IBM 620410U - IntelliStation E - Pro 6204, User Manual

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Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Notices and statements used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Introducing the IntelliStation E Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and specifications for the desktop model . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications for the tower model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software Selections CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD
. . . . . . . . . . . 6
Other software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What your computer offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Computer controls and indicators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Setting up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting a location for your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Air circulation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Moving the stabilizing feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting computer cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording important numbers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Running the operating system setup program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Registering your computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using Access IBM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Product Recovery Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Creating emergency diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Recovery Repair diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Norton AntiVirus Rescue diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3. Operating your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Turning on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using video features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Video device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using audio features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Line in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Line out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Managing your computer on a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Wake on LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Intel Boot Agent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LANClient Control Manager (LCCM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Migration Assistant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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