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Contents
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Read this first: Important
safety information. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Product overview . . . . . 27
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators
on the front of your computer . . . . . . .
28
Locating connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 30
Locating major FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . 31
Locating parts on the system board . . . . 34
Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . . 35
Locating the machine type and model label . 37
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lenovo programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows
7 operating system . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows
8.1 operating system . . . . . . . . . .
42
An introduction to Lenovo programs . . . . 42
Chapter 3. Using your computer . . . 45
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the fingerprint reader. . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the wheel mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Managing power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Advanced configuration and power interface
(ACPI) BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Automatic Power-on features . . . . . . . 47
Setting the computer volume . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the volume from the desktop . . . . 47
Setting the volume from Control Panel . . . 48
Using a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 48
Handling and storing a disc . . . . . . . . 49
Playing and removing a disc . . . . . . . 49
Recording a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Navigating among screens on the Windows 8.1
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8.1
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 4. You and your computer . . 53
Accessibility and comfort . . . . . . . . . . 53
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . 53
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . 54
Accessibility information . . . . . . . . . 54
Moving your computer to another country or
region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Chapter 5. Security . . . . . . . . . . 59
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Locking the computer cover . . . . . . . . . 59
Attaching a Kensington-style cable lock. . . . . 61
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Windows passwords . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring the fingerprint reader . . . . . . . 62
Using and understanding firewalls . . . . . . . 62
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 6. Advanced configuration . . 65
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 65
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 65
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . 65
Using BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . 67
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 68
Enabling ErP LPS compliance mode . . . . 68
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 69
Updating or recovering the BIOS . . . . . . . 69
BIOS levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . 70
Changing the BIOS settings before installing a
new operating system . . . . . . . . . .
70
Updating the BIOS from a disc . . . . . . 70
Updating the BIOS from your operating
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Recovering from a BIOS update failure . . . 72
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