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Chapter 2. Caring for Your Computer
For outdoor use
• Backup your critical data before you take your computer outdoors.
• Ensure that the battery is full.
• Be sure to turn off the power and close the LCD well.
• Do not leave anything between the closed LCD and the keyboard.
• When you leave the computer in your car, place it on the back seat to
avoid being insolated.
• Carry the AC adapter and power cord with the computer.
Handle Storage Media and Drives Properly
• If your computer comes with an optical drive, do not touch the surface
of a disc or the lens on the tray.
• Wait until you hear the CD or DVD click into the center pivot of an
optical drive before closing the tray.
• When installing your hard disk, follow the instructions shipped with
your hardware, and apply pressure only where needed on the device.
Take Care in Setting Passwords
• Remember your passwords. If you forget a supervisor or hard disk
password, Lenovo authorized service providers will not reset it, and
you might have to replace your system board or hard disk drive.
Other Important Tips
• Your computer modem might use only an analog telephone network, or
public-switched telephone network (PSTN). Do not connect the modem
to a PBX (private branch exchange) or any other digital telephone
extension line because this could damage your modem. Analog phone
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