IBM NetVista S42, Quick Reference

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Contents
Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Lithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Laser compliance statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Additional help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using wireless keyboards and USB connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2. Setting up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Turning on power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Finishing the software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Completing important tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shutting down the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Recording your computer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3. Recovering software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Performing a software recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 4. Troubleshooting and diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 17
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 5. Getting information, help, and service. . . . . . . . . 25
Getting information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Appendix A. Warranty information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warranty period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warranty service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-06 8/2000 . . . . . . . 37
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Television output notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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