Lenovo 6491 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v
Conditions that require immediate action . . . . . v
General safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . vi
Service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . vi
Static electricity prevention . . . . . . . . vii
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . vii
Voltage-selection switch . . . . . . . . . viii
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . ix
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . ix
External devices . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . . x
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . xi
Electrical current safety information . . . . . . xi
Lithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . xii
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . xiii
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Products with television tuner options installed . . xiii
Note to CATV system installer . . . . . . . xiv
Example of antenna grounding . . . . . . xiv
Data safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . xv
Using headphones or earphones . . . . . . . xv
Additional safety information . . . . . . . . xvi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Chapter 1. Arranging your workspace . . 1
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Setting up your computer . . 3
Installing the vertical stand . . . . . . . . . 3
Connecting your computer . . . . . . . . . 4
Turning on power . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Finishing the software installation . . . . . . . 10
Completing important tasks . . . . . . . . . 10
Updating your operating system . . . . . . . 11
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . 11
Updating your antivirus software . . . . . . . 11
Shutting down the computer . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 13
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Available options . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Supported operating positions . . . . . . . . 18
Tools required . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 18
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . 19
Locating controls and connectors on the front of
your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 20
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessing system board components . . . . . . 24
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 25
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing PCI adapters . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 31
Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing a drive in bay 1 . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a diskette drive in bay 3 . . . . . . 34
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 35
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 36
Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 39
Chapter 4. Recovering software . . . . 41
Creating and using the Product Recovery disc . . . 41
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 42
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 43
Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 44
Creating and using a Recovery Repair diskette . . 45
Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . 46
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 47
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 49
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 49
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 49
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 49
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 50
Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 51
Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 51
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 52
Chapter 6. Updating system programs 53
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 53
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette . . . . 53
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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