Lenovo X1 Carbon User Manual

UserGuide

ThinkPadX1Carbon

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•SafetyandWarrantyGuide

•RegulatoryNotice

•“Importantsafetyinformation”onpagevi

•AppendixE“Notices”onpage147

ThelatestSafetyandWarrantyGuideandtheRegulatoryNoticeareavailableontheLenovoSupportWeb
siteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManual

SecondEdition(January2014)

©CopyrightLenovo2014.

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

Contents

Readthisfirst..............v

Importantsafetyinformation..........vi

Conditionsthatrequireimmediateaction..vii

Safetyguidelines............vii

Chapter1.Productoverview......1

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and

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

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

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

Left-sideview..............5

Bottomview...............7

Rearview................8

Statusindicators.............9

Locatingimportantproductinformation.....10

Machinetypeandmodelinformation....10

FCCIDandICCertificationinformation...10

CertificateofAuthenticityinformation....11

GenuineMicrosoftlabel.........12

Features.................12

Specifications...............13

Operatingenvironment...........14

Lenovoprograms.............14

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows

7operatingsystem...........15

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows

8.1operatingsystem..........16

Lenovoprogramoverview........17

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer...19

Registeringyourcomputer..........19

Frequentlyaskedquestions.........19

Usingthemulti-touchscreen.........21

UsingtheAdaptiveKeys...........24

AdaptiveKeysoverview.........25

ModesoftheAdaptiveKeys.......26

FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys......27

Fnkeycombinations..........30

Brightnessmanagement.........31

SettingtheAdaptiveKeys........31

Windowskey...............32

UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice......33

Powermanagement............34

Checkingthebatterystatus........34

Usingtheacpoweradapter........35

Chargingthebattery..........35

Maximizingthebatterylife........36

Managingthebatterypower.......36

Power-savingmodes..........36

Handlingthebattery...........37

Connectingtothenetwork..........38

Ethernetconnections..........39

Wirelessconnections..........39

Presentationsandmultimedia.........43

Changingdisplaysettings........43

Connectingaprojectororanexternal

monitor................44

Settingupapresentation.........45

Usingdualdisplays...........45

Usingaudiofeatures............46

Usingthecamera.............47

Usingcameragestures...........48

Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer..51

Accessibilityandcomfort..........51

Ergonomicinformation..........51

Comfort...............52

Accessibilityinformation.........52

Travelingwithyourcomputer.........53

Traveltips...............53

Travelaccessories...........53

Chapter4.Security..........55

Usingpasswords..............55

Typingpasswords...........55

Power-onpassword...........55

Supervisorpassword..........56

Harddiskpasswords..........57

Solid-statedrivesecurity...........59

Settingthesecuritychip...........60

Usingthefingerprintreader..........61

Noticeondeletingdatafromyoursolid-state

drive...................64

Usingfirewalls...............65

Protectingdataagainstviruses........65

Chapter5.Recoveryoverview....67

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operating

system..................67

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia.....67

Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations.68

UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.69

Creatingandusingarescuemedium....70

Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevice

drivers................71

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Solvingrecoveryproblems........71

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8.1operating

system..................72

Refreshingyourcomputer........72

Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefault

settings................72

Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions....73

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows

8.1failstostart.............73

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia.....73

Chapter6.Replacingdevices.....75

Staticelectricityprevention..........75

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery.........75

InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard....76

Replacingthebasecover..........77

Replacingthesolid-statedrive........78

ReplacingthewirelessLANcard.......80

InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard...83

Chapter7.Enhancingyour

computer...............87

FindingThinkPadoptions..........87

ThinkPaddocks..............87

Chapter8.Advancedconfiguration..91

Installinganewoperatingsystem.......91

InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..91

InstallingtheWindows8.1operatingsystem.92

Installingdevicedrivers...........93

UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram......93

Mainmenu..............94

Configmenu..............94

DateandTimemenu..........98

Securitymenu.............98

Startupmenu.............102

Restartmenu.............104

UpdatingtheUEFIBIOS.........104

Usingsystemmanagement..........104

Settingmanagementfeatures.......105

Chapter9.Preventingproblems..107

Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......107

Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....108

Takingcareofyourcomputer.........109

Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....110

Chapter10.Troubleshooting

computerproblems.........113

Diagnosingproblems............113

Troubleshooting..............113

Computerstopsresponding.......113

Spillsonthekeyboard..........114

Errormessages............114

Errorswithoutmessages.........115

Beeperrors..............116

Memorymoduleproblems........116

Networkingproblems..........117

Problemswiththekeyboardandotherpointing

devices................119

Problemswiththedisplayandmultimedia

devices................119

Fingerprintreaderproblems........123

Batteryandpowerproblems.......123

Asolid-statedriveproblem........126

Asoftwareproblem...........126

Problemswithportsandconnectors....126

Chapter11.Gettingsupport....129

BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........129

Gettinghelpandservice...........129

Usingdiagnosticprograms........130

LenovoSupportWebsite.........130

CallingLenovo.............130

Purchasingadditionalservices........131

AppendixA.Regulatory

Information.............133

Wirelessrelatedinformation.........133

LocationsoftheUltraConnect™wireless

antennas...............134

Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....135

Exportclassificationnotice..........135

Electronicemissionnotices..........135

FederalCommunicationsCommission

DeclarationofConformity........135

IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance

statement...............136

EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe

ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...136

GermanClassBcompliancestatement...136

KoreaClassBcompliancestatement....137

JapanVCCIClassBcompliancestatement..137

Japancompliancestatementforproducts

whichconnecttothepowermainswith

ratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aper

phase................137

Lenovoproductserviceinformationfor

Taiwan................137

Eurasiancompliancemark..........137

AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling

statements.............139

ImportantWEEEinformation.........139

RecyclinginformationforJapan........139

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BatteryrecyclinginformationforBrazil.....140

BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan.....140

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean

Union..................141

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates

andCanada................141

IndiaRoHS................143

TurkishRoHS...............143

UkraineRoHS...............144

AppendixD.ENERGYSTARmodel

information.............145

AppendixC.RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS)....143

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........143

ChinaRoHS................143

AppendixE.Notices.........147

Trademarks................148

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ivUserGuide

Readthisfirst

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,andmakesurethatthepowerbuttonisofforisblinking:

•Turnitoff.

•Putitinsleepmode.

•Putitinhibernationmode.

Thiswillhelptopreventdamagetothecomputer,andpossiblelossofdata.

Handleyourcomputergently.

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

Carryyourcomputercarefully.

•Useaqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushioningandprotection.

•Donotpackyourcomputerinatightlypackedsuitcaseorbag.

•Beforeputtingyourcomputerinacarryingcase,makesurethatitisoff,insleep
mode,orinhibernationmode.Donotputacomputerinacarryingcasewhileit
isturnedon.

Importantsafetyinformation

Note:Readtheimportantsafetyinformationfirst.

Thisinformationcanhelpyousafelyuseyournotebookcomputer.Followandretainallinformationincluded
withyourcomputer.Theinformationinthisdocumentdoesnotalterthetermsofyourpurchaseagreement
ortheLenovo
WarrantyGuidethatcomeswithyourcomputer.

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”intheSafetyand

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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.
Ifyouhaveanyquestionabouttheconditionofacomponent,donotusetheproduct.Contact
theCustomerSupportCenterortheproductmanufacturerforinstructionsonhowtoinspectthe
productandhaveitrepaired,ifnecessary.

Intheunlikelyeventthatyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,orifyouhaveanysafety
concernswithyourproduct,stopusingtheproductandunplugitfromthepowersourceand
telecommunicationlinesuntilyoucanspeaktotheCustomerSupportCenterforfurtherguidance.

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

•Signsofoverheating,smoke,sparks,orfire.

•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.Y oumustcloselyfollowallinstructionswheninstallingor
replacingparts.TheOffstateofapowerindicatordoesnotnecessarilymeanthatvoltagelevelsinsidea

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productarezero.Beforeyouremovethecoversfromaproductequippedwithapowercord,alwaysmake
surethatthepoweristurnedoffandthattheproductisunpluggedfromanypowersource.Ifyouhave
anyquestionsorconcerns,contacttheCustomerSupportCenter.

Althoughtherearenomovingpartsinyourcomputerafterthepowercordhasbeendisconnected,the
followingwarningsarerequiredforyoursafety.

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

CAUTION:

BeforereplacinganyCRUs,turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetofiveminutestoletthecomputer
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,oronfloorsthatarecleanedwithliquidcleansers.
Liquidscancauseashortcircuit,particularlyifthepowercordorpoweradapterhasbeenstressed
bymisuse.Liquidsalsocancausegradualcorrosionofpowercordterminalsand/ortheconnector
terminalsonapoweradapter,whichcaneventuallyresultinoverheating.

Alwaysconnectpowercordsandsignalcablesinthecorrectorderandensurethatallpowercord
connectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

Donotuseanypoweradapterthatshowscorrosionattheacinputpinsorshowssignsof
overheating(suchasdeformedplastic)attheacinputpinsoranywhereonthepoweradapter.

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,or

Donotuseanypowercordswheretheelectricalcontactsoneitherendshowsignsofcorrosionor
overheatingorwherethepowercordappearstohavebeendamagedinanyway.

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Topreventpossibleoverheating,donotcoverthepoweradapterwithclothingorotherobjects
whenthepoweradapterispluggedintoanelectricaloutlet.

Extensioncordsandrelateddevices

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

Plugsandoutlets

DANGER

Ifareceptacle(poweroutlet)thatyouintendtousewithyourcomputerequipmentappearstobe
damagedorcorroded,donotusetheoutletuntilitisreplacedbyaqualifiedelectrician.

Donotbendormodifytheplug.Iftheplugisdamaged,contactthemanufacturertoobtain
areplacement.

Donotshareanelectricaloutletwithotherhomeorcommercialappliancesthatdrawlargeamounts
ofelectricity;otherwise,unstablevoltagemightdamageyourcomputer,data,orattacheddevices.

Someproductsareequippedwithathree-prongedplug.Thisplugfitsonlyintoagrounded
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.

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

Externaldevices

CAUTION:
DonotconnectordisconnectanyexternaldevicecablesotherthanUSBcableswhilethecomputer
powerison;otherwise,youmightdamageyourcomputer.T oavoidpossibledamagetoattached
devices,waitatleastfivesecondsafterthecomputerisshutdowntodisconnectexternaldevices.

Generalbatterynotice

DANGER

PersonalcomputersmanufacturedbyLenovocontainacoin-cellbatterytoprovidepowerto
thesystemclock.Inaddition,manymobileproducts,suchasnotebookcomputers,utilizea
rechargeablebatterypacktoprovidesystempowerwheninportablemode.Batteriessuppliedby
Lenovoforusewithyourproducthavebeentestedforcompatibilityandshouldonlybereplaced
withapprovedparts.

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

Batteryabuseormishandlingcancausethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorflame
to“vent”fromthebatterypackorcoin-cellbattery.Ifyourbatteryisdamaged,orifyounoticeany
dischargefromyourbatteryorthebuildupofforeignmaterialsonthebatteryleads,stopusingthe
batteryandobtainareplacementfromthebatterymanufacturer.

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

Noticeforlithiumcoin-cellbattery

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

ThefollowingstatementappliestousersinthestateofCalifornia,U.S.A.

CaliforniaPerchlorateInformation:

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Productscontainingmanganesedioxidelithiumcoin-cellbatteriesmaycontainperchlorate.

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

Noticeforbuilt-inrechargeablebattery

DANGER

Donotattempttoreplacetheinternalrechargeablelithiumbatteries.ContactLenovoSupportfor
factoryreplacement.

Heatandproductventilation

DANGER

Computers,acpoweradapters,andmanyaccessoriescangenerateheatwhenturnedonandwhen
batteriesarecharging.Notebookcomputerscangenerateasignificantamountofheatduetotheir
compactsize.Alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautions:

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

•Donotoperateyourcomputerorchargethebatterynearflammablematerialsorinexplosive
environments.

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

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

Foryoursafety,alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautionswithyourcomputer:

•Keepthecoverclosedwheneverthecomputerispluggedin.

•Regularlyinspecttheoutsideofthecomputerfordustaccumulation.

•Removedustfromventsandanyperforationsinthebezel.Morefrequentcleaningsmightbe
requiredforcomputersindustyorhigh-trafficareas.

•Donotrestrictorblockanyventilationopenings.

•Donotoperateyourcomputerinsidefurniture,asthismightincreasetheriskofoverheating.

•Airflowtemperaturesintothecomputershouldnotexceed35°C(95°F).

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Electricalcurrentsafetyinformation

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotuseyourcomputerduringalightningstorm.

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfiguration
ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Wheneverpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Donotuseyourcomputeruntilallinternalpartsenclosuresarefastenedintoplace.Neveruse
thecomputerwheninternalpartsandcircuitsareexposed.

DANGER

Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingprocedureswheninstalling,moving,
oropeningcoversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:

1.T urneverythingOFF .

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.T urndevicesON.

Thepowercordmustbedisconnectedfromthewalloutletorreceptaclebeforeinstallingallother
electricalcablesconnectedtothecomputer.

Thepowercordmaybereconnectedtothewalloutletorreceptacleonlyafterallotherelectrical
cableshavebeenconnectedtothecomputer.

Todisconnect:

1.T urneverythingOFF .

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Liquidcrystaldisplaynotice

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

Note:Forproductswithmercury-containingfluorescentlamps(forexample,non-LED),thefluorescentlamp

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

Usingheadphonesorearphones

Ifyourcomputerhasbothaheadphoneconnectorandanaudio-outconnector,alwaysusetheheadphone
connectorforheadphones(alsocalledaheadset)orearphones.

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

Excessiveuseofheadphonesorearphonesforalongperiodoftimeathighvolumecanbedangerousifthe
outputoftheheadphoneorearphoneconnectorsdonotcomplywithspecificationsofEN50332-2.The
headphoneoutputconnectorofyourcomputercomplieswithEN50332-2Subclause7.Thisspecification
limitsthecomputer’smaximumwidebandtrueRMSoutputvoltageto150mV.T ohelpprotectagainst
hearingloss,ensurethattheheadphonesorearphonesyouusealsocomplywithEN50332-2(Clause7
limits)forawidebandcharacteristicvoltageof75mV.UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN
50332-2canbedangerousduetoexcessivesoundpressurelevels.

IfyourLenovocomputercamewithheadphonesorearphonesinthepackage,asaset,thecombinationof
theheadphonesorearphonesandthecomputeralreadycomplieswiththespecificationsofEN50332-1.
Ifdifferentheadphonesorearphonesareused,ensurethattheycomplywithEN50332-1(Clause6.5
LimitationValues).UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN50332-1canbedangerousdueto
excessivesoundpressurelevels.

Additionalsafetyinformation

Plasticbagnotice

DANGER

Plasticbagscanbedangerous.Keepplasticbagsawayfrombabiesandchildrentoavoiddanger
ofsuffocation.

Chokinghazardnotice

CHOKINGHAZARD–Productcontainssmallparts.
Keepawayfromchildrenunderthreeyears.

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice

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,specifications,operatingenvironment,andpreinstalledprograms.

•“Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators”onpage1

•“Locatingimportantproductinformation”onpage10

•“Features”onpage12

•“Specifications”onpage13

•“Operatingenvironment”onpage14

•“Lenovoprograms”onpage14

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators

Thissectionintroducesthecomputerhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasicinformationyouwillneed
tostartusingthecomputer.

Note:Y ourcomputermightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Frontview

Figure1.Frontview

1 Camera

2 Microphones 7 TrackPoint

3 Powerbutton 8 AdaptiveKeys

4 Fingerprintreader

5 NFClogo(onsomemodels)

©CopyrightLenovo2014

6 ThinkPad

9 Screen(multi-touchscreenonsomemodels)

10 Ambientlightsensor

®

trackpad

®

pointingstick

1

1 Camera

Usethecameratotakepicturesorholdavideoconference.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthecamera”
onpage47.

2 Microphones

Thebuilt-inmicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithaprogramcapableofhandlingaudio.

3 Powerbutton

Usethepowerbuttontoturnonthecomputer.

Toturnoffthecomputer,usetheStartmenushutdownoptionontheMicrosoft

®

Windows

®

7operating
system.FortheWindows8.1operatingsystem,movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerof
thescreentodisplaythecharms.ThenclickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.

Ifyourcomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfour
secondsormore.Ifthecomputerstillisnotresponding,removetheacpoweradapterandusethe
emergency-resetholetoresetthecomputer.See“Bottomview”onpage7.

Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanturnoffthecomputer
orputthecomputerintosleeporhibernationmode.Toachievethis,youneedtochangeyourpowerplan
settings.Tochangethepowerplansettings,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows8.1:Gotothedesktopscreen.Right-clickthebattery-statusiconintheWindows

notificationarea,clickPowerOptions➙Choosewhatthepowerbuttondoes,andthensetthe
powerplanasyoudesired.

•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Forinstructionson

howtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating
system”onpage15.

4 Fingerprintreader

Fingerprintauthenticationtechnologyprovidessimpleandsecureuseraccessbyassociatingyourfingerprint
withpasswords.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage61.

5 NFClogo(onsomemodels)

Ifthereisanear-field-communication(NFC)logoontheThinkPadtrackpad,itindicatesthatyourcomputer
supportstheNFCfeature.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheNFCconnection”onpage43.

ThinkPadpointingdevice

6 TrackPointpointingstick
7 ThinkPadtrackpad

ThekeyboardcontainstheLenovouniqueThinkPadpointingdevices.Pointing,selecting,anddraggingare
allpartofasingleprocessthatyoucanperformwithoutmovingyourfingersfromatypingposition.For
moreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage33.

8 AdaptiveKeys

YourcomputerhasarowofAdaptiveKeystohelpyouworkeasilyandeffectively.TheiconsontheAdaptive
Keyschangedynamicallydependingontheapplicationyouareusing.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthe
AdaptiveKeys”onpage24.

9 Screen(multi-touchscreenonsomemodels)

Formoreinformation,see“Usingthemulti-touchscreen”onpage21.

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10 Ambientlightsensor

Theambientlightsensordetectsthesurroundinglightconditions.Thenthecomputeradjuststhescreen
brightnessandkeyboardbacklightaccordingly.

Right-sideview

Figure2.Right-sideview

1 USB3.0connector

2 Ethernetextensionconnector

1 USB3.0connector

3 Fanlouvers

4 Security-lockslot

TheUniversalSerialBus(USB)3.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasa
USBprinteroradigitalcamera.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletotheUSB3.0connector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacing
upward.Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.

2 Ethernetextensionconnector

TheEthernetextensionconnectoronyourcomputerisnotastandardEthernetconnector.UsetheEthernet
extensionadapterthatcomeswithyourcomputertoconnectthecomputertoalocalareanetwork(LAN).
Formoreinformation,see“Ethernetconnections”onpage39.

DANGER

Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetextension
adapter.

3 Fanlouvers

Thefanlouversandinternalfanenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandtoensurepropercooling,
especiallythecoolingofthemicroprocessor.

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Note:Toensureproperairflow,donotplaceanyobstaclesinfrontofthefanlouvers.

4 Security-lockslot

Toprotectyourcomputerfromtheft,youcanpurchaseasecuritycablelockthatfitsthesecurity-lock
slottolockthecomputertoastationaryobject.

Note:Y ouareresponsibleforevaluating,selecting,andimplementingthelockingdeviceandsecurity
feature.Lenovomakesnocomments,judgments,orwarrantiesaboutthefunction,quality,orperformance
ofthelockingdeviceandsecurityfeature.

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Left-sideview

Figure3.Left-sideview

1 Powerconnector 4 MiniDisplayPort

2 LenovoOneLinkconnector 5 Always-onUSB3.0connector

3 HDMI™connector

1 Powerconnector

6 Audioconnector

®

connector

Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtotheacpowerconnector,theacpoweradapterprovidespower
tothecomputerandchargesthebattery.

2 LenovoOneLinkconnector

WhenasupportedThinkPadOneLinkDockorThinkPadOneLinkProDockoptionisconnectedtothe
LenovoOneLinkconnector,theoptioncannotonlyextendthecomputercapabilitiesbutalsoprovidepower
tothecomputerandchargethebattery.

TousetheLenovoOneLinkconnector,youneedtoremovetheconnectorcoverfromtheLenovoOneLink
connectorfirst.Ensurethatyoukeeptheconnectorcover.ReattachittotheLenovoOneLinkconnector
whenyouarenotusingtheLenovoOneLinkconnector.

3 HDMI™connector

High-DefinitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)connectorisadigitalaudioandvideointerfacethatcan
connectacompatibledigitalaudiodeviceorvideomonitor,suchasaDVDplayerorahigh-definition
digitaltelevision(HDTV).

4 MiniDisplayPort

®

connector

UsetheMiniDisplayPortconnectortoconnectyourcomputertoacompatibleprojector,externalmonitor,or
high-definitiontelevision.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheMiniDisplayPortconnector”onpage45.

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5 Always-onUSB3.0connector

TheAlways-onUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteror
adigitalcamera.

Bydefault,theAlways-onUSB3.0connectorenablesyoutochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesand
smartphonesinthefollowingsituations:

•Whenyourcomputerisonorinsleepmode

•Whenyourcomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,butconnectedtoacpower

Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenthecomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,andthe
computerisnotconnectedtoacpower,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows8.1:PresstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickLenovoSettings➙Power.

ThenselecttheEnableUSBchargefromthecomputerbatteryevenwhenthecomputerisoffcheck
boxunderAlways-onUSB.

•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandclicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab.Then

selecttheEnableUSBchargefromthecomputerbatteryevenwhenthecomputerisoffcheck
box,andclickOKorApply.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.

6 Audioconnector

Connectheadphonesoraheadsetthathasa3.5-mm(0.14-inch),4-poleplugtotheaudioconnectorto
listentothesoundfromthecomputer.

Notes:

•Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,forexample,aheadsetforaniPhonemobiledigital

device,donotpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyoupresstheswitch,theheadsetmicrophone
willbedisabled,andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputerwillbeenabledinstead.

•Theaudioconnectordoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.Formoreinformation,see“Using

audiofeatures”onpage46.

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Bottomview

Figure4.Bottomview

1 Fanlouvers 3 Emergency-resethole

2 Speakers

1 Fanlouvers

Thefanlouversandinternalfanenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandtoensurepropercooling,
especiallythecoolingofthemicroprocessor.

Note:Toensureproperairflow,donotplaceanyobstaclesinfrontofthefanlouvers.

2 Speakers

Yourcomputerisequippedwithapairofstereospeakers.

3 Emergency-resethole

Ifthecomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoffbypressingthepowerbutton,removetheac
poweradapterandinsertastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergency-resetholetoresetthecomputer.

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Rearview

Figure5.Rearview

1 Micro-SIM-cardtray(onsomemodels)

1 Micro-SIM-cardtray(onsomemodels)

Ifyourcomputersupportsthewirelesswideareanetwork(WAN)feature,amicroSubscriberIdentification
Module(SIM)cardmightberequiredtoestablishwirelessWANconnections.Dependingonthecountryor
regionofdelivery,amicroSIMcardmightbealreadyinstalledinthemicro-SIM-cardtray.

Note:EnsurethatyouuseamicroSIMcard.Donouseastandard-sizedSIMcard.Thestandard-sized
SIMcardisnotcompatible.

ToinstallorreplacethemicroSIMcard,see“InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard”onpage76.

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Statusindicators

Thestatusindicatorsshowthecurrentstatusofyourcomputer.

Note:Yourcomputermighthaveslightvariationsfromthefollowingillustrations.

1 CapsLockindicator

•On:CapsLockmodeisturnedon.Youcantypeallalphabeticcharacters(A-Z)inuppercasewithout
pressingtheShiftkey.ToturnofftheCapsLockmode,presstheleftShiftkeytwice.

•Off:CapsLockmodeisturnedoff.T oturnonCapsLockmode,presstheleftShiftkeytwice.

2 Camera-statusindicator

•On:Thecameraisturnedon.

•Off:Thecameraisturnedoff.

3 4 S

ystem-statusindicators

TheindicatorintheThinkPadlogoandtheindicatorinthecenterofthepowerbuttonshowthesystem
statusofthecomputer.

•Blinkthreetimes:Thecomputerisinitiallyconnectedtopower.

•On:Thecomputerison(innormalmode).

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•Blinkfast:Thecomputerisenteringsleeporhibernationmode.

•Blinkslowly:Thecomputerisinsleepmode.

•Off:Thecomputerisofforinhibernationmode.

Locatingimportantproductinformation

Thissectionprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethemachinetypeandmodellabel,theFCCIDandIC
Certificationlabel,theWindowsCertificateofAuthenticitylabel,andtheGenuineMicrosoftlabel.

Machinetypeandmodelinformation

Themachinetypeandmodellabelidentifiesyourcomputer.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachine
typeandmodelinformationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourcomputerandprovidefasterservice.

Thefollowingfigureshowsthelocationofthemachinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer.

FCCIDandICCertificationinformation

ThereisnoFCCIDorICCertificationnumberforthewirelesscommunicationcardsshownontheenclosure
ofthecomputer.Onsomemodels,LenovoprovidesyoutheinformationaboutthelocationoftheFCCID
andICCertificationnumberlabelonthecomputerbasecover.

ThefollowingfigureshowstheinformationaboutthelocationsoftheFCCIDandICCertificationnumber
labels.

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TheFCCIDandICCertificationnumberlabelsareaffixedonthewirelessWANcard 1 andwirelessLAN
card

2 installedinyourcomputer.

Note:UseonlyLenovo-authorizedwirelesscommunicationcardsforthecomputer.Ifyouinstallan
unauthorizedwirelesscommunicationcardthatisnotapprovedforuseinyourcomputer,anerrormessage
willbedisplayedandthecomputerwillbeepwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

CertificateofAuthenticityinformation

TheCertificateofAuthenticitylabelisprovidedonmodelsthatarelicensedtouseaWindows7
operatingsystem.ThelicensedWindowsversionandproductkeyassociatedwiththecomputerareprinted
onthislabel.Recordthisinformationandkeepitinasafeplace.Youmightneedthesenumberstostart
yourcomputerorreinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem.

FormoreinformationabouttheCertificateofAuthenticitylabel,goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/Hardware.aspx

ThefollowingfigureshowsthelocationoftheCertificateofAuthenticitylabelonthecomputercover.

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GenuineMicrosoftlabel

TheGenuineMicrosoftlabelisprovidedonmodelsthatarelicensedtouseaWindows8.1operating
system.TheversionoftheWindows8.1operatingsystemisprintedonthelabel.Ifyourcomputermodelis
licensedtousetheWindows8.1Prooperatingsystem,thatlicensealsopermitsyoutousetheWindows
7ProfessionaloperatingsysteminplaceoftheWindows8.1Prooperatingsystemifyouprefer.Lenovo
computersthatarelicensedforusewithaWindows8.1operatingsystemareshippedwiththeWindows8.1
licensekeydigitallyencodedintothecomputerhardware.Dependingonthecomputermodel,theGenuine
Microsoftlabelcanbeonthecomputercover,underthebattery,oronthepoweradapter.

FormoreinformationabouttheGenuineMicrosoftlabel,goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/Hardware.aspx

ThefollowingfigureshowsthelocationoftheGenuineMicrosoftlabelonthecomputerbasecover.

Features

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthecomputerfeatures.

Microprocessor

•Toviewthemicroprocessorinformationofyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

–ForWindows8.1:Gotothedesktopscreen,movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerof

thescreentodisplaythecharms.ThenclickSettings➙PCinfo.

–ForWindows7:ClickStart,right-clickComputer,andthenclickProperties.

Memory

•Doubledatarate3lowvoltagesynchronousdynamicrandomaccessmemory(DDR3LVSDRAM)

Storagedevice

•M.2solid-statedrive

Display

•Colordisplaywiththethin-filmtransistor(TFT)technology

•Displaysize:355.6mm(14inches)

•Displayresolution:2560-by-1440or1600-by-900,dependingonthemodel

•Brightnesscontrol

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•Camera

•Microphones

•Multi-touchtechnology(onsomemodels)

AdaptiveKeyboard

•5-rowkeyboardwithbacklightfunction

•AdaptiveKeys

•ThinkPadTrackPointpointingdeviceandtrackpad

Interface

•Audioconnector

•LenovoOneLinkconnector

•Externalmonitorconnectors(HDMIandMiniDisplayPortconnectors)

•Always-onUSB3.0connector

•USB3.0connector

•Ethernetextensionconnector

GPSandwirelessfeatures

•GlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)satellitereceiver(onmodelswithwirelessWAN)

•IntegratedBluetooth

•IntegratedwirelessLAN

•IntegratedwirelessWAN(onsomemodels)

•NFC(onsomemodels)

Securityfeature

•Fingerprintreader

Specifications

Size

•WideQuadHighDefinition(WQHD)modelswiththetouchfeature:

–Width:331mm(13.03inches)
–Depth:227.1mm(8.94inches)
–Height:13.9mmto20.15mm(0.55inchto0.79inch)

•WQHDmodelswithoutthetouchfeature:

–Width:331mm(13.03inches)
–Depth:226.5mm(8.92inches)
–Height:13.2mmto19.2mm(0.52inchto0.76inch)

•HighDefiniton(HD)Plusmodels:

–Width:331mm(13inches)
–Depth:226.8mm(8.92inches)
–Height:13.6mmto19.65(0.54inchto0.77inch)

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Heatoutput

•45W(154Btu/hr)maximum

•65W(222Btu/hr)maximum

Powersource(acpoweradapter)

•Sine-waveinputat50to60Hz

•Inputratingoftheacpoweradapter:100to240Vac,50to60Hz

Batterystatus

•Forthepercentageofremainingbatterypower,gotothedesktopscreenandcheckthebattery-status
iconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

Operatingenvironment

Thissectionprovidesinformationabouttheoperatingenvironmentofthecomputer.

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:Whenyouchargethebattery,itstemperaturemustbeatleast10°C(50°F).

•Relativehumidity:

–Operating:8%to95%atwetbulb:23℃(73℉)
–Storage:5%to95%atwetbulb:27℃(81℉)

Ifpossible,placeyourcomputerinawell-ventilatedanddryareawithoutdirectexposuretosunshine.

Attention:

•Keepelectricalappliancessuchasanelectricfan,radio,high-poweredspeakers,airconditioner,and
microwaveovenawayfromyourcomputer.Thestrongmagneticfieldsgeneratedbyelectricalappliances
candamagethemonitoranddataonthesolid-statedriveorsolid-statedrive.

•Donotplaceanybeveragesontopoforbesidethecomputerorotherattacheddevices.Ifliquidisspilled
onorinthecomputeroranattacheddevice,ashortcircuitorotherdamagemightoccur.

•Donoteatorsmokeoveryourkeyboard.Particlesthatfallintoyourkeyboardcancausedamage.

Lenovoprograms

YourcomputercomeswithLenovoprogramstohelpyouworkeasilyandsecurely.Theavailableprograms
mightvarydependingonthepreinstalledWindowsoperatingsystem.

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

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AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem

OntheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanaccessLenovoprogramsfromeithertheLenovo
ThinkVantage

®

ToolsprogramorfromControlPanel.

AccessingLenovoprogramsfromtheLenovoThinkVantageT oolsprogram
ToaccessLenovoprogramsfromtheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙

LenovoThinkVantageT ools.Thendouble-clickaprogramicontoaccesstheprogram.

Note:IfaprogramiconisdimmedinthenavigationwindowoftheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram,it

indicatesthatyouneedtomanuallyinstalltheprogram.T omanuallyinstalltheprogram,double-clickthe
programicon.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Whentheinstallationprocesscompletes,the
programiconwillbeactivated.

Thefollowingtableliststheprogramsandthecorrespondingiconnamesonthenavigationwindowofthe
LenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

Table1.ProgramsintheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram

ProgramIconname

AccessConnections™InternetConnection

ClientSecuritySolutionEnhancedSecurity

CommunicationsUtilityWebConferencing

FingerprintManagerProFingerprintReader

LenovoQuickCastLenovoQuickCast

LenovoQuickControlLenovoQuickControl

LenovoSolutionCenterSystemHealthandDiagnostics

MobileBroadbandConnect3GMobileBroadband

PasswordManagerPasswordVault

PowerManager

RecoveryMediaFactoryRecoveryDisks

RescueandRecovery

SystemUpdate

®

PowerControls

EnhancedBackupandRestore

UpdateandDrivers

AccessingLenovoprogramsfromControlPanel

ToaccessLenovoprogramsfromControlPanel,clickStart➙ControlPanel.Thendependingonthe
programyouwanttoaccess,clickthecorrespondingsectionandthenclickthecorrespondinggreentext.

Note:IfyoucannotfindtheprogramyouneedinControlPanel,openthenavigationwindowoftheLenovo
ThinkVantageToolsprogramanddouble-clickthecorrespondingdimmedicontoinstalltheprogramyou
need.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Whentheinstallationprocesscompletes,theprogram
iconwillbeactivated,andyoucanfindtheprograminControlPanel.

ThefollowingtableliststheprogramsandthecorrespondingsectionsandgreentextsinControlPanel.

Notes:

•Dependingonthemodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

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•TheLenovoQuickCastprogramandtheLenovoQuickControlprogramarenotlistedinControlPanel.
UsetheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramtoaccessthem.

Table2.ProgramsinControlPanel

Program

AccessConnections

ClientSecuritySolutionSystemandSecurityLenovo-EnhancedSecurity

CommunicationsUtilityHardwareandSoundLenovo-WebConferencing

FingerprintManagerPro

LenovoSolutionCenterSystemandSecurityLenovo-SystemHealthand

MessageCenterPlus

MobileBroadbandConnect

PasswordManager

PowerManager

RecoveryMedia

RescueandRecovery

SystemUpdateSystemandSecurity

ControlPanelsectionGreentextinControlPanel

NetworkandInternet

SystemandSecurity
HardwareandSound

Programs

NetworkandInternet

SystemandSecurity
UserAccountsandFamilySafety

HardwareandSound
SystemandSecurity

SystemandSecurity

SystemandSecurity

Lenovo-InternetConnection

Lenovo-FingerprintManagerPro
or
Lenovo-NotebookFingerprint

Reader

Diagnostics

MessagesfromLenovo

Lenovo-3GMobileBroadband

Lenovo-PasswordVault

Lenovo-PowerControls

Lenovo-FactoryRecoveryDisks

Lenovo-EnhancedBackupand
Restore

Lenovo-UpdateandDrivers

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8.1operatingsystem

IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows8.1operatingsystem,toaccessLenovoprograms,
presstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickaLenovoprogramtolaunchit.Ifyoucannotfind
theprogramyouneed,movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythe
charms.ThenclicktheSearchcharmtosearchforthedesiredprogram.

YourcomputersupportsthefollowingLenovoprograms:

•FingerprintManagerPro

•LenovoCompanion

•LenovoQuickCast

•LenovoQuickControl

•LenovoSettings

•LenovoSolutionCenter

•LenovoSupport

•LenovoT ools

•PasswordManager

•SystemUpdate

Note:ThePasswordManagerprogramisnotpreinstalledonWindows8.1computers.Youcandownload
thePasswordManagerprogramfromtheLenovoSupportWebsitehttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

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Lenovoprogramoverview

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutsomeLenovoprograms.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

•AccessConnections(Windows7)
TheAccessConnectionsprogramisaconnectivityassistantprogramforcreatingandmanaginglocation

profiles.EachlocationprofilestoresallthenetworkandInternetconfigurationsettingsneededfor
connectingtoanetworkinfrastructurefromaspecificlocationsuchasahomeoranoffice.

Byswitchingbetweenlocationprofilesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplacetoplace,youcanquickly
andeasilyconnecttoanetworkwithnoneedtomanuallyreconfigureyoursettingsandrestartthe
computereachtime.

•ClientSecuritySolution(Windows7)
TheClientSecuritySolutionprogramprotectsyourcomputerbysecuringclientdataanddeflecting

securitybreachattempts.Italsocanhelpmanageyourpasswords,recoveraforgottenpassword,
monitorsecuritysettingsonyourcomputer,andsuggesthowtoenhancethecomputersecurity.

•CommunicationsUtility(Windows7)
TheCommunicationsUtilityprogramenablesyoutoconfiguresettingsfortheintegratedcameraand

audiodevices.

•LenovoThinkVantageT ools(Windows7)
TheLenovoThinkVantageT oolsprogramhelpsyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurelybyprovidingeasy

accesstovariousprogram,suchasFingerprintManagerPro,LenovoSolutionCenter,andsoon.

•MessageCenterPlus(Windows7)
TheMessageCenterPlusprogramautomaticallydisplaysmessagestoinformyouaboutimportantnotices

fromLenovo,suchasalertsonsystemupdatesandalertsonconditionsthatrequireyourattention.

•MobileBroadbandConnect(Windows7)
TheMobileBroadbandConnectprogramenablesyoutoconnectthecomputertothemobilebroadband

networkthroughasupportedwirelessWANcard.

•PowerManager(Windows7)
ThePowerManagerprogramprovidesconvenient,flexible,andcompletepowermanagementforthe

computer.Itenablesyoutoadjustyourcomputerpowersettingstoachievethebestbalancebetween
performanceandpowersaving.

•RecoveryMedia(Windows7)
TheRecoveryMediaprogramenablesyoutorestorethecontentsofthesolid-statedrivetothefactory

defaultsettings.

•RescueandRecovery(Windows7)
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisaone-buttonrecoveryandrestoresolution.Itincludesasetof

self-recoverytoolstohelpyoudiagnosecomputerproblems,gethelp,andrecoverfromsystemcrashes,
evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.

•LenovoCompanion(Windows8.1)
ThroughtheLenovoCompanionprogram,youcangettheinformationabouttheaccessoriesforyour

computer,viewblogsandarticlesaboutyourcomputer,andcheckforotherrecommendedprograms.

•LenovoSettings(Windows8.1)
TheLenovoSettingsprogramenablesyoutoenhanceyourcomputingexperiencebyturningyour

computerintoaportablehotspot,configuringcameraandaudiosettings,optimizingyourpowersettings,
andcreatingandmanagingmultiplenetworkprofiles.

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•LenovoSupport(Windows8.1)
TheLenovoSupportprogramenablesyoutoregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,checkthecomputer

healthconditionandbatterystatus,downloadandviewusermanuals,getthewarrantyinformationof
yourcomputer,andexplorehelpandsupportinformation.

•LenovoTools(Windows8.1)
TheLenovoT oolsprogramhelpsyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurelybyprovidingeasyaccesstovarious

program,suchasFingerprintManagerPro,LenovoSolutionCenter,andsoon.

•FingerprintManagerPro(Windows7andWindows8.1)
Ifyourcomputercomeswithafingerprintreader,theFingerprintManagerProprogramenablesyou

toenrollyourfingerprintandassociateitwithyourWindowspassword.Asaresult,thefingerprint
authenticationcanreplaceyourpasswordandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

•LenovoQuickCast(Windows7andWindows8.1)
TheLenovoQuickCastprogramprovidesyouwithaquickandeasywaytosendfilesanduniform

resourcelocators(URLs)betweentwodevices.

•LenovoQuickControl(Windows7andWindows8.1)
TheLenovoQuickControlprogramenablesyoutocontrolyourcomputerremotelythroughyour

smartphone,suchascontrollingthepointer,changingprojectionsettings,andmanagingforeground
applicationsandwindows.

•LenovoSolutionCenter(Windows7andWindows8.1)
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It

combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsforoptimalsystemperformance.

•PasswordManager(Windows7andWindows8.1)
ThePasswordManagerprogramautomaticallycapturesandfillsinauthenticationinformationfor

WindowsprogramsandWebsites.

•S

ystemUpdate(Windows7andWindows8.1)

TheSystemUpdateprogramenablesyoutokeepthesoftwareonthecomputerup-to-dateby
downloadingandinstallingsoftwarepackages,includingThinkVantageprograms,devicedrivers,Unified
ExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)basicinput/outputsystem(BIOS)updates,andotherthird-party
programs.

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Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage19

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage19

•“Usingthemulti-touchscreen”onpage21

•“UsingtheAdaptiveKeys”onpage24

•“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage33

•“Powermanagement”onpage34

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage38

•“UsingtheNFCconnection”onpage43

•“Presentationsandmultimedia”onpage43

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage46

•“Usingthecamera”onpage47

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.

WhenyouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youalsowillreceivethefollowingbenefits:

•QuickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp

•Automaticnotificationoffreesoftwareandspecialpromotionaloffers

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughapreinstalledregistration
program:

–ForWindows8.1:OpentheLenovoSupportprogram,clickRegistration,andthenfollowthe

instructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

–ForWindows7:ThepreinstalledLenovoProductRegistrationprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryou

haveusedyourcomputerforatime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

ThistopicprovidesafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourThinkPadnotebookcomputers.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,browsethefollowingWebpagetofind
informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

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

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HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingfiles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage36.

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage36.

•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,followtheinstructionsin“Disabling
thebuilt-inbattery”onpage75todisabletheinternalbuilt-inbatterysoastopreventbatterypower
fromdraining.

HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredonthesolid-statedrive?

•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage55tofindouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Formoreinformation,
seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataonthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic“Noticeondeletingdata
fromyoursolid-statedrive”onpage64.

HowdoIgetconnectedindifferentlocations?

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

•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows

8.1operatingsystem).

•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page39.

•Totravelmoreconfidently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage53.

•Tapthewirelessicon

intheFunctionmodetoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.Formore

informationonhowtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.

HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitor?

•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage44.

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal
monitor.See“Usingdualdisplays”onpage45.

Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?

•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage107.

•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page113.

•Arecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputersolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,seeChapter5
“Recoveryoverview”onpage67.

CanIchangetheWindows8.1startupbehaviortoopeneitherthedesktoportheStartscreen?

•OntheWindows8.1operatingsystem,youcansetthecomputertoopeneitherthedesktoportheStart
screenbydefault.Tosetthedefaultstartupscreen,dothefollowing:

1.Onthedesktop,moveyourpointertothetaskbaratthebottomofthescreenandright-clickon
thetaskbar.

2.ClickProperties.TheTaskbarandNavigationpropertieswindowisdisplayed.

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3.OntheNavigationtab,locatetheStartscreensection,andthendooneofthefollowing:

–Tosetthedesktopasyourdefaultstartupscreen,selectWhenIsigninorcloseallappsona

screen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartsoacheckisvisible.

–TosettheStartscreenasyourdefaultstartupscreen,removethecheckfromtheWhenIsignin

orcloseallappsonascreen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartcheckbox.

4.ClickOKtosavethenewsetting.

ThisfeatureisnotavailableontheWindows8operatingsystem.

Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.

•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage91

•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage113

•“Powerproblems”onpage124

Usingthemulti-touchscreen

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethemulti-touchscreenthatisavailableonsomemodels.

Commontouchgesturesandmouseactions

Thefollowingtablelistssomecommontouchgesturesandthecorrespondingmouseactionsthatis
applicabletotheWindows7operatingsystemandWindows8.1operatingsystem.

Note:Yourcomputerscreenmightlookdifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

Tasks

Toopenanapplicationorperform
anactiononanopenapplication,
suchasCopy,Save,andDelete,
dependingontheapplication

Toscrollthroughitems,suchaslists,
pages,andphotos

TomoveanobjectDraganitemtothedesiredlocation.

Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly)

Tap.

Slide.

Mouseactions

Click.

Scrollthemousewheel,movethe
scrollbar,orclickthescrollarrow.

Click,hold,anddraganitem.

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Tasks

Tozoomout

Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly)

Movetwofingersclosertogether.

Mouseactions

PresstheCtrlkeywhilescrollingthe
mousewheelbackward.

Tozoomin

Torotateanitem

ToopenamenuwithmultipleoptionsTapandhold. Double-click.

Movetwofingersfartherapart.

Puttwoormorefingersonan
item,andthenrotateyourfingers
(supportedonlyonsomemodels).

PresstheCtrlkeywhilescrollingthe
mousewheelforward.

Iftheapplicationsupportsrotation,
clicktherotationicon.

TouchgesturesandmouseactionsforWindows8.1operatingsystems

Thefollowingtablelistssometouchgesturesandthecorrespondingmouseactionssupportedbythe
Windows8.1operatingsystems.

Note:Yourcomputerscreenmightlookdifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

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Tasks

Todisplaythecharmsthatcontain
systemcommands,suchasStart,

Settings,Search,Share,and
Devices

Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly)

Swipeinfromtherightedge.

Mouseactions

Movethepointertothebottom-right
ortop-rightcornerofyourscreen.

Tocyclethroughandswitchtoopen
applications

Toviewtherecentlyusedapplications
orselectanactiveapplicationfrom
thelist

ToviewallapplicationsontheStart
screen

TocustomizetilesontheStartscreen,
oruninstallanapplication

Swipeinfromtheleftedge.

Swipeinandoutontheleftedge.

•Swipeuptothetopedge.

•Tapthedownwardarrow( )
locatednearthebottom-leftcorner
oftheStartscreen.

•Swipeinfromthetoporbottom
edge,

Movethepointertothetop-leftcorner
ofyourscreen,andthenclick.Keep
clickingtocyclethroughtheopen
applications.

Movethepointertothetop-leftcorner
ofthescreen,andthenmovethe
pointerdownwardalongtheleftedge.
Tomakeaselection,clickthedesired
application.

Clickthedownwardarrow(

)
locatednearthebottom-leftcornerof
theStartscreen.

•Right-clickablankareaonthe

Startscreen,clickCustomize,and
thenclickthedesiredicon.

•Right-clickthedesiredicon.

tapCustomize,andthentapthe
desiredicon.

•Pressandholdthedesiredicon.

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Tasks

Toviewtheapplicationcommandson
anopenapplication,suchasCopy,
Save,andDelete,dependingonthe
application

Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly)

Swipeinfromthetoporbottomedge.

Mouseactions

Right-clickanopenapplication.

Toclosethecurrentapplication

Swipeinfromthetopedgetothe
bottom.

Movethepointertothetopedgeof
thescreen,clickandholdtheleft
buttononyourmouse,thenmovethe
pointertothebottomofthescreen.
Releasetheleftbuttonwhenyou
reachthebottomofthescreen.

Tipsonusingthemulti-touchscreen

•Themulti-touchscreenisaglasspanelcoveredwithaplasticfilm.Donotapplypressureorplaceany
metallicobjectonthescreen,whichmightdamagethetouchpanelorcauseittomalfunction.

•Donotusefingernails,glovedfingers,orinanimateobjectsexcepttheapproveddigitizerpenforinputon
thescreen.

•Regularlycalibratetheaccuracyofthefingerinputtoavoidadiscrepancy.

Tipsoncleaningthemulti-touchscreen

•Turnoffthecomputerbeforecleaningthemulti-touchscreen.

•Useadry,soft,andlint-freeclothorapieceofabsorbentcottontoremovefingerprintsordustfromthe
multi-touchscreen.Donotapplysolventstothecloth.

•Gentlywipethescreenusingatop-downmotion.Donotapplyanypressureonthescreen.

UsingtheAdaptiveKeys

YourcomputerhasarowofAdaptiveKeystohelpyouworkeasilyandeffectively.

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AdaptiveKeysoverview

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheAdaptiveKeys 1 .TheiconsoftheAdaptiveKeyschange
dynamicallybasedontheapplicationyouareusing.

TheAdaptiveKeysprovidethefollowingmodestofunctionindifferentsituations:

•Homemode

•Web-browsermode

•Web-conferencemode

•Functionmode

•Lay-flatmode

IfyoulaunchanapplicationthattheAdaptiveKeyboardrecognizes,theAdaptiveKeyschangeautomatically
totheappropriatemodesforusingthatapplication.

YoualsocancyclethroughtheavailablemodesbytappingtheFnkey.Thefollowingillustrationshows
thelocationoftheFnkey

1 .

Youcancustomizetheorderinwhichthemodesaredisplayedandwhichmodesareavailablewhenyou
cyclethroughthemodeswiththeFnkey.TheHomemodeandFunctionmodearealwaysavailable.

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Dependingonyourneeds,youcancustomizetheAdaptiveKeysbyremovingWeb-browsermodeand
Web-conferencemodefromthecyclelistwhenyoutaptheFnkey.TheLay-flatmodeisavailableonlywhen
youopenyourcomputerdisplayto180degreesfromtherelativepositionofthekeyboard.

Formoreinformation,see“ModesoftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage26.

ModesoftheAdaptiveKeys

ThistopicprovidesinformationonthemodesoftheAdaptiveKeys.

Homemode

Bydefault,theHomemodeisdisplayedandactivewhenyourcomputerenterstheWindowsoperating
system.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheiconsdisplayedintheHomemode.Formoreinformation,see“Functions
oftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage27.

Web-browsermode

WhenyoulaunchaWebbrowserthattheAdaptiveKeyboardrecognizes(forexample,theInternetExplorer
Webbrowser,theChrome™browser,ortheFirefoxWebbrowser),theAdaptiveKeysautomaticallychange
totheWeb-browsermode,providingfunctionsspecificallyforusingaWebbrowser.

®

ToviewthelistofapplicationsthatchangetheAdaptiveKeystotheWeb-browsermode,dothefollowing:

1.T apthesettingsicon

2.ClickModeSettings➙AdvancedSettings➙AutoChangeApplications,andthenmovethepointer
overtheautochangeapplicationassociatedwiththeWeb-browsermode.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheiconsdisplayedintheWeb-browsermode.Formoreinformation,
see“FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage27.

Web-conferencemode

WhenyoulaunchaVoice-over-Internet-Protocol(VoIP)applicationthattheAdaptiveKeyboardrecognizes,
theAdaptiveKeysautomaticallychangetotheWeb-conferencemode,providingfunctionsspecifically
forusingaVoIPapplication.

ToviewthelistofapplicationsthatchangetheAdaptiveKeystotheWeb-conferencemode,dothefollowing:

1.T apthesettingsicon

2.ClickModeSettings➙AdvancedSettings➙AutoChangeApplications,andthenmovethepointer
overtheautochangeapplicationassociatedwiththeWeb-conferencemode.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheiconsdisplayedintheWeb-conferencemode.Formoreinformation,
see“FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage27.

intheFunctionmode.TheAdaptiveKeyboardSettingswindowopens.

intheFunctionmode.AdaptiveKeyboardSettingswindowopens.

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Functionmode

Whenyouturnonthecomputer,theFunctionmodeisdisplayedandactivebeforethecomputerentersthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.F1throughF12providethesamefunctionsastheF1throughF12keysona
traditionalkeyboard.IfyouareusinganapplicationthatsupportstheF1throughF12functions,youcan
usetheFnkeytocycletotheFunctionmodewheneveryouneedit.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheiconsdisplayedintheFunctionmode.Formoreinformation,see
“FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage27.

Lay-flatmode

IfLay-flatmodeisenabled,theAdaptiveKeysautomaticallychangetotheLay-flatmodewhenyouputyour
computerdisplayto180degreesfromtherelativepositionofthekeyboardasshown.

TheLay-flatmodeprovidesaspecialsetofAdaptiveKeysthataredesignedtohelpyoushareinformation
onthescreenwithapersonsittingacrossfromyouor90degreestoyourleftorright.

Bydefault,theLay-flatmodeisenabled.TodisabletheLay-flatmode,dothefollowing:

1.T apthesettingsicon

intheFunctionmode.AdaptiveKeyboardSettingswindowopens.

2.ClickModeSettings➙AdvancedSettings➙LayFlatmode,andthenfollowtheinstructionson
thescreen.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheiconsdisplayedintheLay-flatmode.Formoreinformation,see
“FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage27.

FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys

ThistopicintroducesthefunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys.

Note:SomeAdaptiveKeysareavailableonlyinaspecificmode.

Table3.FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys

AdaptiveKeysFunctions

Fnkey

•SwitchesamongtheavailableAdaptiveKeysmodeswhenyoutaptheFnkey.

•InitiatestheQuick-accessmodewhenyoutapandholdtheFnkey.IfyoureleasetheFnkey,
theAdaptiveKeysreturntothemodebeforeyourtaptheFnkey.

SettingaQuick-accessmodeenablesyoutoquicklydisplayyourdesiredmodeoftheAdaptive
Keyswithnoneedtoswitchamongthevariousmodes.Bydefault,theQuick-accessmode
issettodisplaytheFunctionmode,however,youcanchangethedefaultsettingofthe
Quick-accessmode.

TochangethesettingoftheQuick-accessmode,dothefollowing:

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Table3.FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys(continued)

AdaptiveKeysFunctions

1.Tapthesettingsicon intheFunctionmode.TheAdaptiveKeyboardSettingswindow
opens.

2.ClickModeSettings➙AdvancedSettings,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen
tosettheQuick-accessmodeasyoudesired.

Volumecontrols

•

:Decreasesthespeakervolume.

•

:Mutesthespeakers.Whenthespeakersaremuted,theredspeaker-muteindicator

turnson.

:Increasesthespeakervolume.

•

Brightnesscontrols

:Darkensthecomputerdisplay.

•

:Turnsthecomputerdisplaytothelowestbrightness(notfullblack)whenyoutapandhold

•
theiconforabouttwoseconds.Whenthecomputerdisplayissettothelowestbrightness,

theredlow-brightnessindicator

:Brightensthecomputerdisplay.

•

Microphonecontrols

:Decreasesvolumeofmicrophoneinput.

•

turnson.

•

:Mutesmicrophoneinput.Whenthemicrophonesaremuted,theredmicrophone-mute

indicator

:Increasesvolumeofmicrophoneinput.

•

•Windows8.1:OpenstheSearchcharm.

•Windows7:OpensWindowsSearch.

Viewstheprogramsthatyouhaveopened.

Viewsalltheprogramsinstalledonyourcomputer.

OpenstheWindowsSnippingTool.

GoesbackonepageintheWebbrowser.

RefreshesthecurrentpageoftheWebbrowser.

AddsanewtabintheWebbrowserwindow.

turnson.

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Table3.FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys(continued)

AdaptiveKeysFunctions

Changesthemicrophonenoise-cancellationsensitivity.

Therearethreekindsofnoise-cancellationsensitivity:

•

:Onlymyvoice

•

:Normal

•

:Multiplevoices

Turnsonorturnsoffthecamera.

Whenthecameraisturnedoff,theredcamera-offindicator

turnson.

•Changescameramodeswhenyoutaptheicon.

•OpenstheCameraSettingsscreenwhenyoutapandholdtheiconforabouttwoseconds.

Formoreinformation,seetheCameraSettingsscreen.

Enablesordisablesthewirelessfeatures.

Toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,thefollowingdevicedriversmustbeinstalledonyour
computerbeforehand:

•PowerManagementDriver

•OnScreenDisplayUtility

•Wirelessdevicedrivers

Todownloadthelatestdevicedrivers,see“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage93.

Note:OntheWindows7operatingsystem,whenthewirelessfeaturesaredisabled,thered
wireless-offindicator

turnson.Toenablethewirelessfeatures,taptheiconagain.

Formoreinformation,see“Wirelessconnections”onpage39.

Switchesthedisplayoutputlocationbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitorby
tappingtheiconandselectingoneofthefollowingoptions:

•Computerdisplayonly

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(sameimage)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(extendeddesktopfunction)

•Externalmonitoronly

Formoreinformation,see“Presentationsandmultimedia”onpage43.

Controlsthekeyboardbacklight.

Taptheicontocyclethroughthefollowingkeyboardbacklightmodes:

•Normal:Turnonthekeyboardbacklightinlowbrightnesslevel.

•Bright:Turnonthekeyboardbacklightinhighbrightnesslevel.

•Off:Turnoffthekeyboardbacklight.

OpenstheAdaptiveKeyboardSettingswindow.

Formoreinformation,see“SettingtheAdaptiveKeys”onpage31.

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Table3.FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys(continued)

AdaptiveKeysFunctions

Rotatesthescreenclockwise.Eachtimeyoutaptheicon,thecomputerscreenrotates90degrees.

•Opensthepredefinedcloudapplicationasdefinedinthecloudsettingswhenyoutaptheicon.

•OpenstheCloudSettingsscreenwhenyoutapandholdtheiconforabouttwoseconds.

Note:Bydefault,whenyoutaptheiconforthefirsttime,theCloudSettingsscreenisdisplayed.
YoucanselectthecloudserviceontheCloudSettingsscreen.Thenexttimeyoutaptheicon,the
selectedcloudapplicationopens.

Formoreinformation,seetheon-screeninstructionsontheCloudSettingsscreen.

•Enablesordisablesthevoice-recognitionfunctionwhenyoutaptheicon.Thevoice-recognition
functionenablesyoutocontrolsomeapplicationsordictatetextsusingyourvoice.

Whenthevoice-recognitionfunctionisturnedon,thegreenvoice-recognitionindicator
on.Toturnoffthevoice-recognitionfunction,taptheiconagain.

Note:Thevoicerecognitionsoftwareissupportedincertainsystemlanguages.Ifyoursystem
languagedoesnotsupportthevoice-recognitionfunction,whenyoutaptheiconyouwillseea
messageexplainingthatthesoftwareisnotsupportedonyourcomputer.

•OpenstheVoiceRecognitionscreenwhenyoutapandholdtheiconforabouttwoseconds.

Formoreinformation,seetheVoiceRecognitionscreen.Tousevoicecommands,refertothe
SetupGuideposterthatcomeswithyourcomputer.

•Enablesordisablesthecamera-gesturesfunctionwhenyoutaptheicon.Youcanusecamera
gesturestoperformsometasksusingsimplehandgesturesinsteadofusingthekeyboard
ormouse.

Whenthecamera-gesturesfunctionisturnedon,thegreencamera-gesturesindicator
on.T oturnoffthefunction,taptheiconagain.

•OpenstheCameraGesturessettingsscreenwhenyoutapandholdtheiconforabouttwo
seconds.

Note:Bydefault,whenyoutaptheiconforthefirsttime,CameraGesturessettingsscreenis
displayed.YoucancustomizetheCameraGesturessettings.Thenexttimeyoutaptheicon,the
camera-gesturesfunctionisenabled.

Formoreinformation,see“Usingcameragestures”onpage48.

turns

turns

Fnkeycombinations

ThistopicintroducessomeFnkeycombinationsforsomeconventionalkeysnotfoundonthekeyboard
ofyourcomputer.

TousetheFnkeycombinations,tapandholdtheFnkey.WhentheQuick-accessmodeisactive,press
thedesiredkey.

Note:EnsurethattheQuick-accessmodeissettodisplaytheFunctionmode.Formoreinformation,referto
thefunctionsoftheFnkeyin“FunctionsoftheAdaptiveKeys”onpage27.

YourcomputersupportsthefollowingFnkeycombinationsaslistedinthetable.

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Table4.Fnkeycombinations

Fnkey
combination

Fn+B

Fn+I

Fn+K

Fn+P

Fn+SHasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

Fn+T

Fn+E

Fn+H

Fn+4Putsthecomputertosleepmode.Toresumenormaloperation,pressthepowerbutton.

Function

HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

HasthesamefunctionastheInsertkeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

HasthesamefunctionastheScrLKkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

HasthesamefunctionasthePausekeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

HasthesamefunctionasthePrtSckeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

HasthesamefunctionastheEndkeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

HasthesamefunctionastheHomekeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

Brightnessmanagement

Toconservepower,theAdaptiveKeysbecomedimgraduallywhenapresenceoranactivityisnotdetected
foraperiodoftime.However,whenapresenceoranactivityisdetected,theAdaptiveKeysbecome
brightimmediately.

TheAdaptiveKeysbrightnessprofileisasfollows:

•100%brightnesswhenapresenceoranactivityisdetected

•50%brightnesswhenapresenceoranactivitynotdetectedforthreeminutes

•0%brightnesswhenapresenceoranactivitynotdetectedfor10minutes

TowakeuptheAdaptiveKeys,dooneofthefollowing:

•TapanyoftheAdaptiveKeys.

•Pressanykeyonthekeyboard.

•UsetheTrackPointpointingstickorthetrackpad.

•Usethemouseifavailable.

SettingtheAdaptiveKeys

YoucandothefollowingtocustomizetheAdaptiveKeyssettings:

•ModifytheorderinwhichtheAdaptiveKeysmodesaredisplayedwhenyoutaptheFnkey.

•RemovetheWeb-browsermodeandtheWeb-conferencemodefromtheAdaptiveKeyscyclesequence
whenyoutaptheFnkey.

•SetwhichAdaptiveKeysmodetouseasthequick-accessmode

•Choosewhichapptolaunchwhenyoutapthecloudicon.

TosettheAdaptiveKeys,dothefollowing:

1.OpentheAdaptiveKeyboardSettingwindowbydoingoneofthefollowing:

•Tapthesettingsicon

•OpentheLenovoSettingsprogram,andthenclickAdaptiveKeyboard.

•GotoControlPanel,andthenclickHardwareandSound➙AdaptiveKeyboard➙Change
Settings.

intheFunctionmode.

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2.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentosettheAdaptiveKeys.

Windowskey

OntheWindows7operatingsystem,presstheWindowskey 1 toopentheStartmenu.OntheWindows

8.1operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceandtheStartscreen.

YoualsocanusetheWindowskeytogetherwithanotherkeytoachieveotherfunctions.Formore
information,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheWindowsoperatingsystem.

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UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice

TheThinkPadpointingdeviceconsistsofapointingstick 1 onthekeyboardandthetrackpad 2 .The
wholetrackpadisanactiveareasensitivetofingermovement.Theleftclickzones

5 workastheleftandrightmousebuttonsonaconventionalmouse.Thescrollzone 4 enablesyouto

scrollWebpagesordocumentsinanydirection.

3 andrightclickzones

UsingtheT rackPointpointingstick

TousetheTrackPointpointingstick,applypressuretothenonslipcaponthepointingstickinanydirection
paralleltothekeyboard.Thenyoucanmovethepointer.Butthepointingstickitselfdoesnotmove.The
speedatwhichthepointermovesdependsonthepressureyouapplytothepointingstick.

Usingthemulti-touchtrackpad

TheThinkPadtrackpadofyourcomputersupportsmulti-touchwithwhichyoucanzoomin,zoomout,or
scrollonthescreenwhilebrowsingtheInternetorreadingoreditingadocument.

Formoreinformationonhowtousethetrackpad,seethehelpinformationsystemofthetrackpad.

CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice

YoucancustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevicetoachievetheextendedfunctionsoftheThinkPad
pointingdevice.

TocustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevice,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse➙ThinkPad.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

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Replacingthecap

Thecap
oftime,youcanreplacethecapwithanewone.

1 onthetopoftheTrackPointpointingstickisremovable.Afteryouusethecapforaperiod

Note:TheTrackPointcapusedinyourcomputerhasgrooves
EnsurethatyoureplacetheT rackPointcapwithacorrectonethathassuchgrooves.

a asshowninthefollowingillustration.

Powermanagement

Whenyouneedtouseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeep
yourcomputerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyou
usethepower-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.

SpendmoretimeunpluggedwithThinkPadbatteries.Mobilityhasrevolutionizedbusinessbyenabling
youtotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeabletoworklongerwithout
beingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.

Checkingthebatterystatus

Thebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationareadisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining.

Therateatwhichyouusebatterypowerdetermineshowlongyoucanusethebatteryofyourcomputer
betweencharges.Becauseofdifferentuserhabitsandneeds,itisdifficulttopredicthowlongabattery
chargewilllast.Therearetwomainfactors:

•Howmuchenergyisstoredinthebatterywhenyoubegintowork.

•Thewayyouuseyourcomputer.Forexample:

–Howoftenyouaccessthesolid-statedrive.
–Howbrightyoumakethecomputerdisplay.
–Howoftenyouusethewirelessfeatures.

Tocheckfordetailedbatterystatusinformation,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows8.1:StarttheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.

•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandclicktheBatterytab.

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EnablingthebatteryalarmontheWindows7operatingsystem

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanprogramyourcomputersothatwhenthebatterypowerfalls
belowacertainlevel,threeeventsoccur:thealarmgoesoff,amessageisdisplayed,andtheLCDis
turnedoff.

Toenablethebatteryalarm,dothefollowing:

1.StartthePowerManagerprogram.

2.ClicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab.

3.ForLowbatteryalarmorCriticallylowbatteryalarm,setthepercentageofthepowerlevelandset
theaction.

Note:Ifyourcomputerenterssleeporhibernationmodewhenthebatteryislow,butthealarmmessage
hasnotyetbeendisplayed,themessagewillbedisplayedwhenthecomputerresumes.Toresumenormal
operation,whenthemessageisdisplayed,clickOK.

Usingtheacpoweradapter

Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthelithium-ion(Li-ion)built-inbattery,orfromac
powerthroughtheacpoweradapter.Whileyouuseacpower,thebatterychargesautomatically.

Theacpoweradapterthatcomeswithyourcomputerhastwobasiccomponents:

•Thetransformerpackthatconvertsacpowerforusewiththecomputer.

•Thepowercordthatplugsintotheacoutletandintothetransformerpack.

Attention:Usinganimproperpowercordmightseverelydamageyourcomputer.

Connectingtheacpoweradapter

Toconnecttheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyouperformtheactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.

1.Plugtheacpoweradapterintoanelectricaloutlet.

2.Connectthepowercordtothetransformerpack.

3.Connecttheacpoweradaptertotheacpowerconnectorofthecomputer.

Tipsforusingtheacpoweradapter

•Whentheacpoweradapterisnotinuse,disconnectitfromtheelectricaloutlet.

•Donotbindthepowercordtightlyaroundtheacpoweradaptertransformerpackwhenitisconnectedto
thetransformer.

•Beforeyouchargethebattery,makesurethatitstemperatureisatleast10°C(50°F).

•Youcanchargethebatterywhentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputer.Youneedto
chargethebatteryinanyofthefollowingsituations:

–WhenthebatteryiconintheWindowsnotificationareashowsalowpercentageofbatterypower

remaining.

–Whenthebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime.

Chargingthebattery

Whenyoucheckbatterystatusandfindthatthepercentageofpowerremainingisloworwhenthepower
alarmalertsyouthattheremainingpowerislow,youneedtochargeyourbattery.

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Ifanacoutletisconvenient,plugtheacpoweradapterintotheoutlet,andthenplugitintoacpower
connectorofthecomputer.Thebatterywillbefullychargedinaboutthreetosixhours.Thechargingtimeis
affectedbythebatterysizeandthephysicalenvironment.Youcancheckthebatterychargingstatusatany
timethroughthebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

Note:Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.

Maximizingthebatterylife

Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:

•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted.

•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Y oucanseewhetherthebatteryisfullychargedfromthe
battery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

•Alwaysusepower-savingmodes,suchassleepmode,andhibernationmode.

Managingthebatterypower

Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,adjustyourpowerplansettings.
Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows8.1:Gotothedesktopscreen,right-clickthebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotification
area,andthenclickPowerOptions.ThenclickChangeplansettingsthatisnexttoyourpowerplan.

•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Forinstructionson
howtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating
system”onpage15.

Formoreinformation,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

Power-savingmodes

Thereareseveralmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower.Thissectionintroduceseach
modeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofbatterypower.

•Screenblankmode(forWindows7only)
Thecomputerdisplayrequiresconsiderablebatterypower.Toturnoffthepowertothedisplayandmake
thecomputerenterscreenblankmode,right-clickthebatterygaugeiconintheWindowsnotificationarea
andselectPoweroffdisplay.

•Sleepmode
Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory,andthenthesolid-statedriveandthecomputerdisplayare
turnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.

Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupportthe30DayStandbyfunction.Whenthisfunction
isenabled,thecomputerconsumesevenlesspowerinsleepmodeandtakesonlysecondstoresume
normaloperationwhenyoupressthepowerbutton.Formoreinformationaboutthe30DayStandby
function,dothefollowing:

–ForWindows8.1:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower➙30DayStandby.
–ForWindows7:RefertothehelpinformationsystemofthePowerManagerprogram.Forinstructions

onhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage14.

Toputyourcomputerintosleepmode,pressFn+4ordothefollowing:

–ForWindows8.1:Movethepointertothebottom-rightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.

ThenclickSettings➙Power➙Sleep.

–ForWindows7:UsetheStartmenushutdownoption.

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•Hibernationmode
Byusingthismode,youcanturnoffyourcomputercompletelywithoutsavingfilesorexitingany
programsthatarerunning.Whenthecomputerentershibernationmode,allopenprograms,folders,and
filesaresavedtothesolid-statedrive,andthenthecomputerturnsoff.

Ifyouputyourcomputerintohibernationmodewiththewake-upfunctiondisabled,thecomputerdoes
notconsumeanypower.Thewake-upfunctionisdisabledbydefault.Ifyouputyourcomputerinto
hibernationmodewiththewake-upfunctionenabled,thecomputerconsumesasmallamountofpower.

Toenablethewake-upfunction,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanelandclickS

2.ClickAdministrativeTools.

3.ClickTaskScheduler.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconfirmation.

4.Fromtheleftpane,selectthetaskfolderforwhichyouwanttoenablethewake-upfunction.The
scheduledtasksaredisplayed.

5.Clickascheduledtask,andthenclicktheConditionstab.

6.UnderPower,selectthecheckboxforWakethecomputertorunthistask.

Toputthecomputerintohibernationmode,changeyourpowerplansettingsbydoingthefollowing:

–ForWindows8.1:Gotothedesktopscreen.Right-clickthebattery-statusiconintheWindows

notificationarea,clickPowerOptions➙Choosewhatthepowerbuttondoes,andthenfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.

–ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Thenfollow

theinstructionsonthescreen.ForinstructionsonhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see
“Lenovoprograms”onpage14.

•Wirelessoff
Whenyouarenotusingthewirelessfeatures,suchasBluetoothorwirelessLAN,turnthemoff.Thiswill

helpconservepower.Toturnoffthewirelessfeatures,tapthewirelessicon

ystemandSecurity.

intheFunctionmode.

Note:OntheWindows7operatingsystem,whenthewirelessfeaturesaredisabled,theredwireless-off
indicator

turnson.

Handlingthebattery

ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecificsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo
oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother
systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemisinstalled,thesystemwill
notcharge.

Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.

DANGER

Donotattempttodisassembleormodifythebatterypack.

Attemptingtodosocancauseanexplosion,orliquidleakagefromthebatterypack.

AbatterypackotherthantheonespecifiedbyLenovo,oradisassembledormodifiedbattery
packisnotcoveredbythewarranty.

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DANGER

Iftherechargeablebatterypackisincorrectlyreplaced,thereisdangerofanexplosion.Thebattery
packcontainsasmallamountofharmfulsubstances.T oavoidpossibleinjury:

•ReplaceonlywithabatteryofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.

•Keepthebatterypackawayfromfire.

•Donotexposeittoexcessiveheat.

•Donotexposeittowaterorrain.

•Donotshort-circuitit.

•Storeitinacooldryplace.

•Keepitawayfromchildren.

Thebatterypackisaconsumablesupply.Ifyourbatterybeginstodischargetooquickly,replacethe
batterypackwithanewoneofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.Formoreinformationonreplacingthe
batterypack,contactyourCustomerSupportCenter.

DANGER

Donotdrop,crush,puncture,orsubjecttostrongforces.Batteryabuseormishandlingcancause
thebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorflameto“vent”fromthebatterypackor
coin-cellbattery.Ifyourbatteryisdamaged,orifyounoticeanydischargefromyourbatteryorthe
buildupofforeignmaterialsonthebatteryleads,stopusingthebatteryandobtainareplacement
fromthebatterymanufacturer.

DANGER

Onlyrechargethebatterypackstrictlyaccordingtoinstructionsincludedintheproduct
documentation.

DANGER

Donotputthebatterypackintrashthatisdisposedofinlandfills.Whendisposingofthebattery,
complywithlocalordinancesorregulationsandyourcompany'ssafetystandards.

DANGER

Thereisadangerofanexplosionifthecoin-cellbatteryisincorrectlyplaced.Thelithiumbattery
containslithiumandcanexplodeifitisnotproperlyhandled,ordisposedof.Replaceonlywitha
batteryofthesametype.Toavoidpossibleinjuryordeath,donot:(1)throworimmerseintowater,
(2)allowittoheattomorethan100°C(212°F),or(3)attempttorepairordisassembleit.Disposeof
itasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulationsandyourcompany'ssafetystandards.

Connectingtothenetwork

YourcomputerhasoneormorenetworkcardsthatenableyoutoconnectyourcomputertotheInternet
orothernetworkconnections.

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Ethernetconnections

Youcanconnectyourcomputertoalocalnetworkorabroadbandconnectionbyusingthebuilt-inEthernet
featureofthecomputer.

DANGER

Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetextension
adapter.

ThefollowingfigureshowshowtoconnectyourcomputertoaLANusingtheEthernetextensionadapter
thatcomeswithyourcomputer.

Note:T ousetheEthernetextensionadapter,youneedtoremovetheconnectorcoverfromtheEthernet
extensionadapterfirst.Ensurethatyoukeeptheconnectorcover.ReattachittotheEthernetextension
adapterwhenyouarenotusingtheEthernetextensionadapter.

TheEthernetextensionadapterhastwoindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection.Whenthe
upper-leftindicatorissolidgreen,itindicatesthatthecomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwiththe
networkisavailable.Whentheupper-rightindicatorblinksyellow,itindicatesthatdataisbeingtransmitted.

Wirelessconnections

Wirelessconnectionisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbutbymeansofradiowavesonly.

Attention:

•Ifyouwanttousethewirelessfeaturesonanairplane,checkthewirelessserviceswiththeairlinebefore
boardingtheairplane.

•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseofcomputerwirelessfeaturesonanairplane,youneedtodisablethe
wirelessfeaturesofyourcomputerbeforeboarding.

Dependingonthewirelessdevicesinstalledonyourcomputer,youmightbeabletousethefollowing
wirelessnetworks:

•WirelessLANconnection

•WirelessWANconnection

•Bluetoothconnection

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•NFCconnection

UsingthewirelessLANconnection

AwirelessLANcoversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofficebuildingorahouse.Devices
basedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothistypeofnetwork.

Yourcomputercomeswithabuilt-inwirelessnetworkcardandaconfigurationutilitytohelpyouestablish
wirelessconnectionsandmonitortheconnectionstatus.Thisenablesyoutostayconnectedtoyournetwork
whileyouareattheoffice,inameetingroom,orathome,withnoneedforawiredconnection.

ToestablishawirelessLANconnection,dothefollowing:

ForWindows8.1:

1.T apthewirelessicon
howtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

Note:EnsurethatAirplanemodeissettooff.

•Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornertodisplaythecharms,clickSettings,then

clickthewireless-network-connection-statusicon.Alistofavailablewirelessnetworksisdisplayed.

•Gotothedesktopscreen,thenclickthewireless-network-connection-statusiconintheWindows

notificationarea.Alistofavailablewirelessnetworksisdisplayed.

3.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.

ForWindows7:

1.T apthewirelessicon
howtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.

2.Clickthewireless-network-connection-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.Alistofavailable
wirelessnetworksisdisplayed.

3.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.

Ifyouneedtoconnecttodifferentwirelessnetworksindifferentlocations,usethefollowingsoftwareto
managemultiplenetworkprofilessothatthecomputerautomaticallyconnectstoanavailablenetworkwhen
thelocationchanges:

•ForWindows8.1:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickLocationAwareness.Formore
information,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage16.

•ForWindows7:UsetheAccessConnectionsprogram.Formoreinformation,see“AccessingLenovo
programsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage15.

intheFunctionmodetoenablethewirelessfeatures.Formoreinformationon

intheFunctionmodetoenablethewirelessfeatures.Formoreinformationon

TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature

Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:

•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.

•Openyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan90degrees.

•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.

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CheckingthewirelessLANconnectionstatus

YoucancheckthewirelessLANconnectionstatusthroughthewireless-network-connection-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetterthesignalis.

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess
Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

AccessConnectionsgaugestatus:

•

•

Powertothewirelessradioisoffornosignal.

Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.To

improvesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.

•

Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection

ismarginal.

•

Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection

isexcellent.

AccessConnectionsiconstatus:

•

Nolocationprofileisactiveornoneexists.

Currentlocationprofileisdisconnected.

•

Currentlocationprofileisconnected.

•

Wirelessstatusiconstatus

•

Powertothewirelessradioisoff.

•

Powertothewirelessradioison.Noassociation.

•

Powertothewirelessradioison.Nosignal.

Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionisexcellent.

•

Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionismarginal.

•

Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.T oimprove

•
signalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.

UsingthewirelessWANconnection

WirelessWANwhichusescellularnetworksfordatatransmission,enablesyoutoestablishwireless
connectionsoverremotepublicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbemaintainedoveralarge
geographicalarea,suchasacityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantennasitesorsatellitesystems
maintainedbywirelessserviceproviders.

SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithabuilt-inwirelessWANcardintegratedwithsomewireless
WANtechnologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3G,GPRS,orLTE.Byusingthebuilt-inwirelessWANcardand
theconfigurationutilitythatcomeswithyourcomputer,youcanestablishwirelessWANconnectionsand
monitortheconnectionstatus.

Note:ThewirelessWANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.

TipsforusingthewirelessWANfeature

Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Keepyourcomputerawayfromyourbody.

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•Placeyourcomputeronaflatsurfaceandopenyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan
90degrees.

•Placeyourcomputerawayfromconcreteorbrickwallsthatmightdampencellularsignals.

•Bestreceptionwillbeavailablenearwindowsandotherlocationswherecellularphonereceptionisthe
strongest.

CheckingthewirelessWANconnectionstatus

YoucancheckthewirelessWANconnectionstatusthroughthewireless-network-connection-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetterthesignalis.

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess
Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

AccessConnectionsgaugestatus:

•

•

•

•

AccessConnectionsiconstatus:

•

•

•

Wirelessstatusiconstatus:

•

•

•

•

•

•

Nosignal

Weaksignal

Mediumsignal

Strongsignal

Nolocationprofileisactiveornoneexists.

Currentlocationprofileisdisconnected.

Currentlocationprofileisconnected.

PowertotheWANradioisoff
Noassociation
Nosignal

Weaksignal

Mediumsignal

Strongsignal

UsingtheBluetoothconnection

Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnecting
peripheraldevicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,or
remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.

Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:

1.EnsurethattheBluetoothfeatureisenabled.

•IfyouareusingtheWindows8.1operatingsystem,theBluetoothfeatureisenabledbydefault.

•IfyouareusingtheWindows7operatingsystem,toenabletheBluetoothfeature,tapthewireless
icon

instructionsonthescreen.FormoreinformationonhowtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“Adaptive
Keysoverview”onpage25.

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intheFunctionmodetoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,andthenfollowthe

2.Locatethedatayouwanttosendandright-clickthedata.

Note:IfyouareusingtheWindows8.1operatingsystem,gotothedesktopscreenfirst,locatethedata
youwanttosend,andthenright-clickthedata.

3.SelectSendTo➙BluetoothDevices.

4.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywitha
Bluetoothoption,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeature
canbedegraded.

Formoreinformation,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystemandtheBluetoothhelpinformation
system.

UsingtheNFCconnection

NFCisahigh-frequencyandshort-rangewirelesscommunicationstechnology.Dependingonthe
model,yourcomputermightcomewithanNFCcard.ByusingtheNFCfeature,youcanestablishradio
communicationsbetweenyourcomputerandanotherNFC-enableddeviceoveradistancenomorethana
fewcentimeters.BeforeyouusetheNFCfeature,ensurethattheNFCdeviceoptionissettoEnabled
intheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“Securitymenu”onpage98.

Bydefault,theNFCfeatureisenabled.IfyouhavedisabledtheNFCfeature,dothefollowingtoenable
theNFCfeature:

•FortheWindows7operatingsystem:

1.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage93.

2.SelectSecurity➙I/OPortAccess.

3.SettheNFCdeviceoptiontoEnabled.

•FortheWindows8.1operatingsystem:

1.Gotothedesktopandmovethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentobring
upthecharms.ThenclickSettings➙ChangePCsettings➙Network➙Radiodevices.

2.SlidetheNFCswitchtotherighttoenabletheNFCfeature.

YoucanusetheNFCfeaturewithNFCsupportedprograms,suchastheLenovoQuickControlprogramor
theLenovoQuickCastprogram.

Presentationsandmultimedia

Youcanconnectyourcomputertoaprojectortogivepresentationsoryoucanconnectyourcomputer
toanexternalmonitortoexpandyourworkspace.

Changingdisplaysettings

Youcanchangethedisplaysettings,suchasthedisplayresolution,fontsize,andsoon.

Tochangethedisplaysettings,dothefollowing:

1.OpenControlPanelandclickAppearanceandPersonalization.

2.ClickDisplayforfurtherconfiguration.

3.ClickApply.Thechangewilltakeeffectafteryoulogoff.

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Connectingaprojectororanexternalmonitor

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutconnectingaprojectororanexternalmonitor.

Usinganexternalmonitor

Note:Whenyouconnectanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreisrequired.

Yourcomputercansupportamaximumvideoresolutionofupto2560x1440orupto1600x900,provided
thattheexternalmonitoralsosupportsthatresolution.Formoreinformationabouttheexternalmonitor,refer
tothemanualsprovidedwiththeexternalmonitor.

Youcansetanyresolutionforeitherthecomputerdisplayortheexternalmonitor.Whenyouusebothatthe
sametime,theresolutionofbothisthesame.Ifyousetahigherresolutionforthecomputerdisplay,you
canseeonlypartofthescreenatatime.YoucanseeotherpartsbymovingtheimagewiththeTrackPoint
pointingdeviceoranotherpointingdevice.

IntheDisplaySettingswindow,youcanmovethedisplayoutputtothecomputerdisplay,theexternal
monitor,orboth.

Connectinganexternalmonitor

Toconnectanexternalmonitor,dothefollowing:

1.ConnecttheexternalmonitortotheMiniDisplayPortconnectorofyourcomputer.

2.Connecttheexternalmonitortoanelectricaloutlet.

3.T urnontheexternalmonitor.

4.T apthedisplay-modeicon
youtoswitchbetweenviewingoutputontheexternalmonitor,thecomputermonitor,orbothmonitors.

Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,right-clickanywhereonthedesktop,then
selectScreenresolution.ClicktheDetectbutton.

Settingtheexternalmonitortype

Tosettheexternalmonitortype,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheexternalmonitortoyourcomputer,andthenconnectthemonitortoanelectricaloutlet.

2.T urnontheexternalmonitor.

3.Right-clickanywhereonthedesktop,andthenclickScreenresolution.

Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,clicktheDetectbutton.

4.SelecttheexternalmonitorandsetResolution.

5.ClickAdvancedSettings.

6.ClicktheMonitortab.Checkthemonitorinformationtomakesurethatthemonitortypeiscorrect.Ifit
is,clickOKtoclosethewindow;otherwiseproceedwiththefollowingsteps.

7.Ifmorethantwomonitortypesaredisplayed,selectGenericPnPMonitororGenericNon-PnP
Monitor.

8.ClickProperties.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethepassword
orprovideconfirmation.

9.ClicktheDrivertab.

10.ClickUpdateDriver.

11.ClickBrowsemycomputerfordriversoftware,andthenclickLetmepickfromalistofdevice
driversonmycomputer.

intheFunctionmodetochangethedisplayoutputlocation.Thisenables

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12.CleartheShowcompatiblehardwarecheckbox.

13.Selectthecorrectmanufacturerandmodelfortheexternalmonitor.Ifyoucannotfindyourmonitoron
thelist,stoptheinstallationofthisdriverandusethedrivershippedwithyourmonitor.

14.Afterupdatingthedriver,clickClose.

Changingthecolorsettings

Tochangethecolorsettings,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickanywhereonthedesktop,andthenclickScreenresolution.

2.ClickAdvancedSettings,andthenselecttheColorManagementtab.

3.ClickColorManagement,andthenselecttheAdvancedtab.

4.Changethecolorsettingsasyoudesired,andthenclickClose.

Considerationsforconnectinganexternalmonitor

•Wheninstallinganoperatingsystem,youmustinstallthedisplaydriverforyourmonitorthatisprovided
withthecomputer,andthemonitorINFfilethatisprovidedwiththeexternalmonitor.

•Ifyousetaresolutionhigherthantheresolutionyouareusingonthecomputermonitor,andusean
externalmonitorthatdoesnotsupportthatresolution,takeadvantageofthevirtualscreenfunction,
whichenablesyoutodisplayonlyapartofthehigh-resolutionscreenimageyourcomputerproduces.
YoucanseeotherpartsoftheimagebymovingthescreenwiththeT rackPointpointingdeviceoranother
pointingdevice.

•Iftheexternalmonitoryouareusingisoutdated,theresolutionandtherefreshratemightbelimited.

UsingtheMiniDisplayPortconnector

YourcomputerhasaMiniDisplayPortconnector,whichisadigitaldisplayinterfaceforconnectionto
variousexternaldevices,suchasCathodeRayTube(CRT)monitors,LCDmonitors,projectors,oreven
high-definitiontelevisions.Thiscompactconnectorenablesaplug-and-playsetupandsupportsadapters
thatcanplugintoDVI,videographicsarray(VGA),orHDMIconnectors.

TheMiniDisplayPortconnectorofyourcomputersupportsaudioaswellasvideostreaming.

Settingupapresentation

Todisplayinformationandmakepresentations,youcanconnectadataprojectortoyourcomputerthrough
theMiniDisplayPortconnectoronyourcomputerbyusingaLenovoMini-DisplayPorttoVGAAdapterCable.
TheLenovoMini-DisplayPorttoVGAAdapterCableisavailableasoptionat
http://www.lenovo.com/essentials

Note:Itmaytakeseveralsecondsbeforetheprojectordisplaystheimage.Ifyoudonotseeyourdesktop
displayedafter60seconds,tapthedisplay-modeicon

displayoutputlocations.

Yourprojectormighthaveoneormoreaudio-inputconnectors.Toprojectsound,youneedtoattach
thecomboaudioconnectoronyourcomputertotheseconnectors,usinganaudiocable(commercially
available).

intheFunctionmodetoswitchbetweendifferent

Usingdualdisplays

ThissectionintroducestheDuplicateandExtenddesktopfunctionsthatenableyoutodisplayoutputon
boththecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.

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UsingtheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction

WiththeDuplicatedesktopfunction,youcandisplaythesameoutputonboththecomputerdisplayand
anexternaldisplay.YoualsocandisplaydifferentdesktopimagesoneachmonitorwiththeExtend
desktopfunction.

YoucanusetheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunctionwithoutchanginganysettings.Ifthefunctiondoes
notwork,refertothefollowingtopiconhowtoenabletheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction.

EnablingtheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction

ToenabletheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheexternalmonitortoyourcomputer;andthenconnectthemonitortoanelectricaloutlet.

2.T urnontheexternalmonitor.

3.T apthedisplay-modeicon

Tochangetheresolutionforeachmonitor,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickanywhereonthedesktop,andclickScreenresolution.

2.ClicktheMonitor-1icon,whichisfortheprimarydisplay(thecomputerdisplaybydefault).

3.Settheresolutionfortheprimarydisplay.

4.ClicktheMonitor-2icon,whichisforthesecondarydisplay(theexternaldisplaybydefault).

5.Settheresolutionforthesecondarydisplay.

6.ClickAdvancedsettingsandsetupthecolorqualityontheMonitortab.

7.ClickOKtoapplythechanges.

ConsiderationsforusingtheExtenddesktopfunction

•InExtenddesktopmode,onlytheprimarydisplayshowsDOSfull-screen,andtheotherdisplayis
blackedout.

•IfyourcomputerhastheIntelgraphicscard,youcandesignatetheprimarydisplaybydoingthefollowing:

1.Right-clickanywhereonthedesktopandselectScreenResolution.

2.ClickthedesireddisplayimageandselecttheMakethismymaindisplaycheckbox.

3.ClickOK.

•WhenanapplicationusingDirectDraworDirect3Disrunninginfull-screenmode,onlytheprimarydisplay
showstheoutput.

intheFunctionmode,andthenselectDuplicateorExtend.

•YoucannotusethedisplayswitchingfunctionwhenyouareinExtenddesktopmode.

Usingaudiofeatures

Yourcomputerisequippedwiththefollowingitems:

•Built-inmicrophones

•Built-inspeakers

•Comboaudioconnector,3.5mm(0.14inch)indiameter

Yourcomputeralsohasanaudiochipthatenablesyoutoenjoyvariousmultimediaaudiofeatures,such
asthefollowing:

•CompliantwithIntelHighDefinitionAudio

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•PlaybackofMusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface(MIDI)andMovingPictureExpertsGroupAudioLayer-3
(MP3)files

•Recordingandplaybackofpulse-codemodulation(PCM)andWaveformAudioFileFormat(WAV)files

•Recordingfromvarioussoundsources,suchasaheadsetattached

Thefollowingtableshowsthesupportedfunctionsfortheaudiodevicesattachedtotheconnectorsonyour
computerorThinkPadOneLinkDock.

Table5.Audiofeaturelist

Connector

Comboaudioconnectoron
thecomputer

Comboaudioconnector
onthesupportedThinkPad
OneLinkDock

Headsetwitha3.5mm
(0.14–inch),4-poleplug

Headphoneand
microphonefunctions
supported

Headphoneand
microphonefunctions
supported

Conventional
headphones

Headphonefunction
supported

Headphonefunction
supported

Conventional
microphone

Notsupported

Notsupported

Toconfigurethemicrophoneforoptimalsoundrecording,usetheRealtekHDAudioManagerprogram.To
starttheprogram,gotoControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙RealtekHDAudioManager.

Usingthecamera

Ifyourcomputerhasacamera,youcanusethecameratopreviewyourvideoimageandtakeasnapshot
ofyourcurrentimage.

Tostartthecamera,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows8.1,dooneofthefollowing:

–Tapthecameraicon

Web-conferencemode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.

–ClickCamerafromtheStartscreen.

•ForWindows7,dooneofthefollowing:

intheWeb-conferencemode.Formoreinformationonhowtodisplaythe

–Tapthecameraicon

intheWeb-conferencemode.Formoreinformationonhowtodisplaythe

Web-conferencemode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.

–StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogram.See“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7

operatingsystem”onpage15.

Whenthecameraisstarted,thegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.

Youalsocanusetheintegratedcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,
videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousetheintegratedcamerawithotherprograms,openoneofthe
programsandstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,thecamera
startsautomaticallyandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.

Formoreinformationonusingthecamerawithaprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

Configuringcamerasettings

Youcanconfigurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.

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Toconfigurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows8.1,dooneofthefollowing:

–Configurethecamerasettingsdirectlyfromtheprogramthatisusingthecamera.Formoreinformation,

seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

–ClickLenovoSettingsfromtheStartscreen.ThenclickCamera.Followtheinstructionsonthe

screentoconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.

•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogramandconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.

Usingcameragestures

Cameragesturesprovideanewwayofinteractingwithyourcomputer.Y oucanusecameragesturesto
performsometasksusingsimplehandgesturesinsteadofusingthekeyboardormouse.

Toturnonthecamera-gesturesfunction,tapthecamera-gesturesicon

intheWeb-conferencemode.

FormoreinformationonhowtodisplaytheWeb-conferencemode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage

25.Whenthecamera-gesturesfunctionisturnedon,thegreencamera-gestureindicator

turnson.To

turnoffthefunction,taptheiconagain.

Thefollowingtablelistssomeexamplesofcameragesturesandthecorrespondingfunctions.

Notes:

•Somecameragesturesareavailableonlyforcertainapplications.

•Ensurethatyourhandiswithinthecameraviewsothatthecameracancaptureyourhandgestures.

•Whenyouareusingthecameragestures,maintainadistanceof0.5–2meters(19.69–78.74inches)
betweenthecameraandyourhand.

•Yourcomputermightlookdifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

Table6.Samplecameragestures

Cameragestures

ActionsFunctions

Openyourhand,putit
infrontofthecamera,
andthenswipeyourhand
leftward.

Openyourhand,putit
infrontofthecamera,
andthenswipeyourhand
rightward.

•Nextpage

•Nexttrack

•Nextphoto

•Nextslide

•Previouspage

•Previoustrack

•Previousphoto

•Previousslide

Supportedapps

•PortableDocument
Format(PDF)or
electronicbooks
(ebooks)

•Mediaplayers

•Pictureviewers

•PowerPoint

•PDForebooks

•Mediaplayers

•Pictureviewers

•PowerPoint

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Table6.Samplecameragestures(continued)

Cameragestures

ActionsFunctions

Openyourhand,putit
infrontofthecamera,
andthentapagainstthe
computerdisplay.

Supportedapps

Pauseorplay.Mediaplayers

Raiseyourfist,and
thenmoveitupwardor
downward.

Openyourhand,and
thenraiseitinfrontofthe
camera.

Moveyourfistupwardto
increaseordownwardto
decreasethevolume.

Enablehand-tracking.
Whenthehand-tracking
functionisenabled,you
cancontrolthepointerby
movingyourhand.

Mediaplayers

•PDForebooks

•Pictureviewers

•PowerPoint(available

onlyinfull-screenmode)

Formoreinformationonhowtousecameragestures,dothefollowing:

•RefertotheinstructionsontheCameraGesturessettingsscreen.T oaccesstheCameraGestures
settingsscreen,dothefollowing:

–Tapthesettingsicon

intheHomemode,andthenclickCameraGestures.TheCameraGestures

settingsscreenopens.

–Tapandholdthecamera-gesturesicon

intheWeb-conferencemodeforabouttwoseconds.

TheCameraGesturessettingsscreenopens.

•RefertotheSetupGuideposterthatcomeswithyourcomputer.

Configuringcameragesturessettings

Youcanconfigurethefollowingcameragesturessettingstomeetyourneeds:

•Turnonorturnofftheon-screenvisualfeedbackwhenagestureisdetected.

•Turnonorturnoffthesoundfeedbackwhenagestureisdetected.

•Automaticallyturnoffthecameraifnogestureisdetected.

Toconfigurethecameragesturessettings,right-clickthecamera-gesturesiconintheWindowsnotification
area,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoconfigurethesettingsasyoudesired.

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Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutaccessibility,comfort,andtravelingwithyourcomputer.

•“Accessibilityandcomfort”onpage51

•“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage53

Accessibilityandcomfort

Goodergonomicpracticeisimportanttogetthemostfromyourpersonalcomputerandtoavoiddiscomfort.
Arrangeyourworkplaceandtheequipmentyouusetosuityourindividualneedsandthekindofwork
thatyouperform.Inaddition,usehealthyworkhabitstomaximizeyourperformanceandcomfortwhile
usingyourcomputer.

Thefollowingtopicsprovideinformationaboutarrangingyourworkarea,settingupyourcomputer
equipment,andestablishinghealthyworkhabits.

Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingthelatestinformationandtechnologytoourcustomerswithdisabilities.
Refertoouraccessibilityinformationwhichoutlinesoureffortsinthisarea.See“Accessibilityinformation”
onpage52.

Ergonomicinformation

Workinginthevirtualofficemightmeanadaptingtofrequentchangesinyourenvironment.Forexample,
adaptingtothesurroundinglightsources,properseating,andtheplacementofyourcomputerhardware,
canhelpyouimproveyourperformanceandachievegreatercomfort.

Thefollowingexampleshowssomeoneinaconventionalsetting.Evenwhennotinsuchasetting,youcan
followmanyofthesetips.Developgoodhabits,andtheywillserveyouwell.

Generalposture:Makeminormodificationsinyourworkingposturetodetertheonsetofdiscomfort
causedbylongperiodsofworkinginthesameposition.Frequent,shortbreaksfromyourworkalsohelp
topreventminordiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingposture.

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Display:Positionthedisplaytomaintainacomfortableviewingdistanceof510-760mm(20-30inches).

Avoidglareorreflectionsonthedisplayfromoverheadlightingoroutsidesourcesoflight.Keepthedisplay
screencleanandsetthebrightnesstolevelsthatenableyoutoseethescreenclearly.

Headposition:Keepyourheadandneckinacomfortableandneutral(vertical,orupright)position.

Chair:Useachairthatgivesyougoodbacksupportandseatheightadjustment.Usechairadjustmentsto

bestsuityourdesiredposture.

Armandhandposition:Ifavailable,usechairarmrestsoranareaonyourworkingsurfacetoprovide
weightsupportforyourarms.Keepyourforearms,wrists,andhandsinarelaxedandneutral(horizontal)
position.Typewithasofttouchwithoutpoundingthekeys.

Legposition:Keepyourthighsparalleltothefloorandyourfeetflatonthefloororonafootrest.

Whatifyouaretraveling?

Itmightnotbepossibletoobservethebestergonomicpracticeswhenyouareusingyourcomputerwhile
onthemoveorinacasualsetting.Regardlessofthesetting,trytoobserveasmanyofthesetipsas
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”onpage51andpractice“activesitting”to
avoiddiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingpostures.Makingminorvoluntaryposturalchangesand
takingshortfrequentworkbreaksarethekeyingredientsforhealthycomputing.Y ourcomputerislightand
mobile;youcaneasilyrepositionyourworkingsurfacetoaccommodatemanyposturemodifications.

Workareasetupoptions:Familiarizeyourselfwithallofyourofficefurnituresothatyouknowhowtoadjust
yourworksurface,seat,andotherworktoolstoaccommodateyourpreferencesforcomfort.Ifyourwork
areaisnotinanofficesetting,besuretotakespecialnoteofemployingactivesittingandtakingwork
breaks.ManyThinkPadproductsolutionsareavailabletohelpyoumodifyandexpandyourcomputerto
bestsuityourneeds.Y oucanfindsomeoftheseoptionsathttp://www.lenovo.com/essentials.Exploreyour
optionsfordockingsolutionsandexternalproductsthatprovidetheadjustabilityandfeaturesthatyouwant.

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,someusersmightnothavethefinemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey
combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,
magnifiersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese
features,consulttheMicrosofthelpinformationsystem.

TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,openControlPanelandclickEaseofAccess➙Easeof

AccessCenter.

Screen-readertechnologies

Screen-readertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareprograminterfaces,helpinformationsystems,
andavarietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotreaddocuments,
thedocumentmustfirstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobePDFfilesintoa
formatthatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedserviceprovidedbyAdobe
SystemsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscanbeconvertedto
HTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionconvertsPDFdocumentsontheInternet.A
secondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFfilethroughe-mailtoconvertittoHTMLor
ASCIItext.AdobePDFfilesonalocalsolid-statedrive,localCD-ROM,orLANalsocanbeconvertedby
attachingtheAdobePDFfiletoane-mailmessage.

Travelingwithyourcomputer

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretraveling.

Traveltips

Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmoreconfidentlyandefficientlywithyourcomputer.

•Althoughitissafetoallowyourcomputertogothroughthex-raymachinesatairportsecuritystations,it
isimportanttokeepyoureyesonthecomputeratalltimestopreventtheft.

•Considerbringinganelectricaladapterforuseinanairplaneorautomobile.

•Ifyoucarryanacpoweradapter,detachtheaccordfromittoavoiddamagingthecord.

Traveltipsonairplanes

Ifyoucarryyourcomputerintoanairplane,takenoteofthefollowingtips:

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

•Becarefulabouttheseatinfrontofyouonairplanes.Angleyourcomputerdisplaysothatitdoesnotget
caughtwhenthepersoninfrontofyouleansback.

•Whentakingoff,remembertoturnoffyourcomputerorputitintohibernationmode.

Travelaccessories

Thefollowingisachecklistofitemstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtotravel:

•ThinkPadacpoweradapter

•MiniDisplayPorttoHDMIadapter

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•Mini-DisplayPorttoVGAAdapterCable

•Externalmouse,ifyouareaccustomedtousingone

•Ethernetextensionadapter

•Ethernetcable

•Aqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushionandprotection

•Externalstoragedevice

Ifyouaretravelingtoanothercountry,youmightwanttoconsideranacpoweradapterforthecountryto
whichyouaretraveling.

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

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Chapter4.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.

•“Usingpasswords”onpage55

•“Solid-statedrivesecurity”onpage59

•“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage60

•“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage61

•“Noticeondeletingdatafromyoursolid-statedrive”onpage64

•“Usingfirewalls”onpage65

•“Protectingdataagainstviruses”onpage65

Usingpasswords

Youcanhelppreventyourcomputerfromunauthorizedusebyusingpasswords.Onceyousetapassword,
apromptisdisplayedonthescreeneachtimeyouturnonthecomputer.Enteryourpasswordattheprompt.
Youcannotusethecomputerunlessyoutypethecorrectpassword.

Ifyouhavesetapower-onpassword,asupervisorpassword,oraharddiskpassword,itunlocks
automaticallywhenthecomputerresumesfromsleepmode.

Note:IfaWindowspasswordhasbeenset,youwillbepromptedtoenterit.

Typingpasswords

Whenthisiconisdisplayed,typeapower-onpasswordorasupervisorpassword.

Whenthisiconisdisplayed,typeauserharddiskpassword.Totypeamasterharddiskpassword,

pressF1.Whentheiconchangesto

Note:Toreturntotheicon

,pressF1again.

,typethemasterharddiskpassword

Power-onpassword

Youcansetapower-onpasswordtohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstaccessbyunauthorizedusers.

Ifyousetapower-onpassword,thepasswordpromptisdisplayedonthescreenwheneveryouturnonthe
computer.Youmustenterthecorrectpasswordtostartusingthecomputer.

Setting,changing,orremovingapower-onpassword

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Toset,change,orremoveapower-onpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.

2.SelectSecurity➙Password➙Power-onPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.

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3.Dependingonyourneed,dooneofthefollowing:

•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.

•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentpower-onpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typethenewpower-onpasswordandpressEnter;thenretype

thepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandEnter.

•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentpower-onpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.PressEntertwice.

4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.

5.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Note:Y oumightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Otherwise,ifyouforgetthe
password,youhavetotakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohave
thepasswordcanceled.

Supervisorpassword

ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Ifyouhave
setasupervisorpassword,noonecanchangetheconfigurationofthecomputerwithoutthepassword.It
providesthefollowingsecurityfeatures:

•Ifonlyasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkPad
Setupprogram.UnauthorizeduserscannotaccesstheThinkPadSetupprogramwithoutthepassword.

•Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtoaccessacomputereveniftheuserofthat
computerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.

•Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou
havethesupervisorpassword:

–Changingordeletingthepower-onpassword
–Changingordeletingthesupervisorpassword
–Changingdateandtime
–Specifyingtheminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword
–Changingthesettingforthesecuritychip
–Erasingthefingerprintdata
–Enablingordisablingthefollowingfeatures:

–WakeonLANandFlashoverLAN
–LockUEFIBIOSSettings
–Passwordatunattendedboot
–BootDeviceListF12Option
–BootOrderLock
–FlashBIOSUpdatingbyEnd-Users
–Internalnetworkdevice

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–Internalwirelessdevice
–InternalBluetoothdevice
–InternalNetworkOptionROM
–InternalwirelessWANdevice
–Securitymode
–Fingerprintreaderpriority

Notes:

•ThesystemadministratorcansetthesamesupervisorpasswordonmanyThinkPadnotebookcomputers
tomakeadministrationeasier.

•WhenLockUEFIBIOSSettingsoptionisenabled,allBIOSsettingscannotbechanged.Tochange
thesettings,asupervisorpasswordisrequired.

Setting,changing,orremovingasupervisorpassword

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Onlyasystemadministratorcanset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword.Toset,change,orremovea
supervisorpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.

2.SelectSecurity➙Password➙SupervisorPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.

3.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:

•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.

•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typethenewsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter;thenretype

thepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.PressEntertwice.

4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.

5.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Note:Y oumightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Thenexttimeyouopenthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyoursupervisorpasswordtoproceed.Ifyouforget
yoursupervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

Harddiskpasswords

Thefollowingtwotypesofharddiskpasswordscanhelpprotecttheinformationstoredonthesolid-state
drive:

•Userharddiskpassword

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Ifauserharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,butnomasterharddiskpasswordhasbeen,theusermust
entertheuserharddiskpasswordtoaccessfilesandapplicationsonthesolid-statedrive.

•Masterharddiskpassword
Themasterharddiskpasswordalsorequiresauserharddiskpassword.Themasterharddiskpassword

isusuallysetandusedbyasystemadministrator.Itenablestheadministratortoaccessanysolid-state
driveinasystemlikeamasterkey.Theadministratorsetsthemasterpassword;thenassignsauser
passwordforeachcomputerinthenetwork.Theusercanthenchangetheuserpasswordasdesired,but
theadministratorstillcangetaccessbyusingthemasterpassword.

Whenamasterharddiskpasswordisset,onlytheadministratorcanremovetheuserharddiskpassword.

Settingaharddiskpassword

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Tosetaharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.

2.SelectSecurity➙Password➙HarddiskxPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.

3.Apasswordwindowisdisplayed.YouarepromptedtoselectUserorUser+Master.SelectUserif
youwanttosetonlyoneharddiskpassword.SelectUser+Masterifyouwanttosetauserharddisk
passwordandamasterharddiskpassword,forexampleifyouareanadministratororasupervisor.

•IfyouselectUser,dothefollowing:

a.Whenawindowfortypingthenewpasswordopens,typeyournewpasswordintheEnterNew

PasswordfieldandpressEnter.

b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredandpressEnter.

•IfyouselectUser+Master,dothefollowing:

a.First,setauserharddiskpassword.Whenamessagewindowpromptsyoutosettheuserhard

diskpassword,pressEntertocontinue.TypeyournewuserharddiskpasswordintheEnter
NewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.RetypethepasswordintheConfirmNewPassword
fieldandpressEnter.

b.Then,setamasterharddiskpassword.Whenamessagewindowpromptsyoutosetthemaster

harddiskpassword.PressEntertocontinue.Typeyournewmasterharddiskpasswordinthe
EnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.RetypethepasswordintheConfirmNewPassword
fieldandpressEnter.

4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.

5.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Thenexttimeyouturnonyourcomputer,typetheuserormasterharddiskpasswordtostartyourcomputer
andaccesstheoperatingsystem.

Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword

Tochangeorremovetheharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

•IfyouareinUser+Masterharddiskmode,youcanselecteitherUserHDPorMasterHDPtochange
thepassword,dependingonyourneeds.

–IfyouselectUserHDPmode,followthefollowingstepstochangetheuserharddiskpassword:

1.T ypethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

2.T ypethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter;thenretypethe
passwordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

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3.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEnteragaintocontinue.Theuserharddiskpassword
ischanged.

Note:TheharddiskpasswordcannotberemovedinUserHDPmode.

–IfyouselectMasterHDPmode,followthefollowingstepstochangethemasterharddiskpassword:

1.T ypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

2.T ypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter;then
retypethenewpasswordyoujustenteredintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

3.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.Themasterharddiskpasswordis
changed.

Note:IfyouleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblankandpressEnter
twice,boththeuserandmasterharddiskpasswordsareremoved.

•IfyouareinUserharddiskmode,followthefollowingstepstochangetheuserharddiskpassword:

1.Followsteps1through7in“Settingaharddiskpassword”onpage58,typingyourpasswordto
starttheThinkPadSetupprogram.

2.T ypethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

3.T ypethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter;thenretypethenew
passwordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.

4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEnteragaintocontinue.Theuserharddiskpasswordis
changed.

Note:IfyouleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblankandpressEnter
twice,theuserharddiskpasswordisremoved.

Tipsonusingtheharddiskpasswords

•YoucansettheminimumlengthofaharddiskpasswordthroughtheSecuritymenu.

•Ifyousetaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters,thesolid-statedrivecanbeusedonlywitha
computerthatcanrecognizeaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters.Ifyoutheninstallthe
solid-statedriveinacomputerthatcannotrecognizeaharddiskpasswordthatcontainsmorethan
sevencharacters,youcannotaccessthedrive.

•Recordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgettheuserharddiskpassword,orbothuser
andmasterharddiskpasswords,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordsorrecoverdatafromthesolid-state
drive.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohavethe
solid-statedrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

Solid-statedrivesecurity

Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,refertothefollowingtipstomaximizesecurity:

•Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolid-statedrive.Refertothe
proceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage55and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage57.Forsecurity,
alongerpasswordisrecommended.

•ToprovidereliablesecurityfortheUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwitha
TrustedPlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage60.

Note:TheWindows7andWindows8.1operatingsystemssupporttheTPMmanagementfeature.

•IfanEncryptionsolid-statedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,besuretoprotectthecontentsofyour
computermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessesbyuseofdriveencryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoft
WindowsBitLocker

®

DriveEncryption,whichissupportedintheUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsof

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theWindows7operatingsystemandWindows8.1operatingsystem.See“UsingWindowsBitLocker
DriveEncryption”onpage60.

•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,deletedatastoredonit.Formoreinformation,
referto“Noticeondeletingdatafromyoursolid-statedrive”onpage64.

Thesolid-statedrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbytheUEFIBIOS.

UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption

Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,usethedriveencryptionsoftware,suchas
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7andWindows8.1operating
systems.ItissupportedintheUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7andProfessionaland
EnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8.1operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystemand
datastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencryptingalluser
andsystemfiles,includingtheswapandhibernationfiles.

BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdefinedasaV1.2TPM.

TochecktheBitLockerstatus,gotoControlPanel,andclickS
Encryption.

FormoreinformationaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seethehelpinformationsystemofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-Step
Guide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.

Encryptionsolid-statedrive

SomemodelscontaintheEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelpstoprotectyourcomputeragainst
securityattacksonmedia,NANDflash,ordevicecontrollersbyuseofahardwareencryptionchip.Forthe
efficientuseoftheencryptionfeature,setaharddiskpasswordfortheinternalstoragedevice.

ystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive

Settingthesecuritychip

Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransferconfidentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,
acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:

•Protectyourdataandsystem

•Strengthenaccesscontrols

•Securecommunications

Settingthesecuritychip

ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas
follows:

•SecurityChipSelection:SelectDiscreteTPMorIntelPTT.

•SecurityChip:Activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.

•SecurityReportingOptions:Enableordisableeachsecurityreportingoption.

•ClearSecurityChip:Cleartheencryptionkey.

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

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TosetanitemontheSecurityChipsubmenu,dothefollowing:

1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.

2.SelectSecurity➙SecurityChipbyusingthedirectionalkeys.

3.PressEnter.TheSecurityChipsubmenuopens.

4.Movetoanitemyouwanttosetbyusingthedirectionalkeys.Whentheitemishighlighted,pressEnter.

5.Setotheritemsthatyouwanttoset.

6.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexittheThinkPadSetupprogram..

Tosetthesecuritychip,youhavetostartClientSecuritySolution,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:IfClientSecuritySolutionisnotpreinstalledonyourcomputer,downloadandinstallitfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Tipsonusingthesecuritychip

•EnsurethatthesupervisorpasswordhasbeensetinThinkPadSetup.Otherwiseanyonecanchangethe
settingsforthesecuritychip.

•IfyouareusingClientSecuritySolution,handlethesecuritychipbydoingthefollowing:

–Donotclearthesecuritychip.Ifyoudo,thefunctionsassignedtothekeyswillbeerased.
–Donotdisablethesecuritychip.Ifyoudo,ClientSecuritySolutionwillnotwork.

•Ifthesecuritychipisremovedorreplaced,oranewonehasbeenadded,thecomputerwillnotstart.You
willhearfourcyclesoffourbeepseach,oryouwillseeerrormessage0176or0192.

•Ifthesecuritychipisinactiveordisabled,theClearSecurityChipoptionwillnotbedisplayed.

•Whenyouclearthesecuritychip,turnoffyourcomputerandthenturnitonagainafteryousetthe
securitychiptoActive.Otherwise,theClearSecurityChipoptionisnotdisplayed.

Usingthefingerprintreader

Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthaveafingerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationcan
replaceyourpasswords,suchastheWindowspassword,power-onpassword,andharddiskpassword.In
thisway,youcanlogontoyourcomputersimplyandsecurely.

Toenablefingerprintauthentication,enrollyourfingerprintsfirst.Duringtheenrollment,thefingerprintsare
associatedwiththeWindowspasswordautomatically.T oassociateyourfingerprintswithyourpower-on
passwordandharddiskpassword,manuallycreateaconnection.

Enrollingyourfingerprints

Toenrollyourfingerprints,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheFingerprintManagerProprogram.ForinstructionsonhowtostarttheFingerprintManagerPro
program,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage14.

2.EntertheWindowspasswordasrequired.

3.Clicktheiconforthefingerthatyouwanttoenroll,andconstantlyswipeyourcorrespondingfinger
acrossthefingerprintreaderuntiltheenrollmentcompletes.Formoreinformation,see“Swipingyour
fingeroverthefingerprintreader”onpage62.

4.ClickFinish.Yourfingerprintisenrolledsuccessfully.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouenrollmorethanonefingerprintincaseofanyinjuriestoyourfingers.

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Swipingyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader

Toswipeyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader,dothefollowing:

1.Placethetopjointofyourfingeronthesensor.

2.Applylightpressureandswipeyourfingertowardyouacrossthereaderinonesmoothmotion.Donot
liftyourfingerwhenyouareswipingit.

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Indicatorbehaviorofthefingerprintreader

IndicatorbehaviorDescription

Green

Amber

Thefingerprintreaderisreadyforswiping.

Thefingerprintcannotbeauthenticated.

Associatingyourfingerprintswithyourpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword

Toassociateyourfingerprintswithyourpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

1.T urnoffandthenturnonthecomputer.

2.Whenprompted,swipeyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader.

3.Enteryourpower-onpassword,harddiskpassword,orbothasrequired.Theconnectioniscreated.

Whenyoustartthecomputeragain,youcanuseyourfingerprintstologontothecomputerwithnoneedto
enteryourWindowspassword,power-onpassword,andharddiskpassword.

Attention:Ifyoualwaysuseyourfingerprinttologontothecomputer,youmightforgetyourpasswords.
Writedownyourpasswords,andkeeptheminasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyourpower-onpassword,youmust
takeyourcomputertoaLenovoauthorizedserviceroramarketingrepresentativetohavethepassword
canceled.Ifyouforgetyourharddiskpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordorrecoverdata
fromthesolid-statedrive.Y oumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoauthorizedserviceroramarketing
representativetohavethesolid-statedrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbecharged
forpartsandservice.

Settingthefingerprintreader

YoucansetthefingerprintreaderintheFingerprintManagerProprogram.Youalsocanchangesome
advancedsettingsintheThinkPadSetupprogram.

TochangethesettingsintheFingerprintManagerProprogram,clickSettingsontheprogrammaininterface.
TochangethesettingsintheThinkPadSetupprogram,see“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage93.

YoucansetthefollowingconfigurationsintheThinkPadSetupprogram:

•PredesktopAuthentication:Enablesordisablesfingerprintauthenticationbeforetheoperatingsystem
isloaded.

•ReaderPriority:Definesthepriorityforthefingerprintreadersifanexternalfingerprintreaderisattached.

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•SecurityMode:Specifiesthesettingsofthesecuritymode.

•PasswordAuthentication:Enablesordisablesthepasswordauthentication.

Note:ThisitemisdisplayedonlyifHighsecuritymodeisenabled.

•ResetFingerprintData:Selectthisitemtoeraseallofthefingerprintdatastoredineithertheinternal
orexternalfingerprintreader.

Maintainingthefingerprintreader

Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethefingerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:

•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.

•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourfingernailoranythinghard.

•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtyfinger.

Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:

•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.

•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.

•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourfingerprint.

Ifyourfingerhasanyofthefollowingconditions,youmightnotbeabletoregisterorauthenticateit:

•Yourfingeriswrinkled.

•Yourfingerisrough,dry,orinjured.

•Yourfingerisdry.

•Yourfingerisstainedwithdirt,mud,oroil.

•Thesurfaceofyourfingerisdifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourfingerprint.

•Yourfingeriswet.

•Afingerisusedthathasnotbeenenrolled.

Toimprovethesituation,trythefollowing:

•Cleanorwipeyourhandstoremoveanyexcessdirtormoisturefromthefingers.

•Enrollanduseadifferentfingerforauthentication.

•Ifyourhandsaredry,applylotiontothem.

Formoreinformationonhowtousethefingerprintreader,refertothehelpsystemoftheFingerprint
ManagerProprogram.

Noticeondeletingdatafromyoursolid-statedrive

Someofthedatastoredonthesolid-statedrivemightbesensitive.Handingyourcomputeroverto
someoneelsewithoutdeletingtheinstalledsoftware,suchasoperatingsystemsandapplicationsoftware,
mightevenviolatelicenseagreements.Besuretodeletedatastoredonthesolid-statedrivebeforeyou
disposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.

Youcanusethefollowingmethodstodeletedatafromthesolid-statedrive:

•MovethedatatotheRecycleBin,andthenemptytheRecycleBin.

•Deletethedata.

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•Formatyoursolid-statedrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.

•UsetherecoveryprogramprovidedbyLenovotobringthesolid-statedrivebacktothefactorydefault
settings.

Theseoperations,however,onlychangethefilelocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindowsoperating
system.Thedataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthe
databyuseofspecialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmightreadand
misusethecriticaldataonthesolid-statedrivesforunexpectedpurposes.

Topreventleakageofdata,itisimportantthatyoudeleteallthedatafromthesolid-statedrivewhen
youdisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Y oucandestroythedataphysicallybysmashingthe
solid-statedrivewithahammer,ormagneticallybymeansofstrongmagneticpower,thusmakingthedata
unreadable.Butitisrecommendedthatyouusethesoftware(payware)orservice(payservice)developed
forthatpurpose.Theprocessmighttakeseveralhours.

Fordisposingofdataonthesolid-statedrive,LenovoprovidestheDriveEraseUtilityforResettingthe
CryptographicKeyandErasingtheSolidStateDrivetool.

IfanEncryptionsolid-statedriveissupportedandinstalledinyourcomputer,youcanlogicallydisposeofall
thedataonthedriveinashorttimebyerasingthecryptographickey.Thedataencryptedwiththeoldkeyis
notphysicallyerasedbutremainsonthedrive;however,itcannotbedecryptedwithouttheoldkey.This
featurealsoisavailablewiththeDriveEraseUtilityforResettingtheCryptographicKeyandErasingtheSolid
StateDrivetool.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttodownloadthetool.

Usingfirewalls

Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwithafirewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccesses,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.

Formoreinformationabouthowtousethefirewallprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemthat
comeswiththeprogram.

Protectingdataagainstviruses

Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The
antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.

Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourcomputerwithafree30-daysubscription.After
30days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.

Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpinformationsystemof
yourantivirussoftware.

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Chapter5.Recoveryoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutions.

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage67

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage72

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7
operatingsystem.

Notes:

•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa
software-relatedorhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyour
operatingsystem.

•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer
–Reinstalltheproduct
–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenewsolid-state
drivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:

•ThinkVantageRescueandRecoveryversion4.3orlater

•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater

•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suiteorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

Youcanuserecoverymediatorestorethesolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia
areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe
computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,
itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.

Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium
andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis
importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.

Note:OntheWindows7operatingsystem,youcancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSB
storagedevices.

TocreaterecoverymediaontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙Lenovo
ThinkVantageTools➙FactoryRecoveryDisks.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

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Usingrecoverymedia

OntheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanuserecoverymediatorestorethecomputertothefactory
defaultsettingsonly.Youcanuserecoverymediatoputthecomputerinanoperationalstateafterall
othermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.

Attention:Whenyouuserecoverymediatorestorethecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,allthefiles
currentlyonthesolid-statedrivewillbedeletedandreplacedbythefactorydefaultsettings.

TouserecoverymediaontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Dependingonthetypeofyourrecoverymedia,connectthebootmedium(memorykeyorotherUSB
storagedevice)tothecomputer,orinsertthebootdiscintotheopticaldrive.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenuwindow
opens,releasetheF12key.

3.SelectthedesiredstartupdeviceandpressEnter.Therestoreprocessbegins.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheoperation.

Notes:

1.Afterrestoringyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstalldevicedrivers
forsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers”onpage71.

2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfficepreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecoverorreinstallyour
MicrosoftOfficeprograms,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfficeCD.Thesediscsareprovidedonlywith
computerspreinstalledwithMicrosoftOffice.

Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramenablesyoutobackupallyoursolid-statedrivecontentsincludingthe
operatingsystem,datafiles,softwareprograms,andpersonalsettings.Youcandesignatewherethe
RescueandRecoveryprogramstoresthebackup:

•Inaprotectedareaofyoursolid-statedrive

•OnanattachedexternalUSBharddiskdrive

•Onanetworkdrive

•Onrecordablediscs(arecordableopticaldriveisrequiredforthisoption)

Afteryouhavebackedupthecontentsonthesolid-statedrive,youcanrestorethecompletecontentsofthe
solid-statedrive,restoreonlytheselectedfiles,orrestoreonlytheWindowsoperatingsystemandprograms.

Performingabackupoperation

ToperformabackupoperationusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramontheWindows7operating
system,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageT ools➙Enhanced
BackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.

2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.

3.ClickBackupyourharddriveandselectbackupoperationoptions.Then,followtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletethebackupoperation.

Performingarecoveryoperation

ToperformarecoveryoperationusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramontheWindows7operating
system,dothefollowing:

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1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageT ools➙Enhanced
BackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.

2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.

3.ClicktheRestoreyoursystemfromabackupicon.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetherecoveryoperation.

FormoreinformationaboutperformingarecoveryoperationfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,see
“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage69.

UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace

TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceresidesinaprotected,hiddenareaofyoursolid-statedrivethat
operatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Itenablesyoutoperformrecoveryoperations
evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.Youcanperformthefollowingrecoveryoperations
fromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace:

•Rescuefilesfromyoursolid-statedriveorfromabackup
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutolocatefilesonyoursolid-statedriveandtransfer

themtoanetworkdriveorotherrecordablemedia,suchasaUSBdeviceoradisc.Thissolutionis
availableevenifyoudidnotbackupyourfilesorifchangesweremadetothefilessinceyourlastbackup
operation.YoualsocanrescueindividualfilesfromaRescueandRecoverybackuplocatedonyourlocal
solid-statedrive,aUSBdevice,oranetworkdrive.

•Restoreyoursolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup
Ifyouhavebackedupyoursolid-statedriveusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,youcanrestorethe

solid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup,evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperating
system.

•Restoreyoursolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutorestorethecompletecontentsofyoursolid-state

drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Ifyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyoursolid-statedrive,youhave
theoptiontorestorethefactorydefaultsettingstotheC:partitionandleavetheotherpartitionsintact.
BecausetheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceoperatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperating
system,youcanrestorethefactorydefaultsettingsevenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperating
system.

Attention:Ifyourestorethesolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackuporrestorethesolid-state
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings,allfilesontheprimarysolid-statedrivepartition(usuallydriveC:)willbe
deletedintherecoveryprocess.Ifpossible,makecopiesofimportantfiles.Ifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystem,youcanusetherescuefilesfeatureoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceto
copyfilesfromyoursolid-statedrivetoothermedia.

TostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,dothefollowing:

1.Makesurethatthecomputeristurnedoff.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearbeepsor
seealogoscreen,releasetheF11key.

3.IfyouhavesetaRescueandRecoverypassword,typeyourpasswordwhenprompted.TheRescue
andRecoveryworkspaceopensafterashortdelay.

Note:IftheRescueandRecoveryworkspacefailstoopen,see“Solvingrecoveryproblems”onpage71.

4.Dooneofthefollowing:

•Torescuefilesfromyoursolid-statedriveorfromabackup,clickRescuefilesandfollowthe

instructionsonthescreen.

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•Torestoreyoursolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackuportorestoreyoursolid-state
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings,clickRestoreyoursystemandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.

FormoreinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,clickHelp.

Notes:

1.Afterrestoringyoursolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstalldevice
driversforsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers”onpage71.

2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfficepreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecoverorreinstallyour
MicrosoftOfficeprograms,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfficeCD.Thesediscsareprovidedonlywith
computerspreinstalledwithMicrosoftOffice.

Creatingandusingarescuemedium

Witharescuemedium,suchasadiscoraUSBharddiskdrive,youcanrecoverthecomputerfromfailures
thatpreventyoufromgainingaccesstotheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceonyoursolid-statedrive.

Notes:

1.Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingarescuemediumvarydependingontheoperating
system.

2.Therescuedisccanbestartedinalltypesofopticaldrives.

Creatingarescuemedium

TocreatearescuemediumontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageT ools➙Enhanced
BackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.

2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.

3.ClicktheCreateRescueMediaicon.TheCreateRescueandRecoveryMediawindowopens.

4.IntheRescueMediaarea,selectthetypeoftherescuemediumyouwanttocreate.Y oucancreatea
rescuemediumusingadisc,aUSBharddiskdrive.

5.ClickOKandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocreatearescuemedium.

Usingarescuemedium

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetherescuemediumyouhavecreated.

•Ifyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingadisc,usethefollowinginstructionstousetherescuemedium:

1.T urnoffyourcomputer.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu
windowisdisplayed,releasetheF12key.

3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selectthedesiredopticaldriveasthefirstbootdevice.Then,insertthe
rescuediscintotheopticaldriveandpressEnter.Therescuemediumstarts.

•IfyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingaUSBharddiskdrive,usethefollowinginstructionsto
usetherescuemedium:

1.AttachtheUSBharddiskdrivetooneoftheUSBconnectorsonyourcomputer.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.

3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selecttheUSBharddiskdriveasthefirstbootdeviceandpressEnter.
Therescuemediumstarts.

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Whentherescuemediumstarts,theRescueandRecoveryworkspaceopens.Thehelpinformationfor
eachfeatureisavailablefromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.Followtheinstructionstocomplete
therecoveryprocess.

Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers

Yourcomputerhasprovisionsthatenableyoutoreinstallselectedfactory-installedprogramsanddevice
drivers.

Reinstallingpreinstalledprograms

Toreinstallselectedprograms,dothefollowing:

1.T urnonyourcomputer.

2.GototheC:\SWTOOL Sdirectory.

3.OpentheAPPSfolder.Thefoldercontainsseveralsubfoldersnamedforthevariouspreinstalled
applications.

4.Openthesubfolderfortheprogramyouarereinstalling.

5.Double-clickSetup,andthenfollowtheon-screenstepstoreinstalltheprogram.

Reinstallingpreinstalleddevicedrivers
Attention:Whenyoureinstalldevicedrivers,youarechangingthecurrentconfigurationofyourcomputer.

Reinstalldevicedriversonlywhenitisnecessarytocorrectaproblemwithyourcomputer.

Toreinstalladevicedriverforafactory-installeddevice,dothefollowing:

1.T urnonyourcomputer.

2.GototheC:\SWTOOL Sdirectory.

3.OpentheDRIVERSfolder.Thefoldercontainsseveralsubfoldersnamedforthevariousdevices
installedinyourcomputer(forexample,AUDIOandVIDEO).

4.Openthesubfolderforthedevice.

5.Reinstallthedevicedriverbyoneofthefollowingmethods:

•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookforatextfile(afilewiththeextension.txt).Thetextfilecontains

informationonhowtoreinstallthatdevicedriver.

•Ifthesubfolderforthedevicecontainsafileofsetupinformation(afilewiththeextension.inf),you

canusetheAddNewHardwareprogram(intheWindowsControlPanel)toreinstallthedevicedriver.
Notalldevicedriverscanbereinstalledbyuseofthisprogram.IntheAddNewHardwareprogram,
whenpromptedforthedevicedriveryouwanttoinstall,clickHaveDiskandBrowse.Thenselect
thedevicedriverfilefromthedevicesubfolder.

•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookfortheexecutablefile(afilewiththeextension.exe).Double-click

thefile,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:Ifyouneedupdateddevicedriversforyourcomputer,donotdownloadthemfromtheWindows
UpdateWebsite.ObtainthemfromLenovo.Formoreinformation,see“Makingsuredevicedriversare
current”onpage108.

Solvingrecoveryproblems

IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironment,doone
ofthefollowing:

•UsearescuemediumtostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.See“Creatingandusingarescue
medium”onpage70.

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•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestorethesolid-state
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations”onpage68.

Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfroma
rescuemediumorrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(adisc,aUSBharddiskdrive,or
otherexternaldevices)setasthefirstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.Youmustfirstmakesure
thatyourrescuedeviceissetasthefirstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequenceintheSetupUtility
program.See“Startupmenu”onpage102fordetailedinformationabouttemporarilyorpermanently
changingthestartupdevicesequence.FormoreinformationabouttheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Usingthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage93.

Itisimportanttocreatearescuemediumandasetofrecoverymediaasearlyaspossibleandstorethem
inasafeplaceforfutureuse.

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8.1operatingsystem

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsfortheWindows8.1operatingsystem.

AWindowsrecoveryimageispreinstalledintherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer.TheWindowsrecovery
imageenablesyoutorefreshyourcomputer,orresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsorreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryimage.Withthe
recoverymedia,youcantroubleshootandfixtheproblemsonyourcomputerevenifyoucannotstartthe
Windows8.1operatingsystem.Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.For
moreinformation,see“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage73.

Refreshingyourcomputer

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwellandtheproblemmightbecausedbyarecentlyinstalledprogram,
youcanrefreshyourcomputerwithoutlosingyourpersonalfilesorchangingyoursettings.

Attention:Ifyourefreshyourcomputer,theprogramsthatcamewithyourcomputerandtheprogramsthat
youinstalledfromWindowsStorewillbereinstalled,butallotherprogramswillberemoved.

Torefreshyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.

2.IntheRefreshyourPCwithoutaffectingyourfilessection,clickGetstarted.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentorefreshyourcomputer.

Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings

Ifyouwanttorecycleyourcomputerorjuststartover,youcanresetyourcomputertothefactorydefault
settings.Resettingthecomputerwillreinstalltheoperatingsystem,reinstallalltheprogramsthatcamewith
yourcomputer,andresetallthesettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.

Attention:Ifyouresetthecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,allyourpersonalfilesandsettingswillbe
deleted.Toavoiddataloss,makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Toresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.

2.IntheRemoveeverythingandreinstallWindowssection,clickGetstarted.ThenclickNextto
confirmtheoperation.

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3.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:

•Toperformaquickformat,clickJustremovemyfilestostarttheprocess.Theprocesswilltake
severalminutes.

•Toperformacompleteformat,clickFullycleanthedrivetostarttheprocess.Theprocesswill
takeseveralhours.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions

Withtheadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangethefirmwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethe
startupsettingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe
Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.

Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.

2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.

3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows8.1failstostart

TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe
Windows8.1operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemevenifthe
Windows8.1operatingsystemfailstostart.

Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then
youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsfortheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentandtheWindows
recoveryimage.Ifyoucannotstartthecomputer,youcanuserecoverymediatotroubleshootandfixthe
problemsonyourcomputer.

Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.Onceyoucreaterecoverymedia,
keeptheminasafeplaceanddonotusethemtostoreotherdata.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedaUSBdrivewithatleast8GBofstorage.TherequiredUSBcapacity
dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.

Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea
backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Tocreaterecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms,and
clickSearch.

2.T yperecoveryintheSearchfield.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.

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3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.

4.EnsurethatyouselecttheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option.
ThenclickNext.

Important:IfyoucleartheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option,
youwillcreaterecoverymediawithouttherecoverypartitioncontent.Y oustillcanstartthecomputer
fromtherecoverymedia,butyoumightbeunabletorecoveryourcomputeriftherecoverypartitionon
yourcomputerisdamaged.

5.ConnectaproperUSBdrivethenclickNext.

6.ClickCreateintheRecoveryDrivewindow.Thecreationoftherecoverymediastarts.

7.Whenthecreationoftherecoverymediafinishes,dooneofthefollowing:

•Tokeeptherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickFinish.

•Todeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickDeletetherecoverypartition.

Attention:Ifyoudeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,dokeeptherecoverymediaina
safeplace.TheWindowsrecoveryimagewillnotbestoredinyourcomputeranymore,andyouwill
needtherecoverymediatorefreshorresetyourcomputer.

8.RemovetheUSBdrive.Therecoverymediaarecreatedsuccessfully.

Usingrecoverymedia

Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,orifyoucannotstarttheWindowsrecoveryimageonyourcomputer,use
recoverymediatorecoveryourcomputer.

Touserecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.T urnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypressF12.The
BootMenuwindowopens.

2.Selecttherecoverydriveasthebootdevice.

3.Selectapreferredlanguageandthenselectapreferredkeyboardlayout.

4.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.

5.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Forexample,selectResetyour
PCifyouwanttoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

FormoreinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8.1operatingsystem,goto:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=263800

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Chapter6.Replacingdevices

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage75

•“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75

•“InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard”onpage76

•“Replacingthebasecover”onpage77

•“Replacingthesolid-statedrive”onpage78

•“ReplacingthewirelessLANcard”onpage80

•“InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard”onpage83

Staticelectricityprevention

Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor
aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou
toinstallthepart.

WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

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

•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.

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

•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackageandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackageonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonthepackage.

•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery

Youneedtodisablethebuilt-inbatteryinthefollowingsituations:

•Yourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime.

•ThemicroSIMcardneedstobereplaced.

Todisablethebuilt-inbattery,dothefollowing:

1.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.

2.Restartthecomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetup
program.

3.GotoConfig➙Power➙DisableBuilt-inBattery.

4.PressEnter.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.

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5.ClickYesintheSetupConfirmationwindow.Thebuilt-inbatteryisdisabledandthecomputerturnsoff.
Waitforafewminutestoletthecomputercool.

Thebuilt-inbatterywillbeenabledautomaticallywhenthecomputerisconnectedtoanacpoweradapter.

InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

MicroSIMcardisasmallplasticcardwithintegratedcircuit(IC)chipmountedononesideofthecard.

IfyourcomputersupportswirelessWANconnections,yourcomputermightrequireamicroSIMcardto
establishwirelessWANconnections.Dependingonthecountryorregionofdelivery,youmightneedto
purchaseamicroSIMcardoramicroSIMcardispartoftheshippingcontentsthatcomewithyourcomputer.

ToinstallorreplacethemicroSIMcard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75.

2.Locatethemicro-SIM-cardtrayattherearsideofthecomputer.

3.Insertastraightenedpaperclipintotheholeinthemicro-SIM-cardtray
ejects.Then,slidethemicro-SIM-cardtrayoutofthecomputer

2 .

1 .Themicro-SIM-cardtray

4.IfyouareinstallingamicroSIMcard,gotostep5.IfyouarereplacingamicroSIMcard,gentlytakethe
oldmicroSIMcardoutofthetrayfirst.

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5.InstallanewmicroSIMcardintothetray.

Note:EnsurethatyouuseamicroSIMcard.Donouseastandard-sizedSIMcard.Thestandard-sized
SIMcardisnotcompatible.

6.Insertthetrayintothecomputer.

7.Reconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

Replacingthebasecover

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toreplacethebasecover,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

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3.Removethescrews 1 andloosenthescrews 2 thatsecurethebasecover.Thenremovethebase
cover

4.Reinstallthenewbasecover 1 ,tightenthescrews 2 ,andthenreinstallthescrews 3 .

3 .

5.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

Replacingthesolid-statedrive

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Attention:Thesolid-statedriveisverysensitive.Incorrecthandlingcancausedamageandpermanentloss

ofdata.Observethefollowingguidelines:

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•Replacethesolid-statedriveonlyifyouupgradeitorhaveitrepaired.Theconnectorsandslotofthe
solid-statedrivearenotdesignedforfrequentchangesorreplacement.

•Donotdropthesolid-statedriveorsubjectittophysicalshocks.Putthesolid-statedriveonamaterial,
suchassoftcloth,thatabsorbsanyphysicalshocks.

•Donotapplypressuretothecoverofthesolid-statedrive.

•Donottouchtheconnector.

•Beforeremovingthesolid-statedrive,makeabackupcopyofalltheinformationonit,andthenturn
offthecomputer.

•Neverremovethesolid-statedrivewhilethecomputerisoperating,insleepmode,orinhibernationmode.

Toreplacethesolid-statedrive,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethebasecover.See“Replacingthebasecover”onpage77.

4.Removethescrewthatsecuresthesolid-statedrive.

5.Removethesolid-statedrive.

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6.Installthenewsolid-statedrive.

7.Installthescrewtosecurethenewsolid-statedrive.

8.Reinstallthebasecover.

9.T urnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

ReplacingthewirelessLANcard

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

DANGER

Duringelectricalstorms,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutlet
onthewall.

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.Toavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.

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Attention:BeforeyoustartinstallingthewirelessLANcard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.

Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

ToreplacethewirelessLANcard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethebasecover.See“Replacingthebasecover”onpage77.

4.Ifatoolisprovidedwiththenewcardtohelpyoudisconnectcables,usethetooltodisconnectthe
cablesfromtheoldcard.Ifnosuchatoolisprovided,holdthecableconnectorwithyourfingersand
gentlydisconnecteachcablefromtheoldcard.

5.RemovethescrewthatsecuresthewirelessLANcard.

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6.CarefullyremovethewirelessLANcardoutoftheslot.

7.AlignthenotchededgeofthenewwirelessLANcardwiththekeyintheslot.Thencarefullyinsertthe
cardintotheslotatanangleofabout20degrees.

8.InstallthescrewtosecurethenewwirelessLANcardinplace.

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9.ConnecttheantennacablestothenewwirelessLANcard.Ensurethatyouattachthegraycabletothe
connectormarked2onthecard,andtheblackcabletotheconnectormarked1onthecard.

10.Reinstallthebasecover.

11.T urnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

InstallingorreplacingthewirelessWANcard

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

DANGER

Duringelectricalstorms,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutlet
onthewall.

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.Toavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.

Attention:BeforeyoustartinstallingthewirelessWANcard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.

Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

SomecomputersmightcomewithawirelessWANcard.ToinstallorreplacethewirelessWANcard,
dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage75.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethebasecover.See“Replacingthebasecover”onpage77.

4.IfyouareinstallingawirelessWANcard,gotostep5.IfyouarereplacingawirelessWANcard,dothe
followingtoremovetheoldcardfirst.

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a.Ifatoolisprovidedwiththenewcardtohelpyoudisconnectcables,usethetooltodisconnectthe

cablesfromtheoldcard.Ifnosuchatoolisprovided,holdthecableconnectorwithyourfingers
andgentlydisconnecteachcablefromtheoldcard.

b.RemovethescrewthatsecuresthewirelessWANcard.

c.CarefullyremovethewirelessWANcardoutoftheslot.

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