Lenovo 3000 J Series - 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 . . . . . . . . . ix
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . ix
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . ix
External devices . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . . x
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . xi
Electrical current safety information . . . . . . xii
Lithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Modem safety information . . . . . . . . . xiii
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . xiii
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Data safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . xiv
Additional safety information . . . . . . . . xiv
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
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
Connecting your computer . . . . . . . . . 3
Turning on power . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Finishing the software installation . . . . . . . 9
Completing important tasks . . . . . . . . . 9
Updating your operating system . . . . . . . 10
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . 10
Updating your antivirus software . . . . . . . 10
Shutting down the computer . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 11
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Available options . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tools required . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 15
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . 16
Locating the connectors on the front of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locating the connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . 20
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 21
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 27
Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 33
Padlock loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 37
Chapter 4. Recovering software . . . . 39
Creating and using the Product Recovery disc . . . 39
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 40
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 41
Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 42
Creating and using a Recovery Repair diskette . . 43
Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . 44
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 45
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 47
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 47
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 47
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 48
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 48
Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 49
Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 50
Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 50
Chapter 6. Updating system programs 51
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 51
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette . . . . 51
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . 55
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 55
PC-Doctor for Windows PE . . . . . . . . 57
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Non-optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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