ACOnly

•ACandBattery

EnablethesystemtoPoweron
whentheEthernetcontroller
receivesamagicpacket(a
specialnetworkmessage).

IfyouselectACOnly,theWake
onLANfunctionisenabledonly
whentheacpoweradapteris
attached.

IfyouselectACandBattery,
theWakeonLANfunctionis
enabledwithanypowersources.

Note:ACpowerisrequiredwith
magicpackettypeWakeon
LAN.

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Table2.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

EthernetLANOptionROM

UEFIIPv4NetworkStack

UEFIIPv6NetworkStack

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

Note:TheWakeonLANfunction
doesnotworkwhenaharddisk
passwordisset.

IfyouselectDisable,itloads
theEthernetLANOptionROM
toenablestartupfromthe
integratednetworkdevice.This
optionmustbeenabledto
displaytheMACAddressforthe
integratednetwork.

Note:EthernetLANOption
ROMsubmenuappearswhen
LegacyOnlyorLegacyFirstwith
BothmodeisselectedinStartup
Page.

EnableordisableInternet
ProtocolVersion4(IPv4)
networkstackfortheUEFI
environment.

Note:UEFIIPv4NetworkStack,
UEFIIPv6NetworkStackand
UEFIPXEBootPrioritymenus
appearwhenUEFIOnlyorUEFI
FirstwithBothmodeisselected
inStartupPage.

EnableordisableUEFIIPv6
NetworkStackForUEFI
environment.

UEFIPXEBootPriority•IPv6First

•IPv4First

WirelessLANRadio

•On

•Off

Note:UEFIIPv4NetworkStack,
UEFIIPv6NetworkStackand
UEFIPXEBootPrioritymenus
appearwhenUEFIOnlyorUEFI
FirstwithBothmodeisselected
inStartupPage.

SelectNetworkStackpriorityfor
UEFIPXEBoot.

Note:UEFIIPv4NetworkStack,
UEFIIPv6NetworkStackand
UEFIPXEBootPrioritymenus
appearwhenUEFIOnlyorUEFI
FirstwithBothmodeisselected
inStartupPage.

IfyouselectOn,theinternal
wirelessradioisturnedon.Ifyou
selectOff,theinternalwireless
radioisturnedoff.

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Table2.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

USB

Keyboard/Mouse

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

USBUEFIBIOSSupport

•Disabled

•Enabled

USB3.0Mode

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Auto

FnandCtrlKeyswap

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablebootsupport
fromUSBstoragedevices.

SettheUSB3.0controllermode
fortheportssharedbetween
USB2.0andUSB3.0controller.

IfyouselectAuto,itenablesyou
toconnectandrouteappropriate
USB3.0orUSB2.0connectors.

IfyouselectEnabled,itenables
theUSB3.0modeandallows
theUSB3.0tobesupported
intheWindows8operating
system.

IfyouselectDisabled,it
disablesandhidesthetheUSB

3.0controller,andtheUSB3.0
connectorswillworkasUSB2.0
connectors.

IfyouselectEnabled,theFnkey
worksastheCtrlkey,andthe
CtrlkeyworksastheFnkey.

FnKeyLock•Disabled

Changeto“F1-F12keys”

Note:EvenwhenEnabledis
selected,youneedtopressthe
Fnkeytoresumethecomputer
fromsleepmodetonormal
operation.

EnableordisabletheFnkey

•Enabled

lock.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcan
presstheFnkeyoncetokeep
itinapressedcondition,then
pressthedesiredkey.This
isequivalenttopressingthe
desiredkeysimultaneouslywith
theFnkey.IfyoupresstheFn
keytwice,thestateislocked
untilyoupresstheFnkeyagain.

•Default

•Legacy

IfyouselectDefault,youcan
pressF1-F12directlytoinitiate
specialfunctionsillustrated
oneachkey.Ifyouselect
LegacyyouneedtopressFn
andthecorrespondingkey
simultaneouslytoinitiatethe
specialfunctionsillustratedon
eachkey.

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Table2.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

DisplayBootDisplayDevice

Power

Intel(R)SpeedStep
technology

CPUPowerManagement

Inter(R)RapidStart
Technology

DisableBuilt-inBattery

•ThinkPadLCD

•HDMI

•DisplayPort

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enterafter:

•Immediately

•1minute

•2minutes

•5minutes

•10minutes

•15minutes

•30minutes

•1hour

•2hours

•3hours

Selectthedisplaydevicetobe
activatedatboottime.This
selectioniseffectiveforboot
time,passwordprompt,and
ThinkPadSetup.

SelectthemodeofIntel
SpeedStep

®

technologyat

runtime.

•MaximumPerformance:
Alwayshighestspeed

•BatteryOptimized:Always
lowestspeed

•Disabled:Noruntime
support,lowestspeed

Enableordisablethepower
savingfeaturethatstops
themicroprocessorclock
automaticallywhenthereareno
systemactivities.

Tousethisfeature,aspecial
partitiononthesolid-statedrive
isrequired.

Whenenabled,youcanenable
the30DayStandbyfunction
throughtheLenovoSettings
program.Thefunctionenables
thecomputertoenteralower
powerstateafterthespecied
timeinsleepstate.Alsoittakes
onlysecondstoresumenormal
operation.

Note:Tousethisfeature,
aspecialpartitiononthe
solid-statedriveisrequired.

Usethisfeaturetotemporarily
disablethebuilt-inbattery.The
systemwillbeautomatically
poweredoffafteryouselect
thisitem.Thenthecomputeris
readytobeserviced.

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Note:Theacpoweradapter

mustbedisconnectedtoperform
thisoperation.Thebuilt-in
batterywillbeautomatically
enabledwhentheacpower
adapterisreconnected.

Table2.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

BeepandAlarm

SerialAT A(SA T A)SATAControllerMode

CPU

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

PasswordBeep•Disabled

KeyboardBeep•Disabled

Option

CoreMulti-Processing

Intel(R)Hyper-Threading
Technology

Enablethisoptiontohavea

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Compatibility

•AHCI

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

beepsoundwhenthesystem
iswaitingforapower-on,hard
disk,orsupervisorpassword.
Differentbeepswillbesounded
whentheenteredpassword
matchesordoesnotmatchthe
conguredpassword.

Enableordisablethekeyboard
beepwhenunmanageablekey
combinationsarepressed.

SelectSATAcontroller
operationmode.Ifyou
selectCompatibility,the
SATAcontrolleroperatesin
compatibilitymode.

Enableordisableadditional
executioncoreunitswithina
CPU.

Note:Ifyouareusinga
computerwithasingle-core
processor,thisitemisnot
available.

Enableordisableadditional
logicalprocessorswithina
processorcore.

Date/Timemenu

Ifyouneedtosetthecurrentdateandtimeofyourcomputer,selectDate/TimefromtheThinkPadSetup
programmainmenu.Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:

•SystemDate

•SystemTime

Tochangethedateandtime,dothefollowing:

1.Usingtheupanddownarrowkeystoselecttheitemtochangethedateortime.

2.PressT ab,Shift+T ab,orEntertoselectaeld.

3.T ypethedateortime.

Note:Anotherwaytoadjustthedateandtimeisbypressing+or–.

4.PressFn+F10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.

Securitymenu

Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider
changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.

Chapter7.Advancedconguration71

•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption,ortypedesired
valuesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThefollowingtableliststheCongmenuitems.

Table3.Securitymenuitems

Menuitem

Password

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

SupervisorPassword

PasswordStatus

LockUEFIBIOSSettings

Passwordatunattended
boot

Passwordatrestart•Disabled

SetMinimumLength

Power-OnPassword

PasswordStatus

HardDisk1Password

PasswordStatus

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

Referto“Supervisorpassword”on
page40.

Enableordisablethefunctionthat
protectsitemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogramfrombeingchanged
byunauthorizedusers.Bydefault,
thisissettoDisabled.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandenable
thisfunction,noonebutyoucan
changetheitemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogram.

IfyouselectandEnablePassword
atunattendedboot,apassword
promptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,froma
power-offstate.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopasswordpromptis
displayed;thecomputergoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.To
preventunauthorizedaccess,you
cansettheuserauthenticationon
theoperatingsystem.

IfyouselectandEnablePassword
atrestart,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;
thecomputergoesaheadandloads
theoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,youcanset
theuserauthenticationonthe
operatingsystem.

Specifyaminimumlengthfor
power-onpasswordsandharddisk
passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.

Referto“Power-onpassword”on
page38

Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on
page38.

.

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Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

SecurityChip

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

HardDisk2Password

PasswordStatus

SecurityChip

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Active

•Inactive

•Disabled

SecurityReporting
Options

ClearSecurityChip

Enter

Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on
page38.

IfyouselectActive,thesecurity
chipisfunctional.Ifyouselect
Inactive,theSecurityChipoption
isvisible,butthesecuritychip
isnotfunctional.Ifyouselect
Disabled,theSecurityChipoption
ishiddenandthesecuritychipis
notfunctional.

Enableordisablethefollowing
SecurityReportingOptions:

•BIOSROMStringReporting:
BIOStextstring

•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata

•NVRAMReporting:Security
datastoredintheAssetID

•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOS
data

Cleartheencryptionkey.

PhysicalPresencefor
Provisioning

PhysicalPresencefor
Clear

UEFIBIOSUpdateOption

FlashUEFIUpdatingby
End-Users

SecureRollBack
Prevention

MemoryProtectionExecutionPrevention•Disabled

Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonly
ifyouhaveselectedActiveforthe
SecurityChipoption.

•Disabled

•Enabled

Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe
conrmationmessagewhenyou
changethesettingsofthesecurity
chip.

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe
conrmationmessagewhenyou
clearthesecuritychip.

IfyouselectEnabled,allusers
canupdatetheUEFI.Ifyouselect
Disabled,onlythepersonwho
knowsthesupervisorpasswordcan
updatetheUEFIBIOS.

•Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectDisabled,youcanash
theolderversiontheUEFIBIOS.

Somecomputervirusesandworms

•Enabled

causememorybufferstooverow.
ByselectingEnabledyoucan
protectyourcomputeragainst
attacksbysuchvirusesandworms.
Ifyoundthatanapplication
programdoesnotruncorrectlyafter
choosingEnabled,selectDisabled
andresetthesetting.

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Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

Virtualization

I/OPortAccess

Anti-Theft

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

Intel(R)Virtualization
Technology

Intel(R)VT-dFeature

EthernetLAN•Disabled

WirelessLAN•Disabled

WirelessWAN•Disabled

Bluetooth•Disabled

USBPort

MemoryCardSlot

IntegratedCamera

Microphone•Disabled

IntelA TModuleActivation

Currentsetting

Computrace

Currentsetting

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Permanently
Disabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Permanently
Disabled

IfyouselectEnabled,aVirtual
MachineMonitor(VMM)canutilize
theadditionalhardwarecapabilities
providedbyVirtualization
Technology.

IntelVT-dstandsforIntel
VirtualizationTechnologyfor
directedI/O.Whenenabled,aVMM
canutilizetheplatforminfrastructure
forI/Ovirtualization.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
theEthernetLANdevice.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
theWirelessLANdevice.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
theWirelessWANdevice.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
theBluetoothdevice.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
theUSBconnectors.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
thememorycardslotforaSDcard
oraMultiMediaCard.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
theintegratedcamera.

IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuse
themicrophone(internal,external,
orline-in).

EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOS
interfacetoactivatetheIntelAT
module,whichisanoptionalthe
anti-theftservicefromIntel.

Note:IfyousettheIntelAT
moduleactivationtoPermanently
Disabled,youwillbeunableto
enablethissettingagain.

EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOS
interfacetoactivatethecomputrace
module.Computraceisanoptional
monitoringservicefromAbsolute
Software.

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Note:Ifyousetthecomputrace
moduleactivationtoPermanently
Disabled,youwillbeunableto

enablethissettingagain.

Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

SecureBoot

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

SecureBoot

PlatformMode

ResettoManufacturing
Default

CertNamesWin8Certicate

•Disabled

•Enabled

UserMode

EnterResetsecurebootvariablestothe

EnablesordisablestheUEFIsecure
bootfeature.

Enableordisablethisfunctionto
forbidorallowanunauthorized
operatingsystemtorunatboot
time.

Note:ToenabeSecureBoot,you
needtosetthestartupsettingas
UEFIOnlyandsetCSMSupport
asNo.

Thisindicatesthattheplatformis
operatinginsetupmodeoruser
mode.

manufacturingdefault

Startupmenu

Tochangethecomputerstartupsettings,selectStartupfromtheThinkPadSetupmainmenu.

Attention:

•Afteryouchangethestartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnottospecifyawrongdevice
duringacopy,save,orformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprogramsmightbe
erasedoroverwritten.

•IfyouareusingtheBitLockerdriveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.BitLocker
driveencryptiondetectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthecomputerfrombooting.

Changingthestartupsequence

Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:

1.SelectBootorNetwork,thenpressEnter.Thedefaultbootlistisdisplayed,showingtheorderinwhich
deviceswillbestartedup.Evendevicesthatarenotattachedtoorinstalledonyourcomputerarelisted.

•UsetheBootsubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenyouturnonthepower.

•UsetheNetworksubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenWakeonLANisenabled.

WakeonLANiscommonlyusedbyLANadministratorsincorporatenetworkstogetremoteaccess
toyourcomputer.

2.Setthestartupsequencebyusingthefollowingkeys:

•Usecursorkeystoselectadevice.

•UseF6orthecombinationofShiftand+tomovethedeviceuptoahigherpriority.

•UseF5or–tomovethedevicedowntoalowerpriority.

3.PressFn+F10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.

Tochangethestartupsequencetemporarilysothatthesystemstartsupfromadifferentdrive,dothe
following:

1.T urnoffthecomputer.

Chapter7.Advancedconguration75

2.T urnonthecomputer,then,whiletheThinkPadlogoisdisplayedatthelower-leftofthescreen,
pressF12.

3.Selectthedeviceyouwanttostartrst.

Note:TheBootmenuwillbedisplayedwhenthesystemcannotbootfromanydeviceortheoperating
systemcannotbefound.

ThefollowingtableshowsthecontentsoftheStartupmenuitems.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.

•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThefollowingtableliststheStartupmenuitems.

Table4.Startupmenuitems

Menuitem

Boot

NetworkBoot

UEFI/LegacyBoot•UEFIOnly

UEFI/LegacyBootPriority

CSMSupport

BootMode

OptionKeyDisplay

SelectionComments

•USBCD

•USBFDD

•ATAHDD0

•ATAHDD1

•ATAHDD2

•USBHDD

•PCILAN

•Both

•LegacyOnly

•UEFIFirst

•LegacyFirst

•No

•Yes

•Quick

•Diagnostics

•Disabled

•Enabled

Referto“Changingthestartup
sequence”onpage75.

SelecttoppriorityoftheBootPriority
OrderwhenwakingfromLAN.

EnabletheUEFI/Legacyboot.

Selectpriorityofbootoptionbetween
UEFIandLegacy.

CompatibilitySupportModule(CSM)is
denedinUEFIspec.

TheQuickbootisintendedtobootthe
operatingsystemassoonaspossible
byreducingthePOSTelapsedtime.The
Diagnosticsbootistobeusedforthe
problemdeterminationbyperforming
testsofthedevices.

IfyouselectDisabled,thenthemessage
“Tointerruptnormalstartup,pressEnter”
isnotdisplayedduringthePOST.

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Table4.Startupmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

BootDeviceListF12Option

BootOrderLock

SelectionComments

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

F12keyisusedtoinvokeapop-upBoot
deviceList.

Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen
supervisorenterssetup.

IfyouselectDisabled,yourcomputer
willbootusingthedefaultpriority.Ifyou
selectEnabled,yourcomputerwillboot
usingthepriorityyouhavecustomized.

Restartmenu

IfyouneedtoclosetheThinkPadSetupprogramandrestartthesystem,selectRestartfromtheThinkPad
Setupprogrammainmenu.Thefollowingsubmenuoptionsaredisplayed:

•ExitSavingChanges:ExitSystemSetupandsaveyourchangestoCMOS.

•ExitDiscardingChanges:ExitSystemSetupwithoutsavingchanges.

•LoadSetupDefaults:LoadthedefaultvalueforallThinkPadSetupitems.

•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.

•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.

UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS

TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.

YourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory.Youcan
updatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadSetupprogrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdate
opticaldiscorashupdateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.

Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.

ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers

Usingsystemmanagement

Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.

Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.

Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclientcomputers
inthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,formatting
harddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.

Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.

Chapter7.Advancedconguration77

Systemmanagement

Readthistopictolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofsystemmanagement:

DesktopManagementInterface

ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specication(SMBIOS)V2.6.1SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsofyour
system.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfandthe
devicesonthesystemboard.ThisspecicationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothisBIOS
information.

PrebooteXecutionEnvironment

PrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesyourcomputermoremanageable(itisPXE

2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)froma
server.YourcomputersupportsthepersonalcomputerfunctionsthatPXErequires.Forexample,withthe
appropriateLANcard,yourcomputercanbebootedfromthePXEserver.

Note:RemoteProgramLoad(RPL)cannotbeusedwithyourcomputer.

WakeonLAN

AnetworkadministratorcanuseWakeonLANtoturnonacomputerfromamanagementconsole.

WhenWakeonLANisusedwithnetworkmanagementsoftware,manyfunctions,suchasdatatransfer,
softwareupdates,andFlashupdatesofUEFIBIOS,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendance.
Thisupdatingcanbedoneafternormalworkinghoursandonweekends,tosavetimeandincrease
productivity.Usersarenotinterruptedduringnormalworkinghours,andLANtrafciskepttoaminimum.

IfacomputeristurnedonbytheWakeonLANfunction,theNetworkbootsequenceisused.

AssetIDEEPROM

TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitscongurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankeldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.

Settingmanagementfeatures

Toenablethenetworkadministratortocontrolyourcomputerremotely,youmustcongurethenetwork
interfacebysettingthesystem-managementfeaturesintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Y oucancongure
thefollowingfunctionsintheprogram:

•WakeonLAN

•NetworkBootsequence

•Flashupdate

Ifanadministratorpassword(supervisorpassword)hasbeenset,youwillneedtospecifyitwhenyoustart
ThinkPadSetuptousethesefunctions.

WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministrator
canstartthecomputerremotelyfromamanagementconsole,usingremotenetwork-managementsoftware.

Whenyourcomputerisnotunderthenetworkadministrator'ssystemmanagement,youcandisableWake
onLAN.

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ToenableordisableWakeonLAN,dothefollowing:

1.StartThinkPadSetup.

2.SelectCong.TheCongsubmenuisdisplayed.

3.SelectNetwork.TheNetworkitemsubmenuisdisplayed.

4.ForWakeOnLAN,selectoneofthefollowing:ACOnly,ACandBattery,orDisabled.

5.PressFn+F10tosavechangesandexit.

NetworkBootsequence

Whenyourcomputeristurnedonremotely,thesystemwilltrytobootfromthedevicethatisspeciedinthe
NetworkBootsetting,andthenfollowthebootorderlistontheBootmenu.

Todeneasequence,dothefollowing:

1.OntheThinkPadSetupprogrammenu,selectStartup.Thesubmenuisdisplayed.

2.SelectNetworkBootandpresstheEnterkey.Thebootdevicelistisdisplayed.

3.Selectabootdevicefromthelisttomakeitasthetopbootpriority.

4.PressFn+F10tosavechangesandexit.

Note:Ifyouwanttoinitializethesettingtoreturntothedefaultstartupsequence,pressF9.Thedefault
settingsareautomaticallyreloaded.

Flashupdate

Yournetworkadministratorcanremotelyupdatethesystemprogramsonyourcomputerfromamanagement
console.Thefollowingrequirementsmustbemet:

•YourcomputermustbestartedovertheLAN.

•YourcomputermustbeengagedinaPrebooteXecutionEnvironment.

•Network-managementsoftwaremustbeinstalledontheremoteadministrator'scomputer.

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Chapter8.Preventingproblems

AnimportantpartofowningaThinkPadnotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,you
canavoidcommonproblems.Thischapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputer
runningsmoothly.

•“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage81

•“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage82

•“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage83

Generaltipsforpreventingproblems

1.IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanmSATAsolid-statedrive,youarenot
recommendedtousethemSATAsolid-statedriveasabootabledevice.ThemSATAsolid-statedriveis
designedanddevelopedfor“cache”functionpurposeonly.IfyouusethemSATAsolid-statedriveasa
bootabledevice,itsreliabilityisnotguaranteed.

2.Checkthecapacityofyourharddiskdrivefromtimetotime.Iftheharddiskdrivegetstoofull,the
Windowsoperatingsystemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrors.Tochecktheharddiskdrive
capaity,opentheWindowsExplorerandclickComputer.

3.Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.

4.Usediskdefragmenttoolregularlyonyourharddiskdrivetoimprovedataseekandreadtimes.

5.T ofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedapplicationprograms.

Note:Youalsomightwanttolookforapplicationprogramduplicationoroverlappingversions.

6.CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.

7.Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisagoodideatoperformadaily
backupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.Rewritableoptical
drivesareavailableformostmachinesandareeasilyinstalled.

8.Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.Formoreinformationabout
systemrestore,seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage47.

9.UpdatedevicedriversandUEFIBIOSwhenneeded.

10.Proleyourmachineathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttokeepuptodatewithcurrentdriversand
revisions.

11.Ensuredevicedriversfornon-Lenovoperipheraldevicesarekeptuptodate.Youmightwanttoreadthe
devicedriverinformationreleasenotespriortoupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.

12.Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minor
issuesyouhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.

13.Ifyoueverneedtorunarecoveryonyourcomputertoreturnthepreloadontothemachine,the
followingtipsmighthelpalongtheway:

•Removeallexternaldevicessuchastheprinter,keyboard,andsoon.

•Ensurethatyourbatteryischargedandthatyouhavetheacpowerconnected.

•BootintoThinkPadSetupandloadthedefaultsettings.

•Restartthecomputerandstarttherecoveryoperation.

•Ifyouusediscstorecoverthecomputer,donotremovethediscfromthedriveuntilpromptedto

doso.

14.Forsuspectedharddiskdriveissues,referto“Diagnosingproblems”onpage87toruna
diagnostictestofthedrivebeforeyoucalltheCustomerSupportCenter.Ifyourcomputerdoes
notstartup,downloadthelestocreateabootableself-testmediafromthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/hddtest.Runthetestandrecordanymessagesorerrorcodes.Ifthetest

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returnsanyfailingerrorcodesormessages,calltheCustomerSupportCenterwiththecodesor
messagesandthecomputerinfrontofyou.Atechnicianwillassistyoufurther.

15.Ifrequired,youcanndyourcountry'sCustomerSupportCenterat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.WhencallingtheCustomerSupportCenter,ensurethatyou
haveyourmachinemodeltype,serialnumber,andthecomputerinfrontofyou.Also,ifthecomputeris
producingerrorcodes,itishelpfultohavetheerrorscreenonorthemessagewrittendown.

Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent

Devicedriversareprogramsthatcontaininstructionsfortheoperatingsystemabouthowtooperateor
“drive”acertainpieceofhardware.Eachhardwarecomponentonyourcomputerhasitsownspecicdriver.
Ifyouaddanewcomponent,theoperatingsystemneedstobeinstructedonhowtooperatethatpiece
ofhardware.Afteryouinstallthedriver,theoperatingsystemcanrecognizethehardwarecomponent
andunderstandhowtouseit.

Note:Becausedriversareprograms,likeanyotherleonyourcomputer,theyaresusceptibletocorruption
andmightnotperformcorrectlyifcorruptionoccurs.

Itisnotalwaysnecessarytodownloadthelatestdrivers.However,youshoulddownloadthelatestdriver
foracomponentifyounoticepoorperformancefromthatcomponentorifyouaddedanewcomponent.
Thismighteliminatethedriverasthepotentialcauseoftheproblem.

GettingthelatestdriversfromtheWebsite

YoucandownloadandinstallupdateddevicedriversfromtheLenovoWebsitebydoingthefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.

2.ClicktheproductnameofyourcomputerintheCurrentThinkPadsystemslisttoseeallthedevice
driversforyourcomputer.

3.Clickthedriveryouwant,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

GettingthelatestdriversusingSystemUpdate

TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyoursystemup-to-date.Updatepackagesare
storedonLenovoserversandcanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Updatepackagescan
containapplications,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSashes,orsoftwareupdates.WhentheSystemUpdate
programconnectstotheLenovoSupportWebsite,theSystemUpdateprogramautomaticallyrecognizes
themachinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer,theinstalledoperatingsystem,andthelanguageofthe
operatingsystemtodeterminewhatupdatesareavailableforyourcomputer.TheSystemUpdateprogram
thendisplaysalistofupdatepackagesandcategorizeseachupdateascritical,recommended,oroptionalto
helpyouunderstandtheimportance.Y ouhavecompletecontrolofwhichupdatestodownloadandinstall.
Afteryouselecttheupdatepackagesyouwant,theSystemUpdateprogramautomaticallydownloadsand
installstheupdateswithoutanyfurtherinterventionfromyou.

TheSystemUpdateprogramispreinstalledonyourcomputerandisreadytorun.Theonlyprerequisiteis
anactiveInternetconnection.Youcanstarttheprogrammanually,oryoucanusetheschedulefeature
toenabletheprogramtosearchforupdatesautomaticallyatspeciedintervals.Y oualsocanpredene
scheduledupdatestosearchbyseverity(criticalupdates,criticalandrecommendedupdates,orallupdates)
sothelistyouchoosefromcontainsonlythoseupdatetypesthatareofinteresttoyou.

FormoreinformationabouthowtouseSystemUpdate,referto“Lenovoprograms”onpage11.

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Takingcareofyourcomputer

Althoughyourcomputerisdesignedtofunctionreliablyinnormalworkenvironments,youneedtouse
commonsenseinhandlingit.Byfollowingtheseimportanttips,youwillgetthemostuseandenjoyment
outofyourcomputer.

Becarefulaboutwhereandhowyouwork

•Storepackingmaterialssafelyoutofthereachofchildrentopreventtheriskofsuffocationfromplastic
bags.

•Keepyourcomputerawayfrommagnets,activatedcellularphones,electricalappliances,orspeakers
(within13cmor5inches).

•Avoidsubjectingyourcomputertoextremetemperatures(below5°C/41°Forabove35°C/95°F).

•Someappliances,suchascertainportabledesktopfansorairpuriers,canproducenegativeions.Ifa
computerisclosetosuchanappliance,andisexposedforanextendedtimetoaircontainingnegative
ions,itmightbecomeelectrostaticallycharged.Suchachargemightbedischargedthroughyourhands
whenyoutouchthekeyboardorotherpartsofthecomputer,orthroughconnectorsonI/Odevices
connectedtoit.Eventhoughthiskindofelectrostaticdischarge(ESD)istheoppositeofadischargefrom
yourbodyorclothingtothecomputer,itposesthesameriskofacomputermalfunction.

Yourcomputerisdesignedandmanufacturedtominimizeanyeffectsofelectrostaticcharge.Anelectrostatic
chargeaboveacertainlimit,however,canincreasetheriskofESD.Therefore,whenusingthecomputer
closetoanappliancethatcanproducenegativeions,givespecialattentiontothefollowing:

•Avoiddirectlyexposingyourcomputertotheairfromanappliancethatcanproducenegativeions.

•Keepyourcomputerandperipheralsasfaraspossiblefromsuchanappliance.

•Whereverpossible,groundyourcomputertofacilitatesafeelectrostaticdischarge.

Note:Notallsuchappliancescauseasignicantelectrostaticcharge.

Begentlewithyourcomputer

•Avoidplacinganyobjects(includingpaper)betweenthedisplayandthekeyboardorthepalmrest.

•Yourcomputerdisplayisdesignedtobeopenedandusedatanangleslightlygreaterthan90degrees.
Donotopenthedisplaybeyond180degrees,asthismightdamagethecomputerhinge.

•Donotturnyourcomputeroverwhiletheacpoweradapterispluggedin.Thiscouldbreaktheadapter
plug.

Carryyourcomputerproperly

•Beforemovingyourcomputer,besuretoremoveanymedia,turnoffattacheddevices,anddisconnect
cordsandcables.

•Whenpickingupyouropencomputer,holditbythebottom.Donotpickuporholdyourcomputerby
thedisplay.

Handlestoragemediaanddrivesproperly

•Ifyourcomputercomeswithanopticaldrive,donottouchthesurfaceofadiscorthelensonthetray.

•WaituntilyouheartheCDorDVDclickintothecenterpivotofthedrivebeforeclosingthetray.

•Wheninstallingtheharddiskdrive,mSATAsolid-statedrive,followtheinstructionsshippedwithyour
hardware,andapplypressureonlywhereneededonthedevice.

•TurnoffyourcomputerifyouarereplacingtheharddiskdriveorthemSATAsolid-statedrive.

•Whenreplacingtheharddiskdrive,reattachthecoverofthedriveslot.

Chapter8.Preventingproblems83

•Storeyourexternalandremovableharddiskdriveoropticaldrivesintheappropriatecontainersor
packagingwhentheyarenotbeingused.

•Beforeyouinstallanyofthefollowingdevices,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisaction
reducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.

–Memorymodule
–MiniPCIcard
–Memorycard,suchasSDcard,SDHCcard,SDXCcard,andMultiMediaCard

Note:Notalllisteddevicesareincludedinyourcomputer.
Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.

•Whiletransferringdatatoorfromamediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputerintosleep
modebeforethedatatransferiscompleted;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecomedamaged.

Takecareinsettingpasswords

Rememberyourpasswords.Ifyouforgetasupervisororharddiskpassword,Lenovowillnotresetit,and
youmighthavetoreplaceyoursystemboardorharddiskdrive.

Registeryourcomputer

RegisteryourThinkPadcomputerwithLenovoathttp://www.lenovo.com/register.Thiscanhelpauthorities
returnyourcomputertoyouifitislostorstolen.RegisteringyourcomputeralsoenablesLenovotonotify
youaboutpossibletechnicalinformationandupgrades.

Besurenottomodifyyourcomputer

•OnlyanauthorizedThinkPadrepairtechnicianshoulddisassembleandrepairyourcomputer.

•Donotmodifyortapethelatchestokeepthedisplayopenorclosed.

Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer

Occasionallycleanyourcomputerbydoingthefollowing:

1.Prepareamixtureofagentlekitchen-usedetergent(onethatdoesnotcontainabrasivepowderor
strongchemicalssuchasacidoralkaline).Use5partswaterto1partdetergent.

2.Absorbthediluteddetergentintoasponge.

3.Squeezeexcessliquidfromthesponge.

4.Wipethecoverwiththesponge,usingacircularmotionandtakingcarenottoletanyexcessliquiddrip.

5.Wipethesurfacetoremovethedetergent.

6.Rinsethespongewithcleanrunningwater.

7.Wipethecoverwiththecleansponge.

8.Wipethesurfaceagainwithadry,soft,lint-freecloth.

9.Waitforthesurfacetodrycompletelyandremoveanybersfromthecloth.

Cleaningyourcomputerkeyboard

Tocleanthecomputerkeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Applysomeisopropylrubbingalcoholtoasoft,dust-freecloth.

2.Wipeeachkeytopsurfacewiththecloth.Wipethekeysonebyone;ifyouwipeseveralkeysatatime,
theclothmighthookontoanadjacentkeyandpossiblydamageit.Ensurethatnoliquiddripsonto
orbetweenthekeys.

3.Allowtodry.

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4.T oremoveanycrumbsordustfrombeneaththekeys,youcanuseacamerablowerwithabrush
orcoolairfromahairdryer.

Note:Avoidsprayingcleanerdirectlyontothedisplayorthekeyboard.

Cleaningyourcomputerdisplay

Tocleanthecomputerdisplay,dothefollowing:

1.Gentlywipethedisplaywithadry,softlint-freecloth.Ifyouseeascratchlikemarkonyourdisplay,
itmightbeastaintransferredfromthekeyboardortheTrackPointpointingstickwhenthecoverwas
pressedfromtheoutside.

2.Wipeordustthestaingentlywithasoft,drycloth.

3.Ifthestainremains,moistenasoft,lint-freeclothwithwaterora50-50mixtureofisopropylalcoholand
waterthatdoesnotcontainimpurities.

4.Wringoutasmuchoftheliquidasyoucan.

5.Wipethedisplayagain;donotletanyliquiddripintothecomputer.

6.Besuretodrythedisplaybeforeclosingit.

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