IBM ThinkCentre 9212, User Manual

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Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v
Conditions that require immediate action . . . . . v
General safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . vi
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . vi
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . vii
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . viii
CD and DVD drive safety . . . . . . . . viii
Additional safety information . . . . . . . . ix
Lithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . ix
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . x
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . x
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Installing options . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Available options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tools required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . 6
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locating the connectors on the front of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating the connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 11
Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 15
Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing a drive in bay 1 or bay 2 . . . . . 17
Installing a hard disk drive in bay 3 . . . . . 18
Connecting drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the first optical drive . . . . . . 20
Connecting an additional optical drive or a
parallel ATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting a serial ATA hard disk drive . . . . 21
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 21
Identifying security locks . . . . . . . . . 22
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 23
Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 26
Chapter 2. Using the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 27
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 27
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 28
Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . . 28
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 28
Changing the startup sequence . . . . . . . 29
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 29
Appendix A. Updating system
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette or
CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 32
Appendix B. Cleaning the mouse . . . 33
Cleaning an optical mouse . . . . . . . . . 33
Cleaning a mouse with a ball . . . . . . . . 33
Appendix C. Manual modem
commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Basic AT commands . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Extended AT commands . . . . . . . . . . 37
MNP/V.42/V.42bis/V.44 commands . . . . . . 38
Fax Class 1 commands . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fax Class 2 commands . . . . . . . . . . 39
Voice commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Appendix D. Notices . . . . . . . . . 43
Television output notice . . . . . . . . . . 44
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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