Lenovo 8910APU, User Manual

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Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software provided with your Windows operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating connectors on the front of your computer 7
Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
8
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 11
Chapter 2. Installing options and
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . 13
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 13
Installing options and replacing hardware . . . . 13
Installing external options . . . . . . . . 14
Opening the computer cover . . . . . . . 14
Accessing the system board components and
drives .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing or replacing a memory module . . . 16
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 18
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . 30
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . 32
Replacing the card reader. . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing the mouse . . . . . . . . . . 35
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . 36
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 37
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 38
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 38
Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing
CMOS) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 3. Recovery information . . . 41
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 41
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 41
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 42
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 42
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . . 43
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 43
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 44
Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 45
Creating rescue media . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using rescue media. . . . . . . . . . . 45
Creating and using a recovery repair diskette . . . 46
Creating a recovery repair diskette . . . . . 46
Using a recovery repair diskette . . . . . . 46
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 47
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 48
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility . . . 49
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 49
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 49
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 50
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . 50
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 50
Hard Disk User Password . . . . . . . . 50
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 50
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 51
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 52
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 52
Chapter 5. Updating system programs 53
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 53
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc . . . . . . 53
Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 54
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 59
Lenovo System Toolbox . . . . . . . . . 59
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 60
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Non-optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 7. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . . . . . . 63
ThinkVantage Productivity Center . . . . . . 64
Lenovo Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lenovo Web site (http://www.lenovo.com). . . 65
Help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the documentation and diagnostic
programs .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Calling for service . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using other services . . . . . . . . . . 66
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . 67
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